Fashion has Helmut Newton, architecture has Julius Shulman, and cat photography has Walter Chandoha. In 1949, his encounter with a stray kitten blossomed into a career that elevated feline portraiture to an art form. This is a tribute not just to these beguiling creatures but also to a remarkable photographer who passed away in 2019 at the age of 98; and whose compassion can be felt in each and every frame.
Hardcover, 9.3 x 12.4 in., 5.08 lb, 296 pages

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The ultimate anthology of cinematic showpieces, in extra-handy format. This careful selection of movie masterworks sets noir alongside new wave, slapstick alongside tragedy in a far-reaching, infinitely inspiring guide to the jewels of 20th-century filmmaking.
Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.7 in., 2.69 lb, 832 pages

100 All-time Favorite Movies Of The 20th Century

Drawn from our Illustration Now! series, this book surveys 100 of the makers and shapers of the illustration scene. With featured artists including Istvan Banyai, Mirko Ilić, Anita Kunz, and Christoph Niemann, the international overview provides an invigorating record of the dynamism and diversity of the genre with a self-portrait, portfolio samples, and description for each illustrator.
Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.7 in., 2.87 lb, 680 pages

100 Illustrators

Take a trip through three centuries of trend. In this spectacular collection from the Kyoto Costume Institute, one of the world’s most extensive clothing collections, the smartest minds and sharpest eyes in fashion studies walk us through the outer- and underwear, shoes, and accessories that have defined people around the world.
9.4 x 13.2 in., 8.53 lb, 632 pages

Fashion History From The 18th To The 20th Century

A painstaking facsimile reproducing all specimen pages from the original volumes of Romeyn Beck Hough’s American Woods, an indispensable reference work of breathtaking beauty that has set the standard for the study of trees and wood. In this luxurious gold edition, each specimen is broken down in three cross-section cuts, revealing its unique characteristics, grain, colors, and texture.
Hardcover, 6.3 x 9.1 in., 4.60 lb, 768 pages

Romeyn B. Hough The Woodbook The Complete Plates

Through panoramas of mood, ideas, and emotions, Expressionism stands as one of the most reactionary and influential movements of the early twentieth century. This introduction assesses the group’s stylistic tendencies, influences, and pursuit of authenticity.
Hardcover, 8.3 x 10.2 in., 1.22 lb, 96 pages

Expressionism

Travel the length and breadth of Africa with this updated guide to the continent’s most beautiful hotels. With a refined eye for the X-factor in accommodation, Angelika Taschen takes us to hidden gems across the continent, profiling each getaway through extensive photography and key information. A treasure trove of inspiration for your next Africa-bound getaway.
Hardcover, 9.4 x 11.9 in., 5.24 lb, 360 pages

Great Escapes Africa The Hotel Book. 2019 Edition

Italy of My Dreams: The Story of an American Designer’s Real Life Passion for Italian Style is the expansive culmination of what began as the childhood pursuit of “tiny bits of Eden” in Amarillo, Texas, and developed into a deep personal connection with the art and architecture of Italy. Full of theatrical, bold exteriors, and interiors adorned with classical flourishes, each featured project is a unique testament to the designer’s appreciation of Italian design. Worn, reclaimed beams complement sweeping Venetian doors, lush rooftop gardens recall the Southern Italian countryside—these are modern spaces steeped in an historic sensibility, yet free of replication or pastiche. While the locations change—from California villas to a palazzo in New York—the designer’s passion remains true, making Italy of My Dreams an intimate inspirational celebration of Italian style.

Size: 9" X 10.1"
Pages: 176
Cover Info: Hardcover with die cut
Author: Matthew White

Matthew White is an American interior designer whose work has been featured in nearly every American shelter magazine. In 2003 he joined forces with Frank Webb, launching the design firm White Webb, LLC. He serves on the board of Save Venice Inc., and the Historic Preservation Committee for the hamlet of Hillsdale, New York.

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Italy Of My Dreams: The Story Of An American Designer's Real Life Passion For Italian Style By Matthew White

Through apples, pears, and experimental new perspectives, explore the defining oeuvre of Paul Cézanne, the artist identified by both Matisse and Picasso as “father of us all.” From still life compositions to scenes of his beloved Montagne Sainte-Victoire, this book traces the artist’s bold new approaches to form light, space, and form.
Hardcover, 8.3 x 10.2 in., 1.22 lb, 96 pages

Cézanne

A condensed edition of the best-selling Basquiat monograph. Pristine reproductions of Basquiat’s seminal paintings, drawings, and notebook sketches, as well as texts by editor Hans Werner Holzwarth and curator and art historian Eleanor Nairne, bring us up close and personal to a legend synonymous with 1980s New York.
Hardcover, 6.1 x 8.5 in., 3.19 lb, 512 pages

Jean-michel Basquiat 40th Anniversary Edition

A celebration of one of the most universally recognizable and beloved objects of our daily lives, Spoon showcases hundreds of spoons from author Daniel Rozensztroch’s personal collection. Obsessively collected over the course of several years, there are spoons made of wood, glass, mother of pearl, bone, metal, horn, porcelain, enamel, and ceramic, as well as spoons by artists, vintage spoons, rare one-of-a-kind museum quality pieces, to the typical spoon of our everyday lives that can be found in homes all over the world. The spoon as an object transcends all cultures. With high-quality photography by Francis Amiand, and fine Italian printing, the book is perfect for collectors and lovers of everyday objects.

Size: 8" X 10.375"
Pages: 216
Cover Info: Hardcover
Author: Daniel Rozensztroch

Daniel Rozensztroch has been a longtime consultant to the magazine Marie-Claire Maison and is now the creative director of the Merci shop in Paris, France. He is also the co-author of a numbers of titles in the Style Series published by Clarkson N. Potter, as well as a number of books on the subject of everyday things that include Wire and Kitchen Ceramics (Abbeville Press); Glass (Harry N. Abrams); and Herring: A Love Story (Pointed Leaf Press).

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Spoon By Daniel Rozensztroch

This fresh overview of Tadao Ando’s oeuvre spans the breadth of his career, from his beginnings in 1975 to today. Based on the massive XXL edition, this accessible volume sheds light on the Modernist master through photographs and architectural drawings, and includes such new projects as the Shanghai Poly Theater and the Clark Center at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Ando Complete Works 1975–today 2019 Edition

A guide to the most interesting specialist retailers in France's capital, Paris. It features the best of these establishments, on grand boulevards, in elegant covered passages and tucked away in back streets; some date back hundreds of years, others are newly founded, with all the vigor and enthusiasm of youth. Among the 40 entries are places to buy essentials, luxuries and curiosities. There’s stationery and art supplies, scented candles and soap, toys, rat traps, and taxidermy. It is the perfect companion for this most perfect of cities, or even just to daydream about a visit there and feel like you've stepped foot in a fairytale for a day.
Sample three entries here: paper goods at Papier Tigre, repair your umbrella at Pep’s Parapluie, or buy fabric and notions at Ultramod.

12" x 16.5" folded into 4" x 6"
designed by Crispin Finn, written by Anne Ditmeyer
litho-printed in the UK on recycled paper

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Celebrate 90 years of Mickey Mouse with one of the most expansive illustrated publications on the Disney universe: behind-the-scenes shots, rare animation art, and vintage comics trace Mickey’s 122 cartoons, his comic adventures, and the world of Mickey merchandise and memorabilia, as well as the legendary Mickey Mouse Club and unfinished projects.
Hardcover with ribbon bookmark, 11.4 x 15.6 in., 496 pages, in cardboard box with handle

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse The Ultimate History

Polaroid Now celebrates the history and evolution of the first and foremost instant imaging camera system. Featuring both vintage and current Polaroid photography, this book covers iconic midcentury photographers and artists, as well as contemporary creatives.

An artist index features thumbnail images of every photograph included in the book along with the name of the artist, the location, date, and the specific Polaroid camera and film stock used.
The cover of the book features the original 1960s packaging design by renowned graphic designer Paul Giambarba.

This officially licensed partnership with the world-renowned Polaroid brand is the most comprehensive book published on Polaroid to date, showcasing the work of hundreds of photographers from all over the world. It's an eye-catching gift, too; the exterior packaging design of the book celebrates Polaroid's vintage, brightly colored and now iconic design of the Colorpack Film boxes.

The perfect gift for anyone who loves their Polaroid camera, as well as all things vintage like LPs, record players, and film
A beautifully designed book that is a covetable object in itself
Add it to the collection of books like The Polaroid Book by Barbara Hitchcock, Andy Warhol: Polaroids by Richard B. Woodward, and Polaroid: The Complete Guide to Experimental Instant Photography by Rhiannon Adam

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Just 35 works make up the complete known oeuvre of Johannes Vermeer but in their combination of mimesis and mystery they have secured his place as one of the most admired artists in history. This monograph presents his astonishing catalogue with numerous spreads, ravishing details, and an essay exploring his outstanding ability to transform oil paint into life.
Hardcover with fold-out, 9.8 x 13.4 in., 6.05 lb, 258 pages

Vermeer The Complete Works

Turn an in-flight magazine into an engaging game, transform your mid-flight snack into an instant work of art: with 52 ways to keep kids busy, happy, and occupied in the air or at the boarding terminal, this revised and updated deck is the traveling child's essential carry-on item.

52 Series: Fun Things Do Plane

Playful and provocative, this collection of 100 sex questions provides a surefire way for lovers to turn up the heat. With a range of thought-provoking conversation starters that fall into one of three categories—X, XX, or XXX— these cards allow partners to choose just how intimate they want to get.

100 Questions About Sex

From the snap and crackle of Pop to the florid excesses of the hippie era, explore the most memorable designs from the transformative 1960s. Drawn from the much-coveted Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook, this colorful survey of interiors, lighting, textiles, and more records explosive creativity in a decade of unprecedented social, sexual, and political change.
Hardcover, 7.7 x 10 in., 3.29 lb, 576 pages

Decorative Art 60s

Since 1920, Architectural Digest has celebrated design talents, innovative homes, and products--providing endless decoration, lifestyle, and travel inspiration. With ten global editions, the magazine is an authority renowned all over the world for publishing only the very best of today's interior design. In this new volume--spearheaded by AD France 's editor in chief, Marie Kalt--the editors of Architectural Digest 's international editions have teamed up to thoughtfully curate a collection of today's most exceptional interiors around the globe. These diverse residential spaces span from the United States and China, to France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Spain, India, Mexico, and the Middle East, presenting each country's unique "AD style manifesto" and the work of design luminaries such as Peter Marino, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Jacques Grange, Joseph Dirand, and Bijoy Jain, to name a few.

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Architectural Digest: The Most Beautiful Rooms In The World

Meet the man who treated each building like a temple. From Dhaka, Bangladesh, to La Jolla, California, this book traces the extraordinary architectural language of Louis Isadore Kahn, the pioneering modernist who inflected the International Style with a “back to basics” classical grammar and pierced its sleek masses with geometrical shapes and near-celestial spots of sunlight.
Hardcover, 8.3 x 10.2 in., 1.29 lb, 96 pages

Louis I. Kahn

The fight for equality continues, from 1960 to now. Combining portraits of past and present social justice activists with documentary images from recent protests throughout the United States, #1960Now sheds light on the parallels between the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and the Black Lives Matter movement of today. Shelia Pree Bright's striking black-and-white photographs capture the courage and conviction of '60s elder statesmen and a new generation of activists, offering a powerful reminder that the fight for justice is far from over. #1960Now represents an important new contribution to American protest photography.

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With a meticulous sensibility for light and detail, the late Keiichi Tahara captured Europe’s finest Art Nouveau architecture. This exquisite three-volume set features more than 500 of his photographs and is interspersed by brilliant gold pages, each carefully produced using the finest printing techniques. This is a collection of majestic aura, brimming with the unique spirit of the fin de siècle.
Hardcover, clothbound, 3 vols. in slipcase, 10.6 x 14.5 in., 966 pages, in cardboard box with handle

Limited and numbered edition of 10,000 copies

Keiichi Tahara Architecture Fin-de-siècle

Dalí poses as the Magician, his wife Gala becomes the Empress, and the death of Julius Caesar is reinterpreted as the Ten of Swords in the artist’s extraordinary custom tarot deck. First published in a 1984 limited edition that has since long sold out, this lush box set brings back all 78 cards, each dazzling in color, along with a companion book on the making-of and practical instructions.
Deck of 78 tarot cards with booklet in box, 7.4 x 13 in., 1.65 kg (3.62 lb), 184 pages

Dalí Tarot

Interior designer Mark D. Sikes burst onto the publishing scene with his New York Times best-selling first book, Beautiful. His new book, aptly titled More Beautiful, picks up where the first left off, in a celebration of classic, all-American decorating. The rooms featured in More Beautiful are divided into five distinct styles, all of which exude the happiness that comes with surrounding oneself with things you love.

More Beautiful: All-american Decoration

A hub for barefoot bohemians and glamorous goddesses, Tulum is a Mayan hideaway that perfectly distills the gypset lifestyle. An off-grid escape for nomadic creatives, it is a playground for spirituality and community. This tiny, idyllic eight-mile strip of sand on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula is tucked between a tropical jungle, Mayan ruins, and the Sian Ka’an biosphere: It’s a heady vortex. Tulum’s isolated and breathtakingly beautiful environment also makes it the perfect place for those craving a deeper connection with themselves, others, and nature. Seekers (sun, spiritual, and otherwise) pilgrimage to this beach settlement in droves to join this avant-garde template for a new bohemian lifestyle that prioritizes healing, eco-friendly practices, and organic cuisine. The boho-chic crowd’s home away from home, Tulum is a rare and successful modern experiment in both consciousness and sophistication, bolstered by its down-to-earth hotels, mesmerizing cenotes, and lush backdrop.

Tulum Gypset

Meet the full range of Albert Oehlen’s artistic approaches from his early work to the present day. Whether paintings with mirrors, in primary colors or only in gray, heavily pixelated computer paintings or garish poster ads on canvases: more than 400 featured works attest to the audacious and innovative strategies that have secured Oehlen’s place as the “most resourceful abstract painter alive.”
Hardcover, 9.8 x 13.1 in., 7.88 lb, 496 pages

Albert Oehlen

One brief week each summer, Black Rock City becomes a temporary community, spiritual adventure, desert rave, social experiment, and home to some of the most remarkable site-specific outdoor art ever made. For 16 years, writer and photographer NK Guy has traveled deep into the Nevada desert to photograph the installations, happenings, and uninhibited self-expression that define Burning Man.
Hardcover, 9.8 x 12.9 in., 5.59 lb, 294 pages

Art Of Burning Man

Mix and match this strange stationery for a singular correspondence.

Emily's Mixed-up Stationery

Despite being shut down by the Nazis after just fourteen years in existence, the Bauhaus art school stands as one of the defining movements of modern history. This book introduces the school’s commitment to creative expression, cutting-edge ideas, and the combination of fine art and technology in a utopian future.
Hardcover, 8.3 x 10.2 in., 1.23 lb, 96 pages

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Discover Ernst Haeckel, the 19th-century artist-biologist who found beauty in even the most unlikely of creatures. This collection features 450 prints from his most important publications, including the majestic Kunstformen der Natur and his extensive catalogues of marine life. As biodiversity is ever-more threatened, these exquisite images are a scientific, artistic, and environmental masterwork.
Hardcover, 11.2 x 15.6 in., 704 pages, in cardboard box with handle

The Art And Science Of Ernst Haeckel

Revisit the 1990s in a massive compendium of advertising gems that sold Generation X and baby boomers everything from Game Boys to Boyz II Men. Featuring six chapters spanning food, fashion, entertainment, and cars, page after page of ads remind us how sex and blockbusters led the way to a decade’s worth of ironic, cool, and classic visuals, which closed one century and took us to the next.
Hardcover, 7.7 x 10 in., 5.61 lb, 656 pages

All-american Ads Of The 90s

Taking time to journal together is a meaningful way for couples to connect. Designed to spark conversation and intimacy, this illustrated journal features over 75 prompts about your past, present, and future as a couple. From favorite memories" and "what I love about you" to "first impressions of each other" and "things we agree to disagree on, topics are thought-provoking, sweet, humorous, and honest. With a handful of activities and quizzes (drawing amateur portraits, playing Who's More Likely To?), Date Night In offers a fun and accessible way for you to reflect and dream together, and create a lasting and unique keepsake in the process. 
- A TIME CAPSULE AND BUCKET LIST ALL IN ONE: With more than 70 fun, thought-provoking questions and activities, this journal will help you record great memories with your partner, discover new things about each other, and come up with hopes and dreams for the future. 
- DEEPEN YOUR RELATIONSHIP: Journaling with your significant other is a great way to spark conversation, stay connected, and strengthen your bond. 
- WORKS FOR ALL COUPLES: The content is suited for all relationships, no matter your gender or sexual orientation, and works for both new couples and those in longtime relationships. 
- CREATE A UNIQUE AND GORGEOUS KEEPSAKE: This sturdy, hardcover journal has beautiful full-color illustration throughout. And by filling out the prompts inside, you'll make a keepsake that you'll both treasure for years to come.

Date Night In

Ambitious and engaged, Arts & Architecture magazine celebrated change and innovation across politics, society and especially culture. This selection from the magazine's first five years features the complete covers and has a special focus on the groundbreaking Case Study House Program, one of the most unique and influential events in the history of American architecture.
Hardcover, 9.8 x 12.6 in., 7.77 lb, 632 pages

Arts & Architecture 1945-49

Vinyl’s back in style and in this selection of 1000 of the most iconic record sleeves from the 60s to 90s, we recall why it’s the biggest and best music format ever. Iconic artwork, memorable cover-sleeves, and long-lost classics all jostle for space in this virtual shelf of music history.
Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.7 in., 2.48 lb, 576 pages

1000 Record Covers

A visual history like no other, this award-winning book brings you the golden age of New York jazz. Designed, illustrated, and edited by Robert Nippoldt with texts by Hans-Jürgen Schaal, the collection features Nippoldt’s superb illustrations of jazz scenes and protagonists alongside vivid facts and amusing anecdotes to create one stunning portrait of the sound that changed America.
Hardcover, 8.5 x 13.4 in., 2.85 lb, 224 pages