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Poster Book

A collection of 20th century posters, all reproductions printed originally by Fernand Mourlot, “the master printmaker of France and one of the preeminent color lithographers of this century.” Mourlot contributes …

Books & Magazines

An Unseen History of Constructing The Empire State Building

In the 1920s The Empire State Building was the center of a “race to the skies” competition between Walter Chrysler, of the Chrysler Corporation, and John Jakob Raskob, creator of …

Massachusetts

A Book Barn With a Massive Collection of Design & Architecture Titles

In 2012, longtime Berkshire bookstore owner Eric Wilska purchased the property on Depot Street in West Stockbridge with a historic mill on it. Today the bookstore boasts an eclectic collection …

Books & Magazines

New York Magazine Book

Since its founding in 1968, New York Magazine has told the story of that city’s constant morphing, week after week. Covering culture high and low, the drama and scandal of …

Books & Magazines

A Book About How Grand Central Station Was Built

Grand Central was built in the early twentieth century, and it quickly became a crossroads of rail travel. In 1947, for instance, more than 65 million people passed through its …

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History of Times Square

Photographs show the Times Square section of New York City as it was in the 1940s and as it is today and focuses on the people of the city

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Stunning Graphic Work by a Less-Known Bauhaus Artist

The oeuvre of Bauhaus artist Alexander “Xanti” Schawinsky (1904-79) encompasses a range of social and political investigations. Schawinsky spent a lifetime relocating–from Switzerland to Germany to Italy to the United …

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New York Rises

New York Rising is an illustrated history of real estate development in Manhattan, a story of speculation and innovation—of the big ideas, big personalities, and big risks that collectively shaped …

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A Rare 1930s French Design & Photography Magazine You’ve Never Heard About

Arts et Métiers Graphiques was a bi-monthly art magazine about design and photography published between 1927-1939 in Paris. It was published by major type designer & socialite Charles Peignot. Total …

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Newsprint Book

Photographed by renowned documentary photographer Margaret Bourke-White, this book focusing on the process and the beauty of making newsprint paper, from cutting down trees all the way to the final …