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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Parsons Bookshop Auckland reckon books seem to be getting bigger!

They have recently received a number of enormous volumes covering artists, movements, photographs and fashion which they reckon will make marvellous gifts.

Studio Olafur Eliasson, An Encyclopedia $350.00
Introduction by Philip Ursprung
500 pages
308 x 390 mm
Hardback in Carry Box

Diego Rivera; The Complete Murals $495.00
By Luis-Martin Lozano & Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera
674 pages
509 x 325 mm
Hardback in Carry Box

Andy Warhol Giant Size $195
By Dave Hickey
420 x 320 mm
Hardback

Klimt $265.00
By Alfred Weidinger
320 pages
420 x 295 mm
Hardback in Slipcase

Lucien Freud $275.00
By William Feaver
488 pages
260 x 300 mm
Almost 400 colour plates
Hardback in Slipcase

The New American Abstraction 1950-1970

Deluxe 3 Volume Edition $695.00
By Claudine Humblet
2096 pages total
280 x 240 mm
934 colour, 1117 b/w illustrations.
3 Volume Box Set

Magnum, Magnum Photographs $365.00
By Brigitte Lardinois
568 pages
390 x 320 mm
More than 400 Illustrations in colour and duotone
Hardback in Carry Box

Babeth Djian, Fashion Editor $175.00
By Babeth Djian
426 pages
363 x 284 mm
200 colour plates
Hardback in Slipcase

Jacques Helleu and Chanel $295.00
By Jacques Helleu & Laurence Benaim
280 pages
360 x 280 mm
Hardback in Slipcase

Ralph Lauren $275.00
512 pages
381 x 292 mm
900 colour and b/w Illustrations
Hardback in Slipcase

Tom Ford $235.00
Foreword by Anna Wintour, introduction by Graydon Carter, & interview and text by Bridget Foley
384 pages
285 x 370 mm
375 colour and b/w Illustrations
Hardback in Slipcase