(Hardback)

A Hulk-sized tome spanning eight decades of the heroic rise of Marvel as it magically mutated from 1939s four-color upstart to a 1960s pop-culture dynamo to current Hollywood heavy hitter. With essays by comics historian Roy Thomas and a huge fold-out timeline that chronicles the entire Marvel history

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

With a photographic survey of the Imam Mohammed bin Abdul Wahab Mosque in Doha, Qatar, this volume retraces the story of the building and the architectural elements of the religious complex, projected in full respect of the traditional Qatari architecture.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

An insiders tour of the magnificent seventeenthcentury castle and gardens, conceived by Le Vau, Le Brun, and Le Ntre, that inspired the great chteaux of Europe.

(Paperback, First Edition, First ed.)

More than 100 selections of day and evening wear from full-color French catalogs produced for the American market document changes in fashion from the stock market crash to the dawn of WWII.

(Paperback)

Compendium defines over 10,000 words associated with wearing apparel and fashion. From bateau necklines to trilbys and vamps, words are grouped alphabetically according to dress parts, fabrics, and other style categories. Over 750 illustrations.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

The astoundingly miniature gallery of almost 300 unique pieces collected in type cases and designed by famous artists and designers is presented for the first time in this publication.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

Art meets science in this far-reaching catalogue of botanical illustration. Drawn from the vaults of the National Library of Vienna, these exquisite color reproductions range from 6th-century manuscripts to 19th-century masterpieces and celebrate both the skill of botanical artists and the abundance of natural flora.

(Paperback)

Egypt, Babylon, Greece up through 19th-century Europe; based on surviving pieces, art work, much more. Includes many clear, measured patterns for reproducing historic costumes. Full text. 595 illustrations.

(Hardback)

An entertaining and illuminating celebration of televisual history by cultural historian Phil Norman

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

A highly original blending of literary fantasy with adventure in a way that is never cliche or expected.

(Paperback)

A Landscape Inventory is a richly illustrated and elegantly designed manifesto on landscape experimentation, the work of the internationally renowned architect, Michel Desvigne. As an 'anti-monograph', this publication is not comprehensive and projects are not discussed in depth.

(Paperback)

A lavishly illustrated exploration of Orla Kiely's design evolution, published to coincide with a major exhibition Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern at The Fashion and Textile Museum.

(Hardback)

An unparalleled collection of postwar and contemporary art assembled by two gutsy collectors.

(Paperback, Main)

From one of the world's best-loved pianists, comes a hugely insightful and enjoyable book for all piano lovers.

(Hardback)

Printmaking was fundamental to Pablo Picasso's artistic vision. Over his career, he made well over 2,000 printed images, focusing on the intaglio techniques of etching, engraving, drypoint and aquatint, lithography and linoleum cut. This book explores Picasso's creative process in printmaking from the early years of the 20th century onwards.

(Hardback)

John OConnor (19132004), a romantic but also a realist, recorded old endangered things, high and low: churches, canals, barges, dilapidated barns and garden sheds.With a keen eye, sure hand and way with words, he drew, engraved, painted and described what he valued most around him.

(Hardback)

A beautiful and sumptuously illustrated book presenting the highlights of Renaissance court treasures.

(Hardback)

Contemporary, liveable houses in the fabled landscape of Martha's Vineyard and the Cape capture the pleasures of summer by the sea for those who build, those who visit, and all who experience vicariously.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

A brief, brilliant and essential introduction to the key concepts in art, from ancient times to the present day.