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The House In Good Taste-1914-famous Interior Decorator

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The Interior Decorator Vol. 3 No. 5 Circa 1893: Rare "The Interior Decorator" Vol. 3 No. 5, published by the Interior Decorator Publishing Co. Chicago, Ills March 1893. Measures 9" x 12.5"

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1888-9 RAND McNALLY & CO. INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD maps ANTIQUE FOLIO: Rand, McNally & Co.’s new indexed ATLAS OF THE WORLD Chicago; 1888-89 Massive folio. Size 11 by 14.5" Binding is worn with some damages, covers are detached, spine destroyed. Good interior, some

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1783 CICERO 10 VOLUMES antique RARE SET leather bound: M. TULLII CICERONIS OPERUM Oxonii, 1783 10 volumes, complete set Text in Latin Leather bindings. Leather is worn, covers are re-enforced from inside, as visible on the photo Very good interior conditi

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1827 HISTORY OF DECLINE & FALL of ROMAN EMPIRE EDWARD GIBBON antique 8 VOLUMES: THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL of THE ROMAN EMPIRE by EDWARD GIBBON 8 volumes , complete set Oxford, 1827 Size 5.5 by 8.5" Very good interior condition Original leather , covers ruled in gilt, sp

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1547 PUNIC WAR EPIC POEM by Silius Italicus POETRY antique 16th century RARE: Silius Italicus Gaius De Bello Punico libri septemdecim Lugduni: apud Seb. Gryphium, 1547 Size 3 by 5" (118x66 mm). 430 pp 18th century leather binding with gilt title to the spine Very good interior

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1785 BREVARIUM ROMANUM in LATIN antique 2 MASSIVE VOLUMES: BREVARIUM ROMANUM ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitutum 2 volumes. Liege, Plomteux 1785 Size 8 by 10.5" thickness 4" each book Original calf, worn Good interior, some wear Latin text.

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1593 PLAUTUS Comoediae M. Accii Plauti Viginti antique VELLUM BOUND 16th CENTURY: Plautus. Comoediae M. Accii Plauti Viginti. Francofurdi, Ioannem Wechesum, 1593 Size 3 1/2 by 4 3/4" 847pp. Original vellum , split at the spine. Good interior, minor toning Text in Latin Medieval vel

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1870s FAMILY BIBLE illustrated MASSIVE FOLIO antique: London, J.G. MURDOCH (circa 1870s) Size 10 1/2 by 13 1/4" 3.5" wide. Fully illustrated Original clasps (intact) Minor wear of binding. Very good interior condition. Gilt edge Edges of the covers decor

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1851-1859 27 VOLUMES WALTER SCOTT WORKS antique DECORATIVE BINDINGS: Edinburgh: 1851-1859 Size 4 1/3 by 6 3/4" ODD VOLUMES, INCOMPLETE SET Very good interior condition. Clean pages. Some wear of bindings, some of the spine labels are damaged. 3 volumes with chipped end

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1636 ERASMUS of ROTTERDAM COLLOQIA antique ELZEVIR VELLUM BINDING: COLLOOQIA by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus Lugduni Batavorum (Leyden), Elzeviriana ; 1636 Size 3 by 5 1/4" Original vellum Very good interior condition, some soiling to the vellum Text in Latin Desid

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1930s MINIATURE KORAN in ARABIC QURAN antique: Size 1 by 1 1/2" Not dated Leather binding. Very good interior, some wear of binding Reserve: $300.00 Shipping: Domestic: Flat-rate of $25.00 to anywhere within the contiguous U.S. International:

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19th century ARABIC MANUSCRIPT ISLAMIC antique FIZULI POETRY: POETRY by Muhammed Fizuli (1498-1556) 19th century (not dated) Purchased in Uzbekistan Original front cover. Missing back cover (replaced with modern cardboard) Good interior, couple of marginal repai

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1897 RIDE THROUGH WESTERN ASIA by CLIVE BIGHAM antique ILLUSTRATED: A RIDE THROUGH WESTERN ASIA by CLIVE BIGHAM London; 1897 Size 5 3/4 by 8 3/4" xii, 284 pp., 4 full-color folding maps, 33 b/w plates , lacks frontispiece Original cloth, minor wear Very good interior

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ARABIC Turkic MANUSCRIPT Miracles of Ibrahim son of Adham antique 19th century: The Miracles of Ibrahim son of Adham Text in Turkic Purchased in Uzbekistan c. early 19th century Over 500 pages Size 6 by 10" Very good interior, Binding repaired, one of the covers is replaced (adde

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1706 COMPLETE HISTORY OF ENGLAND w/ LIVES OF ALL KINGS: COMPLETE HISTORY OF ENGLAND WITH THE LIVES OF ALL THE KINGS AND QUEENS Volume II London, 1706 Massive folio, 10 by 15.5" Leather binding. Very good interior condition , binding is worn. Front cover is

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The House In Good Taste-1914-famous Interior Decorator

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Title: The House In Good Taste; Provenance: NY, 1914 by the famous Interior Decorator.
By De Wolfe, Elsie
About this Item: The Century Co., NY, 1914. Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Early edition. Very Scarce Book. Profusely illustrated. Very interesting illustrations through-out by famous Interior Decorator, Elsie De Wolfe including Elizabethan Design, Washington Irving's home, and Miss Anne Morgan's Louis XVI Boudoir, Chinese Chippendale, etc. Green cloth, with color/gilt pictorial cover and gilt lettered. TEG. Related small news article pasted to rear pep, causing a tanned spot on fep and tanned on first text and adjoining page. Extremity wear, rubbing, lt. soil with a couple tiny holes/white spots on front cover and spine tips chipping, spine tail edge and rear bottom joint up to 1/2" deep with minor archival repair. Spine darkened and lettering dulled but readable. Very scarce even in this condition. ; Photographs in color and B/W; 322 pages.

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