A new edition of the original biography of the robin, Britain’s favourite bird, full of surprises and wit and with added postscript on recent ornithological advances.
One of the most eccentric, informative guidebooks about Britain, on road A272, which travels through South East England, written by Dutch couple the Boogaarts, with photography.
An illustrated history, by plant scientist, botanist and horticulturist David Ingram, of the gardens at Brantwood, England – begun by John Ruskin and his cousin Joan Severn and continued today by Sally Beamish.
Antony Cleminson's drawings of European and Middle Eastern buildings and urban settings, draughtsmanship with both an engineer's and a historian's understanding. Printed on Ingres paper.
One of the greatest political essays in English history, and a revolutionary critique of economics and society.
A travel guide to the quartiers, markets, parks, restaurants, playgrounds and local entertainments, and the daily life, of Paris, with full practical information and photographs.
The definitive biography of Aubrey Beardsley, one of the defiining figures of the fin-de-siècle, by acclaimed author Matthew Sturgis.
The pioneering biography of Beardsley by his original discoverer, Oscar Wilde's friend Robert Ross. Close copy of the original edition, complete with the illustrations, advertisements and catalogue raisonné by Aymer Vallance.
Matthew Sturgis examines the varying extents to which ambitious poets, penurious painters, canny publishers and a controversialist press all conspired to promote the notion of decadence in the 1890s.
This publication presents memoirs of Gainsborough by his friends and first patron, reprinted for the first time.
Witty, engaging, deeply informed guide to the many and varied pleasures of Brussels, one of Europe's greatest but least known cities.
Richard Suart’s biography of the hilarious, malleable song the ‘Little List’, of English National Opera’s The Mikado, through its many topical versions, many of them his own.