Well-known New York photographer Harvey Stein documents the humanity and spirit of the people of Harlem in 166 beautiful black and white photograph...

The American-made instruments from the Harmony Guitar Company receive long-overdue recognition and credit in this volume through detailed text, col...

Harrison Fisher: Defining the American Beauty is the largest picturial guide to this popular artist ever produced. Nearly 450 color and black and w...

American sculptor, designer, print artist Harry Bertoia (1915-1978) made thousands of monoprints on rice paper to record his shape ideas. Many ulti...

Freelance photographer Harvey Caplin recorded ranch life in the American West from the 1940s to the 1980s, before the last roundup, capturing magni...

Text in English and German. The prize-winning design, of which all can be seen from the outside is a glass cube making an impact over a distance an...

From its founding in 1837 Hathaway Shirts has been the bellweather for quality and style. Ironically for their 120 years or so they did little or n...

Havana has always been a dynamic city, and its unique architecture makes it one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Until recently, the clos...

It is said that in Hawaii, the fish are as bright as the rainbow. Forty colorful images illustrate the fantastic undersea kingdom to be found surro...

If you plan to enter paradise, youll want to dress for it. Here are over 1000 glorious color photgraphs of Hawaiian-inspired textile designs on shi...

He Named Her Amber spans the space between fiction and nonfiction and a spatial construct of reality and the unreal. Readers have described their e...

Early nomadic shelters, including caves, animal skin tents, and igloos, were used for protection against wind, rain, snow, sunlight, and other forc...

This book offers a collection of magnificent photographs depicting Tibet -- its breathtaking landscape, the grandeur and sanctity of its monasterie...

This classic book will turn heads turn. Images of over a hundred heavily tattooed people from the early decades of the 20th century show proud carn...

In the triumvirate of dominant structural building materials—wood, metal, and masonry—each has its advantages, but none are as intertwined with the...

The American Arts and Crafts Movement flourished briefly but brilliantly during the early years of the twentieth century. It was during this era th...

Text in English and German. This book presents a selection from all Tesar's creative periods and an essay introduces the background to this art and...

Heinz Tesar's architecture is associated with holistic ideas, and is 'value-conservative' in this sense. But at the same time, this architecture re...

Text in English and German. The church rises to the challenge of providing a spiritual centre for Donau City, the new residential and commercial ce...

Text in English and German. Heinz Tesar's buildings occupy a very particular place on the Austrian architectural scene, which is anyway populated b...

Thousands of wonderful motifs will inspire graphic artists, designers, modelers, re-enactors and others seeking to add aristocratic visual flair to...

George Case is a writer on ideas and popular culture, and an acknowledged authority on the band Led Zeppelin. He is the author of Jimmy Page: Magus...

During my research for a previous book called Frontier Forts and Post of the Hudson’s Bay Company, I could not help but notice that there were many...

Combining stylish, contemporary looks with sturdy construction and ease of use, light-colored furniture produced by the Heywood-Wakefield Company f...

This collaborative project by a scientist and artist from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine asks the reader to consider the aesthetic...

Fran Kaye looks at a variety of public arts institutions, including the Glenbow, Banff Centre, and 25th Street Theatre, to see how each has partici...

Pretty flowers, expert styling, and flattering designs characterize some of the features that define high fashion hats of the 1950s to 1980s. This ...

The Sierra Nevada Mountains don't easily reveal their treasures, but this photographic compilation, the result of over thirty backpacking trips in ...

High Wire brings together Booker finalist writer Lloyd Jones and artist Euan Macleod. It is the first of a series of picture books written and made...

Lawren S. Harris is best known for his iconic landscape paintings that declare a sense of cool Canadian resilience. Yet, in the 1920s, an audacious...

Highlights from the Korea collection of Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde by Elmer Veldkamp is the first contemporary study that describes the history of and...

Architects who believe that designs should be based on past architecture.

Historic Architecture in Northwest Philadelphia is a colorful and comprehensive look at the rich architectural history of the Wissahickon Valley, a...

This photographic story of three dynamic neighborhoods in Philadelphia's twenty-first ward traces the evolution of each community as defined by its...

West of the Schuylkill River, what was once Blockley and Kingsessing Townships is now West Philadelphia. Here is a comprehensive look at the rich a...

Nestled among the rolling hills of South Central Pennsylvania, six counties - Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York - are home t...

Enjoy charming clip-art dating from before the turn of the nineteenth century up through the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1930s. Royalty f...

Doorways, particularly front entrances, are among a building's most significant architectural features. Their powerful visual impact provides a sen...

Hundreds of historic and colorful tattoo designs are presented--many to a sheet--to be separated from the book and hung up for frequent reference. ...

With passion and expertise, Nancy de Flon and Anton de Flon expose the history, infrastructure, architecture, and natural beauty of their beloved H...

Step back in time and learn what life was like for people living in Monterey, California, in the 1800s. This charming book displays over 400 beauti...

Since the 1960s historical studies of European folk and traditional music have had a centre in the 'Study Group on Historical Sources of Folk Music...

This book is under the impression that the general cultivation of practical taste, and an acquaintance with the principles of the Fine Arts, are no...