Cates Auction & Realty Co., Inc.
Timed Auction

Mission Hills Mid Century Time Capsule

Wed, Jul 31, 2024 01:00PM EDT - Wed, Aug 21, 2024 08:00PM EDT
Lot 302

Book Collection #3

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Books on architecture residential drawing and design, architecture history of San Francisco and northern California, furniture making, Frank Lloyd Wright glass, rooms. Pictorial bio of Mucha. Tiffany masterworks and lost treasures. Pictorial history of the Carnegie Museum and Library in Pittsburgh. Biographies on Truman, Kissinger, John D. Rockefeller, Lindbergh, Maria Callas. A history of Old World European peasant cooking. "Not By Bread Alone", on Kansas food/art/culture. Colorslide tourbooks on The Louvre, National Gallery of Art, the Pitti Palace and Uffizzi Gallery in Florence. Art of Walt Disney. Pictorial book of vintage toy ray guns. 

Extensive collection of books and paoers modern and vintage on gardening, gardening design, theme gardens, perennials, growing vegetables, organic gardening, growing Bonsai, houseplants, how-to's. 

Large collection of Religious Studies books, mostly vintage. "The Apocrypha" (1936), "Symbolism And Belief", (1957) "Christian Life And The Unconscious" (1955), "The Face Of Christ". A contemporary translation of the Al-Quran. "Uplifting Songs New And Old" vintage hymnal from 1896(!). More!

Condition ranges from fair to good vintage condition to very good newer modern. Contents of one bookshelf. Shelf not included.

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