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By Lutyens & Rubinstein Bookshop

Some of the covetable illustrated titles and books about art and artists we have our eye on..

Nudism in a Cold Climate: The Visual Culture of Naturists in Mid-20th Century Britain
Annebella Pollen
£25.00 £23.75

Vogue Paris: 100 Years
£45.00 £42.75
Shop Manager Claire says "Greatest moments over the last 100 years with photos by photographers such as Helmut Newton, Irving Penn and Guy Bourdain. And all those lovely clothes…"

Hayao Miyazaki
Jessica Niebel
£44.00 £41.80Shop Manager Claire says "Who doesn’t love the Studio Ghibli films with their incredible delicate and instantly recognisable animation? This book contains the best work of the Studio Ghibli archives, some never seen before celebrating the amazing craftsmanship."

Wonderland
£69.95 £66.45
Shop Manager Claire says "Encounters with fashion over five decades featuring diverse range of subjects and featuring a range of actors, writers and dancers."

Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses
Dominic Bradbury
£49.95 £47.45Shop Manager Claire says "A survey of more than 400 houses around the world, prime examples of the enduring Mid Century Modern style. Houses to lust after…"

Sybil & Cyril: Cutting Through Time
Jenny Uglow
£20.00 £19.00Shop Manager Claire Says "For twenty years, Sybil Andrews and Cyril Power worked together on some of the most dynamic, modernist linocuts. I am familiar with their colourful designs for the London Tube but ashamed that I never knew their names. They were a global success and epitomised the new streamlined age of the machine."

Iconotypes: A compendium of butterflies and moths. Jones's Icones Complete
£65.00 £61.75
Shop Manager Claire says "You don’t have to be a lepidopterist to appreciate this stunning collection of nearly 1,300 specimens of butterflies and moths all accurately drawn and fully coloured by Jones between early 1780s and 1810. A true labour of love and sadly a record of many sadly now extinct."

The Perfume Companion: The Definitive Guide to Choosing Your Next Scent
Sarah McCartney and Samantha Scriven
£22.00 £20.90Shop Manager Claire says "Choosing a perfume for yourself or as a gift or just want to wallow in all the beautiful scents out there, this book is the definitive guide for just that. Scents for any place, any time, any price."

American Cowboys
Anouk Masson Krantz
£65.00 £61.75Shop Manager Claire says "I love a good Western and so this book immediately appealed to me. Stunning photographs of the modern cowboy and cowgirl (not so many of those in the old films…). The pioneering spirit lives on."

The Flow: Journey to the Spirit of Surfing
Dominik Baur and Biliana Roth
£29.95 £28.45Shop Manager Claire says "Baur and Roth set out to find the best surf spots in Europe and on their travels they meet people from all over the world on a quest for the soul of surfing – adrenalin and freedom only found on the waves."

African Artists: From 1882 to Now
Phaidon Editors, Joseph L. Underwood, et al.
£49.95 £47.45Shop Manager Claire says "My knowledge of African art is shockingly little but this book demonstrates the wealth of art coming from this continent. From painting to sculpture, photography to textiles, all is colour and texture and brilliant."

Faberge: Romance to Revolution
£40.00 £38.00
Fabulous accompaniment to the new stunning exhibition at the V&A. Sarah

The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century
Gabriel Hemery and Sarah Simblet
£30.00 £28.50Evelyn's 1664 masterpiece updated