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Foreign rights list 2018
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FOREIGN RIGHTS LIST
2018
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Contacts
For English, German, Russian,
Eastern Europe, Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean rights:
Séverine Zorzetto
szorzetto@lamartiniere.fr
Direct phone: +33 1 41 48 83 02
For Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Indian, Northern Europe rights
Karine Cariou
kcariou@lamartiniere.fr
Direct phone : +33 1 41 48 83 14
EDLM
Éditions de La Martinière
25 boulevard Romain Rolland
75014 Paris
France
www.editionsdelamartiniere.fr
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Art Books
Photography
page 9
Heritage, Museums and Arts
page 19
Lifestyle
Fashion and Luxury
page 27
Nature and gardens
page 34
Science and History
page 35
Architecture and Interior Design
page 37
Self-Help, Well-Being and Coloring Books
page 38
Gastronomy, Cooking,
Drinks and Wines
Page 42
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Éditions de La
ART BOOKS
Éditions de La Martinière
2018
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PHOTOGRAPHY
50 YEARS IN CHINA Over the course of five decades, Marc
Marc Riboud Riboud (1923-2016) has painted a
fascinating and vivid portrait of China,
Hardbound drawing on a rich and unique back
220 x 285 mm catalogue consisting of hundreds of black Rights sold:
352 pages and white and colour images and Simplified Chinese
14 000 words accompanied by a host of anecdotes, which
€49 trace the revolution (in the fullest sense of
Fall 2018 the word) which has occurred in this
country. His images are full of beauty,
strength and truth.
CUBA The book retraces the journey of
Marc Riboud photographer Marc Riboud and journalist
Jean Daniel in November 1963 in Cuba,
Hardbound meeting with Fidel Castro.
170 x 225 mm Marc Riboud left the day before the World rights available
96 pages assassination of J.F. Kennedy. Jean Daniel
5 900 words was there when Castro heard of the news.
€18 Foreword by Wim Wenders
Fall 2016
DOISNEAU, CIRCUS The “patient passerby”, Robert Doisneau is
AND FAIRGROUNDS famous for his street photographs in Paris.
Directed by Annette He also spent time in the circuses and
and Francine Doisneau fairgrounds, showing the travelling fair from
both the stands and the wings, conveying World rights available
2 books in a slipbox the full wonder of the performing fleas or
190 x 190 mm the mountains of muscle on display under
288 pages the astonished eyes of children and adults
150 photos alike. A wonderful work, with photos almost
5 000 words never published before.
€39
Fall 2016
SABINE WEISS Sabine Weiss is the last remaining
representative of the post-war French
PLC humanist school. A ubiquitous figure on the
220 x 285 mm post-war French art scene; This complete
192 pages monography documents her life and work
Word count TBC through photographs, films, and original World rights available
€35 documents.
Spring 2016
INFLUENCES The idea is simple: based on his own
Jean-Christophe Béchet photographs (along with images and a short
bio of two or three key books), the author
Softbound demonstrates why the vision of
220 x 285 mm photography greats, including Diane Arbus, Rights sold:
160 pages Brassaï, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Simplified Chinese
54 000 words Frank, August Sander, and Stephen Shore,
€29 carries weight today – and is essential,
Fall 2016 even, to amateur photographers.
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PARIS BLACK LIGHT A poetic and photographic journey
Michel Setboun throughout Paris. Michel Setboun’s black
and white pictures explore Paris in the
Hardbound with jacket footsteps of Doisneau, Prévert, Léo Ferré,
260 x 285 mm Brassaï, through shadows and lights, rain World rights available
240 pages and sun, between the Seine and sandlots
5 900 words and show a new side of the eternal
€42 photogenic city…
Fall 2016
URBAN MAN Travelling around the world, Frédéric Soltan
F. Soltan & D. Rabotteau and Dominique Rabotteau have gathered
photos of the most diverse cities in the
Hardbound with jacket world, to show the contradictions, the World rights available
280 x 230 mm beauty and to give food for thought on the
264 pages world of tomorrow.
16 700 words
€40
Fall 2016
REMAINS After Silencio exploring deserted places of
Thomas Jorion city life, Thomas Jorion devoted the new
part of his work to the skeleton of what used
Hardbound to be one of the XIXth and XXth century World rights available
320 x 260 mm European “empires”. A haunting journey
240 pages into the architectural remains of French
2 000 words colonialism (Cambodia, Senegal, China…),
€59 driving us into a universal reflection on the
Fall 2016 ephemeral aspects of our societies and
political organizations.
SILENCIO Thomas Jorion invites us to a journey in
Thomas Jorion vast no man’s urban lands, devoid of any
human presence but still permeated with Rights sold:
PLC with jacket the life of their gone inhabitants. Through Japanese
360 x 250 mm 150 photographs from all over the globe, he Chinese (simplified)
216 pages captures all the strangeness and poetry of
2 000 words these places and takes us on a silent
€69 pilgrimage on the steps of the relics of our
- With luxury edition history.
Fall 2013
7/7 Young French photographer Guillaume
Guillaume Herbaut Herbaut’s work focuses on the effects of
History on people, whether it is war,
Hardbound industrial catastrophes or century-old
280 x 230 mm oppressive social systems. Revenge laws in World rights available
168 pages Albania, women’s mass murders in Ciudad
5 000 words Juarez, how to live today in Auschwitz,
€40 Nagasaki, or Tchernobyl, Herbaut’s art of
Fall 2016 framing captures the life made impossible
by the weight of history on the shoulders of
the living. A powerful and unforgettable
testimony that questions our links to the
past and the notion of collective
responsibility.
10THE INVENTION OF A wonderful and poetical collection of XIXth
THE ORIENT century photos, picturing a past and gone
In collaboration with Northern Africa (Egypt, Syria, Palestine,
Roger-Viollet agency Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon). Selected from
the famous French Roger-Viollet agency, Rights sold:
Hardbound these portraits unveil a world remained Simplified Chinese
195 x 225 mm close to its antique roots—ancient costu-
320 pages mes, street scenes, landscapes. A visual
20 800 words and spiritual journey in the East enlightened
€45 by the dialogue between a Jewish and a
Fall 2016 Muslim historian (to be confirmed).
ROLAND For now 50 years, the mythical couple of
& SABRINA MICHAUD photographers Roland and Sabrina Michaud
MONOGRAPH have devoted their life to the study of Asian
Roland & Sabrina and Islamic cultures in a fervent quest for
Michaud beauty, wisdom and absoluteness. This Rights sold:
book presents a complete retrospective of English
PLC their work. German
220 x 285 mm A true inspiration and models for a whole
408 pages generation of photographers, Roland and
29 000 words Sabrina live in Paris, without computer nor
€59 cell phone.
Fall 2015
THE SHEPHERD Following his years-long work and
CHILDREN fascination for the Omo valley peoples in
OF THE OMO VALLEY Ethiopia, award-winning Hans Silvester has
Hans Silvester, gathered a complete report on a
foreword by Pierre Rabhi disappearing custom, that of the children
keeping cattle.
Softbound with jacket With a rare sense of poetry, Hans Silvester World rights available
280 x 230 mm shows the exceptional connection existing
216 pages between the Suri children, their cattle and
1000 words their natural environment.
€40 Probably Silvester’s last book on the Omo
Fall 2015 valley, this title constitutes a major
celebration of the beauty of nature,
childhood and Africa.
NATURAL FASHION By the major photographer Hans Silvester, a
Hans Silvester book on tribal decorations from the Omo
valley in Ethiopia, a priceless record of a Rights sold :
Hardbound with jacket unique and increasingly fragile way of life, English
245 x 285 mm threatened by conflicts, climate change and German
168 pages tourism. Japanese
4 000 words
€40
2007
BRUNO BARBEY, Multiple award-winning Magnum photo- Bilingual edition
PASSAGES grapher Bruno Barbey has documented the French /English
A RETROSPECTIVE world with a profound and sensitive eye for
over 50 years of travels.
Clothed hardbound This sumptuous monograph displays his
590 x 320 mm most important works as a photojournalist, Rights sold:
384 pages and acute witness of the tormented history Simplified Chinese
8 400 words of our world.
€79
Fall 2015
11FUKUSHIMA Kosuke Okahara is a young but already
THE HEREAFTER largely awarded Japanese photographer Bilingual edition
Kosuke Okahara living in France. On the aftermath of French /English
Fukushima’s disaster, he has returned to his
PLC native land to testify.
280 x 230 mm
176 pages Destroyed houses, deserted streets, World rights available
12 000 words desolation, silence. And yet slowly, little by
€50 little, life is taking over. A contemplative yet
Fall 2015 striking journey into another world.
FAMILY LOVE Darcy Padilla is an American photo-
Darcy Padilla, journalist and documentary photographer.
Emmanuel Carrère Her awards include a Guggenheim
Fellowship, the Getty Images Grant for
Clothed hardbound Editorial Photography and a previous World
280 x 230 mm Press Photo award in 2011 among others. World rights available
336 pages Family Love is one of these intense books
6 000 words that keep you silent for a long time after
€62 closing it, and a unique companionship
Fall 2014 between a photographer following his
model in her fight against her fate of “off the
grid” woman in San Francisco streets.
PARIS Who has never spent time looking out
Gail Albert Halaban through the window, peeping at what is
happening in the room in front, making up
PLC with jacket scenarios and imaginary lives? Through 60
375 x 285 mm photographs, Gail Albert Halaban offers an Rights sold:
128 pages exclusive look into Paris, its architecture English
4 000 words and inhabitants. Her lenses tell us of the life
€55 in the French capital, as well as of our
Fall 2014 human condition.
LIU BOLIN Liu Bolin is a chameleon. From body art to
Liu Bolin photography and sculpture, from the Rights sold:
Popular Republic of China to the West, he English
PLC with jacket uses a wide range of art forms and Dutch
320 x 256 mm manages to hide himself inside the
224 pages backgrounds surrounding him. This book is
4 000 words the first complete monograph to this day of
€49 this major Chinese artist.
With luxury edition
Fall 2014
12MOROCCO FROM ABOVE The completely new edition of
New edition this classic book showing today’s Rights sold:
Yann Arthus-Bertrand Morocco from the air. English
Hardbound with jacket
220 x 285 mm
168 pages
Word count TBC
€29,90
Fall 2018
EARTH FROM ABOVE The all times best-seller by Yann
Updated edition Arthus-Bertrand, a poetical and
Yann Arthus-Bertrand master portrait of the Earth from
the air, with contributions by the Rights sold:
Hardbound with jacket best specialists of environment in upon request
285 x 364 mm the world.
440 pages
121 000 words With 100 new pictures
€45
HUMAN The book based on the new Yann
Yann Arthus-Bertrand Arthus-Bertrand’s movie released
in Fall 2015, filmed in 60 countries,
Softbound with flaps gathering over 2000 interviews and Rights sold:
220 x 285 mm new sequences filmed from the air. English
224 pages German
50 000 words A reflection about human condition
€25 in the XIXth century.
Fall 2015
EARTH FROM SPACE With more than 150 breathtaking
Yann Arthus-Bertrand photographs taken by the NASA
and Astrium satellites, Earth from
Softbound with poster-jacket Space by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Rights sold:
245 x 340 mm an aerial photographer and English
256 pages devoted environmental activist, German
50 000 words discusses the impact of Spanish
€35 deforestation, urban sprawl, Italian
Fall 2013 intensive farming, ocean pollution,
and more.
MAN AND SEA A beautiful tribute to the oceans,
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Brian photographed from the air by Yann
Skerry Arthus-Bertrand and from under- Rights sold:
water by Brian Skerry. With texts English
Hardbound with jacket and comments by specialists, a German
265 x 340 mm portrait of our blue planet, its Dutch
304 pages beauty and the environmental Spanish
73 500 words issues at stake. Italian
€15 Chinese (simplified)
Fall 2012
NEW YORK FROM ABOVE A splendid tribute by Yann Arthus-
Yann Arthus-Bertrand Bertrand to the city of New York,
with texts by NYC historian and Rights sold:
Hardbound cartographer John Tauranac,in an English
317 x 428 mm exceptional and lavish format. German
216 pages Spanish
59 000 words Italian
€49 Chinese (simplified)
New updated edition 2014
137 BILLION OTHERS Learning from the experience of
Yann Arthus-Bertrand the others, listening to what sets us
apart, discovering what binds us
Softbound together. Since 2003, Yann Arthus- Rights sold:
140 x 190 mm Bertrand filmed and gathered the English
320 pages testimonies of more than 6000 men German
55 000 words and women who reported of their Polish
€19.90 hopes, dreams, fears…
Spring 2012
WISDOM OF HUMANITY
COLLECTION
Olivier and Danielle Föllmi
Hardbound The world best-selling series by
225 x 145 mm award-winning photographer Olivier
752 pages Föllmi and Danielle Föllmi,
25 000 words recounting the essence of the
€30 world’s wisdom through 365
photographs, illustrated by quotes
Also available from the spiritual heritage from all
in reduced edition: over the world.
130 Thoughts from… Rights sold:
Hardbound English
160 x 110 mm Buddhist Offerings German
288 pages Indian Wisdom Dutch
9 000 words African Wisdom Spanish
€9,95 Asian Wisdom Italian
Wisdom from Latin America
The condensed case Wisdom from Middle East
7 softbound books Western Wisdom
Under carton slipcase
160 x 110 mm
288 pages
9 000 words per book
€37,50
1450 YEARS IN THE HIMALAYAS Best-selling author Matthieu
Matthieu Ricard Ricard, Buddhist monk and
photographer, recounts a life filled
Hardbound with beauty and spirituality spent in World rights available
240 x 310 mm the Himalayas in an illustrated
352 pages spiritual biography.
33 500 words With 350 photos, among which
€40 20% never published before.
Fall 2017
FACES OF PEACE – LAND OF A Buddhist monk, photographer and
SERENITY author of many best-selling books,
Matthieu Ricard Matthieu Ricard has been the Dalai
Lama’s French interpreter since Rights sold:
PLC 1989. Showing his images for the German
250 x 180 mm very first time in pure and sober
192 pages black & white, enhancing the line
6 000 words and the composition, Ricard offers a
€25 new space for meditation when
Fall 2015 facing a majestic landscape, a
bright smile, and life’s essential.
BHUTAN, THE LAND A remote and secluded kingdom,
OF SERENITY Bhutan is a legendary country
Matthieu Ricard which Matthieu Ricard could access Rights sold:
in privileged conditions as a monk English
Hardbound with jacket and former disciple to Dilgo German
260 x 240 mm Rinpoché. A complete, exceptional Dutch
232 pages account in images of ‘the land of the
14 000 words dragon’.
€40
Fall 2008
MOTIONLESS JOURNEY – During his yearly retreat in the
FROM AN HERMITAGE IN THE Himalayas, Matthieu Ricard took a
HIMALAYAS photo a week of the landscape Rights sold:
Matthieu Ricard surrounding the hermitage, English
capturing surreal lights and German
Hardbound with jacket stunning beauties of the mountains. Dutch
290 x 240 mm A splendid meditative journey, with Italian
128 pages short quotes by Buddhist thinkers.
3 000 words
€30
2010
108 SMILES 108 photos of smiling people, from
Matthieu Ricard the Himalayas, to illustrate the
beauty of this feature of humankind,
Hardbound with an introduction co-written by
190 x 230 mm Matthieu Ricard and Paul Ekman, World rights available
192 pages renowned psychologist specialized
3 000 words in facial expression.
€25
Fall 2011
15PHARES 300 exceptional photographs of
Jean Guichard the most impressive lighthouses
Vincent Guigeno around the world.
Jean Guichard has been
Hardbound documenting lighthouses for the World rights available
245 x 340 mm last 40 years.
256 pages
xxx words
€35
Fall 2018
ICE The ice environments are fragile
Philippe Boursellier and the first to present the dramatic
changings that are now visible on
Hardbound our planet. This book is a survey of
245 x 340 mm the climate changes at stake in ice Rights sold:
296 pages environments through experts German
26,000 words interviews and images. From
€45 Alaska to Argentina, Canada to
Fall 2017 Russia, Iceland to Switzerland,
North Pole to South Pole,
Boursellier’s spectacular pictures
cover a wide range of landscapes,
men’s activity, fauna and flora.
SEA STORMS Famous French photographer Philip
Philip Plisson Plisson offers a new gathering of
his most striking photos of the
PLC stormy sea, in this beautiful and
300 x 320 mm lavish book in which the Black and World rights available
270 pages White process sheds a new light on
23 500 words his most famous photos.
€35
Fall 2017
VENICE In a poetical stroll through the
Philip Plisson canals and the seaside of Venice,
Philip Plisson catches the
PLC with jacket dreamlike and ethereal seascapes
300 x 320 mm of a city intimately linked to water. World rights available
264 pages This book presents Venice in its
6 800 words palaces and mysterious and silent
€35 canals. A portrait of the city from
Fall 2016 afar, at sea level.
COME WINDS OR HIGH WATER A recollection of the most beautiful
Philip Plisson photographs by Philip Plisson, the
celebrated French photographer of
PLC with jacket the sea around the world.
285 x 260 mm World rights available
264 pages
23 300 words
€35
Fall 2015
RIVER BORDERS An unprecedented book subject on
OF THE WORLD transboundary rivers, at the heart
Franck Vogel of tensions leading to conflicts over
water. Franck Vogel has been
PLC covering 7 rivers since 2012. This World rights available
240 x 310 mm first opus will present Brahmaputra,
264 pages Nile, Colorado and Jordan River.
18 500 words
€39
Fall 2016
16POLAR WORLDS A spectacular photography book on
Thierry Suzan the polar worlds, its inhabitants,
nature wonders and environment Rights sold:
PLC with jacket challenges by photo- journalist Italian
285 x 235 mm Thierry Suzan. With an introduction
240 pages by Nobel Prize climatologist Jean
33 300 words Jouzel.
€45
Fall 2015
ICELAND An amazing travel into one of the
Olivier Grunewald, youngest islands in the world. Born
Bernadette Gilbertas from the union of ice and fire, polar
climate mixed with volcanic activity, Rights sold:
Hardbound Iceland is rich with unbelievable English
270 x 340 mm colours and landscapes. By German
256 pages awards-winning Olivier Grünewald, Italian
32 500 words with interviews of Icelanders.
€45
Fall 2011
A TICKET TO A photo and video travel journal
Gaspard Walter collection aimed at “young urban
travelers”.
Softbound The concept includes full-page
with Nepalese cut-off binding photos and very little text for a World rights
170 x 245 mm contemporary and original travel available
336 pages guide collection. In addition, online
7000 words video links offer an immersive
€25 experience in the very heart of the
country.
After Thailand, New-York and
Vietnam, and Tokyo Gaspard Walter
takes us to the Far West (2019)
17INDIAN WORLDS An impressionistic journey into the Indian
Veronique Durruty region, by artist photographer Véronique
Durruty. An enchanting journey into
Hardbound with jacket Ganges valley, the Himalays, Bhutan,
220 x 280 mm Bihar, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, World rights available
240 pages Rajasthan…
Xx words
€35
Fall 2017
SANTIAGO, A SPIRITUAL To show just how grown-up he is, 7-year
JOURNEY old Santiago decides to walk the pilgrimage
Cécile Anaya trail to Santiago, Spain, accompanied by
his mother Céline, who is also a
Hardbound photographer.
240 x 220 mm World rights available
192 pages An exceptional spiritual adventure in
9 500 words images.
€25
Fall 2016
RIO NOSSO A refreshing look into the fascinating
1 CITY, 2 GIRLS, 3 YEARS Brazilian capital, its wonders, colours and
Camille Lebon, Johanna social challenges. Johana Tomé de
Tomé de Souza Souza’s vivid art describes with an
abounding accuracy the vibrant culture and
Softbound with flaps bumming life of the city. World rights available
240 x 310 mm
192 pages Both authors have lived for years in Rio de
30 000 words Janeiro.
€30
Spring 2016
MAD ABOUT WINGS The sum of more than 3,000 hours in flight,
Alain Ernoult this book features 500 breathtaking
photographs and a comprehensive gallery
Hardbound with jacket of flying machines (fighter planes, passen-
240 x 285 mm ger jets, hang-gliders, etc.), as well as
312 pages superb portraits of the adventurers of the World rights available
25 000 words heavens.
€39 With a very comprehensive text gathering
Fall 2016 anecdotes, aviator portraits, interviews… a
book for all lovers of wings.
ROAD 66, INTO THE What is actually left of Road 66 nowadays?
HEART OF THE Riding the mythical road on their Harley
AMERICAN MYTH Davidson, Stéphane Dugast and
Stéphane Dugast, Christophe Gérald will come to know the Rights sold:
Christophe Géral final word. The only condition is to stay Dutch
close to the spirit of pioneers, keep one’s German
Hardbound with jacket mind open, and discover those who
280 x 280 mm maintain the Road 66 spirit. The diary of a
220 pages real odyssey.
31 600 words
€39
Fall 2011
18HERITAGE, MUSEUMS AND ARTS
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL Following the success of the former books in
CHURCHES IN the collection, this new theme will focus on
EUROPE the most remarkable Christian buildings
Guillaume de Laubier throughout Europe.
Jacques Bosser Rights sold:
English
Hardbound with jacket German
280 x 280 mm
240 pages
30 000 words
€45
Fall 2018
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL Guillaume de Laubier is one of today’s major
UNIVERSITIES photographers in interior design, decor, and
IN THE WORLD lifestyle. His new opus invites us to a world
Guillaume de Laubier tour of the most beautiful universities in the Rights sold:
Jean Serroy world. A renewed approach through history English
and architecture offering an original and German
Hardbound with jacket dramatic visit of these most prestigious places Japanese
280 x 280 mm of learning and science.
240 pages
30 000 words
€45
Fall 2015
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL A lavish visual exploration of more than 25 of
OPERA HOUSES the world’s most stunning opera houses, by Rights sold:
IN THE WORLD photographer Guillaume de Laubier who English
Guillaume de Laubier, travelled the world in 2013 for this book. German
Antoine Pecqueur,
Hardbound with jacket
280 x 280 mm
240 pages
30 000 words
€45
Fall 2013
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL The best-seller by internationally renowned
LIBRARIES IN THE photographer Guillaume de Laubier, who Rights sold:
WORLD takes the reader on a journey to more than English
Guillaume de Laubier, 20 of the most magical libraries, all German
Jacques Bosser architectural treasures. Korean
Simplified Chinese
Hardbound with jacket
285 x 285 mm
248 pages
30 000 words
€45
Republished in 2014
19HERGE MUSEUM The ultimate illustrated biography of Hergé,
Michel Daubert, co- the creator of Tintin, through the treasures
edition with Moulinsart of Musée Hergé in Louvain La Neuve. It Rights sold :
takes us into the world of Hergé, English
Hardbound encompassing Tintin, his family of German
210 x 210 mm characters, his voyages and his adventures. Dutch
480 pages This book also accompanies a Tintin Spanish
25 000 words exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris from Italian
€39 28 September 2016 to 15 January 2017.
Fall 2013
VERSAILLES Highlighting the château’s vibrant,
Valérie Bajou, co-edition tumultuous past, the book covers everything
with the Musée de from its metamorphosis from humble
Versailles hunting lodge to palace. In addition, the
singular château is explored in an
Hardbound extravagantly extensive photographic tour Rights sold:
210 x 210 mm that reveals the many priceless artistic and English
480 pages architectural treasures of this palace of
22 500 words palaces.
€39
Fall 2011
LOUVRE With a foreword by the institution’s director,
Co-edition with Henri Loyrette, the book is organized
the Louvre Museum according to the museum’s eight Rights sold:
departments, with a final chapter telling the English
Hardbound history of this one time imperial palace as German
210 x 210 mm seen through its architecture. With its Russian
544 pages appealing format and carefully selected Chinese
22 500 words images, many newly photographed, Louvre:
€35,50 400 Masterpieces is the perfect book for the
Fall 2008 museum visitors and art lovers.
IN THE BACKSTAGE In this book designed like a travel diary, we
OF THE LOUVRE discover the backstage of the biggest and
Bérénice Geoffroy- most famous museum in the world, the
Schreiter, Lucile Piketty people working in the shadows, carpenters,
scientists, art historians, managers, restorers Rights sold:
Softbound with flaps etc. Simplified Chinese
220 x 285 mm It is the 5th opus in our collection “In the
240 pages backstage” . A specialist and an artist will
33 500 words spend months investigating, sharing the life
€29 of the different people working there and
Fall 2017 offering a powerful and insightful vision.
WINE AND PAINTING A sumptuous art book exploring the
Jean Serroy representation and symbolism of wine in
European paintings from XVth to XXIst
Hardbound with jacket century.
260 x 285 mm
216 pages World rights available
140-150 paintings
66 600 words
€49
Fall 2016
THE ILLUSTRATED The Interpretation of Dreams was published
INTERPRETATION OF in Austria in 1900, thus inaugurating the
DREAMS new century with a major work which is
Sigmund Freud, Serge deemed to mark the birth of psychoanalysis. World rights available
Bloch (ill.) This book adopts an original parallel
approach to The Interpretation of Dreams,
Hardbound courtesy of a psychoanalyst who is an
190 x 255 mm expert on dreams (and on Freud), who has
200 pages selected the most significant extracts from
36 000 words the original text, and of a renowned
€35 illustrator, whose talents give vivid
Fall 2016 expression to the words of Freud.
20JACK LONDON Renowned American journalist and writer
IN THE SOUTHERNS Jack London travelled the seas extensively
SEAS to discover new cultures in his late years
Michel Viotte (1907-1909). With his wife Charmian, he
sailed to places little known at that time and World rights available
Softbound with flaps documented extensively by writing and
220 x 285 mm photographing his adventures.
192 pages
33 500 words The companion book to the exhibition to
€25 open in Marseille in 2017.
Fall 2017
JACK LONDON’S LIVES Published for the centennial anniversary of
Michel Viotte, Noël Jack London’s death, the work recounts the
Mauberret unusual destiny of an author whose real-life
adventures directly inspired everything he Rights sold:
Hardbound wrote. German
240 x 285 mm English
256 pages A thorough and complete enquiry by two
41 600 words specialists with an exceptional selection of
€35 images and archives documents.
Fall 2016
OSCAR WILDE In the series of illustrated biographies, the
Daniel Salvatore Schiffer latest title focusing on the Irish playwright
and novelist Oscar Wilde. The Importance
Hardbound of Being Earnest, The Portrait of Dorian
193 x 260 mm Gray, his work is regularly adapted by World rights available
224 pages movie makers and theatres producers, and
34 000 words his life, fraught with success, scandals, witty
€32 sentences remained famous, but also
Fall 2014 marked by a tragic ending, keeps its power
of fascination.
SHERLOCK HOLMES, The illustrated biography of a… fictional
CONSULTING character, so vivid in popular culture in the
DETECTIVE world that it is often believed to have been
John Bastardi Daumont actually alive! This documented book results
from a work of two with the collaboration of
Hardbound the official Holmesian societies. World rights available
193 x 260 mm
216 pages
34 000 words
€32
Spring 2014
AGATHA CHRISTIE, The first illustrated biography ever of Agatha
THE ROMANCE OF Christie, the queen of crime novel. A rich
CRIME iconography and a text by French specialist
François Rivière François Rivière.
World rights available
Hardbound
193 x 260 mm
224 pages
37 000 words
€32
Fall 2012
21ROCHEFORT’S One of the most famous French movies,
DEMOISELLES starring Carherine Deneuve and Françoise
Natacha Wolinski, Elsa Dorélac, celebrates his 50 anniversary! For
Wolinski the occasion, a book full of a wide range of
materials: the making of, the story, the World rights available
PLC music sheets by Michel Legrand and the
240 x 285 mm lyrics. A trip in the joyful universe of
192 pages Jacques Demy’s film!
Word count TBC
€32
Fall 2017
ANIMATED CINEMA: The book will explore the great diversity and
THE FRENCH TOUCH creativity in the field of animated movies in
Laurent Vallière France. A proper French style exists,
providing artists and designers to the
PLC American studios. The story started in World rights available
240 x 310 mm France 125 years ago, before the invention
256 pages of cinema.
50 000 words
€39,90
Fall 2017
SPECIAL EFFECTS The companion book to an exhibition in end
In coedition with Paris 2017 in Paris will recount everything there
Cité des Sciences is to know about special effects today: from
museum the previz (story board) to the animation of
characters, creating decors (matte
Softbound with flaps painting), how to make up a digital World rights available
195 x 285 mm character, sound designing…
192 pages
Word count to be
confirmed
€32
Fall 2017
MARCELLO Nothing in Marcello’s upbringing and poor
MASTROIANNI origins would predestinate him to his
Jean A. Gili, Sandra Marti extraordinary acting career. After years
spent on stage under Visconti’s direction, he
PLC became Federico Fellini’s alter ego and that World rights available
240 x 285 mm of all the great Italian directors, but also
192 pages starred for Louis Malle, John Boorman,
41 000 words Robert Altman, Manoel de Oliviera…
€35 Reknown Italian specialist Jean A. Gili
Fall 2016 retells this fabulous story and this
unforgettable character for the 20th
anniversary of his passing away in 1996.
A HISTORY OF This book offers an outstanding exploration
FRENCH CINEMA of French cinema by journalist and film
Jean-Luc Douin, expert, Jean-Luc Douin. 130 films are
Thierry Frémaux analyzed in a chronological order allowing
the reader to understand the evolution of an
PLC art, made of a succession of strong aesthetic World rights available
250 x 310 mm movements (poetic realism, the new wave),
360 pages in which artists (painters, photographers,
150 000 words illustrators, poets, writers) played an
€49,90 important role and that continues to influence
Fall 2014 filmmakers around the world.
22LIST ADDICT This book answers every question you’ve
GUITARES ever wanted to ask about guitars, from the
classic questions (which are the most
190 x 255 mm legendary guitars?) to the more specialist
224 pages ones (what colour Stratocaster should I World rights available
Word count TBC get?). Presented in the form of lists which
€25 are by turns erudite, obsessive, funny and
Fall 2018 preposterous, this book gives us the
comprehensive lowdown on the guitar, from
the instrument itself to the people who play
it
CALLAS In the occasion of the 40th anniversary of her
CONFIDENTIAL passing, the book pays a tribute to the
Tom Volf extraordinary life of the extraordinary opera
singer. Letters, pictures, the book will
PLC with jacket present a wide range of never-seen before World rights available
260 x 285 mm elements retracing Callas’ personal life and
240 pages career, in her own words.
25 000 words
€45.50
Fall 2017
LINE RENAUD PARIS- The glamorous photo album of the famous
LAS VEGAS French music hall singer star who lived in
the United States in the sixties and
Hardbound befriended with the Hollywood gotha. World rights available
240 x 285 mm
192 pages
Word count TBC
€29.90
Spring 2018
LPs COVERS The reduced format edition at an
REDUCED FORMAT attractive price: €29.90.
Grégory Bricout, Severely challenged by the CD in the 1990’s
Christophe Geudin, and 2000, LPs (long-playing records) benefit
Richard Gouard today from a renewed interest from a new Rights sold:
generation of listeners and record collectors. Spanish
Softbound with flaps Vinyl Covers pays tribute to the vinyl record
250 x 250 mm nostalgia by reproducing more than 300
352 pages iconic covers and highlighting its graphic
33 300 words details in this reference book.
€26
Fall 2016
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FASHION AND LUXURY
BOUCHERON A special book to celebrate the 160th
160 YEARS anniversary of one of the most iconic fine
jeweller’s. World rights available
PLC with jacket Encompassing creations past and present,
245 x 345 mm it is a richly visual journey through the
216 pages history of this luxury boutique.
Word count TBC Boucheron has opened 53 boutiques
€65 throughout the world.
Fall 2018
LORIS AZZARO Loris Azzaro (1933-2003) is an Italian-born
Serge Gleizes couturier who came to fame and success
in Paris. First creating dresses and jewels
PLC for his wife, he quickly became one of the World rights available
220 x 270 mm favourite creators of movie stars and the
192 pages jet-set.
20 000 words This book will tell the story of the house,
€50 and his creator.
Fall 2017
BONPOINT Founded in 1975 in Paris, Bonpoint, the
Natasha Fraser- celebrated children’s clothing company has
Cavassoni succeeded in combining Parisian
elegance, outstanding savoir-faire and the
PLC fanciful spirit of childhood. Little trapeze
220 x 285 mm dress, embroidered blouses, jackets ‘like World rights available
256 pages dad wears’, Liberty bloomers… These are
€65 just some of the many, often iconic,
Fall 2017 designs conceived with an innate feeling
for colour, impeccable finishings, a
discerning choice of fabrics, and a justness
of proportions.
CHANEL: THE ART OF Nestled between the Alps and the
CREATING Mediterranean, Pegomas Valley, near
FRAGRANCE Grasse, is the valley where the five main
Lionel Paillès flowers composing all of Chanel perfumes
are grown. Centifolia rose, jasmine, iris,
geranium and tuberose, each flower is Rights sold:
6 books in a slipcase dedicated a book, from the fields to English
Hardbound with French distillation. Chinese (simplified)
jacket A splendid shrine to a very exclusive walk
195 x 225 mm through a secretive and legendary
316 pages domain.
17 000 words
€100
Spring 2016
27AGNES B, STYLIST Agnes b. has been a major figure in both
Florence ben Sadoun fashion and art world for the past 40 years.
For the first time, a book on her fascinating Rights sold:
Cloth bound world will explore the variety of her English
280 x 210 mm activities, from her successful fashion Japanese
288 pages brand to film production, collection of
17 000 words contemporary photography, and mentoring
€45 of young, radical talent.
Fall 2016
THE FASHION WORLD Co-published with the Montreal Museum of
OF JEAN-PAUL Fine Arts in conjunction with the first-ever
GAULTIER, FROM THE retrospective on Gaultier, this stunning first
STREET TO THE STARS major monograph on the enfant terrible of
In collaboration with the fashion explores the ties between the Rights sold:
Montreal Museum of Fine designer and the pop/rock music scene, English
Arts; Thierry-Maxime film, and dance, and sheds light on his
Loriot, Curator sources of inspiration, which are as
eclectic as they are impertinent.
PLC under plastic box
279 x 359 mm
424 Pages
100 000 words
€65
Spring 2013
LOVE YVES SAINT Every year, starting in 1970, Yves Saint
LAURENT Laurent would send out handmade new
year’s greetings to family and friends. The Rights sold:
Hardbound word “love,” present on each, would Upon request
175 x 120 mm become his signature mark. This delightful
96 pages giftbook presents the entire collection of
€15 cards, revealing a personal and intimate
Spring 2015 side of the creativity of Yves Saint Laurent.
YVES SAINT LAURENT One of the most distinctive and influential
– PETIT PALAIS designers of the second half of the
EXHIBITION twentieth century, Yves Saint Laurent takes
CATALOGUE his place in the pantheon of French
Florence Müller couturiers, alongside Coco Chanel,
and Farid Chenoune Christian Dior, and Jeanne Lanvin. In this Rights sold:
In collaboration with the first comprehensive retrospective of his English
Pierre Bergé Foundation life’s work, we discover the sources of Spanish
inspiration that drove Saint Laurent’s
Hardbound with jacket continuous innovation, drawing upon
225 x 270 mm painting, sculpture, theater, opera,
360 pages literature, and cinema.
50 000 words
€45,60
Fall 2010
YVES SAINT LAURENT: This retrospective book is the first to cover
STYLE the forty years of Yves Saint Laurent and
Hamish Bowels, Florence highlights the inventive character of the
Müller designer’s work. Over 160 of his finest
In collaboration with the designs and accessories are presented.
Pierre Bergé Foundation Rights sold:
English
Paperback
225 x 270 mm
258 pages
33 300 words
€50,70
Spring 2008
28LOUIS VUITTON, THE The first in-depth portrait of one of the
BIRTH OF MODERN world’s best-known luxury brands, this
LUXURY elegant volume traces the remarkable
Updated edition history of the House of Vuitton, which has Rights sold:
been making practical but stylish luggage, English
Hardbound with jacket handbags, and accessories for more than Chinese (simplified)
240 x 310 mm 150 years. This new edition includes 20 Japanese
560 pages additional pages and updated material Korean
105 000 words throughout the book, covering the brand’s Spanish
€120 recent history, with new texts and
Fall 2012 photographs.
LOUIS VUITTON, 100 Trains and steamships transformed
LEGENDARY TRUNCKS transportation in the mid-19th century and
Pierre Leonforte and Eric opened the world to a new breed of
Pujalet-Plaa, with a traveler. Louis Vuitton understood the need Rights sold:
preface by Patrick-Louis for more practical luggage, and strove to English
Vuitton create products that were adaptable to all Spanish
situations—and the travel trunk was born. Italian
Hardbound with cloth Russian
spine Simplified Chinese
240 x 310 mm Complex Chinese
496 pages Japanese
100 000 words
€101,40
Fall 2010
CHANEL AND HER Gabrielle Chanel is an icon of fashion, and
WORLD, FRIENDS, can lay claim to having invented the look of
FASHION, AND FAME the 20th century. Her life and Rights sold:
Edmonde Charles-Roux accomplishment constitute one of the great English
stories of the modern age. Through Portuguese
Hardbound with jacket hundreds of illustrations and the lively German
197 x 260 mm prose of Edmonde Charles-Roux, her Russian
384 pages official biographer and close friend, the Spanish
83 300 words glorious life of the incomparable ‘Coco’ Chinese (simplified)
€45,60 shines again.
Fall 2004
CHANEL In less than a century, Chanel became a
Jean Leymarie legend that transcended fashion design to
become a universal name. This book,
PLC under jacket relying on the high points of art history, Rights sold:
240 x 310 mm recounts the creative path of the legendary English
260 Pages Mademoiselle. Long out of print, this re- Lithuanian
30 000 words designed edition of Jean Leymarie's Chinese (simplified)
€59,80 classic monograph is a luxurious,
Fall 2010 glamorous complement to the literature on
Chanel.
COCO CHANEL, The illustrated biography of a legendary
AN ICON character, Coco Chanel, in which
Catherine de Catherine de Montalembert draws the
Montalembert intimate portrait of a woman born into the Rights sold:
most destitute background who German
Hardbound with jacket revolutionized the world of luxury and Russian
220 x 300 mm fashion. Chinese (simplified)
144 pages
28 300 words
€35
Spring 2012
29THE COLLECTORS This book presents a selection of arresting
Emmanuel Pierrat and sumptuous collections. They feature
Guillaume de Laubier opium pipes, 18th-century plaster casts, and
African masks and encompass every
Hardbound conceivable category, the primary focus
240 x 310 mm being on the aesthetic appeal and the very World rights available
240 pages act of accumulating, sometimes in great
Xxx words numbers, and then showcasing one’s finds.
€ Some thirty collectors have thrown open
2019 their doors to Emmanuel Pierrat, who is
himself a collector, and have agreed to talk
about the treasures they hoard.
HAUTE COUTURE Designers at work in the studios, models
HOUSES trying on new outfits, extraordinary
Guillaume de Laubier workshops, revealing the fascinating,
Désirée Sadek buzzy, creative atmosphere, French Rights sold:
photographer Guillaume de Laubier offers English
PLC an exclusive insight into the secretive German
245 x 340 mm Paris Haute Couture houses.
208 pages With text by Désirée Sadek, editor-in-chief
23 300 words of Elle Lebanon, recently elected one of
€45 the 500 most influent personalities of the
Fall 2015 fashion world.
COUTURE WEDDING A luxurious volume showcasing stunning
GOWNS wedding gowns from the finest fashion
Marie Bariller designers from the 1980’s to the most Rights sold:
recent creations. Starring Alexander English
Hardbound with band McQueen, Zac Posen, Yinqing Yin, Yohji Chinese (simplified)
245 x 340 mm Yamamoto, Elie Saab, Zuhair Murad,
224 pages Serkan Cura, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Chanel,
34 400 words Dior, Givenchy, Alberta Ferretti…
€59
Spring 2015
FRENCH LUXURY A unique visit into the most confidential
ARTISANS workshops of the world of French luxury:
Jean-Marc Palisse, Hermès’ scarf workshops in Lyon, feather Rights sold:
Pascale Richard designer Lemarié for Chanel… Simplified Chinese
Hardbound with PVC
jacket
245 x 340 mm
240 pages
17 000 words
€49
Fall 2014
FRENCH TABLE The definitive guide on the art of
ETIQUETTE entertaining “à la française”: inviting
Jacqueline Queneau, guests, choosing a menu, arrange
illustrations by Jenny seatings, rules of serving, dress
Morsell code…highly comprehensive, beautifully Rights sold:
illustrated, covers all aspects of Chinese (complex)
Hardbound entertaining.
210 x 285 mm
192 pages
50 000 words
€45
Fall 2014
30LACOSTE This book will dive you in the unique world
Laurence Benaïm of Lacoste, from the beginnings of René
Floch Lacoste, its founder, on the pitch and the
polo invention, to the brand today. Chapter
Hardbound by chapter, in chronological order, you will World rights available
190 x 260 mm discover every aspect of René Lacoste’s
192 pages life: the enfant prodige, the Davis Cup
Xxx words winner, the icon from tennis to golf.
€30 Accompanied by a strong and unique
Spring 2018 graphic, with bright colors, an innovative
“sporty” design and pictures and quotes of
René Lacoste himself.
INSIDE FASHION In this delightful collection of informal
Angèle Hernu, Karel Balas portraits drawing on encounters in both
person and pictures, twenty female
Softbound with flaps fashion professionals in Paris invite the
160 x 240 mm reader on a highly personal tour of the Rights sold:
224 pages world of fashion. Offering detailed Complex Chinese
22 000 words descriptions of a wide range of “dream” Simplified Chinese
€28,50 careers, these successful industry
Fall 2016 professionals talk shop, sharing their
views on fashion in general and providing
a host of insights and tips—the secret, that
is, to defining a distinctive sense of style…
PARISIANS AT HOME Anyone visiting Paris wonders who are
Anne de Chalvron these Parisians living in front of the Tour
Franck Prignet Eiffel, Montmartre or Place Vendome: how
do they live? This book offers an insider’s
Softbound with flaps visit into a selection of Parisians’ homes World rights available
160 x 240 mm and their lifestyle in their city.
224 pages
25 000 words
€25
Spring 2016
AINSI SOIT STYLE Sarah Lavoine is one of the embodiments
Sarah Lavoine of the Parisienne and a reference in the Rights sold:
world of interior design. English
Hardbound In this chic and modern lifestyle guide, she German
160 x 240 mm shares her personal tips, secrets and
192 pages tastes.
28 500 words More than 100 pictures and sketches, 300
€26 addresses in Paris and in France, recipes.
Fall 2015
BE HYPE Hype is everywhere: Isabelle Oziol de
Isabelle Oziol de Pignol Pignol blogger and professional fashion
designer illustrates in a witty, accurate and
Softbound with flaps charming style chronicles of the
170 x 220 mm contemporary fashion world. 80 portraits World rights available
224 pages will be featured, from the “fashion blogger”
25 000 words to the “star baker”.
€25 A glorious sociological A-Z of style and
Spring 2016 hype.
31SO SHOES! The third opus in the successful collection Rights sold:
Isabelle Thomas, focuses on the essential accessory: English
Frédérique Veysset shoes! Russian
German
Softbound with flaps Chinese
160 x 240 mm Polish
192 pages Lithuanian
28 500 words Simplified Chinese
€25
Fall 2014
YOU’RE SO FRENCH, A genuine guide to refine living and Rights sold:
MEN! seduction, French style. Parisian men and Chinese
Isabelle Thomas, fashion experts reveal with lightness and Korean
Frédérique Veysset precision their secret of gallantry, Polish
refinement, and elegance. Lithuanian
Softbound with flaps
160 x 240 mm
192 pages
22 500 words
€25
Spring 2013
YOU’RE SO FRENCH! In this fashion coaching book, a pair of Rights sold:
PARIS STREET STYLE fashion bloggers promises to reveal the English
Isabelle Thomas, secrets of their compatriots’ mysterious Italian
Frédérique Veysset and seemingly innate ability to look Spanish
sophisticated under any circumstances. German
Softbound with flaps Chinese (complex and
160 x 240 mm simplified)
192 pages Japanese
22 500 words Polish
€25 Lithuanian
Fall 2012 Russian
Korean
Czech
Slovak
Vietnamese
32WAX AND CO African textiles expert Anne Grosfilley
AFRICAN IMPRESSIONS offers here a thorough look at the printed
Anne Grosfilley textiles of the African continent,
culmination of a long field work and based
Softbound with flaps on her abundant private textile collection
240 x 285 mm (wax, Fancy, Kanga, Shweshwe – 1 ton Rights sold:
264 pages 300 kilos of fabric!). Based on very dense English
46 300 words iconographic sources, the book will pay a
€35 tribute to the exceptional variety of styles
Fall 2017 present on the whole continent resulting
of the complex interconnection of Africa
with the rest of the world, made of
colonialism, apartheid, globalization and
new technologies.
FROM HEAD TO TOES This colourful volume guides the reader on
Catherine Legrand an international tour, presenting in glorious
photographs a raft of remarkable
Softbound with jacket accessories, hats, bags and shoes from all Rights sold:
240 x 285 mm over the world. For Catherine Legrand, Japanese
240 pages accessories are a constant source of
30 000 words inspiration, a catalogue of forms, patterns
€35 and technics, and an invitation to the
Fall 2017 dream.
BEAUTIES A very original work by reporter and
Françoise Spiekermeier anthropologist Françoise Spiekermeier on
beauty in traditional societies. Why and
Hardbound with jacket how women wear mouth plates in
220 x 285 mm Ethiopia’s Omo valley, the secrets behind World rights available
240 pages men’s and women’s hairstyle, served by a
41 600 words splendid photographic work… a true
€35 source of inspiration and discovery for
Fall 2016 style and fashion fans.
INDIGO: THE COLOUR The journey follows the blue thread that
THAT CHANGED THE links Japan to Central America via
WORLD southern China, India and Mali.
Catherine Legrand It transports the reader into the realms of
botany and chemistry, of world Rights sold:
Hardbound with jacket exploration, commerce and the slave English
290 x 260 mm trade, of cultural identity, medicine, folk Japanese
288 Pages beliefs, handcrafts and globalization, the
83 300 words universality of techniques and the
€39,90 particularity of fashions.
Fall 2012
FISHERMEN’S This book presents over 45 patterns from
KNITWEAR Luce Smits, a knitwear designer who has
Luce Smits been creating unique items for more than
fifty years, encompassing styles such as
Softbound argyle, cable stitch, wave stitch, check World rights available
220 x 285 mm and lines for marriages. The stitches
224 pages used, with histories stretching back over
€35 centuries, all originated in the North Sea
Fall 2016 and Atlantic Ocean regions and are
grouped according to their origin, such as
Cornwall, Scotland or Ireland.
33NATURE AND GARDENS
ORCHIDS HUNTERS A symbol of beauty, wealth and prestige,
Catherine Vadon orchids were chased and valued like
spices or gold. On the tracks of the
PLC under jacket orchids hunters in the wildest forests, to Rights sold:
240 x 310 mm the most refined greenhouses in Europe, German
224 pages a complete book on the history of orchids, Complex Chinese
36 000 words including the most beautiful collections in
€45 the world today.
Fall 2014
SECRET GARDENS Private gardens by the best landscape
Alain Le Toquin designers. This book gives a panorama of
contemporary creations in landscaping via
Hardbound thirteen private gardens, with technical Rights sold :
285 x 254 mm sketches and explanations by the English
240 pages landscape designers on how they German
32 500 words designed the gardens. Alain Le Toquin’s
€39 exclusive pictures enhance the beauty of
Fall 2014 these secret places.
CLAUDE MONET’S Water lilies, reflecting ponds, a Japanese
GARDENS AT GIVERNY footbridge, and blankets of glorious
Jean-Pierre Gilson, flowers: nothing evokes Claude Monet’s
Dominique Lobstein Impressionist paintings quite like images
from his gardens at Giverny. This book Rights sold :
Hardbound introduces us to the many personalities English
240 x 310 mm that have strolled through these gardens Italian
136 pages and the role this setting played in Monet’s German
7 000 words life. Simplified Chinese
€22
Spring 2013
34SCIENCE AND HISTORY
LAND OF GIANTS The spectacular history of the giant
vertebrates since the extinction of the
Hardbound dinosaurs to the present day.
240 x 285 mm A very striking book aimed at the general
192 pages public. World rights available
Xxx Words
€29,90
2018
LOUIS PASTEUR The famous French scientist who
In coedition with Paris Cité invented the vaccination against rabies
des Sciences museum and milk pasteurization, will be the
subject of a number of exhibitions in Cité
Hardbound des Sciences this year. This book, alike
190 x 255 mm the shows, will not be historical but World rights available
192 pages aiming at explaining the major
Word count TBC discoveries and concepts brought to light
€29,90 by Louis Pasteur, like the discovery of
Fall 2017 the microscopic scale (microbes), which
decisively changed our idea of the world.
THE 1930s Historian Pascal Blanchard and
Pascal Blanchard, writer Farid Abdelouahab give a portrayal
Farid Abdelouahab of this fundamental decade in
contemporary history. From the 1929 Wall
Softbound Street Crash to the beginning of WW2, World rights available
220 x 285 mm the book will show the paroxysmal
240 pages changings at stake during the era as an
47 500 words invitation to look from a different point of
€37 view at the actual days and events.
Spring 2017
CIAO ITALIA! Published in coedition with the Paris
Dominique Païni , muse national de l’Histoire de
Stéphane Mourlane l’immigration, the companion book to the
exhibit Ciao Italia! Shows the great
Softbound with flaps diversity of perception of Italian World rights available
190 x 255 mm immigrants come to live in France, and
192 pages their contributions to the French history,
50 000 words politics, gastronomy, music, arts. Experts’
€25,00 analysis and a complete historical
Spring 2017 iconography complete the work.
DARWIN’S WORLD The illustrated reference on Charles
Guillaume Lecointre & Darwin’s life and art: his early life, his trip
Patrick Tort on the HMS Beagle – a turning point in
his work–, the influence of his
Hardbound discoveries on arts and literature, but World rights available
190 x 255 mm also the controversies they raised.
192 pages
57 500 words
€29,90
Fall 2015
35THE LITTLE NATURE Since 1831, the mythical Parisian store
ENCYCLOPEDIA Deyrolle has offered nature enthusiasts
DEYROLLE an extensive collection of insects, shells
S. Albou-Tabard, and a wide range of taxidermy animals Rights sold:
Louis-Albert de Broglie and natural curiosities. Japanese
This album will present Deyrolle’s Simplified Chinese
PLC beautiful collection of educational
240 x 310 mm naturalist plates (from 1880-1920s) in
240 pages regard with explanations by today
33,300 words international scientists.
€39,90
Fall 2015
THE BRAIN In coedition with the Paris sciences
Stanislas Dehaene Museum (Cité des Sciences) and under
the patronage of internationally renowned
Hardbound neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene, the
190 x 255 mm book explores the functioning of the brain, World rights available
216 pages the most complex organ of the human
41 600 words body. The latest discoveries in cognitive
€32 neurosciences unveil what we learn from
Fall 2014 it and how it keeps learning throughout
our entire life.
START! THE GREAT Pac-Man, Mario, Tomb Raider, les Sims,
STORY OF VIDEO GTA, World of Warcraft... the history of
GAMES video games, from the origins to
Erwan Cario nowadays.
Softbound World rights available
210 x 270 mm
240 pages
25 000 words
€29,90
Updated edition 2016
100 COMPUTER
GRAPHICS FOR A new approach which enables readers to
UNDERSTANDING make instant sense of complex social
ECONOMICS issues or institutions.
Yann Tampereau, The visual presentation of information is a World rights available
Sylvain Baillehache, growing trend and a highly effective
Cédric Thellier, William means of educating oneself and
Hessel, Gaël Etienne understanding a range of contemporary
issues.
Sofbound
180 x 230 mm
160 pages
26 500 words
€ 18,00
2018
100 COMPUTER When did God first appear? What is
GRAPHICS FOR faith? Are religions the enemy of
UNDERSTANDING science? Can a religion go extinct? This Rights sold:
RELIGIONS is the essential book for confidently Japanese
Matthieu Grimpet tackling complex questions. With these
100 computer graphics, you can examine
PLC important social issues from every angle,
180 x 230 mm because a good picture is worth a
160 pages thousand words.
€21
Fall 2016
36ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
INDUSTRIAL A beautifully illustrated reference guide
FURNITURE into the world of industrial furniture that is
Brigitte Durieux now in the forefront of interior design. World rights available
PLC
220 x 300
272 pages
Xxx words
€ 35
Fall 2018
EAMES, In collaboration with the Eames office, an
THE MONOGRAPHY original book focusing on Charles and
Maryse Quinton Ray Eames’s lasting contribution to
contemporary design, examining, in Rights sold :
PLC particular, the timeless appeal of their German
240 x 285 mm incredibly innovative work through archive
256 pages materials and a wealth of recent illu-
50 000 words strations and insights by contemporary
€45 designers.
Fall 2015 An authoritative work for today’s ever-
growing number of design aficionados.
DREAM TREEHOUSES The new opus presenting the latest and
Alain Laurens extraordinary treehouses by La Cabane
perchée company, 36 out of 45 never
Softbound with flaps shown before. The book features over
240 x 310 mm 300 beautiful colour photographs and Rights sold :
240 pages illustrations that explore the many English
18 300 words possibilities of truly living in nature. Alain German
€39 Laurens is the founder of La Cabane Japanese
Spring 2015 Perchée, a company specializing in the
construction of treehouses.
CABINETS OF WONDER Cabinets of Wonder showcases
Christine Davenne, exceptional collections in homes and
Christine Fleurent museums, with more than 180
photographs, while also explaining the Rights sold:
Hardbound history behind the tradition, the best- English
220 x 310 mm known collections, and the types of Simplified Chinese
232 pages objects typically displayed. Offering
25 000 words a historical overview and a look into
€39,90 contemporary interior design, this
Fall 2011 extravagantly illustrated book celebrates
the wonderfully odd world of cabinets of
wonder.
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