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About

Hello,

I am Guy Bigland – artist, bibliophile and owner of Books About Art.

I launched Books About Art in 2020 to offer a carefully selected range of books across a broad range of creative subjects spanning Art, Design, Photography, Illustration, Fashion, Architecture, Music and Media.

Books About Art is the only specialist bookseller offering such a comprehensive collection of Art and Design at discounted prices, many of which are quite rare in the UK.

My background is in Fine Art (Bath Academy of Art - BA 1994 and MA 2014) with my current studio practice including painting, photography and self-publishing books and printed matter.

I hope you enjoy browsing the virtual bookshelves!
Best wishes
Guy

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from 249 reviews

Great selection of titles

Great selection of titles.
Quick delivery, well packaged

Grant Hamer

Books About Art

01/31/2026

Visually wonderful book.

The Art of the Tea Towel

01/24/2026

Very good read about all the covers of albums.

A.G.

Cover Stories: Five Decades of Album Art - 1977-2019 (Signed copies)

01/23/2026

Incredibly quick, perfect quality and such competitive prices - thank you!

Alicia

The Typographic Medium

01/23/2026

Wonderful book

Great book by a Ghanaian artist

Anonymous

Ibrahim Mahama: Songs about Roses (Non-mint)

01/23/2026

Great service

The book I wanted to buy as a special present for my daughter could not be bought directly via the Website. After a very friendly E-Mail conversation though they shipped the book to me within a few days. I really appreciate such friendlyness and wonderful service

Gabriele Adu-Sanyah

Books About Art

01/23/2026

Superb nd exemplary Customer Service.

I had inadvertently ordered 2 of the same books, but this was very promptly corrected for me by Guy, the owner. I couldn't fault the customer service. Even after delivery to local DHL shop failed (shop had stopped servicing DHL deliveries - due to poor DHL service, despite DHL website offering that shop as option!) Guy went out of his way to ensure this was delivered to me. Definitely recommend. Above and beyond service 👍

Paul Perfrement

Books About Art

01/22/2026

Great little book ,very interesting

Sean

The Tote Bag

01/22/2026

Great book… fast delivery and wrapped well

Great book… fast delivery and wrapped well.

Lorraine

Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics

01/21/2026

Lovely book

Lovely book, arrived well wrapped
& very fast delivery

Lorraine

Books About Art

01/21/2026

A great, humorous little book. Such fun and worth thr money

M.J.S.

Postcard From the Past

01/13/2026

Great selection

Great selection, amazing value, fast/efficient delivery. Highly recommend!

julian manley

Books About Art

01/05/2026

Lovely books at a great price

Lovely books at a great price, delivered really quickly and very well packaged.

Rich Jones

Books About Art

01/02/2026

Helpful guidance on techniques used by master painters

I haven't used this book yet, but as a novice oil painter, it will be very helpful in learning techniques used by the masters, albeit quite basic approaches and styles. It gives step-by-step guidance via illustrated tutorials, basic information such as equipment and the colours to use in each exercise areprovided. What could possibly go wrong?

Carol G

Master Oils: Painting techniques inspired by influential artists

01/01/2026

Accessible and engaging

This is a comprehensive overview of works of art from earliest times until the late 20th century. It's immediately accessible to read and engaging. My only grumble is that many of the photos are small and in black and white. The text and the works themselves merit better treatment, but that would make this already weighty tome unmanageable and prohibitively expensive. I'm very pleased with this book and will enjoy it.

Carol G

Creation: Art Since the Beginning

01/01/2026

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