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Reproducing the initial eleven issues of the world's first true science-fiction comic, this seminal collection exemplifies the genre's Golden Age. Full of vivid artistry and narrative twists, the trailblazing series features wildly imaginative tales of nuclear apocalypse, interstellar adventures, and glittering utopias.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Through more than 700 photos across 20 portfolios, Edward S. Curtis artfully preserves North America's indigenous heritage, inviting us to embrace the diversity of traditions, revive forgotten narratives, and nurture a spirit of peaceful coexistence.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

This volume spans more than 500 remarkable records and is a journey into vinyl's extraordinary history. From rare and colorful editions, bold shapes, and bootleg X-ray vinyl of the USSR to daring designs that fashioned the identities of era-defining records and artists, this collection celebrates vinyl's artistic potential as a material form.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

In 1776, at the Enlightenment's height, Jan Christiaan Sepp published a wholly unique and striking work: Marmor Soorten. Across 100 richly hand-coloured plates, it traced an elegant visual journey through 570 different marble types. This facsimile edition, a world first, devotedly brings to life a forgotten book of great knowledge and rare beauty.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Now available in an unlimited edition, this monograph features Schnabel's work in all media: huge paintings with everyday materials, sculptures that transpose pictorial forms into space, movies that paint portraits of unconventional heroes, or a Venetian palace in New York. The best opportunity to experience his art outside of meeting it in person.

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Between 1959 and 1969, photojournalist Lee Lockwood documented Cuba and its victorious revolutionary Fidel Castro with unprecedented freedom and access, including a marathon seven-day interview with Castro himself. This volume includes Lockwood's evocative photographs of Cuba and Castro, his many insightful observations, and extensive excerpts from the legendary Lockwood-Castro conversations.

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From multiple exposure and solarization to creating his own brand of photograms termed "rayography": Man Ray's innovations and imagery shook avant-garde Paris to its core. Breaking down boundaries between photography, poetry, and design to create ethereal expressions, the modernist pioneered a new chapter in the history of camerawork and art.

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Embracing an expansive range of occult teachings, this vast encyclopedia unveils the arcane myths and mysteries of thousands of years of human civilization. First published in 1928, Manly Palmer Hall's magnum opus has been meticulously reproduced in its original size in collaboration with his archives at the Philosophical Research Society.

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In 1961 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created The Fantastic Four-a powerhouse super hero team revolutionary for their flaws and complexity-that kicked the comic industry into high gear. This XXL volume from the Eisner Award-winning series reproduces the Four's first 20 stories and charts how it became in Lee's words "the world's greatest comic magazine."

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He's one of the most enduring characters across all popular culture-and this collection of The Incredible Hulk issues 1-6, along with his appearances in Tales to Astonish, is where it all began. The lavish reproduction of the original comics brings Hulk to rampaging yet sorrowful life alongside original artwork, rare photographs, and ephemera.

(Hardback)

Soar across the cosmos with one of Marvel's most far-out characters! All 18 Silver Surfer stories from the 1968 series by Stan Lee and John Buscema (with a final issue drawn by Jack Kirby) are collected in this galactic-sized volume from the Eisner Award-winning Marvel Comics Library, each page meticulously photographed from the rarest pedigreed comics.

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Spider-Man tangles with Doc Ock, Kraven, and the Green Goblin, while Peter Parker navigates the perils of teen romance in the second half of Lee and Ditko's Amazing Spider-Man magnum opus. This volume in the Eisner-Award winning series sources the highest quality comic books to reproduce meticulous editions that would make Aunt May proud.

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Grab a front row seat to the creation of "The Strangest Super-Heroes of All!" In this colossal collector's dream, the first 21 X-Men stories from 1963-1966 have been meticulously reproduced from the most pristine copies of these rare comic books- the fourth volume from TASCHEN's Eisner Award-winning Marvel Comics Library series.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Gastronomy meets graphics, in this irresistible collection of American menus from the mid-19th century to the 1980s. Not only an excellent insight into our evolving eating habits, this lineup of some 800 designs also serves as a history of graphic styles, designed to entice, excite, and titillate our palates over the years.

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(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Racinet's Costume History is a landmark in the study of clothing and fashion. This reprint presents Racinet's exquisitely precise color illustrations, as well as his delightful descriptions and witty commentary. From Eskimo attire to high French couture, this is an unrivalled encyclopedia for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians, and anyone interested in style.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Master photographer Ralph Gibson returns with an exquisite collection of nudes, combining the best of his work with an in-depth interview by Eric Fischl. Strikingly graphic, meticulously composed, and loaded with subtle provocations, Gibson's mysterious, dreamlike images pay homage to such greats as Man Ray and Edward Weston, while continually pursuing new frontiers.

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Feel these photographs with the tips of your fingers: Amaznia Touch was created by Sebastio Salgado, Llia Wanick Salgado, and VISIO Foundation for blind or visually impaired people: a box containing 21 three-dimensional tactile "transcriptions" of 18 photographs and 3 geographical maps from Salgado's latest book Amaznia - a tactile experience.

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Sebastio Salgado's photographs present an archaeological perspective on manual labour, shedding light on practices which endured from the Stone Age through the Industrial Revolution and up to the present day. He created an elegy to outmoded traditions and the dignity and fortitude of those working in the face of the most dangerous conditions.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

The Big Butt Book explores our fascination with female booty from high, round and perky to badonkadonk, in over 400 photos, interspersed with interviews including thic goddess Buffie the Body, porn icon John (Buttman) Stagliano, filmmaker Tinto Brass, and artist Robert Crumb, as well as the best and most bootylicious of contemporary butt models.

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Discover 50 of the most exquisite and important medieval bible manuscripts, at once art historical treasures and precious religious artifacts. Published in partnership with the Austrian National Library, this stunning collection spans every epoch of the Middle Ages, revealing both the evolution of the Bible and the shifting history of the age.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

From the 17th century to the advent of the digital age, color theories have been illustrated with opulent wheels, polychrome charts, and meticulous diagrams. Gathering over 65 works from around the world, with more than 1,000 images, this edition traces the many hues of a subject that inspired Newton, Goethe, Sanzo Wada, the Bauhaus, and many more.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

A full, faithful reproduction of The Book of Miracles, the German 16th-century manuscript of supernatural phenomena, and one of the most spectacular discoveries in Renaissance art. Blending Bible stories, folklore, and apocalyptic visions in rich, luminous detail, this is a mesmerizing document of religious belief, mystery, foreboding, and visual imagination.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

The beauty and rich history of the four nations of the United Kingdom - England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland - had much to offer to the international tourist in 1900. More than 800 photochromes present an intimate view of the wild landscapes, manicured lawns, bustling cityscapes and bucolic charm of the British Isles before the First World War.