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Contemporary art books seem to be the most valuable art books these days. Art magazines were fashionable at one time, mostly in Europe, and today are valued for their lithographed prints of often now-famous art. Other collectible art books include retrospectives of an artist's work, illustrated Biblical texts, and various short illustrated books meant more as a showcase for the art than for the text.


Interviews & Articles

An Interview With American Cookbook Expert and Rare Book Curator Peter Berg

Special collections is where we keep non-circulating rare materials which have to be used in the reading room… [more]

An Interview With Children’s Book Curator Rita Smith

I started working as the curator of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature in 1994, but I’… [more]

Guest Column: Bookplate (Exlibris) Collecting Basics

Bookplate mania in America and England peaked from 1890 to about 1920. That's when the really great collectio… [more]

An Interview With Silver Bookmark Collector Howie Schecter

I’m a packrat, so in 1995, I was itching to collect something. I went around to local flea markets here bec… [more]



Best of the Web (“Hall of Fame”)

Google Book Search

Google Book Search

Want to do one quick search and pull up the mother lode of vintage books? Try Google Book Search, a database filled… [read review or visit site]

Baldwin Library of Childrens Literature

Baldwin Library of Childrens Literature

If you’re interested in collectible childrens books, check out this special digital collection from the Universit… [read review or visit site]

Feeding America

Feeding America

This archive of 76 influential American cookbooks from the late 1700s to early 1900s, assembled by the Michigan St… [read review or visit site]

Gallery of Book Trade Labels

Gallery of Book Trade Labels

Greg Kindall's collection of over 2100 colorful and historic book labels, pasted into books by publishers, printers… [read review or visit site]

Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves

Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves

This great blog, by an anonymous mom in Texas, is an ongoing bibliography of hundreds of vintage childrens books, c… [read review or visit site]

Vintage Cookbooks Photo Pool

Vintage Cookbooks Photo Pool

This Flickr photo pool features over 2,000 photos and scans of vintage cookbooks and old recipes from the 1940s to … [read review or visit site]

Rare Karate Book Collection

Rare Karate Book Collection

This visually interesting and highly specialized collection from the Hawaii Karate Museum focuses on rare and histo… [read review or visit site]

Czech Book Covers

Czech Book Covers

This Smithsonian microsite showcases Czech avant-garde book cover designs from the 1920s and 30s, complete with hig… [read review or visit site]

Bookscans.com

Bookscans.com

Bruce Black's gallery of paperback book covers from the 1940s and 50s. With help from numerous contributors, he's a… [read review or visit site]


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Art Deco~le Derniere Lettre Persane~12 Original Pochoir$635.00 Ends Wednesday 8 bids 33 watchers
1929 Art Deco~fashion~hand-painted 33 Color Plates~rare$500.00 Ends Wednesday 4 bids 17 watchers
1929 Art Deco Fashion Costume 54 Pochoir Color Plates$206.00 Ends in 23 hours 2 bids 18 watchers
The Principles And Art Of Plastic Surgery - Gillies $199.95 Ends Monday 1 bid 5 watchers
Walter Crane At His Art Nouveau Best : Scarce 1906 1st$166.07 Ends in 20 hours 1 bid 13 watchers
1930 Art Deco~fashion~couture~53 Pochoir Color Plates!$156.49 Ends in 23 hours 2 bids 12 watchers
Fairy Tale Where The Rainbow Ends, Art Deco Deluxe Huge$142.50 Ends in 21 hours 12 bids 29 watchers
Japanese Bk On Fluxus Art And Publications$125.00 Ends Sunday 1 bid 2 watchers
1930s Illustrated Underground Erotic Book Art Deco Rare$113.61 Ends Sunday 11 bids 36 watchers
Sex Occult Bible Magic Art Antique Porn Prostitution$106.00 Ends in 4 hours 35 bids 36 watchers
The Art Of Pleasure Tom Of Finland Large 1st Edition.$102.60 Ends Sunday 12 bids 8 watchers
The Art Of Halo 3 Prima Games Rare Hardcover!$102.50 Ends Thursday 6 bids 3 watchers
1771-77 Civil Architecture Civile France Louis Xv $100.00 Ends Friday 3 bids 12 watchers
The Art Of Falconry Frederick Ii Second Of Hohenstaufen$99.00 Ends in 13 hours 1 bid 4 watchers
Art Culinaire Volumes 20-40$92.00 Ends Monday 6 bids 3 watchers
Case Study Houses Book Modernist Architecture Eames$91.79 Ends in 7 hours 1 bid 11 watchers
Rare Hyperstoic #1 Pushead Art Book! Signed! Punk Kbd$91.00 Ends in 18 hours 17 bids 35 watchers
1961 Chinese Painting By Professor Chang Da-chien Book$79.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 7 watchers
Raw Vision -art Brut Magazine - Set Of 8 Issues$79.00 Ends Monday 1 bid 2 watchers
Fab Vintage 1920's Art Deco Nude Lady Book Ends Pair$78.77 Ends Tuesday 6 bids 13 watchers
Arthur Rackham Peter Pan, Art Nouveau, 1912 Uk, Huge$77.99 Ends in 21 hours 12 bids 59 watchers
Davenport's Art Reference & Price Guide 2009-10 Edition$66.00 Ends Sunday 9 bids 15 watchers
Dean Cornwell Dean Of Illustrators Art Book Rare! Oop!!$61.00 Ends in 12 mins 11 bids 10 watchers
Thomas Mackenzie Hassan, Arabian Nights Art Deco 1st Uk$61.00 Ends in 22 hours 6 bids 15 watchers
Bizarre Buildings New Illustrated Architecture Hb Book$56.47 Ends in 21 hours 7 bids 1 watcher
Rare Hyperstoic #2 Pushead Art Book! Signed! Punk Kbd$56.00 Ends in 19 hours 10 bids 22 watchers
Edgar Allen Poe Poetry Raven Poem Magic Goth Occult Art$56.00 Ends Saturday 10 bids 14 watchers
Ivan Bilibin Russian Fairy Tales, Bilibine, Art Nouveau$52.52 Ends Sunday 7 bids 39 watchers
Ashford University: The Art Of Watching Films$52.01 Ends in 20 hours 7 bids 4 watchers
Hyperstoic #3 Pushead Art Book! Signed! With Print! Kbd$51.00 Ends in 19 hours 7 bids 20 watchers
Ashford University: The Art Of Watching Films W/ Cd Rom$50.00 Ends Tuesday 21 bids 3 watchers
Spicy Stories 12/33 Pulp Girlie Mens Bergey Cover Art$45.44 Ends in 2 hours 4 bids 14 watchers
Signed Emile Gruppe On Painting 1976 Sketch Photo$45.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 12 watchers
Melanesian Polynesian Art James Hooper Collection Rare$43.00 Ends Monday 6 bids 21 watchers
Exhibition Of Paintings By Chang Dai-chien 1969$43.00 Ends Monday 5 bids 6 watchers
1933 Bush/zamoshkin Way Of The Soviet Painting Russian $39.99 Ends in 16 hours 1 bid 4 watchers
Spectrum 5 Best Fantasy Art Fenner 1998 True 1st Hc Dj$39.95 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 1 watcher
1994 Nacimientos Mexican Christmas Figures Folk Art$38.00 Ends Monday 1 bid 1 watcher
Die Truhe - Sulamith Wulfing - Fairy Tale Art In German$37.88 Ends Thursday 6 bids 7 watchers
1923 Henri Matisse 1st Edition Fine Art Book Very Rare$37.66 Ends Wednesday 5 bids 27 watchers
Mastering The Art Of French Pastry By Bruce Healy$35.00 Ends Friday 1 bid 3 watchers
Art 1st Edition Gonzo Hunter S Thompson Illustrated$34.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid 1 watcher
22 Books, Scotland Architecture Guides, 1st Edition$34.86 Ends in 18 hours 10 bids 7 watchers
Moving On: The Art Of Steve Hanks With Keith Olson $33.11 Ends Sunday 3 bids 7 watchers
Architecture Inspired By Australia Murcutt Moore+20 $80$32.03 Ends in 22 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
Vintage Brussels 1930 - Great Art Deco Advertising $32.00 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 6 watchers
Fatso By Arthur (art) Donovan Bob Drury Football Book$31.51 Ends in 18 hours 8 bids 6 watchers
The Art Of Public Speaking By Stephen E. Lucas (2008...$31.00 Ends in 16 hours 2 bids 7 watchers
Rare Arthur Rackham Peer Gynt, Art Nouveau, 1st Uk 1936$27.62 Ends Sunday 3 bids 29 watchers
Art In Australia 3rd Series N41 Hugh Mccrae$27.53 Ends Monday 1 bid 2 watchers
Tracey Emin Catalogue I Need Art Like Jay Jopling 1998$26.57 Ends in 23 hours 6 bids 10 watchers

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