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Books For Sale
Yeager, An Autobiography, Signed by Chuck Yeager, Third Edition, 1985
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Yeager, Chuck and Leo Janos. Yeager: An Autobiography. New York: Bantam Books, 1985. Signed by Chuck Yeager. Third edition. In the original dust jacket an...
Category
1980s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
1 Volume. Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses. Bound in full red calf with the cover displaying an ornate gilt-tooled scene and title. Raised band spine with gilt-tool...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
William Milligan Sloane, Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1896, Complete 4 Vol. Set
Located in Bridgeport, CT
New York The Century Co. 1896. An oversized set in dark brown leather with four spine bands and gilt lettering. Blue gray marbleized papers.
12 1/2" H x 8 7/8" W x 2 1/8" D
Conditi...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
To the One I Love the Best 1955 by Ludwig Bemelmans
By Elsie de Wolfe, Ludwig Bemelmans
Located in Stamford, CT
To the One I Love the Best 1955 by Ludwig Bemelmans. 255 pages, Hardcover. First edition Viking Press. January 1, 1955.
Clear Mylar jacket has been added to protect the original book...
Category
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Carl Auböck Brass and Cane Bookands
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of patinated brass bookends with cane wrapped handles designed by Carl Auböck.
Category
Early 2000s Books
Materials
Brass
1 Volume. John Bunyan. The Pilgrim Progress
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. John Bunyan. The Pilgrim Progress and A Life of the Author by Rev. Robert Philip.
Bound in full black calf, all edges gilt, ornate gilt design on covers and spine, illustra...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
10 Volumes. David Hume. History of England.
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. David Hume. History of England. Bound in full tan calf. The covers and raised band spines are gilt-tooled with green and red morocco labels. All edges marbled with marble...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Studio Ashby: Home Art Soul
Located in New York, NY
Studio Ashby: Home Art Soul
Author Sophie Ashby, Foreword by Amy Astley
The highly anticipated debut from one of today’s most influential tastemakers in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
"20 hrs. 40 mins. Our Flight in the Friendship", Signed by Amelia Earhart, 1928
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Earhart, Amelia. 20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship. New York: G. P. Putnam's and Sons, 1928. First trade edition. Signed on the free endpage. Rebound in maroon ¼ leather a...
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
2 Volumes. James Logan & Robert R. McIan. The Clans Of The Scottish Highlands.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. James Logan & Robert R. McIan. The Clans Of The Scottish Highlands. Illustrated by appropriate figures displaying their dress, tartans,arms, armorial insignia and Social ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Venetian Art Glass: An American Collection 1840- 1970 by Marino Barovier (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Rare glass objects from the latter half of the nineteenth century illustrate the beginnings of the effort to revive art glass production in Murano. Magnificent examples of murrine re...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
2 Volumes. Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe. Bound by Morrell in full marbled calf. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooling with brown morocco labels. All the edges are g...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels. Large Paper Edition. Bound in full navy morocco with ornate gilt-tooled depictions on the cover and raised band spine. All of the edges ...
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur. Bound in 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards with the covers and raised band spines gilt-tooled. Top edges gilt with marbled endpapers. Illustrated fr...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Leather
4 Volumes. Winston Churchill, Marlborough: His Life & Times.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Winston Churchill, Marlborough: His Life & Times. First Edition. Bound by Frost & Co. in 3/4 blue morocco and linen boards with the raised band spines gilt-tooled. The tip...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
3 Volumes. Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations. Bound in full brown calf. The Raised band spines display gilt-tooling with red and black morocco labels. All of the edges are tinted yel...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. Joseph Ritson, Robin Hood.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Joseph Ritson, Robin Hood. Bound by Birdsall in 3/4 red morocco and linen boards. The covers and raised band spines are gilt-tooled. The top edges are gilt with marbled en...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
The Gauchos: Their Landscape, Customs, Skills, and Luxuries, by Aldo Sessa
Located in Miami, FL
Offered is an Argentine multilingual (English, German, Portuguese and Spanish) coffee table photography book about "Los Gauchos" (cowboys), written by Aldo Sessa and feauturing the p...
Category
1990s Argentine Books
Materials
Cotton, Paper
12 Volumes. William M. Sloane. Life of Napoleon.
Located in New York, NY
12 Volumes. William M. Sloane. Life of Napoleon.
Unique, extra-illustrated presentation set with
approximately 250 original letters and documents,
including 11 autographs of Emperor ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
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...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
2 Volumes. J.F. Schroeder, The Life and Times of Washington.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. J.F. Schroeder, The Life and Times of Washington. Bound in full brown morocco with the covers and raised band spines displaying ornate open and gilt-tooled detailing. All ...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
4 Volumes. Winston Churchill, A History of English Speaking Peoples.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Winston Churchill, A History of English Speaking Peoples. 1st Edition. Bound in full red calf. The covers and raised band spines are gilt-tooled with green and purple moro...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. Edmondo de Amicis, Constantinople.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Edmondo de Amicis, Constantinople. Bound in 3/4 brown calf and marbled boards. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooled detailing with green and black morocco...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Encyclopedie Des Arts Décoratifs Et Industriels Modernes, Complete in 12 Volumes
Located in New York, NY
First edition, complete in 12 volumes, of the Encyclopedie des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernest au XXeme Siecle, published by Imprimerie Nationale, Office Central D'Editions ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England. Bound in full tree calf. The covers and raised band spines are gilt-tooled with red and green morocco labels. All the ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book is the first volume of the definitive catalogue raisonne of the work of Mark Rothko, one of the greatest abstract artists of the 20th century. It documents his entire outpu...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
4 Volumes. W.H. Ireland, Life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. W.H. Ireland, Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Bound by Bayntun in full red morocco with the covers and raised band spines decorated in ornate gilt-tooling. All of the edges ar...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
8 Volumes. Miguel Cervantes. Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Located in New York, NY
8 Volumes. Miguel Cervantes. Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated by Thomas Shelton with
illustrations by Daniel Vierge with over 500
illustrations, including 261 large & Test Pictur...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
1854 Autographs for Freedom Abolitionist Book
Located in Seguin, TX
Autographs for Freedom edited by Griffiths, Julia. Published by Alden, Beardsley & Co; Wanzer, Beardsley & Co, Auburn 1854. A collection of Anti-Slavery Testimonies from the Roch...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Rustic Antique Books
Materials
Paper
22 Volumes. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Complete Writings.
Located in New York, NY
22 Volumes. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Complete Writings. Large Paper Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and silk boards with the raised band spines gilt-tooled with inlaid flowers. The t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
1968 2001 A Space Odyssey
Located in Bath, GB
A sought after superb copy of the first edition of Arthur C. Clarke's most important sci-fi novel.
The first U.K. edition, first impression.
In the original unclipped dust wrapper....
Category
1960s British Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
1 Volume. Walt Whitman, Complete Poetry, Prose & Letters.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Walt Whitman, Complete Poetry, Prose & Letters. Bound by Bayntun in full red calf. The covers and raised band spine are gilt-tooled with blue and green morocco labels. All ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
1981 George's Marvellous Medicine
By Roald Dahl
Located in Bath, GB
A fine first edition of Roald Dahl's beloved children's novel about a boy named George, who replaces his grandmother's medicine with a hazardous concoction.
The first edition, first...
Category
1980s British Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
1982 Watership Down
Located in Bath, GB
A signed copy of the scarce 10th Anniversary edition of Richard Adams's beloved novel.
The very scarce 1982 edition of Adams's novel, published to celebrate it being a decade since the work was first published.
Flat signed by the author to the title page.
In the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.
Richard Adams' classic tale of survival follows a small group of rabbits as they escape the destruction of their warren and seek a place to build a new home. Watership Down...
Category
1980s British Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Toshiko Takaezu Signed Japanese Pottery First Edition Book The Earth In Bloom
Located in Studio City, CA
An extremely rare and scarce double-hand signed first edition softcover book "Toshiko Takaezu The Earth in Bloom".
The book is signed by both Japanese Hawaiian ceramic/pottery art...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
4 Volumes. Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln. Manuscript Edition. Bound by The Riverside Press in 3/4 wine morocco and linen boards with the covers and raised band spines gilt-too...
Category
Early 20th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
c1900 Poems
Located in Bath, GB
A smartly bound collection of poetry from Percy Bysshe Shelley.
With portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry, including works such as: Hymn to Intellectual Beauty, Song of Pro...
Category
Early 1900s European Antique Books
Materials
Paper
2 Volume. John F. Schroeder, Life and Times of Washington.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volume. John F. Schroeder, Life and Times of Washington. Bound in 3/4 green morocco and linen boards. Covers and raised band spine gilt-tooled. All edges are gilt. Illustrated with...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. Edmund Ollier, The Doré Gallery.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Edmund Ollier, The Doré Gallery. Bound in 3/4 red morocco with the covers and raised band spines decorated in gilt-tooling. All of the edges are gilt with marbled endpaper...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. Thomas Campbell, Life of Petrarch.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Thomas Campbell, Life of Petrarch. Bound in full tan calf. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooled detailing with red and green morocco labels. All of the ed...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
1964 November Twenty Six Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three Book
Located in Seguin, TX
November Twenty Six Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three, poem by Wendell Berry; Ben Shahn illustrator. Published by George Braziller, New York, 1964, stated 1st edition. A poem written in...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
4 Volumes. Flavius Josephus, Complete Works.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Flavius Josephus, Complete Works. Bound in full tan calf. The covers and raised band spines display open and gilt-tooling with green and black morocco labels. All of the edges are marbled with marbled endpapers. Translated from the original Greek together with large notes, proper observations, and an index to which are added three dissertations with a complete table of the Jewish coins...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Midcentury Houses Today
Located in New York, NY
Traces the evolution of mid-century houses and demonstrates how they are experienced and lived in today
This expanded and updated edition of the 2014 classic focuses on the concentr...
Category
2010s American Books
Materials
Paper
libro antico, la Botanica pittoresca. edizione del 1929
Located in Felino, IT
la botanica pittoresca 1929 . editore Sonzogno, autore Lo Forte Giacomo. sottotitolo Esposizione biologica e sistematica del regno vegetale. milano societa' editrice Sonzogno.
997 il...
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1920s Italian Regency Revival Vintage Books
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Paper
Contemporary Art Underground: MTA Arts & Design New York
Located in New York, NY
A celebration of more than 100 major public art commissions throughout the New York transit system
Contemporary Art Underground presents more than 100 permanent projects completed b...
Category
2010s American Books
Materials
Paper
French 19th Century Ebonized Duet Stand
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French ebonized duet stand made in the 1800’s. This antique was built for duet performances with back to back sheet music stands and adjustable brass candle holders. The functional...
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Books
Materials
Brass
Richard Wagner the Man His Mind Music Ring Cycle Book - Set of 3
Located in Seguin, TX
Richard Wagner: The Man, His Mind and His Music; Ring Resounding; The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on Wagner's Ring Cycle by Robert W. Gutman; John Culshaw; Bernard Shaw,
Publish...
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1970s American Victorian Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
2 Volumes. George Long, The Discourses of Epictetus.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. George Long, The Discourses of Epictetus. Limited Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and linen boards bordered in gilt-tooling. The raised band spines are decorated in gi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
Decorate Like a Decorator: All You Need to Know to Design Like a Pro
Located in New York, NY
From FREDERIC magazine, the best – and most unexpected – decorating pro tips and tricks of the trade in one accessible guide
Decorate Like a Decorator highlights the decorating tricks that only experienced designers know how to pull off – until now! Culled from FREDERIC magazine’s educational columns, this book shares with readers more than one hundred decorator pro moves: like how to use...
Category
2010s American Books
Materials
Paper
Anthony Cudahy: Spinneret
Located in New York, NY
The first comprehensive monograph on the contemporary figurative painter, published as a companion to the artist’s first solo exhibition in the United States
Spinneret draws inspira...
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2010s American Books
Materials
Paper
1 Volume. H. Noel Williams, The Fascinating Duc de Richelieu.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. H. Noel Williams, The Fascinating Duc de Richelieu. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 wine morocco and marbled boards with the covers and raised band spine decorated with gilt-toolin...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
STILL: The Art of Noticing
Located in New York, NY
The astonishing culmination of the artist-author’s decade-plus project to capture beauty, commemorate place, and see the world more fully
Every day (every single day) for over a dec...
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2010s American Books
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Paper
Collection Karl Lagerfeld: Arts Decoratifs Du XXe Siecle Sotheby's (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Sotheby's sale catalogue of the sale of 20th century objets and furniture from the collection of Karl Largerfeld dated 15th May 2003. The catalogue will prove to be of great value as...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Entropy
Located in New York, NY
A photographic exploration detailing the poetry and fragility of nature amidst the tragedy of climate change
Since 1998, mixed-media artist Diane Tuft has traveled the world recordi...
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2010s American Books
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Paper
1 Volume. Walt Whitman, Complete Poetry, Prose & Letters.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Walt Whitman, Complete Poetry, Prose & Letters. Bound by Bayntun in full blue calf. The covers and raised band spine are gilt-tooled with red and green morocco labels. All ...
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Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Arthur Gilman, History of Rome.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Arthur Gilman, History of Rome. Bound in hand-painted decorated vellum with a front cover floral motif with raised gold decorations. The spine is hand-lettered in black and...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. The Abbé Prévost, History of Manon Lescaut.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. The Abbé Prévost, History of Manon Lescaut. Bound in full red morocco with the covers and raised band spine displaying ornate floral gilt-tooled detailing. The top edge is ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Books
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Leather
3 Volumes. Martha W. Freer. Henry III, King Of France & Poland.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Martha W. Freer. Henry III, King Of France & Poland. His Court and Times. Extra-illustrated. bound in 3/4 red calf by Zaehnsdorf, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
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Leather
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