Schiffer Books Collections | Schiffer Publishing

$45.00

Celebrating a wide range of punk design in vinyl cover art, posters, flyers, fanzines, and other ephemera, The Art of Punk highlights the movement primarily within graphic design and print, while also considering its impact on wider popular culture. Punk was based...

$75.00

A stunning photo book featuring portraits and summaries of masterpieces from 10,000-plus years of architectural history, from churches and temples, castles and caves to pyramids and palaces, walls, towers, and more! The iridescent play of light through Gothic windows. Skyscrapers...

$39.99

A visual and poetic look at how public art has expressed the history and heart of the community in San Antonio, Texas.  Foreword by San Antonio mayor Ron Nirenberg. A celebration of the power of public art to express a...

$35.00

Deep insight into color's effect on humans and how colors reflect our history. Color is a powerful force in our lives. It is a major influence in visual and verbal communication and on the decisions we make every day. Deep Color unpacks...

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Here is Christmas decorating, history, architecture, and interior design wrapped in one sparkling package. More than 300 gorgeous images provide a leisurely look at historic house interiors magically decorated for Christmas. Begin with the foreword by Christopher Radko, famed re-creator...

$34.99

101 artists from around the world celebrate all calligraphy and lettering can be, through different styles, mediums, and languages. Language, writing, and letters are the basis of our communication as human beings—and calligraphy celebrates the inherent beauty of this need...

$34.99

A photo essay collection commemorating New York’s abandoned, historical structures, capturing their beauty and fascinating stories. Foreword by architectural historian and author Thomas Mellins New York is filled with forsaken buildings, each ravaged by the exploits of modernization, each having...

$59.99

Who leader Pete Townshend describes this book as an "intriguing and extremely insightful take on the Who and myself." Most know that the legendary English rock band the Who performed concerts at ear-splitting volume, smashed their instruments, and became one...

$29.99

A look at Vermont's wonders from an abstract, aerial perspective, combining striking drone images with journalistic observations, from New York Times contributor Caleb Kenna.   Caleb Kenna's vertiginous views of Vermont invite a new way of looking at the Green Mountain...

$65.00

Explore the starkness of the seasons at the earth's upper latitudes, from snow deserts to a blooming tundra, polar lights to white nights.  Ice-filled, mostly uninhabited, breathtakingly beautiful: the polar region of the Northern Hemisphere offers incredible landscapes that leave visitors at...

$39.99

Powerful images and stories of women who are rising above their circumstances in developing countries, by award-winning photographer Alison Wright, who has spent a career documenting the human condition around the world. From tea fields to technology, women are the...

$24.99

Keeping visual journals has been popular for centuries among artist-travelers like Albrecht Dürer, J. M. W. Turner, Katsushika Hokusai, and David Hockney. Explorers like Jacques le Moyne, Alexander von Humboldt, Charles Darwin, and Marianne North also recorded their journeys in...

$19.99

A step-by-step guide to developing your idea from the first spark to the finished product. Is the prototype half built? Is the book half written? Is the project not finished? My Idea comes alongside you as a whimsical companion and prods you...

$34.99

Photos, primary sources, and historical and cultural context examine women as the frequent subject of street art Interviews with artists peel back the layers between artist and image, revealing stories about their work, its context, and its environment. The women...

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The first book to provide a historical overview and stunning photography of train stations on five continents: Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, and The Americas! A lot has happened in the world of railroads...

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A comprehensive exploration of B.B. King's journey from sharecropper to musical icon! This book documents a great American story, that of B.B. King, the “King of the Blues,” and one of America’s most important popular musicians. With fascinating images and history—most...

$50.00

174 beautiful and visually strong black-and-white photographs of Coney Island and its inhabitants, by well-known and respected New York photographer Harvey Stein. Coney Island is an American icon celebrated worldwide, a fantasyland of the past with an evolving present and...

$34.99

A rare fascinating look at the powerful forces that have shaped small towns and the rise and glory of a "lost" America. Heribert Niehues's award-winning photographs of gas stations, diners, motels, houses, and cars left behind by a shifting civilization, elicit...

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Subways are a great equalizer that supersede social barriers separating people in the aboveground city. In his microcosmic portrayals of everyday human dramas and performances, renowned photographer Herb Robinson profoundly captures the interconnection and alienation of human beings underground and...

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Ghost signs hold the secrets of businesses and products that vanished decades ago. Clues to our jobs, schools, places of worship, cafés, and concert halls are hidden in their stories. New York City's neighborhoods, from 14th Street to its northernmost...

$29.99

The most complete published tattoo flash assortment of ink master John Harden, with 700 beautiful, large-format tattoo flash images in full color.  A collection of hand-painted tattoo flash by prolific artist “John Wesley Harden,” a one-time member of the notorious Outlaws...

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Photographs of Baltimore's many sights by day and lights at night.  Engaging color photographs show off the sights, history, and culture of Baltimore, Maryland. The spirit of Baltimore, a historic East Coast city and major port that was founded in the...