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                                         autumn 2022 catalogue
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    Cover illustration: from Gardening in a Changing World (see page 5)
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Husbandry
making gardens with mr b
ISABEL BANNERMAN

‘Making a garden together, in which to live and work,
through thick and thin, fair and foul, is what we like to
do best. Everything else is a sideshow. Since spring 2019   Garden designer ISABEL
                                                            BANNERMAN and her
Julian and I have been making a garden at Ashington
                                                            husband, Julian, have won
Manor Farm, a garden that we think of as our last           Gold Medals at Chelsea and
principal private escapade, but you never know . . .’       designed gardens for a wide
                                                            range of people, including
                                                            HRH The Prince of Wales
Isabel and Julian Bannerman have made scores of lauded      and many clients from the
gardens for a host of famous clients, and three special,    worlds of fashion and film.
                                                            They also designed the British
much-loved gardens of their own surrounding the
                                                            9/11 Memorial Garden in New
houses which they have restored and lived in since they     York. Isabel is the author of
married, starting at The Ivy, Chippenham, in 1982;          Landscape Of Dreams (2016),
                                                            Scent Magic (2019), and the
then Hanham Court, Bristol, in 1993; and Trematon
                                                            author/editor of The Star-Nosed
Castle, Cornwall, in 2012. Now as they embark on a new      Mole (2021), all published by
adventure, creating a garden at their Elizabethan manor     Pimpernel Press.
house in Somerset, Isabel reflects on the garden they are
making and the others they have made as a couple, about
the ‘thousand tiny decisions about which we fight like
hooting chimpanzees’ and, especially, the fundamentals
of what Julian, Mr B, thinks about the key things that go
into making a garden for living in – a jumble of eating,
drinking and sitting places, fruit cages, vegetable and
cutting gardens, pelargoniums in giant pots, rose arches,
tools and sheds, fences, formality and topiary, pools and
meadows, and not least the importance of one's peripheral
vision of how the garden joins on to the landscape.         PUBL ICAT ION
                                                            September 2022
                                                            SPECIFICAT IONS
                                                            Hardback, £14.99
                                                            216 x 135mm, 144 pages
                                                            978-1-914902-94-9
                                                            Two b/w plate sections

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                                     The Indoor Garden
                                     get started no matter
                                     how small your space

                                     JADE MURRAY

                                     ‘Just shows how important plants are to all our lives.’
                                     Monty Don

                                     The winner of the 2021 ‘My Chelsea Garden’ Judges’
                                     Choice Gold Medal Award shows you how to create your
    Having studied Art & Design      own indoor garden – even if space is tight and you have no
    and Photography at William
    Morris Academy, JADE
                                     prior experience of plants at all.
    MURR AY began nurturing
    her creative flair by starting   User-friendly and highly accessible, this is a practical,
    her own indoor garden. In
    2021 she entered the RHS
                                     fully illustrated and inspiring guide to indoor gardening
    ‘My Chelsea Garden’ virtual      by self-taught plant enthusiast Jade Murray. Here you will
    competition (in partnership      find invaluable tips and advice for choosing, caring for and
    with BBC’s The One Show)
    and wowed the judges, who
                                     propagating houseplants. Having limited space is no barrier
    were so impressed by her         to indoor gardening. Many of these plants are perfect for
    achievements they awarded her    small homes and space-saving ideas abound – e.g. vertical
    the Judges’ Gold Medal. Jade
    lives in Queen's Park, London
                                     arrangements – whether hanging in a basket, bunched on a
    with her three children –        shelf, on a window sill or grouped on a ladder.
    who find plants as rewarding
    as she does.
                                     Throughout the book you will find:
                                     • Advice on where to best position plants in the home
                                     • Ideas for how to display them to best advantage,
                                       including vertical arrangements
                                     • Tips on soil mix, watering, feeding and trouble-shooting
                                     • Step-by-step photographs for plant propagation
                                     • An at-a-glance summary of Jade’s ‘golden rules’
                                       for success

    PUB LIC ATIO N                   Jade firmly believes that plants can be restorative and
    October 2022                     therapeutic – a positive asset in any home or office. Her
    S PE C IFIC ATIO N S             advice and enthusiasm shine on every page of this book –
    Hardback, £20.00                 as do her glorious photographs.
    230 x 170mm, 144 pages
    978-1-914902-97-0
    180 colour photographs

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                                        Life, Death
                                        and Decay
                                        the science of compost

                                        JULIAN DOBERSKI

                                        Reveals the how and the why of the compost heap and
                                        the important role it plays in the garden.

    JULIAN DOBERSKI has                 Life Death & Decay – The Science of Compost takes you on
    degrees in Zoology (BSc             a journey into the underworld of composting. Doberski
    Southampton), Forestry (MSc
    Oxford) and a PhD in biological     explains the science of what goes on but also promotes
    control of insects using fungi      interest in the living organisms who provide the ‘hard
    (Cambridge). He has thirty          graft’ of transforming waste organic matter. It can be
    years of teaching experience
    at Anglia Ruskin University in      hard to envisage the hundreds, thousands or millions of
    Cambridge (and its predecessor      different organisms involved but this book reveals the
    institutions) where he was a        secrets of this hidden world
    Principal Lecturer in Ecology.
    He has jointly published a             Gardeners are familiar with the magic of compost and
    resource pack for A level           it is easy to see what goes in – organic waste – and what
    ecology students and a range        comes out – wonderful, friable and fertile compost – but
    of scientific research and
    science in education papers.        what magic causes that to happen? Doberski explains
    He is currently retired and lives   what kind of ‘mysterious’ and complex chemical, physical
    in Cambridgeshire.                  and biological processes contribute to make composting
                                        effective. He covers the structural nature of decaying
                                        and dead plant material, the micro-organisms and
                                        invertebrates contributing to decomposition, and the
                                        combination of chemical, physical and biological factors
                                        which determine rates of decay.
                                           By explaining the science of what goes on in
                                        composting Doberski provides pointers to gardeners for
                                        getting composting right.
    PU B LIC ATIO N
    August 2022
    S P E C IFIC ATIO N S
    Paperback, £9.99
    198 x 129mm, 112 pages
    978-1-914902-93-2
    B/w illustrations

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Gardening in a
Changing World
plants, people and
the climate crisis
DARRYL MOORE          FRSA

‘The depth of research and knowledge that is brought
together here is quite astounding, and there is no let-up
from start to finish in the skill with which this often
complex information is communicated.’                           DARRYL MOORE FRSA is
                                                                an award-winning garden and
Nigel Dunnett                                                   landscape designer and writer
                                                                focusing on contemporary
Our planet, the Earth, is under threat, with potentially        garden and landscape design
                                                                and planting. He has been a
catastrophic consequences for ourselves and the other           feature writer for Garden Design
lifeforms it sustains.                                          Journal for the past 15 years
   Yet Nature itself can still rescue us, with plants playing   and has also been published
                                                                in The Guardian, Homes &
a pivotal role, in the countryside – and everywhere.            Gardens, The English Garden, Pro
In gardens and parks, plants are the mainstay of our            Landscaper, The Garden and RSA
relationship with the natural world, and we celebrate them      Journal. He is a member of the
                                                                Garden Media Guild and was
for the pleasures they bring. However, that can be part of      Trade Journalist of the Year in
the problem: too often we value plants for their aesthetic      2016. He is a former member of
qualities rather than for the vital role they play in the       GDJ Editorial Panel and is also a
                                                                published garden photographer.
ecology of the Earth.                                           He is Director and co-founder of
   In Gardening in a Changing World Darryl Moore explores       the innovative urban landscape
how gardens can be better for human beings and all the          organisation Cityscapes,
                                                                realizing creative approaches
other lifeforms that inhabit them. Recent developments          to greening city spaces through
in horticulture and plant science show us that we need          novel design ideas that ensure
to rethink our attitude to plants beyond purely aesthetic       ecological, economic and social
                                                                sustainability. He lives in London.
concerns, and to adopt more holistic approaches to how
we design, inhabit and enjoy our gardens. He looks at the
history of garden design, to show how we got to where           PUBL ICAT ION
we are today, and recommends ways of changing to new            October 2022
principles of sustainable ecological horticulture.
                                                                SPECIFICAT IONS
   This challenging and important new book will be              Hardback, £20
essential reading for professionals and students of             234 x 153mm, 240 pages
horticulture and garden and landscape design, as well           978-1-910258-28-6
as for anyone interested in making gardens part of the          Two 8-page colour
solution to the future of life on Earth.                        plate sections

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                                       London Chamber
                                       Orchestra
                                       101 years of transformation

                                       JESSICA DUCHEN

    JESSICA DUCHEN is                  WITH A FOREWORD BY
    a music critic, author and         HRH THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL
    librettist. Following twelve
    years with the Independent,
    she is a contributor to
    publications that have included    The London Chamber Orchestra is the longest-
    the I Newspaper, The Sunday        standing professional chamber orchestra in Britain.
    Times and BBC Music Magazine.      Encompassing over a century of music, its roller
    Her librettos include extensive
    work with composer Roxanna         coaster story is told for the first time in this beautiful
    Panufnik, notably Silver Birch,    illustrated book.
    shortlisted for an International
    Opera Award in 2018. Among
    her other books are biographies    This engaging book traces the LCO’s history from its
    of Korngold and Fauré and seven    foundation in 1911 by conductor Anthony Bernard, to
    novels on music-related topics.    the present day, under Artistic Director Christopher
    She lives in East Sheen, London.
                                       Warren-Green. It teems with entertaining stories: the
                                       composer who relished riding naked on a motor bike in
                                       the Gloucestershire countryside, the oboe player who
                                       taught her daughter’s boyfriend, Paul McCartney, to
                                       play the recorder for a much-loved Beatles song, and
                                       the times the LCO travelled the length and breadth
                                       of the US in a country & western tour bus straight out
                                       of Nashville. It adds up to a fascinating celebration
                                       of over 100 years of classical music, as well as giving
                                       unique insider glimpses into this vibrant and
    PUB LIC ATIO N                     much-loved orchestra.
    October 2022
    S PE C IFIC ATIO N S
    Hardback, £25
    235 x 200mm, 152 pages
    978-1-399917-82-7
    Colour and b/w illustrations
    throughout

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Pimpernel Garden Classics

Beth                      The                      Gertrude                Meadows
Chatto’s                  Gardener’s               Jekyll at               at Great
Shade                     Book of                  Munstead                Dixter
Garden                    Colour                   Wood                    and Beyond
shade-loving              ANDREW LAWSON            JUDITH TANKARD &        CHRISTOPHER
plants for                                         MARTIN WOOD             LLOYD &
year-round                ‘Thoroughly revised                              FERGUS GARRETT
interest                  and updated . . .        ‘[A] delicious volume   PHOTOGRAPHS BY
BETH CHATTO
                          [with] spectacularly     by two leading          JONATHAN BUCKLEY
                          illuminating             experts . . . this      & CAROL CASSELDEN
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
                          illustrations, the       book explains the
STEVEN WOOSTER
                          book sets out above      processes and the       ‘An inspiring
AFTERWORD BY                                                               book, factual and
                          all to help you find     very human side of
DAVID WARD                                                                 enchanting. A highly
                          both what individual     a garden designer
‘A masterclass in         colours and what         whose legacy            recommended read.’
garden design.’           combinations             endures.’               The Cottage Gardener
Francine Raymond,         work best for you        Country Life            SPECIFICAT IONS
The Daily Telegraph       throughout the year.                             Hardback, £30
                                                   SP ECI FI CAT IONS
                          In short, invaluable.’                           230 x 170mm
S PE C IF IC ATIO N S                              Hardback, £30
                          David Sexton,                                    240 pages
Hardback, £30                                      230 x 170mm
                                                                           978-1-910258-03-3
230 x 170mm               Evening Standard         208 pages
                                                                           Colour illustrations
232 pages                                          978-1-910258-05-7
                          SP ECI FI C ATI O N S                            throughout
978-1-910258-22-4                                  Colour illustrations
                          Hardback, £30            throughout
Colour illustrations
                          230 x 170mm
throughout
                          232 pages
Rights sold: Simplified
                          978-1-910258-02-6
Chinese
                          Colour illustrations
                          throughout
                          Rights sold: French,
                          German, Simplified
                          Chinese, US & Canada

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    Gardens & Gardening

    The          Beth Chatto Brilliant                                              Flower
    Apprehensive a life with plants & Wild                                          Market
    Gardener     CATHERINE          a garden from                                   botanical style
    managing                   HORWOOD                     scratch in a             at home
    garden plants                                          year
                               WINNER, EUROPEAN                                     MICHELLE MASON
    GRISELDA KERR              GARDEN BOOK OF THE          LUCY BELLAMY
                               YEAR, 2019                                           ‘It is to all the
                                                           PHOTOGRAPHS BY
    ‘Ideal for novices . . .                                                        followers of floral
                               ‘A triumph, beautifully     JASON INGRAM
    with a cheerful,                                                                designers on
                               crafted by an author        WINNER, PRACTICAL
    encouraging tone, it                                                            Instagram that this
                               who has thoroughly          BOOK OF THE YEAR,
    conveys a wealth of                                    GARDEN MEDIA GUILD       book will appeal.
                               researched and
    information.’                                          AWARDS 2018              Every chapter has
                               understood her subject.
    Daily Mail                                                                      pages of impeccably
                               There is so much here       ‘Bellamy makes
                                                                                    styled, elegant images.
    ‘Destined to become        to keep the reader          gardening simple,
                                                                                    For anyone after a
    a classic.’                gripped.’                   expressive and joyful.
                                                                                    “look book” of what
    Garden Design Journal      Fergus Garrett,             Anyone can do it
                                                                                    flowers are available
                               Gardens Illustrated         cheaply and with
    ‘Maintenance                                                                    from a local market
                                                           little spare time.’
    becomes a creative         ‘This fascinating,                                   and how to combine
                                                           Evening Standard
    force in Griselda's        beautifully-written                                  them, this will be a
    hands and her tips         biography paints a fond     ‘Both practical and      useful resource. If this
    are interesting and        and intimate portrait of    inspirational.’          encourages and entices
    well presented.’           one of the true greats of   Country Living           a new generation to go
    Country Living             the gardening world.’                                out and find flowers
                                                           SP ECI FI CAT IONS
                               The Irish Times             Hardback, £20            . . . it gets my vote.’
    S PE C IFIC ATIO N S
                                                           235 x 187mm              Simon Lycett, The Garden
    Paperback original,        SPEC I FI CAT I ON S        176 pages
    £16.99, 245 x 187mm        Hardback, £30,              978-1-910258-63-7        SPECIFICAT IONS
    288 pages                  230 x 170mm                                          Hardback, £20
                                                           Colour illustrations
    978-1-910258-23-1          288 pages                                            235 x 187mm
                                                           throughout
    40 colour illustrations    978-1-910258-82-8                                    176 pages
                                                           Rights sold: Dutch,
    Rights sold: Dutch,        Colour and b/w              French, German           978-1-910258-20-0
    French                     illustrations throughout                             Colour illustrations
                               Rights sold: German                                  throughout

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The Garden                       Gardening                 A Garden                 The Generous
of Vegan                         Notes From                Well Placed              Gardener
how plants can                   a Late                    the story of   private paradises
save the animals,                Bloomer                   helmingham and shared
the planet and                                             other gardens
                                 CLARE HASTINGS                                     CAROLINE DONALD
our health
                                                           XA TOLLEMACHE
                                 DRAWINGS BY                                        ‘Absorbing and
CLEVE WEST
                                 OSBERT                    FOREWORD BY
                                                                                    entertaining.’
‘A personal, persuasive          LANCASTER                 FERGUS GARRETT
                                                                                    Matthew Biggs,
take on why an animal-free       ‘An enchanting            ‘Xa Tollemache is        The Garden
diet might be for you and        read, packed full         an innately sensitive
the wider world . . . this                                                          ‘These very personal
                                 of good advice and        garden designer
challenging, deeply personal                                                        encounters, each
                                 quirky observations       . . . She reads the
book is an important read.’                                                         rendered in little
                                 on the joys – and         scene so beautifully
Gardens Illustrated                                                                 more than a thousand
                                 occasional heartache      well, embracing
                                                                                    words, like miniature
‘Well researched and             – of gardening.’          the qualities of
                                                                                    paintings, tell us so
backed up by facts and           Daily Mail                history, landscape,
                                                                                    much…Enjoying
figures. West writes with                                  architecture and
                                 ‘An amusing read                                   my journey through
a forceful honesty that                                    people, within
                                 . . . but there is also                            her book I felt at the
anyone who has heard him                                   her work.’
                                 plenty of practical                                end that I’d been to a
speak will recognise. He is                                Fergus Garrett
                                 advice. Comical                                    grand garden party,
self-reflective and refuses to   illustrations by          SP ECI FI CAT IONS       catching up with a few
spare himself from his own                                 Hardback, £35            old pals and making
                                 Osbert Lancaster
criticisms. The narrative                                  270 x 210mm, 176 pages
                                 add to the book's                                  several new friends.’
                                                           978-1-910258-80-4
may be personal, but it          charm.’                                            David Wheeler, Hortus
                                                           Colour illustrations
resonates.’                      House and Garden          throughout
Darryl Moore,                                                                       SPECIFICAT IONS
                                                                                    Hardback, £30
Garden Design Journal            SP ECI FI C ATI O N S
                                                                                    230 x 170mm, 208 pages
                                 Hardback, £12.99
                                                                                    978-1-910258-97-2
S PE C IFIC ATIO N S             198 x 129mm
                                                                                    Colour illustrations
Paperback original, £20          128 pages
                                                                                    throughout
230 x 170mm, 224 pages           978-1-910258-98-9
978-1-910258-47-7                Line drawings
Colour and, b/w illustrations    throughout
throughout
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     Gardens & Gardening

     Great Dixter Head                                     Herterton                 How to
     Then & Now   Gardeners                                House                     Design a
     PHOTOGRAPHS BY             AMBRA EDWARDS              and a New                 Garden
     CHRISTOPHER LLOYD                                     Country
                                PHOTOGRAPHS BY                                       JOHN BROOKES         MBE
     & CAROL CASSELDEN
                                CHARLIE                    Garden                    EDITED AND WITH A
     WORDS BY                   HOPKINSON
     FERGUS GARRETT                                        FRANK LAWLEY              FOREWORD BY
                                                                                     GWENDOLYN VAN
                                WINNER , INSPIR ATIONAL    PHOTOGRAPHS BY
     ‘A fascinating record of                                                        PAASCHEN
                                BOOK OF THE YE AR ,        VAL CORBETT
     how Dixter has been        GARDEN MEDIA GUILD                                   PREFACE BY
                                AWARDS 2017                FOREWORD BY
     shaped and enriched                                                             ANDREW DUFF
                                                           CHARLES
     over the years. Like the   ‘Ambra Edwards’s           QUEST-RITSON              ‘Practical, insightful
     garden it celebrates,      fascinating interviews
                                                           ‘Lovingly penned,         and innovative,
     this is a multi-layered,   show what diversity
                                                           deeply personal and       Brookes’ reflections
     diverse display of         there is in British
                                                           strangely moving,         as set down in
     delights.’ Gardens         gardens. It's a book
                                                           it speaks volumes         this anthology are
     Illustrated                about people and how
                                                           about the intense         enduringly sharp -
     ‘This book bursts with     they tick – people                                   an essential book to
                                who happen to be           relationship that a
     life and combines                                     gardener gradually        have in your garden
     Garrett’s commentary       gardeners.’ The Times                                library.’
                                                           forges with the space
     with brilliant                                        that he/she tends.’       RakesProgress
                                ‘Brilliant.’ Ursula
     photography to tell the                               The Irish Times
                                Buchan, The Garden                                   SPECIFICAT IONS
     story of a garden that                                                          Paperback, £20
     beautifully fuses the      SP EC I FI CAT I ON S      SP EC I FI CAT IONS       230 x 170mm
     old and the new.’          Paperback, £20             Paperback original, £30   224 pages
                                230 x 170mm, 280 pages     228 x 240mm               978-1-910258-91-0
     Daily Mail                                            264 pages
                                978-1-910258-32-3                                    Colour and b/w
     S PE C IFIC ATIO N S       Colour and b/w             978-1-910258-58-3         illustrations throughout
     Paperback, £12.99          illustrations throughout   Colour illustrations      Rights sold: Russian
     230 x 170mm, 80 pages                                 throughout
     978-1-910258-89-7
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     illustrations throughout

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A Landscape Landscape of                                  Led by the                 Modern Plant
Legacy      Dreams                                        Land                       Hunters
JOHN BROOKES           MBE   the gardens of               landscapes by              adventures
                             isabel & julian              kim wilkie                 in pursuit of
FOREWORD BY
                             bannerman                                               extraordinary
CLEVE WEST                                                ‘A revelatory story
                             FOREWORD BY                                             plants
PREFACE BY                                                of how landscapes
                             HRH THE PRINCE                                          SANDY PRIMROSE
ANDREW DUFF                  OF WALES
                                                          in human hands can
                                                          become inhabited           ‘An incredibly
‘Essential reading           ‘Makes an excellent          works of art, written      thorough and bang-
for anyone interested        present . . . Isabel’s       by one of the most         up-to-date account of
in garden design             vividly coloured style       gifted of today’s          contemporary field
and history.’                is punctuated with           landscape architects.’     botany and horticulture.
Tim Richardson,              acute insight.’              Sir David Attenborough     It is a great read . . .
The Daily Telegraph          Robin Lane Fox,
                                                          ‘If you want to make       written in a fresh,
‘This memoir is a            Financial Times                                         conversational style.
                                                          a landmark, do not
book all landscape           ‘An absolutely magical                                  Hunt down this
                                                          grow gentians. Get
designers should             book. Such brilliant                                    botanical gem of a book
                                                          Wilkie to shape
have on their                writing, vivid, engaged                                 for yourself before it
                                                          the myths of your
shelves.’                    . . . a most potent record                              sells out.’
                                                          dreams.’
The Garden                   of true brilliance.’                                    The Garden
                                                          Robin Lane Fox,
S PE C IFIC ATIO N S         Anna Pavord                  Financial Times            ‘A thoroughly researched
Hardback, £40                                                                        and well-written book
270 x 210mm                  ‘Now here’s real glitz,      SP ECI FI CAT IONS
280 pages                    of a truly wonderful         Hardback, £35              . . . it is entertaining,
978-1-910258-93-4            romantic kind.’              230 x 170mm, 216 pages     informative, educational
Colour illustrations                                      978-1-910258-52-1          and a joy to read.’
                             Stephen Anderton,
throughout                                                Colour and b/w
                             The Sunday Times                                        Reckless Gardener
                                                          illustrations throughout
                             SP EC I FI CAT I ON S                                   SPECIFICAT IONS
                             Paperback, £25                                          Hardback, £30
                             285 x 230mm, 296 pages                                  235 x 156mm, 272 pages
                             978-1-910258-26-2                                       978-1-910258-78-1
                             Colour illustrations                                    Colour illustrations
                             throughout                                              throughout

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     Gardens & Gardening

     On Psyche’s                     Paradise                  Pots                        Potted
     Lawn                            and Plenty                for all seasons             History
     the garden at                   a rothschild              TOM HARRIS                  how
     plaz metaxu                     family garden                                         houseplants
                                                               ‘Packed with all the        took over
     ALASDAIR FORBES                 MARY KEEN
                                                               practical advice and        our homes
                                     PHOTOGRAPHS BY
     ‘A beautifully designed                                   inspiration you need        CATHERINE
     and produced book,              TOM HATTON                to create stunning          HORWOOD
     intensively illustrated         ‘Exceptional.’            container plant
                                                                                           ‘One of my favourite
     by atmospheric                  Anna Pavord, The Garden displays . . . this
     photographs, but –                                        contemporary look           books on gardening.
     above all – illuminated         ‘Gloriously illustrated.’ at container planting       It’s a story of potted
     by a thoughtful text,           Woman and Home            will encourage many         plants from the bustle
     muscularly written and                                    to try something new        of Covent Garden
                                     ‘Packed with
                                                                                           in the 17th century
     unflinchingly readable.’        practical information and have some fun.’
     Hortus                                                    Gardens Illustrated         to the Instagram age
                                     and guidance.’
                                                                                           via the Titanic (yes)
     ‘An extraordinary book          Ths Daily Telegraph       ‘Brilliant . . . inspired   and Dr Hessayon, but
     about an extraordinary          ‘The book gives a         . . . Page after page of    Horwood’s cleverness
     place . . . Very lavishly       rare and profound         glorious photographs        is to use the story to
     illustrated and beautifully     understanding of          really make this book       give wider insights
     produced in a large             the sophistication        and help to inspire         into how we live,
     quarto format. The whole        of gardening at its       readers to be bold          and, indeed, how
     design and production           most masterly . . .       in their choice of          cities have changed
     mirror the devoted care         Inspiring.’ Kim Wilkie,   plant, containers and       over time.’
     and thought that has            House & Garden            arrangements.’              Christopher Woodward,
     gone into creating these                                  Country Smallholding        Director, Garden
     remarkable gardens              SP EC I FI CAT I ON S                                 Museum, London
                                     Paperback, £30            SP ECI FI CAT IONS
     themselves.’ Classics for All   270 x 210mm, 304 pages    Hardback, £20               SPECIFICAT IONS
                                     978-1-910258-75-0         235 x 200mm, 176 pages      Paperback, £9.99
     S PE C IFIC ATIO N S
                                     Colour illustrations      978-1-910258-79-8           198 x 129mm, 192 pages
     Hardback, £50
                                     throughout,               Colour illustrations        978-1-910258-94-1
     320 x 220mm, 304 pages
                                     seven double gatefolds    throughout                  15 b/w illustrations
     978-1-910258-81-1
                                     Rights sold: German       Rights sold: French,
     Colour illustrations
                                                               Simplified Chinese
     throughout
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Pure Style in Scent Magic                        The Star-                  Setting
the Garden    notes from a                       Nosed Mole                 the Scene
creating an              gardener                an anthology               a garden design
outdoor haven            ISABEL BANNERMAN        of scented                 masterclass
                                                 garden writing             from repton to
JANE CUMBERBATCH         FOREWORD BY
                                                 EDITED AND WITH WORDS      the modern age
                         RICHARD E GRANT
‘Expect simple,                                  AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY         GEORGE CARTER
stylish ideas on how     ‘Part diary and part    ISABEL BANNERMAN           SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHY BY
to use plants and        practical guide to
                                                 ‘Looking for a present     MARIANNE MAJERUS
accessories to achieve   perfumed plants,
‘Pure Style’ and                                 for a bookish garden-      ‘Sheer originality,
                         illustrated with
ultimately furnish a                             lover? The Star-Nosed      verve, wit and
                         [the author's] own
garden like a room.’                             Mole evokes the joys       invention burst from
                         photographs, it is
Independent                                      of a scented garden        the images on these
                         a dream of a book,
                                                 through exquisite          pages. The author
‘Part diary, part        wandering off down
                                                 poetry, prose and          modestly tells us
notebook, part recipe    scented pathways of
                                                 pictures.’                 about Repton – but it
book and part photo      memories, moods and
                                                 Country Living             is Carter from whom
album, reading the       moments past.’
                         The Sunday Times        ‘A wonderful               we learn. He gives
four seasonal chapters
                         Gardening Book of the   collection . . . a book    the amateur designer
is like going to stay
                         Year 2019               to cheer you up on         the confidence to
with someone and
                                                 the wet, cold days . . .   experiment with
gradually finding        SP ECI FI C ATI O N S
                                                 I loved it.’               ornament and be bold
out the story of their   Hardback, £30
                         270 x 210mm             Reckless Gardener          with evergreen shapes.’
garden and what
                         256 pages                                          Tim Richardson,
makes it so special.’    978-1-910258-49-1       SP ECI FI CAT IONS         Gardens Illustrated
Waitrose Weekend         Colour illustrations    Hardback, £20
                         throughout              230 x 170mm                SPECIFICAT IONS
S PE C IFIC ATIO N S                             144 pages                  Hardback, £50
Hardback, £20                                    978-1-910258-45-3          270 x 210mm
235 x 187mm                                      Colour illustrations       208 pages
192 pages                                        throughout                 978-1-910258-59-0
978-1-910258-06-4                                                           Colour illustrations
Colour illustrations                                                        throughout
throughout

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     Gardens & Gardening

     Topiary,               Woburn                  You Should                 Wild Fruits,
     Knots and              Abbey                   Have Been                  Berries,
     Parterres              the park                Here                       Nuts &
                            & gardens               Last Week                  Flowers
     CAROLINE FOLEY
     WINNER, EUROPEAN
                            KEIR DAVIDSON           sharp cuttings             101 good recipes
     GARDEN BOOK OF         SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
                                                    from a garden              for using them
     THE YEAR, 2018
                                 BRIDGET DAVEY      writer
                            BY                                                 B. JAMES
     ‘Demonstrates that     INTRODUCTION BY         TIM RICHARDSON             FOREWORD BY
     this most ancient      THE DUCHESS OF                                     BARBARA SEGALL
                                                    ‘A collection of lively
     of traditions is       BEDFORD
                                                    articles by one of the     ‘The informative
     alive and kicking,     ‘The best               most intelligent           and entertaining
     reinterpreted by       country-house           garden critics writing     foreword is a perfect
     contemporary garden    history published       today. Richardson is       introduction to
     and landscape          in recent years.’       not afraid to prod,        what lies beyond
     designers to look as   John Martin Robinson,   tease and question         and we are grateful
     relevant today as it   Country Life            received opinion.’         to Barbara for
     was to the Romans.
                                                    The Sunday Times           bringing this
     You will be reaching   SPEC I FI CAT I ON S
     for those shears.’     Hardback, £40           ‘The most                  amazing collection
                            270 x 210mm                                        of recipes to a 21st
     The Sunday Times                               independent,
                            240 pages                                          century audience . . .
                            978-1-910258-13-2       thoughtful,
     ‘Every page brings                                                        delightful.’
                            Colour illustrations    challenging gardening
     a new wonder.’         throughout                                         Reckless Gardener
                                                    critic writing now.
     Anna Pavord,
                                                    Every article here         SPECIFICAT IONS
     House & Garden
                                                    makes entertaining         Hardback, £9.99
     S PE C IFIC ATIO N S                           reading as well as being   189 x 137mm
     Hardback, £50                                  well worth pondering.’     96 pages
     270 x 210mm                                                               978-1-914902-98-7
                                                    Evening Standard           B/w illustrations
     288 pages
     978-1-910258-18-7                              SP ECI F I CAT I ONS
                                                                               throughout
     Colour illustrations                           Paperback, £9.99
     throughout                                     198 x 129mm
     Rights sold: French,                           224 pages
     German                                         978-1-910258-86-6

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Architecture & Interiors

After the Fire               Bridges                 Henbury                        New York
london churches              spanning                an extraordinary places to write
in the age of wren,          the world               house            home about
hooke, hawksmoor
                             MARCUS BINNEY           JEREMY MUSSON                  POLLY DEVLIN
and gibbs
                                                     FOREWORD BY                    PHOTOGRAPHS BY
ANGELO HORNAK                ‘Binney’s examples
                                                     HRH THE PRINCE                 ANNIE SCHLECHTER
                             are drawn from
FOREWORD BY THE RT                                   OF WALES
                             around the world                                       ‘Features styles for
REVD STEPHEN PLATTEN                                 INTRODUCTION BY
                             and across the                                         every taste, from the
                                                     GILLY ZIANI DE
‘For those who may not       centuries, from                                        totally bonkers to the
                                                     FERRANTI
wish to negotiate the        the works of                                           restrained and elegant.’
irregular opening hours, ancient masons and          ‘This beautiful book           The Times
Angelo Hornak’s After        medieval carpenters     pays splendid tribute
the Fire transports you      to projects by          to the finest late             ‘Outstandingly rare
to each of the surviving     contemporary            20th-century Classical         and precious.’
Wren churches with           architects and                                         The Guardian
                                                     house in England . . . a
masterly photographs of      engineers.’             fascinating record of a   ‘Invites you into the
their best perspectives      Architecture Today      unique building, as well  homes of more than two
and sharp close-ups of                               as a visual treat.’       dozen New Yorkers who
                             SP EC I FI CAT I ON S
their salient details        Hardback, £40           John Martin Robinson,     live all over the city.
. . . This handsome          245 x 300mm             Country Life              There are maximalists
book captures the visual     256 pages
drama at the heart of        978-1-910258-17-0       ‘Beautifully illustrated, and traditionalists, a
                                                                               Memphis mecca in
                             Colour illustrations    full of wonderful
what proved to be an
                             throughout
unparalleled flowering of Rights sold:               photography, drawings, Chelsea − even a
                                                     letters and portraits.’   Baptist church-cum-
English architecture . . . a Japanese                                          home in Harlem.’
                                                     Apollo
dizzy kaleidoscopic treat.’                                                         Isabel Wilkinson,
World of Interiors                                   SP EC I FI CAT IONS            The New York Times
                                                     Hardback, £50
S PE C IFIC ATIO N S                                 305 x 229mm, 240 pages         SPECIFICAT IONS
Hardback, £50                                        978-1-910258-11-8              Hardback, £40
270 x 210mm, 384 pages                               Colour and b/w illustrations   305 x 229mm, 224 pages
978-1-910258-08-8                                    throughout                     978-1-910258-07-1
Colour illustrations                                                                Colour illustrations throughout
throughout                                                                          Rights sold: US & Canada
                                                                                                                15
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     Architecture & Interiors

     On the                  Osbert                     Restoration                 Vintage
     Fringe                  Lancaster’s                Stories                     Shops
     a life in               Cartoons,                  patina and paint            London
     decorating              Columns and                in old london               MICHELLE MASON
                             Curlicues                  houses
     IMOGEN TAYLOR
                                               PHILIPPA STOCKLEY                    ‘A delightful visual
     ‘As sharp as an
                             including:
                                                                                    journey through
                             pillar to post    PHOTOGRAPHS BY
     upholsterer's tack,     homes sweet homes CHARLIE HOPKINSON                    London’s most
     Miss Taylor worked      drayneflete                                            inspiring and creative
     at Colefax for 50       revealed          ‘A celebration of the                vintage shops . . .
     years and offers a                                poetry of decay and the      includes useful tips
                             OSBERT LANCASTER
     rare account of a                                 practical responsibilities   and ideas on how to
     lost world . . . As     ‘Lancaster’s delightfully of looking after period      draw inspiration from
     well as unflagging      sardonic spoof            buildings. Charlie           these beautiful shops
     aperçus, [she] gives    architectural histories   Hopkinson’s pictures         to create unique
     a warm account of       are handsomely            are a joy; the writing is    displays at home.’
     the craftspeople she    republished by the        equally captivating.’        Paula Flynn,
     worked with, many       Pimpernel Press.’         The Sunday Times             @the_shopkeepers
     of whose intricate      The Spectator
                                                        ‘Seduces on so many         ‘A must-have guide
     trades are now lost.
                             ‘Contains pretty           levels . . . this is not    for vintage hunters.’
     Here is a woman
     with a great appetite   much everything you        solely a picture book.      Period Living
     for life.’              need to know about         [Stockley’s] relaxed
                                                                                    SPECIFICAT IONS
                             architecture.’             text combines a portrait    Paperback, £12.99
     Country Life
                             RIBA Journal               of each house with          190 x 170mm, 144 pages
     S P E C IFIC ATIO N S                              local history, practical    978-1-910258-99-6
     Hardback, £50           SP ECI FI C ATI O N S
                                                        information and             Colour illustrations
     285 x 230mm             Hardback boxed set, £40                                throughout
     224 pages               230 x 180mm, 304 pages     decorative tips.’
     978-1-910258-77-4       978-1-910258-37-8          Country Life
     Colour illustrations    Line drawings throughout
     throughout                                         SP ECI FI CAT IONS
                                                        Hardback, £45
                                                        275 x 245mm, 224 pages
                                                        978-1-910258-41-5
                                                        Colour and b/w
                                                        illustrations throughout
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Art & Craft

Adventures                Colour                     Freestyle                     Old Masters
at Home                   Confident                  Embroidery                    Rock
40 ways to                Stitching                  on Wool                       how to look
make happy                how to create   how to create                            at art with
family                    beautiful       your own                                 children
memories                  colour palettes embroidered                              MARIA-
ZOË LAKE                                  wool appliqué                            CHRISTINA SAYN-
                          KAREN BARBÉ
                                          designs                                  WITTGENSTEIN
‘Beautifully presented    ‘It is a pleasure to                                     NOTTEBOHM
                                                     KARIN DERLAND
with lots of lovely,      review this fabulous                                     FOREWORD BY
clear photos that         book . . . the analysis    ‘Packed with gorgeously       GARY TINTEROW
speak of an idyllic       of color palettes and      detailed and imaginative
summer that we all                                   embroidery, this book         ‘Would be a
                          how to develop them
yearn for . . . a good                               shows how to go about         wonderful prelude to
                          is very inspiring.
companion to keep                                    creating your own             a museum visit or a
                          I highly recommend
close by for those                                   designs using applique        rainy-day excursion
                          this book for all levels
days that the kids are                               and embroidery on wool        in itself.’
                          of stitchers.’
bored and driving                                    felt . . . Includes step-     The Wall Street Journal
                          feelingstitchy.com
you mad.’                                            by-step projects to build     SPECIFICAT IONS
                          SP EC I FI CAT I ON S
Life In . . . magazines                              up your confidence            Paperback, £9.99
                          Paperback original,                                      275 x 215mm, 112 pages
                          £16.99, 254 x 203mm        before launching your
S PE C IF IC ATIO N S                                                              978-1-910258-95-8
Hardback, £20             128 pages                  own designs to create
                                                                                   Colour illustrations
235 x 187mm               978-1-910258-65-1          personalised works            throughout
176 pages                 Colour illustrations       of art. We are sure           Rights sold: Dutch,
978-1-914902-99-4         throughout
                                                     William Morris would          Korean, Simplified
Colour illustrations      Rights sold: German,                                     Chinese, Russian
throughout                Korean, Spanish            have approved.’
                                                     The William Morris Society
                                                     Magazine

                                                     SP ECI FI CAT IONS
                                                     Paperback original, £16.99,
                                                     225 x 180mm, 144 pages
                                                     978-1-910258-29-3
                                                     Colour illustrations
                                                     throughout

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     Art
     & Craft                   Biography & Memoir

     Portrait                  Ancestors in              The Girl in               Hold the
     Revolution                the Attic                 the Green                 Front Page!
     inspiration,              including:                Jumper                    the wit and
     tips &                    my great-                 my life with              wisdom of anne
     techniques                grandmother's             the artist                scott-james
     for creating              book of ferns;            cyril mann                CLARE HASTINGS
     portraits                 my aunt's book of
                               silent actors             RENSKE MANN
     FROM THE ARTISTS                                                              ‘A selection of Scott-
     OF JULIA KAY'S            SIR MICHAEL HOLROYD
                                                         INTRODUCTION BY           James’s articles
     PORTRAIT PARTY                                      MARK HUDSON               (many of them
                               SPEC I FI CAT I ON S                                hilarious, all of them
     EDITED BY                                           ‘This poignant and
                               Hardback boxed set, £35
     JULIA L. KAY              230 x 150mm, 120 pages,   revealing memoir adds     sprucely professional)
                               978-1-910258-84-2         vital new dimensions      interspersed with
     ‘As a visual feast,
                               Illustrated throughout    to our understanding      Hastings’s affectionate
     it offers an endless
                                                         of Mann, both as artist   but uncloying memoir.
     source of inspiration.’
                                                         and human being.          It conveys a completely
     Paint & Draw
                                                         Admirably frank . . .     vanished world.’
     S PE C IFIC ATIO N S                                intriguing.’              AN Wilson,
     Paperback original,                                                           Times Literary Supplement
                                                         Mark Hudson
     £18.99, 240 x 187mm
     224 pages                                           SP EC I FI CAT IONS       ‘Deadpan and funny.’
     978-1-910258-50-7                                   Hardback, £30             The Daily Mail
     Colour illustrations                                230 x 170mm
     throughout                                          176 pages                 ‘A touching memoir of
     Rights sold:                                        978-1-910258-51-4         a remarkable woman.’
     US & Canada
                               An Anthology              Colour and                Richard Ingrams
                                                         b/w illustrations
                               of Mine                   throughout                SPECIFICAT IONS
                               REX WHISTLER                                        Hardback, £14.99
                                                                                   229 x 152mm, 208 pages
                               COMMENTARY BY HUGH
                                                                                   978-1-910258-71-2
                               AND MIRABEL CECIL                                   B/w illustrations
                                                                                   throughout
                               SPEC I FI CAT I ON S
                               Boxed hardback, £40
                               198 x 160mm, 88 pages
                               978-1-910258-15-6
                               Illustrated throughout
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BACKLIST

Improbable                  A Lesson in             The Lindsays Thinking
Pioneers                    Art & Life              of Balcarres the Plant
of the                      the colourful           a century of              the watercolour
Romantic Age                world of                an ancient                drawings of
                            cedric morris           scottish family           rebecca john
the lives of                & arthur                in photographs
john russell, 6th           lett-haines                                       REBECCA JOHN
duke of bedford                                     LUDOVIC LINDSAY
and georgina                HUGH ST. CLAIR                                    ‘Above all, a memoir
gordon, duchess                                     ‘A collection of          of the rhythms and
                            FOREWORD BY
of bedford                                          unique photographs,       momentum of Rebecca
                            PHILIP MOULD
                                                    unexplored for 80         John’s working life.’
KEIR DAVIDSON
                            ‘Enjoyably              years, which present      Burlington Magazine
The story of how the        revealing.’             a fascinating cast
                                                    of characters and         ‘. . . remarkable work.
6th Duke of Bedford         Gardens Illustrated
                                                    shed light on over        The book is a thing
and his second wife,
                            ‘Provides a             150 years of leisure,     of beauty in itself
Georgina Gordon,
                            compelling window       travel, industry,         and the watercolours
became intimately
                            on to the British       relationships and         passionate as well
involved with the
                            avant-garde and its     passions in a family      as delicate . . . so
scientific discoveries of
                            relationship with       that has been at the      intensely observed
the Enlightenment, the
                            similar movements       heart of Scottish         that one has to look
joys of Romantic poetry
                            elsewhere in Europe.’   history for centuries.’   at them with full
and painting – and the
                            Tim Richardson,
                                                    History Scotland
                                                                              absorption too and
leading figures of both
                            Literary Review                                   that prints them on
worlds.                                             SP EC I FI CAT IONS       the mind’s eye.’
S PE C IFIC ATIO N S
                            SP ECI FI C ATI O N S   Hardback, £60             Marina Warner
                            Hardback, £30           270 x 216mm
Hardback, £40               234 x 156mm
250 x 185mm, 592 pages                              296 pages                 SPECIFICAT IONS
                            216 pages               978-1-910258-57-6         Paperback original, £30,
978-1-910258-25-5           978-1-910258-36-1
B/w illustrations                                   Archive illustrations     230 x 170mm, 160 pages
                            16-page colour and      throughout                978-1-910258-31-6
throughout, 32 pages of     b/w plate section
colour                                                                        Colour illustrations
                                                                              throughout

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     Biography & Memoir                                                            Fiction

     Thomas                     Virginia                   Writing         The House
     Hennell                    Woolf at                   Home            in Little
     the land and               Home                       selected essays Chelsea
     the mind                   HILARY MACASKILL           POLLY DEVLIN            CLARE HASTINGS
     JESSICA KILBURN            FOREWORD BY                FOREWORD BY
                                                                                   ‘Full of human interest.’
     ‘Truly a delight,          CECIL WOOLF                JOAN BAKEWELL           Margaret Drabble
     beautifully written,       ‘A confident, well-        ‘Eloquent and           SPECIFICAT IONS
     with superb                written book with a        open-minded,            Hardback, £12.99
     illustrations.’            whiff of that seductive    Writing Home            216 x 135mm, 176 pages
     Jenny Uglow                “spirit of place”.’        stands testimony        978-1-910258-96-5

     ‘Hennell’s superb          The Times Literary         to a life well-lived.
     watercolours and           Supplement                 It champions
     drawings capture                                      feminism as “The F
                                ‘Macaskill has written
     English agricultural                                  Word”. I’d add that
                                a lively and lovingly
     life in the 1930s and                                 it exemplifies the
                                researched book, full
     40s, on the cusp of                                   virtues of family and
                                of domestic detail,
     changing for ever,                                    fearlessness.’
                                which is sure to delight
     and Kilburn’s very                                    Country Life
                                Bloomsbury fans.’
     welcome and lavishly       Sussex Life                ‘. . . affectionate
     illustrated biography is                              sketches of friends
     appropriately elegiac.’    ‘Intriguing insight into
                                her domestic life . . .
                                                           including Nuala         Black Lily
     Peter Parker, TLS Books                               O’Faolain and her
     of the Year                rich with quotes.’                                 PHILIPPA STOCKLEY
                                                           brother-in-law
                                House & Garden
     S PE C IFIC ATIO N S                                  Seamus Heaney . . .     FINALIST FOR THE PEOPLE'S
                                                                                   BOOK PRIZE, 2019/20
     Hardback, £60,             SP ECI FI C ATI O N S      ring with truth and
     287 x 230mm                Hardback, £25,             tenderness.’            ‘A deliciously satisfying
     352 pages                  230 x 170mm
                                208 pages
                                                           The Irish Times         read.’ Country Life
     978-1-910258-62-0
     Colour and b/w             978-1-910258-69-9          SP ECI FI CAT IONS      SPECIFICAT IONS
     illustrations throughout   Colour and b/w             Paperback original,     Paperback original,
                                illustrations throughout   £10.99, 216 x 135mm     £8.99, 198 x 129mm,
                                                           224 pages               256 pages
                                                           978-1-910258-33-0       978-1-910258-09-5
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History                        Travel                                                Gift

At Home with                   Seeking                    Seeking                    Dachshunds
the Soanes                     Chicago                    New York                   the long and the
                               the stories                the stories                short of them
SUSAN PALMER
                               behind the                 behind the                 CAROLINE DONALD
WINNER, ACE BEST GENERAL
PUBLICATION AWARD, 2017
                               architecture               historic
                               of the windy               architecture              ‘A perfect present for
S P E C IFIC ATIO N S          city – one                 of manhattan –            anyone who has ever
Paperback, £12.99              building at                one building at           smiled at a passing
216 x 135mm, 112 pages         a time                     a time                    sausage dog, ie
978-1-910258-44-6                                                                   everybody who isn't
Colour illustrations           TOM MILLER                 TOM MILLER
throughout                                                                          actually dead. Sweet,
                               ‘Meticulously              ‘Packed with drawings comical and hugely
                               researched, profusely      and photographs, as       cheering.’ India Knight,
                               illustrated, engagingly    well as historical and    The Sunday Times
                               presented, richly          architectural facts, it’s
                               detailed, and written      what we learn about       ‘This handy pocket-
                               with a completely          New Yorkers, from         sized book gives an
                               engaging narrative         the rich and famous to entertaining insight
                               storytelling               the poor and humble, into the joys of living
                               style . . . unique,        that really reveals       with Dachshunds of
                               extraordinary . . .        the beating heart of      all coats and sizes.’
                                                                                    Kennel Club News
Sir John Soane’s               highly recommended.’       Manhattan.’
Greatest                       Midwest Book Review        CSMA Magazine              SPECIFICAT IONS
                                                                                     Hardback, £9.99
Treasure                       SP EC I FI CAT I ON S      SP ECI FI CAT IONS         120 x 200mm, 96 pages
JOHN H. TAYLOR &               Paperback original,        Paperback original,        978-1-910258-27-9
HELEN DOREY                    £14.99, 200 x 140mm        £12.99, 200 x 140mm        Colour illustrations
                               256 pages                  256 pages                  throughout
WINNER, ACE BEST GENERAL       978-1-910258-72-9          978-1-910258-00-2
PUBLICATION AWARD, 2018        Colour and b/w             Colour and b/w
                               illustrations throughout   illustrations throughout
S P E C IFIC ATIO N S
                               Rights sold:               Rights sold:
Paperback original,            US & Canada                US & Canada
£9.99, 215 x 200mm, 96 pages
978-1-910258-87-3
Colour illustrations
throughout
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P U B L I S H I N G PA R T N E R S

                                                                                         Petersham
     Berry & co.                 Finch Publishing                                        Nurseries

     Beth Chatto’s               A Cotswold                  A London                    Petersham
     Green                       Garden                      Floral                      Nurseries
     Tapestry                    Companion                   an illustrated              THE BOGLIONE
     Revisited                   an illustrated              guide                       FAMILY
     a guide to a                map and guide               NATASHA                     PHOTOGRAPHY BY
     sustainably                 NATASHA                     GOODFELLOW                  ANDREW
     planted garden              GOODFELLOW                                              MONTGOMERY
                                                             ILLUSTRATIONS BY
     BETH CHATTO                 ILLUSTRATIONS BY            CLOVER ROBIN
                                                                                         ‘The [Boglione]
     REVISED AND UPDATED BY      JO PARRY                    ‘Discover some of           family's latest
     DAVID WARD &                                            the capital’s most          venture, a stunning
                                 ‘Takes the hard work
     ASA GREGERS WARG                                                                    coffee table book,
                                 out of planning a           floriferous spots with
     PHOTOGRAPHY BY
                                 Cotswolds garden            A London Floral . . .       is quintessential
     STEVEN WOOSTER                                          the handy pocket            Petersham
                                 break. Folding down
     FOREWORD BY
                                 to a handy pocket           map lists over 80           Nurseries: stylish
     JULIA BOULTON               size, it’s an essential     addresses of interest,      yet unpretentious,
                                 to pack in your             from secret gardens         aspirational but
     ‘This classic book helped
                                 overnight bag or            and rooftop bars            approachable.’ Tatler
     frame my thinking
     when I was learning         stash in the car door.’     to the rose gardens         ‘Petersham Nurseries’
     about gardening.            The English Garden          and record-breaking         new book is
     There are new chapters                                  borders in the city’s       blooming marvellous
                                 SP EC I FI CAT I ON S
     and photographs and                                     parks.’ Elle Decoration     . . . .’ Wallpaper
                                 Fold-out map in slipcase,
     updated planting            £8.50, 214 x 109mm          SP ECI FI CAT IONS
     plans. It would make a      24 pages                    Fold-out map in slipcase,
                                                                                         SPECIFICAT IONS
                                 978-1-916297-21-0                                       Hardback, £65
     wonderful present for a                                 £8.50, 214 x 109mm
                                 Colour illustrations                                    330 x 260mm, 432 pages
                                                             24 pages
     gardener.’                  throughout                                              978-1-838293-10-9
                                                             978-1-916297-20-3
     My Weekly                                                                           Colour illustrations
                                                             Colour illustrations
                                                                                         throughout
                                                             throughout
     S PE C IFIC ATIO N S
     Hardback, £30
     230 x 170mm, 256 pages
     978-1-999963-16-3
     Colour illustrations
     throughout
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Simon J Lycett                                        Sir John Soane’s Museum

The Flower                 People of                  Sir John                  Soane Medal
Market Year                the Flower                 Soane’s                   Lecture 2018
12 months at               market                     Museum:                   – From
new covent                 the year at                A Complete                Soane to
garden flower              new covent                 Description
market                                                                          the Strip
                           garden flower
                           market                     13TH EDITION              DENISE
SIMON LYCETT
                                                      PREFACE BY                SCOTT-BROWN
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
                           SIMON LYCETT
                                                      BRUCE BOUCHER             Denise Scott-Brown’s
MICHELLE GARRETT           PHOTOGRAPHY BY
                                                      A comprehensive           2018 Soane Medal
                           MICHELLE GARRETT
This unique record                                    description of Sir        lecture – a narrated
of a year at New           A fascinating              John Soane's Museum       history of her
Covent Garden              photographic record        in London's Lincoln's     early life and the
Flower Market              of a disappearing          Inn Fields. This          experiences that
includes images            world, with                guide has been in         shaped her later
of many beautiful          commentary by              print since 1955 and is   practice, illustrated
arrangements of            Simon Lycett               now in its thirteenth     by her own
seasonal flowers and       and the market             edition, which reflects   extraordinary
foliage sourced from       workers themselves,        recent changes to the     photography.
the Market, and            published to mark          Museum including          SPECIFICAT IONS
practical step-by-step     the latest chapter         the immaculate            Paperback original, £10
descriptions of floral     in Covent Garden           recreation of the         210 x 120mm, 96 pages
decorations for            Market's 400-year          Private Apartments,       978-0-993204-19-7
each month.                history.                   the Lobby off the
S P E C IFIC ATIO N S      SP ECI FI C ATI O N S
                                                      Breakfast Room, and
Hardback, £30              Hardback, £16.99           the Catacombs.
230 x 170mm, 192 pages     230 x 170mm, 128 pages
978-1-916091-20-7          978-1-916091-22-1          SP EC I FI CAT IONS
Colour and b/w             Colour and b/w             Paperback original, £10
illustrations throughout   illustrations throughout   235 x 170mm, 184 pages
                                                      978-0-993204-16-6
                                                      Colour illustrations
                                                      throughout

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     Sir John Soane’s Museum

     Soane Medal               Soane Medal               Eric Parry                  Langlands
     Lecture 2019              Lecture 2021              drawing                     & Bell
     – The                     MARINA TABASSUM           ERIC PARRY, OWEN            degrees of
     Unfinished                                          HOPKINS & DAVID             truth
                               Distinguished
     Modern                    Bangladeshi architect
                                                         LEATHERBARROW               BEN LANGLANDS &
                                                                                     NIKKI BELL
     Project at                Marina Tabassum           A dialogue between
     the End of                reflects on her           Parry and Owen
                                                                                     EDITED BY
                                                                                     OWEN HOPKINS
     Modernity,                childhood, training,      Hopkins, Senior
     Tectonic                  and the ways in           Curator at Sir John         This full-colour book
     Form and                  which growing up in       Soane’s Museum,             presents an array of
                               newly independent         London, which was           work by Langlands
     the Space                                           the venue for an            & Bell ranging from
                               Bangladesh has had a
     of Public                 profound influence on     exhibition of Parry’s       their Traces of Living
     Appearance                her work.                 drawings in 2019.           (first made in 1986)
     KENNETH FRAMPTON                                                                to a major new work
                               SP ECI FI C ATI O N S     SP ECI FI CAT IONS
                                                         Paperback original, £9.95   conceived for Soane’s
     Kenneth Frampton’s        Paperback original, £10
                               215 x 130mm, 40 pages     210 x 147mm, 144 pages      iconic Library-Dining
     Soane Medal Lecture                                 978-1-999693-20-6           Room that explores
                               978-1-999693-25-1
     examines masterworks                                                            the temporal and
     of modern architecture                                                          cultural relations
     from 1930 to the                                                                emanating from the
     present in order                                                                idea of the 18th-
     to theorise an                                                                  century Grand Tour.
     architecture that
     resists our compulsive                                                          SPECIFICAT IONS
     commodification of                                                              Hardback, £24.95
                                                                                     230 x 195mm, 96 pages
     the environment.                                                                978-1-999693-23-7
     S PE C IFIC ATIO N S
     Paperback original, £10
     210 x 120mm, 40 pages
     978-1-999693-22-0

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