More Coffee-Table Books for the Holidays
Fashion, classic comics and "Star Wars" themes hot this year.
Dec. 14, 2007 — -- 'Tis the season for giving, and coffee-table books are a great gift to give and receive.
There are three big trends in coffee-table books this year — tributes to fashion icons, compilations of classic comics and of course, "Star Wars" tributes, celebrating 30 years of "the Force."
Below are books in each category.
Fashion
"The Seductive Shoe: Four Centuries of Fashion Footwear"
Author: Jonathan Walford
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York
Price: $40
"Ralph Lauren"
Author: Ralph Lauren
Publisher: Rizzoli, New York
Price: $135
"Dior"
Text by: Farid Chenoune
Publisher: Assouline
Price: $250
Comics
"DC Comics Covergirls"
Author: Louise Simonson
Publisher: Universe Publishing
Price: $39.95
"Mad's Greatest Artists: The Completely Mad Don Martin"
Volume One and Volume Two
Author: Don Martin
Publisher: Running Press, London and Philadelphia
Price: $150
"The Marvel Vault"
Authors: Roy Thomas and Peter Sanderson
Publisher: Running Press, London and Philadelphia
Price: $49.95
"Star Wars"
"Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy"
Author: Matthew Reinhart
Publisher: Orchard Books/Scholastic Inc.
Price: $32.99
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Price: $75
"The Star Wars Vault"
Authors: Stephen J. Sansweet and Peter Vilmur
Publisher: Harper Entertainment
Price: $85