Magnum launched a towering book: New York The Magnum Edition, with an event at the National Arts Club in New York City.
Published by Gloria, this giant of a book, weighing in at 12Kg is book as architecture: it comes with its own base and skeletal frame. 1500 images, 756 pages, and features the most iconic images of New York by some of the most respected photographers of our times - including 28 Magnum photographers. The editon includes a silver gelatin print by Leonard Freed (estate stamped). There are only 25 of prints available worldwide.

New York contains thirty three chapters covering every aspect of the New York story, including history, architecture, design, art, fashion, music, film, television, dance, sport and 9/11.

28 Magnum photographers have work featured in the book. Some of the photographers featured in this book include Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, David Bailey, Henri Cartier- Bresson, Bruce Davidson, Patrick Demarchelier, Elliott Erwitt, Philippe Halsman, Evelyn Hofer, Annie Leibovitz, Steve McCurry, Helmut Newton, Norman Parkinson, Jacob Riis, Jerry Schatzberg, Edward Steichen, Dennis Stock and Weegee among others.

Chapters have been written by the cream of New York literary talent including Ric Burns, Anthony DeCurtis, Don DeLillo, Paul Goldberger, David Halberstam, Pete Hamill, Michael Kantor, David Remnick, James Sanders, Gay Talese, John Updike, EB White, Colson Whitehead and Tom Wolfe.

New York?The Magnum Edition, $4000, Limited Edition of 25, Published by Gloria, for Magnum

From themes such as "weapons of mass distraction" to subliminal messages of attraction and desire, Agent Provocateur's shop windows are well known for being dramatic and daring. This very intimate shopping experience has achieved notoriety through stunning and stimulating window displays, which have become famous worldwide. Enzo Peccinotti's photography is matched with quotes from a host of famous names, including Vivienne Westwood, Debbie Harry, Mario Testino, Kate Moss, and the Editrice of Erotic Review, all responding to the delectable displays, in this stimulating look at these erotic exhibitions. Celebrating the varied window displays?from Slumber Party to Leather Maid?of a cutting-edge establishment once threatened by police with the 18th-century Obscene Displays Act, this arousing collection of images powerfully celebrates the female body and sexual attraction.

A new concept in city guides

Pocket-sized, easy-to-use and discreet so that you don?t feel like a tourist

80 Guides available by Summer 2009, with more new titles due later in the year

Summertime is dwindling so you best get your act together and take a trip. We really wanted to write about the ?A Hedonist?s Guide to...? series of travel guides but we honestly couldn?t find a decent enough picture for you. Running neck and neck in the nicely-designed and super informative department are the Wallpaper* City Guides. Where?s the Philly guide (wink wink)?.

The most eagerly awaited restaurant book of the last decade

In this enormous, beautiful book, we hear the full story of the meteoric rise of Heston Blumenthal and The Fat Duck, birthplace of snail porridge and bacon-and-egg ice cream, and encounter the passion, perfection and weird science behind the man and the restaurant.

Heston Blumenthal is widely acknowledged to be a genius, and The Fat Duck has twice been voted the Best Restaurant in the World by a peer group of top chefs. But he is entirely self-taught, and the story of his restaurant has broken every rule in the book. His success has been borne out of his pure obsession, endless invention and a childish curiosity into how things work ? whether it?s how smell affects taste, what different flavours mean to us on a biological level, or how temperature is distributed in the centre of a soufflé.

In the first section of The Big Fat Duck Cookbook, we learn the history of the restaurant, from its humble beginnings to its third Michelin star (the day Heston received the news of this he had been wondering how exactly he would be able to pay his staff that month). Next we meet 50 of his signature recipes ? sardine on toast sorbet, salmon poached with liquorice, hot and iced tea, chocolate wine ? which, while challenging for anyone not equipped with ice baths, dehydrators, vacuum pumps and nitrogen on tap, will inspire home cooks and chefs alike. Finally, we hear from the experts whose scientific know-how has contributed to Heston?s topsy-turvy world, on subjects as diverse as synaesthesia, creaminess and flavour expectation.

With an introduction by Harold McGee, incredible colour photographs throughout, illustrations by Dave McKean, multiple ribbons, real cloth binding and a gorgeous slip case, The Big Fat Duck Cookbook is not only the nearest thing to an autobiography from the world?s most fascinating chef, but also a stunning, colourful and joyous work of art.

Limited edition ?Superyacht? comes in a giant-sized 42cm x 32cm format, with 648 full-colour pages, gatefolds and is bound in silver Italian silk. The whole unit comes housed is a specially-designed clam-shell Lucite case, fully-protected from water.
The edition is limited to 1,000 numbered units globally and the price is $3950.

?Superyacht? senior editorial consultant is Jim Gilbert, the founder of Showboats International, who is recognised by many as one of the defining voices in the industry over the past two decades.

Alongside him is Geordie Greig, the editor of Tatler magazine, probably the most well-connected insider in modern British journalism and a superb writer in his own right.

The accomplished team of writers supporting them include renowned industry experts Jack Somer, Mark Masciarotte, Louisa Beckett and Marilyn Mower. Reflecting modern yacht culture, we have supplemented the yacht experts with leading style, sports, travel and fashion writers: Dylan Jones, editor of GQ, fashion historian Colin McDowell and noted writers Victoria Mather, Nick Pitt, Vassi Chamberlain, Melinda Stevens as well as numerous others.

We have also obtained the cooperation of the world?s leading yacht builders, naval architects, interior designers, brokers and other insiders, to obtain unseen material and to make the unit both truly definitive and unique.

From 1983 to 2008, the Louis Vuitton Cup determined who would qualify to compete for the America?s Cup, the world?s most prestigious yachting regatta. The involvement of the world-famous luxury goods company in the race transformed the match from a friendly competition into a modern media event, and helped raise the international profile of the esteemed prize.

The Louis Vuitton Cup tells the story of the America?s Cup, which parallels Louis Vuitton?s expansion from a company that creates travel trunks to its presence as an internationally acclaimed luxury brand. The book traces the trajectory of the Cup, recounting stories of the individual races and victories, from the first in Newport, Rhode Island to the last in Valencia, Spain. It presents profiles of its greatest winners and pays tribute to the world?s most talented yachtsmen and the photographers who, passionate about the sea, helped forge the regatta?s reputation.

This unique book of thirty-six spectacular houses and gardens?whose owners come from the worlds of fashion, music, art, and society?draws not only on stories that have appeared in the pages of Vogue and Vogue Living over the past two decades but also on images that have never before been published. Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People takes you to these style-makers? private realms around the world, captured by such celebrated photographers as Miles Aldridge, Cecil Beaton, Jonathan Becker, Eric Boman, Oberto Gili, François Halard, Horst P. Horst, Annie Leibovitz, Sheila Metzner, Mario Testino, Tim Walker, and Bruce Weber, among many others. Their dazzling photographs bring to life interiors and exteriors, modern and classical, that are both inspiring and transporting. Writers like Hamish Bowles, Joan Juliet Buck, Dodie Kazanjian, Eve MacSweeney, Julia Reed, Marina Rust, and Vicki Woods take us behind the scenes to give us an intimate view of the owners and how they live.

Inspired by the classic Chanel bag and made at the couture house's Parisian atelier, this quilted slipcase contains a limited edition boxed set of Chanel books profiling three important components of the historic company of Madame Gabrielle Chanel: fashion, jewelry and perfume. Each book numbers 80 pages and measures 6 x 8½"

You can buy it for $550

The award-winning Patek Philippe Magazine, launched in 1996 exclusively for the owners of Patek Philippe watches, expresses a unique philosophy. The publication is designed to feature all aspects of excellence with brilliant images and eloquent stories. It presents the timepieces and showcases the watchmaking prowess of the brand, accented with a multitude of cultural themes as well as reflections on extraordinary lifestyles and trends.

The Patek Philippe Magazine is a standing invitation to explore beauty and timelessness. It is published twice a year (Spring and Autumn) and is available in seven languages.

Readers will want a sturdy table to support this eight-and-a-half-pound book (it's oversize: 9.5x12.5") prepared by Pasols, whose involvement with the company's creative and strategic management began in 1986.

He plumbed the depths of the company's archives to write the company's 150-year history, beginning with a biography of Louis Vuitton (1821-1892), who founded the company and invented the modern travel trunk, and then tracing the interplay of business, family, and passion for design and luxury through the decades and across endeavors in fashion, architecture, art, and automobile design.

As befits the subject matter, the presentation is lavish, including some 700 color illustrations--archival art, historical images, product designs and sketches, and advertisements.