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Origin of Species 1859, first edition, first issue, SIGNED
Located in London, GB
The most important book ever printed, and the closest you will ever come to owning a signed copy.
In On the Origin of Species, published in 1859, Darwin first set out the theory of ...
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1850s Antique London Books
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Paper
Pablo Picasso Toros y Toreros 1st Edition 1961
By Pablo Picasso
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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Mid-20th Century French London Books
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Paper
GUERLAIN - Colette Fellous - 1st English Edition, Paris, 1989
Located in CA, CA
Published by Denoël, 1st English edition, Paris, 1989. Hardback with English text, translated from French by Elizabeth Thomas.
Like perfume itself, this book plays on a multitude of levels, quotations from articles, novels and handbooks on good manners are set out alongside 150 years of images - relating to the tenuous world of Guerlain perfume...
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1980s Vintage London Books
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Paper
Diana, Princess of Wales by Mario Testino at Kensington Palace
Located in CA, CA
Published by Taschen, accompanying the exhibition Diana Princess of Wales by Mario Testino at Kensington Palace in London, 24 November 2005 - 1 July 2007. 2005 Hardback English text ...
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Early 2000s London Books
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Paper
The Sculptures of Picasso Photographs by Brassaï 1949 1st Edition
By Pablo Picasso, Brassaï
Located in CA, CA
First edition, published by Rodney Phillips
Co, 1949.
A very important book of Picasso's sculptures beautifully photographed by the renowned French photographer Brassaï, a clo...
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern London Books
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Paper
Zaha Hadid. Complete Works 1979–2009, Art Edition Book Limited Edition 200.
By Zaha Hadid
Located in LONDON, GB
The Zaha Hadid Art Edition is presented in a clamshell box and signed by the architect, with a custom-made black acrylic cover, conceived by Zaha Hadid ...
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2010s British London Books
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Acrylic, Paper
Canned Candies, The Exotic Women and Clothes of Paco Rabanne by Jean Clemmer
By Jean Clemmer
Located in CA, CA
Canned Candies, The Exotic Women and Clothes of Paco Rabanne. Photographed by Jean Clemmer.
Published by Charles Skilton Limited, 1969.
A collaboration between the Parisian photog...
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1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage London Books
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Paper
Book Binder
s Press by Robert Ritchie of Edinburgh
Located in London, GB
A 19th century nipping or copying press by Robert Ritchie of Edinburgh.
Marked: PATENT ROBERT RITCHIE EDINBURGH.
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Late 19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique London Books
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Iron
Ed Ruscha Make New History 2009
By Ed Ruscha
Located in CA, CA
Ed Ruscha multiple published on the occasion of the Gala of the 30th Anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Printed in an edition of approximately 1000 copies ...
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern London Books
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Paper
Picasso Theatre by Douglas Cooper, 1st Edition Circle D
art Paris 1967
By Pablo Picasso
Located in CA, CA
True 1st edition, Editions Cercle D’Art Paris 1967
French Language
Douglas Cooper explores the part theatre design had in Picasso’s life, drawing on...
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1960s Vintage London Books
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Paper
Japanese Cinema by Stuart Galbraith IV/Paul Duncan
Located in CA, CA
An amazing book exploring the work of the greatest Japanese filmmakers. Until recently, the Western world has viewed Japanese cinema through a very narrow prism. For years, Westerners interested in Japanese film had to content themselves with the collected works of Akira Kurosawa, a spotty sampling of films by Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujiro Ozu...
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Early 2000s London Books
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Paper
Auschwitz -Birkenau by Adam Kasckowski and photography Smolen Kazimiertz 1st ed
Located in CA, CA
Panstwowe Muzeum, Oswiecimiu 1970. Hardback first edition. Text in Polish, English, French, and German.
Scarce copy of this book with photographs by Adam Kaczkowski and text edited...
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1970s Vintage London Books
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Paper
Julius Shulman: Palm Springs - Michael Stern
Alan Hess - 1st ed. signed 2008
Located in CA, CA
A Rizzoli publication, 1st edition, New York, 2008. Hardback with English text.
“His work will survive me. Film is stronger and good glossy prints are easier to ship than brute conc...
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Early 2000s London Books
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Paper
Atlas Manuel Book D
Anatomie 27 Coloured Plaques Eduard Cuyer 1895s Victorian
By Jean Brusselmans
Located in London, GB
An extremely rare find of the "Atlas Manuel D'Anatomie" by Eduard Cuyer first edition is an antique textbook published in the 1890s with 27 hand coloured plates.
Overall very good ...
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1890s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Antique London Books
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Paper
Visionaire No.18: Fashion Special in Louis Vuitton Leather Case, Fall, 1996
By Visionaire
Located in CA, CA
Part of a limited edition of 2,500 hand-numbered copies, issue 18 of the highly collectible Visionaire magazine was the first of their issues to be focused fully on fashion throughout. Held in a specially-made brown leather case from Louis Vuitton, with their desirable and immediately recognisable monogram design, Visionaire was able to assemble a staggering assortment of forty-four of the most innovative and influential artists, photographers and image-makers to give their personal interpretation on selections from forty-five equally important fashion designers. Highlights include Nan Goldin’s collaboration with Helmut Lang, Jurgen Teller shooting Hussein Chalayan, Terry Richardson...
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1990s American London Books
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Paper
Les Déjeuners - Picasso, 1st French edition, 1962
By Pablo Picasso
Located in CA, CA
Les Déjeuners - Picasso, 1st French edition, 1962
Published by Éditions Circle D’art Paris, 1962
A beautiful copy of Picasso’s seminal book Les Déjeuners complete with fine cloth s...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage London Books
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Paper
Jean Brusselmans Catalogue Raisonné Book Coffee Table Artwork Midcentury 1970s
By Jean Brusselmans
Located in London, GB
Rare Jean Brusselmans Catalogue Raisone by Robert-L. Delevoy on its original bookcase.
This large book would be perfect addition to your library or as a coffee table book or even if...
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1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage London Books
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Paper
Simon Barker, Punk
s Dead, Signed
By Simon Barker
Located in CA, CA
Signed published by Divus, 2013.
From 1976-1978, the young photographer Simon Barker was a member of the Bromley Contingent. This compilation of previously unseen photographs by B...
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Late 20th Century British London Books
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Paper
Mobili di Ulrich by G. Morrazoni, 1945
Located in CA, CA
Mobili di Ulrich by G. Morrazoni
Milano, Luigi Alfieri, 1945. Excellent red cloth hardback with embossed gold title. 26 pages of text and 78 pages containing 133 photographs and 24 ...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage London Books
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Paper
Blood Sweat and Tears - Bruce Weber - Signed
Numbered 1st, teNeues, 2005
By Bruce Weber
Located in CA, CA
Hand-signed and numbered 1st edition of 300, red hardcover in dust jacket, interior blue card slipcase and exterior red card box, published by teNeues, New York, 2005. Text in Englis...
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Early 2000s American London Books
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Paper
Line Vautrin scarce 1st of the Limited Edition of 600 copies 2003
Located in CA, CA
Published by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1st edition, 2003, Hamburg. Hardback with German and French text woven throughout.
This is a very scarce and extremely finely produced catalogue, it was published alongside an exhibition, in a very small number of 600 only, this being number 369. There are 22 photographs with German text followed by a catalogue of 145 objects thereafter with text in French and German. This sumptuous catalogue is strewn with gorgeous buttons, brooches and buckles, powder compacts and large necklaces - which like great works...
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Early 2000s London Books
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Paper
Sigmar Polke: We Petty Bourgeois! Comrades and Contemporaries, The 1970s
Located in CA, CA
Published by D.A.P, New York, 2011
Perhaps the supreme instance of Polke’s political art is We Petty Bourgeois!, the ambitious series at the heart of this volume.
Made between 197...
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2010s London Books
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Paper
Collaborations: Andy Warhol Jean-Michel Basquiat. 1988
Located in CA, CA
Published by London: Mayor Rowan Gallery, 1988 First Edition
Scarce copy of the catalogue published on the occasion of a multi-gallery London exhibition between Warhol and Basquiat ...
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1980s British Post-Modern Vintage London Books
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Paper
René Herbst, Pionnier du Mouvement Moderne, Delaporte, Flammarion, 2004
By René Herbst
Located in CA, CA
First Edition, Published by Flammarion in 2004 from the collection of the Archives d’Architecture Intérieure du XXe siècle at the Bibliothèque des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Text by Guillemette Delaporte.
A rich visual and textual archive of the work of French Modernist industrial designer, architect and furniture maker, René Herbst. This French language book...
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Early 2000s French Modern London Books
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Paper
Rob. Mallet Stevens Architecture Furniture Interior Design 1st Edition 1990
Located in CA, CA
Published by the MIT Press Cambridge Massachusetts 1st US Edition 1990
Rob Mallet-Stevens was one of the more controversial architects of the modern movement and, along with Le Corb...
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1990s London Books
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Paper
Sneakers, Size isn
t Everything by Milk 1st Edition 1998
Located in CA, CA
First edition, published by Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1998
A first edition of a book that has become a landmark fashion publication, reprinted several times, and groundbreaking in it...
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1990s London Books
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Paper
Paul Outerbridge: A Singular Aesthetic - Elaine Dines - 1st ed, 1981
Located in CA, CA
Paul Outerbridge, A Singular Aesthetic, Photographs
Drawings 1921-1941, A Catalogue Raisonné.
Published by Arabesque Books, Santa Barbra, 1981, 1st edition.
Edition of 1500.
This catalogue raisonné of Outerbridge's work covers a twenty year span. Limited to 1500 linen bound deluxe copies the front cover has a stiff raised colour photograph of one of Outerbridge's most famous prints...
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1980s Vintage London Books
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Paper
Elisabeth Frink Original Prints, Catalogue Raisonne by Caroline Wiseman, Book
Located in London, Fitzrovia
A beautiful 1st edition book in beautiful condition.
Numerous colour illustrations. Hardcover
written by Caroline Wiseman.
Published by Art Books International
ISBN 10: 187404425...
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20th Century British Mid-Century Modern London Books
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Paper
Garry Winogrand, Winogrand 1964 Book 2002
By Garry Winogrand
Located in CA, CA
First edition, hard cover, published by Arena Editions, New Mexico, 2002.
In 1964 Garry Winogrand spent four months travelling America and taking photographs and spent the remainder...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern London Books
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Paper
Madame Carven - Grand Couturier signed
Located in CA, CA
Published by Musée Galleria - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, 1st edition 2002 padded Hardcover with French text.
This special volume was published alongside the exhibition ...
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Early 2000s London Books
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Paper
Yuki · Sakura / Snow · Cherry Blossom - Risaku Suzuki - 1st Edition, 2008
Located in CA, CA
Published by Nazraelli Press, 1st edition, limited to only 500 copies, Portland, 2008. Large oblong Hardcover in snow-white silk-covered boards.
Suzuki is one of Japan’s most promi...
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Early 2000s London Books
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Paper
La Jolla by James Britton and John Waggaman California Review No. 5
Located in CA, CA
La Jolla
By James Britain
Photographs by John Waggaman
California Review No. 5, San Diego, 1965. Paperback First edition. Softcover with pictorial wrappers. Unpaginated.
Capturi...
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1960s American Vintage London Books
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Paper
Moss Harris
Sons Catalogue and Index of Old Furniture in Three Volumes
Located in London, GB
A rare set in three volumes of Moss Harris and Sons Catalogue & Sons; Index of Old Furniture and Works of Decorative Arts. From late 16th century-early...
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1930s English Vintage London Books
L
art Brut de Jean Dubuffet 1st Edition 1953
By Georges Limbour, Jean Dubuffet
Located in CA, CA
First edition, published by Pierre Matisse, New York, 1953.
One of 1000 numbered copies, this being n°
The dustjacket is an original lithograph by Dubuffet. This catalogue, creat...
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1950s American Vintage London Books
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Paper
William Eggleston’s Guide - John Szarkowski -1st Edition, MIT Press
MOMA, 1976
By William Eggleston 1
Located in CA, CA
First Edition, published by Museum of Modern Art, New York, and The MIT Press, Massachusetts, 1976.
This first edition of this groundbreaking book, cited by photographic historian ...
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1970s American Modern Vintage London Books
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Paper
Kyonen - Nobuyoshi Araki - 1st Edition, AaT Room
Eyesencia, 2002
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in CA, CA
First edition, published by Aat Room, 2002.
A photo-diary collection of Araki’s works created over the course of 2001. Digitally dated, full bleed black and white images in typical ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese London Books
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Paper
Danske Stole Danish Chairs, 1954
By Nanna Ditzel, Jørgen Ditzel
Located in CA, CA
First edition, published by Høst
Søns Forlag København, 1954
An important document of Danish chair design during the early 1950s, showing many of the aesthetic and technolog...
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1950s Danish Vintage London Books
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Paper
Vogue
s Book of Houses, Gardens, People - Horst, Vreeland, Lawford - 1st, 1968
By Valentine Lawford, Horst P. Horst, Vogue
Located in CA, CA
First edition, published by the Viking Press, New York in 1968.
A collection of interior photos and portraits featuring the opulent houses and affluent people of the 1960s, photogra...
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1960s American Modern Vintage London Books
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Paper
Keiko Nomura, Deep South Book, 1999
By Keiko Nomura
Located in CA, CA
First edition, published by Little More, 1999.
Keiko Nomura's photo book 'Deep South' reflect the artists roots in Okinawa and has attracted critical acc...
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Late 20th Century Japanese London Books
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Paper
Les Chateaux De La Loire Photography Book
Located in London, England
Chateau of the Loire photography book with images and descriptions in French. Circa 1950.
H 46cm x W 36cm x D 3cm
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1950s French Vintage London Books
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Paper
Collection of 10 Decorative Hardback Books – Marcel Aymé
Pierre Mac Orlan
Located in London, GB
A handsome set of ten vintage early 1970s French literary works, attractively bound in uniform decorative hardback editions with gilt-stamped spines and geometric covers. The collect...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage London Books
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Paper
Is it Genuine? A Guide to the Identification of 18th Century English Furniture
Located in CA, CA
First Edition Hardback in Dust Jacket, published by Eyre
Spottiswoode, London, 1971. Text in English.
“There is probably not enough genuine eighteenth-century furniture for sale...
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1970s Vintage London Books
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Paper
Imaginary Postcards -Jonathan Williams, Tom Phillips- 1st Edition, Trigram, 1975
By Tom Phillips, Jonathan Williams
Located in CA, CA
First Edition, published by Trigram Press, London, 1975.
A collaborative book of disorientating and ethereal poetry and artworks by Jonathan Williams and Tom Phillips...
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Late 20th Century British London Books
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Paper
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