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Ferrari by Pino Allievi. XL hardcover book with Leatherette binding.
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Il Fascino Ferrari - A monument to Italy’s driving force.
Few men, women or brand names have come to define a century. For seven decades and counting, the Italian powerhouse founded...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Metal Books
Materials
Foil
Edward F. Caldwell Gothic Style Jeweled Champleve Enamel Antique Folio Cover
Located in New York, NY
A very rare, fine large Edward F. Caldwell jeweled champleve enamel folio cover in the High Gothic Style. The central panel depicting a King on a white horse holding a large orb with a snake symbol, surrounded by exquisitely detailed Gothic heraldic elements and jeweled embellishments. Burgundy velvet lined interior, retaining original leather backing and spine, wear commensurate with age, ideal for a museum or private collection.
Measurements: 13.63 inches high, 11 inches wide, 1 inch deep
Condition: the enamel panel is in excellent condition, age appropriate wear to velvet, leather and interior pages. Please note, the enamel panel may be removed and mounted on a modern folio if desired. This piece may be framed or displayed as a decorative panel on a stand
Edward F. Caldwell & Co was established in 1895 in New York City at 31 East 17th Street and quickly became one of the premier designers and manufacturers of fine lighting and decorative objects. Their commissions included J.P. Morgan's residence, Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Vanderbilt Mansion, Henry Clay Frick residence, Harvard Club...
Category
Early 20th Century American Gothic Metal Books
Materials
Enamel
Antique Extremely Rare Large 13th Century Antiphonal Abbey Book Binding
Located in Doha, QA
Monumental Medieval Antiphonal Book Binding with Illuminated Leaves
Austria, 13th Century
Materials: Oak wood, hand-tooled cowhide or pig-hide leather, wrought iron fittings, sheepsk...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Austrian Gothic Antique Metal Books
Materials
Iron
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám – The Elihu VEDDER, SUPER DELUXE Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
A lavish production and VEDDER's MASTERPIECE, The Rubaiyat was a great success and helped establish Vedder as a major American artist.
Khayyám, Omar / Illustrated by ELIHU VEDDER / ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Marvel Comics Library. Hulk. 1962–1966. Limited Collector
s Edition, numbered.
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Collector’s Edition of 1,000 numbered copies.
Aluminum print cover tipped into a leatherette-bound spine, foil embossing, and housed in a slipcase, 11.0 x 15.6 in., 11.37 lb, 670 pag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Metal Books
Materials
Aluminum
Library of Antique Leatherbound Books
Located in Brønshøj, DK
This collection consists of 400 antique decorative books, mainly dating from 1850–1950, with most published before 1920. The books are bound in leather, many with fine gold leaf embo...
Category
20th Century Danish Victorian Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
$3,239 / set
David Bailey Sumo, Signed, Limited Edition Book with Marc Newson Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The David Bailey SUMO.
Over 300 of the greatest portraits of our time, printed big and bold.
In 1965, portrait and fashion photographer David Bailey released his groundbreaking boo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Metal Books
Materials
Aluminum
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Metal Books
Materials
Foil
Collection of Leather Bound Classic Books, Easton Press
Franklin Library
By Franklin Press, Easton Press
Located in Peabody, MA
A collection of twenty-seven 1970s-1980s era leather bound and 22kt gold leaf classic novels. Nineteen by Easton Press, and eight published by Franklin Library. Many feature silk mo...
Category
1970s American American Classical Vintage Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
American Ornithology; Or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Located in Middletown, NY
Wilson, Alexander
Charles Lucian Bonaparte
American Ornithology; Or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States by Alexander Wilson; with a continuation by Charles L...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
70s Picasso Coffee Table or Library Book First Edition Paris France
Located in New York, NY
A collectable, first edition (English), 'Picasso', an art coffee table or library book, 1974, New York, New York and Paris, France. A great piece to add to a collection or to start o...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Metal Books
Materials
Foil
Annie Leibovitz Sumo, Whoopi Goldberg Collector
s Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition: Whoopi Goldberg.
Sumo-size: 50.0 x 69.0 cm (19.7 x 27.2 in.), 476 pages, Hardcover (incl. 6 fold-outs) with supplement book (INT-Edition) and bookstand designed by Marc Newson.
Editor: Annie Leibovitz, Benedikt Taschen, Simone Philippi.
Contributing authors: Steve Martin, Graydon Carter, Annie Leibovitz, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Paul Roth.
Limited to a total of 10,000 copies, all signed by Annie Leibovitz: (No. 1,001–10,000 Collector‘s Edition) is available in 4 different dust jackets that collectors can choose from: Whoopi Goldberg; Keith Haring; David Byrne and Patti Smith and (No. 1–1,000 Art Edition) is limited to 1,000 copies, bound in leather, each numbered and signed by Annie Leibovitz, comes with all 4 dust jackets and a Fine Art print: Keith Haring, New York City, 1986, size: 50.0 x 69.0 cm (19.7 x 27.2 in.)
The ultimate portrait collection of the most famous celebrities, by the most well known photographer in the world, from Annie Leibovitz's 40 years in photography (including a large number of previously unseen images from her archives). 500 of the most celebrated people from the worlds of music, cinema, TV, art, fashion, theater, literature, politics, and sports are featured in a size, scale and printing quality never before seen. 240 photos in total. Comes with specially designed limited edition Marc Newson book Stand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Metal Books
Materials
Other
Victorian Daily Prayer Book in Hebrew "Tephilath of Israel" w/ Carved Bone Cover
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Antique prayer book in Hebrew ("Tephilath Israel" meaning "Prayer of Israel") published in Vienna in 1894 by Jos. Schlesinger. The book is made with a binding of celluloid over cloth...
Category
1890s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Metal Books
Materials
Brass
$405 Sale Price
40% Off
Yoshihiro Narisawa, Satoyama Cuisine. Gastronomy
Culinary Photography Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sustainable Gastronomy
Yoshihiro Narisawa’s manifesto on cuisine in harmony with the natural world
Award-winning Japanese chef Yoshihiro Narisawa has turned to his homeland and nature to develop his innovative satoyama cuisine and culinary philosophy. Inspired by the Japanese tradition of foraging for ingredients on the land between mountains and villages, the area of satoyama, and by similar traditional methods for gathering food, Narisawa has created recipes and dining experiences based on the sustainable use of native ingredients.
Also using foodstuffs from coastal waters and forests, from seaweed and sea snakes to wild flowers and even soil, the recipes are presented and shown in stunning photographs by world-renowned Brazilian food photographer Sergio Coimbra. But this is more than a book of recipes, it is a new kind of gastronomy book that explores the background of where the ingredients are sourced and also how the chef works with the craftsmen who makes his knives and tableware. This attention to every stage of the supply chain is another aspect of satoyama, and in the course of the journeys Narisawa and Coimbra made the book has also become a visual travel guide to Japan and its history and traditions. In this way it is not just the chef’s creations that are presented, but the food in its full context, including the processes involved, and a culinary perspective that combines tradition with modern ideas.
Collector’s Edition of 1,000 copies, each signed by Yoshihiro Narisawa and Sergio Coimbra.
The Artist:
Yoshihiro Narisawa, born in Aichi prefecture in 1969 as the son of a baker of western recipes, moved to Europe at the age of 19 where he trained in France, Switzerland, and Italy, before returning to his homeland. Narisawa opened his first restaurant in Kanagawa in 1996, moving to Tokyo in 2003. After pursuing a connection with French cuisine, Narisawa went on to develop his “Satoyama” style. His restaurant has been listed for many years as one of the World’s 50 Best...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Helmut Newton Sumo Taschen Book, Philippe Starck Stand, Signed Limited Edition
Located in Miami, FL
Helmut Newton Sumo Taschen Book, Philippe Starck Stand, Signed Limited Edition
Offered for sale is a Helmut Newton Limited Edition Sumo book published by Taschen with a custom-designed stand by Philippe Starck. There is an unparalleled grandeur of the Helmut Newton Sumo, the biggest and most expensive book produced in the 20th century. This limited edition masterpiece is signed by Newton and numbered 836/10,000. The book is a testament to the influential legacy of one of the most intriguing and controversial photographers in history. Accompanying this extraordinary book is a meticulously crafted bookstand designed by Philippe Starck that adds a touch of sophistication to its display.
Immerse yourself in the monumental world of SUMO, a titan of a book measuring an impressive 50 x 70 cm (20 x 27.5 in.) and weighing approximately 30 kg (66 lb.). With 464 pages, it breaks all previous records and stands as a truly unique publication.
Edited by June Newton...
Category
Late 20th Century Monacan Modern Metal Books
Materials
Metal
$8,750 Sale Price
30% Off
Leather and Gold Embossing Hand Made Book of Art Paper for Hand Writing, Photos
By Alexander
s Collection
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Leather and Gold Embossing Hand Made Book of Art Paper for Hand Writing, Photos
108 pages
Genuine leather: Indicate that the binding is made of high-quality genuine leather, which en...
Category
1990s Spanish Arts and Crafts Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Essays of Francis Bacon in an elegant binding
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1907.
12mo.; 6 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (160 x 122 mm); pp. vii, 323, [6], rubricated title. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamped in gold at the bottom of fro...
Category
Early 20th Century English Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Located in Middletown, NY
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.
FIRST EDITION, 8th Printing.
8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches (190 x 130 mm); pp. vi, 305, printed in 11 pt Old Style type on wove paper. Dark blu...
Category
Early 20th Century English Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Persian Manuscript Page - Garden Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
Persian Manuscript Page depicting a garden scene. Circa 18th century.
Hand painted scene depicts a hilly outdoor landscape where people are congre...
Category
Late 18th Century Persian Islamic Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
$600 / item
Disney Comics Library. Carl Barks’s Donald Duck. Vol. 1. 1942–1950. Limited Ed.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Collector’s Edition of 1.000 numbered copies.
Hardcover with an aluminum print cover tipped into a leatherette-bound spine, foil embossing, and housed in a slipcase, 11 x 15.6 in., 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Metal Books
Materials
Aluminum
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, early edition 1786
Located in Middletown, NY
4th Edition of the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith.
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
London: A. Strahan and T. Cade...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Set of 6 Leather Bound Faux Dummy/Faux English Library Book Fronts, 20th C
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of 6 Leather Bound Faux Dummy/Faux English Library Book Fronts, England, Later 20th Century
This set of six leather-bound faux dummy English library book fronts from the late 20...
Category
Late 20th Century English Neoclassical Metal Books
Materials
Brass
$948 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Amazônia, SUMO, Limited Edition Signed Book
Exclusive Renzo Piano Bookstand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Collector’s Edition Book (No. 401–2,400), numbered and signed by Sebastião Salgado, with corresponding bookstand designed by Renzo Piano exclusively f...
Category
2010s European Metal Books
Materials
Steel
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Poems of John Keats – KELMSCOTT PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894.
Limited Edition
Octavo, 8 1/4 x 5.5 in (206 x 140 mm) 392 pp. Edited by F.S. Ellis. One of 300 copies on Flower paper, printed in red and black i...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Plus Ultra; or, The progress and advancement of knowledge ... Aristotle
Located in Middletown, NY
Glanvill, Joseph
Plus Ultra; or, The progress and advancement of knowledge since the days of Aristotle. In an account of some of the most remarkable late improvements of practical, u...
Category
17th Century French Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Walt Disney Film Archives, the Animated Movies 1921-1968, Collector
s Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hardcover, 620 pages, 41.1 x 30 cm (16.2 x 11.8 in.) in clamshell box. With portfolio of 5 cel setups, 37.6 x 30 cm (14.8 x 11.8 in.) and 30 x 36.3 cm (11.8 x 14.3 in.), and 64-page facsimile of 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' storyboard from Fantasia, 30 x 37 cm (11.8 x 14.6 in.).
This Taschen Collector’s edition presents the first volume of one of the most expansive illustrated publications on Disney animation. In it, some 1,500 images as well as top essays by eminent Disney experts take us to the beating heart of the studio’s “Golden Age of Animation,” tracing Disney’s complete animation journey from the silent film era, through his first full-length feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and the pioneering artistic experiment Fantasia (1940), right up to his last masterpieces Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) and The Jungle Book (1967).
The book brings focus to each of the major animated features made during Walt’s lifetime, including Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and 101 Dalmatians, without forgetting the experimental short films of the Silly Symphonies series, underappreciated episodic musical films such as Make Mine Music and Melody Time, and many unfinished projects, such as proposed sequels to Fantasia or a homage to Davy Crockett by painter Thomas Hart Benton.
With extensive research conducted through the collections of the Walt Disney Company, as well as private collections, editor Daniel Kothenschulte curates some of the most precious concept paintings and storyboards to reveal just how these animation masterpieces came to life. These original artworks are accompanied by cel setups of famous film scenes, rare pictures from Disney photographers, and fascinating excerpts from story conferences between Walt and his staff. Throughout, contributions from leading Disney specialists detail the evolution of each film and honour the outstanding animators and designers who influenced the style of the studio, among them Albert Hurter, Gustaf Tenggren, Kay Nielsen, Carl Barks, Mary Blair, Sylvia Holland, Tyrus Wong...
Category
2010s European Metal Books
Materials
Other
English Burl Walnut Brass Mounted Book Safe with 2 Tree Calf Leather Bindings
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare and unusual English burl walnut brass mounted book safe of unusually fine quality containing 2 leather bound volumes marketed by Asprey & Company, England. I have never seen a...
Category
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Metal Books
Materials
Brass
Helmut Newton Sumo - Enormous Limited Edition Book with Philippe Starck Stand
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Experience the unparalleled grandeur of the Helmut Newton Sumo, the biggest and most expensive book production of the 20th century. This limited edition masterpiece, hand signed and numbered by Helmut Newton himself, is a testament to the influential legacy of one of the most intriguing and controversial photographers in history. Accompanying this extraordinary book is a meticulously crafted bookstand designed by Philippe Starck, adding a touch of sophistication to its display.
Immerse yourself in the monumental world of SUMO, a titan of a book measuring an impressive 50 x 70 cm (20 x 27.5 in.) and weighing approximately 30 kg (66 lb.). With 464 pages, it breaks all previous records and stands as a truly unique publication.
Edited by June Newton...
Category
1990s German Post-Modern Metal Books
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Bowles
s New Collection of English Moths and Butterflies by Benjamin WILKES
Located in Middletown, NY
Bowles's New Collection of English Moths and Butterflies; In Twelve Prints, All Drawn from Life Representing near 300 different Species of those Beautiful Insects. Elegantly and accurately Engraved and disposed in an Ornamental Order To each Print is added:-A Description of their Names, Food, and times of Change, By Benjamin Wilkes.
London: Carington Bowles, 1764.
Second Edition.
Folio, (15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in, 394 x 300mm) Second edition, 1 title page and 12 plates engraved and hand-colored, trimmed to plate-mark at fore-edge, lightly browned, some spotting, later 3/4 red morocco with title and fillets in gilt, rubbed and a little stained, rebacked, corners worn.
The plates were engraved by Henry Roberts as evidenced in the markings of each plate the first edition, but omitted in the second edition.
[Nissen 4411; Linsey 183].
EXTREMELY RARE, COMPLETE BOUND SET of...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rider
s British Merlin 1726; Adorned with many delightful Varieties and Useful.
Located in Middletown, NY
A precursor of Benjamin Franklin's famous and popular POOR RICHARD's ALMANAC
Rider, Cardanus
Rider's (1726) British Merlin; Adorned with many delightful Varieties and Useful Veritie...
Category
Early 18th Century English Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Silva: or a Discourse of Forest-Trees by John Evelyn
Located in Middletown, NY
Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty's Dominions; As it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th day of October, 1662, upon Occa...
Category
Early 18th Century English Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Salgado, Amazônia Art D, Signed Sumo Book with Black
White Photographic Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Sumo-sized art edition (No. 301–400), designed by Lélia Wanick Salgado and signed by Sebastião Salgado, is presented with a clothbound companion volume, the signed print The Par...
Category
2010s Metal Books
Materials
Steel
La Comtesse d
Escarbagnas by Molière – Limited Edition, Illustrated
Located in Middletown, NY
Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), ed. Georges Monval
La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas
Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1895. L. Leloir / Champollion. Limited Edition.
16mo., 7 x4 5/8 (...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ireland House of Commons 1753 Vol. III and Statutes at Large 1703-1719 Vol. IV
Located in Morristown, NJ
Two leather bound volumes published in Dublin, Ireland in the mid 1700's.
The Journals of the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Ireland from the Eleventh Year of King James the Fir...
Category
1750s Irish Georgian Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
All_vellum Copy of R. L. Stevenson
s Virginibus Puerisque
Located in Middletown, NY
Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers.
London: Chatto & Windus for the FLORENCE PRESS, 1910. Limited Edition.
4to, 10 x 7 1/2 in. (253 x 189 mm); [6] leaves, including 1 blank + 120 pp + [2] leaves, including 1 blank. 12 chromolithographed plates by Norman Wilkinson, printed on plate paper and not included in the pagination, legends on tissue guards printed in red. This is COPY no. 4 OF 12 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM, as noted on the limitation page, on verso of second leaf: «Of this edition of Virginibus Puerisque / have been printed on Aldwych hand- / made paper 250 copies, of which 235 are / for sale; on vellum 12 copies, of which 10 / are for sale. / Vellum Copy No. 4». Limp vellum binding with four green ties; gilt lettering on spine and upper cover, t.e.g. Very faint spotting to front free endpaper, slight offsetting of ties. Otherwise a pristine copy.
Provenance: William Russell Flint (from the family, by descent).
[Beinecke, Stevenson 79; Ransom 278:6; Tomkinson 85:6; Prideaux 13] Fine.
A splendid edition of Stevenson's first collection of essays which promote a spirit of playfulness in defiance of both the hardships of human life and the restrictions imposed by bourgeois callowness. The volume brought together essays that had been previously published in the Cornhill Magazine and Macmillan’s: “Virginibus Puerisque i” (1876); “ ii” (1881); “iii: On Falling in Love” (1877); “iv: The Truth of Intercourse” (1879); “Crabbed Age and Youth” (1878); “An Apology for Idlers” (1877); “Ordered South” (1874); “Aes Triplex” (1878); “El Dorado” (1878); “The English Admirals” (1878); “Some Portraits by Raeburn” (previously unpublished); “Child’s Play” (1878); “Walking Tours” (1876); “Pan’s Pipes” (1878); “A Plea for Gas Lamps” (1878)
The essays inspired Norman WILKINSON (1878 – 1971) to create the 12 striking and lyrical images that accompany the texts. Wilkinson was a British artist, renowned for his poster work and honored by the British Admiralty for coming up with the idea and design for “dazzle camouflage...
Category
Early 20th Century English Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Set Of Twelve Tooled Leather Bound Books Various Titles
Located in New Orleans, LA
A handsome set of twelve tooled and leather bound books.
Expert book binders have individually re-bound these carefully selected used books in fine leathers embossed and gold leafed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Edwardian Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
$525 Sale Price / set
30% Off
The Workes of our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer
Located in Middletown, NY
Chaucer, Geoffrey
The Workes of our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed
London: Adam Islip, 1602.
Second Edition.
Folio, 13 x 8 3/4 inches (328 x 223 ...
Category
Early 17th Century English Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Venetian Life; With Illustrations from Original Watercolors by Childe Hassam etc
Located in Middletown, NY
Howells, William Dean
Venetian Life; With Illustrations from Original Watercolors
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, The Riverside Press, 1892.
2 volumes, 8vo 7 x 4 3/4 inches (172 x 120 mm); viii, 279 pp; 287 pp. 18 illustrations from watercolors by Childe Hassam, Ross Turner, F. Hopkinson Smith, and Rhoda Holmes...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Poems of Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE, Third Edition, 1803
Located in Middletown, NY
London: T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803.
Third Edition.
12mo, 6 1/4 x 4 inches (160 x 114 mm); pp. xii + 202. Half-bound in tan calf with raised bands and gilt decorations, black l...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mr. Knife Miss Fork by R. Crevel - Surrealist illustrations by MAX ERNST
Located in Middletown, NY
A striking and important Surrealist collaboration. A rare SINGED COPY.
Ernst, Max / René Crevel
Mr. Knife Miss Fork; Translated by Kay Boyle
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1931.
FIRS...
Category
Early 20th Century English Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Album Containing Drawings, Memorabilia, and Botanical Samples
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely example of an intimate 19th century memorabilia album illustrating the era's sensibilities for nature and antiquities, and bound in an exquisite blank album with miniature v...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Rare Folio of Swiss Civil
Military Costumes after Hans Holbein the Younger
Located in Middletown, NY
Holbein, Hans the Younger (after) Chrétien de Méchel
Recueil de XII costumes suisses civils et militaires, hommes et femmes, du seizième siècle. Gravés d'après les dessins originaux ...
Category
Late 18th Century Swiss Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
John Ruskin, OF QUEENS
GARDENS
Located in Middletown, NY
London / Edinburgh: George Allen / Ballantyne Press, 1902
8vo, 8 x 5 3/4 inches (203 x 145 mm), (4), 68, (1) pp. Printed on handmade Arnold paper with a flower and vine border on eac...
Category
Early 20th Century English Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Helmut Newton, Baby Sumo, Limited Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
BABY SUMO, welcome to the world!
The legendary Helmut Newton SUMO in a spectacular new edition
The Helmut Newton SUMO was overwhelming in every respect: a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Metal Books
Materials
Stainless Steel
$1,500 / item
Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains
Located in Middletown, NY
Among the most beautifully printed books on Chinese ceramics.
Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains
by: Bushell, Dr. Stephen W. and William M. Laffan
New York: Pr...
Category
Early 20th Century Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick (Laurence Stern)
Located in Middletown, NY
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928.
Limited Edition, numbered
8vo, 9 x 5 3/4 inches (230 x 145 mm); iv + 152 + ii pages, printed on English hand-made paper in 14 pt....
Category
Early 20th Century English Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
s "Zapolya, a Christmas Tale" in Fine Leather Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Zapolya: A Christmas Tale; in Two Parts: The Prelude entitled "The Usurper's Fortune;" and The Sequel, entitled "The Usurper's Fate."
London: Rest Fenner, ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murals of Tibet. Limited, signed by HH The Dalai Lama with Shigeru Ban bookstand
By Thomas Laird
Located in Los Angeles, CA
SUMO-sized Collector’s Edition limited to 918 copies (No. 81–998), each signed by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, with a bookstand designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Tibetan Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Tillyloss Scandal by J. M. Barrie, creator of PETER PAN
Located in Middletown, NY
\New York: Lovell, Coryell and Company, 1893.
First Edition, Second Issue.
Small 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 inches (188 x 127 mm), pp. 270. Beautifully bound by Root & Son in red calf with go...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and its Vicinity by James Merigot
Located in Middletown, NY
A wonderfully illustrated collection of important Roman views.
Merigot, James
A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and its Vicinity ; Recently Executed From Drawings Made ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord M.DCCC.XXXII 1832 – John Goldsmith
Located in Middletown, NY
Goldsmith, John
An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord M.DCCC.XXXII 1832
London: Company of Stationers, 1831. 24mo; 4 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (107 x 60 mm); pp. 64 + 12 blank sheets front and...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Metal Books
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Gold Leaf
A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, 1786 - 2 volumes
Located in Middletown, NY
A Dictionary of the English Language; In Which the Words are Deduced From Their Originals and Illustrated In Their Different Significant By Examples From the Best Writers. To Which are Prefixed a History of the Language and an English Grammar
London: printed by John Jarvis and sold by John Fielding...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Metal Books
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Gold Leaf
Costumes of Spain – ILLUSTRATED by Antonio Rodríguez, 1803
Located in Middletown, NY
Colección General de los Trajes que en la actualidad se usan en España: principiada en el año 1801
Madrid: Librarias de Castillo, 1801.
First Edition
8vo (12mo?); 6 1/2 4 1/8 inche...
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Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Metal Books
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Gold Leaf
The Complete Newgate Calendar. Stories of sin, crime, criminals - 5 vol. illustr
Located in Middletown, NY
Rayner, J.L. and G.T. Crook, editors
The Complete Newgate Calendar; Being Captain Charles Johnson's General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murdere...
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Early 20th Century English Metal Books
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Gold Leaf
Geometrical and Graphical Essays by George Adams (1750-1795)
Located in Middletown, NY
Geometrical and Graphical Essays [and] Plates to the Geometrical and Graphical Essays.; By the late George Adams, Mathematical Instrument Maker to his Majesty, & c.
London: W. & S. Jones, 1813. Fourth Edition. Two volumes, 8vo, 9 x 5 3/4 in. (228 x 145 mm). Text volume: pp. frontispiece, xii, 534, [16] ads; Plates vol.: pp. title page and 34 folding plates. Previous owner's name penned on the first free flyleaf. Uniform contemporary paper-covered boards, untrimmed, housed in a felt-lined custom clamshell box, 9 x 5 1/2 in. Occasional browning to the edges of some of the plates in Vol. 2, 1/2 inch tear to fold of Pl. VIII and 1 inch tear to the edge of Pl XIV, none of these minor flaws affecting the images. Frontispiece "The Great Theodolite, by Ramsden, Used by the late Gen.l Roy &c. in the great English Trigonometrical Operations." This is the "Fourth Edition, corrected and enlarged by William Jones, F. Am. P. S.
[ESTC T88416, 1791 edition].
The last chapter of these fascinating volumes includes conversion tables to various standard national measure ranging from the Paris foot to the Russian archine, to the Venice braccio, the Egyptian stadium to 'The mathematical foot of China'.
GEORGE ADAMS the younger (1750–1795) was an English scientist, optician and scientific writer. In politics Adams was a Tory, and as such was received with favour at court by George III, who made him his official mathematical instrument maker, succeeding his father George Adams in the post. George III was personally interested in instruments and had Adams produce items for him exclusively, many in silver. These instruments now form a collection which is housed in London's Science Museum Royal collection Adams was also known for making globes, and for inventing the lucernal microscope, a type of projection microscope where the image is projected on a screen by a large oil lamp...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Metal Books
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Gold Leaf
Paul Laszlo Catalog from 1947
By Paul Laszlo
Located in New York, NY
Scarce, self-published, 102-page catalog with laminated boards showcasing Paul Laszlo's work in and around Beverly Hills between 1937-1947. The Hungarian born and Vienna-educated Las...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Books
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Wire
John Ruskin, OF QUEENS
GARDENS
Located in Middletown, NY
London / Edinburgh: George Allen / Ballantyne Press, 1902
8vo, 8 x 5 3/4 inches (203 x 145 mm), (4), 68, (1) pp. Printed on handmade Arnold paper with a flower and vine border on eac...
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Early 20th Century English Metal Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Victorian Solid Silver Bookmark By J Batson
Son, London c.1899
By Henry John
Albert Edward Batson
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th Century Victorian solid silver bookmark. The bookmark is in the shape of a bottle, with an unusual cut out section within that says "HERE I STOPPED". A wonderful ad...
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19th Century British Other Antique Metal Books
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Silver
Ultimate Collector Motorcycles. Limited Edition with Aluminum Print Covers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
100 of the most legendary and coveted motorcycles of all time
Dream Rides: The most spectacular bikes on the planet. From the 1894 Hildebrand & Wolfmüller to the 2020 Aston Martin AMB 001, this book lavishly explores 100 of the most desirable motorcycles to have ever sped thrillingly around a circuit or along an open road. From pioneering record-breakers, luxury tourers, and legendary roadracers to GP-winning machines, iconic superbikes, and exotic customs, this book celebrates motorcycle design and engineering at its highest level. Many examples are from acclaimed private collections and very rarely seen. Others are the all-out stars of renowned motorcycle museums—such as the 1938 Brough Superior “Golden Dream” or the 1957 MV Agusta 500 4C, which took John Surtees...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Metal Books
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Aluminum, Foil
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