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This is an unwrapped copy of A Painter's Kitchen, Recipes from the Kitchen of Georgia O'Keeffe. It was published in 2009. Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) remains America's most famous female painter. In the kitchen, she took pride in a healthy, natural culinary style. This book, written by her friend and personal chef, is 70 of O'Keeffe's recipes--Salads, Soups, Vegetables, Main Dishes, Breads,… Read more about this item

This is the leather-bound luxury edition of Lust for Life, a novel about Vincent Van Gogh first published in 1934. It was written by the American author Irving Stone (1903-1989) and was his first book. It is based on the letters between Vincent and his brother Theo. It includes origin stories for many of Van Gogh's most famous paintings, and… Read more about this item

This is a near-perfect copy of The Book of Tea: A Japanese Harmony of Art, Culture and the Simple Life, written in 1906 by the Japanese scholar Okakura Kakuzo (1863-1913). It is the earliest English-language account of Zen Buddhism and its relation to the arts. Okakura's view was that "tea is more than an idealization of the form of drinking;… Read more about this item

This is the March 4, 2019 edition of the New Yorker. The cover is Barry Blitt's illustration of Donald Trump on the roof of the White House with a 'Finish the Wall' sign. 72 Pages See Table of Contents Scan Inside: - Robots - The Needs of Dementia Patients - Jail Healthcare Crisis - Jasper Johns - Stephen Sondheim The magazine is in good condition but, as I was… Read more about this item

This is a stated First American Edition of SMITHSONIAN MUSIC: THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL HISTORY, published in 2013. Through text and a massive number of images, it shows how music has evolved with human society, accompanying our leisure, religious rituals, and popular festivities. It begins with pre-history and before musical notation, when melodies were memorized or improvised and goes through historical… Read more about this item

This is a first edition of The Houses of Parliament - History, Art, Architecture, a photographic record with a series of essays by international writers. The narrative is accompanied by impressions by the likes of Turner and Monet, and new photography. It is a big, heavy, expensive book, with new copies valued at $300.00. 288 pages, 10" x 12" This copy has not… Read more about this item

This is the 2009 reprint of Hearst the Collector, written by Los Angeles County Museum of Art historian Mary L. Levkoff and first published in 2008. American media baron William Randolph Hearst was an avid art collector. Through the 1920s and 1930s, he amassed the largest private collections of tapestries, antiquities, silver and arms and armor of his time--his collection furnished… Read more about this item

This is a first edition (1976) of The Treasury of Painting Through Five Centuries, by the British artist and art historian William Gaunt (1900-1980). It is a survey of European art, beginning with the Renaissance and ending at the mid-20th century. The first half is text, discussing the works of the great artists; that half is heavily illustrated with black and… Read more about this item

This is a third impression (1968) of Peter Carl Faberge, Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court, His Life and Work, written by the English author Henry Charles Bainbridge and first published in 1949. Bainbridge was Faberge's friend, and manager of the Faberge branch in London. So this book has a lot of personal detail about the great jeweler, and… Read more about this item

Jonathan Swift (1667 – 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, poet, cleric and Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. His most famous works are Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal and A Tale of a Tub. He is still regarded as the foremost prose satirist in the English language and his deadpan style caused the term 'Swiftian' to be embedded in… Read more about this item

This is a first edition (1974) of The English Country House, An Art and a Way of Life by the English writer and artist Olive Cook. It is not a picture book, but a study of the country house as a work of art. It starts with the Medieval age and goes up to the great houses of the 19th century. There… Read more about this item

Vanity Fair, February 2004. Cover: Gwyneth Paltrow See Table of Contents Scans 168 Pages Perfect Condition - Unread

This is the March/April 1998 issue of View Camera Magazine, the Journal of Large-Format Photography, an American magazine that published from 1988 to 2014. See scan of table of contents. 74 pages. Pristine condition. The original price tags are on the cover.

This is the November/December 2001 issue of View Camera Magazine, the Journal of Large-Format Photography, an American magazine that published from 1988 to 2014. See scan of table of contents. 73 pages. Pristine condition--the original price tags are on the cover.

This is the March/April 1998 issue of View Camera Magazine, the Journal of Large-Format Photography, an American magazine that published from 1988 to 2014. See scan of table of contents. 72 pages. Pristine condition, although the back cover has some yellowing to the paper. The original price tags are on the cover.

This is the July/August 2004 issue of View Camera Magazine, the Journal of Large-Format Photography, an American magazine that published from 1988 to 2014. See scan of table of contents. 73 pages. Pristine condition--the original price tags are on the cover.

This is a first North American edition of The Bulfinch Anatomy of Antique Furniture. It is the ultimate visual glossary about antiques, of value to beginners and those with lots of experience in collecting. More than 200 pieces are reproduced in lavish photographs with copious annotation and a wealth of illustrative detail, covering all categories of furniture. Eight … Read more about this item

This is a first edition of Ancient English Houses 1240-1612, by the English author Christopher Simon Sykes. It is a richly illustrated chronicle of some of England's oldest and most beautiful houses, all privately owned and well-hidden. 37 houses are featured. 239 pages, with loads of photographs, lore and detail. It's on very high-quality paper so it's a bit heavy, 10"… Read more about this item

This is the July/August 2001 issue of View Camera Magazine, the Journal of Large-Format Photography, an American magazine that published from 1988 to 2014. See scan of table of contents. 75 pages. Pristine condition--the original price tags are on the cover.

This is the July/August 1996 issue of View Camera Magazine, the Journal of Large-Format Photography, an American magazine that published from 1988 to 2014. See scan of table of contents. 74 pages. Pristine condition--the original price tags are on the cover.