Skylona: the bookshop for the creatively curious
SECOND HAND AND RARE BOOKS AND EPHEMERA
Featured items from our collections
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L’Illustration 31 October 1925. No 4313 Arts Decoratifs Moderne
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Kokoschka, Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland | Marlborough 1962 cat. 106
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Enrico Baj at Marconi’s March 1967 | Studio Marconi, Milan leaflet and badge
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Bridget Riley | Paintings and drawings 1961-1973 Arts Council
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Cambridge New Architecture. A guide to modern buildings | Nikolaus Pevsner, 1964
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Mark Rothko | Marlborough Feb-March 1964 cat.no. 132 design by Gordon House
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John Craxton Paintings and Drawings by Geoffrey Grigson. Horizon, 1948
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The Shaker [furniture] Shop London catalogue and price list. Dated 1989
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Nan Youngman and Pictures for Schools. Inexpensive Progress limited ed 35/50
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Contemporary British Sculpture 1960 | Arts Council catalogue, 1960
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Let’s Look at Houses and Homes by Joan Morey | Frederick Muller, 1964 illustrated by Kenneth E. Carter
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Raucous Invention. The Joy of Making by Mark Hearld Thames & Hudson, 2025 SIGNED
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Machines which seem to think by Marie Neurath. Max Parrish, London, 1954 Isotype Institute
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Henry Moore – Back to a Land | Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2016
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Oscillations issue 3 Blackford Hill & Random Spectacular, 2022
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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.
Skylona: rare, esoteric and obscure
For those with creative leanings, our collection of vintage books, catalogues, journals and elusive ephemera focuses exclusively on the creative and applied arts, and all aspects of design.
We hope you love our stuff as much as we do. (And please come back regularly – we’re always adding more stock.)
You can either Search by title or name, or explore our Collections below:
Explore our collections...
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Architecture
Our ever-growing selection of vintage architecture books and journals offers a window...
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Art Exhibition Catalogues
Over 1,400 vintage exhibition catalogues – primarily from the 1950s onwards –...
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Art History
This fascinating and diverse selection of second hand and vintage art history...
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Books, Book Design and Prospectuses
This wide-ranging collection of vintage material covers the subjects of book design...
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Ceramics, Pottery and Glass
This far-reaching selection of books and journals spans all aspects of glassmaking,...
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Fashion and Textiles
This wide-ranging collection of books, journals and ephemera offers a rich blend...
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Graphic Design
A gateway to creativity, this inspiring collection of vintage material offers insights...
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Industrial Design and Furniture
For designers, academics, students, or simply those passionate about design, this fascinating...
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Lettering and Calligraphy
This exciting selection of books and journals offers a unique window into...
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Monographs – artists and designers
This significant collection of vintage monograph titles shines a light on the...
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Photography and Film
This inspiring collection of vintage books and journals covers many of the...
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Printing and Print Techniques
This fascinating collection of vintage books and journals explores the world of...
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Type Specimens
This amazing selection of hard-to-find vintage brochures, booklets and promotional material represents...
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Typography
This large collection of vintage typography-focused books, catalogues and journals explores how...
Artist and designer monographs
Hundreds of rare and unusual items that shine a light on the inspiring creatives who shaped our visual world.
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Alfred Jarry by Jill Fell – Critical Lives | Reaktion Books, 2010 paperback
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Guy Debord by Andy Merrifield. Critical Lives. Reaktion Books, 2005
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Restless Lives – the Bohemian world of Rodrigo & Elinor Moynihan by John Moynihan | Samson & Company, 2002
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The Bookplates and Badges of C.F.A. Voysey by Karen Livingstone | Antique Collectors’ Club, 2011
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Just your type?
A truly incredible selection of type specimen leaflets, catalogues and vintage printed ephemera from the world's leading type foundries, including Deberny & Peignot, Monotype, Fonderie Olive, Bauersche Gießerei and Linotype.
Our latest stock
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Love me love me not – Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan and its Neighbours, 2013 catalogue
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Fereydoon Omidi. Calligraphy 2007-2010 | Henna Art Gallery undated
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Établissements Nicolas: Maison Fondee En 1822 | Published by Societe Anonyme Au Capitale, 1950 | Illustrations by R. Harada 1950
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David Zwirner. Art | 44 | Basel 2013 catalogue
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Architectural Review journal bound volume | Vol 125 January-June 1959 ex-library
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V&A Catalogue of Foreign Paintings II 1800-1900 by C.M. Kauffmann | HMSO, 1973
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Contemporary Art Doha | 18 March 2009 | Sale catalogue
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Georg Baselitz. New Paintings | Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London 1999 catalogue
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Graphic design inspiration
Our selection of rare books and vintage material covers the designers and movements that have influenced generations of graphic designers.
Packaged with care
Every item dispatched by Skylona is wrapped in acid-free tissue and, for booklets and ephemera, a conservation-grade polyester archival pocket.
Items are then double- or triple-packaged in rigid, fully-recyclable cardboard book wraps.
What our customers say
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