Travelling through France, with excursions into Belgium and England, the artists John Horne and Carol Goodchild studied the architecture and made pen sketches – on the spot – of the cathedrals and churches they visited. Accompanied by the thoughts they inspired, here are drawings of 36 buildings, among them the cathedrals of Amiens, Chartres and Canterbury and the abbey church of Vendôme.

A comprehensive section on contemporary lettering with examples of use in logos and advertising is a valuable component of this typography manual for designers. Other chapters of the highly illustrated volume deal with the anatomy of letterforms, how to evolve and develop them creatively, and the history of lettering and type design from cuneiform to computer fonts.

This well-illustrated small volume is a personal reflection on two influential designers by the award-winning writer AS Byatt. Morris, the Victorian medievalist and champion of traditional crafts, and Fortuny, the aristocratic Spanish fashion designer of the 1920s, share a similar reverence for historic models and Byatt finds points of connection and inspiration, picking out themes and reflecting on their influences and the sincerity of their art. Slightly off-mint and felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge

A master of pre-digital airbrush technique, Chris Achilléos was a leading figure in fantasy, science fiction and glamour illustration in the 1970s and 1980s, creating visuals for film design, book covers and magazines. This collection of his work includes a brief biography in addition to over 100 artworks and preliminary drawings ranging from fantasy paintings and erotic illustrations to book cover art for Doctor Who and Star Trek novelizations. Slightly off-mint and felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge.

A personal selection that is ‘first and foremost about good art and design’, Martin Salisbury’s 100 picture books are arranged chronologically from The Slant Book (1910) by Peter Newell, to Katherina Manolessou’s Zoom Zoom Zoom (2014) and include not only the finest illustrated books for children but also works that were designed for a wider audience, such as Richards and Ravilious’ High Street. Each book is described and illustrated with multiple reproductions of pictures and pages.

In this highly illustrated volume, the fashion historian Caroline Cox explores the derivation and development of sartorial movements in different regions of the world – such as the Chinese skinheads of Beijing, the feminist funkeiras of São Paolo, the raggare of Stockholm and the ravers of Ibiza. In doing so, she demonstrates how clothing choices can transmit messages of resistance, solidarity, subversion or musical affiliation.

No sooner had the Second World War ended than the governments of the victorious powers were promoting their ideology (and the folly of the alternative) to their peoples and beyond. This collection of posters, many by leading artists, ranges from propaganda regarding the reshaping of Europe on either side of the Iron Curtain, and responses to the nuclear threat, to a selection of cinema posters for films encouraging a partisan reading of the political situation.

This well-illustrated book follows the history of fashion and the social calendar in Britain from the late 18th century to the outbreak of the Second World War, when intricately drawn fashion plates were gradually abandoned in favour of photography. Material is taken from the pages of fashion magazines, showing readers how to dress appropriately and stylishly at any time of year and for any occasion, ranging from weddings and funerals to the making of morning calls and sporting activities.

Featuring examples from Vogue, Life and The Face this review of some of the most interesting and influential magazine covers of the last 60 years is told through the thoughts and reminiscences of the editors, photographers and cover stars. Notable designs discussed include Demi Moore naked and pregnant for Vanity Fair and the National Geographic 'Afghan Girl'.

From a stall on London's Waterloo Road, H&M Rayne evolved over the course of a century into a world-famous luxury shoe brand known for its collaboration with designers including Mary Quant and Bruce Oldfield. Sumptuously illustrated with photographs and contemporaneous print advertisements, this volume charts the company's history and its famous clientele, and explores the influence of the social and artistic milestones of the 20th century on footwear design.

Drawing on his own archive, collected over a 60-year career in fashion design and teaching, Julian Robinson presents a survey of 400 years of fashion illustration as an art form, from Renaissance woodcuts to the Art Deco masterpieces of George Barbier. Reproducing over 300 artworks that ‘wordlessly carry within them so much information, both historical and cultural’, the book is an evocative history of fashion and the art of the fashion illustrator.

Published to coincide with the first retrospective of the 'enfant terrible' of design Jean Paul Gaultier, this monograph sheds light on his life in fashion over the last 35 years. It includes more than 500 full-colour photographs of artists, movie stars and musicians wearing his eclectic clothing, interviews with Gaultier and his associates, and essays by leading fashion writers, including the editor of Vogue International Suzy Menkes.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has been helping people recognize risk since the increase in road traffic and traffic accidents during the First World War. Drawing on a recently discovered archive of artwork, this book looks back at how public information posters – dealing with safety at work and at home as well as on the roads – used slogans and colourful graphics to keep people safe in the period between the 1920s and the 1960s.

Describing jewellery as 'the ultimate means of self-expression', the stylist Liza Urla started her popular Gemologue blog in 2009, and since then has worked with brands including Chanel, Bulgari and Fabergé. This collection of photographs, interspersed with styling suggestions, chronicles her journey around the world in search of inspirational pieces of jewellery from private collections, boutiques and trade shows.

From Chanel's iconic Little Black Dress to Kylie Minogue's gold hot pants, fashion history is full of influential turning points. This volume, illustrated with watercolour art, looks at the cultural impact of 100 such 'moments', detailing key facts about each garment and its designer and explaining why it was ground-breaking. Slightly off-mint.

Pop stars and actors as well as models and society figures feature in this pictorial survey of fashion since 1900 through photographs taken for the Daily Mirror newspaper. From reportage images of Royal Ascot to studio fashion shots and tabloid-style photographs, the images reflect the changing times as well as changing attire.

This design history celebrates the influential Chelsea Set who challenged the conformity of post-war Britain and encouraged people to embrace a more colourful and easy-going attitude to how they dressed and furnished their homes in the 1960s and early 1970s. The highly illustrated book presents examples of notable Quant fashions and Conran interiors as well as related ephemera characterizing the times.

FHK Henrion was one of a distinguished group of graphic designers – refugees from Europe during the 1930s – who brought cutting edge design to England. As well as poster and exhibition designs, this book covers his work in corporate identity, creating iconic logos for companies such as Tate and Lyle, Blue Circle Cement and the National Theatre. The Design series presents introductions to some of the great names in British book design, illustration and typography. Each book is exceptionally well illustrated, with fine reproductions accompanied by a concise and informative essay on a designer’s career or a significant moment in the history of 20th-century design.

Although known today mainly for his poster, costume and the stage sets for Nigel Playfair's 1920 production of The Beggar's Opera, Claud Lovat Fraser worked in a great variety of media including watercolours, caricature, fabric design, book illustration and the design of pattern-papers, particularly for the Curwen Press and Poetry Bookshop. The Design series presents introductions to some of the great names in British book design, illustration and typography. Each book is exceptionally well illustrated, with fine reproductions accompanied by a concise and informative essay on a designer’s career or a significant moment in the history of 20th-century design.

The 1951 Festival of Britain was a celebration of the end of post-war austerity and a showcase for British arts, science and trade for the future. This book examines the objects and printed ephemera produced to commemorate the Festival and features work by major designers, including the many variants of Abram Games’s Festival emblem.The Design series presents introductions to some of the great names in British book design, illustration and typography. Each book is exceptionally well illustrated, with fine reproductions accompanied by a concise and informative essay on a designer’s career or a significant moment in the history of 20th-century design.

This review of the comic strip as a serious artistic and literary form discusses contemporary artists' work as well as the history and development of comic art, with reference to influential examples dating back to the 1930s.

William Heath Robinson (1872–1944) wanted to be a landscape painter but lack of funds made him turn to comic art in 1906, and eventually drew him into advertising. This definitive study of his commercial art is arranged by theme – from heavy engineering to finance – and presents over 280 illustrations, including some of his finest contraption drawings from promotional booklets such as The Gentle Art of Excavating, An Unconventional History of Hovis and Then and Now for Port of Manchester Warehouses Ltd.

In the early 20th century, the ancient hand-stencilling technique known as pochoir was re-imagined and innovatively integrated into the world of elite fashion publishing. Showcasing examples taken from the design books of leading French couturiers and high-end style magazines between 1908 and 1925, this detailed history of the artform includes biographical descriptions of the featured illustrators and designers.

Deconstructing the distinctive style of 25 fashion icons from Marlene Dietrich and Audrey Hepburn to Diana Ross, this guide analyses their clothing, hair and make-up and advises on how to shop for vintage items to recreate their period look.

Over the past century, tattoo culture has gradually emerged from the underground and reached the mainstream. This comprehensive visual history of the art offers analysis in the context of changing fashions and subcultures, from the designs favoured by sailors during the First World War to those of contemporary celebrities.

Comprising four A–Z sections, this comprehensive, well-designed guide covers the classification of typefaces from Albertus to Zapfino; the anatomy of letterforms; signs and symbols from @ to ¥; and the ‘typographer’s toolkit’ for organizing type on the page.

Known for his use of unique materials and his creation of bespoke shoes for Oscar nominees, the American designer Stuart Weitzman has, over the years, acquired an impressive assortment of antique footwear. Illustrated with photographs from this collection, the costume and textile historian Edward Maeder explores the impact of twentieth-century design and culture on the evolution of women's shoes from 1870-1980.

This illustrated volume studies the influence of early 20th century avant-garde art and architecture on the design of carpets, from the roots of an abstract approach in the stylized natural forms of Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau to the bold colour and shape of Art Deco. The survey reviews regional styles across Europe and America and includes designs by celebrated artists including Léger and Miró.

The groundbreaking independent magazine Time Out launched in London in 1968 and spread to other major cities around the world. This celebration features classic covers from throughout the magazine's history and includes the memories of writers, photographers, designers and editors.

Best known for his cutlery and silverwares, David Mellor (1930–2009) referred to himself as an 'instinctive modernist' and his designs – particularly public commissions such as Abacus bus shelters, street lighting and litter bins – helped modernize the post-war British landscape. The Design series presents introductions to some of the great names in British book design, illustration and typography. Each book is exceptionally well illustrated, with fine reproductions accompanied by a concise and informative essay on a designer’s career or a significant moment in the history of 20th-century design.

This portfolio of contemporary paintings, sketches and digital art celebrates the motorcycle and the many styles, tribes and fashions it has inspired. Featuring the work of 30 artists from the UK, USA, Europe, Australia and Japan, and inspired by biker subcultures such as greasers, road rockets, choppers, café racers and dirt trackers, the imagery ranges from retro poster art and atmospheric racing scenes to photomontage, cartoon characters and pin-ups.

Once the preserve of sailors and bikers, tattoos have become enormously popular in the last two decades. This book explores their history, illustrating many striking designs and recording the colourful lives of the great tattoo artists of the past. Each chapter focuses on a particular theme: the circus, naval and military, girls, hearts and banners, religious icons, rock and roll, and prison tattoos.

Reproducing many example type sets as well as posters, book pages and art, this review analyses how type design developed in the 20th century. It also looks at how artists and designers applied letterforms in their work, from the Art Nouveau and Futurist influences of the beginning of the century to the impact of the Apple Mac and digital type.

From hippy flares to punk drainpipes and sequinned disco hot pants to flowing organza evening gowns, womenswear in the 1970s was an eclectic affair. Featuring more than 450 original photographs and illustrations, this volume presents an overview of the decade's styles, plus a directory of influential designers and fashion houses.

These 150 candid interviews with some of the most influential figures in 20th-century fashion tell the story of Loulou de La Falaise, proving that the sometime model, designer, and editor was so much more than Yves Saint Laurent's muse – a moniker that she loathed.

The distinguished career of the American graphic designer Bradbury Thompson (1911–1995) included work in the design of magazines, postage stamps and books, particularly the Bible, in corporate identity, and as a teacher at the Yale University School of Art. In this award-winning autobiography, first published in 1988, he describes his work from the war years (1940–45) up to his much-acclaimed redesign of the King James Bible.

Hundreds of examples of the use of Futura and its many derivatives are illustrated in this tribute to the celebrated typeface. Reviewing the origin and history of the design, created in 1927 by Paul Renner as part of the New Frankfurt architectural project, the images and accompanying essays describe how the once radical and futuristic letterforms, based on pure geometric shapes, have become a familiar typographic standard.

In addition to producing his own ground-breaking work, Brian Grimwood founded the internationally renowned Central Illustration Agency in 1983. His distinctive free and fluid style first brought him to prominence in the 1960s and this overview of his output, which includes traditional drawings and paintings as well as iPad and Photoshop designs, clearly demonstrates his significant contribution to the changing world of commercial art since then.

In this illustrated collection of biographies, the fashion historian and BBC television presenter Amber Butchart investigates the lives and sartorial style of 100 figures across five thousand years of history, from Otzi the Iceman who lived c.3500–3100 BCE to the Vogue model Halima Aden, who was born in 1997. She explores how, across cultures and throughout time, people have used clothing to signify power and status, to adorn and beautify, even to prop up or dismantle regimes.

Including sections on bespoke, handmade luxury and casual shoes, this illustrated guide for shoppers provides short résumés of designers and manufacturers, an A–Z of women’s shoe styles, information about sizing, and tips on maintenance. Slightly off-mint.

Russian Stage Design 1880–1930 is a two-volume work based on the collection, now in the Glinka Museum, St Petersburg, of Nina and Nikita Lobanov-Rostovsky. This is Volume II: a catalogue raisonné documenting each work in the collection, with details of attribution, date and stage production. The 1,196 entries include sketches and design drawings of stage sets and costumes, and portraits of the artists and designers.

A contemporary of William Morris and an influential member of the Aesthetic Movement, Christopher Dresser (1834–1904) took full advantage of the innovations offered by the new industrial world of the nineteenth century, and by 1870 had established the most prominent independent design practice in Britain. This highly illustrated monograph charts his life in textiles and assesses his sizeable contribution to the decorative arts tradition.

Russian Stage Design 1880–1930 is a two-volume work based on the collection of Nina and Nikita Lobanov-Rostrovsky now in the Glinka Museum, St Petersburg. Volume II is the catalogue raisonné; this first volume introduces the history, theatre companies and productions of the Russian stage as a whole, questioning the assumed dominance of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes artists. The ‘masterpieces’ are presented in 242 full-page reproductions of designs by artists including Léon Bakst, Sonia Delaunay, Natalia Goncharova and El Lissitzky.

The fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli flouted 1930s style conventions with her idiosyncratic designs, becoming well-known for her collaborations with Surrealist artists such as Salvador Dalí. With biographical text by her granddaughter Marisa Berenson, this collection of images from her personal archive includes likenesses by Picasso and Drian, photographs of her at work and leisure, pictures of her couture shows, contemporaneous magazine extracts and facsimile pages from her note- and sketchbooks.

From red stockings and satin bustiers to leopard-print thongs, undergarments are often more interesting than the clothes that cover them. With a short introduction, this volume uses colour photographs and contemporary advertisements to illustrate a fascinating range of lingerie. From 19th-century corsets to an early bust supporter and a 1920s bra that offers no support at all, each item is described and catalogued, charting the changing shape of 20th-century fashion.

Audrey Hepburn’s little black dress, Chrissy Hynde’s leather jacket, Grace Kelly’s bikini…this visual history explores how a simple design idea can become an iconic style. Covering over 80 years of fashion, each chapter features a specific type of clothing made famous by a movie actress, supermodel, pop star or princess. Item by item, the book reveals the most influential garments and accessories, and examines their effect on the way women dress today.

Ferran Adrià, chef of the three-Michelin-star restaurant elBulli, collaborated with industrial designer Luki Huber to create bespoke cooking and serving implements that would facilitate his advanced methods and enhance the presentation of his food. This notebook of Huber’s sketches and photography includes such innovations as a mould to insert fillings between the tines of a fork and silver-plated meringue boxes.

With contributions from 31 art and design historians, this richly illustrated volume surveys changing representations of domestic interiors and discusses the meanings ascribed to them in Europe and North America over time. The essays explore key issues through subjects ranging from the interior settings of the birth of the Virgin in 15th-century painting to television ‘make-over’ shows today; while short, illustrated features look at ways of interior image-making including Renaissance prints, inventories and photography.

Recruitment posters were a key tool in getting men and women to enlist during the First and Second World Wars and public notices of all kinds were further used to inform and direct the population’s behaviour. This collection of 62 detachable facsimile posters ranges from the blunt ‘Men of Hull Get a Move On’ to the surprising ‘Attack With Your Wastepaper’ and ‘Sultanas are News’.

This compendium of the work of leading graphic designers in America and Europe presents over 300 designs for company logos and letterheads in a range of business sectors from creative and media agencies, retailers and entertainment companies to educational and non-profit organizations.

British designers Eric Gill and Edward Johnston were contemporaries and friends and each was responsible for one of the most recognizable typefaces of the 20th century: Johnston, still adorning the signage of the London Underground, and Gill Sans, perhaps most notably used by the BBC. This study explores the relationship between the two men, details how their famous creations were developed and refined, and assesses their influence on British visual culture.

Subverting the traditions of comic book art, the Hernandez brothers’ stories, set in a Central American village and among the Californian Mexican community, heralded a new alternative comic book style when Love and Rockets was launched in 1982. This portfolio reproduces the front and back covers of all 50 issues of Volume 1 (1982–96) as well as the collected edition covers plus original artwork and production ephemera. Slightly off-mint.

This comprehensive and detailed sourcebook comprises over 2,000 specially commissioned illustrations, many in colour, charting the history of the shoe from the Egyptian sandals of 2500 BCE to the baseball boots of the 21st century. Each example is carefully described, including details of materials, decorations and fastenings. The reference section provides short biographies of leading designers and companies, and a visual timeline shows the development of footwear through the centuries.

Illustrating how men’s and women’s accessories evolved over the 20th century, this sourcebook contains over 2,000 coloured artworks based on real examples. For each of seven periods, from 1900–1913 to 1986–1999, chapters begin and end with ‘the complete look’, and show the various types of accessory, including hats and footwear, jewellery, scarves, ties, gloves and bags. Detailed descriptions follow the illustrations and the book concludes with brief biographies of over 85 influential designers.

Film director Otto Preminger gave Saul Bass his break in movies, allowing the designer to carry through his ideas of creating a unified graphic identity for a film, removing sensationalist illustrations and images of the stars. This book reproduces 20 of his classic poster designs, from Vertigo and Spartacus to The Shining. The reproductions are printed on heavy board and sized to fit 12 x 16 inch (305 x 406mm) frames.

During the 1960s and 1970s the fashion designer Cleonice Capece played a pivotal role in the success of the 'Made in Italy' mark, creating collections that were sold all over the world in iconic stores including Harrods and Saks New York. This account of her life in the industry is illustrated with fashion shoot photographs, press clippings, sketches, and previously unpublished ephemera from her personal archive.

Elizabeth Wilhide begins this study of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928) and his achievements in architecture and design by looking at how influences such as the Arts and Crafts and Aesthetic movements were forged into a new style and a ‘unique vocabulary of design and decoration’. The book goes on to give a detailed and richly illustrated account of buildings and interiors by Mackintosh, including The Glasgow School of Art, Windyhill, The Hill House and the Willow Tea Rooms.

New materials, new manufacturing techniques and a new consumer society drove rapid change in product design after the Second World War. The American dream home of the 1940s and 1950s led the way, with iconic designs in cars, furniture and everyday items emerging from Europe and Japan as prosperity grew. With over 700 illustrations, this book identifies key developments, exploring such milestones as Charles Eames' chairs, the Mini, the Sony Walkman and the iPhone. Slipcased.

Social changes in the early 20th century increasingly encouraged young people to develop tastes that were different from those of their parents, and to spend money on indulging their interests. Usually aligning themselves with new movements in popular music, style tribes emerged with idiosyncratic attitudes and modes of dress. This survey of youth culture identifies over 30 styles from the flappers of the 1920s and the swing kids of the 1930s, to beatniks, hippies, goths and hipsters.

Combining specially commissioned drawings and a short history of each maze, this book allows the reader to trace a route through 60 of the world’s most beguiling life-size puzzles. Both real and imagined, they range from the Nazca Lines of Peru and Roman mosaics in Portugal and Pompeii to the Winchester labyrinth, supposedly constructed by a melancholy schoolboy, and the walls of yew around which an axe-wielding Jack Nicholson lumbers in Kubrick’s The Shining.

From the illusionistic architectural spaces created by Renaissance mural painters to the op art of the 20th century, this compendium of optical tricks presents a range of images including depth inversions, vibration effects, impossible perspectives, camouflage and anamorphic art. Examples are drawn from the world of psychology, popular illustration and street art as well as the work of celebrated artists such as Escher, Picasso, Magritte and Bridget Riley.

Due to the expensive materials and craftsmanship required, shoes have often been regarded as status symbols; the desire of owners to display their wealth resulting in extreme designs such as the absurdly elongated toes of 14th-century 'poulaines'. This well-illustrated history of shoe design analyses the many fads of the 20th century and the models of more recent designers as well as investigating footwear styles dating back as far as 3500 BCE – the oldest shoe ever found.

Introduced by Kaffe Fassett, this illustrated history of knitwear surveys garments, styles, designers and manufacturers decade-by- decade, from cashmere under-vests in the early 1900s to wartime hand- knitting in the 1940s, and from 1950s twinsets by Pringle to evening dresses from the catwalks of the 2000s. The book covers all forms of knitted textile, whether hand-knits or machine produced jersey, and describes the development of the technology of knitting as well as its social and cultural context.

The interior design projects in this portfolio demonstrate the influence of minimalism on contemporary style. Rather than promoting sterile empty spaces, the 26 schemes, by leading international architects, show the intent to pare down rooms to their essential functions; each example is explored in a series of photographs and architectural plans, from New York lofts and North London terraces to apartments in Barcelona and Hong Kong.

From the first ‘roman’ type cut by Nicolas Jenson in the 1470s to a 21st-century typeface inspired by Gutenberg’s original ‘blackletter’ font, this typographic reference demonstrates the development of letterforms from hand-cut metal punches to fonts designed for setting by Linotype and phototype machines and modern digital software. The history and development of each typeface is given and key letters are illustrated and annotated to identify notable characteristics.

In this classic work, Belgian comics writer and scholar Thierry Smolderen explores the origins of the 20th-century comic strip. He establishes how the picture stories and illustrations of artists including William Hogarth, Rodolphe Töpffer and Gustave Doré laid the foundation of the form, which flourished with the evolution of visual culture through developments in printing technology, photography, audio recording and cinema. First published in 2000, the book is translated here by Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen.

Examples of automata copying human actions date back to the ancient world and the idea of artificial or mechanical humans has had a particularly notable influence on art and the popular imagination since the early 20th century. This celebration of robots in visual culture explores their use in film, music, art, fashion and commerce, from the paintings of Fernand Léger and movies such as The Forbidden Planet to Kraftwerk and Transformers toys.

In the gap between the antique and the new, there is retro. Done well, the style works with architecture of every period. Using photographs from the exclusive Côté Maison magazines, this book explains how to achieve the perfect retro interior. It explores different interpretations of the look, from Rustic Reclamation to Structural Industrial, and how to combine the different elements – furniture, mirrors, lighting and textiles – in a striking and unusual yet sympathetic manner.

When furniture shortages in Britain hit an all-time high following the Blitz, the government responded by setting up the Utility Furniture scheme. This comprehensive guide, which accompanies a facsimile reproduction of the first catalogue, offers an insight into the privations of the war years and, for those who remember this sturdy furniture, a chance to reminisce.

Illustrated with vintage advertisements and photographs, this examination of olfactory trends from the 1920s to the 1980s considers the key historical events and iconic female figures of each decade in turn and goes on to analyse in detail the scents most associated with it, such as Joy in the 1930s and Opium in the 1970s.

From the corsets and respectable dresses of Edwardian high society to the relaxed styles that reflected the optimism of the early 1920s, this history traces the changes in women’s clothing during a period of radical social transformation. With examples from historical figures, including suffragettes, nurses and factory workers, it highlights how leisurewear and workwear became more diverse and practical, expressing the new-found freedom and confidence felt by many women after the Great War ended.

lip-flops originated in ancient Egypt, sailors wore bell-bottom trousers – a wide leg could be rolled up while swabbing the decks – and the first people to don a parka-style coat were the Canadian Inuit. Taking 70 icons of style, from berets and bikinis to desert boots, this guide charts the history of each item, with photographs revealing how trends have been inspired by work-wear, film, history and the military.

Challenging the assumption that London was the epicentre of fashion design during the 1960s, this illustrated volume reveals the influential role that Paris played in the industry at that time. The author explains how a new appetite for ready-to-wear clothing challenged the dominance of haute couture and considers the position of French fashion within the era's broader popular culture, looking in particular at how American publications such as Vogue promoted it. Off-mint.

From the Parisian haute couture houses of the 1900s, with their elite clienteles, unique garments and personal fittings, to the high-end designers and luxury ready-to-wear clothes of the 1990s, Emmanuelle Dirix traces the progress of high fashion through the 20th century. Using an exceptional collection of photographs and illustrations, she discusses significant stylistic changes, the social and economic background to fashions and, within each decade, focuses on three ‘looks’ and the work of three of the most representative designers.

Illustrated with vintage photographs, contemporary images and sketches, this visual history explores how the coiffeurs of western women evolved as social expectations gradually relaxed. The author considers the rise of fashions such as the kiss curls favoured by the dancers of the Folies Bergère, Jacqueline Kennedy’s signature bouffant, rock-n-roll beehives and anarchic punk spikes, and closes with a section dedicated to iconic hairstylists, past and present.

Published to accompany a 2013 exhibition at the Museum of Illustrators in New York, this catalogue celebrates the 60-year career of the children's book artist Maurice Sendak (1928–2012). It comprises more than 200 images, including sketches, photographs, ephemera and rare and unpublished artwork from Where the Wild Things Are, and 12 essays from noted scholars and historians such as Iona Opie and Steven Heller.

Beginning with a concise survey of the life and work of William Morris (1834–96) and paying particular attention to his pivotal role in the Arts and Crafts Movement, this volume from the popular Masterpieces of Art series presents a selection of his much-loved designs for wallpaper and printed, woven and embroidered textiles. Altogether, there are almost 100 designs presented in full-page colour reproductions, with notes on their motifs and original intended use.

After an introductory article on French movie posters since Metropolis in 1927, this volume profiles five great practitioners of the genre: Boris Grinnson, Clément Hurel, Jean Mascii, René Ferracci and Michel Landi. Off-mint.

Three artists are featured in substantial illustrated articles in this issue: the British illustrator John Millar Watt, a frequent contributor to the Look and Learn and Picture Library series; the Serbian fantasy painter Petar Meseldžija; and the children’s book illustrator Davd Ashford.

Alexander Rodchenko (1891–1953) was a central figure in the Russian Constructivist art movement: a radical activist, a pioneer of photomontage and a theorist, re-examining the place of art in the post-Revolution, classless society. This volume focuses on his graphic work for book jackets, posters and advertisements. The Design series presents introductions to some of the great names in British book design, illustration and typography. Each book is exceptionally well illustrated, with fine reproductions accompanied by a concise and informative essay on a designer’s career or a significant moment in the history of 20th-century design.

Tony Seddon traces the development of type design and typographic style through a detailed survey of 100 important typefaces, from Nicholas Jenson’s early use of Roman letterforms in the mid 15th century to Selva, a blackletter typeface designed in 2012. For each design, Seddon describes its creator and its development, and provides examples of the typeface and a large, annotated illustration of a capital and a lower-case letter showing their distinctive typographical elements and innovations.

The Fashion Museum, Bath, takes donation of one new outfit from a contemporary designer each year. The pieces are chosen by fashion writers and intended to reflect the mood of the time – they are often prophetic of future trends. Beginning in 1963 with a Mary Quant dress, and finishing in 2012 with an appliqué evening dress by Christian Dior, this publication includes a photograph and description for each garment in the collection. Incorrectly placed text on page 126 corrected with erratum slip.

In 1939, at the age of 17, Jerry Robinson was taken on by cartoonist Bob Kane to work on his new creation, Batman, and over the next few years helped create the superhero's sidekick, Robin, and his chief antagonist, the Joker. This illustrated biography charts the career of the influential artist from comic books, satirical cartoons and newspaper comic strips to his later work as a curator of comic book art and campaigner for artist's rights.

Leonard S Marcus, a distinguished historian of children's literature, presents a short biography of Randolph Caldecott (1846–1886), illustrated with a great collection of his work, including many previously unpublished drawings. From doodling in the margins of his schoolbooks to his tragically early death, the book traces the career of the 'man who invented the modern picture book' and whose dynamic visual storytelling was to influence later illustrators, notably Beatrix Potter and Maurice Sendak. Slightly off-mint.

A study of the blackletter font style in Mexico and its importance in everyday aesthetic life, introducing the artists who adorn shops, service providers and vehicles and

A richly illustrated sourcebook, this journey through 3,000 years of pattern styles reveals geographical and cultural contrasts and connections from late Bronze Age metalwork motifs to 21st-century fashion design. Including a visual timeline, analyses of elements of pattern, biographies of the great innovators and examples from textiles, paintings, mosaics, engravings and architecture from around the world, the book provides an inspirational design resource and an expert guide to the history and development of pattern in art.

In a richly illustrated study of the early fashion shows in France and America between the 1880s and 1929, Caroline Evans brings ‘economic and design history together in a new formation’ as she explores topics including fashion and modernism; the innovations of designers such as Worth, Lucile and Poiret; the body and the fashion mannequins (as models were known); the international garment and fashion trade; and commercial and cultural relations between America and France.