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Visual Arts
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Cuba Graffiti (Sassi)
Elena Scantaburlo, Luca Casagrande
230x230, 300pp, 250 photos, hardback
Autumn 2010
Recounts the history of the island through the murals, graffiti and road signs that have chronicled the fifty years since the revolution, producing a remarkable visual document and a tribute to the artistic talents and political resilience of the Cuban people, with an extra resonance now in the declining years of Castroism. Click  for sample pages.
Rights sold: Italy
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Low Cost/Low Tech (Sassi)
Alessandro Rocca
240 x 165mm, 208pp, 200 photos, drawings
Publication: September 2010
All over the world for the last ten years, enterprising young architects have been building low-budget architecture and turning a lack of money into creative opportunity. Sobriety has become glamorous and the technical and creative skill of the best young architects has produced new kinds of buildings: less opulent, more intelligent, less luxurious but cosier and more approachable. Poor and Beautiful is a remarkable, eyecatching and intriguing testament to their achievements. Click  for sample pages.
Rights sold: Italy
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Dogs in Art (Sassi)
230x230mm, 336pp, approx. 200 ills + details
Publication: Autumn 2008
Dogs in Art offers us an extraordinary portrait gallery of dogs: we find them in the mosaics at Pompeii and in medieval sculptures, see elegant pedigree dogs being distractedly stroked by kings, and charming mongrels in the works of Titian, dignified Renaissance hunting dogs and many another incarnation. An alternative view of art history, and a fascinating story, Stafano Zuffi is our erudite guide. Click  for sample pages.
Rights sold: Italy, Spain
For a virtual tour click on:
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Cats in Art (Sassi)
230x230mm, 360pp, 185 photos + details
Publication: Spring 2007
The cat is the silent star of many a sculpture and painting, some of them renowned masterpieces, inccluding Raphael, Leonardo, Veronese, Rembrandt, Hogarth, Goya, Renoir, Balthus and many another. Sometimes feigning sleep, but always vigilant, always a personality, as art historian Stefano Zuffi reveals in this remarkable book. Click  for sample pages.
Rights sold: USA, UK, German, France, Italy, Spain
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Art and the Zodiac (Sassi)
325x270mm, 224pp, approx 200 ills,
Publication: Autumn 2009
Art and the zodiac have been intertwined ever since early astronomers identified the twelve signs, and by bringing together works like the Egyptian Denderah Zodiac, Roman reliefs, the Palazzo Schifanoia fresco cycle and Durer woodcuts this wonderfully illustrated book illustrates just how remarkable that tradition is. Chapters are devoted to each of the twelve signs. Click  for sample pages.
Rights sold: Italy
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Art and the Zodiac pocket edition (Sassi)
165x137mm, 208pp, 150 illustrations,
c. 23,000 words
Publication: Autumn 2010
This clever pocket book gives vivid pictorial form to the zodiac signs that are so much a part of the lives of so many of us. A general introductory essay is followed by chapters which present the art and symbolism of the twelve months one by one.
Rights sold: Italy
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Palladio: Complete Works (Sassi)
400x310mm, 432pp, 400 illusrrations
Publication: autumn 2010
This wonderfully illustrated, large-format volume will be simply the most complete volume ever published on Palladio. Linking buildings and the ideas that inspired them, classical Vitruvian architecture and the Renaissance, Luca Trevisan explores the work and the legacy of the architect who arguably influenced Western architecture more than any other single figure. Indispensable reading for architects, scholars and interested laymen alike. Click  for sample pages.
Rights sold: Italy
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Ceilings: The Magic of Frescoed Skies (Sassi)
370x285mm, 160pp, 100 illustrations
Publication: Autumn 2009
From the 15th to18th centuries, vaults, ceilings and domes were interpreted by painters as boundless fields for their imagination, and they exploited perspective to create illusions of sky, space and scenes sacred and profane which are breathtaking in their scope and imagination. Stefano Zuffi celebrates and brings to life one of the most remarkable, and least-explored, traditions of Western art. Click  here for sample pages.
Rights sold: Italy
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African Wildlife Parks (Sassi)
280x280mm, 288pp, approx. 250 photographs
Publication: Autumn 2009
Gianni Maitan’s passion for wildlife photography has over fifteen years taken him to all the great parks and reserves of Africa, from Kenya to Namibia, searching out many of the least-known and least-accessible areas. The result is a stunning record of those unspoilt areas of the continent which still, however tenuously, retain their magical and timeless beauty. Click  for sample pages.
Rights sold: Italy
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Venetian Baroque (Sassi)
Massimo Favilla and Ruggero Rugolo
325x275mm, 272pp, 250 photographs
Publication: 2009
Venice interpreted the Baroque in a unique and memorable way: the superiority that had once come naturally now had to be maintained by inspiring wonder and awe, and a sense of theatre (inside as well as out) which inspires visitors to Venice to this day. With 250 colour photographs, a wealth of domes, ceilings, altars, statuary and ornament, this is a wonderful testament to the last golden age of the most beautiful city of earth. Click  for sample pages.
Rights sold: Italy, France
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Art: A World History (Delius)
163 x 118mm, 512pp, 800 illustrations
Publication
Autumn 2007
From the caves of Lascaux and Altamira to the post-modern
world, the history of world art captured in one small,
wonderfully illustrated volume.
Rights sold: USA, Canada, UK, France, Italy, Romania,
Spain
Architecture: A World History (Delius)
163 x 118mm, 512pp, 800 illustrations
Publication Spring 2008
From the earliest Neolithic structures to the exciting
world of contemporary architecture, this book will inspire,
entertain, inform and educate in equal measure.
Rights sold: USA, Canada, UK, France, Romania, Korea
The History of Design (Delius)
185 x 134mm, 512pp, 650 illustrations
Publication 2012
This latest Essentials guide introduces all most important movements, key figures and groups, their works and selected masterpieces (with feature spreads), techniques, technologies. Divided into two major sections: the history mid 18th century to late 1990s, and ‘Design today’.
All rights available
Folio: History of Art (Delius)
290x230mm/ 9x11.4in, 144 pages,150 colour, 50,000 words
Publication 2012
The first title in the striking new Folio series focuses on masterworks and key concepts... the story of art captured in 50 masterpieces plus 100 additional images which provide the art history context.
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History/Religion
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Visual
History of the World (Delius)
foreword: Douglas
Brinkley
265 x 210mm, 656pp, 4000 illustrations
Publication
2005
The ultimate single-volume illustrated
history – 656pp, 4000 illustrations. The closest
any book has ever come to bringing history to life!
Rights sold: USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Russia, China,
Japan, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland,
Iceland, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Croatia
Essential Visual
History (Delius)
163 x 118mm, 544pp, 1500 illustrations
Publication Spring 2007
From the dawn of history to the
21st century, indispensable reading and reference for student,
armchair historians and the wider public, with a wealth
of illustrations providing an exciting counterpoint to
the text.
Rights
sold: USA, Canada, UK, France, Italy, Romania, Spain
The Ultimate Timeline of World History (Delius)
250x295mm, 9.8x11.6in landscape, 136pp, 700 illustrations
Publication Autumn 2010
A wonderful, colourful and eyecatching overview of four thousand years and more of human history. There's never been anything quite like it. For a short video showing how the spreads open out into twenty remarkable 900mm/ 30in-wide panoramas, see www.deliusbooks.de/catalogue_hist.html
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Timelines of World History (Delius)
265x210mm, 512 pages, 1300 illustrations, 370 000 words
Publication Autumn 2011
A uniquely comprehensive and superbly illustrated timeline of world history under the
categories of History and Politics, Society and Daily Life, Science and Nature, Religion and Philosophy, Arts. Allows the reader to gain an indepth appreciation of a period, or follow a subject through the course of history. An indispensable work of reference.
All rights available
People of the Bible (Delius)
163 x 118mm, 512pp, 800 illustrations
Publication
Spring 2008
A chronologically organized who’s who of the Bible – a
vivid introduction to the men and women who helped form
Christian belief and identity.
Rights sold: USA, Canada, UK, France, Korea
Religions of the World (Delius)
265 x 210mm, 512pp, 2000 illustrations
Publication Autumn 2011
A highly readable, lucid, expert and wonderfully illustrated overview of the world’s religions, with individual treatments of all the major denominations. The focus is on belief, history and practice, and on how religions compare with each other. This is very much a book for today’s world, in which religion as a personal, political and cultural expression is more important than ever.
All rights available
Folio: Buddhism (Delius)
290x230mm/ 9x11.4in, 144 pages,150 colour, 30,000 words
Publication Spring 2011
Continuing the new Folio series.... a superbly illustrated introduction to Buddhism. Taking its inspiration from the three Jewels of Buddhism - Buddha, teaching (dharma) and community (sangha) - it draws connections between Buddhist life today around the world and its sources in the teachings and life of Buddha.
All rights available
Movies: A World History (Delius)
163 x 118mm, 512pp, 800 illustrations
Publication Autumn 2008
An easy-to-use, compact guide to world of the movies – directors, classic movies, movements, techniques, stars and celebrity, national cinema, world cinema ...from the Lumiere brothers to Tarantino, Garbo to Kidman, Hollywood to Bollywood
Rights sold: USA, Canada, UK
Mythology: A World History (Delius)
163 x 118mm, 512pp, 800 illustrations
Publication Autumn 2008
A remarkably comprehensive, wonderfully illustrated overview of the myths which underpinned the world’s great cultures – Aztec, Aborigine, Inca, Icelandic, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Celtic, Germanic... Encompasses creation myths, epic voyages, floods, underworlds and much more.
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General reference
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The Knowledge Book:
All You Need to Know To Get By In The 21st Century (Delius)
265 x 210mm, 512pp, 2000 illustrations
Publication Autumn 2007
A formidable achievement – an overview of every category of knowledge – distills key information, puts it in context and stimulates links in a way an encyclopedia cannot do. Indispensable reading for our times.
Rights sold: USA, Canada, UK, Korea, Spain, Italy
A Visual History of the World (Delius)
foreword: Douglas Brinkley
265 x 210mm, 656pp, 4000 illustrations
Publication 2005
The ultimate single-volume illustrated history – 656pp, 4000 illustrations. The closest any book has ever come to bringing history to life!
Rights sold: USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Russia, China, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Italy, Spain
Religions of the World (Delius)
265 x 210mm, 512pp, 2000 illustrations
Publication Autumn 2010
A highly readable, lucid, expert and wonderfully illustrated overview of the world’s religions. The focus is on belief, history and practice, and on how religions compare with each other. This is very much a book for today’s world, in which religion as a personal, political and cultural expression is more important than ever.
Rights sold: all rights available
The Science Book (Delius)
265 x 210mm, 512pp, 2000 illustrations
Publication Autumn 2008
Science and technology are interwoven with every aspect of our lives and, with the distinctive topic by topic and spread by spread approach which makes Delius reference so distinctive, The Science Book makes an indispensable and inspiring companion. Discoveries, inventions, theories, natural phenonmena are all part of the mix, and 1800 illustrations bring the subject to life as never before.
Rights sold: USA, Canada
Field Guide series (Delius)
190x107mm, 160-176pp, 250 illustrations/vol
Publication: Spring 2010
These cleverly-structured introductory guides provide a broad insight into a variety of different topics, combined with more indepth information for those wishing to go deeper. Historical information, contemporary examples and colourful pictures make the Field Guides essential starting-points whatever your interest. For a full presentatioAll rights available see 
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Trees: The Roots of Life (Olo)
192pp, 300x240mm, hb or pb, 15,000 wds
Publication: Autumn 2009
Explores the different aspects of these astonishing plants: their characteristics and qualities, their role within the biosphere, their symbolism and the way they have inspired us since time immemorial…
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All rights available.
Water: The Essence of Life (Olo)
192pp, 300x240mm, hb or pb, 25,000 wds
Publication: Autumn 2008
Water, if not the most extraordinary molecule known to humankind, is certainly the most important. Without this cosmic juice, all known forms of life would cease to exist. Beautifully designed and lavishly illustrated, Water, The Essence Of Life explains every aspect of water and the many contemporary environmental issues affecting the world’s most precious natural resource.
World rights sold to Duncan Baird Publishing
WOW: Hand of God, Hand of Man, Extreme Sports (Olo)
330x250mm, 208pp, 100 colour
Publication (three titles) Autumn 2010
The Hand of God offers a panorama of the natural wonders and natural beauty of our world, focusing on its 100 most remarkable locations. Spectacular photos, large format, clever captions. The second title in the series will be The Hand of Man, the third Extreme Sports - a collection of superlative and breathtaking sporting images. Click on to see spreads from Hand of God.
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Sport
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Destination Par (Destination Par)
29 to 29 cm (11x11 ins), 400pp, over 1000 photos, 140 drawings
Publication (Germany) Autumn 2007, English-language Autumn 2010
Comprehensive, practical, easy-to-use and superbly illustrated and designed. it is the perfect companion for any golfer eager to improve
his game - and makes a great present. For a sample section in English translation click here. 
Rights sold: Germany, Netherlands
The Complete Book of Football (3rd edition) (Hayden)
289 x 250mm, 400pp, 500 col & b/w photos, 150,000 words
Publication: Autumn 2010
The definitive visual encyclopaedia, telling the story of the game and its greatest exponents, and featuring informative biographies of over 200 of the greatest players in football history, plus more than 100 of the best players in today’s game. For sample pages from the 2006 edition click on
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Travel
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Mr & Mrs Smith: France
UK publication autumn 2010: Mr & Mrs Smith
French publication 2010: En Voyage Editions
Rights available: world except France, UK, Australia, New Zealand
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Mr & Mrs Smith: Australia/New Zealand
240x200mm, 344pp, colour throughout
Publication November 2009
Mr & Mrs Smith have 'combed white-sand beaches, climbed snow-capped mountains, camped in sun-drenched deserts and scoured cosmopolitan cities in pursuit of the sexiest boutique and luxury hotels...' From Top End to Queenstown, you couldn't ask for more!
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Mr & Mrs Smith: The Global Shortlist
240x200mm, 360pp, 350 images
Publication autumn 2008
In the summer of 2008, Mr & Mrs Smith launched in the USA with a specially created hotel collection: The Global Shortlist. With a cherry-picked selection of the most stylish and individual hotels, the Smiths give the inside scoop on city slick, coastal cool and countryside chic, around the world.
Rights available: world except UK, Australia, New Zealand
Mr and Mrs Smith: UK Hotels (new edition) (Spy)
240x200mm, 304pp, colour throughout
Publication October 2007
Like a friend giving you an inside scoop on the best hotels, the hottest restaurants and bars … the ultimate guide to boutique hotels. ‘Mr & Mrs Smith has rewritten the rules for hotel guides.' (Arena)
Rights sold: UK, USA
Smith 52: The Game Plan (Spy)
240x200mm, 300pp, colour throughout
Publication Autumn 2007
The top events in Europe's social calendar. Eyecatching and informative. Plan your year to make certain you're there, you're well-informed – and staying in the best hotels!
Rights sold: UK, USA
Mr & Mrs Smith: European Cities (Spy)
240x200mm, 312pp, colour throughout
Publication 2005
The most stylish hotels in Europe, from Paris to Prague, Edinburgh to Rome. ‘The ultimate in hip hotels…. '(The Guardian)
Rights sold: UK, USA
Mr & Mrs Smith: European Coast and Country (Spy)
240x200mm, 300pp, colour throughout
Publication 2006
A definitive selection of sexy and stylish hotels in Europes most appealing locations. ‘The sexiest guidebooks around.' (Harpers Bazaar)
Rights sold: UK, USA
USA: A Visual Adventure (Delius ) |
160 x 230mm, 512pp, 600 illustrations, 50,000 word text
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600 photos capturing American life and landscape. A wonderful introduction to a country we may think we know - but how much do we really know?
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Rights sold: Germany
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South Africa : A Visual Adventure (Delius) |
160 x 230mm, 512pp, 600 illustrations, 50,000 word text
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600 photos capturing South African life and landscape - its dramatic mountains and coasts, its people, culture, wildlife and not least its sport. Published in the year the football World Cup comes to South Africa. Click on for spreads |
Rights sold: Germany
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China: A Visual Adventure (Delius) |
160 x 230mm, 512pp, 600 illustrations, 50,000 word text
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China ancient and especially modern dramatically conveyed through 600 photos from first-hand sources. Wonderful introduction to the most diverse country on earth. For spreads from the finished book see |
Rights sold: Germany, UK, Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain
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India: A Visual Adventure (Delius) |
| 160 x 230mm, 512pp, 600 illustrations, 50,000 word text |
| Publication: Autumn 2008 |
India ancient and modern dramatically conveyed through 600 photos from first-hand sources. Wonderful introduction to the most vibrant country on earth. For spreads from the finished book see |
Rights sold: Germany, France |
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Motor sport
Below is a selection of Touchstone titles. For details and a full list, click on the Touchstone name (right hand column, top of page) and scroll down
AC Cobra: The Legacy
Trevor Legate
215x230mm, 160pp, 120 colour photos
Publication: Spring 2011
The story of the legendary AC Cobra sports car, by renowned Cobra historian, Trevor Legate, revealing new information regarding production of the first Cobras, plus fresh insight into the Le Mans assault by AC in 1963. This book finally separates fact from fiction and updates the complex story of the sports car that refuses to die. Superbly illustrated throughout, including many rare photographs from 1963 to the present. For a synopsis see  and sample text
Rights available: worldwide except UK
GT40: Ford's Iconic Superstar
Trevor Legate
260x270mm, 208pp, 200 colour photos
Publication: Autumn 2011
During the 1960s Ford decided to take on Ferrari at its own game and develop a GT race car designed to secure victory at Le Mans. The result was the Ford GT40, a car that became a legend in its own lifetime. In this definitive and wonderfully illustrated book author, photographer and long-time GT40 enthusiast Trevor Legate tells the story and documents a number of significant examples as they are today, along with their fascinating histories. For a synopsis see
Rights available: worldwide except UK
Cobra: The First 40 Years (Touchstone)
Trevor Legate
283x290mm, 288pp, 300 photographs
Publication 2006
USA 2006 International Automotive Media Awards – Gold Award for the best single book on an individual marque or manufacturer. Can there have been anything better? Marque, photography, design, text – the book is unbeatable.
Rights sold: USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France
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100 Years of Grand Prix (Touchstone)
Trevor Legate
190x248mm, 176pp, 160 colour and black & white photographs
Publication 2006
A unique and fascinating photographic record of the first 100 years of Grand Prix racing: many of the historic photographs are previously unpublished.
Rights available: worldwide except UK
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Children's
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This Little Piggy Went To Prada (Spy)
Amy Allen, illust. Eun-Kyung Kang
155x220mm, 72pp, colour illustrated throughout
Publication 2005
Amy Allen's inspired re-working of twenty-one popular nursery rhymes for mums who can't bear to leave their favourite brands behind. Wonderfully illustrated. An international bestseller. 170,000 copies sold.
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Gift
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This Little Piggy Went To Prada (Spy)
Amy Allen, illust. Eun-Kyung Kang
155x220mm, 72pp, colour illustrated throughout
Publication 2005
Amy Allen's inspired re-working of twenty-one popular nursery rhymes for mums who can't bear to leave their favourite brands behind. Wonderfully illustrated. An international bestseller. 170,000 copies sold.
Rights sold: UK, US, Canada, Australia, Germany
Magic Seven (Olo)
280pp, 230x170mm, 200 illustrations
Publication (French) Autumn 2008
The seven chakras, seven deadly sins, the seven wonders, the seven samurai, the seven-year itch - seven crops up everywhere. It has a magic other numbers aspire to but can't match. The book covers history, movies, superstitions and much more, in a wonderful eye-catching style that's serious and great fun at the same time. Click on to see spreads from the book.
Rights sold: France
Crazy Stuff (Olo)
416pp, 205x205mm, over 200 illustrations,
Publication Autumn 2008
Comprising more than 200 extraordinary objects and concepts, Crazy Stuff offers a highly original panorama of our time. Items you might not have heard about till now and you probably don’t need … but once you’ve heard about you will really want!
Rights sold: USA, Canada, France, Netherlands
Crazy Books: Food, Love, Pets, Travel, Tech, Design (Olo)
192pp, 160x120mm, pb, 15,000 words
Publication (six titles) : Autumn 2009, spring 2010
Discover the most off-the-wall and inventive ideas that are imagined or realized today. Our mad world is not always full of sound and fury: it’s also fun and amazing! Original travel destinations and attractions, unbelievable gadgets, new transportation devices, eccentric cuisine, daffy accessories, delirious design items…, it’s beyond your wildest dreams and it’s all in the Crazy Books.
For full information on Food, Love, Pets, Travel, Tech and Design, the first six titles in the unique Crazy Books series, click on the publisher name (see right hand column, top of this page) and scroll down for further information
Rights sold: France
Poker: The Ultimate Book (Olo)
Francois Montmirel
280pp, 210x150mm, 200 illustrations
Published Autumn 2007
The story of the 'most violent seated activity in the world', from the Deep South to Vegas, from steamboats to internet gaming rooms... Design and illustration are clever, sharp, creative, and great fun.
Rights sold: France, Germany, USA, Canada, UK
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