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Books For Sale
Book Pavel Hlava Glass, 1995
By Pavel Hlava
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1995
- many photos
- perfect original condition
- 95 pages
- jr.
Category
1990s Books
Materials
Paper
Fontana Arte: Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand
By Gio Ponti, Max Ingrand
Located in New York, NY
Large format, lavishly produced monograph on the famed Italian design firm Fontana Arte, founded in 1932 by Lucio Fontana and Gio Ponti. Showcases lighting, furniture, and accessorie...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
London After Midnight by Marie Coolidge Rask, Photoplay Edition, 1928
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a photoplay first edition of London After Midnight by Marie Coolidge Rask. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in 1928. The book has been beautifully rebound in striking ¼ green leather and cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching green archival slipcase. The book is illustrated with eight stills from the original silent film.
One of the most collectible Grosset & Dunlap photoplay editions, this book was a novelization of the 1927 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer mystery horror film of the same title, co-produced and directed by Tod Browning. The movie starred Lon Chaney in a dual role of Scotland Yard Inspector and vampire; this was his only movie role as a vampire. Due to the success of the film, Marie Coolidge Rask penned the novelization of the movie. Rask worked from Tod Browning’s screenplay as well as the original source material, Browning’s short story "The Hypnotist.” The book was published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1928 and included eight stills from the silent film.
The last known copy of the film was destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire, along with hundreds of other rare early films, making it one of the most sought-after “lost” silent films. Copies of the film have never surfaced. This 1928 book is therefore important and collectible, as it is one of the few remaining records of the film’s content and storyline.
Alexander Grosset and George T...
Category
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1834-1850 The Works of Thomas Arnold
By Thomas Arnold
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound nine volume collection of works by and about the Anglican educator and theologian Thomas Arnold, including first and early editions of his works.
Uniformly bound...
Category
19th Century British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
"Taylor and His Generals, " First Edition, Published by E. H. Butler
Co., 1847
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Taylor and his Generals. New York: E.H. Butler & Co., 1847. First Edition. Rebound in quarter leather and marble paper boards. Housed in custom slipcase.
Presented is the 1847 First Edition of Taylor and His Generals. Published by E.H. Butler & Company, the book has numerous portraits and engravings throughout. It has been beautifully rebound in quarter leather and marble paper boards. The spine has gilt embossed decoration stating that it’s a first edition. The book is housed in a custom-built archival slipcase with a photo of Taylor on the front.
Written and published before Taylor ran for the Presidency, this book would have been a powerful propaganda tool for the soon-to-be 12th President of the United States. The full title page describes the work as “Taylor and His Generals; A Biography of Major-General Zachary Taylor; And Sketches of the Lives of Generals Worth, Wool, and Twiggs with a full account of the Actions of their Various Divisions in Mexico Up to the Present Time; Together with a Sketch of the Major-General Winfield Scott and an Account of his Divisions in Mexico.”
Taylor fought and commanded troops in the War of 1812, Black Hawk War, and the Second of the Seminole Wars before playing a major role in the victory of the Mexican-American War. The book takes the reader through the early life of Taylor and his military career with a particular focus on his surprising victory at the Battle of Buena Vista. Generals Worth, Wool, and Twiggs that served under Taylor and Major-General Scott each get a chapter dedicated to their own history and military careers
The Battle of Buena Vista took place in February of 1847 during the Mexican-American War. With only about 5,000 soldiers, Taylor repelled General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna...
Category
1840s American Antique Books
Materials
Paper
"Congress and the Nation 1946-1964" First Edition Two-Volume Set, Published 1965
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Congress and the Nation 1945-1964: A Review of Government and Politics in the Postwar Years. District of Columbia: Congressional Quarterly Service, 1965. First edition, two-volume se...
Category
1960s American Vintage Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1853-88 The Sporting Novels of Robert Smith Surtees
By Robert Smith Surtees
Located in Bath, GB
A smart set of the sporting novels of Surtees, a set of eight volumes including three first edition, colourfully illustrated by hand throughout.
The collected sporting novels of Rob...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, Edited by Harris Nicolas
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Walton, Izaak, with Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation… Edited by Sir Harris Nicolas. London: Chatto and Windus, 1887. Fourth Nicolas Edition. Small 8vo. Presented in modern full brown Moroccan leather with raised bands, gilt titles, and tooling to the spine, stunning illustrated gilt title to the front. Top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout.
Presented is a 1887 printing of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton’s famous treatise on fishing, The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Published by Chatto and Windus in London, this beautifully bound volume was the fourth edition to be edited by Sir Harris Nicolas. The book is presented in modern full brown Moroccan leather boards with gilt titles and illustrated throughout with wood engravings from 27 of the most prominent artists of the time.
The Complete Angler was first published in 1653 by Richard Marriot of St Dunstan-in-the-West out of London, UK. Izaak Walton continued to add to the original book for a quarter of a century. A significantly enlarged edition appeared in 1655, and the last edition supervised by Walton, published in 1676, included additional fly-fishing material written by his friend Charles Cotton. The 1676 edition has been among the most often reprinted books in English literature.
The Compleat Angler...
Category
1880s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1898-1899 The Works of Henry Fielding
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound, limited edition of this complete set of twelve collected works of Henry Fielding, with an introduction by Edmund Gosse.
A Limited Edition set, one of only seven...
Category
1890s British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
"Angelic Archers, " Poetry Booklet with Nude Male Cover Illustration by Scheibe
By Scheibe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and beautifully produced, this small booklet of poetry by Alfred Richard Meyer was published in 1921 with a stylized cover illustration by Richard Scheibe...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Normandie, The Epic of the Giant of the Seas, French Book by Bruno Foucart, 1985
Located in Atlanta, GA
Normandie, L'Epopé du Géant des Mers, (The Normandie, the Epic of the Giant of Seas). A French book by Bruno Foucart, 1985.
The Normandie, that French quality liner, also named Float...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
1952 Invisible Man
By Ralph Ellison
Located in Bath, GB
The sought after first edition, first printing of Ralph Ellison's monumental award winning novel, his first and only work to be published during his lifetime.
The first edition, fir...
Category
1950s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
$5,285
Skyward by Richard E. Byrd, First Edition, 1931
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Byrd, Richard E. Skyward. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1931. Octavo. First edition, eleventh printing. In original hardcover boards and original pictorial dust jacket. Presented in a new archival slipcase.
This is a 1931 first edition, eleventh printing of Richard Byrd’s Skyward. The book was published in New York by Blue Ribbon Books in 1931. This is the eleventh printing of Skyward, which was first published in 1928. The book is presented in its original hardcover boards and pictorial dust jacket, with a new archival slipcase. Rear admiral Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957) is celebrated as a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer...
Category
1930s American Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Designs by Inigo Jones for Masques
Plays at Court; A Descriptive Catalogue
Located in Middletown, NY
Designs by Inigo Jones for Masques & Plays at Court; A Descriptive Catalogue of Drawings for Scenery and Costumes mainly in the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K. G. ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique 1719 English "The Compleat Herbal" Volume 1 First Edition Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique first edition book titled "The Compleat Herbal" or 'The botanical institutions of Mr. Tournefort' was published in 1719 in England on paper and bound in leather in the period George 1...
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1947-1949 The Works of Jane Austen
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful six volume edition of the works of Jane Austen, in calf bindings, and with the original glassine and slip case.
First and early printings of Hamish Hamilton's 'Novel Lib...
Category
1940s British Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Anselm Kiefer I Sette Palazzi Pelesti by Hangar Bicocca, 1st Ed Exhibition Cat
Located in valatie, NY
Anselm Kiefer : I Sette Palazzi Pelesti by Hangar Bicocca. Published by Edition du Regard, 2004. 1st Ed softcover. Exhibition on September 24, 2004. The Seven Heavenly Palaces. The Exhibit was conceived and presented for the opening of Pirelli HangarBicocca in 2004 and based on a project by Lia Rumma, the permanent site-specific installation by Anselm Kiefer—The Seven Heavenly Palaces—owns its name from the palaces described in the ancient Hebrew...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Paper
1804 The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Defoe
Located in Bath, GB
A very smart large paper edition of Daniel Defoe's important travelogue novel, a nice copy illustrated throughout by Thomas Stothard.
The second Stockdale edition, a smart large pape...
Category
Early 1800s British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Pair of Antique Leather Bound Books for Decoration. Dated 1818
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Delightful pair of antique books
Perfect on a coffee table
Lovely colour of leather with gilt tooling
Good condition
The measurement below relates to the 2 books.
Free Uk shipp...
Category
1810s English Antique Books
Materials
Paper
2 Volumes, Thomas Archer, Pictures and Royal Portraits
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes, Thomas Archer, Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History. Bound in the publisher's pezux binding in full red morocco with the covers displa...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Big Art Deco Original Advertising Promotional Poster Heater/Fire, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1930s
- suitable for framing
- original, no reprint
- good original condition with some damages, not seen when framed
- jr.
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Collection of 17 English Leather Bound Books with gold tooling sold as set
Located in Buchanan, MI
Collection of 17 English Leather Bound Books with gold tooling sold as set
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Books
Materials
Paper
History of Chair
Furniture Book, Catalogue
, 1972 / Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1972, Museum of decorative arts in Prague.
- 2000 copies
- czech language
- original condition, see the photos
- pages not numered
- many pictures of chairs by Mies van der Ro...
Category
1970s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Paper Zoo by Ernst Roch ... 1974 Origami Paper-Folding Kit, Near-Mint Condition
Located in Chicago, IL
PAPER ZOO.
Roch, Ernst
Montreal, Canada: Signum Press Limited, 1974. First Edition. Paperback.
ISBN: 091968601X
Carton Slipcase + Softcover Booklet + Colored/Printed Pre-Scored Paper
Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art
Held in the collection of the Musee National des Beaux-Arts de Quebec
Entertaining paper folding kit that is based on a 19th century paper folding system that was created by a man for his son in Europe. The kit includes a 12- page instruction booklet and 32 pre-scored sheets of colorful paper.
The slipcase is made of thick paper. The contents are protected by a white sleeve which slides into the slipcase; the instruction manual explains how to fold the paper into a horse, cow/bull, leopard/tiger/panther, lion, giraffe or camel. There are 32 pre-scored sheets of colored construction paper, except for 4 sheets which are white.
Very good+ condition. Slipcase is dinged at the extremities. Interior seems to have never been used.
Measures 7.5" square.
ABOUT ERNST ROCH...
Category
1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
1869-86 The Novels of William Makepeace Thackeray
By William Makepeace Thackeray
Located in Bath, GB
A nicely bound fully illustrated collection of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray.
Complete in twenty-four volumes.
Volume I, 'Vanity Fair Volume I', published in 1869. Illustrated by the author with a frontispiece, a vignette title page, and nineteen plates. Collated, complete.
Volume II, 'Vanity Fair Volume II', published in 1869. Illustrated by the author with a frontispiece, and eighteen plates. Collated, complete.
Volume III, 'The History of Pendennis Volume I', published in 1869. Illustrated by the author with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and twenty-two plates. Collated, complete.
Volume IV, 'The History of Pendennis Volume II', published in 1869. Illustrated by the author with a frontispiece, a vignette title page, and twenty-two plates. Collated, complete.
Volume V, 'The Newcomers Volume I', published in 1869. Illustrated by Richard Doyle...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Winner Take Nothing by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition with Original DJ, 1933
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. Winner Take Nothing. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First edition, first printing. Octavo. In original publisher's board and original unclipped dust jack...
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Les Bronzes Dores Francais du Xviii Siecle by Pierre Verlet
Located in valatie, NY
Les Bronzes Dores Francais du Xviii Siecle by Pierre Verlet. Grands Manuels Picard, Paris, 1999. Second edition hardcover with dust jacket. A great book on a previously little publis...
Category
1990s French Books
Materials
Paper
Victor Hugo Set of 2 Books
By Victor Hugo
Located in South Salem, NY
A bundle of two vintage Victor Hugo books in French. Tied together with a decorative rope trim. Binding has come loose.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Books
Materials
Paper
Sotheby
s Pre-Columbian Art Sales Catalog, New York, November 23rd, 1992
Located in Stamford, CT
Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Sales Catalog, New York, November 23, 1992.
Amazing photos of incredible pieces of spiritual artistry, almost all of it no doubt looted, and also the on...
Category
Late 20th Century American Pre-Columbian Books
Materials
Paper
1892-1901 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson
Located in Bath, GB
An exceptionally beautiful thirty volume set of the works of Scottish novelist and writer Robert Louis Stevenson, in sumptuous half crushed morocco bindings.
Very rare in an vibrant...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Original Poems, Stories, Tales
Death “D.Bradbury for Original Pieces” 1830
Located in Lowestoft, GB
“D.Bradbury for original pieces”, a book crammed with original poems, stories, tales and deaths. 117 pages beautifully penned, written between 1830 and 1849
Age related discolourati...
Category
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Important French Furniture, Ceramics
Carpets, the Estate of Mrs. Robert Lehman
Located in valatie, NY
Important French Furniture, ceramics and carpets including property from the Estate of Mrs. Robert Lehman, 11/2010. The highlights include: a lacquer commode attributed to Nicolas Marchand, Sèvres Porcelain, including a pink-ground tureen, and a Vincennes Bleu lapis ewer and basin. Other highlights of the sale include a pair of Empire silver-gilt tureens by Biennais, a Louis XV giltwood stool from the Palais Rohan, a pair of Louis XV ormolu-mounted Chinese export vases, and a set of six allegorical panels attributed to Claude III Audran. A very important estate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
Collection of Leather Bound Art Deco Photo Albums of European Travel
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of Leather Bound Art Deco Photo Albums of European Travel, the actual albums are probably French, circa 1920's. They document fabulous trips throughout Europe in the 1920'...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
$1,600 Sale Price / set
46% Off
Man and Chair
Furniture Book, Catalogue
, 1970 / Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1970, Grafia, Brno
- czech language
- original condition, see the photos
- 47 pages
- many pictures of seating furniture by Czech designers
- jr.
Category
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
1888-1891 The Bankside Shakespeare: The Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
Located in Bath, GB
An attractive fifteen volumes of the limited edition Bankside Shakespeare, edited by Appleton Morgan, and uniformly bound in half calf.
One of 500 limited edition copies of the Bank...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Little Dorrit 1857 Chapman
Hall Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st edition book titled Little Dorrit was authored by Charles Dickens and published by Chapman and Hall of England in 1857 in the period Victorian style with etchings by Hablot Knight Browne...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Van Cleef
Arpels Jewelry Coffee Table Book
Located in New York, NY
The very beautiful 'Reflections of Eternity' jewelry coffee table book from luxury Maison, Van Cleef & Arpels. Book was published to mark the Centenary (100th Anniversary) of Van Cle...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Historia Plantarum Biblioteca Casanatense Ms 459
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Limited run of 750 copies (ours bears No. 529) of the anastatic reproduction of Ms. 459 also known as "Tacuinum Sanitatis" preserved at the Biblioteca Casanatense in Rome. We are dea...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Other Books
Materials
Velvet, Paper
Chesapeake Gardening and Landscaping by Barbara W. Ellis, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Chesapeake Gardening and Landscaping, by Barbara W. Ellis. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Published by The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2015. "What if, one st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
c1890 Works of George John Whyte-Melville
By George Whyte-Melville
Located in Bath, GB
A uniformly bound set of these delightful novels and poetry from George Whyte-Melville.
A uniform set in signed half crushed morocco binding by Bayntun.
Twenty-four volumes of nov...
Category
1890s British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
The Life of Nelson" First Edition books by Robert Southey
By Robert Southey
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
'The Life of Nelson" books by Robert Southey. First edition.
Vol 1 and 2
London: Printed for John Murray, Bookseller to the Admiralty and to the Board of Longitude
1813
J. Moyes,...
Category
19th Century English Antique Books
GEISEL - Suess - Virgil Ross - ORIGINAL DRAWING OF THE GRINCH AND CINDY LOU WHO!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: GEISEL, Theodore: (Dr. Seuss) (Virgil Ross).
TITLE: The Grinch and Cindy Lou Who. (Original drawing).
PUBLISHER: Warner Brothers Studios, (c.1990's).
DESCRIPTION: ORIGINA...
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1990s British Books
Materials
Paper
VISIONAIRE 26: Fantasy with Hermes mask (1157/6000)
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
From the Visionaire website:
Fantasy is the subtext of every issue of Visionaire, but with 26 FANTASY we pushed the boundaries to the fantastical. A round box houses round, unbound artwork. Each of the cover elements – photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin – is produced exclusively for FANTASY: The dress was designed by Nicolas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga, Viktor & Rolf made the banner, and Jeremy Scott created the gold porcelain doll’s head and hands. It is the first time we published Tim Burton, Gregory Crewdson, and Marcus Piggott and Mert Alas. There is a special section curated by Isabella Blow featuring, among others, David LaChapelle, Mariko Mori...
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
$118 Sale Price
20% Off
Cervantes, Miguel de — Don Quixote — 4 volume set
Located in Middletown, NY
4 vols.; 8vo, 6 1/2 x 4 in. (165 x 102 mm) , vol. 1: (6), xl, 293; vol. 2: (1), 314; vol. 3: 910, xi, 331; vol. 4: 91), 322. With 28 copperplate engravings designed by F. Hayman and engraved by G. V. Neist; all are signed by both artist and engraver; all have “Vol” and “p.” indications, except those for Vol. I., which have “p." indications only. Three-quarter tan calf binding with marbled paper, all edges stained yellow, gilt title, decorations and raised bands on spine. The antique bindings...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Material Transfers
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
A provocative examination of the connections between contemporary expression in architecture and traditional materials and forms
Architect, architectural historian, and preservationist Françoise Bollack presents eighteen projects that use traditional materials to build contemporary forms or use modern materials to build traditional forms, blurring the boundary between tradition and modernity in architecture.
Bollack rejects the modernist taboo against imitation and precedent, tracing the history of adaptive and imitative design from the Renaissance to the Greek and Gothic revivals and to the nineteenth-century modular cast-iron facades that Philip Johnson considered “the basis for modern design.”
The book examines projects in the US, Europe, and Japan, encompassing a broad range of building types: residential, hospitality, commercial and retail, and cultural spaces. All share an intriguing, even radical, approach to reinterpreting traditional forms and materials. Humble thatch moves beyond the farmhouse roof to clad the walls of a Danish environmental center; a photographic image of a Parisian facade becomes a scrim on the facade of a new building; the ghost of an ancient Italian basilica is outlined in wire mesh.
Among the featured architects are Kengo Kuma, architect of the Tokyo 2021 Olympic stadium; MVRDV, a highly regarded Dutch firm; Lacaton & Vassal and Chartier/Corbasson in France; Skene Catling de la Peña in the UK; Morris Adjmi...
Category
2010s Chinese Books
Materials
Paper
$50 / item
Splendid Settings: 100 Years of Mottahedeh Design
Located in New York, NY
The dinnerware of presidents and the teacups of dignitaries. Mottahedeh, founded 100 years ago and based on Mildred and Rafi Mottahedeh’s passion for antiques, is the most distinguis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
$72 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Italian Empire Furniture, Furnishings and Interior Design 1800 -1843 - 1998
Located in CA, CA
Italian Empire Furniture, Furnishings and Interior Design 1800 -1843
Published by Rizzoli, New York / Philadelphia, 1998. Hard Cover in Slipcase. First Printing.
Napoleon's arriva...
Category
1990s Books
Materials
Paper
Vintage Tennis Flicker Book, No.8. Betty Nuthall
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Tennis Flicker Book, No.8. Betty Nuthall demonstrates the Drop Volley and Service. Published by SLAZENGERS, Ltd., London. On the rear page of this flicker book is an advert for Sugg Sports Goods, Sheffield, Hull and Nottingham, circa 1930.
Produced by Flicker Productions Ltd., 113b Earl's Court Road, London, SW5, phone Frobisher 3277
Flickers teach the game.
The sports covered in the first series are as follows:-
Cricket
Don Bradman...
Category
1930s European Sporting Art Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
3 Volumes. Dr. Doran, F.S.A. Annals of The English Stage.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Dr. Doran, F.S.A. Annals of The English Stage. Bound in 3/4 green morocco. All edges gilt. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Asprey. Spin...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Atlas Manuel Book D
Anatomie 27 Coloured Plaques Eduard Cuyer 1895s Victorian
Located in London, GB
An extremely rare find of the "Atlas Manuel D'Anatomie" by Eduard Cuyer first edition is an antique textbook published in the 1890s with 27 hand coloured plates.
Overall very good ...
Category
1890s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Antique Books
Materials
Paper
"The Big Nude" Large Sumo Book by Helmut Newton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The Big Nude" Large Sumo Book with stand by Helmut Newton. Brand new in it's original packaging, unopened and unexposed. Bound printed paper, signed and ...
Category
1990s German Books
Materials
Chrome
$14,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th century leather bound book entitled Rubaiyat of Omar Rhayyam, C 1910
Located in Central England, GB
This superb and most eyecatching leather bound library edition of the famous translation of the Rubaiyat presented by Willy Pogany, published by George G Harrap and Co Ltd, London, w...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Jacques Callot 1592 - 1635, French Book by Paulette Choné, 1992
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jacques Callot 1592 - 1635, French book by Paulette Choné, 1992.
This important book was published after the Jacques Callot exhibition, held at the Lorraine Historical Museum in Nanc...
Category
1990s French Medieval Books
Materials
Paper
19th Century Two Italian Volumes Monumenti Di Tutti I Popoli by Ernest Breton
Located in Sofia, BG
Two volumes 'Monumenti di tutti i popoli" written by Breton in Italian language. Quite good condition with some light traces of moisture between pages.
Published in 1844 and 1846.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Paris in the Thirties, French Book by Jacques Lanzmann, 1987
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paris des Années 30, (Paris in The Thirties), French Book by Jacques Lanzmann, 1987.
Numerous photographs in black and white from the Keystone Press Agency in Paris, illustrating the...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
1853-86 The Collected Works of Cuthbert Bede
By Cuthbert Bede
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful fine set of the collected first editions works of Cuthbert Bede, pen name of Edward Bradley, a set of his scarce novels uniformly bound by Bickers.
A very smart first ed...
Category
1850s British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
1820-1825 Works of Sir Walter Scott
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning full calf fine binding of the first editions of these important works by prolific and renowned writer Sir Walter Scott.
Sir Walter Scott (177...
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1820s British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
David Hicks First Edition Book - Living with Design
By David Hicks
Located in New York, NY
A first edition book by David Hicks titled "Living with Design."
Printed in 1979.
Hardcover with dust jacket.
Category
1970s English Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Italian Master Drawings by Hugo Chapman and David Lachenmann
Located in valatie, NY
Italian Master Drawings by Hugo Chapman and David Lachenmann. Publisher Paul Holberton Publishing, 2020. 1st Ed hardcover catalog with dust jack...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
Objects of Desire Book by Maria Hummer Tuttle
By Maria Tuttle
Located in New York, NY
Objects of Desire
By: Maria Hummer Tuttle
Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna
Foreword by Edmund de Waal
A personal celebration of the hunt for—and joy of living with— favorite collections and things
What is it in our homes that we truly value and why? What would you take when you leave in fear of fire? Our home is an expression of ourselves in many ways, largely through the objects we accumulate. For Maria Hummer-Tuttle, the objects she has collected over the years, from the priceless to the flea-market finds, are precious not only for their beauty, uniqueness, and craftsmanship but also for their connection to the past and the future, for their resonance with one another. In this exquisitely illustrated book, she serves as our guide through three dwellings, focusing our attention on objects ranging from an ancient Chinese horse sculpture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Antique and Vintage Books
Antique and vintage books add a sense of culture and style to any room. Displaying these types of books in your living room or reading nook can warm a space with a distinguished feel.
Several factors make antique books highly desirable. Original jackets, ornate binding, illustrations and quality of the print all contribute to making a vintage book special. Rare books are of great interest to collectors in the know and can command high prices at auction. In 2021, an important early artist book by Andy Warhol sold at auction for more than $106,000. Somewhere between all the commercial work he did as an ambitious young graphic designer in the early 1950s and his first real debut as a Pop artist a decade later, Warhol produced a trove of incredibly charming drawings. His illustrated self-published artist books from the 1950s are very rare.
Many collectors seek the first edition of certain books. Fewer copies of a book and higher demand make it a rare find. A book that contains the author’s signature also makes it much more prized than other examples of the same title.
Collectors and designers decorate rooms with vintage books for a cozy feeling in a home. Coffee-table books, such as those featuring photography and design, serve as conversation pieces or offer a relaxing moment when leafed through.
Interior designers look for vintage books when they want to add color or detail. For instance, leather-bound books can create a scholarly air while mid-century titles offer a modern edge. Vintage international books or first editions can provide a sense of history.
No matter the genre, there is a book for you. You can find rare, one-of-a-kind antique books on 1stDibs. Browse by authors, like celebrated architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright and Edgar Rice Burroughs, as well as by period, including mid-century modern, Art Deco and Victorian.
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