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Period: Mid-20th Century
A. A. Milne. The Four Winnie The Pooh Books - ALL IN FINE BINDINGS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A.
TITLE: When We Were Very Young - Winnie The Pooh - House At Pooh Corner - Now We Are Six.
PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1960-1.
DESCRIPTION: 4 vols....
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Leather
[1st ed] Shocking Life
Located in New York, NY
First edition (stated) of Italian/Parisian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli’s autobiography, published in 1954 by E.P. Dutton
Co. Per the dust jacket, Schiaparelli “tells her...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
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Christmas: A Story By Eleanor Roosevelt (1st edition)
Located in New York, NY
First edition (stated) of this Christmas story by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, with illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Published in 1940 by Alfred A. Knopf. 12mo (4.25” x 5.5”), 42 pag...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Parke-Bernet NY Florence H. Crane, Castle Hill, Important English Furniture, 1st
By Sotheby
s
Located in valatie, NY
Parke-Bernet NY Florence H. Crane, Castle Hill Ipswich Mass, Important English Furniture 6/29-30 & 7/01, 1950, 1st Ed. Chicago industrialist Richard Teller Crane Jr., heir to Crane C...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Collection of 9 Rolls-Royce Automobile Books
Located in Stamford, CT
Collection of 9 Rolls-Royce automobile hardcover books. Featuring books printed in the United Kingdom and United States.
The collection includes 9 books.
1. Rolls-Royce by L.J.K. Setright hardcover 1979, Great Britain
2. The Rolls-Royce "Wraith" by Tom C. Clark 1986, Great Britain
3. The Rolls-Royce Motor Car and the Bentley since 1931 by Anthony Bird and Ian Hallows
4. Rolls-Royce The History of the Car by Martin Bennett 1988, Hanes Publication North America
5. Rolls-Royce Fact and Legend by C.S. Shoup with T.E. Reich 1988
6. Rolls-Royce The Best Car in the World by George Oliver...
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British Modern Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
GWR Castles Book, Charles Oman, Historic Illustrated Reference, Vintage, English
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage copy of 'Castles' by Charles Oman. An illustrated reference book published by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1929, presented in intact, original order with char...
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British Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Chairs By Bertoia (Knoll Marketing Brochure/Poster)
Located in New York, NY
Marketing poster/brochure for Harry Bertoia’s line of sculptural steel wire mesh-and-rod chairs for Knoll Associates, published in 1957. Graphic design by Herbert Matter. Folded in e...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Charlotte
s Web by E.B. White, First Edition, First Printing, Original DJ, 1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
White, Elwyn Brooks. Charlotte’s Web. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. Illustrated by Garth Williams. First edition, first printing. Octavo. In the publisher's original beige cloth...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Fabric, Paper
David Hockney Illustrated - Fairy Tales Brothers Grimm - 1970 Edition
Located in Stamford, CT
Six Fairy Tales by David Hockney
David Hockney
This exquisite, highly collectable volume was printed in 1970 by Petersburg Press.
Inscribed "Xmas to you from the Grouse" perhaps by Hockney himself.
The book features extraordinary etchings by David Hockney which re-imagine the stories of the Brothers Grimm...
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Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
TOLKIEN, J. R. R. - The Hobbit - 1937 - FIRST EDITION - FIRST PRINTING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
TITLE: The Hobbit or There and Back Again.
PUBLISHER: London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. 1 vol., 7-11/16...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Fabric
TOLKIEN. The Hobbit. 1937 - 1st ED 2nd IMPRESSION - THE FIRST WITH COLOR PLATES!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
TITLE: The Hobbit or There and Back Again.
PUBLISHER: London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND IMPRESSION AND THE FIRST...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Leather
Limited Edition Disney "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Book with Serigraphs
Located in San Diego, CA
Hard to find limited edition Disney "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" book with four serigraphs, circa 1978. This book is #2230 of #9500 distributed worldwide and is lavishly illustr...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
$450 Sale Price
21% Off
Illums Bolighus 1965 Mail Order Catalog
Located in New York, NY
1965 mail order catalog from Danish emporium Illums Bolighus, the Copenhagen “Center of Modern Design” that retailed high-end Danish furniture and accessories along with a smattering of European offerings to both Danish citizens and the market abroad. Foreigners could shop at the department store when traveling or could order from one of the published catalogs. The 1965 catalog showcases chairs, tables, case pieces, desks, beds, carts, and wall systems by eminent and lesser-known Danish designers including Hans Weger, Peter Hvidt and O. Molgaard Nielsen, Vilhelm Wohlert, N.O. Moller, Finn Juhl, Harbo Solvsten, Erik Kierkegaard, Arne Jacobsen, ROsengreen Hansen, Nanna and Jorgen DItzel, Aage Schmidt Christensen, Poul Hundevad, Grete Jalk, Borge Mogensen, Arne Vodder, Kurt Ostervig, Folke Ohlsson, Kaare Klint, Ingemar Thillmark, Ib Kofod-Larsen, Karl Erik Ekselius, Poul Kjaerholm, Ole Wanscher, Erik Worts, Hans Olsen, Hohs. Aasbjerg, Edv. Kindt-Larsen, E. Engholm and Sv. A. Willumsen, Kai Kristiansen, and Sven Langkilde. Each entry includes a photograph along with curatorial information—designer, materials, and measurements. Stand-out designs in the catalog include Hans Wegner’s cube bar cabinet and Papa Bear chair and ottoman, Finn Juhl’s Judas dining table...
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Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century 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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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Pierre Chareau: Un Inventeur, l
architecte
Located in New York, NY
Monograph on celebrated modernist architect and designer Pierre Chareau, published by Editions du Salon des Arts Managers in Paris, 1954. With text by Rene Herbst, preface by Francis...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
The Catcher in the Rye (First edition, second printing)
Located in New York, NY
First edition, second printing of J.D. Salinger’s iconic American bildungsroman, first published by Little, Brown, and Company on July 16, 1951. The second printing followed in the s...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Peggy Guggenheim Art of This Century Book
Located in New York, NY
Catalog of the seminal avant-garde exhibition held at Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery in 1942 and published in an edition of 2500. Edited by Peggy Guggenheim with cont...
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American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Modern Furnishings For The Home (1st edition)
Located in New York, NY
First edition of William J. Hennessey’s Modern Furnishings for the Home, published in 1952 by the Reinhold Publishing Corporation. Billed as “a comprehensive catalog with over 480 av...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
MARTIN GILBERT. The Life of Winston Churchill - 8 vols ALL 1st EDITIONS 1966-88
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Randolph S., continued by Martin Gilbert.
TITLE: The Life of Winston Churchill.
PUBLISHER: London: Heinemann, 1966-88.
DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 8 vols....
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley, Grosset
Dunlap Photoplay Edition, 1931
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. Photoplay edition. 8vo. In original red cloth boards, with black titles to front and spine...
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American Gothic Vintage Mid-20th Century 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...
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English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
MILNE, A. A.. Winnie The Pooh. IN A FINE EXTRA GILT BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A.
TITLE: Winnie The Pooh.
PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1967.
DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., 7-1/4" x 5", illustrated by E. H. Shephard. Bound in full polished ...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Large Collection of Tall Decorative Scandinavian Antique Leather-Bound Books
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A collection of 15 sets of 10 large tall-size decorative Swedish leather-bound books from the 1950s.
Category
Swedish Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1933-38 Marlborough His Life and Times
Located in Bath, GB
A sought after first impression set in unclipped dust wrappers of Winston Churchill's monumental biography on his ancestor, the Duke of Marlborough, complete with all plates and fold...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Pablo Picasso Toros y Toreros 1st Edition 1961
Located in CA, CA
First true edition, published by Cercle D'art Paris 1961. Lithographs by Mourlot
A scarce first edition copy in original slipcase of Pablo Picasso's seminal "Toros y Toreros" artist...
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French Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Honore Daumier, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings Watercolors and Drawings
Located in valatie, NY
Honore Daumier. Catalogue Raisonné of the paintings watercolors and drawings. Published by New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1968. 1st Limited E...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century 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...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
From Russia, With Love by Ian Fleming, First Edition, First Printing, Later DJ
By Ian Fleming
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, (1957). First edition, first printing. Octavo, in original publisher's black boards, with silver and red embossed motif t...
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English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century 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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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
[1st ed] The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler
By Agatha Christie
Located in New York, NY
First American edition of Raymond Chandler’s fifth Philip Marlowe detective novel, concerning a case of blackmail involving a Hollywood starlet and a Cleveland/LA hoodlum. Published ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
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Mobilia Magazine Big Rare Collection
By Mobilia Collection
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
From 1954 until 1985, Mobilia served as an influential Danish publication dedicated to modern design. Its pages showcased the innovations of Scandinavian furniture makers, architects...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
$15,025 / set
1961-1962 The Lord of the Rings
By J. R. R. Tolkien 1
Located in Bath, GB
A superb set of the monumental 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien, illustrated with a folding map to the rear of each volume.
Complete in three volumes.
Each volume is...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, First Edition, Second Printing, 1961
By Roald Dahl
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Dahl, Roald. James and the Giant Peach. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. First edition, second state. Octavo. In the publisher's original illustr...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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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 ...
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American Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
The Adventures of Oliver Twist, 1st Ed Thus
Located in valatie, NY
The Adventures of Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens. 1st Ed Thus hardcover with slip case. Oliver Twist, or the Parish Boy's Progress, Charles Dickens' 2nd...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Johnson: Contemporary Designs by Paul T. Frankl
Located in New York, NY
Johnson Furniture Company brochure showcasing the mid-century designs of Austrian/American architect, designer, and author Paul T. Frankl (1886-1958). Born in Vienna and educated in ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
5 Volumes. Austen, Jane. Novels.
Located in New York, NY
5 Volumes. Austen, Jane. Novels. With notes, Indexes & Illustrations from contemporary sources.Bound in 3/4 blue calf by Sawyer, marbled boards, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt pa...
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British Mid-20th Century Books
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Leather
$3,500 / set
1970s Andy Warhol Art in America
By Andy Warhol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Andy Warhol issue of Art in America magazine, featuring four articles on the artist ("Warhol: The Medium As Cultural Artifact," "A Catalogue Raisonn...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
1967 The Great Cars by Ralph Stein Hardcover Book
Located in Stamford, CT
1967 The Great Cars by Ralph Stein Hardcover Book
"A lavishly illustrated book that profiles 25 of the most significant automobiles ever made, detailing their design, specifications...
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American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Dune by Frank Herbert, Book Club Edition, in Original Dust Jacket, 1965
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Herbert, Frank. Dune. Philadelphia, New York, London: Chilton Company, 1965. Book Club Edition. In the original illustrated dust jacket and red cloth boards, with silver embossed tit...
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American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
1952 Invisible Man
By Ralph Ellison
Located in Bath, GB
The sought after first edition, first printing of Ralph Ellison's monumental award winning novel, his first and only work to be published during his lifetime.
The first edition, fir...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
$5,303
Peggy Guggenheim Art of This Century (Inscribed to artist Hans Richter)
Located in New York, NY
Catalog of the seminal avant-garde exhibition held at Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery in 1942 and published in an edition of 2500. Edited by Peggy Guggenheim with cont...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Jean Dubuffet Painted sculptures catalog 1968
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jean Dubuffet Painted sculptures catalog 1968:
Published on the occasion of a 1968 Dubuffet exhibition at Pace Gallery New York.
Softcover; 50 pages.
Color & Black & White illustra...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Seuss - Theodor Geisel. The Log Of The Good Ship. 1947 - FIRST AND ONLY EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: Old Captain Taylor (Dr. Seuss - Theodor Geisel).
TITLE: The Log Of The Good Ship. Esso: Standard Oil, 1947.
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 1 vol., 10" x 8", 36pp., pictorial wrapp...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Greene, Graham, Travels with My Aunt,
First Edition - Presentation Copy - 1969
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Greene, Graham.
Title: Travels With My Aunt.
Publisher: London: The Bodley Head, 1969.
Description: first edition presentation copy. 1 vol., inscribed on the title-page "With thanks for everything from Graham Greene...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Fabric
The Beatles Australian Tour 1964 Official Souvenir booklet.
By Aztec Services
Located in Pymble, NSW
A rare Beatles tour souvenir program from their tour of Australia in 1964
In excellent condition, it had been wrapped in clear plastic by the original purchaser in 1964.
The plastic ...
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Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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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...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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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...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Leather, Paper
Salvador Dali Rare Hand Signed Midcentury Book A Study Of His Art In Jewels 1959
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite scarce and coveted hardcover book in slipcase - "Dali: A Study of His Art-In-Jewels (The Collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation)".
Bound into the book are color photographs of 28 jewels designed by Dali with comments and captions written by the artist himself. The book was published by The New York Graphics Society in 1959 - a quite collectible first edition/first printing (with no other printings noted) of the art book.
The book is boldly hand-signed and dated (in the year of publication - 1959) by Dali on the lower corner of the first blank page/ front free endpaper. As such, exceedingly rare (we only know of two other existing copies, and only one was also signed in the year the book was published).
A scarce signed edition. Would be a great addition to any collector of Dali's work or those who appreciate his fine art jewelry...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
White House: a Historic Guide, Inscribed by Jack and Jackie Kennedy, 1962
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PEARCE, Mrs. John N. (John & Jacqueline Kennedy).
TITLE: The White House: A Historic Guide.
PUBLISHER: WDC: White House Historical Association, 1962.
DESCRIPTION: I...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Leather
"The Second World War, " by Winston Churchill
Located in Austin, TX
The Second World War by Winston Churchill from Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston.
A vintage edition of Winston Churchill's six-volume memoir, The Second World War, for which he was a...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat - FIRST EDITION - dust jacket
signed card
Located in Middletown, NY
First Edition, third issue of Dr. Seuss' most famous book, accompanied by a card bearing the AUTHOR's SIGNATURE and a quick SKETCH of his famous "green egg."
Seuss, Dr. (Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904 – 1991)
The Cat in the Hat
New York: Random House, 1957.
First edition, First Printing, Third Issue. Dust jacket.
8vo, 9 x 6 1/2" (230 x 165 mm), (2) + 61 + (1) pp; pictorial end papers, verso of free end paper blank, pictorial title page, copyright page. Binding with glazed pictorial paper cover over boards and title on spine, very light signs of wear at corners and spine ends, binding stitched at 1 inch intervals; upper cover illustrated and lettered with addition of "For beginner readers"; back cover with excerpts from reviews printed in letterpress below illustration of chalkboard reading Educators hail The Cat in the Hat. Printed in red, black, salmon, dark blue and light blue on wove paper, with bold illustrations on every spread; pages a touch yellowed on edges. On the back of the last page of text is a note on the book enclosed within a large outline in blue of Cat in the Hat. The ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER in near fine condition, with just slight wear on corners and a chip on the bottom of the spine, reproduces the book's cover; front flap bears price on upper right corner, 195/195, indicating this is the second state of the dust jacket.
Accompanied by a small drawing of a "green egg" with "Dr. Seuss" autograph in black ink with on a light green index card, 3 x 5 in. (76 x 127 mm).
[Younger & Hirsch 7; Greenaway 95]
Dr. Seuss was challenged by Houghton Mifflin's Education Division director, William Ellsworth Spaulding, to create a book for young children using the 225 essential words for beginning readers, a book they would not want to put down. Seuss used 223 of the words from the list, plus 13 others. Seuss tricked kids into enjoying learning with his destructive and charismatic house guest. Inspired in part by Krazy Kat and Felix the Cat, but with a wily mind all his own, the Cat in the Hat's humor and naughtiness are engaged in the noble cause of literacy. "Parents," notes biographer Brian Jay Jones, "were more than happy to join Dr. Seuss as fellow revolutionaries. Even if parents didn't necessarily understand the pedagogy, it was easy to see the difference between the staid DICK AND JANE...
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French Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Jules et André Leleu by Viviane Jutheau
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
High-quality French design and decoration book about the legendary Maison Leleu and designers Jules and André Leleu. The work shows the development of their style from the beginnings...
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Swiss Modern Mid-20th Century Books
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Linen, Paper
Carolina Rice Plantation of the 50
s Signed by the Illustrator, Publisher
s Copy
Located in valatie, NY
A CAROLINA RICE PLANTATION OF THE FIFTIES: Narrative By Herbert Ravenel Sass, With Chapters From The Unpublished Memoirs Of D.E. Huger Smith. Publisher, New York: William Morrow, 1936. Signed 1st Ed hardcover with book plate of Ellen Doubleday, this was publishers personal copy. Illustrated with reproductions of 30 paintings in watercolor by and signed by Alice R. Huger Smith. The magic of the Low Country, the rice coast of South Carolina and Georgia has been captured with rare beauty and fidelity in the paintings of Alice R. Huger Smith. Her water-colors of sea-island beaches, of sea marshes, of black waters in cypress swamps...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Alice
s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [together with] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1959, 1955. Illustrated by John ...
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English Victorian Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Japan Furniture Exhibition
61
By Sori Yanagi
Located in New York, NY
Catalog accompanying an exhibition held in the United States in 1961, sponsored and published by the Japan Export Furniture Manufacturer Association (JEFMA), a trade organization of 48 leading furniture makers in Japan, in collaboration with their government-run National Industrial Arts Institute, with the dual purpose of stimulating the production of Japanese “Good Design” in furniture, and introducing the results to the U.S. market. According to the introduction to this, the second iteration of this exhibition, “it is full three years since the First Exhibition was held in the United States in 1958…these recent years, we Japanese furniture manufacturers have increasingly equipped with facilities for mass production, so that we are now in a position to offer the products of better quality at lower prices. At the same time we have been making efforts to create furniture of graceful design with Oriental taste, using Japanese traditional craftsmanship. We have mainly selected the furnitures which are ready for mass production, and added some pieces of Japanese taste.”
The 24 page catalog presents chairs, tables, and case pieces by prominent Japanese architects and designers including Katsuo Matsamura, Taichiro Nakai, Kozo Asari, Hideo Saito, Takeshi Mineo, Yujiro Yamaguchi, Ryuchi Ise, Fukuji Suzuki, Masaharu Ito, Keisuke Nakamura, Yo Yamagishi, Shigeru Imai, Shiro Kodo, Tadao Kawanami, Akira Sogi, Tomoichi Yoshida, Sori Yanagi, Taichiro Nakai, Toshio Miyake, Motoi Kojima, Fukui Suzuki, Akira Takayabu, Selichi Watanabe, and T. Nii, along with works from the Industrial Arts Institute and an armchair by American ex-pat Noemi Raymond, wife of architect Antonin Raymond. Manufacturers include. Manufacturers represented in the exhibition include Akita Mokko Co, Bokai Industry Co, Fuji Furniture Co, Haneda, Kosajujo Co, Inada & Co, Iwai Kogyo Co, Imada Mokko Co, Kobe Wood Chemics Assoc., Kosuga & Co, Kotobuki Seating Co, Kobyashi Fukuzo & Co, K.K. Shimada Seisakusho, Kubo Shoten Co, Kassai Manufacturing Co, Miyoshi Mokko Co, Okamura Mfg. Co, Sakigake Furniture, Santa Kogyosho Corp, Tendo Mokko, Tsuji Mokko Co, Tottori Kagu Kogyo Co, Taihei Mokko Co, Toki Mokko Co, Toyohashi Mokko Co, Yamaguchi Co...
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Vintage Soviet Era Hand-Carved Wooden Potato Masher, 1960s - 1J200
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This authentic vintage potato masher is a rustic piece of Soviet-era kitchenalia, hand-carved from a single piece of wood. Dating back to the 1960s, it showcases the functional, no-f...
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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...
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New York Photographs, Book by Andreas Feininger, 1964
Located in Atlanta, GA
New York Photographs, Book by Andreas Feininger, 1964.
This is a stunning photographic document of its time: A portrait of New York. Color and black and white photo-reproductions by ...
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Industrial Design 3: June 1954 (Alvin Lustig, Art Consultant)
By Alvin Lustig
Located in New York, NY
Volume 1, number 3 (June 1954) issue of Industrial Design, edited by Jane Fisk Mitarachi and published by Whitney Publications, Inc, known contemporaneously for Interiors and for Geo...
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