Books by Ruth Artmonsky

A comprehensive look at the history of beauty-product advertising, charting the skills of advertiser promising to make beauty-dreams come true.

A survey of posters produced by Heal's from 1917 to 1983 and a shorthand history of what was happening in the design and retailing of furniture and furnishings in Britain in the 20th century

A richly illustrated account of the advertising used once 'holidaying' was no longer for the elite, and reached the mass market.

An examination of the way furniture has been manufactured, advertised and sold in the fifty years between the 1920s and 1960s.

Documents the career of the Polish design duo Jan Le Witt and George Him.