About TASCHEN
TASCHEN, founded as a small comic shop in Cologne, Germany, in 1980, is today renowned around the world for publishing ambitious and accessible illustrated books on art, architecture, design, fashion, film, travel, pop culture and sexy subjects. Since our adventure began over 40 years ago, we have always been committed to diversity, innovation, and excellence. Whatever the subject and whatever the price—from $10 to $10,000—we strive to treat every topic with the same respect, and to produce, design, and package each of our books beautifully and uniquely. TASCHEN brande...Read More

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Featured Pieces
Annie Leibovitz Sumo, Whoopi Goldberg Collector's Edition
By Annie Leibovitz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition: Whoopi Goldberg.
Sumo-size: 50.0 x 69.0 cm (19.7 x 27.2 in.), 476 pages, Hardcover (incl. 6 fold-outs) with supplement book (INT-Edition) and bookstand designed by Marc Newson.
Editor: Annie Leibovitz, Benedikt Taschen, Simone Philippi.
Contributing authors: Steve Martin, Graydon Carter, Annie Leibovitz, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Paul Roth.
Limited to a total of 10,000 copies, all signed by Annie Leibovitz: (No. 1,001–10,000 Collector‘s Edition) is available in 4 different dust jackets that collectors can choose from: Whoopi Goldberg; Keith Haring; David Byrne and Patti Smith and (No. 1–1,000 Art Edition) is limited to 1,000 copies, bound in leather, each numbered and signed by Annie Leibovitz, comes with all 4 dust jackets and a Fine Art print: Keith Haring, New York City, 1986, size: 50.0 x 69.0 cm (19.7 x 27.2 in.)
The ultimate portrait collection of the most famous celebrities, by the most well known photographer in the world, from Annie Leibovitz's 40 years in photography (including a large number of previously unseen images from her archives). 500 of the most celebrated people from the worlds of music, cinema, TV, art, fashion, theater, literature, politics, and sports are featured in a size, scale and printing quality never before seen. 240 photos in total. Comes with specially designed limited edition Marc Newson book Stand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Other
Star Wars Comics Library Vol. 1. 1977-1979, Collector's Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Greatest Space Fantasy of All!
The first journey into the Star Wars comic book universe
In January 1976, as George Lucas prepared to shoot his new film, then titled The Star War...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Books
Materials
Aluminum, Foil
Naomi Harris, America Swings, Limited Collector’s Ed., Numbered and Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Secret Life of America’s Bible Belt
Swinging sex lives of everyday Americans
Naomi Harris’s subjects are not the usual perfected androids who populate contemporary erotica, but ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Leni Riefenstahl, Africa. Limited Collector’s Edition, Numbered and Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leni Riefenstahl in Africa
Limited edition of 2,500 copies
“If Leni Riefenstahl had done nothing but visit Africa and bring back her photographs, her place in history would be secure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Vanessa del Rio, Limited Edition, Numbered and Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fifty Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior
Limited Edition of 1,300 copies
Back in 1974, the sexual revolution was in full swing and the adult entertainment business was on the verge o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Andy Summers, I’ll Be Watching You, Inside The Police 1980-83, Signed Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Insider
The Police on tour photographed by guitarist Andy Summers
In the early 1980s, The Police went on tour accompanied by a photographer who documented the band behind the sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Tom of Finland 'Pekka' Bookend by Duffy London, Painted Cast Resin
By Duffy London, Tom of Finland, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tom of Finland. Bookend ‘Pekka’
Bookend, painted cast resin, height 12.8 in., base 6 x 6 x 0.8 in.
Always Ready to Handle the Heaviest Load - Get Your Books Sandwiched and Add Some ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Bettina Rheims, Limited Edition, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unclassifiable Rheims
35 years of daring, defiant photography
Since her first photographs in the late ’70s, Bettina Rheims has defied the predictable. From her series on Pigalle str...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Beatriz MilhazeCollector’s Edition, Numbered and Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tropical Abstraction
The colors and concepts of Beatriz Milhazes
In her vibrant works, Brazilian painter Beatriz Milhazes fuses two very different ways of looking at the world. Her ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Marvel Comics Library, Silver Surfer Vol. 1. 1968–1970, Collector’s Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sentinel of the Spaceways
The Silver Surfer’s most cosmic stories collected in a single volume
Introduced by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the fertile pages of The Fantastic Four, the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Aluminum, Foil
Marvel Comics Library, Spider-Man, Vol. 2. 1965–1966, Collector’s Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Web-Spinning, Super Villains, and Heartache Galore
Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's Momentous Final Spider-Man Run
Their collaboration on Spider-Man couldn’t last forever—but the five-ye...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Aluminum, Foil
Marvel Comics Library, Avengers, Vol. 2. 1965–1967, Collector’s Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Big Milestones and All-New Characters for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
Stan Lee and Don Heck finish their seminal ’60s run in Marvel Age style
In the years 1965 through 1967, Stan Lee and his art partner Don Heck guided the Avengers through their “Kooky Quartet” era with unbridled adventures and important character development. Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and Captain America took on all comers, often in multi-part epics that pitted the Avengers against foes old and new, like the Enchantress, Doctor Doom and Kang.
The Avengers of 1965–1967 also featured change within the ranks of the team and its creative stable. The Wasp and Giant-Man would rejoin Earth’s Mightiest–the latter adopting a new costume and codename–and Black Widow and Hercules would join as guest stars. Lee would depart as writer in the summer of 1966, handing the keys to the Avengers over to newcomer Roy Thomas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Aluminum, Foil
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