All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1920 item #1299515
A small red hardcover with embossed design published by G. Bell & Sons 1914. There is minor wear on the boards.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1990 item #1241289
Published in 1980 by the Smithsonian Institution Press/Renwick Gallery of the National Collection. Gray cloth boards. No dust jacket. B&W photos.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1900 item #1232491
Published in 1856 by Ticknor & Fields. Brown calf boards with gilt edging and marbled textblock. Inscription on the free paper. Boards show light wear otherwise a nice tight edition.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Contemporary item #1058666
A large Arts + Crafts auction catalog featuring glass, pottery and furniture, Tiffany,etc. The front cover and subsequent pages are creased, otherwise in good condition.959 lots.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1489322
DASHING STAGE BEAUTIES OF WORLD Folder 1912 22/24 Erotic Lithographs 16" x 13" DASHING STAGE BEAUTIES OF THE WORLD This rare collection in its original folder was published ca1912 by the Leslie Judge Company in New York and is in very good condition. The folder consists of 22 (originally published with 24 - 2 are missing) full page lithographs of various beauties of the day. This is a very scarce publication seldom seen for sal
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #1287163
A former library copy published by Hyperion Press in 1949. The red boards show some wear, the front and back endpapers have been taped, one title page is clipped and there are library stamps. Seventy seven plates.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Bindings : History : Pre 1900 item #1456718
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Author NAST, Thomas Title The Fight at Dame Europa's School: Showing How the German Boy Thrashed the French Boy, and How the English Boy Looked On. New York: Francis B. Felt & Co., (1871) Description: Hardcover first edition. Illustrated by Nast. red brown cloth gilt. Some damp staining to the edges of the boards, name written in ink and text scuff to front cover, good copy. Nast lampoons the Franco-Prussian War.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1980 item #1423886 (stock #JB04830)
A signed first edition copy of "Beyond the Boardwalk", a collection of poems by the famous poet, singer/songwriter ROD McKUEN (1933-2015). McKuen signed in brown marker, and the number "357" appears stamped nearby, perhaps hinting at the number of signed copies. This book itself is in excellent condition, mint or near mint, in a slip cover, and the book is Mylar protected. The slip cover has some soiling and light wear on the back side especially...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Pre 1950 item #1301246 (stock #gab1)
Calling all Mixologists...Create a great cocktail with a past? This 1946 First Edition of The Stork Club Bar Rinehart and Company, Inc., New York, is the real thing. Hardcover. Book Condition is very good with age appropriate use. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, having the Rinehart seal at the top of the copyright page. Book is bound in bright red cloth. Has decorative illustration (of a stork) on the front cover...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Fine Art : Pre 1970 item #1464975
Claes Oldenberg by Barbara Rose [publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York] Softcover Cream vinyl wrappers with teal lettering. Pink and brown decorated endpapers. 221 pp. Fully illus [46] in color, many other bw. The famous "soft cover" catalog for the MoMA exhibition, September 25 - November 23, 1969. Accompanied by a 16-page checklist, laid in. VG+ Two clipped endpapers, Vinyl foam wraps beginning to pull away from endpapers.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 1990 item #1404785
An auction catalog from Sotheby's, New York. The cover shows some wear and smudging on the back and bottom spine, and there is a pencil mark and imprint of a gallery name on the title page. The lots (360) are featured in B+W. Estimates are noted.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 1990 item #1322659
An oversized illustrated hard cover with dust jacket published in 1966 by Viking.The jacket shows wear otherwise fine. 120pp.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Bindings : Fiction : Pre 1920 item #155319
This is the DECAMERON OF BOCCACCIO by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO in 2 Volumes. Famous Medieval ITALIAN work with 700+ pages in the 2 Volumes; 8vo; gilded top pages; multi photogravure illustrations by LOUIS CHALON; ART NOUVEAU Designs dating this production ca. 1900 to 1920; grade is VG+ (some may grade higher)...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Contemporary item #1486303 (stock #M5422)
Fine Reference Book for Ancient Chinese Bronzes

Archaic Chinese Bronzes by Christian Deydier

This superbly produced book covers the first known Chinese bronzes through to and including those produced by the Shang Dynasty. It is very well researched and packed full of interesting background information as well as being extensively illustrated. Included are the relatively recent excavations from the Sichuan Culture site at Sanxingdui...

All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1960 item #723448 (stock #1-0513)
"Ancient India", Bulletin of the Archeological Survey of India, number 12, Year 1956. Edited and published by the Director General of Archaeology in India, New Delhi. Printed by the Job Press Ltd., Kanpur. 8 3/8"x10 11/16" (21,5x27 cm). 118 pages. Numerous drawings, maps and photos. A series of articles on the archeology of India, Afghanistan and Pakistan, by British and Indian field experts, published in the mid forties to the early sixties. Contents described on cover (see photo 1)...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Bindings : Religious : Contemporary item #1449664
Published in 2014, this is a page proof facsimile preview of the finalized book written by Sufi teacher, Sherif Baba. A cloth bound edition in excellent condition (with the exception of a few front pages rippled at the bottom), the book includes a series of transcriptions of an event at which Sherif discusses in depth the most important aspects of Sufism, i.e. Basmala. 478pp.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Bindings : Fiction : Pre 1900 item #1202861
First edition(unstated). Hardcover with brown boards published in 1896 by Houghton Mifflin & Co. Boston. Boards show light wear with the corners slightly worn. Pages 257 thru 262 are creased with a tiny tear on the edge of the pages, otherwise a nice tight edition. Inscribed "Irma 1901" on the free front endpaper. Stories include - Barker's Luck; A Yellow Dog; A Mother of Five; Bulger's Reputation; In the Tules; A Convert of the Mission; The Indiscretion of Elsbeth; The Devotion of Enriquez.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1940 item #1459497
A hard cover privately published in 1936. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Frontispiece by Elizabeth Shoumatoff. Uncut pages. The bottom corners and top spine show minor wear ( please see photos)otherwise in excellent condition. 382pp.