FINE ARTS & PHOTOGRAPHY

'Twice the Man':
A photographic diary of a year in the life of the Grenadier Guards
Photography by Algy Brinton
A photographic diary of a year in the life of the Grenadier Guards More...

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A River of Stories (special slip-cased gift edition)
Jan Pieńkowski
From tiny island to vast territory, each of the member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations has a vibrant heritage of storytelling. With a central theme of water, this glorious collection brings together a tale or poem from each of the fifty-four countries of the Commonwealth. More...

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Afghanistan: A Tour of Duty
Alexander Allan
A stunning photographic portrait of the Afghanistan campaign beautifully presented and accompanied by words from the British soldiers themselves.  More...

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Art Beyond Isms - Masterworks from the Phillips Collection
Johanna Halford-MacLeod
Features over 60 of the most important European modern works of art from The Phillips Collection, including paintings by Constable, Renoir, Picasso, Cézanne, van Gogh, El Greco and Goya.  More...

Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection
Thomas V. Litzenburg, Jr, in collaboration with Ann Bailey
The first fully illustrated colour volume of one of the largest existing collections of Chinese Export porcelain in the world, which is on permanent display at Washington and Lee University, Virginia, USA. More...

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Cowdray Park Polo Club: The Centenary
Edited by Clare Milford Haven and Roger Chatterton-Newman
A beautifully illustrated limited edition book celebrating 100 years of polo at Cowdray Park – universally recognised as the ‘Home of British Polo’. More...

Ethiopian Art - The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Getatchew Haile & Jacques Mercier
This book celebrates the art of the Christian kingdom of Ethiopia in metalwork, processional crosses, painted icons and illuminated manuscripts used in the services of the Church.  More...

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Fanfare for the Sun King - Unfolding Fans for Louis XIV
Pamela Cowen
An extensively researched and beautifully illustrated publication presenting over 40 fans and fan leaves dating from the reign of Louis XIV. More...

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First Seen - Portraits of the world's peoples (1840-1880)
Kathleen Stewart Howe
This unique book accompanies an exhibition of some 250 nineteenth-century portraits from one of the finest private photographic collections - the Wilson Centre of Photography, London. More...

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Ideas that shaped the world
An introduction to the John Murray Archive (The National Library of Scotland)
This richly illustrated introduction to the John Murray Archive (1768 – 1920), now owned by the National Library of Scotland, offers a fascinating glimpse into the political, social and intellectual life of the period via correspondence between authors such as Lord Byron, Sir Walter Scott, Jane Austen and Charles Darwin and the famous publisher, John Murray. More...

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Imagine yesterday ... today
Henrietta Van den Bergh & Helen Fickling - Garden Photographers’ Association
A brilliant selection of nearly 100 unforgettable images on four themes – Nature’s Garden; Nurtured Gardens; The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and other UNESCO World Heritage sites. More...

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Lair of the Leopard - Twenty artists go in search of Lampedusa's Sicily

This eagerly awaited book vividly recalls the acclaimed exhibition at the Francis Kyle Gallery, London, of paintings inspired by one of the twentieth century’s best-loved novels, The Leopard, by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.  More...

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Marc Chagall - Early Works from Russian Collections
Susan Tumarkin Goodman, Evgenia Petrova & Dr Aleksandra Shatskikh
Published on the occasion of a groundbreaking exhibition at The Jewish Museum, New York, this volume presents nearly 60 paintings, drawings and murals by the famous Russian artist, Marc Chagall. More...

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Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth 110
Michael Auping, Andrea Karnes & Mark Thistlethwaite
A celebration of both the museum’s 110th anniversary and the inauguration of the striking new building in Fort Worth. Includes artistic work ranging from abstract expressionism to pop art and minimalism.  More...

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New Shoots
Clive Nichols
First published in the UK in 2000, brings together around 125 outstanding images shot by internationally acclaimed and award-winning flower and garden photographer, Clive Nichols.  More...

New Views
Henrietta Van den Bergh & Helen Fickling - Garden Photographers’ Association
A stylish and beautiful book with stunning photographic images ranging from close-ups of individual plants and plant details to breathtaking landscape shots of gardens.  More...

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Pageantry & Performance
Henry Dallal
A beautifully illustrated book containing a unique collection of photographic images capturing the magic and spirit behind the world of The Household Cavalry. The collection depicts a full year in the life of the cavalry and shows them in all their glory, whether as the Queen's Life Guard or escorting Her Majesty on State occasions.  More...

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Private Places
Henrietta Van den Bergh & Helen Fickling - Garden Photographers’ Association
A wonderful collection of 100 new photographs from some of the world's top garden and plant photographers on the theme of urban gardens More...

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Seven Interviews with Tadao Ando
Michael Auping
The book is an intimate portrait of Tadao Ando, one of today’s leading international architects, in celebration of the opening of the new Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth building, designed by this famous Japanese architect. The interviews reveal Ando's central belief that architecture is all about creating 'exquisite and wonderful memories' More...

The Book of Kings -
Art, War, & The Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible
William Noel and Daniel Weiss
Published in association with the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, this volume is the first multi-disciplinary study of one of the most important surviving illuminated manuscripts, which places crusading in the wider context of medieval politics, culture and society. More...

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The Fan Museum
Hélène Alexander, Director, The Fan Museum, London
This catalogue includes a 100 colour illustrations, celebrating both the 10th anniversary of The Fan Museum and the Masterpieces exhibition.  More...

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The Sun Rising through Vapour - Turner's Early Seascapes
Paul Spencer-Longhurst
Published to accompany an exhibition of Turner’s early seascapes, hosted by The Barber Institute, Birmingham, includes 65 portraits, including the stunning, tranquil, yet little-known 1809 oil painting, The Sun Rising through Vapour.  More...

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Treasures of Durham University Library
Professor Richard Gameson
A richly illustrated paperback showcasing some fifty carefully selected artefacts from one of the most precious and largest collections of rare books and medieval manuscripts in a British university today. The collection ranges from late antique papyri to modern literary manuscripts, as well as embracing substantial archival and photographic materials.  More...

What it takes to earn your place:
Celebrating rowing through the 150th Boat Race
Julian Andrews, with a foreword by Sir Steven Redgrave
A beautifully illustrated book celebrating rowing through the historic 150th anniversary of the Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race. Includes a unique collection of over 200 behind-the-scenes photographs capturing the highs and lows of training, selection, life on and off the water, and finally, of the Boat Race itself.  More...

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Wildlife and Western Heroes
Professor Peter Hassrick
Published in association with the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, this first comprehensive heavily illustrated book ever published on one of America’s best-known sculptors, covers the full range of Proctor’s oeuvre, including monumental and studio sculpture, plaster and clay maquettes and drawings. More...

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World Treasures of the Library of Congress: Beginnings
Irene Chambers
The first volume in a series of exhibitions staged by the Library of Congress, Washington D.C., revealing how different cultures have dealt with the creation of the universe and explained the heavens and the earth.  More...

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