DUNCAN, ALASTAIR. Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s. 544 pages, over 1,000 color and b&w illustrations. 4to, boards. New York, Abrams, 2009.
This superb book on Art Deco is notable for the number and quality of it's illustrations and, even better, it's usefulness as a resource. Each subject is introduced with an essay, followed by a discussion of the best designers in the field. The organization is usefully alphabetical, so looking for, say, Lafon does not require an endless back- and- forth from index to text.