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Vendor:Laurence King
The Secret Life of the Pencil: Great Creatives and Their Pencils
Alex Hammond & Mike Tinney Hardcover | 15.47 x 1.97 x 21.7 cm | 144 pp Laurence King | 2017 | 9781786270832 Since software programs have come to dominate offices and studios, the pencil has become a symbol for creative freedom. In other words,...- £6.00
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HUMANS (Photographs That Make You Think)
Henry Carroll Softcover | 12.7 x 1.4 x 17.78 cm | 144 pp Abrams | 2021 | 9781419751455 A startling and original look at what it means to be human in a rapidly changing world, from bestselling author and art writer Henry Carroll, with...- £7.00
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Going for a Song: A Chronicle of the UK Record Shop
Garth Cartwright & Stewart Lee Softcover | 15.24 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm | 292 pp Flood Galley Publishing | 2018 | 9781911374046 Illustrated with dozens of "lost" photos and images from the UK record shop's glorious heyday, Going for a Song chronicles the entire history of...- £8.00
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Vendor:Artway
Accordion Notebook - Plant Fibre Paper
Artway Tree Free Accordion Notebook 12 x 16 x 4 cm (pages 11 x 15 cm) Available in 3 cover coloursCoffee | Beige | Burgundy Handmade accordion style notebook Four sets of accordion folded and stitched pages with 18 pages per set Smooth cotton-rag...- £8.95
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Anthony Burrill: Look & See - Collected Ephemera and Printed Material
Hardcover | 19 x 3.4 x 24.5 cm | 288 Thames & Hudson | 2018 | 9780500022115 Look & See offers a very personal insight into the idiosyncratic influences and inspirations behind the creativity of Anthony Burrill, designer and letterpress guru. Selecting from his private...- £10.00
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Look At This If You Love Great Art: A Critical Curation of 100 Essential Artworks
Chloë Ashby Hardcover | 17.15 x 2.54 x 23.11 cm | 224 pp Ivy Press | 2021 | 9780711256064 Look At This If You Love Great Art is a must read for anyone with a passion for exceptional art. Featuring 100 of the best artworks ever produced,...- £7.50
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Drawing Techniques (Learning to See)
Peter Jenny Softcover | 10.48 x 1.27 x 14.92 cm | 168 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2012 | 9781616890544 Drawing Techniques encourages you to think of drawing as a form of communication. Gesticulating, touching, feeling, doodling, and moving are just some of the actions...- £7.00
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Martin Venezky: It Is Beautiful.....Then Gone (Rare edition)
Martin Venezky Softcover | 18.3 x 2.3 x 24.4 cm | 192 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2007 | 9781568987293 It Is Beautiful...Then Gone presents the celebrated graphic design work of Martin Venezky (b. 1957). This unconventional monograph includes both influential commercial work for the...- £10.00
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A Field Guide to Britpop
Steve Wide Hardcover | 17.7 x 1.55 x 21.67 cm | 96 pp Smith Street Books | 2022 | 9781922417206 A Field Guide to Britpop explores a scene fuelled by north–south rivalries, tribal fashion and a good cup of tea. Author Steve Wide documents...- £7.50
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Creative Quilts: Design techniques for textile artists
Sandra Meech Softcover | 21.59 x 1.27 x 27.31 cm | 128 pp Batsford | 2013 | 9781849941112 Award-winning contemporary quilt artist Sandra Meech explains how to harness your own creativity to add innovation and depth to your quilt and embroidery work. In Creative Quilts,...- £7.50
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Thinking About Drawing: An Introduction to Themes and Concepts
Simon Grennan Softcover | 13.84 x 1.4 x 21.34 cm | 176 pp Bloomsbury | 2022 | 9781350265936 This accessible book explains the significance of relationships between the body and the mark, visual imitation, drawing and writing and visual storytelling, providing a simple guide...- £8.50
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Vendor:Thames & Hudson
The Russian Experiment in Art 1863-1922 (World of Art)
Camilla Gray Softcover | 15.24 x 2.29 x 21.08 cm | 324 pp Thames & Hudson | 1986 | 9780500202074 When the original edition of this book was published, John Russell hailed it as a massive contribution to our knowledge of one of the most...- £7.50
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The Maze: A Labyrinthine Compendium
Angus Hyland & Thibaud Herem Hardcover | 21.27 x 2.22 x 28.89 cm | 144 pp Laurence King | 2018 | 9781786273222 Mazes have been a part of civilisation for at least 4,000 years, and there are more being built now than ever before. What is it about...- £10.00
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Drawing on the Dominant Eye: Decoding the way we perceive, create and learn
Betty Edwards Softcover | 18.8 x 1.4 x 22.6 cm | 176 pp Souvenir Press | 2022 | 9781788167932 From the author of the world's most popular drawing instruction manual Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, this new book helps you discover a...- £10.00
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Spheres of Action: Art & Politics
Peter Osborne & Eric Alliez Softcover | 15.5 x 1.1 x 23.3 cm | 160 pp Tate Publishing | 2013 | 9781854379757 A snapshot of current debates about the relationship of politics to contemporary art, with original writings by major European thinkers. This collection of essays...- £10.00
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Coffee Lids: Peel, Pinch, Pucker, Puncture
Louise Harpman & Scott Specht Softcover | 14 x 2 x 15 cm | 256 pp Princeton Architectural Press | 2018 | 9781616896560 The ubiquitous plastic coffee cup lid combines indentations, protrusions, tabs, and score lines that can be pinched, pulled, pushed, punctured, and tucked...- £10.00
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Making Contemporary Sculpture
Ian Dawson Hardcover | 21.6 x 2 x 26.7 cm | 208 pp Crowood | 2012 | 9781847974303 Aimed at students, sculptors, gallery owners, and artists Making Contemporary Sculpture offers a collection of informative interviews with leading sculpture artists. Sculpture has never been more exciting; gallery...- £7.50
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Peter Downsbrough: Street Signs
Softcover | 16 x 24 cm | 72pp Coracle | 2019 | 9780906630594 28 photographs of manhole coverings and grilles randomly encountered on drifts through the urban landscape. With his characteristic interest in words and lines, Downsbrough applies his own playful minimal artistic grammar,...- £7.50
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Teenage: The Creation of Youth, 1875-1945
Jon Savage Softcover | 13.5 x 4.1 x 21.6 cm | 592 pp Faber & Faber | 2021 | 9780571366774 he acclaimed history of the century-and-a-half of ferment, folly and angst that resulted in the arrival of 'the teenager' in 1945.Ringing with music, from...- £6.50
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Handmade Type Workshop
Charlotte Rivers Softcover | 26.5 x 19.0 cm | 176 pp | 450 illustrations Thames & Hudson | 2011 | 9780500289457 Type and font creation remains one of the most popular and important aspects of graphic design, and this book adds to these studies by focusing on...- £10.00
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