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Central Saint Martins Foundation: Key Lessons in Art and Design

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The Book Remembers Everything: The Work of Erica Van Horn

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Kiosk Publishing

Looking At Art (With Your Eyes Closed) Michael Atavar's Creative Courses From Tate: Experiments In Everyday Seeing

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BOOKS: Art, Craft & Community (London Centre for Book Arts)

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Stephen Willats: Stairwell (Non-mint)

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Raw Drawing: Spontaneous and Carefree Drawing

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Artists on Art: How They See, Think & Create

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Research Group for Artists Publications

Printed in Norfolk: Coracle Publications 1989-2012

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Café Royal Books

Yan Morvan: London Subculture 1979–1981

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Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type, Borders, &C.: The 1874 Masterpiece of Colorful Typography

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Stephen Gill: Coming up for Air

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Cornelia Parker

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Mary Boone Gallery

Peter Halley | Alessandro Mendini

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Latest Arrivals

Princeton Architectural Press

Coffee Lids: Peel, Pinch, Pucker, Puncture

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London College of Fashion

The Measure (London College of Fashion)

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Print, Make, Wear: Creative Projects for Digital Textile Art (Non-mint)

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Philip Treacy by Kevin Davies

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Vitamin Green

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Talking Fashion: From Nick Knight to Raf Simons in Their Own Words

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Regenerative Fashion: A Nature-based Approach to Fibres, Livelihoods and Leadership

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History of Modern Design (Second Edition)

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Art Materials

Thames & Hudson

Softcover Sketchbook: Set of 3 - Plain | Gridded | Dotted

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Riso Sketchbook (Single or Pack of 3)

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Thames & Hudson

Type Journal: A Typeface and Lettering Sketchbook and Journal

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Derwent Paint Pens - 6 Colours

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Coracle Press

A Table of Books in Ballybeg

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Bill Culbert: 51 Drawings

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Research Group for Artists Publications

Brian Lane: The Printed Performance - Works 1966-99

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Colin Sackett: Englshpublshing - Writing and readings 1991-2002

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Colin Sackett: Wirelesslessness

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Descriptions of Literature by Gertrude Stein: Handwritten by Erica Van Horn

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dubh: Dialogues in Black

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Erica Van Horn: Em & Me

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Erica Van Horn: Folded Napkins

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My book arrived promptly and well packaged. I have only read the preface and looked at the photo plates included as other demands have priority now. Suffice to say that the book is beautifully produced, based on that preface and some random chapter previews I know I’m in for an inspiring read. I was totally unaware what we have an amazing ‘Queer’ Blues legacy. I look forward to discovering this underground aspect of my culture and hope that it informs my own musicianship!

Wills Docherty

Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures of Early Blues Music

05/20/2025

Great product and Service

Guy the owner was incredibly helpful and kind. Book perfectly packaged, really happy.

Charlie Hughes

Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child

05/20/2025

Totally splashed out as it was my birthday on the two Taschen XXL Amazing Spiderman books. Both are excellent, came in their own ASM printed cardboard boxes that were well packed and shipped in a bigger box. Books About Art kept me informed about the delivery every step of the way.

Anthony

Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man Vol. 1. 1962–1964 (XXL Edition)

05/16/2025

HUGE and beautiful book, sent in a specially printed Amazing Spiderman box. Excellent service from Books About Art.

Anthony

Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man Vol. 2. 1965–1966 (XXL Edition)

05/16/2025

Excellent book

A book full of ideas so easily forgottenl or overlooked as a painter. A good reminder of techniques that relate to the use of acrylics. Very straightforward, well illustrated. An excellent buy.

Sheila Hope

Acrylic: Do More Art

05/14/2025

Great book.really nice photos of urban exploration.lovely colour palette of the images.

Paul

States of Decay

05/14/2025

Jim Dine

The book was an excellent purchase at a very good price and I am delighted with it. Thank you very much.

David Julian Taylor

Jim Dine Printmaker: Leaving My Tracks

05/13/2025

More or Les

I have bought and will continue to buy this book as often as I can.
As a man much wittier than I said of Les Coleman and his work, "Les is More."

Indeed we all agree that he was.

Charlie Holmes

Les Coleman: Dirt

05/11/2025

One of the best art-focused book shops I know!

Such a wonderful collection of title from across the arts and culture spectrum. I absolutely love that you offer books that delve into the niches of the art world, limited run artist led publishing, artists practicing away from the mainstream and so on. The prices are a bonus, and the quick service is outstanding! I for one will keep coming back. Thank you!!!

Nikolas Head

Books About Art

05/10/2025

Beautiful book

Such a beautiful book for the price

Kevin Newman

Walker Evans: Starting from Scratch

05/07/2025

Lovely paper

I've cut the sketchbooks open to give me A3 sheets. Love the colours

John Hargreaves

Handmade 100% Cotton-Rag Book Block

05/06/2025

Top service

D.G.

Uptown: Portrait of a Chicago Neighborhood In the mid-1970s (Non-mint)

05/04/2025

Niche and great!

Does exactly what it says on the title.

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Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Religious Figures: Stories on the Mantelpiece

04/30/2025

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Books About Art

04/30/2025

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Five Centuries of British Painting: From Holbein to Hodgkin (Non-mint)

04/30/2025