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NEW TITLES: NON-FICTION AUGUST


ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, DESIGN & FASHION


27 ART & DESIGN


LUCINDA DICKENS HAWKSLEY BITTEN BY WITCH FEVER: WALLPAPER & ARSENIC IN THE NINETEENTH-


CENTURY HOME THAMES & HUDSON, H/B, £28, 9780500518380


This singular and delightfully quirky book delves into the surprisingly sinister subject of 19th century wallpaper. Dickens Hawksley interweaves the history of the use and effects of toxic pigments that were ingrained in them with eight specially printed facsimile (but non-toxic!) sections of rare and alluring designs. The originals, by such designers as Corbière and Morris & Co, were laboratory tested and found to contain arsenic by the British National Archives.


9781846148675


In this “guidebook to London like you’ve never seen it before”, the authors reimagine the city in 26 distinct ways, one for each letter of the alphabet; considering, for example, how London might look from a child’s perspective, or mapping the airspace above the city. At the heart of each chapter is an original, hand- drawn map by artists including Chris Riddell and Steven Appleby; supplemented by many, diverse London voices including Monica Ali, Philip Pullman and Shami Chakrabati.


TRAVEL


HENRY ELIOT & MATT LLOYD-ROSE CURIOCITY: IN PURSUIT OF LONDON PARTICULAR, 25TH, H/B, £30,


KATIE BARON FASHION + MUSIC: THE FASHION CREATIVES SHAPING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY LAURENCE KING, H/B, £30, 9781780677484 From pop videos to editorial shoots, and from the Sex Pistols and David Bowie to Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Lady Gaga, a lavishly illustrated look at the power of fashion as a make-or-break tool within the music industry’s creative process, featuring the work of leading stylists.


BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS


ANNA PASTERNAK LARA: THE UNTOLD LOVE STORY AND THE INSPIRATION BEHIND DOCTOR


ZHIVAGO COLLINS, 25TH, H/B, £20, 9780008156787


Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak has sold in its millions around the world since it was first published, and the film is the eighth highest grossing in US film history. This is the romantic and ultimately tragic story of the real love affair which inspired the romance between Zhivago and Lara: that between Pasternak and his literary muse Olga Ivinskaya. Anna Pasternak is Boris’ great-niece, and here reveals for the first time, the critical role Olga played in his life, arguing that were it not for her, Doctor Zhivago would never have been completed, or published.


HISTORY


HELEN RAPPAPORT CAUGHT IN THE REVOLUTION HUTCHINSON, 25TH, H/B, £25, 9780091958954 I loved Rappaport’s


most recent book about the four ill-fated Romanov princesses. Here she aims to tell the story of the Russian Revolution—the centenary is next year, of course—from an entirely new perspective, that of the foreign nationals who witnessed history being made first-hand, and recorded events in their diaries and letters. They included an English nurse who survived the “Titanic” disaster only to end up in the heat of revolutionary upheaval; the American Ambassador’s black valet; and Emmeline Pankhurst who had travelled to Petrograd to inspect the indomitable Women’s Death Battalion, led by Maria Bochkareva.


CHARLOTTE AND PETER FIELL DESIGN MUSEUM: A–Z OF DESIGN AND DESIGNERS GOODMAN, 11TH, H/B, £25, 9781783130054 Published in association with the Design Museum, a richly illustrated guide to the world’s leading designers and design studios, covering all aspects of design from architecture and products, to graphics and 3D computer environments. Features Alvar Aalto, Joe Colombo, Charles and Ray Eames, and the late Dame Zaha Hadid.


9781910787243 Originally published in 1946 (and out of print for decades) a short illustrated treatise on the art of pencil drawing by the author of the Gormenghast trilogy, who was also an accomplished illustrator.


ALAN POWERS 100 YEARS OF ARCHITECTURE LAURENCE KING, H/B, £30, 9781780678238 Visual history, illustrating the changing nature of architecture and its expansion from the early developments of concrete and steel, through the eruption of Modernism, to the provocative arguments of Postmodernism in the 1980s, right up to today’s global brands.


RICHARD TAYLOR EDWARD JOHNSTON: A SIGNATURE FOR LONDON UNICORN, P/B, £14.99, 9781910787298 Celebrating the centenary of the Johnston typeface —which influenced the design of the whole London transport system and is still seen by millions every day—and the life and work of its creator, Edward Johnston. Published in association with the London Transport Museum.


TRENT MORSE BALLPOINT ART LAURENCE KING, P/B, £17.95, 9781780678528 Amazing and inspiring compendium of art made with ballpoint pens by 30 artists around the world. Doodling with the humble Biro at your desk could be the new colouring-in . . .


MERVYN PEAKE THE CRAFT OF THE LEAD PENCIL UNICORN, 1ST, H/B, £8.99,


BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS


SARAH BEESON SHE’S ARRIVED! HARPERELEMENT, 25TH, P/B, £7.99, 9780007520091 Memoirs of a health visitor in rural Kent in the 1970s, in which Beeson is at work reuniting families and helping mums in the midst of a community full of ancient feuds, funny little ways and just a bit of magic. But will it be the clergyman, the vet or the


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