Featured items from our collections
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Country Walks London Transport (3 vols) by Charles White. Eric Ravilious woodcuts Vol 1 (1936); Vol 2 (second and revised edition 1938, first published 1936); Vol 3 (second and revised edition 1939, first published 1937)
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Cairo type specimen | Intertype Corporation Brooklyn New York 1933?
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Motif 2 A Journal of the Visual Arts February 1959 edited by Ruari McLean | The Shenval Press
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Printing Review No 37, Winter 1956/7 | Printing in the Netherlands | Charles Rosner
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Mise en Page: The Theory and Practice of Lay-out Alfred Tolmer | The Studio, 1931
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Ravilious Submarine by James Russell | The Mainstone Press, 2013
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Gavin Turk | Text by Judith Collins and Ian Sinclair | Prestel, 2013 | signed by the artist
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Black Eyes & Lemonade Festival of Britain Whitechapel Barbara Jones 1951
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Nowa typografia 1920-1940 Cseska Ksiazka Okresu Konstruktyvizmu | edited by Jan Rous | Muzeum Narodowe we Wrocławiu, 1980
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Real Art 1996 Vol 2 No. 9 edited by Malcolm Gibson limited edition signed artwork
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Binding your own books by John Woodcock. Puffin Picture Book 104.
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Six American Abstract Painters | Ellsworth Kelly, Alexander Liberman, Agnes Martin, Ad Reinhardt, Leon Smith, Sidney Wolfson | Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd London 1961
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Albert Hollenstein / Studio Hollenstein, Hollenstein Phototypo, Paris | Type specimen 1971
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Constructivism in Poland 1923–1936 | Kettle's Yard catalogue | Gresty & Lewison
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Op Kinkon & Eyear. An introduction to concrete poetry optical, kinetic & phonic, by Frank Fricker 1966
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Art exhibition catalogues
We have a significant selection of vintage and hard-to-find catalogues from some truly inspiring exhibitions; from internationally renowned shows to the more obscure.
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Graphic Design
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Lettering and Calligraphy
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Monographs – artists and designers
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Photography and Film
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Printing and Print Techniques
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Type Specimens
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Typography
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Artist and designer monographs
Creativity and inspiration that spans the generations
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Adrian Heath by Jane Rye | Lund Humphries 2012
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Harunobu and his age The Development of Colour Printing in Japan | D.B. Waterhouse | British Museum, 1964
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Rex Whistler's War – Artist Into Tank Commander | National Army Museum, 1994
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Caxton Celebration, 1877 catalogue | South Kensington Museum | George Bullen, Vivian Ridler
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Just your type?
An amazing selection of type specimen leaflets, catalogues and vintage printed ephemera from the world's leading type foundries.
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The Necessary Monument by Theo Crosby | Studio Vista, London, 1970
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Cambridge New Architecture. A guide to modern buildings | Nikolaus Pevsner, 1964
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Horace Hart's Working Day | Keepsake visit of the Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1995
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Designing Posters by Patricia Gidney 'Font' | Ditchling Museum, 2000
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Die Bücher der Hirten- und Preisgedichte by Georg Stefan | Georg Bondi, 1923
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Written Letters – 22 Alphabets for Calligraphers | Jacqueline Svaren, 1980
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Graphic Reproduction by R.V. Cannon & F.G. Wallis | Ed James Moran | Vista 1963
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The Art of the July Monarchy – France 1830 to 1848 | University of Missouri-Columbia, 1989
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Skylona: the creatively-curated book store
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Our collection spans rare and vintage books, journals, catalogues, and unique printed materials to inspire collectors, artists, designers, academics, and the creatively-minded.
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