Product Description: Inside the Rainbow reprints for the first time in English a unique compendium of Soviet-era picture books from the 1920s and 1930s—a high point in the history of children's literature. In the dark and dangerous world of revolutionary Petrograd, some of the greatest Russian poets and artists of the century came together to create a new kind of book for children, one that reflected the endless possibilities of a brave new world...read more

Product Description: Following on from the hugely successful "Russian Diary" comes the 2011 version which takes as its theme, 'The Artist's World'. Get to know: Louise Bourgeois, Georges Braque, Paul Klee, Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Rene Magritte, Kazimir Malevich, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Kurt Schwitters, Varvara Stepanova and many others through remarkable photographs and revealing texts...read more

Pop artist David Shrigley's work is immediate, sometimes rude, and very funny, "like a psychotic version of Matt Groening's 'Life in Hell' cartoons" (The Guardian). His darkly brilliant, addictively hilarious scrawls from the subconscious have already made him a star in the UK, with a growing legion of fans around the globe. The Book of Shrigley is the most extensive and the first widely available showcase of his edgy but accessible off-kilter vision. Here are bad-tempered pets, strange attractions, work, S-E-X, knitting, wrestling, and a host of other everyday activities, dangers, and amusements laid bare in Shrigley's urgently illustrated panels and wickedly mischievous punch lines. Made up of almost entirely new work and bursting with color and unsettlingly funny truths, The Book of Shrigley is the ideal introduction to this comic genius and the book fans have been waiting for.

A collection of alphabet typography, graphics, symbols, emblems, and logos shares hundreds of graphic ephemera examples in Redstone fashion, from a 1926 alphabet comprised of a dancing woman to original test-types for optician charts. Original.

Presents a collection of optical illusions, visual games, and hidden images from around the world

Product Description: Over the ages, many writers have taken up drawing as a distraction from their literary labors. This beautifully-produced volume includes both color and black-and-white drawings, as well as quotes on the visual arts, from Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Dylan Thomas, Anais Nin, James Thurber, George Sand, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and many others...read more