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The World's Top Luxury Toys for Men

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What are the world's top luxury toys for men? Uber-luxe German publisher teNeues has the answer with its newest super-sized volume, Luxury Toys: For Men. The awesome Aston Martin One-77, so named because of its limited 77-example run and $1.7 million pricetag, appears on the cover.

Other supercars that make the cut, including the Audi R8 GT, Rolls-Royce Ghost, Jaguar XKR Special Edition, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S Awards Edition, and Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible. Quite the garage.

Covering transportation, style, accessories and dream vacations, the massive 220-page volume features 138 giant full-color photographs and text in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. Not based merely on price, the selections show how "emotion and finesse can be combined with spectacular aesthetic purity."

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Johnny Rotten Creates Luxury Book For Sex Pistols Fans

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Filed under: Art, Books

Johnny Lydon better known as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols is the latest rock star to create a luxury coffee table book (see also Jimmy Page). Just 750 copies of the 250-plus-page coffee table book, Mr Rotten's Scrapbook, are to be published. The book has a 12-inch vinyl picture disc built into the back of the book that has live recordings from his band Public Image Ltd (PiL) taken from shows last year, as well as spoken word tracks. The book also includes personal photos, much of which have never been published. The book has X-rays of his skull on the cover and costs £379 when pre-ordered but will retail for £449 when it officially goes on sale December 1. 100 of the 750 books will contain a special golden ticket that gives the bearer the opportunity to have a one on one chat with the man himself, a 10 minute webcam chat, face to face, to ask anything you like! The first 50 orders have guaranteed 1-50 numbering and the first 100 orders are guaranteed delivery before Christmas.

[via Telegraph]

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New Assouline Book Celebrates Tommy Hilfiger

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Books, Men's Style

Tommy Hilfiger gets the Assouline treatment in a new luxury book that celebrates both the man and the brand. The new luxury book takes a look at 25 years of Hilfiger fashion. The special edition from Assouline's Ultimate Collection uses a photo-album format to capture the essence of a designer and his all-American style.

"This book is a culmination of my life's work, sharing some of my innermost thoughts throughout the years," said Tommy Hilfiger. "The Tommy Hilfiger brand has existed for 25 years, but I've been designing all my life. This book is the equivalent of me telling a friend about my family, how I got to where I am today, and where I want to go from here. My hope is that everyone has as much fun reading it as I did making it."

The book measures 14 x 17 inches and has144 pages with more than 200 illustrations, 65 of which are tipped in by hand. The book comes in a linen clamshell presentation box with an embroidered flag logo with gold stitching. It is a limited edition of 1,000 and each one sells for $550.

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Luxury Jimmy Page Photo Book To Go On Sale

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Books

Guitar legend Jimmy Page gets the luxury book treatment with a new photographic autobiography set to be released next month by Genesis Publications. Each numbered book is individually numbered and signed by Jimmy Page. The large format book is over 500 pages with more than 650 photographs and illustrations chosen by Page himself. The book is fine-screen printed and image varnished on to heavyweight art paper. Each book is hand-bound in morocco leather and laser-cut Perspex. The translucent front and back boards are screen-printed with two of of the author's favorite portraits. Even the book's binding was designed by the musician, with each copy getting Page's autograph too. Only 2500 copies were printed and it sells for £445 (nearly $700).

[via Stereoboard]

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Rockstar Games Creates New Luxury Book

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Even a popular video game maker is getting into the luxury books market. Rockstar Games the maker of popular games like Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne and Red Dead Redemption, has created a new three-book collection called Digital + Analogue: The Art and Science of Rockstar Games. The slip-cased monograph is being published by Steidl and will be released in August. It contains illustrations, production stills, ads, and more, plus additional bonus content on a CD/DVD. The set will sell for $450.

[via Wired]

Tags: coffee table books, Grand Theft Auto, luxury books, rockstar games, video games

$75,000 Book Contains Subject's Blood

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Sports, Books

Kraken Opus has put out some pretty lavish books but the most recent is a bit macabre. The coffee table book dedicated to Indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar contains something special, a pint of his blood was mixed with paper pulp to create the signature page for the book dedicated to his career. The special page appears in 10 limited-edition copies, which cost $75,000 each and according to the WSJ, have already sold out. The Tendulkar Opus website explains that the purpose of this is that Sachin's DNA profile is actually meant to help trace his genealogy. This is the second time a Kraken Opus book has been dedicated to a single person, the first was soccer legend Diego Maradona. The Tendulkar Opus is close to 800 pages and took almost three years to complete. The book will be released next February .

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A Liquid Legend: 175 Years of Perrier-Jouet

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine, Books

World-famous French champagne house Perrier-Jouët is lusciously explored in an impressive new book called The Art of Vintage: An Aesthetic Odyssey Through 20 Vintage Perrier-Jouët Champagnes by Serena Sutcliffe, Jean-Pierre Devroye and Federico Simonti, with photography by Makiko Takehara. It not only explores the legendary vintages of Perrier-Jouët champagne, from the oldest vintage of 1825 to the first vintage of the new millennium in 2002, but also offers insights into art, history and popular culture that correspond with each year the vintages were released. Each esteemed vintage is presented in association with the main artistic trends of the period, a summary of fashions of the day, a history of the house of Perrier-Jouët during the year, and notes on the wine and harvests of the season. All are lavishly portrayed including a and a rich variety of illustrations and exclusive artistic photographs of each vintage.

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The Greatest in Greek Revival Architecture

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In March Rizzoli will publish an updated version of Roger G. Kennedy's stunning volume Greek Revival America, originally issued 20 years ago and still the landmark lavishly illustrated work on the subject. Kennedy provides an enriching look into the past to explain the reasons for the much-admired architecture movement in America and describes the political landscape of the period before, during, and after the Greek Revival era in a compelling narrative. With hundreds of full-color photographs specially commissioned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation along with illuminating illustrations, the book demonstrates the lasting importance of the Greek style and its impact in America evidenced in iconic buildings including churches, banks, government offices and private estates. Also included is a new preface and an updated appendix of every important surviving Greek Revival structure in the United States today. Kennedy is an Honorary Member of the American Association of Architects, a former Director of the National Park Service, and the Director Emeritus of the National Museum of American History.

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You Can Own A Piece of the Moon - Really!

by Deb West (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Art, Books

This past summer Taschen released Moonfire the comprehensive photographic essay with text originally written by Norman Mailer to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. For the holiday season they are releasing the Lunar Rock Edition which allows regular people to own a piece of the moon, for a price!

It is incredibly rare for an average person to have access to lunar rock. Most lunar meteorites are in the possession of scientific institutions and museum collections. Given that there are only about 70 known meteorites with a combined weight of 55 kilograms, it makes lunar rocks more valuable than diamonds, a truly rare substance on Earth.

Each of the 12 special editions come with an individual piece of lunar rock . The rock and the book are presented in a case designed by Marc Newson one of the most influential living designers of our time. His work commands the highest prices and has broken the record for auction prices paid for current designers, most notably in April 2009 when Lockheed lounge sold for $1.825 million in London.

The book itself is a fascinating compilation of photographs of what has been called the most historic event of the 20th century. The photographs have been culled from the archives of Life magazine, NASA and are paired with text by Norman Mailer. There is also an archival quality numbered photographic print signed by Buzz Aldrin included with the book.

The final 12 lunar rock editions are on sale for 60,000 Euros and come with an authenticated and documented piece of lunar rock which varies in size, color and density.

Lunar Rock edition 1,969 features a piece found in Morocco that weighs in at 348 grams and is one of the largest meteorites to be found on earth that has not been cut into smaller portions for scientific research. The purchaser of this ultimate edition will also receive an invitation to a private dinner with Buzz Aldrin in Los Angeles. The price of this unique edition will set you back almost as much as a trip to the moon itself costing 480,000 Euros!

If you'd like to see it all in person, the Lunar Rock Edition of Norman Mailer's Moonfire is being exhibited at the Taschen booth during Art Basel in Miami from December 2-5, 2009. Otherwise you can head over to the Taschen web-site for an in depth look at the book and its photos.

Gallery: Moonfire Lunar Rock Edition

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Octagon, the Ultimate Book for Ultimate Fighting Fans

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Art, Sports

The list of luxury coffee table books devoted to sports gets a new manly entry with Octagon, a book that showcases UFC fighters. The book measures 20 x 26 inches and weighs over 50 pounds. The book contains over 800 photos by artist Kevin Lynch and has a foreword by David Mamet. The Collector's Edition of the book is limited to 450 copies, and sells for $2,500. The Deluxe Collector's Edition is limited to 150 copes and includes a signed and numbered 16 x 20 inch chromogenic print of the clamshell cover and sells for $7,500.

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