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The Art of Pin-up. 40th Ed. by Taschen 9783836588119
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $39.06Since TASCHEN released The Great American Pin-up, international interest in this distinctly American art form has increased exponentially. Paintings by leading artists such as Alberto Vargas, George... -
The History of Graphic Design. 40th Ed. by Taschen 9783836588072
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $29.50Through the turbulent passage of time, graphic design-with its vivid, neat synthesis of image and idea-has distilled the spirit of each age. Surrounding us every minute of every day, from minimalist... -
Jan Christiaan Sepp. The Book of Marble by Geert-Jan Koot 9783836584500
RRP: $195.00Booksplease Price: $150.95In 1776, at the Enlightenment's height, Jan Christiaan Sepp published a wholly unique and striking work: A Representation of Marble Types. Across 100 richly hand-colored plates, it traced an elegant... -
Magritte by Marcel Paquet 9783836503570
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.58From men in bowler hats, floating in the sky, to a painting of a pipe above the caption "this is not a pipe", Rene Magritte (1898-1967) created an echo chamber of object and image, name and thing,... -
Miro by Janis Mink
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.40With a career spanning seven decades, Catalan-born Joan Miro (1893-1983) was a polymath giant of modern art, producing masterworks across painting, sculpture, art books, tapestry, and ceramics, and... -
Steve McCurry. Animals by Reuel Golden 9783836597036
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $22.99In Animals, we discover a different side to the famed photographer who skillfully explores animals' complex relationship with humans and the environment.Tenderness abounds, particularly in scenes of... -
Mies van der Rohe by Peter Gossel
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.95Famed for his motto "less is more," Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) was one of the founding fathers of modern architecture and a hotly-debated tastemaker of twentieth-century aesthetics and... -
Dian Hanson’s: The History of Men’s Magazines. Vol. 4: 1960s Under the Counter by Dian Hanson
RRP: $97.50Booksplease Price: $75.76In 1958 Milton Luros left his New York job designing and illustrating detective pulp magazines for North Hollywood, California. A year later, with a loan from an underworld figure, he founded a... -
Eames by Peter Gossel
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.58The creative duo Charles Eames (1907-1978) and Ray Kaiser Eames (1912-1988) transformed the visual character of America. Though best known for their furniture, the husband and wife team were also... -
Aalto by Peter Gossel
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.58Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) made a unique modernist mark. Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, he designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly... -
Dian Hanson’s: The History of Men’s Magazines. Vol. 6: 1970s Under the Counter by Dian Hanson
RRP: $97.50Booksplease Price: $75.76In the late 1960s specialty bookstores selling magazines under the counter were replaced by sex shops, or "adult bookstores" in the U.S., at which point every subject, with few exceptions, was freely... -
Stanley Kubrick Photographs. Through a Different Lens by Luc Sante 9783836595421
RRP: $68.25Booksplease Price: $49.57Before becoming the critically acclaimed filmmaker responsible for such iconic films as Dr. Strangelove and The Shining, Stanley Kubrick spent five years as a photographer for Look magazine. The... -
100 Illustrators Julius Wiedemann 9783836522229
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $31.28Drawn from TASCHEN's Illustration Now! series, this go-to catalog brings together 100 of the most successful and important illustrators around the globe. With featured artists including Istvan... -
Neutra by Barbara Lamprecht
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.58In the architecture of Richard Neutra (1892-1970), inside and outside find their perfect modernist harmony. As the Californian sun glints off sleek building surfaces, vast glass panel walls allow... -
Koenig by Neil Jackson 9783836544375
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.58There are few images of 20th-century architecture more iconic than the nighttime view of Case Study House #22. At its eagle's nest promontory above Los Angeles, the building is a vision of... -
D&AD. The Copy Book by D&AD
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $31.28In 1995, the D&AD published a book on the art of writing for advertising. The then best-selling book remains an important reference work today-a bible for creative directors. D&AD and TASCHEN have... -
Louis I. Kahn by Joseph Rosa 9783836543842
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.58Louis Isadore Kahn (1901-1974) treated each building like a temple. Across the United States, in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Israel, his designs combined the sleek, utilitarian surfaces of... -
Adolf Loos by August Sarnitz 9783836544672
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.58Adolf Loos (1870-1933) was a flamboyant character whose presence in the cultural hotbed of early 1900s Vienna galvanized the country's architectural landscape. An early, impassioned advocate of... -
Saarinen by Pierluigi Serraino
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.58The creator of the ubiquitous Knoll "Tulip" chairs and tables, Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) was one of the 20th century's most prominent space shapers, merging dynamic forms with a modernist sensibility... -
Great Escapes Germany. The Hotel Book Angelika Taschen 9783754400678
RRP: $97.50Booksplease Price: $75.76Germany is a land of astounding variety - from cities founded by the Romans and medieval trade routes to breathtaking coastlines, rivers, and mountains that inspired great 18th- and 19th-century... -
Gaudi Maria Antonietta Crippa 9783836560283
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.58From the towering Sagrada Familia to the shimmering, textured facade of Casa Batllo and the enchanting landscape of Park Guell, it's easy to see why Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) gained the epithet "God's... -
Sebastiao Salgado. Kuwait. A Desert on Fire by Sebastiao Salgado
RRP: $117.00Booksplease Price: $113.96"We must remember that in the brutality of battle another such apocalypse is always just around the corner." -Sebastiao Salgado In January and February 1991, as the United States-led coalition drove... -
The Male Nude by David Leddick 9783836558013
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $31.69While the female nude has long played a conspicuous role in western iconography, the male nude has not always enjoyed such attention, or acceptance. This ode to the male physique celebrates the... -
Fashion History from the 18th to the 20th Century by TASCHEN 9783836557191
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $29.35Clothes define people. A person's attire, whether it be a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class, personality, even faith. Indeed, clothing has the power to... -
Hokusai. Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Taschen 9783754403150
RRP: $117.00Booksplease Price: $86.07Mount Fuji has long been a centerpiece of Japanese cultural imagination, and nothing captures this with more virtuosity than the landmark woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by... -
What Great Paintings Say. 100 Masterpieces in Detail by Rainer & Rose-Marie Hagen 9783836577496
RRP: $117.00Booksplease Price: $84.42This important addition to our understanding of art history's masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings under a magnifying glass to uncover their most small and subtle elements and... -
The Little Big Penis Book by Dian Hanson
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $22.99"Sirs" begins the missive from our imaginary correspondent. "It's not that I don't love your original Big Penis Book, but that, perhaps, I love it too much. I now become anxious leaving the house... -
The New York Times. Cultured Traveler. 100 Trips for Curious Minds Barbara Ireland 9783836571739
Booksplease Price: $114.86Some travelers dig deep, with a sharp appetite for knowledge and minds wide open to what's old and what's new. In Cultured Traveler, the latest in the travel book collaborations between The New York... -
The New Erotic Photography by Dian Hanson 9783836526715
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $31.28In 2007 TASCHEN released The New Erotic Photography, followed in 2012 by The New Erotic Photography 2. Each book featured hundreds of fresh and provocative images from the world's most intriguing... -
Tree Houses. 40th Ed. Philip Jodidio 9783836593397
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $39.06The idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is as old as humanity. In this neat TASCHEN edition, take a tour of some of our finest arboreal adventures... -
Seba. Cabinet of Natural Curiosities. 40th Anniversary Edition by TASCHEN
Booksplease Price: $88.28The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though scientists of his... -
Auguste Racinet. The Complete Costume History by Francoise Tetart-Vittu 9783836571289
RRP: $156.00Booksplease Price: $118.09Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet's Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted. Covering the world... -
1000 Tattoos by Burkhard Riemschneider 9783836549929
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $31.28Whether you're thinking of getting a tattoo or just want to see to what lengths others have gone in decorating their bodies, this is the book to check out.1000 Tattoos explores the history of the art... -
Ando by Masao Furuyama 9783836535496
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.58In this essential TASCHEN introduction to Tadao Ando we explore the hybrid of tradition, modernism, and function that allows his buildings to enchant architects, designers, fashion designers, and... -
Michael Muller. Sharks by Philippe Cousteau 9783836553599
Booksplease Price: $144.75Michael Muller has carved a career out of impressive encounters. Famed for his portraits of the world's most elite actors, musicians, and sports stars, he has in the last decade built up one of the... -
Calatrava by Philip Jodidio
RRP: $29.25Booksplease Price: $23.58Spanish visionary Santiago Calatrava is renowned around the world as an architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and artist. Famed for bridges as much as buildings, he has made his name with... -
Valentino. Una grande storia italiana Matt Tyrnauer 9783754400692
RRP: $195.00Booksplease Price: $164.07For almost half a century Valentino dominated Italian haute couture, dressing the world's wealthiest and most glamorous women. Only a few years after opening his fashion house in Rome in 1959,... -
100 Manga Artists. 40th Ed. Julius Wiedemann 9783836599931
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $37.50Since the original TASCHEN edition of Manga Design, Japan's comic phenomenon has produced yet more captivating characters and a whole host of hot new talents. This revised edition delivers the... -
The Ingmar Bergman Archives by Erland Josephson 9783836568661
RRP: $156.00Booksplease Price: $117.04Since his release of The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries in 1957, Ingmar Bergman has been one of the leading figures in international cinema. In a career that spanned 60 years, he wrote, produced,... -
Dark City. The Real Los Angeles Noir by Jim Heimann 9783836560764
RRP: $97.50Booksplease Price: $75.76In the years following World War I, Los Angeles was a city awakening to its darker side, transforming itself from a backwater town to a gleaming metropolis and city of the future. But along the way a...