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BEAUX BOOKS

We are an independent book dealer specialising in
Fine & Rare Books on Art & Culture,
with a focus on material from the 20th and 21st centuries.

The shelves are stocked with a hand-picked selection
of established classics and new discoveries,
as well as unique, signed and ephemeral items.

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Art of This Century. Objects - Drawings - Photographs - Paintings - Sculpture - Collages. 1910 to 1942£600.00

A catalogue of Peggy Guggenheim's art collection.

A Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists, and Compendium of Useful Knowledge for Ornithologists£2,000.00

Ridgway's 1886 influential nomenclature of colours adapted for naturalists.

Standard Color Card of America£2,000.00

The first issue of America's colour standard system.

The English At Home£450.00

A very good copy of Bill Brandt's first, influential photo book.

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your favourite books

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one book to be sent to a community in need

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Rene Gruau£350.00

A lavishly produced Franco Maria Ricci monograph on the fashion illustrator Rene Gruau.

Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook£650.00

The much sought-after second book by Beaton.

Kate£120.00

A personal selection of 100 images published to celebrate Kate Moss's 21st birthday.

Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire. The Last of the Mitford Sisters£250.00

The catalogue for the sale of the contents of the Old Vicarage, Edensor, the final home of Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire.

Literature & Poetry

First Poems - God Save the King And Other Poems [SIGNED]£1,500.00

A rare copy of Brain Howard's only book, signed by the author.

Love in a Cold Climate£800.00

A first edition of Nancy Mitford's companion volume to 'The Pursuit of Love'

The Garden of Disorder and other poems£275.00

Charles Henri Ford's first volume of poetry, with a frontispiece and jacket by Tchelitchew.

Across the River and into the Trees£150.00

A first edition of Hemingway's 1950 novel.

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on topics relating to our specialist subject areas.

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Dior by Dior. The Autobiography of Christian Dior£150.00

The first English edition of Dior's autobiography.

The Museum of Modern Art Artists' Cookbook. 155 recipes. Conversations with Thirty Contemporary Painters and Sculptors£275.00

An amusing cookbook with a difference, including Warhol's Campbell's Milk of Tomato Soup.

Persona Grata£95.00

Cecil Beaton's amusing alphabetical anthology of 100 living people.

Oliver Messel. In the Theatre of Design£220.00

An extensive illustrated study of the work of Oliver Messel.