Collection: Monographs – artists and designers
This significant collection of vintage monograph titles shines a light on the creative journeys and unique practices of some truly influential designers, architects and artists – representatives from some of the most important artistic movements and periods through history.
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John Fell 1625-1686 bishop, printer & type founder | Oxford University Press, 1967
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Printer and Playground. An Autobiography by Oliver Simon Faber & Faber, London, 1951
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The Rudiments of Paradise by Michael Ayrton | Secker & Warburg, 1971
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Gluck by Diana Souhami | Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000
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Gavin Turk | Text by Judith Collins and Ian Sinclair | Prestel, 2013 | signed by the artist
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Rowland Hilder. Painter and Illustrator by John Lewis | Barrie & Jenkins, 1978
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Joanna Carrington by Christopher Mason | Antique Collectors’ Club, 2005
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A Child of Bliss. Growing up with Mervyn Peake by Sebastian Peake | Leonard Publishing, 1989
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Elisabeth Frink. The official biography by Stephen Gardiner | Harper Collins, 1998
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Nina Hamnett – Queen of Bohemia by Denise Hooker | Constable, 1986 | signed by the author
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103 Not Out: David Gentleman's Stamps by Brian Webb | Fleece Press, 2022
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Edward Bawden – A Retrospective Survey by Justin Howes | Combined Arts, 1988
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Joseph Cundall. A Victorian Publisher. Notes on his life and a check-list of his books by Ruari McLean | Private Libraries Association, 1976
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John Piper's Brighton Aquatints essay and text by Alan Powers | Edited by Tim Mainstone | The Mainstone Press, 2019 | includes flyer
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The Art of Robyn Denny by David Alan Mellor | Black Dog Publishing, 2002
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Jack Beddington. The Footnote Man by Ruth Artmonsky | Artmonsky Arts, 2006
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Van Gogh: Colours of the North, Colours of the South | Actes Sud, 2014
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The Pleasures of Colour Printing: Biography of Thomas Griffits | Caroline Hawkes, 1977
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Henri Labrouste, Architecte 1901-1875 | Pierre Saddy | 1977
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Brangwyn in Perspective | Diana de Vere Cole | One Roof Press 2006
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John Armstrong: The Paintings by Andrew Lambirth | Philip Wilson, 2009
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Fabrications by Michael Ayrton | Secker & Warburg, 1972
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Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond by Peter Norris | The Lutterworth Press, 1994
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Voimat. Krafter. Forces – catalogue | University of Art and Design, Helsinki | Fiskars, 2005
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Jackson Pollock | The Museum of Modern Art by Carolyn Lanchner 2009
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Charles Chaplin 1907-1987. Artist, Engraver, Printmaker by Jon Chaplin | Oblong Creative Ltd, 2005.
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The Art of Raymond Lister by Simon Lissim, 1958, signed by Raymond Lister
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Paul Nash as Designer | Victoria & Albert Museum catalogue | Susan Lambert, 1975
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Can’t Breathe Without You. Rachel Howard | Pulchritude Press, 2003
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At The Sign of the Rainbow: Margaret Calkin James by Betty Miles | Felix Scribo
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Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones by Georgina Burne-Jones | Volumes I and II 1993
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The Jet Age Compendium Paolozzi at Ambit | Four Corners Books, 2010
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George Caleb Bingham of Missouri. The Story of An Artist by Albert Christ-Janer | Dodd, Mead & Co, New York, 1940
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Picasso sculpteur. Beaux Arts Hors Série, 2000
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Ivan Meštrović by Duško Kečkemet | Research Institute of Yugoslavia, 1964
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James Gardner – The ARTful Designer. Ideas off the drawing board by James Gardner | Centurion Press, 1993
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