Hardcover

Young European Fashion Designers presents a new generation of designers that have today made an impact on the future of fashion. This book illustrates the style of each of the innovative designers in colour photos that…

Issue nº31

Fall/Winter 2009

Hardcover, like new

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Fantastic Self…

This book provides a comprehensive critical overview of the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the great masters of modern architecture. Beautifully illustrated with a wealth of photographs of many of Wright's best known…

American Artist

Hardcover

"There I was sitting in a booth at the co-op of Glassboro State College, a bucolic school in the farmlands of South Jersey. . . Suddenly, the double doors of the co-op swung open and standing there in…

School is 'wet and weedy', according to Nigel Molesworth, the 'goriller of 3B', 'curse of St Custard's' and superb chronicler of fifties English life. Nothing escapes his disaffected eye and he has little time for such things as…

Colección H+F

Catalog on the occasion of the photo exhibition 'Las partes y el todo' in 2008 in Centro Cultural Bancaja (Alicante, Spain) The exhibition was curated by Spanish artist Ignasi Aballí (1958)

This catalog brings…

They listened to vinyl. They had mustaches. They raged all night and didn't take sh*t from anyone. Admit it—dads were hipsters first and they've been killing it since back in the day.

Based on the hit blog, this sharply funny…

Against the Day is verschenen naar aanleiding Tuymans eerste solo-tentoonstelling in 2009 in Brussel.

Against the Day was published on the occasion of Tuyman's first solo exhibition in 2009 in Brussels.

Julio Cortázar's crazed masterpiece, the forbearer of the Latin Boom in the 1960s

Dazed by the disappearance of his muse, Argentinian writer Horacio Oliveira wanders the bridges of Paris, the sounds of jazz and the talk of…

Hospitality under the Influence

Are you lacking direction in how to whip up a swanky soiree for lumberjacks? A dinner party for white-collar workers? A festive gathering for the grieving? Don't despair. Take a cue from…

Dutch designers Yearbook

Het Dutch designers Yearbook Horizons beschrijft het designjaar 2021 en kijkt naar de toekomst.

The Dutch designers Yearbook Horizons describes the design year 2021 and looks to the future.

Blossfeldt's photographs of flowers transcend the genre with their deep tones, architectural forms, and timeless beauty.

200 black-and-white photographs by Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932)

TASCHEN Icons Series

Language: English,…

The Insider's Guide

Steven Vogel The first and only book of its kind, Streetwear is the definitive street fashion bible — a guide to clothes created or inspired by urban living, by the key designers around the globe. Hundreds…

Cas Oorthuys (1908) overleed in 1975. Hij liet een enorm archief na met duizenden foto's

Cas Oorthuys (1908) died in 1975. He left behind an enormous archive with thousands of photos

Year-round recipes for the pick of the crop

Farmers' markets are thriving all over the country, treating shoppers to an astonishing array of fruits and vegetables. Noted food writer Janet Fletcher and acclaimed photographer…

One year of family cooking Claus Meyer

Book by noma co-founder Claus Meyer
Noma that was voted the best restaurant in the world several times!With its focus on vegetables, seasonality, foraging, flavour, and its lightness of…

George and his Olarge, simple-minded friend Lennie are drifters, with nothing in the world except each other — and a dream. A dream that one day they will have some land of theit owny somewhere to settle and live in peace.…

tekeningen zeichnungen drawings dibujos 1993-2003

Potloodtekeningen van Marcel van Eeden van foto's van voor zijn geboortejaar, gemaakt in 1993-2003

Recipes, Illustrations, and Advoce from the Early Kitchens of American's Most Trusted Food Makers

Take a tantalizing journey back in time to an era when good food invoked coziness, friendliness, and Home Sweet Home in the pages…

... for friends

My dad always says, 'A meal without Wine is like a day without sunshine.' I think the same can be said about eating on your own. Let's face it. No one should eat alone.

My worst nightmare is rushing home, fixing…

The history of the Modern Movement in architecture and design was an almost unknown field until Professor Pevsner first published his Pioneers in 1936. This soon came to be recognized as the standard work on the subject and was…

On Sabbatical

The Colour Forecasting Book

VIEW ON COLOUR 29

Magazine by Lidewij Edelkoort

good copy (little signs of use)

We have several issues of View on Colour in stock, but it is possible that not everything is offered in…

Portretten van multicultureel Amsterdam-Noord

Met Noorderlingen - een serie portretten van de multiculturele samenleving in Amsterdam-Noord - lanceert Kees Tabak (1950) een nieuw project in zijn lange carrière als fotograaf. De…

An adventure that Iets you carve and slice your way into forbidden territory. Now you have permission to take nature's healthiest foods and make imaginative, often beautiful creatures out of everyday fruits and vegetables. lt is a…

Philips and the Origins of Electronic Music in the Netherlands, 1925–1965

An extremely well-documented, lavishly illustrated and highly readable study. Based on new and original research, it serves the needs of both specialists…

Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

After twenty-five years of 'sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine', chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain has decided to tell all. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly…

'Intriguing... Segal comes to the tale of twins with firsthand knowledge... Explores the entire field of personality and behavior,' -New York Newsday

In Entwined Lives, preeminent twin researcher Dr. Nancy L. Segal reveals how…

Wegbereiders van het modernisme / Pioneers of Modernismen

Catalogus van gelijknamige tentoonstelling in Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in 1988 / Catalog of the exhibition of the same name in Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in 1988Met…

A leading expert on twins delves into the stories behind her research to reveal the profound joys and real-life traumas of twelve remarkable sets of twins, triplets, and quadruplets.

Indivisible by Two introduces us to an…

Penguin Books 972

Vernon Richards George Orwell (whose real name was Eric Blair) was born in India in 1903, and was educated at Eton. His subsequent career was very varied, and it will be noted that much of his writing is a…

My dog is hiding in this book. Can you find him?

Meet Momo, a border collie who loves tagging along on adventures and getting his picture taken. Find Momo is more than a photo book: it's a game, and it's up to you to find out…

Compact Design Portfolio: Jean Prouvé is a glorious introduction to the work of this brilliantly inventive 'constructeur'.

In explaining his genius Le Corbusier may have put it best when hé observed that Prouvé combined "the…

A diverse group of celebrities, activists, and artists open up about what feminism means to them, with the goal of helping readers come to their own personal understanding of the word.

Brilliant, hysterical, truthful, and real,…

When four people, strangers and family, converge on a fitteen-bedroom house in Cornwall for Christmas, will ther be enough room for everyone?

From the Women's Prize-winning, Man Booker-shortlisted author comes the unmissable…

Rijk geillustreerd met paginagrote en kleurijke tekeningen van Wouter Stips

Het boek is uitgegeven in een beperkte oplage van 3000 stuks

Taal: Nederlands/Engels/Duits/Frans

Sticker van de galerie op schutblad en zeer licht…

The daguerreotype process was discovered by a Frenchman and used all over Europe, but it was in America that it probably achieved its greatest popularity. The camera operators loved the daguerreotype as well, and many raised their…

'How lovely — green velvet and silver, I call that a dream, so soft and delicious, too.' She rubbed a fold of the skirt against her cheek. 'Mine's silver lamé, it smells like a bird cage when it gets hot but I do love it.…

Catalog published on the occasion of Jessica Rankin's solo exhibition at White Cube in London from April 20 to May 19, 2007.

With an introduction by Sara Kent.

Nicely designed by Ben Weaver

With color photos of the displayed…

Hardcover

Part of Taschen's successful 'Interiors' series. An inside look at residents of various apartments and houses in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island, with countless ideas about decoration and furnishing.

Language:…

Hardcover

First American edition 2001

A magisterial, fully authorized blography of one of the twentietw century's most influential novelists and thinkers. With remarkable sympathy and insightful analysis, Peter J. Conrad…

For Monocle’s first ever book, The Monocle Guide to Better Living, our editorial team looks at one of the title’s core themes – quality of life.

In an informative and entertaining collection of writing, reports and…

The Art of Living and Dining with One of the World's Greatest Impressionist Painters

A stunning evocation of the artist's Joie de vivre, with more than sixty delicious recipes and 140 glorious photographs.

You will visit cafés…

Fotografe Carla van de Puttelaar (Zaandam, 1967) is gespecialiseerd in portretfotografie, maar verwierf vooral bekendheid door haar vrije werk. Zij studeerde van 1991 tot 1996 aan de Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Voor haar…

Everyman's Library No. 811

The writing Of the first edition of The Origin of Species occupied Darwin for twenty years of his life. It was published finally in his fiftieth year, but the mental processes out of which it was born…

Straatfotograaf Ad Nuis fotografeerde vijf dagen lang op de Dam.

Street photographer Ad Nuis photographed on Dam Square for five days.

Taal/language: Nederlands/English

Kleine oplage, slechts 2500 exemplaren/Limited edition,…

Colour illustrated by Nicolas Bentley

Cats! Some are sane, and some are mad.
Some are good, and some are bad...The original Old Possum’s illustrations have been lovingly restored and are showcased in this beautiful new hardback…

Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

Over 100 exceptional and influential women describe how they embraced their creative spirit, overcame adversity, and sparked a global movement of…

Text by Johannes van Dam

Pumpkin isn't simply the key ingredient in some of the world's most delicious dishes. The fascinating history and mythology of the pumpkin are enough to inspire, and in the eye of the beholder its beauty…

This is not a cookbook; it is a totally fresh and idiosyncratic look at pasta.

The pasta family tree reveals unexpected relationships between pasta shapes, their usage and common DNA. Architect George L. Legendre has profiled 92…

A collection of photographs chosen from Eggleston’s earliest photographs taken in the American South, Africa and also England.

Published in 1992 by Jonathan Cape, to coincide with an exhibition originating at Barbican Art…

Hardcover

Cannery Row is just a few blocks long. Back of it is the inviolate ocean. Within its limits are the sardine fisheries which give the Row its name. There is the grocery store of Lee Chong, who sells clothing and food and…

A novel

In the year 2001, the illegitimate son of a West Point graduate embarks on a search for his father, becomes his partner in crime, and joins him in a series of subversive, picaresque adventures.

Language: English

Hocus…

Catalogue Twenty

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A selection of 25…

2nd edition

No matter how talented you are as a designer, if you are going to run a successful fashion label you also need to know about business - from marketing and PR to manufacturing your collection, and where to find the…

by Oilily/Olly's

The Best Cookbook Ever by Kids

61 recepten van en voor kinderen van over de hele wereld. Geschreven in zes verschillende talen/Written in six different languages: Dutch, German, French, Italian and Spanish

Pak…

(And Your Children Will be Glad That You Did)

'Hugely warm, wise, hopeful and encouraging' Alain de Botton

'So clear and true ... Helpful for all relationships in life, not just parent-child' Nigella Lawson

Every parent wants…

The Encyclopedia Philomena

Hardcover

IN THE OLDEN DAYS, PEOPLE USED TO LEARN ABOUT THINGS FROM ENCYCLOPEDIAS.

And that was really good, because you could read it, and learn it, then you could stop worrying about thinking. But…

'How pleasant to know Mr Lear!
Who has written such volumes of stuff!'

Ever since we read or heard The Owl and the Pussy-Cat as children, the poetry of Edward Lear has charmed us with its wonderful eccentricity. This collection…

Made in cooperation with Colors magazine, this book features an amusing collection of signs from around the world. Divided into chapters by type (animals, men, stop, danger, weapons, transport, children, toilets, work, nol ,…

How colour influences what we buy, make and feel

Kleur speelt een vitale rol in onze visuele ervaringen en beïnvloedt zintuigen, terwijl het onze acties onbewust vormgeeft.Al millennia lang gebruiken kunstenaars en ontwerpers…

Catalogus bij de tentoonstelling Carel Visser Nieuw werk / New Work, 11 juni - 21 augustus 1994, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag

Carel Visser (1928-2015) kan worden gezien als een van de belangrijkste constructivistische…

The Magazine of New Writing

The Best of Young Spanish-Language NovelistsWinter 2010

From Borges to Bolaño, the Spanish language has given us some of the most beloved writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. But as the reach of…

Em was a sheepdog who never lived far from where she was born in Cahir, Tipperary, Ireland. She had a sense of place and a gentleness of temperament, and a way of making all events rituals with an eagerness for them to happen…

A novel

Dit boek is op voorraad in ons magazijn in Nederland en snel beschikbaar

How does one talk about love? We are all beginners when it comes to love, from those tentative first dates to learning how to live with, or…

The familiar steam train has virtually vanished from many countries, including our own. America, which owed it so much, killed it ruthlessly. Ireland has none in her Republic. The Netherlands have long had none at all. Those who…

Keith Floyd ventures beyond the paella to discover the rich diversity of Spanish cuisine, one of Europe's best-kept culinary secrets. From the rustic simplicity of Rabbit with Wild Mushrooms to the exotic, Moorish-style Spinach…

With Fibers an Grasses

Using Coiling, Twining, Weaving, Macramé, and Crocheting

440 Photographs
17 Color Plates

Though baskets and basketry techniques are almost as ancient as man himself, their creative potential is growing…

Workspirit 9. The Future is Fusion.

Chair Lab
A piece of furniture consisting of a seat, legs, back, and often arms.

Design and concept: 2x4 New York

Language: English

WHY FUSION?, (text:) Lucia Allais and Michael Rock, good…

The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess

The story of Fred Waitzkin and his son, from the moment six-year-old Josh first sits down at a chessboard until he wins the national championship. Father and son are drawn into…

7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist

Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar investments, and shapes our responses to climate change,…

Nieuw exemplaar, nog verpakt in folie / new copy. still wrapped in foil

Text in English below

Het boek belicht de eerste 12 jaar van de carrières van Joost van Bleiswijk en Kiki van Eijk met prachtige afbeeldingen van hun werk,…

The 1920s were exciting and crucial days in the development of modern art and design. Artists of the 19th century had rejected the machine and had attempted an artificial revival of craftsmanship. In contrast, the artists and…

Summer Cooking contains over a thousand recipes from all over the world — for table, buffet, or picnic. Elizabeth David is well known for the infectious enthusiasm with which she has handled French, Italian, and Mediterranean…

New copy

First edition

Virtually unavailable worldwide

This book is in stock in our warehouse in the Netherlands and available quickly / Dit boek is op voorraad in ons magazijn in Nederland en snel beschikbaar. Gratis…

An ‘investigation into the language of science fiction cinema’. It presents pictures taken in four cities ‘on the verge of transition to capture glimpses of the future. Stig tries to mirror photography’s constitutional…

The Curious Lives of the Elements

Everything is made of them, from the furthest reaches of the universe to this book that you hold in your hands, including you.

Like you, the elements have lives: personalities and attitudes,…

or How to Eat Your Husband

Always let the meat rest under foil for at least ten minutes before carving...

Meet Lizzie Prain. Ordinary housewife. Fifty-something. Lives in a cottage in the woods, with her dog Rita. Likes cooking,…

Fotografen Nicholas Kahn en Richard Selesnick construeren een wereld die zij omschrijven als een 'oneindige belofte die onmogelijk kan worden beschreven of gecommuniceerd behalve door directe ervaring'. De personages op de foto's…

Portraits of Catherine Bailey

Text by Fay Weldon

From the legendary David Bailey comes this collection of photographs - a tribute to his wife, the model Catherine Bailey. Divided into five sections - nudes, fashion, pregnancy,…

From the turn-of-the-century S-bend silhouette to the bumster and bustier of the 1990s, this comprehensive survey explores all the significant developments in fashion in a century that saw a growing preoccupation with personal…

Rixt A. Bosma re-examines the relationship between Photo-journalist Robert Capa and the Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens, while they were travelling and working together in China during the Sino-Japanese War in 1938.

Capa had been…

Volume 1

Belgian solutions is first of all a title, that became a way of speaking: 'Look, a Belgian solution.' It all started with me stopping to take pictures of situations that I later began publishing on Facebook under this…

A classic counting book featuring the wildlife illustrations of Charley Harper introduce the numbers from one to ten. On board pages.

Charley Harper was an American original. For more than six decades he painted colorful and…

De early signs of Dutch graffitiBack in the day, before hip-hop ruled the planet, Amsterdam had its own home-grown graffiti culture. The streets and alleys were covered with the markings of rebellious youth, long before the New…

WHY THINGS CATCH ONDynamic young Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger draws on his research to explain the six steps that make products or ideas contagious. Why do some products get more word of mouth than others? Why does…

Fotographs Francisco Fernandez

'The most perfectly beautiful place in the world'
AUGUSTUS HARE FEW OTHER MONUMENTS in the world have such an extraordinary appeal to the imagination as the Alhambra — an appeal based on a…

Breton WomenContemporary photographic portraits of Breton women wearing traditional lace headdresses, by one of Europe’s most exciting young photographers

Charles Fréger has photographed a series of portraits of Breton women…

A WOLF IN THE KITCHEN is a book about eating well every day without much fuss and bother. lt is for those people who adore good food but think they can't cook and haven't the time or inclination to learn. lt is healthy food and,…

Lamps & LightsThe effect of light cannot be overestimated. The most splendid interior will not shine without adequate lighting.

In the last few years, a new school of lamp designers and light manufacturers have taken the lead in…

Fruits is a collection of Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier street fanzine of the same name. 'Fruits' was established in 1994, by photographer Shoichi Aoki, initially as a project to document the growing…

Chagall's sprightly fiddler on the roof and his romantic airborne lovers—affectionate icons from the artist's early days in a Russian village—have become some of the most familiar and most loved figures in all of…

First edtion, 2005

This book is in stock in our warehouse in the Netherlands and available quickly / Dit boek is op voorraad in ons magazijn in Nederland en snel beschikbaar.

When Magnum conceived an assignment on the theme of…

Hardcover

The book XS Big Ideas, Small Buildings is a celebration of the small, the compact, the unexpected little buildings we encounter in the landscape or cityscape that give us pause to ponder their meaning or that make us…

A rogue's guide tot the work, the culture, and how do it yourselfIn this collection of taxidermy art, you ll find a winged monkey with a fez and a martini glass, a jewel-encrusted piglet, a bionic fawn, and a polar bear balancing…

Understanding philosophy -through jokes- Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar.. has been a breakout bestseller ever since authors—and born vaudevillians—Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on…

1994-2004Ten years. A decade. In dog and cat years it's even longer, and in cartooning years, well, it's just plain rare to maintain the popularity and consistent excellence that Mutts and Patrick McDonnell have achieved. In The…

Eating, Design and Future FoodFood is not just a hot topic in design and cutting edge creativity today, but also an enormous industry with changing standards and perceptions. crEATe. Eating, Design and Future Food investigates…

7 Books Boxed Set CollectionJeremy Strong is one of the funniest authors writing in children's fiction and this is his series about Streaker, a dog that can run as fast as a whirlwind.

Unfortunately, Streaker hasn't been trained…

With photographs by Steve McCurry

'Wonderful writing. This is his best work of non-fiction. If acted upon, it may prove to be his most important' SUNDAY HERALD

On road trips spanning four seasons, wending along rural highways,…

from the Sammlung Frieder Burda.

Commentaries and edited by Helmut Friedel

With Essays by Rudi Fuchs, Susanne Gaensheimer, Friedhelm Mennekes, Gabriele Reisenwedel.

Language: English

Bible Overpaintings, Arnulf Rainer, very…

Biography / Film

CONVERSATIONS WITH FILMMAKERS SERIES

"A film takes form outside your will as a constructor; all genuine details come through inspiration."

The films of Federico Fellini (1920—1993) deal equally with…

Celebrated People's Pictures

Black and white photos of celebrities as a child in the 1920s and 1930s

Zwart-witfoto's beroemdheden als kind in de jaren 1920 en 1930

Kinderfoto's van: Muhammad Ali, Louis Armstrong, Isaak Babel,…

(Re)discovering Europe. Dream weekends with practical itineraries from Paris to Perm. Culture, history, natural beauty, fine cuisine, artistic masterpieces, cutting-edge architecture and style - Europe overflows with so many…

A Natural History of ZeroA symbol for what is not there, an emptiness that increases any number it's added to, an inexhaustible and indispensable paradox. Nothing itself, it makes possible a myriad of calculations. Indeed, without…

An interdiciplinary project and an international symposium on the conservation of modern and contemporary art

The conservation of contemporary art should not be a static process carried out behind closed doors but dynamic and…

Children's Books Authors in Flanders and The Netherlands
With an introduction by Aidan Chambers

This guide contains 164 portraits of Dutch and Flemish children's authors, in alphabetical order. Each portrait gives a short…

In Two Minds documents Gwenneth Boelens’ practice of the past ten years, comprising photography and sculpture, as well as performative and filmic works. An extensive chapter of notes, written by her partner and editor Nickel van…

Enter Second Nature

Don't copy - paste, but copy - morph. —Daan Roosegaarde

Interactive Landscapes offers a futuristic perspective on everyday reality. Dutch artist and architect Daan Roosegaarde (1979) explores the dawn of a…