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A new selection of letters, statements and interviews reveal the preoccupations, thoughts and ideas of Francis Bacon, one of the 20th century's most influential and important artists. The documents selected...

Francis Bacon was one of most elusive and enigmatic creative geniuses of the twentieth century. However much his avowed aim was to simplify both himself and his art, he remained...

A new selection of letters, statements and interviews reveal the preoccupations, thoughts and ideas of Francis Bacon, one of the 20th century's most influential and important artists. The documents selected...

Since his death in April 1992 Francis Bacon has been acclaimed as one of the very greatest of modern painters. Yet most analyses of Bacon actually neutralize his work by...

The fifth volume in the acclaimed Francis Bacon Studies series, published under the aegis of The Estate of Francis Bacon David Sylvester's Interviews with Francis Bacon remain the most consulted...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Ex-library book with usual markings. At the...

Dramatic depictions of human forms - writhing painfully, dissolving, wrestling or engulfing one another, seated or in motion - are ubiquitous in the work of Francis Bacon (1909-1992), one of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew works in the English literary canon have endured with such penetrating relevance as Francis Bacon's Essays —...

Author: Daphne Du MaurierBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has general wear in form of tanning along spine and edges and...

Author: Max Porter (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 'A little masterpiece.' - Irish Times 'Luminous.' - Observer 'One of our most exciting writers.' - The Spectator Madrid. Unfinished....

A collection of Bacon's vibrant, intelligent essays covering subjects ranging from ambition to the vicissitude of things One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Two of Francis Bacon's most enduring works, The Advancement of Learning and...

Author: Francis BaconBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Advancement of Learning presents a compelling philosophical treatise on the state and future of human knowledge. This seminal work...

Author: Daphne Du MaurierBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsDaphne Du Maurier's The Winding Stair: Sir Francis Bacon, His Rise...

'A rollicking cultural adventure... fascinating and true' - Grayson Perry This funny and personal memoir is the account of an audacious attempt by James Birch, a young British curator, to...

Author: Francis BaconBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer chronicles the spirited escapades of a young boy growing up on the banks of the...

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It falls down. It burns up. It goes Beatnik in the fifties and crazy in the sixties. It stays elegant throughout. Every city has its stories, but San Francisco seems...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodA treasury of the English literary tradition, Selected English Essays gathers the finest prose compositions from Britain's most celebrated writers, spanning centuries of intellectual and aesthetic...

Author: Michael Peppiatt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Engaging encounters, personal anecdotes and jargon-free critical insights into some of the liveliest creative minds in modern art, by an international...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the turbulent years spanning 1939 to 1965, few figures occupied a more singular vantage point in the British art world than...

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Author: Tade Thompson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 In this shocking, and at times darkly comic, novel, a psychiatrist hired to write a short piece on Francis Bacon becomes...

This series aims to draw out the vitality and uniqueness of the worlds greatest cities - strikingly photographed, designed and produced, but practical with easy-to-read maps and pacy, informed and...

Leading art critic and writer Richard Cork tells the stories of his personal encounters with some of the world's most influential modern and contemporary artists. Richard Cork draws on his...

When he died in 1992 Brett Whiteley left behind decades of ceaseless activity-some works bound to a particular place or time, others that are masterpieces of light and line. Whiteley...

Author: Frank Joseph Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A collection of investigations into strange and mysterious phenomena from around the world * Explores ancient and modern sacred sites, places...

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, no loose pages. Few painters have commanded the reverence of their...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew painters in the history of Western art command the reverence afforded to Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, the seventeenth-century Spanish master whose...

What does the delicate beauty of the Wilton Diptych reveal about medieval Britain? How do Francis Bacon s lurid canvases reflect the bloody upheavals of the twentieth century? Are there...

Engaging encounters, personal anecdotes and jargon-free critical insights into some of the liveliest creative minds in modern art, by an international art world insider. Michael Peppiatt has been studying, meeting...

"A leaking can of paint in hand, the artist strolls out of the gallery and drifts aimlessly through the city, leaving a trail of colour as he goes. So what...

Author: Robert TittlerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsNicholas Bacon: The Making Of A Tudor Statesman chronicles the remarkable ascent of a pivotal figure in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of modernism and national identity, Contemporary British Art by Herbert Read stands as one of...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the heart of Tudor England's political machinery stood Sir Nicholas Bacon, a figure whose shrewd legal mind and formidable administrative talents...

An evocative photographic homage shot by renowned image-makers that celebrates the iconic archival fashion designs of Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein. From 2003 to 2016, Francisco Costa was the creative...

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*PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE* ' SUBLIME ' A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ' STUNNINGLY GOOD ' THE...