Bestselling artist and author explains how to use light and shade in watercolour painting to add lifelike detail and create engaging artworks. Mastering light and shadow is the…
March 2019Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-526-4Batsford
This fascinating anthology is a dive into the personal letters of some of the brightest literary minds in history. This collection is a look into the personal lives…
October 2025Hardcover$37.50978-1-84994-944-6Batsford
A compelling collection of anonymous postcards sent during lockdown, revealing hilarious, salacious, relatable and sometimes heartbreaking secret confessions. In the thick of the 2021 coronavirus lockdown, designer and…
October 2021Hardcover$17.99978-1-84994-728-2Batsford
Having learnt the basic moves, how exactly should a player improve? In this much loved classic, Irving Chernev explains 33 complete games in detail, telling the reader the…
June 2003Trade Paperback$22.95978-0-7134-8464-9Batsford
This exquisite colouring book, a design object in its own right, contains 45 stylish line illustrations of London’s most iconic buildings, created by influential design duo Robin Farquhar…
February 2016Trade Paperback$9.95978-1-84994-355-0Batsford
A showcase of London’s street nameplates – from the curious to the ornate. All around London, you can find a remarkable public archive of lettering in the city’s…
September 2020Hardcover$19.95978-1-84994-621-6Batsford
This curious history of London whisks you down the rabbit hole and into the warren of backstreets, landmarks, cemeteries, palaces, markets, museums and secret gardens of the great…
September 2014Hardcover$14.95978-1-84994-165-5Batsford
A paperback reissue of Londonopolis (9781849941655) This curious history of London whisks you down the rabbit hole and into the warren of backstreets, landmarks, cemeteries, palaces, markets, museums…
July 2017Trade Paperback$9.95978-1-84994-456-4Batsford
From the hugely popular Maggie Magoo design house, seen on Instagram, an outstanding coloring book of decorative letters. Beautiful floral illustrations, with minibeasts roaming around, embellish these initials…
September 2025Trade Paperback$7.98978-1-83733-014-0Batsford
From the hugely popular Maggie Magoo design house, seen on Instagram, an outstanding coloring book of decorative letters. Beautiful floral illustrations, with minibeasts roaming around, embellish these initials…
June 2023Trade Paperback Original$14.95978-1-84994-785-5Batsford
An astrological coloring collection from popular design house Maggie Magoo, with 70 beautiful images from the zodiac to color. A magnificent coloring book from the well-loved Maggie Magoo…
September 2024Trade Paperback$17.95978-1-84994-891-3Batsford
Watercolour is the ideal medium for painting flowers due to its wonderful translucency and in his new book, The Magic of Watercolour Flowers, Paul Riley shows readers how…
Following on from the long success of one of the most important chess books ever written, Bobby Fischer: My 60 Memorable Games, renowned chess writer Andrew Soltis delivers…
November 2020Trade Paperback$24.95978-1-84994-650-6Batsford
A spectacular, large-format collection of Adam Dant’s fine art maps giving a unique view of our history and life today.Artist and cartographer Adam Dant surveys London’s past, present…
An ancient Chinese proverb suggests, “They are wise parents who give their children roots and wings – and a map.” Maps That Changed the World features some of…
February 2016Hardcover$19.95978-1-84994-297-3Batsford
