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Architecture, Design Photography
Photographs by Saibal Das and Text by Nola Rae
“While the images are striking and evocative, what makes this book truly haunting and unforgettable is the sparse text provided by worldrenowned mime Nola Rae. Rae alternates between careful description of the images from an insider’s perspective and succinct prose to elucidate the circus world.” —Photographer’s Forum
Distributed for Seagull Books
2010 142 p. 91/2 x 91/2 79 halftones 214 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-906497-33-0 $35.00
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Erich Lessing
The Pulse of Time—Capturing Social Change in Post-war Europe
Johannes Rambarter and Florian Knothe
Erich Lessing: The Pulse of Time includes documentary images from the pinnacle of Lessing’s career in the 1950s and 1960s, which illustrate the journalist’s ability to be working in the right place at the right time. Lessing reported on many of the most significant political event in post-war Europe and his historical photographs record social and economic change in both Eastern and Western Europe.
Distributed for HKU Museum and Art Gallery
2015 136 p. 81/4 x 113/4 b&w illustrations 215 Paper ISBN: 978-988-19023-2-0 $30.00
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A Box of Photographs
Roger Grenier
“Tells in words and images the story of a life spent with cameras and typewriters, while also tracing a path through the social and cultural history of twentieth-century France.”—Times Literary Supplement
“Through charming anecdotes, Grenier blends his own history with that of photography, and explains how the medium has influenced his entire life.”—Library Journal
2013 120 p. 51/2 x 81/2 16 halftones 216 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-30831-9 $20.00
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Photography and the Visualization of the British Empire
James R. Ryan
“Ryan is a skilled analyst of photographic imagery and has done an excellent job in making accessible the lessons available from archives of the visual history of Empire. . . . [A] sensitive and engrossing account of the reciprocal relationship between photography and British imperial ideology.”—John R. Gold, Annals of the Association of American Geographers
1998 272 p. 61/4 x 91/4 88 halftones 218 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-73233-6 $68.00
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Vintage Advertising
An A to Z
Julie Anne Lambert
Vintage Advertising: An A to Z takes a fresh look at historical advertising through a series of thematic and chronological juxtapositions, with topics arranged alphabetically from Art to Zeitgeist to provide striking, often unexpected, insights into changing culture, politics, and technology.
Distributed for Bodleian Library Publishing
2020 144 p. 73/4 x 73/4 109 color plates 219 Paper ISBN: 978-1-85124-540-6 $25.00
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Art-Nouveau Prague
Petr Wittlich
In Art-Nouveau Prague, Petr Wittlich tours the monuments and buildings of Prague that best represent the art nouveau movement. An introductory essay emphasizing the role of art nouveau within contemporary currents of modern European art accompanies more than one hundred color illustrations of stunning examples of art nouveau architecture and decoration. A detailed bibliography provides additional reading for each of the sites displayed in the book.
Distributed for Karolinum Press
2009 135 p. 8 x 10 100 color plates 220 Paper ISBN: 978-80-246-1346-8 $30.00
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Chicago’s Historic Hyde Park
Susan O’Connor Davis
“Davis’s book—replete with remarkably clear black-and-white photographs of extant and demolished buildings—includes vignettes of nationally or locally famous persons.”—Choice
“A compelling visual account that introduces the reader not only to a complex local history, but also to one grounded firmly in the larger currents of both architectural change and urban development.”—Dominic A. Pacyga, author of Chicago: A Biography
2013 504 p. 8 1/2 x 11 343 halftones, 11 line drawings 222 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-13814-5 $60.00
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Burnham of Chicago
Architect and Planner, Second Edition
Thomas S. Hines
“In every sense this is the definitive biography, and it is long overdue.” —Chicago Tribune
“The book as a whole is a model of the balanced portrait, sure of Burnham’s importance but always conscious of his failings.” —New York Times Book Review
“Hines has written what may prove to be an epoch-making book in the study of American civilization.”—Times Literary Supplement
Dandyism in the Age of Revolution
The Art of the Cut
Elizabeth Amann
“Sweeps aside received notions of the dandy as a disengaged fop to recover the figure’s political and politicized origins.”—Laura Mason, Johns Hopkins University
“Arguing for a seismic shift in the meanings of men’s dress in the late eighteenth century, Amann presents a new way of thinking about how the trauma of the French Revolution was managed through sartorial fashions.”—Peter McNeil, University of Technology, Sydney
2015 288 p. 6 x 9 23 halftones 217 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-18725-9 $48.00
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The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus
Art, Faith and Empire in Early Islam
Alain George
“George provides a vivid picture of the Umayyad mosque as it was designed and erected at the very beginning of the eighth century. This book is a scientific and aesthetic tour de force and will become an indispensable reference for historians and architecture lovers.” —Mathieu Tillier, Université ParisSorbonne
“For the first time we have a book which does full justice to the Umayyad mosque in Damascus. . . . Rich, scholarly, readable and exciting.”—Hugh Kennedy, London University
Distributed for Gingko Library
2021 264 p. 91/2 x 113/4 150 color plates 221 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-909942-45-5 $85.00
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2008 474 p. 6 x 9 148 halftones 223 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-34172-9 $22.50
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The Flowering Desert
Textiles from Sindh
Hasan Askari and Nasreen Askari
“The key attraction of the book is, not surprisingly, the excellent photography of examples of Sindhi work. Each image is captioned with an identification of the originating ethnic group, place of origin, date and materials used. Useful captions supply additional details relating to iconography or technique or function. Thus the catalogue offers not only a visual feast but also a fascinating and authoritative reference through which to explore the repertoire of the region, so often overlooked in the literature.”—Journal of the Oriental Rug and Textile Society
Distributed for Paul Holberton Publishing
2019 160 p. 10 x 11 150 color plates 224 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-911300-71-7 $45.00
