Curated by the fabulous Raf Simons, i-D magazine's 2001 Inspiration issue is an absolute collector's item. For this special issue, Simons enlisted artists, musicians, photographers and stylists, his friends and his heroes

The entire issue is steeped in Simons' worldview and iconography. Highlights: Interzone, by Peter Saville; Wolf, by Nick Knight; the conversation between Raf Simons and David Sims; Larry Clark's contribution, the 'Forever I am a part of you and me' feature, photographed by Willy Vanderperre and styled by Olivier Rizzo, and the 'This is Belgium' feature by Peter De Potter and Bert Howbrechts, certainly an inspiration for François Prost whose After Party and Gentlemen's Clubs are definitely in the line of Howbrecht's pictures of desolate discotheques and clubs...,

Richard Prince, Adult Comedy Action Drama. New York: Scalo, 1995.  Hardcover in dust jacket, 239 pp. 29,5 x20,2 cm. 

Simply the epitome of cool, and a must-have for any serious collector of contemporary artist's books. Together with Wolfgang Tilmans' eponymous 1995 debut and Jürgen Teller's first book published by Taschen in 1996, Adult Comedy Action Drama is a landmark book for photographic and artistic practices of the 1990s. 

SEALED FIRST EDITION - MIGHT BE GERMAN.

An absolutely fine, pouched 1st edition of Madonna's 1992 Sex book still in its original sealed pouch. Photographed by Steven Meisel

Description based on ISBN number, external characteristics and descriptions of similar copies. Pouch is still sealed. As this book was bought from a German seller, this might be the German edition.

Madonna,Sex.New York: Warner Books, 1992. 39 x 31 cm. Spiral binding with metal front and back boards. Contains a CD, and a comic book. Illustrated throughout. Numbered edition.  

Art Direction: Fabien Baron. Designed by Baron & Baron