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Modern Art of Metalwork: Brohan-Museum V1 1889-1939 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This catalogue covers the Brohan Museum hollowware collection of silver, pewter, brass, copper, stainless steel, nickel, aluminium and metal alloys such as nickelsilver, from the late nineteenth century and the first part of the twentieth century up to 1939. Flatware was not included, since this is the subject of another publication. There is an excellent inventory of artists from Belgium...
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Early 20th Century United Kingdom Books

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1890 The Nursery "Alice"
By Lewis Carroll
Located in Bath, GB
A signed presentation copy of the first edition, second issue of this unique abridgement of Lewis Carroll's beloved tale, illustrated throughout with vibrant chromolithographs. Inscr...
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1890s British Antique United Kingdom Books

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Chinoiserie by Dawn Jacobson (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A hardback book with original dust jacket. Chinoiserie is one of the strongest, mostt consistent strains in western taste. It has affected every area of decor and design from Chippen...
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Early 18th Century Antique United Kingdom Books

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Op to Pop: Furniture of the 1960s by Cara Greenberg (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Whether it's a lipstick-red love seat shaped like Marilyn Monroe's lips, an anthropomorphic "man" chaise, a bean bag chair, or a "domestic capsule unit," 1960s furniture still has the power to startle and delight. In Op to Pop, Cara Greenberg...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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The Americans Robert Frank, Jack Kerouac 1st Enlarged Ed. 1969
Located in CA, CA
First printing of the first revised enlarged hardcover edition of The Americans by Robert Frank with writings by Jack Kerouac published by Aperture /Grossman 1969. The landm...
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1960s Vintage United Kingdom Books

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Luci E Trasparenze, Fontana Arte, 1930-1950 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a soft covered 95 page catalogue which was published to accompany an exhibition at a private Italian Gallery which showed a collection of some 60 works made by this celebrate...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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More is More: Tony Duquette by Hutton Wilkinson (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
More Is More, the exquisite second volume about Tony Duquette, delves into the creative process and personal life of this great American designer renowned for his fantastical artwork...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Palaces of the Sun King by Andrew Zega Bernd h. Dams (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
:Versailles, Trianon, Marly, The Chateaux of Loius XIV This Comprehensive volume documents for the first time twenty-one chateaux and pavilions commissioned by Louis XIV, the 'Sun K...
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17th Century Antique United Kingdom Books

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c1880 Waverley Novels
By Sir Walter Scott
Located in Bath, GB
A very smart complete twenty-five volume set of the Waverley Novels from Sir Walter Scott. Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding Complete in ...
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1880s Antique United Kingdom Books

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Vasily Kandinsky, from Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910-1925 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This catalogue accompanies a major exhibition devoted to Vasily Kandinsky. It explores the evolution of his work from the Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus year...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Frida Kahlo: The Painter and Her Work by Helga Prignitz-Poda (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Frida Kahlo is now regarded as one of the foremost artists of the 20th century. Her reputation grew late in her life and more so, posthumously. During her life she was more famous fo...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Dunbar Office Furniture (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Produced in 1959 this catalogue in sort covers introduced what was then "Dunbar's new executive office collection" which had been designed ...
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Mid-20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Modigliani and his Models by Emily Braun Simonetta Fraquelli (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Drawing on the latest scholarship, some of the foremost authorities on the artist consider the sensual nudes that caused such a sensation at the time and the portraits and the figure...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Francis Bacon: Full Face and in Profile by Michel Leiris, (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Bacon is one of the most painterly artists of our time: his colour-drenched canvases are disturbing and stimulating. This volume comprises his series of portraits and self-portraits,...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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2020 Norman Mailer The Fight: George Foreman - Muhammad Ali
By Norman Mailer
Located in Bath, GB
The very scarce, signed, limited edition Collector's Edition of this tribute to Muhammad Ali and George Foreman’s 1974 boxing match, written by Norman Mailer, who witnessed the fight...
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21st Century and Contemporary British United Kingdom Books

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The Stylemakers: Minimalism and Classic Modernism 1915-1945 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Mo Amelia Teitelbaum In Paris in the 1920's a new style was born, rejecting the embellishments of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, it allied the linear proportions of late eighteenth-cen...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Vintage Book, Once A Week, AA Milne, English, Morocco Bound, Short Stories, 1926
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage copy of Once a Week by A.A. Milne. An English, Morocco bound book of short stories, dating to the early 20th century. Once a Week is a collection of short stories ...
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Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom Books

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Madame Gres: Sculptural Fashion by Olivier Saillard (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Accompanies an exhibition at the MoMu Fashion Museum, Province of Antwerp from September - February 2013 A remarkable couturier, with a career spanning half a century, Madame Alix Grès...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Arne Jacobsen (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A first edition soft cover published in 2002, with an introduction by Carsten Thau and Kjeld Vindum followed with an essay by Marie-Louise Jensen and Maria Wettergren...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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1931 The Iliad and The Odyssey
By Alexander Pope, Homer
Located in Bath, GB
A fine, limited edition set of Pope's translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey with excellent provenance. Limited edition, With Homer numbered 1051 and The Iliad numbered 1196. With text in both Latin and Greek. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press...
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1930s British Vintage United Kingdom Books

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Jean Prouve: Objects and Furniture Design by Patricia De Muga (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
As a young man, Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) longed to become an engineer, but as his family could not afford the requisite training, at 15 he was apprenticed to a master blacksmith in Pa...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Harewood: Collecting in the Royal Tradition (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Christie's Catalogue Wednesday 5th December 2012 & Sunday 9th December 2012. Visitors to Harewood House today will quickly be aware of the of the d...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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1867 Alice s Adventures in Wonderland
By Lewis Carroll
Located in Bath, GB
The sixth thousand of Lewis Carroll's highly influential work of Victorian children's literature, illustrated throughout by John Tenniel. An exceptionally early impression of Lewis ...
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1860s British Antique United Kingdom Books

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Antique Novel, A Legend of Montrose, Sir Walter Scott, English, Victorian Book
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique novel, A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott. An English, bound book of Scottish interest, dating to the Victorian period, published 1896. A prominent Scottish author, Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) is well known for the novels Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and The Heart of Midlothian, as well as narrative poems including The Lady of the Lake. A Legend of Montrose is set in 17th century...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique United Kingdom Books

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Large Antique Reference Book, Index, Rolls of Parliament, English, William IV
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Index To The Rolls of Parliament. Printed in English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the William IV period, published circa...
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Early 19th Century British William IV Antique United Kingdom Books

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Tracey Emin: Works 1963-2006 by Carl Freedman Honey Luard (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The extensive text is based on a long friendship and hundreds of hours of discussion between Emin and Carl Freedman, himself a renowned gallerist and art...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Venini Glass, Two Books Catalogue Raisonne by Frano Deboni (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This two-volume set of books is the much-awaited 2007 reprint, which has now been enlarged to include a section on lighting, a directory of some of the major artists...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Scandinavian Journal of Design History - Volumes 1-5 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
"The primary task of this journal is to promote and animate research in the Scandinavian countries. For many years, design history has lacked a forum wh...
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1990s United Kingdom Books

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J. M. Frank by Francois Baudot (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book is part of the Memories of Design collection by Assouline Publishing. Jean-Michel Frank, born 1895, was a true genius of 20th century decorative arts, designing furniture a...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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125 Years of Louis Vuitton (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Two books in soft covers housed in a brown cloth covered slip case with cream lettering. One volume illustrates Louis Vuitton products through the years, the second illustrates the "...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Raphael Decorateur, Book
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A monograph on the French interior designer, furniture designer and decorator whose working life spanned most of the 20th century. During his career he worked with nearly all the gre...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Large Antique Reference Book, The Close Rolls, Latin, Public Record, William IV
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the William IV period, published ...
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Early 19th Century British William IV Antique United Kingdom Books

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2 Antique Books, The Lives of Scottish Poets, English, Biographical, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a 2 volume antique book set, The Lives of Scottish Poets. An English language biographical work, dating to the Regency period, published 1821....
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique United Kingdom Books

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1963 The Bell Jar
By Sylvia Plath
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition of Sylvia Plath's semi-autobiographical magnum opus, in the desirable publisher's original dust wrapper. The true first edition, first impression. Published under ...
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1960s British Vintage United Kingdom Books

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Charlie Mackesy The Boy, the Mole, the Fox the Horse SIGNED set - 1st Edition
By Charlie Mackesy
Located in London, GB
A very rare complete collection of signed true First edition / First Print of all five published editions of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse All hand signed in person by the author, artist and illustrator Charlie Mackesy...
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21st Century and Contemporary English United Kingdom Books

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Large Antique Book of Baronial Halls Volume 1, Reference, English, Mid Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique book, The Baronial Halls of England Volume 1. An English language reference guide, dated to the mid Victorian period, published 1858. Full title: The Baronia...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique United Kingdom Books

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Cecil Beaton: A Biography Reddish House Christies Catalogue (book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Here we have two items relating to the late Sir Cecil Beaton, a multi talented man who was a celebrated photographer, author, diarist and set designer, to name but a few of his accomplishments. Firstly there is a Christie's sale catalogue which was produced in 1980 for the disposal of the contents of Reddish House in Wiltshire, held over two days with 725 lots which included works of art, furniture, silver, pictures, porcelain and garden effects. The catalogue has 142 illustrations including 14 in colour, the catalogue must have belonged to someone who attended the second day of the sale as there is a price noted in hand against all lots that day. The second book is a Bigraphy of Cecil Beaton by Hugo...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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6 Vols British Birds and Their Nests, Butler, Avian Reference Book, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a superb antique set of six volumes of 'British Birds with their Eggs and Nests', authored by Arthur G. Butler and illustrated by F.W. Prohawk and dating to the late Victoria...
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Early 20th Century British Late Victorian United Kingdom Books

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GYPSIES - Josef Koudelka - 1st U.S. edition, New York, 1975
Located in CA, CA
An Aperture publication, 1st U.S edition, New York, 1975. Hardback, English text. Koudelka‘s first project in his photography career - The Gypsies, is considered a seminal work in t...
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1970s Vintage United Kingdom Books

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Vintage Book, Time I Was Dead, Autobiography, Cecil Aldin, English Language, Art
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage copy of Time I was Dead, an autobiographical book of the artist Cecil Aldin. In the English language, hard bound and published in London, dated 1934. Cecil Aldin (...
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Mid-20th Century British United Kingdom Books

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Fer Forge Vasseur Cie (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Art Deco French lighting catalogue company Vasseur et Cie C1925 Profusely illustrated. A delightful look at many different lighting samples, table lamps, desk and floor styles, scon...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Correct Woodwork for the Colonial Home (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A very useful and interesting pamphlet dating from 1930 which was produced by the Morgan Woodwork Organization to show the designs for Colonial style of Woodwork and how it should be...
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Early 20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Furniture from British India and Ceylon by Amin Jaffer (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A hardback book with dust jacket in very good condition by noted expert Amin Jaffer. This is the first book to deal in depth with the subject of colonial Indian furniture...
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19th Century Antique United Kingdom Books

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Parish Hadley by Sister Parish, Albert Hadley and Christopher Petkanas (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
:Sixty Years of American Design In this lavishly illustrated book the late Sister Parish and Albert Hadley offered an insight into the timeless elegance and incredible style of their...
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Late 20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline Lecoq (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book was published on the occasion of an exhibition in May 2011 held at Demish Danant Gallery, New York. Philippon and Lecoq joined forces in 1955 after having worked in Marcel ...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Andree Putman Complete Works by Donald Albrecht
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Indisputably the grande dame of modern design, Andrée Putman burst onto the scene twenty-five years ago with the graphic, black-and-white interiors of the Morgans Hotel in New York. ...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840 by Susan E. Stuart (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A two volume set of books in as very good condition, which will be an essential addition to any collector or dealers library who specialises in English Furniture. They will help owne...
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21st Century and Contemporary United Kingdom Books

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René Gruau (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautiful book produced by Franco Maria Ricci in a limited edition of only 6,000, this being number 1547. With black silk covers and a presentation clam shell box...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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The Furniture of Versailles, 17th and 18th Centuries 2 Volume Box Set (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautifully photographed 2 volume box set of books which presents this prestigious collection of furniture in a way that cannot be seen by visitors to the palace. Versailles was th...
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18th Century Antique United Kingdom Books

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19th Century Wooden Fake Book Boxes
Located in London, GB
19th Century Wooden Fake Book Boxes A fine example of late 19th Century hand crafted pine fake book document boxes. Hand crafted individually and painted with dates and the name Roq...
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1880s Unknown Victorian Antique United Kingdom Books

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Domestic Architecture by H.T. Lindeberg (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A very good copy of the first edition which was published in 1940 in a limited number of only 1,000 copies. Hardback folio, quarter red leather and cloth with embossed gilt titles, 3...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Prada by Muccia Prada 1st Edition 2009
Located in CA, CA
Published by Fondazione Prada, 2009 in slipcase and housed in original box Prada is the first book that documents three decades of ground-breaking fashion, architecture, film and ar...
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Early 2000s United Kingdom Books

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Mobilier Et Decoration D interieur ( Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a bound hardback book which is a revue of the "French Furniture and Interior Decoration" of the year 1925. This year being important because it was the year in which the Expo...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Roy Lichtenstein by Diane Waldman (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Roy Lichtenstein helped usher in the pop art movement in America in the 1960s with his large-scale paintings of comic-book panels and his deadpan renditions of consumer-product adver...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Auto Plastic: Wendell Castle 1968-1973 by Donald Albrecht (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
AutoPlastic: Wendell Castle (1968-1973) accompanied R & Company’s exhibition of the same name, curated by Donald Albrecht and on view at the gallery’s 82 Franklin location from April 20 to June 15, 2004. AutoPlastic situates Wendell Castle’s plastic furniture in the context of late 1960s and early 1970s design innovations and examines, through a selection of photographs, magazine clippings, and ephemera, the relationship between the objects and their era’s social and cultural concerns. With natural, primitive, archaic, and womb-like forms, Castle’s plastic objects recall a time when novelty and fantasy were a means of individual expression (“doing your own thing”). They also highlight how environmentalism (“going back to the earth”) and escapism (“getting away from it all”) were intense reactions to the upheaval of America’s shifting values, student protests...
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Late 20th Century United Kingdom Books

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David Hockney Portraits by Sarah Howgate Barbara Stern Shapiro (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
David Hockney is one of the most significant artists exploring and pushing the boundaries of figurative art today. He has been engaged with portraiture since his teenage years, when he painted Portrait of My Father (1955), and portraits of family, lovers, friends and well-known subjects represent an intimate visual diary of the artist's life. This authoritative new study examines Hockney's portraits in all media - painting, drawing, photocollage and prints - and is produced in close collaboration with the artist. Together, the authors reveal how Hockney's creative development and concerns about representation can be traced through his portrait work: from his iconic double portraits of the late 1960s and early 1970s to his cubist-influenced investigations of the 1980s and from his recent camera lucida...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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3 Volumes of the Robert Aloi, Esempi Furniture Series (Books)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a three volume set of the famous "Esempi" series by Roberto Aloi which was put together in the 1950's and was a survey of the very best of furniture design of its day. It covers designs from Scandinavia, Italy and the rest of Europe and America and features designers such as Carlo de Carli, Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, Guglielmo Ulrich, Paolo Buffa, Jean Michel Frank, Carlo Mollino, Charles Eames, Knoll and Jean Royère. One covers dining tables, coffee tables and smaller trolleys...
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Mid-20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Boulle to Jansen Christie s (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The objects that were offered for sale within these catalogues were all assembled by the decorator Pierre Delbee (1900-1974) of the illustrious Parisian ...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Eric Phillippe Collection 12 by Eric Phillipe (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Superb dealer's catalogue of Art Deco and Modernist furniture and decorative arts, primarily from Scandinavia and the U.S. Elegantly designed and printed, with beautiful typography and excellent colour photos of 29 exquisite and rare items, all fully annotated and described. Features designs by James Mont, Frank Lloyd Wright, Terence Harold Robsjohn...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books

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Antique Treasury Of Botany, Vol 1&2, English Language, Reference Book, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique reference books 'The Treasury of Botany' by Samuel Maunder. Published in English by Longmans, Green & Co of London, in the Victorian period, dated 1884. F...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique United Kingdom Books

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