Biography & Letters

A key figure in the golden generation of artists who attended the Royal College of Art in the early 1920's, this volume was produced to accompany the 2024 exhibition at the Fry Art Gallery.

A remarkable collection of courageous stories of resistance within wartime Germany.

An engaging portrait of one of the leading women artists of the twentieth century, who painted humanity in all it's guises.

Charming accounts of the authors experiences fishing around the British Isles.

"Adventures of the well-known Belgian Ace," Major the Chevallier Willy Coppens de Houthulst, DSO, MC etc.

A comprehensive dictionary of Painters, with a paragraph on each giving a brief biography and overview of their work. 

An account of the authors work in photographic intelligence with the Allied Central interpretation unit during WWII.

A shocking yet darkly humorous autobiography and apologia. Sparked by the Allies' questionnaire Issued to all suspected Germans after WWII, which was designed to root out war crimes.

Essay by T.J. Clark and conversation with Catherine Lampert.

A detailed life of the scholar, religious thinker and spokesman for the Jewish community.

Probably the most caricatured of British monarchs during his long reign, George III is here depicted by Gillray, Rowlandson, Isaac Cruikshank and many more.

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PUBLISHERPeter Thuring.
BINDINGBrown boards with Illustrated panel.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just a few signs of wear to edges of boards, a couple of small marks and...

A biography of the great British amateur golfer.

A biography of the long life of the English Cardinal Manning.

Published for the 2010 R.A. exhibition, a collection of the works of the master of dry-point etching.

A reappraisal of the renowned portrait artist, and his place in the royal milieu.

A collection of speeches linked by narrative by the first President of Ghana, Dr Nkrumah. 

The fascinating autobiography of Audrey Scott, whose career as a daring and skilful stunt performer ran from the silent-screen era until the late 1950's.