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USA — Welcome to the world of Assouline, where the culture of fine books joins the universe of luxury. Assouline is the first luxury brand in the world to use its publications as a medium, bridging the gap between life and style. For the past ten years, Assouline Publishing has created fine illustrated books dedicated to fashion, photography, art and design. Renowned for their highly original graphic concept, Assouline books are works of art capturing culture and bringing it to life. The spirit and ‘savoir faire’ of these works have contributed to the creation of a unique and eclectic, chic and elegant brand that is immediately identifiable. Today, Assouline publications can be found around the globe. October, 2005 marked the Grand Opening of Assouline’s first boutique, situated next to Louis Vuitton and Dior located at Rue du Bonaparte in Paris, France. The salon will be followed by additional stores in New York, London and Tokyo. In October 2004, Assouline started the process of opening boutiques at eleven Saks Fifth Avenue stores in the United States, the opening of Saks NYC slated for the second week of October, 2005 – Chicago and Miami to follow.  In Asia, Assouline has opened corners in Hong Kong with Lane Crawford and in Japan with Celux (Louis Vuitton VIP member boutique), Christie’s (New York), Holt Renfrew (Toronto) and Quartier 206 (Berlin).  Assouline has designed a highly exclusive line of limited-edition luxury gift items. The Assouline Collection is sold exclusively in select Assouline boutiques and through their site www.assouline.com.

Assouline Publishing, the illustrated book publishing house releases approximately two dozen fantastic new titles this Spring, 2006 including volumes in the following genres:
ARCHITECTURE: Palm Springs Style by Aline Coquelle. FASHION: The Bikini Book by Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Assouline’s Guide to Luxury Watches by Fabienne Reybaud. ART: Music Game Book, Planets by Thierry Despont, Feeding Desire authored collaboratively by several writers and exhibited at Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum,  Primal Arts II by Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter. PHOTOGRAPHY: Boys by Pamela Hanson, New York by Tama Janowitz. LIFESTYLE: Double RL Ranch Colorado by Rickey Lauren. FICTION: 1001 Nights translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton. MEMOIRES: Ultimate Cocktails by Amy Sacco, The White Shirt by Pia Catton, Ferrari Pininfarina by Lionel Froissart, Africa Is In Style by Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter, Vienna 1900 by François Baudot, Donna Karan by Ingrid Sischy, Candy by Delphine Moreau, Charlotte Perriand by Élisabeth Védrenne, Marie Antoinette by Adrien Goetz, Rebel Style by G. Bruce Boyer.

Spring, 2006 Assouline Catalogue:
ARCHITECTURE
PALM SPRINGS STYLE
ISBN:  2 84323 743 2 U.S. LIST PRICE: $40  HARDCOVER, JACKET 7 3/4 x 11” 176 PAGES, 100 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The nomadic Parisian photographer, Aline Coquelle, studied art history and anthropology. She contributes to Vogue, Marie-Claire, AD and other publications.Dean Martin, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Kirk Douglas, and Elvis Presley made it their stomping grounds. Wildly free in the post-war years, Palm Springs was all about luxury, parties, sex and sun. It was inspired by the designs of European architects like Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Walter Gropius; and for such American tycoons as Raymond Loewy, Bob Hope, and Howard Hughes, they created slick residences that blended perfectly into the huge Mojave desert. This book takes a look at Neutra’s Kaufmann House, Lautner’s Elrod House (where Diamonds Are Forever was shot), the Frey House II (which is home to the Palm Springs Desert Museum today), Frey’s Loewy Residence, and all the essential places in Palm Springs. As a bonus, there is the sharp address book everybody’s fighting over (vintage furniture, hotels, resorts, perfect motels from the ‘40s to the ‘60s). If you are looking for a Palm Springs revival, you’ll find it here.

FASHION
THE BIKINI BOOK
ISBN:  2 84323 825 0  U.S. LIST PRICE: $29.95  HARDCOVER, JACKET 6 x 8¼ ” 400 PAGES, 300 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The editor of Elle Accessories, Kelly Killoren Bensimon is also the author of American Style and In the Spirit of the Hamptons at Assouline Publishing. A sexy alternative to the one-piece swimming costume, the bikini forever changed the way women relate to their bodies. “Smaller than the world’s smallest bathing suit,” as it was first described by its creator Frenchman Louis Reard, the bikini has become a symbol of female sensuality and liberation. This Spring, on occasion of its sixtieth anniversary, Assouline celebrates the bikini with a spirited look at its highlights and history with iconic images, a study of its symbolism, and a look at the most defining fashions. Here is a four hundred page tribute to the Hollywood pin-ups of the 50’s; Bond girls Ursula Andress and Halle Berry rising up from the sea; the beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema, birthplace of the tanga; Brigitte Bardot topless and poolside in St. Tropez; the itsy bitsy teeny weeny styles of the 60’s; beach bodies on spring break; the monokini, tankini, bandini, and v-kini; the strappy and the sporty; the sexy and the outrageous. But whether iconic or ordinary, scandalous or social, every image of the bikini in this luscious volume is about beauty.

ASSOULINE’S GUIDE TO LUXURY WATCHES
ISBN:  2 84323 822 6  U.S. LIST PRICE: $40  HARDCOVER, JACKET 7 ¾ x 11” 268 PAGES, 100 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Born in 1965, Fabienne Reybaud is a journalist at the French daily Le Figaro where she writes a column on watches and jewelry. Specializing in luxury, she has worked for ten years as a freelance journalist for great national newspapers as well as for various specialized publications. Over the past ten years, watches, once merely functional tools, have become true objects of desire. Whether fashion accessories or collectors’ pieces, the watches on the market today span all sectors, from mass-market to luxury. A watch follows its owner wherever he or she goes, immediately revealing its owner’s taste, financial means, and knowledge of the wheels of time. With an increase in the number of trademarks, collections, and styles, the market for watches is booming, growing annually at unprecedented rates. Auctions abound, offering astounding new records: $5 million dollars for a Caliber 89 by Patek Philippe; another $1.6 million for a steel watch by Patek Philippe. And watch overbidding makes it more and more difficult not to get confused between worth and hype. From the sundial to the quartz watch, from the clepsydra to the pocket watch, Watches studies every aspect of time-keeping mechanisms and is the definitive volume for collectors and enthusiasts. With an original glossary of important technical terms, an alphabetized list of the main brands, including their quotations given by specialists, and a complete directory to the finest dealers around the world, Watches will help any amateur find the right watch, and will guide the enlightened amateur in his quest of the ideal piece.

PHOTOGRAPHY
BOYS BY PAMELA HANSON
ISBN:  TK  U.S. LIST PRICE: $TK  TK PAGES, TK COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Pamela Hanson works regularly for Marie Claire, Vogue, GQ, Allure, Vanity Fair and Jane. Her advertising campaigns have included Halston, Emporio Armani, L’Oréal and Lacôme. She lives in New York City.  Following the success of Girls, Assouline presents a photographic tribute by the talented Pamela Hanson evoking the moods and subtle intentions that are boys. Between childhood and adulthood, a boy incarnates over a period of time drenched with fresh seduction and tender glamour. Pamela Hanson perfectly captures this spirit in moments of friendship, foolishness, and romanticism. Just as Girls was an homage to a very special side of the feminine, so too Boys captures the essence of the male youth. Hanson’s photos are extremely intimate yet also evoke a general mood that is universally experienced by anyone coming of age. Naivety and self-assertion, gentleness and insolence, androgyny and virility, this is a poignant book about life and its most elusive moments. Accompanying the photographs are insightful quotes by some of the writers (Plato, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens), and women (Christy Turlington, Julianne Moore, Sofia Coppola) who know them best. From the beaches of East Hampton to the cafés of Paris, on soccer fields, or behind the wheel of vintage cars, Boys captures the male spirit in all its glory.

NEW YORK
ISBN:  2 84323 715 7 U.S. LIST PRICE: $49.95  HARDCOVER, SLIPCASE 6 x 8 ½” 1,000 PAGES, 800 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tama Janowitz is the bestselling author of nine books, including Slaves of New York. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages. She is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts awards in fiction and her work has appeared in Vogue, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and The New Yorker. Diverse and vivacious, artistic, audacious, and always inspirational, there are many definitions of New York. In a photographic tour that goes beyond the clichés of this spirited city, Assouline presents a unique portrait of New York City with pictures that are at once modern, elegant, and bold. From its intimate details to its iconic architecture, here are over 900 images that illuminate the mantra, “Only in New York.”  There is Central Park and Carnegie Hall, of course, but also Mott Street, Jackson Heights and the Apollo. With an entertaining introduction by Tama Janowitz and an appendix of Assouline’s favorite hotels, restaurants, museums, and special services, New York is the quintessential illustrated volume on the world’s greatest city.

ART
MUSIC GAME BOOK
ISBN:  2 84323 827 7  U.S. LIST PRICE: $29.95  FLEXIBOUND 6 x 8½ ” 400 PAGES, 250 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
Who holds the record for the world’s loudest band? Which composer invented a notation system for tennis games? How much did a three-day ticket to the Woodstock festival cost? What is the most expensive music video clip ever made? Who were Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, Duke Ellington, Umm Kulthum, and Janis Joplin? What are the behind-the-scenes stories of Motown, glam rock, and gangsta rap? Music Game Book answers these questions and more. Featuring an assortment of games, puzzles, and trivia, this comprehensive volume contains a wealth of information, detailing all there is to know on twentieth-century music history. Beautifully illustrated and filled with clever, short essays – covering everything from Erik Satie to Prince – Music Game Book is the fourth edition of the popular Game Book series. Whether you are interested in learning more about music or are looking to sharpen your musical intellect, this comprehensive book is an indispensable, interactive, and fun guide. Perfect for testing your knowledge, either alone or with friends, Music Game Book is a must-have edition for anyone looking to celebrate music – one of the most beautiful expressions of human creativity.

PLANETS
ISBN:  2 84323 795 5 U.S. LIST PRICE: $150  HARDCOVER, SLIPCASE 13 x 16 2/3” 120 PAGES, 80 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Born in France, Thierry Despont is an architect, designer and artist who resides and works in New York. As an architect, Despont has acquired an outstanding reputation as a foremost residential designer with an elite clientele in both North America and Europe. He was Associate Architect for the Centennial Restoration of the Statue of Liberty, and designed the interiors of the J. Paul Getty Museum, in Los Angeles. As an artist, Thierry Despont is represented by the Marlborough Gallery in New York and London. Combining geometrical purity and gestural grandeur, Thierry W. Despont conjugates his architectural skills and painter’s virtuosity in this spectacular collection of majestic, daunting and singularly attracting orbs, turning his struggle with corrosive materials and richly textured pigments into a spiritual achievement. A compound of restless collage and swirling pigments, each orb is animated by a life of its own: colorful magma breaking through the scorched surface of the canvas, white streaks flickering against the encroaching and abysmal darkness of a stark black background that seems about to engulf it. At the same time dynamic and mesmerizing, they are mysterious and numinous, intimate and remote; a lesson in the “abstract sublime,” they conjure up the immemorial awe of man in front of a cosmic world he both reveres and dreads. Beyond the eruptive, cataclysmic forces animating them, the orbs are inwardly radiant, animated by a life that seems to emerge from their depths, and conjure up a paradoxical harmony that embues them with an ultimate metaphysical dimension.

FEEDING DESIRE
ISBN:  2 84323 845 5  U.S. LIST PRICE: $65  HARDCOVER, JACKET 9 ¼ x 12” 248 PAGES, 200 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
CO-AUTHORS:Sarah Coffin is Curator of the Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century Decorative Arts at Cooper-Hewitt. Ellen Lupton is Curator of Contemporary Design at Cooper-Hewitt and Director of the MFA program in the Graphic Design at the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore. Darra Goldstein is Professor of Russian at Williams College and Founding Editor of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture. CONTRIBUTORS: Jennifer Goldsborough has served as curator of decorative arts for such institutions as the Lyman-Allyn Museum, The Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Maryland Historical Society. Philippa Glanville is Curator of Metalwork at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Suzanne Von Drachenfels is author of The Art of the Table: A Complete Guide to Table Setting, Table Manners and Tableware. Carolin C. Young is a food historian and the author of Apples of Gold in Settings of Silver: Stories of Dinner as a Work of Art. Eating is a social ritual. From dinner dates to everyday suppers, casual picnics to lavish feasts, dining brings people together for far more than satisfying the needs of the body. For centuries, cutlery has served as extensions of our hands, enriching how we experience food and the act of eating. Knives, forks, and spoons come between hand and mouth, articulating the experience of dining. Accompanying an exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum May 5 – October 29, 2006, Feeding Desire is the first book to showcase the Museum’s astonishing permanent collection of American and European cutlery. Complementing and expanding on the content of the exhibition, seven original essays, accompanied by over two hundred lavish color and black-and-white illustrations, relate the surprisingly different histories of the knife, spoon, and fork, and reveal how cutlery has influenced food, fashion, design, mobility, hygiene, and consumption over the centuries. In addition, Feeding Desire looks toward the future of the tools of the table as we progress into the twenty-first century.

PRIMAL ARTS II
ISBN:  2 84323 824 2  U.S. LIST PRICE: $29.95  HARDCOVER, JACKET 6 x 8¼ ” 400 PAGES, 200 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter is a journalist and art critic. She has already published numerous articles on primal arts in magazines such as Archeologia and Beaux-Arts. She is also responsible for the Archeology and Civilizations and ABCdaires collections of the French publisher Flammarion. In Assouline’s Memoire of Art collection, she is the author of Fayoum (1998) and Cyclades (1999). “One of the main points that all Pre-Columbian societies have in common is the close relationship that the Indians maintained, and still maintain, with nature, which they consider a universal and generous mother. The Indian can therefore not conceive, as Western man does today, of a separation between the human being and the animal kingdom. His very survival depends to a large extent on nature, and the control he has over it depends on the knowledge he acquires from it.” – Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter Exploring the similarities between these lost cultures, Primal Arts II illuminates their lives, revealing how these people worked with nature and created and used various objects that, today, are considered great works of art. Linking previously unpublished archives with the most significant works from collections around the world, Primal Arts II is the ultimate resource book, providing a comprehensive look at the history and art of lost cultures. Featuring seventeenth-century European engravings, artwork by George Catlin, photographs by Curtis, the Karel Kupka collections of Aboriginal paintings, detailed accounts of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s expeditions in Amazonia and Paul-Émile Victor’s journeys in the Artic, and the author’s original research, this book is the must-have volume for anyone interested in primal arts, archeology, and cultural history.   

LIFESTYLE
DOUBLE RL RANCH COLORADO
ISBN:  2 84323 844 7  U.S. LIST PRICE: $60  HARDCOVER, LEATHER JACKET 9 x 11 2/3” 270 PAGES, 200 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
Inspired by the colors, flavors, and life at her Colorado ranch, Rickey Lauren presents a tribute to the West in an epic work devoted to its spirit, legend, and cuisine. Nestled at the base of the San Juan Mountains, the Double RL Ranch, like the quaint towns that surround it, is rich in history, both personal and regional. In-depth essays contextualize the area, providing a fascinating and comprehensive look at the history of the Wild Wild West and the stories of such towns as Telluride, Montrose, and Ridgeway. Lauren opens the doors to her kitchen, revealing the culinary secretes behind her favorite dishes, and shares innovative decorating techniques for creating the perfect table setting and dining atmosphere.  Organized according to season, Lauren introduces each recipe section with thoughtful essays that detail her love for the Coloradoan lifestyle and her home, the Double RL Ranch. Featuring over 150 full-color photographs, original artwork by Lauren and beloved family snapshots, Double RL Ranch Colorado is the first of its kind to provide such a unique depiction of the Coloradoan way. This book also captures the spirit of Colorado itself—from its majestic peaks to never-ending open meadows dotted with colorful wildflowers to its no frills attitude toward simple and delicious cuisine. Told by a long-time admirer of the Coloradoan way of life, The Double RL Ranch is every bit as visually beautiful and interesting as the centennial state itself.

FICTION
1001 NIGHTS
ISBN:  2 84323 725 4 U.S. LIST PRICE: $90  FLEXIBOUND IN A SLIPCASE  10 ½ x 13 ½”; 432 PAGES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Translation by Sir Richard Francis Burton, an explorer, linguist, scholar, soldier, anthropologist, and a prolific and gifted writer. He is most famous for discovering the source of the Nile River in Africa with his partner John Hanning Speke, in 1858. But he is also known as the man who translated The 1001 Nights and the Kama Sutra into English. Illustrations by LéonCarré (French Poster designer, 1878-1942) and ornaments by Racim Mohammed (Algerian miniaturist, 1896-1975). In the late 1920’s, the art publisher H. Piazza produced a twelve-volume version of The 1001 Nights that was one of the most beautiful ever made. It included splendid illustrations by Mohammed Racim and wonderful miniatures by painter LéonCarré. Today, Assouline is publishing an abridged version of this masterpiece, which includes the most famous and most enchanting of the tales, from the story of King Shahryar, to the story of Sinbad the sailor, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, or Aladdin and magic lamp...all told by the beautiful and sensual Shahrazad. This wonderful book is one of the classics that will stand next to the handsome books in your library. For The 1001 Nights is a cultural testimony of the past, the source of myths and beliefs of the East. A collection of extraordinary stories from India and Persia passed down orally and told at night in public squares, this unique work is on par with Homer’s Odyssey.

MEMOIRES
ULTIMATE COCKTAILS BY AMY SACCO
ISBN:  2 84323 747 5 U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95  HARDCOVER, JACKET 6 x 8 ½” 80 PAGES, 60 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Amy Sacco is the owner of Lot 61, Bungalow 8 and Cabana, and most recently the restaurant Bette. There’s so much more to serving a cocktail than shaken, not stirred. Glamorous and exuberant, more than any other drink, the cocktail has a place in our social culture that stylishly evolves as the years go by.  From classic scenes in old-Hollywood films like The Thin Man to Carrie Bradshaw’s cosmopolitans, the cocktail has become a character to be interpreted and reinterpreted.  In a lusciously illustrated volume, Amy Sacco – the ultimate cocktail cognoscente – restores the spirit of this very sexy drink, sharing favorite recipes from her exclusive nightclubs including Lot 61 and Bungalow 8. The restaurant and bar owner credited with converting New York City’s Chelsea into the go-to party destination also reminisces on the most important “cocktail” moments of the past decade, and offers tips on how to serve them with flair.  Assouline, the educator on style, punctuates the book with the latest in bar and stemware – the perfect gift.

DONNA KARAN
ISBN:  2 84323 713 0  U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95  HARDCOVER, JACKET 6 x 8½ ” 80 PAGES, 60 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Editor in chief of Interview magazine, and a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, Ingrid Sischy was among the first to commission photographic art dealing with the AIDS crisis. She co-curated the “Visitors” exhibition at the 1996 Florence Biennale, which included Donna Karan.  Donna Karan is the most prominent and successful figure in American fashion. Her popularity derives from a philosophy of designing real clothes for real women—beautiful yet practical creations that are as easily worn in everyday life as on the catwalk. She is the archetypal New Yorker, drawing her inspiration from the energy, pace and style of the world’s most sophisticated city. Originating as a womenswear label, her company now produces menswear, childrenswear, accessories and fragrances, all perpetuating the uniquely modern style that has brought Donna Karan world recognition.

THE WHITE SHIRT
ISBN:  2 84323 835 8 U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95  HARDCOVER, JACKET 6 x 8½”  80 PAGES, 60 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Pia Catton is the fashion editor of the New York Sun. She also writes a weekly column on dance. Her work has appeared in ArtNews, Elle Décor, People, Playbill, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, the Baltimore Sun, and the Weekly Standard. Like the little black dress, the white shirt is a classic. A blank canvas on which the wearer is free to self-express, it is one of the most definitive elements of style. But for all its simplicity in form, the white shirt is no simple matter in function. Glamorous, sexual, androgynous, or simply powerful, the white shirt can become any look or mood. It’s no wonder the white shirt has been embraced by the world’s foremost designers—from Gabrielle ”Coco” Chanel to Ralph Lauren, and fashion icons including Katherine Hepburn, Diana Vreeland, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Showcasing the defining moments in its history, The White Shirt presents this essential, stylish fashion ingredient with images from film, social culture, and history.

FERRARI PININFARINA
ISBN:  2 84323 836 6  U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95  HARDCOVER, JACKET 6 x 8½” 80 PAGES, 60 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lionel Froissart is a journalist who specializes in car sports for the French daily Libération. He is also the author of annual books on Formula One and of the biographies of Aytron Senna (with Raymond Depardon photographs, 2002) and Alain Prost (1992). The marriage of the house of Ferrari and the Carrozzeria Pininfarina in the early ‘50’s marked the creation of the world’s most prestigious and celebrated automotive legacy. An extraordinary meeting of the minds, Enzo Ferrari’s and Battista Pininfarina’s partnership produced the auto industry’s most successful union of aesthetic excellence and outstanding performance. Presented here in lush color photographs, as well as drawing-board sketches, is the work of two extraordinary men, who represented two unique types of automotive genius and created a line of automobiles that continues to set the highest standard of automotive design and performance.

AFRICA IS IN STYLE
ISBN:  2 84323 800 5  U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95  HARDCOVER, JACKET 6 x 8½ ” 80 PAGES, 60 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter is a journalist and art critic. She is particularly interested in the culture of the body and non-Western countries. With Assouline, she has already published Primal Arts, Ethnic Style (2001), and Indian Beauty: Bollywood Style (2004). She is a regular contributor to Beaux-Arts magazine and teaches the history of makeup and body paiting at ITM in Paris. It is not unusual to see the colors and hear the rhythms of Africa at runway shows in Paris, New York, or Milan. But despite its influence on Western designers, African fashion is still struggling to make itself known. With the ambitious pursuit of reinventing urban fashion, many young African designers are breaking away from the expectations imposed on them to infuse ethnic and folkloric themes into their work, without ignoring rich textiles and fashion heritage. Bringing together archival images, illustrations and photographs. Africa Is In Style paints a lively picture of this constantly evolving world, looking at designers and labels from Alphadi to Xuly Bët, from Oumou Sy to Juliette Ombang, Mickaël Kra, and others. This book accompanies the competition of young African stylists organized by the French Association for Artistic Action (AFAA) at the 2005 International Festival of African Fashion (FIMA) in Niamey, Niger.

VIENNA 1900
ISBN:  2 84323 817 X  U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95  HARDCOVER, JACKET 6 x 8 ½” 80 PAGES, 60 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: FrançoisBaudot is a journalist and writer and a main reporter for Elle magazine. He has written numerous books on decorative arts, and his other titles in the Assouline Fashion Mémoire series are Alaia, Chanel, Christian Lacroix, Thierry Mugler, Poiret, and Elsa Schiaparelli.  Fifty or so artists with a different sensibility and a common determination: to be free of the bourgeois morality and its obsolete traditions. To break with the classicism of the Austro-Hungarian Empire on its decline. The Vienna Secession, founded in 1897, would shape a distinctive form of art in Vienna and all over the world. Gustav Klimt paints his own dreams; poet Hugo Hofmannsthal pens librettos for composer Richard Strauss; Otto Wagner and Josef Hoffman invent design; compatriot Sigmund Freud studies the interpretation dreams; the young Egon Schiele studies painting and drawing. It’s from this atmosphere of artistic, intellectual, and political effervescence that a world is born, notably through the search of a global art which evokes more particularly this wander through the Vienna of 1900.

CANDY
ISBN:  2 84323 749 1 U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95  HARDCOVER, JACKET 6 x 8 ½” 80 PAGES, 60 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Born thirty years ago, along with Tagada Strawberries, Delphine Moreau first discovered taste eating her grandmother’s jellies and jams. A journalist, she contributes to Radio-France and to Le Figaro. Mary Janes, Dots, Charms, Tootsie Rolls, Smarties, Chupa Chups lollypops. Candy is a sensual part of childhood.  First there’s the pleasure of seeing, then the practically mind-blowing pleasure of eating. And don’t forget the simple pleasure of the creative, colorful wrapping.  From the first candy shops in Medieval Europe to Tagada Strawberries that have delighted children worldwide, this book takes you on the historic journey of candy and sweets from New York to New Delhi, from Paris to Tokyo, London and beyond. Enjoy this book like you would a handful of sweets from the shop. Slowly, but without a drop of guilt.

CHARLOTTE PERRIAND
ISBN:  2 84323 661 4 U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95  HARDCOVER, JACKET 6 x 8 ½” 80 PAGES, 60 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Art critic and design historian, Élisabeth Védrenne has written for numerous magazines including Décoration Internationale and Elle Décoration. She now works for Connaissance des Arts, as well as for design magazines Intramuros and Maison Française. An important figure of modernism in the 1930s, and the principal protagonist of organic design in the 1950s, Charlotte Perriand was a true twentieth century pioneer.  Although her name has long been inseparable from that of Le Corbusier, in this volume, Charlotte Perriand is brought to a new light as her vital energy as well as the simple, rigorous, and natural forms of her furniture and integrated spaces are examined.  Ultimately, this is the portrait of a free and generous woman – with a fascinating and active life – whose accomplishments continue to embellish our everyday life.

MARIE ANTOINETTE
ISBN:  2 84323 753 X U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95  HARDCOVER, JACKET 6 x 8 ½”  80 PAGES, 60 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Adrien Goetz, an art history professor at the Sorbonne, is the author of several books on art including Musée du Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, Centre Pompidou: Un Traversée en Peinture des Trois Grands Musées Parisiens, and two acclaimed novels, Webcam and La Dormeuse de Naples (Le Passage).

Everyone is fascinated by Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, by her temperament and independence, her escapades and frivolities.  A great lover, rebellious and defiant, she escapes into games and lived grandly, angering her subject, who never forgave her for her excessive spending.  Reviled by those who once adored her, she spent her last days imprisoned in the Conciergerie, but was royal right up to her death.  From her powdered pink boudoirs to her apartments filled with lacquered furniture, from her Trianon, which she refurnished entirely and to which she brought her lovers, to the laiterie, where she took pride in playing the farmer, this book is a visual introduction to the women who influenced her time with her style, independence, mystery, and glamour.

REBEL STYLE
ISBN:  2 84323 751 3 U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95  HARDCOVER, JACKET 6 x 8 ½” 80 PAGES, 60 COLOR & B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A noted men’s fashion writer and editor for other thirty years, G. Bruce Boyer has written numerous books in the history and direction of men’s fashion, including Fred Astaire Style (Assouline, 2004). He is currently a men’s fashion editor for Quest. Between the end of World War II and the election of John F. Kennedy there was a tremendous shift in Hollywood film: a fresh wave of actors (with Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Paul Newman, and James Dean) whose talent and lives seemed to be inseparable in their work, came to the forefront of film-making.  This Rebel style brought a completely new attitude and look to the screen; the leather jacket and provocative stare of a Brando, the prole clothes and the broodingly cool demeanor of a Clift became the aesthetic correlative of an American version of the existentialist view of life. G. Bruce Boyer analyzes the sartorial and philosophical revolution brought about by the representatives of this first counterculture, and the evolution of the Rebel style.

2006 luxury products:
AMERICAN CITIES: SPECIAL EDITION
A fascinating way to explore cities is through historic maps and views. American Cities features nine of this country’s greatest metropolises; Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago, Denver, and San Francisco. Rare of previously unpublished, the maps and views reproduced for each city on luxury cotton paper turn the book into a unique journey of both form and content. $495

VENICE SPECIAL EDITION
Assouline’s special edition of In the Spirit of Venice is printed on thick cotton paper with golden edges, which makes the book feel as luxurious and rich as the city itself. The vibrant silk and velvet fabrics that cover each book are reminiscent of Venice’s own Mario Fortuny, a legendary designer who lived and worked in this great city. On the cover is a metal plaque in the form of the lion on Venice, truly embracing the “Spirit of Venice.” Assouline has also included a second, smaller book in this boxed set: Codognato tells the story of a legendary Venetian jeweler, giving insight to a side of Venice that few people have experienced. These two magnificent books are enclosed in a slipcase covered in true Venetian fabric. This limited edition is numbered and makes theperfect gift for any occasion, romantic or formal. $300

SPECIAL EDITION PUTMAN STYLE
In collaboration with Andrée Putman, Assouline has produced a limited edition of her book, Putman Style. This special edition is encased in a slipcase-like box covered with mosaic of black and white tiles - one of the signatures of Andrée Putman style. The luxury version of Putman Style is printed on beautiful paper, covered in fabric, hand-numbered and signed by Andrée Putman and the author, Stephan Gerchel, making it the centerpiece of any modern day library - and a valuable work of art. $700

THE PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE SPECIAL EDITION
Marcel Proust’s questionnaire is one of the best-known interview devices used in the media nowadays. Fun, intelligent, and concise, it reveals much of the personality of those questioned. This book includes Marcel Proust’s handwritten replies as well as those filled by the well-known in a variety of cultural backgrounds including Diane Von Furstenberg, Daniel Boulud, Rosanna Arquette, Tony Parks and Richard Meier. There are plenty of blank questionnaires included for guests to complete when visiting one’s home, making it an ideal house gift. This special edition is complete with gold-leaf pages and fabricated in beautiful Italian leather. $395

ASSOULINE LIBRARY
For the most discerning bibliophiles, Assouline has created a contemporary library featuring a fine selection of publications. The sleek, hand-made metal and wood structure was crafted in Italy and embraces the modern aesthetic that is Assouline. The 139 books are grouped according to collections and series, and metal plaques distinguish the titles. As a finishing touch, they have also included 3 Assouline candles to distil the atmosphere for the creation of a library with style. $13,995

ASSOULINE LIBRARY BY COACH  
The most elegant and chic, portable and contemporary library casehas been custom-made by Coach to hold 40 of Assouline’s “must have” Memoire reference books on art, fashion, design and architecture. These distinctive saddle-stitched white leather library cases, lined with dark red suede, display the Assouline logo on a metal plaque in the front. $1,495

ASSOULINE FINE VINTAGE
These handcrafted wooden crates hold collections of books culled from Assouline’s new titles and bestsellers. Available in two subject categories; Art & Design: Eileen Gray, Robert Indiana, Pierre Paulin, Antiquaires, Rajasthan, Asian Art, African Forms and The Art Game Book. Fashion & Lifestyle: Diane von Furstenberg, Emilio Pucci, The Leather Book, Hitchcock Style, In the Spirit of Cannes, Ultimate Style, Chanel Set and Hollywood $395.

MILLEFEUILLE
An aluminum multi-tiered shelving library holds an assortment of five Assouline style books. Choices include: Hitchcock Style, Weddings of Style, In the Spirit of Cannes, Island Hotel Stories, In the Spirit of St. Tropez, Royal Holidays, Paris Hotel Stories, Be My Guest, Chef Daniel Boulud, Dressing in the Dark, French Riviera, In the Spirit of Aspen, Timeless Tiaras, Hotel Stories and Happy Times .$400

ASSOULINE TRUNK
One hundred limited-edition, custom-made trunks created in collaboration with the famous craftsman Goyard . Each trunk houses 100 of Assouline’s famous Memoire photo-biographies, a ‘who’s who” of art, design, fashion and architecture. $11,495

PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTFOLIO
A 16 x 20’ finely crafted portfolio contains the brilliant work of renowned photographers and artists like Serge Lutens, Keiichi Tahara and Oberto Gili, as well as photographs of Leo Castelli’s art collection in his apartment. Each portfolio comes with an original print. $1,000

RAJASTHAN COLLECTORS EDITION
An exceptional special edition of Rajasthan, each book is bound in raw silk. Comes wrapped in a one-of-a-kind vintage Rajasthani shawl, making each edition completely unique. $600

MEMOIRE GIFT BOX
This original gift box houses four titles from the Assouline Memoire collection. Each book is specially wrapped. Available in four categories, this gift box will become indespensable for every event of your social life. Art: Gauguin, Indiana, The Dada Spirit, and Picasso. Men: Moulin Rouge, Jean Cocteau, Cuff Links and Greek Beauty . Fashion: Diane von Furstenberg, Emilo Pucci, Gruau and The Little Black Dress . Publishers Choice: Indian Beauty, Pierre Paulin, Eileen Gray and Codognato. $150

BOOKS CANDLE
“Bibliotheque” created by one of the world’s sensory experts, this candle distills the atmosphere of your fantasy library into a light, extra-fine perfume- encapsulating the pleasure of reading. $45

HAGGADAH
A collector’s edition of the traditional text read at Seder, this magnificent volume features illustrations by renowned painter Gerade Garouste as well as commentary by Rabbi Marc-Alain Ouaknin, who eloquently explains the symbolism and meaning of the text from a philosophical perspective. Presented in a cloth-covered box, the oversized luxury Haggadah is painted on rich, textured vellum paper: it is accompanied by a practical-sized soft-cover edition. $250

PURCHASE
Available at Assouline Boutiques, Saks Fifth Avenue, Barnes & Noble and fine bookstores everywhere. For more information visit please call 212. 989. 6769 or visit www.assouline.com.