Biography & Literature

Biography

Henri Cartier-Bresson: A Biography
  • Hardback
Profoundly insightful – The Scotsman

George III

George III

A Life in Caricature

  • Hardback
A  wonderful gathering of images from the bestial to the downright brutal, which shows 18th-century cartooning its savage best – The Independent

George IV

George IV

A Life in Caricature

  • Hardback
A beautiful and splendidly written volume – Ronald Harwood’s Book of the Year, The Sunday Telegraph

Last Colonial

The Last Colonial

Curious Adventures & Stories from a Vanishing World

  • Hardback
An absolutely captivating read, made even more special by the enigmatic and disturbing images provided by Ana Maria Pacheco’s paintings – We Love This Book

A Lifelong Interest

A Lifelong Interest

Conversations on Art and Science with Didier Eribon

  • Hardback
A fascinating glimpse into the mind of Ernst Gombrich, one of the world's most repsected art scholars.

The Man Who Deciphered Linear B

The Man Who Deciphered Linear B

The Story of Michael Ventris

  • Paperback
A superb biography of Michael Ventris, combining a warm account of his life with just enough technical detail to satisfy those who have knowledge of linguistics or indeed of the classics. It is a splendid read, and a fine memorial to the split personality that enabled Ventris to decipher Minoan Linear B so triumphantly – Current World Archaeology

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On the Estate

On the Estate

Memoirs of a Russian Lady Before the Revolution

  • Hardback with tipped on colour plate to front board (without jacket)
A beautiful volume, as you would expect from Thames & Hudson ... a fascinating glimpse into another world – Tribune

Queen Elizabeth II - A Photographic Portrait

Queen Elizabeth II

A Photographic Portrait

  • Hardback
A stunning collection of images by world-renowned photographers – Daily Express

A Sweeper-Up After Artists

A Sweeper-Up After Artists

A Memoir by Irving Sandler

  • Quarter bound with jacket
His close-quarter observations of the artists that surrounded him and were his friends cannot be beaten and will be required reading for years to come – Art Monthly

True to the Letter

True to the Letter

800 Years of Remarkable Correspondence, Documents and Autographs

  • Hardback
Par excellence a book for an evening of beautiful browsing – The Times

Visiting Picasso

Visiting Picasso

The Notebooks and Letters of Roland Penrose

  • Paperback
The book of the season … a truly tremendous and singular achievement – State of Art

Virginia Woolf
  • Hardback
… a masterclass in the art of slimming down scholarship without dumbing it down … armed with the insights from this most enjoyable text, I can’t wait to go back to the novels and try again – Sussex Life