400 shoes that changed the world? Glossy and immense, with lavish images of the collection at the Fashion Institute of Technology, this weighs in at over 4 kilos: steel toecaps advised, wit... read more
Based on a single private collection, this is the most comprehensive book there has been on the subject. Wonderful pictures, and a valuable reference work.
A twin to his polished Paris Furniture: The Luxury Market of the 19th Century (2018, ?165). Besides looking at notable original work, he also considers revival styles and copies. (Delayed fr... read more
A gorgeous book in landscape format on the history of screens from the C8th to the C21st. Profusely illustrated, it comes in a slipcase and includes fold-out reproductions of six screens in ... read more
Hurrah for the second issue of this thoughtful and hugely entertaining magazine! Contributors this time include Celia Paul, A.N. Wilson, Christopher Woodward of the Garden Museum, Henrietta ... read more
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The second volume in the Boutiques series, beautifully produced - as always - by The Mainstone Press. With an essay by a fairground supremo and Sorbonne professor Pascal Jacob; captions by A... read more
62 writers from 1920s' Paris are reimagined by Guilac as shop keepers... Andre Gide for instance, standing in the doorway of a grocery called Les Caves du Vatican. Delicious and clothbound ... read more
The work of Lucien Boucher, 37 of whose marvellous lithographs of Parisian shop fronts are reproduced here, along with an extended, illustrated essay by James Russell and Shaun Whiteside's t... read more