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Engraved Glass: the Magical Work of Contemporary Artists by Marilyn Goodearl 9781851493074
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £27.84It is the transparent quality of glass that makes engraved glass special. The fusion of remarkable technical skill with artistic vision and the hard unforgiving medium of glass through which light... -
Art Deco and Other Figures by Bryan Catley 9781851493821
RRP: £29.50Booksplease Price: £26.91Based partly on the original importers' catalogues and partly on the wide range of pieces handled by the author Bryan Catley, a leading specialist in the subject, this book covers a comprehensive... -
The Essential Marilyn Monroe: Milton H. Greene: 50 Sessions Joshua Greene 9781788840361
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £29.70Milton H. Greene (1922-1985), famous for his fashion photography and celebrity portraits from the golden age of Hollywood, met Marilyn Monroe on a photo shoot for Look magazine in 1953. The pair... -
The Dapuri Drawings: Alexander Gibson and the Bombay Botanic Gardens by Henry J. Noltie 9781851494224
RRP: £26.00Booksplease Price: £19.69This lavishly illustrated book is about a remarkable collection of botanical drawings in the collection at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.ReviewsThe Dapuri Drawings were unearthed from the... -
Great Bird Paintings of the World: v.2: The Eighteenth Century by Christine E. Jackson 9781851491995
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.76This is the second part of a five-volume series. This book presents a representative selection of colour pictures of birds painted during the 18th century. It portrays the artists' increasing... -
Toys and Models: A Sourcebook of Ideas by Rodney Peppe by Rodney Peppe 9781851494354
RRP: £17.50Booksplease Price: £14.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781851494354Author Rodney PeppeFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint -
An Unbroken Thread: Celebrating 150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework - updated edition by Dr Susan Kay-Williams 9781788842600
RRP: £37.50Booksplease Price: £27.34Many initiatives to support women were begun in the late 1800s, but the Royal School of Needlework (RSN) is one of the few that remain. This initiative was born from the desire of three women -... -
Quotations of Oscar Wilde: The Drawings of Simon Drew by Simon Drew 9781851494774 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.50Booksplease Price: £1.92The genius of Oscar Wilde has so often been compared with that of Simon Drew, and for the very first time you can witness the best work of the two intellectual maestros in the same volume. If you... -
David Battie's Guide to Understanding 19th and 20th Century British Porcelain by David Battie 9781851491230
RRP: £29.95Booksplease Price: £24.12This is a new, revised edition of the 1975 Guide with updated prices. It should be essential reading for auctioneers, dealers, collectors and anyone interested in porcelain. The Price Guide Series of... -
Suffolk Artists of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century by Josephine Walpole 9781851495795
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £21.26A companion volume to Josephine Walpole's "Art and Artists of the Norwich School", although, of course, the artists of Suffolk never banded themselves into a group or 'school'. They were linked more... -
Nelson: Commemorated in Glass Pictures by Laurence Le Quesne 9781851493968
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.44Glass pictures , to be distinguished from glass paintings, were a way of reproducing prints and enhancing them with vivid colours. Originally produced for a popular market, these fragile picture are... -
The Book of Textiles: Cloths and Costume from the Karun Thakar Collection Stephen Ellcock 9781788842495
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £18.98Book of Textiles is a unique collaboration between bestselling author Stephen Ellcock and textile expert Karun Thakar. Together, they share an inspiring vision of the world through the medium of... -
Eighteenth Century English Furniture: Norman Adams Collection by Christopher Claxton Stevens 9781851492183
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £38.73The 18th century was a period when British design and craftsmanship reached its pinnacle. Concentrating principally on the mahogany for which the period is renowned, this book is a source of picture... -
The Dictionary of Picture Postcards in Britain, 1894-1939 by A.W. Coysh 9781851492312
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £16.19The popularity of the picture postcard reached its peak in Edwardian times. Millions were sent through the post each year and large numbers were purchased simply for their intrinsic interest. Few... -
British Antique Furniture: 6th Edition With Prices and Reasons for Value by John Andrews 9781851496761
RRP: £28.80Booksplease Price: £26.38For the past forty years this book has, in its various editions, outsold all others on British antique furniture simply because it is unique in explaining what to look for when assessing the value of... -
Claude Monet at Vetheuil by David Joel 9781851494231
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £22.68Monet's time at V,theuil was a key period in his life but one that has not previously been addressed in much detail. V,theuil, on the banks of the Seine, is where Monet lived with his wife Camille... -
Nirvana: Never Mind the Photos by Kirk Weddle 9781788841412
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £24.89When lists are made and articles are written about rock and roll's greatest album covers - there's a consistent name at the top: Nevermind by Nirvana; Nirvana's breakthrough 1991 record that cemented... -
All My Friends Have Deserted: Photos of Yungblud by Tom Pallant by Tom Pallant 9781788842853
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £18.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788842853Author Tom PallantFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint -
Dogs in English Porcelain of the 19th Century by Dennis G. Rice 9781851493906
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £21.26This work is directed exclusively to dogs in porcelain produced in England during the 19th century. It identifies the individual breeds represented in this medium, which include greyhounds (both... -
Glamour Icons: Perfume Bottle Design by Marc Rosen 9781851496600
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £37.93*Conceived and written by seven-time FiFi Award winner and internationally renowned packaging designer Marc Rosen*Recognizes and celebrates perfume bottle design as an art form or "small pieces of... -
Garden of the Mind: Genius of Geoffrey Jellicoe by Michael Spens 9781851490882
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £21.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781851490882Author Michael SpensFormat HardbackImprint -
Terry O'Neill: Every Picture Tells a Story by Terry O'Neill 9781788841283
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £25.78A new edition of the bestselling Every Picture Tells a Story from one of the greatest photographers of the last 60 years, Terry O'Neill. This updated edition includes 32 additional pages of new... -
Wild Horses by Alfie Bowen 9781788842624
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £25.78"... a fascinating collection of images of wild horses." - Amateur Photographer Photographer and wildlife activist, Alfie Bowen presents his two-year-long project photographing Britain's wild horses... -
Aston Martin Bulldog: The World's First Hypercar? Simon de Burton 9781788841993
RRP: £50.00Booksplease Price: £40.14The Aston Martin Bulldog is a car that should never have existed. A car that was built before its time and became lost in time. A car that never failed to leave those who encountered it mesmerised by... -
Xu Bing: Book from the Sky to Book from the Ground by Xu Bing
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.35"The written word is the most basic element of human culture. To touch the written word is to touch the essence of culture." - Xu Bing Book from the Sky certainly seemed to have fallen from... -
David Bowie: Rock 'n' Roll with Me Geoff MacCormack 9781788842174
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.85"And now David Bowie: Rock 'n' Roll With Me is out in the world - perhaps the closest you'll get to being on tour with Bowie in that era without a time machine and a backstage pass." - InsideHook ... -
Taylor Swift: And the Clothes She Wears by Terry Newman 9781788842280
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £15.80"... Like the singer herself, this book is just so damn sexy." - The Detroit Free Press Taylor Swift is the quintessential millennial. Free-thinking and creative, she navigates pop stardom with... -
Christopher Dresser Textiles by Harry Lyons 9781851498826
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.35Dr Christopher Dresser is best remembered for his pioneering advances in design and associated technology. In the new industrial world of the nineteenth century, Dresser was the first designer to... -
Sex Pistols: The Last UK Performance. 25 December 1977 Kevin Cummins 9781788840613
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.85"This historically important tome is a stunner from the off, the resplendent glittery hardback exterior merely teasing at the delights within... 'The End Is Near' is an indispensable collection of... -
Skins: Gavin Watson Gavin Watson 9781788842167
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.24"Skins by Gavin Watson has been argued as being 'the single most important record' of 1970s skinhead culture in Britain, who have possibly been one of the most reviled yet misunderstood of the... -
The Slow Train: A Railway Miscellany by Peter Ashley 9781788840927
RRP: £12.00Booksplease Price: £4.63As the world speeds up, as technology takes over, it is worth remembering how we used to live. This three-book series is a nostalgic hymn to an era when life was slower: a meandering ramble... -
RHS Orchids by 9781788841610
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £24.98"This beautifully produced book will be inspiring to botanical artists and all those who are captivated by the orchid." - Leisure Painter "Through these paintings, stories of high stakes orchid... -
Read and Destroy: Skateboarding Through a British Lens ’78 to ’95 Dan Adams 9781788842587
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £32.03For British skateboarders in the mid-'80s, RAD (aka Read and Destroy) was more than just a magazine. Before the X Games, before the internet, a whole generation of this once underground subculture... -
Gemstones: Understanding, Identifying, Buying by Keith Wallis 9781851496303
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.55Whether buying gem-set jewellery or loose stones, you will be faced with a colourful array of beauty and value. With such a wide choice - from amethyst to zircon which should you choose? What is it... -
Lucy Kemp-Welch 1869-1958: The Life and Work of Lucy Kemp-Welch, Painter of Horses Dr David Boyd Haycock 9781788842242
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £32.03Over the course of a long and very successful career spanning the first half of the 20th century, Lucy Kemp-Welch established herself as one of the leading equestrian painters at work in the UK and... -
Duran Duran: Careless Memories Denis O'Regan 9781788841788
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £25.78"...unparalleled behind-the-scenes glimpse into life on the road with Duran Duran." - Classic Pop "Denis got to see a different side of the machine - he saw the cogs going around, and there were... -
Andrew Grima: The Father of Modern Jewellery by William Grant
RRP: £70.00Booksplease Price: £56.07"The life of Andrew Grima, the Italian-Anglo jeweler beloved of the royals, is celebrated in a stunning new book." - People "a detailed and lavishly illustrated portrait" - Rapaport magazine The... -
Sparkling Wine: The Vineyards of England and Wales Stewart Wilde 9781851499052
RRP: £12.95Booksplease Price: £6.25In the space of a few short years, English and Welsh sparkling wines have become recognised as some of the best in the world. Improvements in viniculture, a changing climate and terroir that often... -
Prince: Icon Iconic Images 9781788841818
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £42.20This sumptuous and luxuriously produced volume gathers portraits, album covers, photographs of performances and rehearsals, rarely seen private moments, and candid snapshots of Prince, one of the... -
Chetham & Woolley Stonewares 1793-1825 by Colin Wyman 9781851496389
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £28.14This is the first book to explore the work of the forgotten ceramics concern - Chetham & Woolley. The original partnership of James Chetham and Richard Woolley established a factory in Longton,...