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  • This is GauginThis is Gaugin
    Laurence King

    This is Gaugin

    10% OFF WHEN YOU BUY ANY THREE THIS IS... TITLES View more in the This is... series George Roddam & Slawa Harasymowicz Hardcover | 15.88 x 2.06 x 24.13 cm | 80 pp Laurence King | 2014 | 9781780671895 Paul Gauguin created some of the most advanced...
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  • This is CézanneThis is Cézanne
    Laurence King

    This is Cézanne

    A FURTHER 10% OFF WHEN YOU BUY ANY THREE THIS IS... TITLES View more in the This is... series Jorella Andrews & Patrick Vale  Hardcover | 17.8 x 1.9 x 22.9 cm | 80 pp Laurence King | 2015 | 9781780674780 Paul Cézanne challenged convention and...
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  • This is GoyaThis is Goya
    Laurence King

    This is Goya

      A FURTHER 10% OFF WHEN YOU BUY ANY THREE THIS IS... TITLES View more in the This is... series Wendy Bird & Sarah Maycock   Hardcover | 17.8 x 1.9 x 22.9 cm | 80 pp Laurence King | 2015 | 9781780676166 Modern art...
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  • Kid Congo Powers: Some New Kind of Kick - A Memoir (Non-mint)Kid Congo Powers: Some New Kind of Kick - A Memoir (Non-mint)
    Hachette

    Kid Congo Powers: Some New Kind of Kick - A Memoir (Non-mint)

    Hardcover | 16.26 x 3.05 x 23.62 cm | 272 pp Hachette | 2022 | 9780306828027 An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experiences as a young, queer Mexican-American in 1970s Los Angeles through his rise in the glam...
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  • The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, & the Power of SeeingThe Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, & the Power of Seeing
    Simon & Schuster

    The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, & the Power of Seeing

    Damion Searls Hardcover | 15.3 x 3 x 23.4 cm | 416 pp Simon & Schuster | 2017 | 9781471130410  The Inkblots tells the captivating, untold story of Hermann Rorschach and his famous inkblot test, which has shaped our view of human personality and...
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  • Ravi Shankar: My Music, My Life (Limited Edition)Ravi Shankar: My Music, My Life (Limited Edition)
    Mandala Publishing Group

    Ravi Shankar: My Music, My Life (Limited Edition)

    Hardcover in portfolio case | 29.72 x 5.08 x 34.29 cm | 160 pp Mandala Publishing Group | 2008 | 9781601090102 Numbered limited edition of 250 copies Includes an original photographic portrait of Ravi Shankar signed by photographer Michael Collopy My Music, My Life...
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  • Young Rembrandt: A BiographyYoung Rembrandt: A Biography
    W.W.Norton

    Young Rembrandt: A Biography

    Onno Blom Hardcover | 16.26 x 2.54 x 24.38 cm | 288 pp W. W. Norton | 2020 | 9780393531794 Like Shakespeare, Rembrandt van Rijn left us a world rich with his work but with few clues about his enigmatic life. How did a...
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  • Nineteenth-Century Women Artists: Sisters of the BrushNineteenth-Century Women Artists: Sisters of the Brush
    Unicorn Press

    Nineteenth-Century Women Artists: Sisters of the Brush

    Caroline Chapman Hardcover | 15.88 x 2.29 x 23.5 cm | 224 pp Unicorn | 2021 | 9781913491413 For much of the nineteenth century, women artists laboured under the same restrictions and taboos they had endured for centuries, and it was assumed that marriage and...
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  • Artistic Circles: The inspiring connections between the world's greatest artistsArtistic Circles: The inspiring connections between the world's greatest artists
    Frances Lincoln

    Artistic Circles: The inspiring connections between the world's greatest artists

    Susie Hodge & Sarah Papworth Hardcover | 14.73 x 2.16 x 20.7 cm | 192 pp Frances Lincoln | 2021 | 9780711255869 Artistic Circles introduces some of the most inspirational stories of friendship, love, creativity and shared passions in the world of art. Whether through teaching, as...
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  • Tracey Thorn: Bedsit Disco Queen - How I grew up and tried to be a pop star
    Virago

    Tracey Thorn: Bedsit Disco Queen - How I grew up and tried to be a pop star

    Softcover | 12.7 x 2.54 x 19.69 cm | 384 pp Virago | 2014 | 9781844088683 I was only sixteen when I bought an electric guitar and joined a band. A year later, I formed an all-girl band called the Marine Girls and played...
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  • The Story of Edvard Munch
    Arcadia Books

    The Story of Edvard Munch

    Ketil Bjørnstad Softcover | 13.02 x 2.86 x 20 cm | 416 pp Arcadia Books | 2005 | 9781900850940 A fascinating literary construction of the life of one of the world's most popular 19th century painters based on Munch's own diaries, notes and letters. His...
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  • Chuck Close: LifeChuck Close: Life
    Prestel

    Chuck Close: Life

    Christopher Finch Hardcover | 18.5 x 3.5 x 23.5 cm | 352 pp Prestel | 2010 | 9783791336770  For decades Chick Close's (1940-2021) larger-than-life and unflinchingly honest paintings of friends and family, and self-portraits have won admiration from a wide audience. Having reinvented portraiture...
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  • Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, TinaRemain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina
    St. Martin's Press

    Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina

    Chris Frantz Hardcover | 16.38 x 3.38 x 24.23 cm | 384 pp St. Martin's Press | 2020 | 9781250209221 One of the most dynamic groups of the ‘70s and ‘80s, Talking Heads, founded by drummer Chris Frantz, his girlfriend Tina Weymouth, and lead...
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  • Pandamonium!: How Not to Run a Record Label
    Nine Eight Books

    Pandamonium!: How Not to Run a Record Label

    Simon Williams Hardcover | 16.2 x 3.2 x 24 cm | 336 pp Nine Eight Books | 2022 | 9781788707282  As a one-time NME journalist, former Xfm radio presenter, toilet-circuit promoter and the founder of enduring homespun British record label Fierce Panda, Simon Williams has...
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  • Young Michelangelo: The Path To The SistineYoung Michelangelo: The Path To The Sistine
    Gerald Duckworth & Co

    Young Michelangelo: The Path To The Sistine

    John T. Spike Hardcover | 15.6 x 1.78 x 22.81 cm | 336 pp Gerald Duckworth & Co | 2011 | 9780715640661  This is a long-awaited and authoritative reinterpretation of the early life and career of arguably the greatest artist in history. Author John T....
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  • The Lionel Bart Story: Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'BeThe Lionel Bart Story: Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be
    Omnibus Press

    The Lionel Bart Story: Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be

    David Stafford & Caroline Stafford Hardcover | 24.1 x 2.8 x 16.7 cm | 288 pp Omnibus Press | 2011 | 9781849386616 Lionel Bart was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals, best known for creating the book, music and lyrics for Oliver!...
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  • Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest SupergroupCrosby, Stills, Nash and Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup
    Da Capo Press

    Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup

    David Browne Hardcover | 16.38 x 4.32 x 23.75 cm | 480 pp Da Capo Press | 2019 | 9780306903281  In 1969 David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash released their first album as a group; Crosby, Stills & Nash became a landmark in harmony singing...
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  • Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' RollSam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
    Little, Brown

    Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll

    Peter Guralnick Hardcover | 16.5 x 4 x 24 cm | 764 pp Little, Brown | 2020 | 9780316042741 An engaging mix of biography and anecdote, Peter Guralnick's book brilliantly recreates one shining moment in the history of popular culture. And Sam Phillips was...
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  • Supreme GlamourSupreme Glamour
    Thames & Hudson

    Supreme Glamour

    Hardcover | 20.32 x 2.79 x 31.24 cm | 240 pp Thames & Hudson | 2019 | 9780500022009  Supreme Glamour builds a complete picture of the charm and sophistication of The Supremes. With the assistance of her close personal friend Mark Bego, founding member Mary...
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  • Tony Sarg: Genius at Play - Adventures in Illustration, Puppetry, and Popular CultureTony Sarg: Genius at Play - Adventures in Illustration, Puppetry, and Popular Culture
    Abbeville Press

    Tony Sarg: Genius at Play - Adventures in Illustration, Puppetry, and Popular Culture

    Hardcover | 23.57 x 2.16 x 28.58 cm | 232 pp Abbeville Press | 2023 | 9780789214553 This is the first-ever book on the extraordinary career of Tony Sarg, founder of modern American puppetry and creator of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons.Tony Sarg...
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