London Couture 1923-1975: British Luxury (Ehrman Edwina)(Pevná vazba)

London Couture 1923-1975: British Luxury (Ehrman Edwina)(Pevná vazba)

London Couture 1923-1975 is the first book to examine, in detail, the luxurious garments produced by the rarefied London couture industry--from lavish ball gowns to sharply tailored suits, by way of spectacular royal dress--as well as the designers who conceived them, their clients, and the

British Railways Electric Multiple Units to 1975 (Longworth Hugh)(Pevná vazba)

Acquired Wagons of British Railways Volume 3 - 13T Wooden-bodied Minerals (1923 RCH Specification) All Types, Including Coke Wagons (Larkin David)(Pevná vazba)

London - Global City of Commerce and Culture (Horne Alastair)(Pevná vazba)

London celebrates the British capital, from its famous landmarks to atmospheric alleyways, from the Shard to London Underground's lost ghost stations, from the parks to the Thames. Presented with captions explaining the story behind each entry, London is a stunning collection of images celebrating

Lowry's Lamps (Mayson Richard)(Pevná vazba)

'No need to go to London to become a famous painter. You won't find better lamp-posts there.' British painter Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976) is best known for his depictions of life in busy industrial settings, but there is a great deal more to be read from the detail of his paintings. A

Leonardo: A Mind in Motion (Barone Juliana)(Pevná vazba)

Written by leading Leonardo experts from London and Florence, and accompanying a major British Library exhibition, this fascinating new book reveals the central importance of motion in Leonardo's art and thought. Large-scale reproductions of Leonardo's handwritten notes include clear illustrations

The Jermyn Street Shirt (Sothcott Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

Jermyn Street in St James's, London, has been the Mecca of fine British shirtmaking for more than a century. Patrons have included Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Roger Moore, the Beatles, Warren Beatty, Pierce Brosnan, the Prince of Wales, Sir Michael Caine and Ronald Reagan. Between them, these

John Craxton: A Life of Gifts (Collins Ian)(Pevná vazba)

Born into a large, musical, and bohemian family in London, the British artist John Craxton (1922-2009) has been described as a Neo-Romantic, but he called himself a 'kind of Arcadian'. His early art was influenced by Blake, Palmer, Mir , and Picasso. After achieving a dream of moving to Greece, his

The New Creative Home: London Style (Rasmussen Ingrid)(Pevná vazba)

As one of the world's leading creative hubs, an inspirational combination of quirky British style and lively cosmopolitanism, London is home to designers, stylists, and artists from around the globe. The New Creative Home ventures inside the personal spaces of the city's most ingenious talents

British Railway Stinks: The Last Railway Chemists (Smith David)(Pevná vazba)

The first railway chemical laboratory was opened in 1864 by the London & North Western Railway at Crewe, and the last ones lost their direct link to the rail industry on their privatisation in 1996. Whatever their expertise, every railway chemist or 'stink' has been asked the same question: 'What

Sir Earle Page's British War Cabinet Diary, 1941-1942: Volume 61(Pevná vazba)

This account of Sir Earle Page's eight-month mission to London provides insights into Anglo-Australian wartime relations during a crucial phase of the Second World War. The defence of Malaya/Singapore and the stunning collapse of British prestige at the hands of the Japanese serves as a backcloth