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The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund De Waal Publisher Comments An Economist Book of the Year Costa Book Award Winner for Biography Galaxy National Book Award Winner (New Writer of the Year Award) Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent thirty... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper 
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Just My Type: A Book about Fonts by Simon Garfield Publisher Comments Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product we buy. But where do fonts come from, and why do we need so many? Who is responsible for the staid practicality of Times New Roman... (read more) Your price: $27.50 New - Hardcover
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It Chooses You by Miranda July Synopsis In the summer of 2009 Miranda July was struggling to write her second screenplay, The Future, when she began to obsessively read the PennySaver classified ads. The iconic Los Angeles newsprint booklet served a computerless demographic—a quickly... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty by Andrew Bolton Staff Pick "I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists. I have to force people to look at things." Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty offers a stunning retrospective of the late... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain ((Rev)99 Edition) by Betty Edwards Publisher Comments When Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was first published in 1979, it hit the New York Times bestseller list within two weeks and stayed there for more than a year. In 1989, when Dr. Betty Edwards revised the book, it went straight to the Time list... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Gilbert & George: The Complete Pictures, 1971-2005 by Gilbert & George Synopsis Gilbert & George are among the foremost artists of their generation. A collaborative team, they were early to explore performance as an art form, and early to explore the idea that every aspect of daily life could be classed as such. They were early to... (read more) List Price $89.95 Your price: $29.98 Sale - Hardcover
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R. Crumb: The Complete Record Cover Collection by R. Crumb Publisher Comments Robert Crumb first began drawing record covers in 1968 when Janis Joplin, a fellow Haight Ashbury denizen, asked him to provide a cover for her album Cheap Thrills. It was an invitation the budding artist couldn't resist, especially since he had been... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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The Arts in Latin America, 1492-1820 by Joseph J Rishel Publisher Comments Essays by Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Clara Bargellini, Dilys E. Blum, Elizabeth Hill Boone, Marcus Burke, Mitchell A. Codding, Thomas B. F. Cummins, Cristina Esteras Martin, M. Concepcion Garcia Saiz, Ilona Katzew, Adrian Locke, Gridley McKim-Smith... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $29.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love by Jackie Battenfield Publisher Comments Using a "tough love approach" to pursuing a career in the visual arts, Jackie Battenfield expands on her highly successful classes and workshops to provide a comprehensive guide for both emerging and mid-career artists. Providing real-life examples... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Paper Engineering Revised & Expanded Edition: 3-D Design Techniques for a 2-D Material by Natalie Avella Publisher Comments Paper Engineering explores graphic design that extends beyond 2D. From a simple fold in a letterhead to the structural intricacies of a pop-up book, the construction of a 3D paper object requires as much input as its surface decoration. This stylish and... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Trade Paper
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Forgotten Bookmarks: A Bookseller's Collection of Odd Things Lost Between the Pages by Michael Popek Publisher Comments It's happened to all of us: we're reading a book, something interrupts us, and we grab the closest thing at hand to mark our spot. It could be a train ticket, a letter, an advertisement, a photograph, or a four-leaf clover. Eventually the book finds its... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Hardcover
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Tiny Book of Tiny Stories #01: The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1 by Joseph Gordon Levitt Publisher Comments From hitRECord, the immensely popular open collaborative production company, and its founder, Golden Globe-nominated actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, comes The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1. The universe is not made of atoms; it’s made of tiny... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher Publisher Comments The Art of Looking Sideways is a primer in visual intelligence, an exploration of the workings of the eye, the hand, the brain and the imagination. It is an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotations, images, curious facts and useless information... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Hardcover
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Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster by Joe Shuster Publisher Comments Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-creator Joe Shuster showcases rare and recently discovered erotic artwork by the most seminal artist in comics, Joe Shuster. Created in the early 1950s when Shuster was down on his luck after suing his... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Wall and Piece by Banksy Publisher Comments Banksy, Britain's now-legendary "guerilla" street artist, has painted the walls, streets, and bridges of towns and cities throughout the world. Not only did he smuggle his pieces into four of New York City's major art museums, he's also "hung" his... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Art of the Italian Renaissance: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing by Rolf (edt) Toman Publisher Comments The Italian Renaissance is among the most glamorous epochs of European art. Art historians as well as a wide public are fascinated by three centuries of exceptionally prolific artistic creation that produced works of international fame such as... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Hardcover
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Albertus Seba: Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (25) by Dr Irmgard Msch Publisher Comments A most unusual collection of natural specimens Albertus Seba's Cabinet of 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 era... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Hardcover
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Elements of Typographic Style 3RD Edition by Robert Bringhurst Publisher Comments Completely updated, this book features the definitive rules of engagement forpracticing the art of typography. Illustrations throughout.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Big Bad City by Slinkachu Publisher Comments My 'Little People Project' started in 2006. It involves the remodelling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which I then place and leave on the street. It is both a street art installation project and a photography project. The street... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide by Eva Talmadge Publisher Comments The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide is a guide to the emerging subculture of literary tattoos—a collection of more than 150 full-color photographs of human epidermis indelibly adorned with quotations and illustrations... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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