books for sale

 

We are pleased to offer a selection of

essential reference works...

all available at

rennies seaside modern

47 the old high street folkestone kent ct20 1rn

01303 242427


NEW publication

hardcover 240pp fully illustrated

(includes contributory chapter by Paul Rennie)

£30



Festival of Britain 1951 Design

by our very own Paul Rennie

hardback 127pp fully illustrated in colour and b&w

£14.95


Brussels Expo '58

206pp fully illustrated in b&w and colour, softcover

£25


From Atoms to Patterns

Crystal structure designs from the 1951 Festival of Britain

by Lesley Jackson

paperback 124pp fully illustrated in colour and b&w

£20


Art for Everyone Contemporary Lithographs

by Ruth Artmonsky

paperback with wrappers 118pp fully illustrated in colour

£16


Tea and a slice of art The Lyons Lithographs 1946 - 1955

by Charlie Batchelor

paperback with wrappers 192pp fully illustrated in colour

£25


NEW PUBLICATION

Edward Bawden by Caroline Bacon and James McGregor

hardback 176pp fully illustrated in colour and b&w

£25


Edward Bawden and His Circle

by Malcolm Yorke

hardback 264pp. 190 colour plates and 52 b&w

£35



Camouflage and Art

design for deception in World War 2

by Henrietta Goodden

Hardback 192pp fully illustrated in b&w and colour

£30


Railway Posters 1923-1947

by Beveley Cole & Richard Durak

160pp

paperback fully illustrated in colour

£17.95



Jack Beddington ( the man behind the famous Shell advertising campaign )

by Ruth Artmonsky

paperback with colour and b&w plates

£12

Barbara Jones - a snapper up of unconsidered trifles

- new publication by Ruth Artmonsky

144pp. fully illustrated in colour and b&w

hardback

£25


 

E. McKnight Kauffer - A designer and his public

by Mark Haworth-Booth

128pp.

paperback fully illustrated in colour and b&w

£24.99

 

Zero: Hans Schleger: A Life of Design

by Pat Schleger

foreward by Paul Rand

272pp

hardback fully illustrated in colour and black and white

£35

 

Abram Games Graphic Designer

maximum meaning minimum means

by Naomi Games, Catherine Moriarty and June Rose

foreward by Sir Christopher Frayling (RCA)

208 pp

hardback illustrated in colour and black and white

£40


abram games poster journeys

Poster Journeys - Abram Games & London Transport

compiled by Naomi Games

80pp

hardback fully illustrated

£14.95



Ashley Havinden

advertising and the artist

National Galleries of Scotland 2003

texts by Michael Havinden, Richard Hollis, Ann Simpson

and Alice Strang

pp93

softcover illustrated in colour and black and white

£20


The School Prints

a romantic project

by Ruth Artmonsky

pp126

softcover with dustjacket

£20 (only a few remaining)


James Boswell Unofficial War Artist

London Scotland Iraq 1939 - 1945

by Ruth Boswell

pp136

softcover with dustjacket

£25




Art and Print: The Curwen Story

by Alan Powers

176pp

soft cover illustrated in colour and b&w

£14.99


 

Eric Ravilious Imagined Realities

Imperial War Museum exhibition catalogue

144pp.

hardback fully illustrated in colour and b&w

£50

 

The England of Eric Ravilious

by Freda Constable with Sue Simon

104pp.

paperback fully illustrated in colour and b&w

£20

 

Ravilious & Wedgwood

the complete designs of Eric Ravilious

53pp

hardback with 24pp of illustrations in b&w and colour

£20


Eric Ravilious

- memoir of an artist by his good friend Helen Binyon

144pp

paperback fully illustrated in b&w and colour.

£27.50



 

Eric Ravilious in Print

exhibition catalogue

by Gaye Smith with contributions by Stephanie Boydell

39pp + 8 colour plates

soft cover illustrated in b&w and colour

£13

 

NEW PUBLICATION - 2008

ERIC RAVILIOUS: Landscape, Letters & Design

by Anne Ullmann, Christopher Whittick & Simon Lawrence,

introduction by Alan Powers

lavish and beautiful 2-volume set in strong solander slipcase

528pp fully illustrated in colour and b&w, with tipped in plates.

limited edition of 750.

£355






PUBLICATION 2008

Ravilious * Engravings

lavish publication by Jeremy Greenwood

with introduction by John Craig

limited edition of 700 copies

264 pp fully illustrated in black & white, in solander slipcase

£175


To War with Paper & Brush Captain Edward Ardizzone, Official War Artist

by Malcolm Yorke

limited edition of 600

c.180pp lavishly produced

(in preparation)

£210


NEW PUBLICATION

Eric Ravilious - The Story of High Street

hardback 288pp. limited edition of 750 copies

essays by Dr. Alan Powers and James Russell

£160


Edward Bawden and Fortnum & Mason

text Peyton Skipwith

beautifully produced limited edition of 1000

£90


book design curwen ACC

Edward Bawden Eric Ravilious Design

Mc Knight Kauffer Design

Jan Le Witt and George Him

Curwen Press

and all others in the Design Series,

fully illustrated in colour and b&w

£12.50 each


 

Away We Go!

Advertising London's Transport -

Edward Bawden & Eric Ravilious

48pp, black & white illustrations

paper cover with coloured wrappers

£20

 

Paul Nash in Swanage -Seaside Surrealism

by Pennie Denton

95pp

paperback fully illustrated in b&w and colour

£13

 

NEW PUBLICATION

book Peter Blake

Peter Blake

hardback fully illustrated in colour

£35

 

 

book RCA design

100 years of the Royal College of Art

by Claire Catterall and Christopher Frayling

paperback fully illustrated

80pp

£9.95

 

 

The Architect of Floors - modernism, art and Marion Dorn designs

by Christine Boydell

144pp

paperback illustrated in b&w and colour

OUT OF PRINT

available from us at £25

 

 

 

Wearing Propaganda -

textiles on the home front in Japan, Britain and the United States

1931 - 1945

edited by Jacqueline Atkins with essay by Paul Rennie

in association with Bard Graduate Centre New York

376pp

lavishly illustrated hardback

£35

 

Henry Moore

by Sean Connolly

32pp

large text for children, interesting facts and fabulous images

hardback illustrated in colour and b&w

£12


Henry Moore Textiles

edited by Anita Feldman, introduction by Sue Pritchard

to coincide with forthcoming exhibition at Henry Moore Foundation, Herts.

hardback 160pp fully illustrated in colour

£30



 

 

And some cards too.....

SEJLA KAMERIC

SET OF 12 POSTCARDS PRODUCED FOR THE FOLKESTONE TRIENNALE 2008

£10 per set

exclusive to Rennies.

click here for more details


 

tea at furlongs

the waterwheel

train landscape

garden flowers on cottage table

- all images reproduced from paintings by Eric Ravilious

blank greetings card with envelope £1.50 each



and some Eric Ravilious postcards available at 60p each -




James Ravilious greetings card:




some Edward Bawden greetings cards:



Designs by Edward Bawden:

tabby cat 'play with me'

hare and tortoise

sahara (please note we also have original 1930's sheets of this design for sale)

trees & cows (please note we also have original 1930's sheets of this design for sale)

Covent Garden market

Knole park

blank greetings card with envelope £1.50 each


blank greetings card with design by Edward Ardizzone £1.50


Robert Tavener blank greetings card with envelope £1.50


Abram Games:

pack of 16 postcards spanning designer's career 1935-1975

£6.50

 

Hans Schleger:



selection of Zero , Hans Schleger postcards

60p each


 

John Piper 'Romney Marsh churches'

postcard 50p each, selection of images available


John Hinde postcards 30p each


DVD'S AVAILABLE FROM RENNIES:

Martin Parr's Moving Pictures 1999 :

lasting 75minutes

part one - modern times think of england

part two - United Kingdom shorts

£20


 

classic 1936 'Night Mail' - COLLECTORS BOXED EDITION ( now out of production )

£18

'Addressing the Nation'

newly restored 1933-1935 GPO film unit short films - 2-disc (only volume one so far...)

£24.99

This, the first of three volumes, contains 15 films from the period 1933-1935

and provides a fascinating exploration of the unit’s early experimentation with sound

– featuring the award winning Song of Ceylon and A Colour Box, the critically acclaimed

Weather Forecast, Coal Face – Auden and Britten’s precursor to Night Mail

and other neglected works many of which will be available for the first time since their original release.



 

If you wish to order any of the above

please contact Paul and Karen

postage charged at cost

to view old books for sale....

tel:01303 242427

email: info@rennart.co.uk

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