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

Paul Rennie GPO posters design book

GPO Posters in the DESIGN series

by Paul Rennie (please tell us if you would like it signed by author)

£11.50 (RRP. £12.50)

 

Modern British Posters by Paul Rennie

Modern British Posters - graphic design & communication

by PAUL RENNIE

hardcover, fully illustrated in colour

c. 192pp

OUR PRICE £22.50 and signed by author if you wish!

(RRP £29.95)

 

 

hardcover 240pp fully illustrated

(includes contributory chapter by Paul Rennie)

£30



Festival of Britain 1951 Design

by Paul Rennie

hardback 127pp fully illustrated in colour and b&w

£14.95

 

Festival of Britain architecture book

The Lion and the Unicorn -
symbolic architecture for the Festival of Britain 1951

by Henrietta Goodden

144pp. pb. fully illustrated

£14.95

GPO Film Unit book

NEW PUBLICATION

The Projection of Britain -
a history of GPO film unit

including a chapter by Paul Rennie,
pb. 340pp, many illustrations
£25

 

Empire Marketing Board Poster book

NEW - 2010

pb. c.9 full colour complexly folded pages with text.

£7

 

Fougasse book

Fougasse by James Taylor,

hb. lovely and informative book

£9.95


Brussels Expo '58

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

£28


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

£25


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

by Charlie Batchelor

paperback with wrappers 192pp fully illustrated in colour

£45

 

Romantic Moderns

Romantic Moderns by Alexandra Harris

English writers, artists & the imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper

hb. 320pp. with b&w and colour illustrations

£19.95


Edward Bawden by Caroline Bacon and James McGregor

hardback 176pp fully illustrated in colour and b&w

£30


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

 

NEW PUBLICATION:

poster to poster Scotland Poster to Poster vol.2 Railway Journeys by Richard Furness

hardback, fully illustrated in colour (extensive catalogue).

£35

volume 1: Scotland

volume 2: Yorkshire & the NorthEast

volume 3: The Midlands & Wales

volume 4: The Eastern Counties

 

British Posters of the second world war

British Posters of the Second World War

text by Richard Slocombe of IWM

90pp. fully illustrated in colour, softcover


£9.99

 

 

marcus brumwell book

Marcus Brumwell - pioneer of c20 advertising, champion of the artists

pb. c. 120pp.

£25





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


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

 

NEW

history of Penguin books and Noel Carrington

Drawn Direct to the Plate

Noel Carrington and the Puffin Picture Books

pb. fully illustrated c.216pp

£25

 

Women of Great Bardfield booklet

delightful soft cover booklet with colour illustrations

on Women of Great Bardfield,

includes Tirzah Ravilious, Charlotte Bawden, Sheila Robinson and others

produced by Fry Gallery

£5


Eric ravilious book Ravilious at war book ravilious in pictures Ravilious in pictures countrylife

volume 1 Sussex and the Downs
volume 2 The War Paintings
volume 3 A Country Life - NEW APRIL 2011

hardcover with matching dustjacket

48pp with full page colour illustrations

£25

 

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

 

Piper in Print book

Piper in Print - books, periodicals & ephemera

176pp large format hardcover

limited edition of 440 copies

£110

 

superb 2-volume set

ERIC RAVILIOUS; LANDSCAPE, LETTERS & DESIGN

by Anne Ullmann, Christopher Whittick & Simon Lawrence,

introduction by Alan Powers,

528pp lavishly illustrated, in strong solander slipcase

limited edition of 750

£355






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

David Mellor

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

 

P&O design Colin Anderson

Shipboard Style
Colin Anderson of the Orient Line

fully illustrated pb

£15

 

Paul Nash in Swanage -Seaside Surrealism

by Pennie Denton

95pp

paperback fully illustrated in b&w and colour

£13

 

Paul Nash in Pictures

NEW PUBLICATION

Paul Nash in Pictures

hb. illustrated in colour, 48pp

£25

 

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.

NOW IN PAPERBACK 160pp fully illustrated in colour

£20

 

Hull Traders shirley craven book

Shirley Craven and Hull Traders

revolutionary fabrics and furniture 1957 -1980

by Lesley Jackson

comprehensive pb. fully illustrated

£25

 

Sanderson fabrics book

Sanderson - the essence of English Decoration

by Mary Shoeser,

fully illustrated hardcover

£18.95

 

 

And some cards too.....

SEJLA KAMERIC

SET OF 12 POSTCARDS PRODUCED FOR THE FOLKESTONE TRIENNALE 2008

£10 per set

 

click here for more details


ravilious greetings card Newhaven Harbour Ravilious greetings card

 

tea at furlongs

the waterwheel

train landscape

Newhaven Harbour

- all images reproduced from paintings by Eric Ravilious

blank greetings card with envelope £1.50 each

Please view Ravilious webpage for set of 6 Wedgwood designs produced as greetings cards too


and

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


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'

pack of 10 cards ( 7 exteriors and 3 interiors ) £5

 

GPO ADVERTISING GREETINGS CARDS (blank with envelope) £1.50 each

GPO advertising greeting card Night Mail GPO advertising greeting card

GPO advertising greeting card Zero Tom Eckersley greeting card

Tom Eckersley greeting card


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

 

Design for Today DVD

NEW 2-disc set + booklet

architecture, design, fashion (1948 - 1981)

£19.99


 

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.

 

and for information on Folkestone's Regeneration -

see Nick Ewbank's new book

'Adventures in Regeneration - Folkestone's New Tide' available either as a fully illustrated pb. £14.95

or as a free download

from http://www.nickewbank.co.uk



 

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