Bookshop: Rare Books & Monographs

Accidental Alchemy
Accidental Alchemy

The significant influence of the periodical Signature on fine art has long been overlooked. While few people nowadays will have read it, no journal has greater claim to have stimulated the taste that became British neo-romanticism in the mid-20th century. 208pp.

John Blackburn Monograph
John Blackburn Monograph

This is the first ever monograph on the work of the British artist John Blackburn (b.1932) 180pp with colour images throughout.

The Women who Shaped Modern Art in Britain
The Women who Shaped Modern Art in Britain

The Women who Shaped Modern Art in Britain tells the stories of determined women like Helen Sutherland, Margaret Gardiner, Myfanwy Piper and others, who helped to change the course of British art in the middle of the last century. 288pp.

Art Works: British and German Contemporary Art 1960-2000
Art Works: British and German Contemporary Art 1960-2000

British and German artists, from Gerhard Richter to Damien Hirst, have helped to define the last forty years of art. Starting with Zero and Pop, and ending with Sensation artists and Ultra-modernists, Art Works offers a unique, fully illustrated survey of contemporary art. 348pp.

Prunella Clough: Regions Unmapped
Prunella Clough: Regions Unmapped

Prunella Clough was one of the best and most original artists to emerge in the second half of the twentieth century.

Keith Grant
Keith Grant

Having travelled extensively throughout his life, Grant has drawn inspiration from landscapes from Antarctica to the tropics. 224pp.

Balraj Khanna: Born in India Made in England
Balraj Khanna: Born in India Made in England

Born in India Made in England tells his life story, warts and all. The first part evokes the atmosphere of the India of his youth and later sections describe, with telling observation, England and the English he encountered in the 1960s. 256pp.

Robert Klippel (Illustrated Edition)
Robert Klippel (Illustrated Edition)

A substantial monograph on this important Australian sculptor. Published 1983, 491pp.

Marino Marini: Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Works (Engravings and Lithographs) 1919-1980
Marino Marini: Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Works (Engravings and Lithographs) 1919-1980

This is the hardbound catalogue raisonné of the graphic work of the renowned twentieth century Italian artist Marino Marini, published in 1993, it contains fully illustrated and annotated entries for 384 engravings, lithographs and graphic works. 278pp.

Igor Mitoraj
Igor Mitoraj

Issued in connection with an exhibition at the Accademia Italiana delle Arti Applicate; large quarto, 176 pp, including numerous full and double page illustrations with some colour.

Henry Moore: Sketchbook 1980
Henry Moore: Sketchbook 1980

Facsimile edition C of Henry Moore sketchbook from 1980 - numbered and signed by the artist from the edition of 350, with accompanying catalogue, published by Raymond Spencer Company Ltd.

Palladio
Palladio

Published to celebrate the quincentenary of his birth, this lavishly produced volume presents Palladio’s buildings in stunning photographs, revealing his ability to turn every project into a masterpiece of architectural form. 433pp.