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Thanks very much to the half-dozen people who replied privately re my
coffee-table book/coffee-table query.  Some replies were sketchy on details,
so I thought I'd forward this note from Kelly Fiske at Worldwide. -- mrm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly Fiske [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 11:15 AM
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> Subject: Re: Coffee-table book/table
>
>
> Dear Michael:
>
> I happened to have a description of this sitting on my desk:
>
> I believe you're referring to the new HELMUT NEWTON book published by
> Taschen that is accompanied by a Philippe
> Starck table. It was advertised
> and illustrated in the November 1, 1999 issue of Publisher's
> Weekly. The
> price is $1,500. They say only 2,500 copies will be available
> initially
> ("at the end of 1999") and the remaining copies will follow
> in April 2000.
>
> We telephoned Taschen to ask if they had plans to also offer the book
> without the table, but we didn't get a firm answer. It wasn't
> included in
> Taschen's Fall 1999 sales catalogue, but the catalogue had some
> un-captioned photographs that I suspect were taken from the
> Newton book.
> (Teaser photographs?) The Publisher's Weekly ad indicates
> that a total of
> 10,000 copies will be published (all numbered and signed by
> the artist) and
> it seems highly unlikely that they could possibly sell that
> many tables, so
> I suspect that the book will later be made available without
> the table --
> probably in Spring 2000.
>
> We're not planning to stock the book/table set (!), but could
> certainly
> special order it if you're interested. You may be able to find more
> information on Taschen's Web site: www.taschen.com.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kelly Fiske
> Worldwide Books
>
>
> At 12:56 PM 12/8/1999 EST, you wrote:
> >----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> >I recently came across and forgot/misplaced/tossed a
> dealer's slip or blurb
> >for a coffee-table book, that optionally comes with a
> coffee-table by an
> >illustrious person for around $1,000.00.  Is anyone on the
> list able to
> >further identify the work?  (If anyone has bought the coffee
> table, could
> >you describe it??)  Thanks very much. -- mrm
> >
> >Michael May
> >Humanities and Social Sciences Library
> >Rutherford South
> >University of Alberta
> >Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E1
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