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If you want to treat someone – or yourself – to a truly beautiful volume, our huge selection of stunning art, fashion and photography books has something for everyone. From Botticelli to Basquiat, by the way of Cartier-Bresson and Bacon, take your pick from a wealth of artists and photographers and explore the art books accompanying current and upcoming major exhibitions. For fashion lovers, we have a host of wonderful style icon biographies and gorgeous fashion books. Here you will also find our bestselling books on design and architecture, as well as a selection of fun gifts for creative minds.

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Our Bestselling Art, Photography & Fashion Books

Femina
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Ways of Seeing
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The Story of Art without Men
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The World According to Colour
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Wall and Piece
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Monsters
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Spring Cannot be Cancelled
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The Beginner's Photography Guide
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Steeple Chasing
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Playing to the Gallery
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The Secret Lives of Colour
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Immortal Thoughts
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Anna
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Nina Simone's Gum
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How Not to Be an Antiques Dealer
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
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Boy in a China Shop
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Our Bestselling New Art, Fashion & Photography Books

1964: Eyes of the Storm
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Monsters
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How to Build Impossible Things
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Steeple Chasing
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Ways of Life
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Anna
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50 Art Ideas You Really Need to Know
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How We Might Live
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How Not to Be an Antiques Dealer
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Art Is Magic
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Kiki Man Ray
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Bacon in Moscow
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Landscape Photography Workshop
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Natural Light
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Zero Waste Patterns
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All The Houses I've Ever Lived In
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Talk Art The Interviews
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The Potter's Way
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A paean to many artists as well as various art forms often overlooked or dismissed, this exciting revisionist history of art turns the limelight on female creativity and the way it has shaped and enriched our world.

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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
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The Globemakers
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Thunderclap
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By My Hands
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Art Monsters
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Little Book of Alexander McQueen
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An Apothecary of Art
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Silk
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The Closet
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Fearless
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The Power of Art
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All That She Carried
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Wild Isle Style
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Great Books You Must Read

Our selection of classic paperbacks

Ways of Seeing
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Playing to the Gallery
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The Secret Lives of Colour
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Art Matters
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On Photography
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The Beauty of Everyday Things
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Unquiet Landscape
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The Golden Thread
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Modernists & Mavericks
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Van Gogh's Ear
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100 Artists' Manifestos
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Ways of Curating
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Turner
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Keeping an Eye Open
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A Forger's Tale
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Weatherland
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Left Bank
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The Art of Rivalry
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Luxury Editions & Gift Books

The Story of Art without Men
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Art & Fear
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Art Is Magic
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A Little History of Art
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The Story of Art without Men
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Art Firsts
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Get Your Shit Together
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A Woman's World, 1850-1960
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Art Dog
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Art Cat
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Home Is Not A Place
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Science Fiction
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Sylvia Plath: Drawings
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The Story of Propaganda in 50 Images
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The NASA Archives
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The Quentin Blake Book
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Landscape Photographer of the Year
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A Good Place to Start

Our bestselling introductions and overviews to the art world.

How to Read Paintings
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Art
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Art
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Great Women Artists
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Talk Art
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Art History: A Very Short Introduction
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The Story of Painting
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Photography: The Whole Story
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The Short Story of Modern Art
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30,000 Years of Art
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The Story of Contemporary Art
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Look Again
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Photobox: The Essential Collection
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frieze
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Shaping the World
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Art
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Art
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The Art Museum
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The Art of Feminism
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Reading for the Galleries

Collections that make a statement

Wall and Piece
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I Paint What I Want to See
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Paula Rego
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Action / Gesture / Paint
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David Hockney. My Window
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Berthe Morisot
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After Impressionism
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Georgia O'Keeffe
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Donatello
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Alice Neel
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Sonia Boyce
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A World in Common
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Isaac Julien
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Yayoi Kusama
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Hallyu!
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Marina Abramovic
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Spain and the Hispanic World
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Style and Substance

Our bestselling books on design

Graphic Design For Everyone
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100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design
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Graphic Design Rules
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Why Fonts Matter
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Know Your Onions: Graphic Design
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All of the Marvels
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The Penguin Modern Classics Book
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Graphic Design School
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Airline Maps
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A Dictionary of Color Combinations
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Women Design
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Logo Design
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Greetings from Retro Design
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Type Directory
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Visualising The Beatles
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Dedicated Followers of Fashion

Our bestselling fashion books

The Secret Lives of Colour
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What Artists Wear
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Fabric
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Coco Chanel: Volume 1
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The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes
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How To Be Parisian
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Anna
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Why Fashion Matters
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Harry Styles
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Gods and Kings
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Fry's Ties
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Crochet Crush
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It
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Glossy
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100 Ideas that Changed Fashion
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The Chiffon Trenches
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Inspired by the response from millions of fans to the unique aesthetic of her Instagram images, the poet, music legend and award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train delivers a stunning visual story of a life devoted to art in 365 breathtaking pictures.

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Behind the Camera

Our bestselling photography books

On Photography
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The Beginner's Photography Guide
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Understanding a Photograph
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Forever Saul Leiter
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Year of the Monkey
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Girl on Girl
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Cabin Porn
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Apollo Remastered
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Look Again
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Why It Does Not Have To Be In Focus
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A Woman's World, 1850-1960
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Malice in Wonderland
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Let's Get Lost
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The Pocket Photographer
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Old School Photography
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Photobox: The Essential Collection
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Our bestselling architecture books

How to Read Buildings
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How to Read London
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Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations
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The Architecture of Happiness
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The Cathedrals of England
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Seashaken Houses
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Ships Of Heaven
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The Unfinished Palazzo
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Cathedrals of Steam
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How to Read Churches
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Hidden Heritage
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Cabin Porn
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To the One I Love the Best
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Raw Concrete
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Palaces of Revolution
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Noble Ambitions
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A House Through Time
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Creativity is Food For the Soul

Art-related gifts

Bob Ross by the Numbers
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Create Your Own Mug Design
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The Classic Art of Origami Kit
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Monet Waterlilies Portfolio Notes
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Camera Lens Mug
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Botanicum Postcards
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Colored Pencil Set
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Sakura Pigma Black Micron Fineliner Set of 6
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Kawaii Cross-Stitch Kit
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Graphite Pencil Sketch Set
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Creative Studio Oil Pastels Box Of 12
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Waterstones Hardback Spiral Sketchbook Portrait A4
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Calligraphy Dib Pen And Nibs
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Colour Pencils Hexagonal Tin Of 24
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Winsor & Newton Foundation Acrylic Brushes
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V&A: Fold and Post
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The Pocket Fashion Sketchpad
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Color Sketchbook
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The Waterstones Round Up: September's Best Books

As publishing steps up a notch and eagerly-awaited volumes appear, check out our guide to September's best books.

Lauren Elkin on Art Monsters

The acclaimed author of Flaneuse discusses her new book and the radical heritage of feminist art.

Jason Cockcroft on Illustrating The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods

Jason Cockcroft, illustrator of the breathtakingly beautiful The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods, describes his artistic process.

A Fan's Dilemma: Claire Dederer on Navigating Our Relationship with Troubling Artists

The author of Monsters on seeking to create an autobiography of the audience.

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