Discusses the importance of cover design in conveying a book's essence, with sections on each historical phase of book jacket design, from the late 19th century to today. 300 color illustrations.

An in-depth chronological survey of the key styles and periods of British and American architectural design over the past 500 years.

Hastings/De Wolfe rekindles our appreciation for individual urban elements: articulating his analysis through disparate themes: from the more obvious: 'streets', 'advertising' and 'pedestrian network', to typically idiosyncratic ones: 'Defensive armour', 'constipation', 'toughies' and 'sissies' and 'all creeping things'. The photographs evoke the Italy of Fellini's films, making it a forgotten classic of travel and photographic publishing whose lessons...