Books
to
28
1,210
156
1,169
189
18
80
75
24
18
14
13
12
8
7
5
4
1
1
61
191
917
207
139
211
346
12
13
46
42
25
37
61
59
78
95
1,209
247
246
95
81
662
647
580
381
198
1,376
1,371
1,376
10
8
8
6
6
Books For Sale
Search Within: First Edition
Objects, Glass and Works of Art, by Mallett
Son Antiques, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Objects, Glass and Works of Art, by Mallett & Son Antiques. Mallett & Sons Antiques, 2007. First Edition softcover. 79pp. Illustrated with glass, objects and accessories all photogra...
Category
Early 2000s English Books
Materials
Paper
For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming, First Edition, First Printing, in Original DJ
By Ian Fleming
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Ian Fleming. For Your Eyes Only. London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. Presented in original boards with white eye design and gilt stamped spine, origin...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Breakfast at Tiffany
s, Signed by Truman Capote, First Edition, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Capote, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany's: A short novel and three stories. New York: Random House, 1958. First edition, first issue printing. Signed by Truman Capote. In the original publisher’s orange first issue dust jacket and yellow cloth binding. Presented with an archival clamshell case.
This is a signed, first edition, first issue of Truman Capote's classic novella chronicling the adventures of the free-spirited Holly Golightly, Breakfast at Tiffany's. In addition to the title novella, the book also includes three other short stories: House of Flowers, A Diamond Guitar, and A Christmas Memory. The book is issued its first issue dust jacket with the 10/58 date code one the front flap. "First Printing" is stated on the copyright page and the book signed by the author “Truman Capote” on the front flyleaf.
Capote originally sold his story Breakfast at Tiffany's to Harper's Bazaar for $2,000, with intended publication in its July 1958 issue. Shortly after the publication was scheduled, Harper's editor Carmel Snow was ousted by the magazine's publisher, the Hearst Corporation, and Hearst executives began asking for changes to the novella's language as there was concern that Tiffany's & Co., a major advertiser, would react negatively. The story was removed from the Harper’s Bazzar publication schedule but Capote soon resold the work to Esquire for $3,000. His novella appeared in Esquire’s November 1958 issue.
A collection of the Breakfast at Tiffany’s novella and three short stories by Capote was published by Random House in the same year. The novella received glowing reviews. "If you want to capture a period in New York, no other book has done it so well. He could capture a period and place like few others" (Norman Mailer). The novella was quickly adapted for the 1961 hit film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard.
Truman Capote was born in New Orleans and educated in New York and Connecticut. He worked in the Art Department of The New Yorker and as a writer on a television show before going on his own as a full-time writer. His first novel at age 24, Other Voices, Other Rooms, brought him literary fame and a strong following, which continued throughout his life, reaching a peak with the success of his "nonfiction” true...
Category
1950s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
POLIDORI - The Vampyre - 1819 - FIRST EDITION - THE EARLIEST OBTAINABLE ISSUE
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POLIDORI, John William.
TITLE: The Vampyre; A Tale.
PUBLISHER: London: for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND SHERWOOD ISSUE IN ORIGINAL ...
Category
1810s British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
GOULD, William - An Account of English Ants - 1747 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: GOULD, William.
TITLE: An Account of English Ants; Which Contains I. Their different Species and Mechanism. II. Their manner of Government,... III. The Production of their ...
Category
1740s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt, First Edition, 1913
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Roosevelt, Theodore. Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913. First Edition. Octavo. In the publisher's dark blue cloth with...
Category
1910s American American Empire Vintage Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Colonial Williamsburg by Phillip Kopper, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Colonial Williamsburg by Phillip Kopper. Harry N. Abrams/The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, New York, NY, 1986. Philip Kopper follows the history of the magnificent restoration of...
Category
1980s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Whirlwind by James Clavell Stated First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Whirlwind by James Clavell. William Morrow & Co., New York, 1986. Stated First editon hardcover with dust jacket. The story of three weeks of fanaticism,...
Category
1980s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
"Summer Cottages and Castles, Scenes from the Good Life, " First Edition Book
Located in valatie, NY
Summer Cottages and Castles, Scenes from the Good Life by Patricia Corbin. New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc., 1983. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 139 pp. Photographic overview ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Martha
Vineyard Houses and Gardens, First Edition
By Polly Burroughs
Located in valatie, NY
Martha's Vineyard Houses and Gardens. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 223 pp. A look into the private homes and gardens of Martha's Vineyard from an Edgartown mansion to a Gay Head beach cottage and every kind of garden from a perennial border to a wildflower meadow. Illustrated is the diversity of the island from a formal Edgartown whaling captain's house with English formal gardens, an Oak Bluffs gingerbread house...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
This I Remember, Signed and Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt, First Edition, 1949
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Roosevelt, Eleanor. This I Remember. New York: Harper & Brothers , 1949. Stated First Edition. Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the first free endpaper, in black ink. In the origin...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
The Polar Express, Signed by Chris van Allsburg, First Edition, 1985
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
van Allsburg, Chris. The Polar Express. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. First edition. In original illustrated dust jacket and maroon hardcover boards with silver embossing and titles to spine. With laid-in bookplate signed by the author-artist Chris van Allsburg...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, 1940
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition, first printing. Octavo. Rebound in full leather boards, with blind embossing to fr...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Glory of Baroque Dresden, the State Art Collections Dresden First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Glory of Baroque Dresden. The State Art Collections Dresden. The Mississippi Commission for International Cultural Exchange. Mississippi Art Pavilion, 2004. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The book consists of more than 400 works from the State Art Collections Dresden and reflects Baroque art during the time of August the Strong and his son August III, electors of Saxony and kings of Poland. As the first major exhibition from Dresden presented in North America since the reunification of East and West Germany, The exhibition features paintings by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Rubens and other Old Masters; Meissen Porcelain; jewel-encrusted ceremonial arms and armor; rare prints and drawings; sculpture and decorative arts; portraits; furniture; costumes and crowns; gold, silver and fabulous jewels, including the 41-carat Dresden Green...
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
SCHULZ - Peanuts Jubilee - FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED WITH A DRAWING OF SNOOPY !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SCHULZ, Charles.
TITLE: Peanuts Jubilee. My Life and Art With Charlie Brown and Others.
PUBLISHER: NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED WITH A DRAWING. 1 vol., 15-3/8" x 11-3/8", illustrated, inscribed on the half-title "For B. J. with every best wish - Charles M. Schulz" with the addition of a large full body sketch of Snoopy, hardcover, original stamped silver boards.
CONDITION: Inner and outer hinges fine, mild general handling to covers, foredge of rear pastedown and endpaper worn, internally clean and bright, overall VERY GOOD.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: "B.J." is B.J. Thomas best...
Category
1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Green Mansions A Romance of the Tropical Forest, First Edition Thus
Located in valatie, NY
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest by William Henry Hudson. New York: Knopf, 1943. First Edition thus hardcover. With a foreword by John G...
Category
1940s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
The Secret Life of Walter Winchell by Lyle Stuart, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Secret Life of Walter Winchell by Lyle Stuart. Boar's Head Books, New York, 1953. First edition hardcover with Brodart covered dust jacket. The book identifies the fault lines be...
Category
1950s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Vanity Fair by Wm.Thackeray, Cosway Style Binding, First Edition, First Issue
Located in Middletown, NY
Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On Steel and Wood By the Author.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 / Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Not to be Taken by Anthony Berkeley – First Edition with DUST JACKET.
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1938.
First Edition.
8vo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (182 x 121mm); pp. 356 + iii. Grey cloth binding with black lettering, dampstain to the tail of the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
"American Commonwealth" by James Bryce, First Edition, Three Volume Set, 1888
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bryce, James. The American Commonwealth. London: Macmillian and Co., 1888. First edition three volume set. Three-quarter morocco leather boards with deckled edges, gilt ruling, and gilt titles to the spine. Presented in custom matching slipcase.
This first edition, three volume set of The American Commonwealth was published in London by Macmillian and Company in 1888. The books are bound in three-quarter straight grain morocco leather and maroon linen boards with gilt embossed and banded spine. The top edges are trimmed and edged with gilt while the other page ends are left deckled. All three volumes are presented in a custom archival matching slipcase.
James Bryce...
Category
1880s British Antique Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
Virginia Woolf. the Years, First Edition, 1937 in a Fine Full Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Woolf, Virginia.
Title: The Years.
Publisher: London: The Hogarth Press, 1937.
Description: First Edition. 1 vol., 7-3/16" x 4-15/16", boun...
Category
1930s British Vintage Books
Materials
Leather
Ash Wednesday: Six Poems by T. S. Eliot - First Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Faber & Faber, 1930
First Edition.
8vo, 7 5/8 x 5 inches (192 x127 mm); 21 pp. Brown cloth boards stamped in gold on front cover and on spine; t.e.g., others untrimmed. Dust...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, Later Printing, 1929
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition, Later printing. Octavo, Rebound in quarter leather an...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
McClellan
s Own Story by George B. McClellan, First Edition, 1887
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
McClellan, George B. McClellan’s Own Story: The war for the Union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to it and them. New York: Charles Webster, 1887. First edition. Illustrated with steel plate engravings and maps. Rebound in quarter navy leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers, and a new archival cloth slipcase.
Presented is the first edition of George B. McClellan Civil War memoir, McClellan’s Own Story: The War for the Union. The memoir was published posthumously in 1887 by Charles Webster, in New York. It is presented rebound in stunning quarter navy leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and titles to the spine, and new marbled endpapers. The book comes with a new archival cloth slipcase, with an inset image of McClellan on the front.
General George B. McClellan is one of the most controversial figures of the American Civil War. His chief contribution to the Union cause was his brilliant ability to organize and train troops. Yet he proved to be an overly cautious and indecisive General. Despite early wins in West Virginia, McClellan began to fear the Confederate Army’s growing size and strength. He grew increasingly hesitant to engage without more men or resources and disagreed with many of Lincoln’s war decisions. As a result, McClellan was removed as General-in-Chief in the spring of 1862, though he retained command of the Army of the Potomac. After the Battle of Seven Pines, a hasty retreat to Washington after the Seven Days Battles, and the epic contest at Antietam, McClellan was removed from all command in November of that same year. He went on to become the unsuccessful Democratic Party nominee in the 1864 presidential election against the Republican Lincoln.
Criticized after the Civil War, McClellan never publicly defended his actions as commander of the Union army. In this book, however, his memoir provides his answers to the many critics. Using a combination of military documents...
Category
1880s American Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Oscar Wilde, the Sphinx, First Edition, 1894, Illustrated by Charles Rickets
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WILDE, Oscar.
TITLE: The Sphinx.
PUBLISHER: London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane at The Sign of The Bodley Head, 1894.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8-1/2" x 7",...
Category
1890s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
DICKENS. A Christmas Carol. FIRST EDITION 2ND ISSUE - 1843 - IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles.
TITLE: A Christmas Carol In Prose Being A Ghost Story of Christmas.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman and Hall, 1843.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE. ...
Category
1840s British Antique Books
Materials
Fabric
Wrightsman Collection, Vols I-V, First Editions, Signed by the Wrightsmans
Located in valatie, NY
The Wrightsman collection, Vols. I-V. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966-1973. First edition hardcovers with dust jackets. 2248 pp. Inscribed by the Wrightsmans. The complete series of The Wrightsman collection catalogues from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Jayne and Charles Wrightsman, who, in a relatively short period of time—beginning in 1952—amassed the finest private collection in America of the decorative arts of the Ancien Régime (15th c until 1792). Throughout the years the Wrightsmans' active interest in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts has resulted in splendid gifts that have enabled the Museum to create an unparalleled and truly encyclopaedic collection of French 18th c...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Pleasures of the Porch by Daria Price Bowman
Maureen LaMarca First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Pleasures of the Porch by Daria Price Bowman & Maureen LaMarca. New York: Rizzoli, 1997. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 144 pp. Idea book for making the perfect porch no matter the style or location. The book discusses the history of the porch from ancient Greece, the outdoor sitting room of the Victorian era to modern times. Includes ideas for areas of solitude, outdoor rooms...
Category
20th Century North American Books
Materials
Paper
Farthing Hall by Hugh Walpole
J.B. Priestley, Stated First Edition, 1929
Located in valatie, NY
Farthing Hall by Hugh Walpole & J.B. Priestley. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. Stated first edition hardcover no dust jacket. A novel consisting of letters between Mark French, who a ...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Brunschwig
Fils Up Close, from Grand Rooms to Your Rooms, First Edition
By Murry Douglas, Chippy Irvine
Located in valatie, NY
Brunschwig & Fils Up Close, From Grand Rooms to Your Rooms by Murry Douglas and Chippy Irvine. New York: Bulfinch Press, 2005. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 246 pp...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Bob Dylan Signed First Edition Hardover Photography Book His Life In Pictures
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and extremely rare Bob Dylan signed photography book. The book is by renowned Dylan photographer Harry Shapiro and is tilted "His Life in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
Return to Earth, Signed
Inscribed by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, First Edition, 1973
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Aldrin, Edwin, Warga, Wayne, Return to Earth. New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Buzz Aldrin on front endpage. In original cloth boards and unclippe...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Valperga, First Edition of Her Second Novel, 1823
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.
Title: Valperga: or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca.
Publisher: London: for G....
Category
1820s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Necklines: The Art of Jacques-Louis David After the Terror, First Edition
By Ewa Lajer-Burcharth
Located in valatie, NY
Necklines: The Art of Jacques-Louis David After the Terror by Ewa Lajer-Burcharth. Yale University Press, 1999. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. This book examines the crucial period in the painter's career as he struggled to save his neck and recast his identity in the after the "Reign of Terror." His work is examined in the context of the larger cultural and social formations that were emerging in France concluding with an interpretation of the famous unfinished portrait...
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
Lateral Thinking: Art Of The 1990s, by Toby Kamps, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Lateral Thinking: Art Of The 1990s by Toby Kamps. Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 2002. Kamps is the curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. First edition softcover. Lateral Thinking assesses the artistic achievements of the 1990s, concentrating on works by 40 contemporary artists from North, South, and Central America, Cuba, Africa, China and Europe. These include: Matthew Barney, Vanessa Beecroft...
Category
Early 2000s American 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
The Prints of Reginald Marsh by Norman Sasowsky, Catalog Raisonne, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Prints of Reginald Marsh by Norman Sasowsky. Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. / Publisher / Distributed by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1976. First Edition hardcover with dust jacke...
Category
1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
The Achievements of Stanley and Other African Explorers - FIRST EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1878.
First Edition.
8vo, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (220 x 146 mm); 605 pp. Profusely illustrated, with a rear folding map in color, which has a 2-inch t...
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Oriental Rugs, a Complete Guide by Charles W. Jacobsen, Signed First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Oriental rugs, A Complete Guide by Charles W. Jacobsen. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1962. Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 479 pp. A detailed resource b...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
6 Vol.Winston Churchill, The Second World War. First Edition Signed by Churchill
Located in New York, NY
6 Vol. Winston Churchill, The Second World War. First Edition. Signed by Winston Churchill. Inscribed with blue ink to Howard Bayne by Alfred Charles Bossom, English Conservative Par...
Category
20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
A History of European
American Sculpture Signed First Edition, 2 Volume Set
Located in valatie, NY
A History of European and American Sculpture from the Early Christian Period to the Present Day by Chandler Post. London: Oxford U. Press, 1921. Signed first edition...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
Sienese Painting, From Its Origins to the Fifteenth Century, First Edition Book
By Bruce Cole
Located in valatie, NY
Sienes Painting, From Its Origins to the Fifteenth Century by Bruce Cole. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1980. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 243 pp. The history of painting in Siena from its beginnings of the 13th century to the 15th century. The Sienese style was an artistic language of power, inventiveness and beauty. It featured a highly decorative use of color, the construction of complex space and a particular emotional expression. Artist's include Simone Martini...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Salvador Dali Art Recipe Book, Les Diners de Gala, 1971 France, First Edition
Located in New York, NY
A rare, collectable, first edition, Salvador Dali art and recipe cookbook, 'Les Diners de Gala', 1971, Paris, France. (Copy/text is in English language.) A great piece to add to a co...
Category
20th Century French Books
Materials
Paper
Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, First Edition with Dust Jacket
Located in Middletown, NY
A rare first edition, with near-fine dust jacket of the children's classic.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows; with a frontispiece by Graham Robertson.
London: Methuen and Co., 1908. First Edition.
8vo. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (190 x 120 mm). pp. [1] + viii + 302 + i. Laid paper, deckle edges, t.e.g. With a captioned frontispieces, "And a River went out of Eden", on coated paper after a pen-and-ink drawing by Walford Graham Robertson (1866 – 1948); tissue guard. Original blue-green cloth with gilt illustration on the spine (Toad dressed in a driving outfit and goggles) and upper cover ( Pan playing flute to Rat and Mole by the river) and a single gilt rule on the upper cover. In the second issue publisher's pictorial peach-color dust jacket printed in black with price of 7/6 instead of 6/-.The spine of the dust jacket slightly darkened but in excellent condition with a couple small tears at head expertly repaired on verso; scattered foxing and discoloration to dust jacket and pages, wear to spine edges consistent with age.
[Grolier: One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature, no.61; Osborne I, p. 349; Hunt p. 45 & 66; Hahn, D. Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, p. 241-242] Condition: Near fine in Near fine dust-jacket.
This is the FIRST EDITION with a SCARCE DUST JACKET of one of the essential classics of children's literature. The book is based on bedtime stories that the Scottish-born banker and author Kenneth Grahame...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
NALSON, John. For The Tryal of K. Charles I - FIRST EDITION - 1684
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: NALSON, John.
TITLE: A True Copy Of The Journal Of The High Court of Justice, For The Tryal of K. Charles I. As it was Read in the House of Commons, And Attested under the ...
Category
1680s American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
The Surgeon and the Photographer by Geoffrey Farmer, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Surgeon and the Photographer by Geoffrey Farmer. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2015. First Edition hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Publish...
Category
2010s Canadian Books
Materials
Paper
Evelyn Waugh, the Ordeal of Gilbert Pinford First Edition Presentation Copy 1957
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WAUGH, Evelyn.
TITLE: The Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford A Conversation Piece.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1957.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed on the front blank endleaf "Dear Miss. Case with respectful sentiments from Evelyn Waugh...
Category
1950s British Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Handbook of the Collections, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art/ Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, 2018. First edition softcover. This handbook consists of a...
Category
2010s American Books
Materials
Paper
Surtees, Mr. Sponge
s Sporting Tour, First Edition in the Original Parts - 1853
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SURTEES, Robert Smith.
TITLE: Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour.
PUBLISHER: London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL 12/13 PARTS, 13 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech...
Category
1850s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
The Memoirs of Richard Nixon by Richard Nixon, Signed, First Edition, 1978
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Nixon, Richard. The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. First Edition. Signed and inscribed on a pasted down bookplate. In original dust jacket and boards. Pr...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Great Houses of Italy The Tuscan Villas by Harold Acton, First Edition
By Harold Acton
Located in valatie, NY
Great Houses of Italy: The Tuscan Villas by Harold Acton. New York: The Viking Press, 1973. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 288 pp. A book on T...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Stranger Music by Leonard Cohen, First Edition, 1993, Signed "Paris Again" Print
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Cohen, Leonard. Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs. Toronto: McClellan & Stewart, Inc., 1993. First edition. Rebound with full leather boards, gilt tooling, gilt titles, and ra...
Category
1990s Canadian Modern Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt, First Edition, in Original Boards, 1899
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Roosevelt, Theodore, The Rough Riders. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Octavo. First Edition. Illustrated with plates throughout. Presented in original olive green cloth boa...
Category
1890s American Victorian Antique Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Set Of 6 First Edition Novels by Minette Walters, Signed, English, Hard Bound
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 6 First Edition novels by Minette Walters. An English language, author signed hard-bound collection of crime writing, dating to the turn of the 21st century.
An award-winning author, Minette Walters (September 1949) has written over 15 titles since her first novel The Ice House...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Books
Materials
Paper
One Flew Over the Cuckoo
s Nest by Ken Kesey - First Edition, second issue DJ
Located in Middletown, NY
New York: The Viking Press, 1962.
First Edition in 2nd edition DJ.
8vo, 8 x 5 1/2 inches (203 x 136 mm); (8), 311 pp.; pages clean and unmarked and very lightly toned. Publisher's ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Lewis Carroll - through the Looking-Glass. 1872 First Edition Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge: (Lewis Carroll).
TITLE: Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1872.
DESCRIPTION: PRE-...
Category
1870s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
David Hockney Hand Signed
Stamped First Edition Book That
s The Way I See It
Located in Studio City, CA
A David Hockney rare hand-signed first edition/ first printing (with full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1") hard cover fine art book "That's The Way I See It" published by Chronic...
Category
1990s American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
"Nashville, The Pilgrims of Guitar Town by Michel Arnaud", Signed First Edition
By Michael Arnaud, Robert Hicks
Located in valatie, NY
Nashville, The Pilgrims of Guitar Town by Michel Arnaud. New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2000. Signed and inscribed by the author first edition hard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
Lee
s Lieutenants by Douglas Southhall Freeman, Three Vols., First Edition, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Freeman, Douglas Southall. Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study in Command. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1942. First edition. Three volume set. Rebound in ¼ black leather and cloth, with raised bands, gilt tooling and titles to the spine, and an archival slipcase.
Presented is a first edition, three volume set of Lee’s Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman...
Category
1940s American Vintage Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Mark TWAIN. The Prince and the Pauper. FIRST EDITION SECOND STATE - 1882
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: TWAIN, Mark (Samuel Clemens).
TITLE: The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages.
PUBLISHER: Boston: James R. Osgood, 1882.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION ...
Category
1880s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
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.
Read More
Dickens Fan on Your List? This First Edition of ‘A Christmas Carol’ Is a Treasure
Produced in 1843, the well-preserved volume is evidence of the author's exacting specifications.
Pamela Shamshiri Shares the Secrets behind Her First-Ever Book and Its Effortlessly Cool Interiors
The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.
Moroccan Artworks and Objects Take Center Stage in an Extraordinary Villa in Tangier
Italian writer and collector Umberto Pasti opens the doors to his remarkable cave of wonders in North Africa.
Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure
Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.
Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch
Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.
Tauba Auerbach’s Geometric Pop-Up Book Is Mighty Rare, Thanks to a Hurricane
This sculptural art book has an epic backstory of its own.
Step inside the Storied Mansions of Palm Beach’s Most Effervescent Architect
From Spanish-style courtyards to fanciful fountains, these acclaimed structures abound in surprising and elegant details.
A Heady Group of Industry Insiders Pick the World’s Top Interior Designers
With a vast range of styles and perspectives, this global roster of talents represents the best of design.
More Ways To Browse
French Drawer Pulls
French Horse Jockey
French Imperial Eagle
French Panetiere
G Plan Chest Of Drawers Vintage
Geisha Screen
Georgian Bedside Pair
Georgian Tallboy
German Half Doll
German Silver Bear
Glass Wave Sculpture
Goat Mount
Granite Buddha
Greek Key Inlay
Gum Wood
Handmade And Vintage Items
Hanging Wood Carving
Hawaiian Table