Henry Poole & Co.: The First Tailor of Savile Row (Sherwood James)(Pevná vazba)

Henry Poole & Co.: The First Tailor of Savile Row (Sherwood James)(Pevná vazba)

Known as the founding tailor of Savile Row, Henry Poole & Co. has dressed the world's most important men and women for over two centuries. Their craft of bespoke tailoring was meticulously documented through the generations in a complete set of ledgers, to which sartorial expert James Sherwood has

Bespoke: The Master Tailors of Savile Row (Sherwood James)(Pevná vazba)

The skilled tailors of Savile Row in London have dressed kings, movie stars, rock legends, billionaires, and even a few regular guys. A Savile Row suit remains an enduring and highly individual symbol of the finest a man can buy. From its origins close to Britain's main royal palaces, the Row has

House of Nutter - The Rebel Tailor of Savile Row (Richardson Lance)(Paperback / softback)

Jewelry for Gentlemen (Sherwood James)(Pevná vazba)

The first book of its kind: a dazzling overview of the overlooked art of male jewelry, an increasingly popular requisite of the welldressed contemporary

James Sherwood's Discriminating Guide to London (Sherwood James)(Pevná vazba)

James Sherwood, author of a number of definitive publications on English sartorial style, is the quintessential man-about-town. In this witty, opinionated, and discerning guide to London, he draws on many years of partaking in the very best that the metropolis has to offer. Whether you want to

World Classics Library: Henry James - The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, Washington Square (James Henry)(Pevná vazba)

Turn of the Screw (James Henry)(Pevná vazba)

Madame Bovary - Patterns of Provincial Life (Flaubert Gustave)(Pevná vazba)

Described by Henry James as 'one of the first of the classics' and so regarded ever since, MADAME BOVARY has touched generations of readers and moulded generations of

The Shirley Sherwood Collection: Modern Masterpieces of Botanical Art (Sherwood Shirley)(Pevná vazba)

This book is a celebration of the Shirley Sherwood Collection of contemporary botanical art, considered the most important private collection of its kind in the world. The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of botanical Art at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, was the first public gallery in the world

Henry Harwood: Hero of the River Plate (Hore Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The first biography of this great WWII British

Treasures of Botanical Art (Sherwood Shirley)(Pevná vazba)

Drawing from the Kew and Shirley Sherwood collections, Treasures of Botanical Art reveals the history of botanical painting, a genre devoted to beauty and science in equal measure. With its origins in fifteenth-century illustrations used to explain the medicinal and culinary uses of plants,

Portrait of a Lady (James Henry)(Pevná vazba)

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.Widely accepted as Henry James' great masterpiece, The Portrait of a Lady is a poignant and

Ambassadors (James Henry)(Pevná vazba)

This complex tale of self-discovery -- considered by the author to be his best work -- traces the path of an aging idealist, Lambert Strether. Arriving in Paris with the intention of persuading his young charge to abandon an obsession with a French woman and return home, Strether reaches

King Henry V (Shakespeare William)(Pevná vazba)

First staged in 1599, Shakespeare's history of Henry V's remarkable victory over the French at Agincourt and the subsequent peace between the two nations is also a study of war and kingship. From his wild youth, Henry comes to embody all of the kingly virtues: courage, justice, integrity and

Becket List (Becket Henry)(Pevná vazba)

The Becket List is a not entirely serious compendium of 'First World Problems' - the sort of stuff that drives us round the bend on a daily basis. How is it that atonal music, bus stations, cling-film and coat-hangers can bugger us up so comprehensively? Or passport control people, modern poetry,

Pattern Cutting Techniques for Ladies' Jackets (Baker-Waters Jo)(Paperback)

Written by a trained Savile Row tailor working in the fashion industry, this book explains how to make a basic pattern for a jacket by flat pattern cutting or draping on the dress form. It introduces a broad range of techniques with clear detailed instructions, and emphasizes the importance of an

Robin of Sherwood (Morpurgo Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Portrait Of A Lady (James Henry)(Pevná vazba)

The talented and beautiful Isabel Archer, courted by several suitors and enriched by her dying uncle, chooses to marry the cold and ambitious Gilbert Osmond. The heroine soon discovers to her cost that freedom of choice is never what it

Hacker's Delight (Warren Henry)(Pevná vazba)

'This is the first book that promises to tell the deep, dark secrets of computer arithmetic, and it delivers in spades. It contains every trick I knew plus many, many more. A godsend for library developers, compiler writers, and lovers of elegant hacks, it deserves a spot on your shelf right next

Henry Wallis (1830-1916): From Pre-Raphaelite Painter to Collector/Connoisseur (Lanigan Dennis T.)(Pevná vazba)

- The first comprehensive study of Henry Wallis, celebrated Pre-Raphaelite painter and art collector/connoisseur- Includes an extensive catalogue raisonn of Wallis's work- Contains numerous unpublished letters, to and from members of the Pre-Raphaelite circle: William Holman Hunt, Frederic George

The Black Shepherd (Savile Steven)(Pevná vazba)

Peter Ash and Frankie Varg of the Eurocrimes Division are on the hunt for Varg's cousin who's believed to have fled to join a fanatical religious cult. Frankie Varg of the Eurocrimes Division heads to Tallinn, Estonia, in search of her young cousin who's believed to have dropped out of university

James Baldwin. Steve Schapiro. the Fire Next Time (Baldwin James)(Pevná vazba)

First published in 1963, James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America's so-called 'Negro problem.' As remarkable for its masterful prose as for its frank and personal account of the black experience in the United States, it is considered one of the most passionate and

Doug and Mike Starn: Gravity of Light (Crump James)(Pevná vazba)

The first book to celebrate the full breadth of the Starn twins' innovative photographic career. Defying categorization, Doug and Mike Starn combine traditionally separate disciplines such as science, sculpture, photography, painting, video, and installation. Gravity of Light focuses on the breadth

The Ultimate Book of Dangerous Animals (Poole H. W.)(Pevná vazba)