Twisting, sensuous lines, strong forms, rich deep colours, delicate drawing - all on a large scale: Graham's work is distinctive and beautiful, infused with influences from Central Asia and ... read more
PS accompanied the fashion photographer Eric Boman on a shoot in 1976; the Yemen Arab Republic they entered has been closed to foreigners for years and this book documents what they saw trav... read more
Architect Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo and his 18-year-old assistant Herbert Percy Horne answered Ruskin's call for the regeneration of art and society. This is a handsome book about their work... read more
We're very keen on this illustrated book on a few of the world's most interesting bookshops because it features Sandoe's, with some attempt by JdeF to describe what is distinctive about us.
First vol of the unexpurgated diaries, with the second due in the autumn. (A selection was published in 1967 but there was a 60-year embargo on the full text.)
Born in Gravesend in 1929, he died in 2004 in California, where he lived for most of his adult life. This collection presents the private life and reflections of the poet for the first time.
Fascinating study on the convergence of the technical and the transcendent - a heightened "atmospheric pressure" was the restorers' lofty aim. The Chapel contains fourteen enormous Rothko pa... read more
The author, an art dealer, was married to Gregor von Rezzori. Together they made Santa Maddalena, their home near Florence, a retreat for a firmament of stars from Bruce Chatwin on. A fine i... read more
A biography of the fine watercolourist renowned for his pastoral evocations of rural England between the wars and who served as War Artist in WW2. Illustrated throughout.
Adria is perhaps a surprising person to take us back to Flintstone cookery; an interesting exploration of the McLuhanesque relationship between pot and food.
The beautiful open landscape of the Gironde estuary and two vineyards - Château Rauzan-Ségla (Margaux) and Chateau Canon (St Emilion) - are the subject of this lavish book. Patrick Messina... read more