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1	Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives more books like this by Frank Warren (Compiled by) For the Postsecret project, which was started in October 2004, Warren asked people to write a secret they had never told anyone on a handmade postcard and mail it to him. This compilation is astonishing in its honesty and creativity. see all copies from $13.50! new only from $15.27! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	My Secret: A Postsecret Book more books like this by Frank Warren (Compiled by) From the bestselling author of "PostSecret" comes a collectible, flexibound book offering a fascinating glimpse inside the secret world of teens and college students, presented through their homemade postcards anonymously submitted to Warren. Full color. see all copies from $13.37! new only from $13.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A Postsecret Book more books like this by Frank Warren (Compiled by) The shocking, poignant, and at times humorous confessions of men and women come alive through their never-before-seen, handmade postcards, which are created using photographs, collages, illustrations, and more. see all copies from $12.65! new only from $13.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	A Lifetime of Secrets: A Postsecret Book more books like this by Frank Warren In Frank Warrens most extraordinary book yet, he presents the most provocative and outrageous postsecrets to date--the confessions of people whose secrets have been hidden their entire lives, and whose relevations will have a deeply significant effect on their futures.William Morrow see all copies from $13.85! new only from $18.34! \| signed copies \| SVS
5	Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art more books like this by Thomas Hoving The irrepressible former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art delivers a fearless account of his life at the pinnacle of the art world. Making the Mummies Dance is a modern Vanity Fair--a true story of masterpieces, money, society, intrigue, and international theft. 16 pages of photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Good faeries/bad faeries more books like this by Brian Froud A collection of illustrations depicting the multiple types of faeries, along with descriptive text, by an acknowledged expert on the subject. see all copies from $4.45! new only from $9.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Masters of Deception: Escher, Dali & the Artists of Optical Illusion more books like this by Al Seckel Rings of seahorses seem to rotate and butterflies seems to transform into warriors right on the page. Astonishing creations of visual trickery by masters of the art, such as Escher, Dali, and Archimbolo make this breathtaking collection the definitive book of optical illusions. Includes an illuminating Foreword by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ... see all copies from $5.87! new only from $10.41! \| first editions \| SVS
8	1000 Chairs more books like this by Charlotte Fiell The ubiquitous chair in all its shapes and forms (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designers. The particular curve of a back-rest, or the twist of a leg, the angle of a seat or the colour of the entire artefact all reflect the stylistic ... see all copies from $5.28! new only from $17.50!
9	Chinese Art & Culture more books like this by Robert L Thorp, Richard Ellis Vinograd Lucid, authoritative, written with verve by two respected American scholars, this generously illustrated work provides an introduction to more than 7,000 years of Chinese art -- from the pottery-making and jade-carving cultures of the Neolithic Age to contemporary Chinese artists working in video, installation, and performance media. By placing ... see all copies from $51.63! new only from $84.87! \| first editions
10	Lucian Freud more books like this by William Feaver Over six decades, Lucian Freud has built up a reputation as one of the most distinctive contemporary figurative artists. Freuds startling and disconcerting portraits and nudes have a haunting quality that makes them impossible to forget. This stunning book brings together key works from Freuds entire career, including more than 140 paintings, ... see all copies from $28.00! new only from $85.25! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Great French paintings from the Barnes Foundation : impressionist, post-impressionist, and early modern. more books like this by Barnes Foundation After a triumphal two-year exhibition tour, the fabulous masterpieces of The Barnes Foundation will return to Merion, Pennsylvania, to travel no more. Here at last is a paperback edition of the tour's highly praised companion volume which contains more than 100 landmarks of European painting reproduced in color for the first time. Works by Manet, ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $28.38! \| first editions
12	Cows on Parade in Chicago more books like this by Mary Ellen Sullivan see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings more books like this by David Coombs, Minnie S Churchill, Mary Soames (Foreword by) Written by the renowned art critic who, along with Churchill's granddaughter, catalogued all of his paintings shortly after his death, this sumptuous art book collects all of the images and provides a look at his life story through his paintings. see all copies from $7.63! new only from $13.34! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell: The Ultimate Collection more books like this by Boris Vallejo (Illustrator), Julie Bell (Illustrator), Nigel Suckling (Text by) The art of Boris Vallejo is characterized by beautiful maidens, heroic men and fearsome monsters while the work of his wife Julie Bell is famous for a sense of color and dramatic composition which puts her paintings in a class by themselves. As two of the most acclaimed fantasy artists working today, Boris and Julie have produced art for album ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $19.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Mermaids more books like this by Kerry Colburn This gorgeous gift book about legendary sea nymphs gracefully combines full-color art, including paintings, sculptures, and illustrations by Paul Gauguin and Gustav Klimt, with literary quotations and lore that span more than 2,000 years. see all copies from $4.64! new only from $30.15!
16 view cover	National Gallery of Art, Washington more books like this by John Walker The National Gallery of Art in our Nation's capital is the greatest treasure house of Western art in the United States. This sumptuous volume is the first book devoted to a museum to reproduce so many works of art in full color, more than 1,000, many printed with gold. Every full-page colorplate is accompanied by a detailed commentary, and all the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $65.81! \| first editions
17 view cover	Love: A Celebration in Art & Literature more books like this by Jane Lahr (Editor), Lena Tabori (Editor) An oversize, beautifully designed volume celebrating various forms of love in literature and art. Textual excerpts include the words of Shakespeare, Vonnegut, and Millay, and art reproductions include works by Chagall, Brancusi, and many others. Divided into sections such as Young Love, Be Mine, Celebrations, Passion, Commitment, Enduring Love, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $45.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	American Impressionism more books like this by Dr. William H Gerdts Years in the making, this elegant and far-ranging volume has helped establish the ever-growing passion for American Impressionism and remains the most invaluable source of information on the subject. Called "the best book ever written on the subject" by Artforum, it includes reproductions of all the masterworks. 400 illustrations, 200 in color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Anselm Kiefer more books like this by Mark Rosenthal Contemporary German artist Anselm Kiefer has produced large-scale, monumental works, watercolors, woodcuts, and "books" as artistic objects. Themes of German history, culture, and myth run through the various media. This volume, a Metropolitan Museum exhibition catalog, includes 54 works on paper from 1969 to 1993, with additional illustrations. see all copies from $13.00! new only from $64.41! \| first editions
20 view cover	Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art more books like this by Danny Danziger A unique oral portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, these 52 interviews with everyone from the director to cleaners to philanthropists and millionaires offer a glimpse behind the scenes of one of the greatest museums in the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.91! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Exhibiting Cultures PB more books like this by Ivan Karp (Editor), Steven D Lavine (Editor) Bringing together museum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropology, Exhibiting Cultures engages in debate over meaning and representation that have accompanied and driven museums' efforts regarding multiculturalism. The contributors represent a variety of stances on the role of museums and their function ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $22.94! \| SVS
22 view cover	Erotica Universalis more books like this by Gilles Neret (Editor) In this follow-up to the first volume--which illustrated the erotic works of artists from the dawn of time--erotic, frivolous, and obscene book illustrations from Rembrandt to Picasso, from Boucher to Matisse, are featured in reduced format. 700 illustrations. see all copies from $4.45! new only from $7.93! \| first editions
23 view cover	Alberto Vargas: Works from the Max Vargas Collection more books like this by Reid Austin, Hugh Hefner (Foreword by) This stunning, authorized collection of works by legendary illustrator Vargas includes a large number of previously unpublished paintings and drawings. This is the first book on Vargas in more than a decade. see all copies from $19.66! new only from $19.66! \| SVS
24 view cover	Flying Aces: Aviation Art of World War II more books like this by James H Kitchens, Bernard C Nalty "A spectacular coffee-table book that combines the beauty of aviation art and the history of aerial combat in the Second World War. Brief stories of some of the most legendary aces...are magnificently illustrated with paintings inspired by the heroic feats of those pilots as well as the efforts of aviators on different sides of the war in all ... see all copies from $2.30! new only from $7.44! \| first editions
25 view cover	Vermeer more books like this by Arthur K Wheelock Following the blockbuster exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., this book presents the complete works of the great Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). Oversize, full-page color plates of each of Vermeer's 35 known masterpieces capture the luminosity and the remarkable originality of the paintings and make this the ... see all copies from $4.35! new only from $9.90!

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