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More than 3,000 analytical drawings and historic engravings are included in this updated edition as well as 400 photographs in color and over 1,000 in black and white. These extraordinary images provide a systematic guide to the features appropriate for every part of a building, from the major components such as doors, windows, walls, floors, ceilings, and staircases to the small but important embellishments such as moldings and door hardware. At the heart of the book is a chronological treatment of the primary styles and periods of architectural design during the past 500 years. Each chapter begins with an illustrated essay, then looks in turn at individual features, from doors and windows to ironwork and woodwork. The usefulness of this book is further enriched by the inclusion of permanent or semipermanent fixtures such as lighting, kitchen stoves, and floor and wall coverings, as well as strictly architectural details. A useful system of quick reference, employing color-coded tabs keyed to each feature, enables the reader to trace how particular features evolved over time. And at the back of the book, separate chapters dealing with vernacular architecture are followed by a glossary and a fully updated directory of suppliers of authentic materials as well as period and reproduction features. For this new edition, a biographical directory of architects and architectural practices has been added. AUTHOR: Elizabeth Cromley, Stephen Calloway
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Love, Love, Love by Andy Warhol
Bedazzled lovers, playful cupids, luscious red lips, a multitude of hearts, and more: love was one of Andy Warhol's favorite subjects, and this enchanting gift book gives us forty-three of his wittiest, most charming illustrations of passion and romance. Beautifully designed, this collection is sprinkled throughout with Warhol's inimitable aphorisms, such as You need to let little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you , and You should have contact with your closest friends through the most intimate and exclusive of all media - the telephone . Love, Love, Love is the ideal gift between friends or for anyone struck by Cupid's arrow. AUTHOR: Andy Warhol
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Krazy Kat by Georgia R. De Havenon, Gilbert Seldes, Karen O'Connell, Patrick McDonnell
Krazy Kat made its comic strip debut in 1913, in William Randolph Hearst's New York Evening Journal. For 31 years, until creator George Herriman's death, Krazy Kat, along with tireless tormentor Ignatz Mouse, were enormously popular with the general public and with some of tire leading writers, artists, and intellectuals of the time. This comprehensive volume on Herriman and his art features over 150 comic strips, 48 color cartoons, and never-before-published drawings, photographs, and letters. AUTHOR: Georgia R. De Havenon, Gilbert Seldes, Karen O'Connell, Patrick McDonnell
PUBLISHER: Abrams, Harry N. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Tricia Guild on Color by David Montgomery, Tricia Guild
'The book's photographs, taken by David Montgomery, are so vivid and appealing that you can look at them time and time again.' - The Christian Science Monitor AUTHOR: David Montgomery, Tricia Guild
PUBLISHER: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The Physicists by Friedrich Durrenmatt, James Kirkup
The Physicists is a provocative and darkly comic satire about life in modern times, by one of Europe's foremost dramatists and author of the internationally celebrated The Visit. AUTHOR: Friedrich Durrenmatt, James Kirkup
PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Fortunes of War by Diane L. Carey
This classic returns to print to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Star Trek publishing program. On the eve of her maiden voyage, Star Empire, the Federation's most powerful new weapon, is stolen by terrorists who demand a rendezvous with the Starship Enterprise. AUTHOR: Diane L. Carey
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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