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Charles LAMB. Elia. 1823 FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE UNCUT IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LAMB, Charles.
TITLE: Elia. Essays Which Have Appeared Under That Signature In The London Magazine.
PUBLISHER: London: for Taylor and Hessey, 1823.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDI...
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1820s British Antique Books
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Le Belle Case Italiane by Doria Ludovica, First Edition
By Doria Ludovica
Located in valatie, NY
Le Belle Case Italiane by Doria Ludovica. Edizioni Di Grazia, Milano, 1964. 2nd edition hardcover with dust jacket. Great interior room settings with Italian furniture, paintings and...
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1960s Italian Vintage Books
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Paper
Adventures with Old Houses by Richard Jenrette, First Edition
By Richard Jenrette
Located in valatie, NY
Adventures with Old Houses by Richard Jenrette. Wyrick and Company, Charleston, 2000. A beautifully illustrated account of the restoration of some of America's finest architectural t...
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Early 2000s American Books
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Paper
A. A. MILNE. House At Pooh Corner. FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY E. H. SHEPARD - 1928
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A.
TITLE: The House At Pooh Corner.
PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY E. H. SHEPHARD. 1 vol, 7-1/2" x 5-1/4", si...
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1920s British Vintage Books
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Fabric
I Mobili Italiani by Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
I Mobili Italiani by Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios. Electra, Milano, 1997. 1st Ed hardcover with dust cover and slipcase. A great reference work on Italian furniture with 100's of photos i...
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1990s Italian Books
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Paper
French Eighteenth Century Furniture by Genevieve Souchal, First Edition
By Genevieve Souchal
Located in valatie, NY
French Eighteenth Century Furniture by Genevieve Souchal. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1961. 128 pp.; 127 illustrations, including thirty...
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1960s American Vintage Books
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Paper
The Flag of the United States by Milo Milton Quaife, First Edition, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Quaife, Milo Milton. The Flag of the United States. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. First edition. Octavo. Rebound in ¼ leather and cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt embossed titles to the spine. Illustrated. Presented with a matching archival slipcase.
Presented is a first edition printing of The Flag of the United States by Milo Milton Quaife. The book was published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1942. It is presented here rebound in ¼ leather and cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt titles to the spine, and a matching archival slipcase.
Quaife wrote The Flag of the United States in order to present “the true and authentic history of the United States.” Wading through the myths and stories surrounding the flag, he details the origins and evolution of the American flag, using careful research to determine fact from fiction. There are several chapters on the early flags of Spain, France, and Holland in America and Quaife traces the development of the American flag from its English predecessor. He articulates the twenty-nine word resolution of the Second Continental Congress that made the flag of the United States, then outlines the changes to the flag’s design made in 1795, 1818, and 1912. He has a chapter on Civil War flags, a chapter on flags of the Army, and several debunking the many myths surrounding the American flag.
This book was very well received upon its publication. “Quaife is entitled to a good deal of praise for having written a straightforward, and very readable, history of our flag” (Ralph W. Steen, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 1943). “To read this history of our flag is to read the history of these United States, not only in the years when we became an infant nation, but also in those later years variously devoted to territorial expansion, extending our commerce, and fighting other wars.” (Ardelia Olden Koch, Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1943).
Milo Milton Quaife (1880–1959) was a historian and writer, born in Nashua, Iowa. He received his education at Grinnell College, the University of Missouri, and the University of Chicago. Quaife was a published historian of the Great Lakes region, the Mississippi River valley, the Gold Rush, and President Polk...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books
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Leather, Paper
Meubles et Ensembles Bretons by Stany Gauthier, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Meubles et Ensembles Bretons by Stany Gauthier. Ch. Massin Paris, 1950. 40 b&w plates. 12 page introduction followed by b/w photo plate section of 36 pages. Part of 'Collection de l'...
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1950s French Vintage Books
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Paper
Seven Assorted Catalogues from Chinese Porcelain Company, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Seven catalogues from the Chinese Porcelain Company on Oriental Porcelain, Export Porcelain and French Furniture. Chinese Ceramics and Wo...
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1990s American Books
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Paper
In Perfect Picture + Frame Harmony, 1850-1920, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
In Perfect Picture + Frame Harmony, 1850-1920 by Eva Mendgen. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, 1995. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 277 pp. A catalogue published to correspond with a ...
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20th Century Dutch Books
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Paper
All The Best, Signed by George Bush, First Edition in Original Dust Jacket, 1999
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bush, George. All The Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings. New York: A Lisa Drew Book/Scribner, 1999. First edition. Signed by George H. W. Bush on free endpage. Presented in the original dust jacket and hardcover boards.
Presented is a first edition of George H. W. Bush’s All The Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings. George Bush signed...
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1990s American Post-Modern Books
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Paper
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition in Original DJ, 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. Publisher’s beige cloth boards, first issue dust jacket. P...
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1940s American Vintage Books
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Paper
Form and Re-Form: A Practical Handbook of Modern Interiors (First Edition)
By Paul Frankl
Located in New York, NY
First edition of this landmark work by Austrian/American architect, designer, and author Paul T. Frankl (1886-1958), an exemplary combination of incisive text and striking graphic de...
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1930s American Machine Age Vintage Books
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Paper
After Strange Gods; A Primer of Modern Heresy, by T. S. Eliot – FIRST EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
After Strange Gods; A Primer of Modern Heresy. The Page-Barbour Lectures at the University of Virginia.
London: Faber and Faber, 1934.
First Edition.
8vo, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (22...
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Early 20th Century American Books
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Paper
"The Art of the Surfboard" Book Signed by Surfer Greg Noll - First Edition
By Greg Noll
Located in San Diego, CA
"The Art of the Surfboard" first edition book signed by legendary surfer Greg Noll (As well as author Drew Kampion and Jed Noll, Greg's son), circa 2007. The book, written by longtim...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
The Right Stuff signed by Tom Wolfe, First Edition in Original Dust Jacket, 1979
By Tom Wolfe
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Wolfe, Tom. The Right Stuff. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979. First Edition. Signed by the author at the half-title. Octavo. In original cloth boards, titled in red, blue, and...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Books
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Silver Leaf
$1,200 Sale Price
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Isadora DUNCAN: My Life – FIRST EDITION
Special Edition "for Friends" 1927
Located in Middletown, NY
A special edition of Isadora Duncan's biography, printed for friends.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927.
First, Limited Edition.
8vo, 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches (244 x 160 mm); 359 pp....
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Early 20th Century American Modern Books
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Gold Leaf
A. A. MILNE. Now We Are Six. FIRST EDITION - SIGNED BY E. H. SHEPARD - 1927
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A.
TITLE: Now We Are Six.
PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY E. H. SHEPHARD. 1 vol, 7-1/2" x 5-1/4", signed by th...
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1920s British Vintage Books
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Fabric
Ahmad-ul-umri - the Lady of the Lotus Rup Mati Queen of Mandu - First Edition!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Ahmad-ul-umri: (L.M.Crump - translator)
Title: The Lady of The Lotus Rup Mati Queen of Mandu A Strange Tale of Faithfulness.
Publisher: London: Oxford University Press,...
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1920s British Vintage Books
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Leather
Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea / Ackermann, First Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the great 19th-century English color plate books illustrating the scenery along the Seine.
Sauvan, Jean Baptiste Balthazar. Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea; with Particulars Historical and Descriptive.
London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First Edition.
4to, 13 1/2 x 11 (343 x 280 mm), pp. x, 177, title vignette and 24 hand colored aquatints, map. Later three-quarter yellow levant morocco with fillets, spine decorated in gilt with 5 raised bands and black title label; marbled boards and endpapers, a.e.g.. Spine and boards in very good condition, binding tight and square, text and plates with very occasional spotting.
[Abbey, Travel 90; Tooley 445; Bobins, Exotic and the Beautiful II: 548]
Condition: Near fine.
This is a first printing of one of the great nineteenth-century English color plate books illustrating the scenery along the Seine from Paris to Le Havre. Luminous impressions of the plates, beautifully hand-colored. Engraved by Thomas Sutherland (1785 – 1825) and Daniel Havell (1785 – 1826) from sketches and drawings by Augustus Pugin (1812 – 1852) and John Gendall (1790 – 1865), the illustrations also include a vignette on the title page representing the Château de Rosny (home of the Duchess of Berry...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Books
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Leather, Paper
Inside New York, Discovering New York
s Classic Interiors, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Inside New York, Discovering New York's Classic interiors by Joe Friedman. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992. Stated first US edition hardcover with dust jacket. 128 pp. An o...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
"Story of Western Furniture" Book by Phyllis Oats, First Edition
By Phyllis Bennett Oates
Located in valatie, NY
“The Story of Western Furniture” book by Phyllis Bennet Oats. NY: Harper and Row, 1981. Stated first U.S. Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 253 pp. A survey of the development of f...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
Louis XIV and Regence by Seymour de Ricci, First Edition
By Seymour de Ricci
Located in valatie, NY
Louis XIV and Regence furniture and decoration by Seymour de Ricci, New York: William Helburn Inc., 1929. First English edition hardcover with no dus...
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Early 20th Century American Books
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Paper
Charles Dickens First Edition Dombey
Son Bradbury
Evans Whitefriars Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st Edition book titled Dombey & Son was authored by Charles Dickens and published by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars of England in 1848 in the period Victorian style with etchings by Hablot Knight Browne...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Books
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Leather, Paper
Jonathan Richardson: Art Theorist of the English Enlightenment, First Edition
By Carol Gibson-Wood
Located in valatie, NY
Jonathan Richardson: Art Theorist of the English Enlightenment (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art) by Carol Gibson-Wood. Yale Unive...
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Early 2000s American Books
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Paper
Great Bookstore in Action by Adolph Kroch, Signed First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
A great bookstore in Action by Adolph Kroch. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1940. Second edition hardcover with paper label on spine and cover. 32 pages. The autographed editi...
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1940s American Vintage Books
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Paper
Material Georgia 1733-1900: Two Decades of Scholarship, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Material Georgia 1733-1900: Two Decades of Scholarship by Dale L. Couch, Linda Chesnut, Jenny Garwood and Maryellen Higginbotham. Georgia Museum of Art, 2019. 1st Ed hardcover with d...
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2010s American Books
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Paper
Mobilier Louis-Philippe Napoleon III by Colette Lehmann, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Mobilier Louis-Philippe Napoleon III by Colette Lehmann. Paris: Èditions Ch. Massin, 1976, French text. Hardcover with dust jackets. 81 pp. Illustrates the beds, seating, tables, cas...
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Late 20th Century French Napoleon III Books
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Paper
Riverside Park: The Splendid Sliver by Edward Grimm, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Riverside park: The Splendid Sliver by Edward Grimm. Columbia University Press, 2008. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Riverside Park is an illustrated tribute to Frederick Law Olmsted's "other" New York City sanctuary. Since its conception in the 1870s, the park has undergone a number of transformations and suffered from periods of misuse and neglect, but in 1984, much-needed renovations turned this city oasis into what is today one of Manhattan's most beautiful attractions.
"If the West Side does not stir you, you are a clod, past redemption."-Robert Moses...
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Early 2000s American Books
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Paper
William Henry Pyne and His Microcosm, Pre-Publication, First Edition
By Harris Myers
Located in valatie, NY
William Henry Pyne and His Microcosm by Harris Myers. Stroud: Sutton Publishing Limited, 1996. Pre-Publication review copy, 1st edition hardcover wi...
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20th Century English Books
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Paper
Geometry of Greek Vases by L.D. Caskey, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Geometry of Greek Vases, Attic Vases in the Museum of Fine Arts Analysed According to the Principles of Proportion Discovered by Jay Hambidge. Boston: Museu...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, A Wonderful Wander, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, A Wonderful Wander. Durham: Duke University, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket. 142 pp. A book on The Sarah P. Duke Gardens a...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
"Old Masters, New World" First Edition Book by Cynthia Saltzman
By Cynthia Saltzman
Located in valatie, NY
Old Masters, New World, America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures (1800-WWI) by Cynthia Saltzman. New York: The Penguin Group, Inc., 2008. Hardcover with dust jacket. 324. A fascinat...
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20th Century North American Books
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Paper
Treasury of San Marco, Venice First Edition by David Buckton
Located in valatie, NY
The treasury of San Marco, Venice by David Buckton. Olivetti, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Grand Palai...
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1980s American Vintage Books
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Paper
Beatrix Potter, Tailor of Gloucester, Privately Printed, First Edition, 1902
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: POTTER, Beatrix.
Title: The Tailor of Gloucester.
Publisher: London: Privately Printed by Strangeways & Sons, 1902.
PRIVATELY PRINTED BY THE AUTHOR, LIMITED TO 500...
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Early 1900s British Antique Books
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Paper
The Best of Aubrey Beardsley by Kenneth Clark, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Best of Aubrey Beardsley by Kenneth Clark. New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1978. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 173 pp. An overview of Aub...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
"Buildings and Projects 1990 - 94" Book Signed by Michael Graves - First Edition
Located in San Diego, CA
First edition "Buildings and Projects 1990 - 1994" book signed by renowned architect and designer, Michael Graves, circa 1995. The book is in very good condition with no torn or mis...
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Late 20th Century American Books
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Paper
Report upon the Colorado River of the West by Joseph Ives, First Edition, 1861
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Ives, Joseph Christmas. Report upon the Colorado River of the West. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. First Edition, Senate Issue. Extensively illustrated with maps, engr...
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1860s American Antique Books
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Fabric, Paper
Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts by John Steinbeck, First Edition, in DJ
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts. New York: Convici Friede, Publishers, 1937. First edition. Octavo. Original publisher’s beige cloth boards, with black and bro...
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1930s American Vintage Books
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Paper
Manly P Hall, the Secret Teachings of All Ages, First Edition Book
4 Prints
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The classic encyclopedia of the arcane in an expanded edition.
Renowned philosopher and lecturer Manly P. Hall’s masterful encyclopedia of ancient symbols, hidden rituals, and arcane practices has remained a classic since first published in 1928. Hall’s densely detailed writings explore topics ranging from Hermeticism to Tarot, Egyptian mythology to Pythagorean theory. Each chapter is accompanied by the vivid illustrations of artist J. Augustus Knapp, with additional images by Mihran Serailian found in the companion volume, each taking their own unique approach to nearly 60 artworks depicting occult subject matter.
The initial concept for what became known as Hall’s “Great Book”, first began in 1923 when the young Los Angeles-based orator began a months-long trip around the globe. Circumnavigating by ship, Hall visited Egypt, China and India, immersing himself in the philosophical and religious history of each country. Upon his return he spent the next five years penning his massive compendium of philosophy and myth.
Nearly a century after its release, this iconic masterwork has been reproduced for the first time from the rare and extravagant original edition. This meticulously-restored version of Hall’s “Great Book” is also accompanied by an expansive companion book, featuring condensed summaries of each chapter of The Secret Teachings, alongside newly-discovered artworks, rare photography...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Foil
English Delftware Pottery in the Robert Hall Warren Collection, First Edition
By Anthony Ray
Located in valatie, NY
English Delftware Pottery in the Robert Hall Warren Collection Ashmolean Museum Oxford by Anthony Ray. Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, 1968. Stated first American edition hardcover...
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20th Century English Books
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Paper
In Praise of America, American Decorative Arts, 1650-1830, First Edition
By Wendy A. Cooper
Located in valatie, NY
In Praise of America, American Decorative Arts, 1650-1830 by Wendy A. Cooper. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1980. Stated first American edition hardcover with dust jacket. 280 pp. ...
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20th Century American Books
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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...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Books
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Leather, Paper
Traces: An Investigation In Reason by John a Chakeres, First Edition
By John A. Chakeres
Located in valatie, NY
Traces: An Investigation In Reason by John A Chakeres. Nuance Press, 1977. 1st Ed soft cover. Chakeres was born in Columbus Ohio in 1952. This is his first book of photographs. This ...
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1970s American Vintage Books
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Paper
Golden Age of Spanish Sculpture by Manuel Gómez Moreno, First Edition
By Manuel Gómez Moreno
Located in valatie, NY
The Golden Age of Spanish Sculpture by Manuel Gómez Moreno. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1964. First English edition hardcover with dust jacket. 63 pp. A beautiful, large for...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Martin Chuzzlewit 1844 Chapman
Hall Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st Edition book titled Martin Chuzzlewit was authored by Charles Dickens and published by Chapman and Hall of England in 1844 in the period Victorian style with 40 full page etchings by Hablot Knight Browne...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Books
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Leather, Paper
Summer Cottages and Castles, Scenes from the Good Life, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Summer Cottages and Castles, Scenes from the Good Life by Patricia Corbin. New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc., 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. 139 pp. Photographic overview of beautifully...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
Chinese Export Porcelain, Standard Patterns and Forms, 1780-1880, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Chinese Export Porcelain, Standard Patterns and Forms, 1780-1880 by Herbert, Peter, and Nancy Schiffer. West Chester: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1975. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacke...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
William Wordsworth a Biography by Edwin Paxton Hood, 1856, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
William Wordsworth a Biography by Edwin Paxton Hood, 1856. London: W. & F. G. Cash, 1856. Red Calf leather and cloth bound gilt hardcover with gilt ...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
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Paper, Leather
Selected Works of Russian Art 11th-Early 20th Century, First Edition
By Sokolova Natalia
Located in valatie, NY
Selected works of Russian Art: Architecture Sculpture painting Graphic Art: 11th-early 20th century, Sokolova Natalia (editor). Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, 1976. This book cont...
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1970s European Vintage Books
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Paper
Signed "Rattan Furniture" First Edition Coffee Table Book by Harvey Schwartz
By Harvey Schwartz
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original brand new 1st edition copy of Rattan Furniture: Tropical Comfort Throughout The House signed by author Harvey Schwartz.
Request a personal message written by the author at...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
$29 Sale Price / item
33% Off
Sotheby
s New York Important Jewelry #6254 December 11, 1991, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's New York: Important Jewelry: 6254: December 11, 1991. 380 lots all photoed in color and fully described with results.
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1990s American Books
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Paper
The Wares of the Ming Dynasty by Hobson, R. L. - FIRST EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Benn Brothers, 1923.
FIRST LIMITED EDITION
4to, 11 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches (280 x 220 mm); xvi, 240 pp. + 128 illustrations (11 in color) on 59 plates. Illustrations are printed on glossy paper, each item is identified and captioned on the facing tissue guard. 1-10 are in color and distributed among the text pages; plates 11 to 59 are in black
white. Brown cloth cover with a gold bird on a branch motif on the front cover and gilt title on spine. Light rubbing on the corners and extremities of the spine; binding firm and square, hinges intact; text pages clean and evenly toned, plates clean and bright. Order form for "Animals in Chinese Art" loosely inserted.
Copy no. 1234 of 1500, as numbered on the limitation page.
An introduction to the classic period of Chinese porcelain. The author, Robert...
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Early 20th Century English Books
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Gold Leaf
The Fauve Landscape, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990, First Edition
Located in New York, NY
Exhibition book from The Fauve Landscape exhibition in 1990 at the LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Works from Matisse, Derain, Dufy, among others. An engaging and interestin...
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20th Century Italian Books
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Paper
Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Our Mutual Friend 1865 Chapman
Hall Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st Edition book titled Our Mutual Friend was authored by Charles Dickens and published by Chapman and Hall of England in 1865 in the period Victorian style with etchings by Hablot Knight Browne...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Books
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Leather, Paper
Sulphides, The Art of Cameo Incrustation, Signed and Numbered First Edition #182
Located in valatie, NY
Sulphides The Art of Cameo Incrustation by Paul Jokelson. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1968. Limited Edition, 182/1000, signed. Hardcover with slipcase. Black pebbled leather with...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
Quest for the Future by A. E. Van Vogt, First Edition BCE
Located in valatie, NY
Quest for the Future by A. E. Van Vogt. Ace Books, New York, 1970. First edtion hardcover BCE with dust jacket. He was one of the most popular and prolifi...
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1970s American Vintage Books
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Paper
Intimate Visions the Photography of Dorothy Norman, by Miles Barth First Edition
By Miles Barth Norman
Located in valatie, NY
Intimate Visions: The Photography of Dorothy Norman by Miles Barth. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1993. She was best known for her long association wi...
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1990s American Books
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Paper
Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey, First Edition 1822
Located in San Francisco, CA
Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey, a rare 1st edition of the author's autobiographical classic published by Taylor Hessey London 1822. A dramatic exploration...
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1820s English Antique Books
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Paper
Quality Street by J. M. Barri - FIRST EDITION, DELUXE, illustr. by Hugh Thompson
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913.
Illustrated by Hugh Thompson. First, Limited Edition.
4to, Deluxe Edition, 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (312 x 242 mm); pp. viii + 198 + 2. Twenty-two ...
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Early 20th Century American Books
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Gold Leaf
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