Art:

Ad Boy
Vintage Advertising with Character
Written by Warren Dotz

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $16.95

More than 450 American ad characters, industry icons, and product personalities hailing from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s pack the pages of this vibrant, vintage collection.

The postwar economic boom launched a generation of charming, cheeky, and relentlessly cheerful critters and characters that found their way into our homes--and our hearts--in... Read more >

Caught in the Web
Dreaming Up the World of Spider-Man 2
Written by Mark Vaz

Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $19.95

The Spider-Man 2 Dream Machine—from original idea to final cut— unmasking the creative genius at work in the blockbuster movie

The epic adventure of one of the greatest superheroes of all time explodes on the silver screen as never before. Now, in this captivating journey behind the scenes and into the imagination... Read more >

My First Movie, Take Two
Ten Celebrated Directors TAlk About Their First Film
Written by Stephen Lowenstein

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $15.95

A sequel to the critically acclaimed My First Movie, Stephen Lowenstein once again talks to some of our most celebrated filmmakers about their debut films.

Lowenstein interviews ten directors about their career-launching film and how they got the movie off the ground: how they raised the finance, found actors, searched for... Read more >

The Mural at the Waverly Inn
A Portrait of Greenwich Village Bohemians
Written by Edward Sorel

Format: Hardcover, 56 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $15.95

The Waverly Inn has been a landmark in New York’s Greenwich Village since the 1920’s. But since 2006, when Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter bought and refurbished the restaurant, it has also been one of the most sought after destinations in the city. And while we can’t guarantee you a reservation... Read more >

Firecrackers!
An Eye-Popping Collection of Chinese Firework Art
Written by Warren Dotz, Jack Mingo and George Moyer

Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2008
Price: $14.95

Firecrackers, sparklers, and rockets offer maximum flash for minimum cash, and over the years, manufacturers have created dazzling labels to hype their pyrotechnic products. FIRECRACKERS! pays tribute to this eye-popping art form, featuring some of the most vibrant and eccentric labels from the 1950s and 1960s. Conjuring memories of outdoor celebrations... Read more >

Warhol by Galella
That's Great!
Photographed by Ron Galella
Foreword by Glenn O'Brien

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2008
Price: $60.00

Paparazzo--Italian for pesky--is synonymous with Ron Galella, the photographer who made his name capturing celebrities in unguarded, often private moments. Famously banned from approaching Jackie Onassis and punched by Marlon Brando, Galella was a favorite of Andy Warhol, who shared his fascination with the great and near-great. Warhol himself recorded his... Read more >

The Mailroom
Hollywood History from the Bottom Up
Written by David Rensin

Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $17.00

It’s like a plot from a Hollywood potboiler: start out in the mailroom, end up a mogul. But for many, it happens to be true. Some of the biggest names in entertainment—including David Geffen, Barry Diller, and Michael Ovitz— started their dazzling careers in the lowly mailroom. Based on more than... Read more >

Stick
Great Moments in Art, History, Film, and More...
Written by Jeffrey Metzner

Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95

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Fly Now!
The Poster Collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Written by Joanne Gernstein London

Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $25.00

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum draws more visitors than any other museum in the world—90,000 a day in the summertime—and the highlight of summer 2007 at the NASM will be "Fly Now," the exhibit of air travel posters featured in this unique companion volume which combines arresting, colorful art... Read more >

Great American Billboards
100 Years of History by the Side of the Road
Written by Fred E. Basten

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2007
Price: $19.95

Early in the 20th century, as Americans climbed into their Model-Ts and took to the open road, American manufacturers and retailers discovered miles and miles of new advertising space, and the audaciously oversized billboard was born. For a century, billboards have recruited, congratulated, teased, sold, and seduced us, promoting everything under... Read more >

East Side West Side (Boxed Notecards)
New York City Book Jackets from the 1920's and 30's
Edited by Steven Heller

Format: Non-traditional book, 20 pages
On Sale: August 16, 2004
Price: $16.95

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Caught in the Web
Dreaming Up the World of Spider-Man 2
Written by Mark Vaz

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2004
Price: $19.95

The Spider-Man 2 Dream Machine—from original idea to final cut— unmasking the creative genius at work in the blockbuster movie

The epic adventure of one of the greatest superheroes of all time explodes on the silver screen as never before. Now, in this captivating journey behind the scenes and into the imagination... Read more >

Bandit Love (Boxed Notecards)
Romance Book jackets from the 1920's and 30's
Edited by Steven Heller

Format: Non-traditional book, 20 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2004
Price: $16.95

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Bandit Love, A Postcard Book
Romance Book Jackets from the 1920's and 30's
Edited by Steven Heller

Format: Non-traditional book, 20 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2004
Price: $9.95

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The Mailroom
Hollywood History from the Bottom Up
Written by David Rensin

Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $17.00

It’s like a plot from a Hollywood potboiler: start out in the mailroom, end up a mogul. But for many, it happens to be true. Some of the biggest names in entertainment—including David Geffen, Barry Diller, and Michael Ovitz— started their dazzling careers in the lowly mailroom. Based on more than... Read more >

Artists from The New York Review of Books, A Postcard Book

Illustrated by David Levine

Format: Non-traditional book, 20 pages
On Sale: November 30, 2003
Price: $9.95

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Personalities from The New York Review of Books, A Postcard Book

Illustrated by David Levine

Format: Non-traditional book, 20 pages
On Sale: November 30, 2003
Price: $9.95

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Women Writers from The New York Review of Books, A Postcard Book

Illustrated by David Levine

Format: Non-traditional book, 20 pages
On Sale: November 30, 2003
Price: $9.95

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Writers from The New York Review of Books, A Postcard Book

Illustrated by David Levine

Format: Non-traditional book, 20 pages
On Sale: November 30, 2003
Price: $9.95

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Nobrow
The Culture of Marketing + The Marketing of Culture
Written by John Seabrook

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: February 6, 2001
Price: $13.95

From John Seabrook, one of our most incisive and amusing cultural critics, comes Nobrow, a fascinatingly original look at the radical convergence of marketing and culture.

In the old days, highbrow was elite and unique and lowbrow was commercial and mass-produced. Those distinctions have been eradicated by a new cultural landscape where... Read more >

T.BOR A Book (To Keep) +30 Postcards (To Send)

Written by Maira Kalman
Illustrated by Tibor Kalman
Introduction by Steven Heller

Format: Non-traditional book, 32 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2000
Price: $19.95

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Firecrackers
The Art and History
Written by Warren Dotz, Jack Mingo and George Moyer

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2000
Price: $19.95

Universally popular, uncommonly loud, a pyrotechnic spectacle that inspires laughter, delight and a healthy dose of frayed nerves—what else but the firecracker! These little sticks of paper and powder have captured the imagination of cultures the world over since the Chinese invented them centuries ago. As practical, chemical developments in firecracker... Read more >