Hardcovers: Photography

AA PUBLISHING

(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)

Travel Photographer of the Year: Journey Three (Oct., $45) by Chris Coe celebrates the images of travel photographers around the world.

ABBEVILLE PRESS

Botanica Magnifica: Portraits of the World's Most Extraordinary Flowers and Plants (Sept. $185; $225 slipcased), photos by Jonathan Singer, text by W. John Kress and Marc Hachadourian, features 250 large-scale photos of rare and exotic flora.

ABRAMS

A Shadow Falls (Sept., $50) by Nick Brandt presents empathic portraits of the animals of East Africa.

AURUM BOOKS/ARGENTUM

(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)

Living Landscapes: Creative Visions of the Wild (Oct., $45) by Andy Rouse explores photography through the concepts of wilderness, camera placement and dark light.

BENTELI VERLAG

(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)

The Never Ending Wall (Oct., $55) by Dominique de Rivaz captures a walk along the Berlin Wall after the two Germanys were reunited.

CHRIS BOOT

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Luxury (Oct., $40) by Martin Parr documents the trends, tastes and social mores of the bourgeoisie in a simultaneously biting and affectionate series.

BORDERLAND BOOKS

(dist. by Univ. of Wisconsin Press)

Touchless Automatic Wonder: Found Text Photographs from the Real World (Sept., $45) by Lewis Koch. Photos capture found text—the presence of words in the everyday landscape.

CHRONICLE BOOKS

Bird (Oct., $60) by Andrew Zuckerman. The white backgrounds of these 200 photos highlight the birds' colors, textures and personalities.

COACHBUILT PRESS

(dist. by W.W. Norton)

From Classics to Chrome, 1925–1960: A Photographic Essay (Sept., $135) by Michael Furman brings together Motorcars of the Classic Era and Automobiles of the Chrome Age in a boxed set.

CONRAN OCTOPUS/OCTOPUS BOOKS

(dist. by HBG)

Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Color, Everything (Nov., $65) by Stephen Bayley. This slipcased volume offers a love letter to 86 vehicles. 3-city author tour.

LA FABRICA EDITORIAL

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Man Ray: Unconcerned but Not Indifferent (Sept., $65) draws exclusively on one of the largest Man Ray archives to chronologically explore the four phases of the artist's working life.

GETTY PUBLICATIONS

(dist. by Oxford Univ. Press)

Irving Penn: Small Trades (Oct., $49.95) by Virginia A. Heckert and Anne Lacoste gathers his early 1950s portraits of tradespeople in Paris, London and New York.

DAVID R. GODINE

Regarding Heroes: Photographs by Yousuf Karsh (Oct., $50) marks the centenary of the portrait photographer's birth and follows major exhibitions of his work.

HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST OF NEW SOUTH WALES

(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)

Shooting Through: Sydney by Tram (Oct., $19.95) by Peter Doyle examines this mode of transport, from the 1861 horse-drawn versions to 1961's last electric model.

JOHANN & LEVI

(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)

Laboratorio Italia: New Trends in Photography (Dec., $60) by Marinella Paderni documents the work of 45 artists from the latest generation of Italian photographers.

HAL LEONARD

Fender: The Sound Heard 'Round the World, Centennial Edition (Sept., $35) by Richard R. Smith collects photos and memorabilia of Leo Fender's guitar-making company.

LITTLE, BROWN UK

(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)

Dogs in Vogue (Feb., $50) by Judith Watt. Luminaries such as Andy Warhol, Cindy Crawford and Elizabeth Arden pose with their pets.

MIT PRESS

Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals (Sept., $39.95), photos by Christopher Payne, essay by Oliver Sacks, depicts the grand exteriors and crumbling interiors of abandoned facilities.

MOTORBOOKS

Art of the Muscle Car (Nov., $40) by David Newhardt, photos by Peter Harholdt, captures these icons at their finest.

MOTTA

(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)

A Journey Apart: Inside and Outside Airports (Sept., $70) by Marc Auge, photos by Francesco Cianciotta, captures the world of suspended time lived by flyers.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BOOKS

National Geographic Image Collection (Oct., $50), edited by Leah Bendavid-Val, highlights photos that present the sweep of world history and culture.

OREGON STATE UNIV. PRESS

(dist. by Univ. of Arizona Press)

Oaks Park Pentimento: Portland's Lost and Found Carousel Art (Oct., $25), photos by Jim Lommasson, documents the fading imagery lining the Oaks Amusement Park's historic carousel.

PHOTOGRAPHERS' INSTITUTE PRESS

(dist. by Sterling)

Reading the Landscape: An Inspirational and Instructional Guide to Landscape Photography (Sept., $34.95) by Peter Watson discourses on interpreting and capturing landscapes in digital photography.

POWERHOUSE BOOKS

Harry Benson (Nov., $45), photos by Harry Benson, immortalizes the people and events that have defined the past 60 years.

QUANTUCK LANE PRESS

(dist. by W.W. Norton)

Ordinary Lives (Sept., $39.95) by Rania Matar. This b&w pictorial essay of Matar's native Lebanon is paired with the poetry of Lisa Majaj.

STERLING/LARK PHOTOGRAPHY

Build Fun Paper Cameras: Take Eye-Catching Pinhole Photos (Oct., $19.95) by Justin Quinnell. Who needs a regular lens?

TASCHEN

Norman Mailer, MoonFire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11 (Sept., $1,000) by Norman Mailer, with contributions from Buzz Aldrin and Colum McCann, adapts Mailer's Of a Fire on the Moon to accompany space photography.

Helmut Newton, SUMO (Sept., $150), edited by June Newton, reproduces the original limited edition on its 10th anniversary.

Los Angeles, Portrait of a City (Oct., $70) by Kevin Starr and David L. Ulin, edited by Jim Heimann gathers images that invoke all aspects of the city's history.

TEXAS A&M UNIV. PRESS

Lovin' That Lone Star Flag (Sept., $29.95) by E. Joe Deering collects more than 100 images of the Texas flag adorning hang gliders, rooftops and more.

TIME INC. HOME ENTERTAINMENT

LIFE The Classic Collection: Wonders of the World (Oct., $29.95) invokes the sites of the seven wonders, plus 43 more; includes removable prints.

UNIV. OF CHICAGO PRESS

Great Plains: America's Lingering Wild (Oct., $45) by Michael Forsberg documents in photos and essays the remaining wildlife in the Great Plains.

VIANELLO LIBRI

(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)

Icons (Oct., $65), photos by Santi Visalli contains portraits of iconic personalities of the 20th century, from Charlie Chaplin to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

WELCOME BOOKS

(dist. by Random House)

Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town (Oct., $50), photos and text by Douglas Gayeton, pays tribute to Tuscany—and the slow food movement—through photos, handwritten notes and recipes. 10-city author tour.