Featured items from our collections
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Eduardo Paolozzi. The Metallization of a Dream | John Munday, 1963 | Limited edition
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Farbe und Form. Monatsschrift für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe | Mit der beilage ‘Mitteilungen der Schule [Albert] Reimann' | 12 Jahrgang, 10/11, November 1927
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Three ‘Monotype’ Scripts by Imre Reiner: Matura / Mercurius / Pepita | The Monotype Corporation type specimen leaflet
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Homage to Picasso – Drawings & Paintings Since 1893 | Lund Humphries catalogue, 1951
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The Developing Process | Designed by Richard Hamilton | Organised by Victor Pasmore, Harry Thubron, Richard Hamilton, Tod Hudson, with Terry Frost, Alan Davie, Hubert Dalwood, Lawrence Gowing and Eric Taylor | ICA, London, 1959 | King's College, Newcastle
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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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Constructivism in Poland 1923–1936 | Kettle's Yard catalogue | Gresty & Lewison
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Max Bill: No Beginning, No End by Marta Herford | Scheidegger & Spiess, 2018
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Ludlow Typefaces. A Specimen Book of Matrix Fonts | Published by Martin J. Slattery
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Where Shall I Live. The Building of the First Garden City at Letchworth Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1978
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Ivon Hitchens by Patrick Heron | The Penguin Modern Painters, 1955
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Bodoni type specimen brochure | Typefoundry Amsterdam 1950s?
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Meredith Frampton by Richard Morphet. Tate Gallery, 1982. Signed/inscribed by Meredith Frampton to Diana. Includes private view invitation for the exhibition and original envelope plus newspaper clipping
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Le Corbusier | The Modulor | Faber Paperbacks, 1977 edition
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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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Architecture
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Graphic Design
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Industrial Design and Furniture
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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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Reynolds Stone. A Memoir by Humphrey Stone | The Dovecote Press, 2019
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Christopher Wood by Katy Norris | Pallant House/Lund Humphries 2016 | Hardback
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Sybil Andrews Linocuts by Hana Leaper | Osborne Samuel/Lund Humphries 2015
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Ellsworth Kelly. Line Form Color by Harry Cooper | Harvard University Art Museum, 1999 | Signed by Kelly and numbered 49/100
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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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Le Futurisme 1909-1916 exhibition catalogue | Musée national d’art moderne 1973
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Liu Wei. Trilogy | Minsheng Art Museum/Charta | Long March Space 2011
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Novena Bienal de la Habana 2006. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wilfredo Lam, 2006
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The New Suyuan Stone Catalogue. Zhan Wang | Edizioni Charta, 2011
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The Seventy-fourth volume of The Walpole Society 2012
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The Pleasures of Antiquity. British Collectors of Greece & Rome | Jonathan Scott, 2003
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Roof Bosses in Medieval Churches by C.J.P. Cave | Cambridge University Press, 1948 | Hardback
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Copyright METTA. Francisco Calvo Serraller | Galeria Metta, Madrid, 2002 | Exhibition catalogue
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Skylona: the creatively-curated book store
Thanks for dropping in to the Skylona online bookshop, the go-to destination for second-hand books and printed ephemera – dedicated exclusively to the creative and applied arts, and all aspects of design.
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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