Finely produced titles showcasing works of art, books with exceptional illustrations, collector’s editions of classics and keepsake versions of children’s books – these pages feature a range of titles that are perfect for treating family or friends, or displaying on your own bookshelves.
Charles Booth’s London Poverty Maps
Using interviews and statistics gathered between 1886 and 1903, Charles Booth pieced together a survey revealing that just over a third of Londoners were living in abject poverty; the findings were depicted on colour-coded maps that identified the status of each street’s inhabitants, from ‘vicious, semi-criminal’ to ‘wealthy’. This large-format volume presents the maps, with extracts from the notebooks of the original researchers, introductions to the historical context and black and white photographs.
Mary S Morgan; Iain Sinclair; Ann Power et al
RRP £49.95 now £30.00
Joseph Banks' Florilegium
Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage
When Joseph Banks joined Captain Cook's first voyage round the world in 1768 he took everything he needed to document and collect a vast wealth of exotic flora, and on his return he commissioned highly detailed engravings of over 700 species. This volume presents a broad selection from his Florilegium reproduced in colour and with botanical commentaries, historical context and notes on the printing process.
David Mabberley, Mel Gooding
RRP £40.00 now £25.00
Poems in Progress
Drafts from Master Poets
Manuscript poems show us works-in-progress and can reveal much about the poets and their creative processes. With reproductions and transcriptions of handwritten documents, the stories behind the poems and commentaries by practising poets, this anthology is arranged by theme, inlcuding Epics, Conflict and Love, and presents a great variety of manuscripts, among them papyrus fragments (Sappho), illuminated manuscripts (Chaucer) and scribbled drafts (Byron), fair copies (Rimbaud) and typescript (TS Eliot).
Alexandra Ault, Laura Walker
RRP £30.00 now £16.99
Ghost Stories
From Thomas Hardy's unsettling 'The Withered Arm' to the physical terror of Mary Cholmondeley's 'Let Loose' with its crypt of skeletons, these 15 stories centre around the supernatural. Part of the Arcturus Gilded Classics series, this volume features work by Sheridan Le Fanu, MR James and Ambrose Bierce, presented with silver gilded page edges and a silver-embossed cover.
Edgar Allan Poe; Thomas Hardy; MR James et al
RRP £19.99 now £12.99
The Judith Kerr Treasury
Five Classic Stories
Never out of print since it was originally published in 1968, The Tiger Who Came to Tea was Judith Kerr's debut picture book. It features in this edition with four other stories by the much-loved author and illustrator: Mog the Forgetful Cat, which sees the family pet get into the first of her many scrapes, One Night in the Zoo, The Other Goose and When Willy Went to the Wedding.
Judith Kerr
RRP £25.00 now £14.99
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