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An Illustrated Guide to Furniture History

By Joclyn M. Oats

Italian Design

By Nina Bornsen Holtmann

Heath Robinson: On Sport

By William Heath Robinson

African Apparel: Threaded Transformations Across the 20th Century

By Ryan MacKenzie Moon PhD

Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)

By Simon Garfield

Fashion in Impressionist Paris

By Debra N. Mancoff

English Medieval Embroidery: Opus Anglicanum

By Clare Browne, Glyn Davies, M. A. Michael

Taoist Secrets of Love: Cultivating Male Sexual Energy

By Mantak Chia, Michael Winn

20th Century Jewelry: The Complete Sourcebook

By John Peacock

Historical Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries

By Hart, Avril, North, Susan

Defuturing: A New Design Philosophy

By Tony Fry (University of Tasmania, Australia)

A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries: From Catwalk to Sidewalk

By Professor Bonnie English (Late of Griffith University, Australia)

Bauhaus Source Book

By Anna Rowland

Toulouse Lautrec (Dolphin Art Books)

By Cionini-Visani, Maria

Art Deco Fashion Masterpieces

By Gordon Kerr

The Life, Times and Work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh

By Sullivan, K.E.

20th Century Fashion: The Complete Sourcebook

By John Peacock, Christian Lacroix

Design in the USA

By Jeffrey L. Meikle (, Professor of American Studies and Art History at the University of Texas, Austin)

21 Designers for Twenty-First Century Britain

By Gareth Williams, Tord Boontje

Buffalo: Ray Petri

By Mitzi Lorenz, Paul Rambali, Dylan Jones, Jamie Morgan

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VISUAL HISTORY OF COSTUME

By Ribeiro, Aileen, Cumming, Valerie

The Nature and Aesthetics of Design

By David Pye

Per Kirkeby

By Achim Borchardt-Hume

The Art Nouveau Style

By Laurence Buffet-ChalliƩ

Costume and Fashion: A Concise History (World of Art S.)

By Laver, James

The History of the Illustrated Book: The Western Tradition ; with 465 Illustrations, 33 in Colour

By John Harthan

Editing by Design: For Designers, Art Directors, and Editors--the Classic Guide to Winning Readers

By Jan V. White

Victorian Illustrated Books

By Percy Muir

Glamour of Italian Fashion since 1945