To the Ends of the Earth: How the Greatest Maps Were Made by Philip Parker
60.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table
This lavishly illustrated book provides a unique insight into the evolution of mapmaking and the science behind it, from the stone age to the digital age. Britain's leading cartographic author takes us on a historical journey through how the greatest maps were created. Exploring key cartographers a ...Show more
Science Illustration. A History of Visual Knowledge from the 15th Century to Today by Anna Escardó
165.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table
Science and illustration have always walked hand in hand, and not only the scientific community but the general public as well have used images since early history to understand natural phenomena. Moreover, from Galileo to Einstein, our modern history has been written with the key support of art and wit ...Show more
Mythos: The stunningly iIllustrated story by Stephen Fry
95.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table
No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling, we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld ...Show more
Slim Aarons: The Essential Collection by Slim Aarons
285.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table
The ultimate and most comprehensive collection of Slim Aarons photography ever released, featuring more than 100 previously unpublished images. This luxe edition provides a deep and comprehensive look at the groundbreaking career of Slim Aarons, spanning five decades. The book begins with Slim's fie ...Show more
Ice blink by Gwynneth Porter (editor)
50.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table
When we look at Antarctica, from the deck of a ship, or in a make-believe tableau, and fix it in our gaze, what we see is a figment of the imagination. The sight we encounter is a sight already seen, image upon image fixed in the shadow of our dreaming by the medium of photography itself... Photography ...Show more
Anne Noble: The Last Road
50.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table
The second in the Antarctic Trilogy of books by acclaimed New Zealand Photographer, Anne Noble, beginning with Ice Blink and WhiteOut/WhiteNoise (forthcoming). The Last Road draws on the archive of Antarctic Photographs that Noble created during her visits to the continent in 2002, 2005 and 2008 as a gr ...Show more
The Art of the Hobbit [75th Anniversary Edition] by J R R Tolkien
63.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table
A sumptuous full colour art book containing the complete collection of more than 100 Hobbit sketches, drawings, paintings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien. When J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, he was already an accomplished amateur artist, and drew illustrations for his book while it was still in manuscript. ...Show more
Rowing Blazers Revised Edition by Jack Carlson; F. E. Castleberry (Photographer)
110.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table
Renowned designer and former US national team oarsman Jack Carlson's essential and glorious celebration of the classic rowing blazer and of rowing itself--now revised and expanded This handsome, eye-catching ode to the classic rowing blazer is a must-have for anyone who has raced the rivers or cheered ...Show more
1964: Eyes of the Storm by Paul McCartney
150.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table
Photographs and Reflections by Paul McCartney 'Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget for the rest of my life.' In 2020, an extraordinary trove of nearly a thousand photographs taken by Paul McCartney on a 35mm camera was re-discovered in his archive. They intim ...Show more
Iconic Wristwatches: The Most-Successful Watches by Legendary Manufacturers by HERBERT JAMES
90.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table
In this richly illustrated work, watch expert Herbert James recounts the exciting histories and notable moments of the 23 most famous watch brands in the world and the histories of their most legendary models, with more than 290 wristwatches included. In this updated edition, the list of luxury watchmak ...Show more
Massimo Listri. Cabinet of Curiosities. 40th Ed. by Giulia Carciotto, Antonio Paolucci
55.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table | Series: 40th Edition Ser.
The Wunderkammer, or "cabinet of curiosities," saw collectors gathering objects from many strands of artistic, scientific, and intellectual endeavor, in an ambitious attempt to encompass all of humankind's knowledge in a single room. From the Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici and Holy Roman Emperor Rudo ...Show more
The Cars of the 50's: A History of Cars Manufactured and Assembled in Australia During the 1950s by Farmer Gavin
65.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table
The fifties was a boom time for Australian’s and a wonderful time to be in Australia. This beautiful book covers the cars of the period starting from 1948 and the history of our manufacturing industries in Australia during those times. The cars we made, the cars we drove and a look back at all the manuf ...Show more