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Original sketches, patterns and test shots, plus interviews with Hollywood designer William Travilla on Marilyn Monroe’s most famous looks.
Series
Fashion Icons 25th June, hb, £14.99, 97810354303
Ultimate guides to all city denizens who make fashion a way of life. New York Kristen Bateman 45 Paris
Amelie Stanescu 76
Series
Little Books hb, £14.99, 97810354329 Lavishly illustrated stories of some of the world’s best- known luxury brands. Little Book of Patek Philippe Josh Sims 5th March, 36 Little Book of Cartier Tamara Sturtz-Filby 4th June, 50
The Story of the Chanel Suit 16th July, hb, £14.99, 9781035436996
Elegant, revolutionary and endlessly reinvented, the Chanel suit is one of the most recognisable symbols of 20th and 21st century fashion.
The Story of the Hermes Birkin Welbeck
16th July, hb, £14.99, 9781035437016
Coveted, collectible and emblematic of timeless luxury, the Hermes Birkin is more than just a handbag.
Sneakers Neal Heard 16th April, hb, £25, 9781802790993
Illustrated edition of more than 300 shoes.
XJTLU
The Architecture of Suzhou Fei Chen, Andre Brown, Yiping Dong
15th February, hb, eb, £45, 9781836245872
Captures the city’s key architecture and urban structures and reveals its remarkable journey of identity-building over the centuries.
Spring/Summer 2026
Yale University Press
Lost London Paul Knox 28th April, hb, eb, £25, 9780300282085
Engaging, beautifully illustrated history of London told through 25 vanished buildings.
The Country House Dining Room Amy Boyington
26th May, hb, £25, 9780300276923
Combining architectural, social and cultural history to explore the significance of the dining room during the Georgian era.
Zone Books
Breathing Space Tim Altenhof 10th March, hb, eb, £32, 9781945861116
Illuminating account of how new knowledge about human respiration had an impact on architectural design in the early 20th century.
ACC Art Books
A Night at the Disco Alice Harris,
Christian John Wikane 3rd March, hb, £40, 9781788842792
Celebration of groundbreaking dance music from 1970-79, with an unprecedented collection of photographs of more than 100 artists.
Jazz Heroes Steve Schapiro, Richard Scheinin 1st June, hb, £60, 9781788843423 Essential volume of rare and previously unseen photos by Schapiro the biggest jazz legends of the 1960s.
David Bowie: Music Lover Geoff McCormack, Jerome Soligny
9th June, hb, £25, 9781788843584
Reveals the artists that Bowie listened to throughout his life. Written jointly by his lifelong friend McCormack and Bowie expert Soligny.
Anthem Press
Musicians on Twitch Arthur Ehlinger 12th May, pb, eb, £20.99, 9781839996016
Examines the lives of musicians navigating the livestreaming service Twitch’s attention- driven ecosystem. Through interviews and observations it reveals the tensions between creativity, financial stability and wellbeing.
Learning With Ludwig Matthew Brown 7th April, pb, eb, £20.99, 9781839997884
Perhaps the most famous melody ever created. This book sets out to show why the Freude theme has acquired this almost mythic status.
Music Technology Panic Narratives Beyond Piracy David Arditi
3rd March, pb, eb, £20.99, 9781839995941
When people develop technologies to distribute music record labels act like it will destroy the business. This
Music
book shows that these narratives are about reconfiguring power.
Atlantic Books
Even the Good Girls Will Cry 19th March, hb, eb, £22, 9781805461012
Remarkably open- hearted, clear-eyed memoir of the 1990s alternative era by the bassist of Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins.
Aurum
Passion is a Fashion Pat Gilbert 14th May, pb, £14.99, 9781805704133
Definitive, expanded biography of the Clash, fully revised for the band’s 50th anniversary, with new material and a striking new cover.
Austin Macauley
The Language of the Rasumovsky Quartets Lionel Pike
27th February, eb, £3.50, 9781398439917
While working for the BBC, Robert Simpson gave an illustrated TV lecture on the last of Beethoven’s three Rasumovsky string quartets, Op 59.
Backbeat Series
Genre pb, eb, £14.99, 979876512 From vaporwave to death metal, trip-hop to dance punk, this 33⅓ series offshoot tiptoes through the minefield of perplexing and provoking musical sub-genres.
Violent Femmes’ Violent Femmes Nic Brown 14th May, £10.99, 3514 Mazzy Star’s So Tonight That I Might See Anthony Gomez III 5th March, £10.99, 3552
Raps of Resistance Jeremy C McCool, Earl Hopkins
14th May, hb, eb, £24.99, 9798881801250
Kendrick Lamar and J Cole blazed paths that salvaged socially conscious rap at a pivotal time in history.
Pub Rock Mark Wilkerson 11th June, 3409 Minimalist Music George Grella 2nd April, 3447 Queercore Audrey Golden 11th June, 5854
Series
33⅓ pb, eb, 979876513 Widely acclaimed by fans, musicians and scholars alike, 33 ⅓ books dive deep into legendary artists, albums and genres. Cher’s Believe Lior Phillips-Kivel 11th June, £9.99, 2593
Scatman John Gina Waggott 5th February, hb, eb, £21.99, 9798881807078
The inspiring story of a middle-aged, stuttering pianist who, against all odds, became a global pop phenomenon by turning his greatest pain into his purpose.
Boydell & Brewer
The Art of Musical Ciphers, Riddles and Sundry Curiosities R Larry Todd, Katharina Uhde
10th February, pb, £39.99, 9781837653041
Unfinished Lucas Cantor Santiago 19th February, hb, eb, £24.99, 9798765143179
Emmy-winning composer’s brisk and engaging look at the interplay of technology and the arts in the AI era.
Bloomsbury Academic
All Summer Long David Beard 11th June, hb, eb, £25, 9798216383208
In-depth exploration of the Beach Boys’ incredible output during their peak years as recollected by group members, family, friends and musical colleagues.
Stiff Little Fingers’ Inflammable Material Kevin Dunn 5th March, £10.99, 3248
Offers the first comprehensive account of a centuries-old tradition of encrypting covert messages into music, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Erik Satie Caroline Potter 10th February, pb, eb, £19.99, 9781837653201
Satie’s music and ideas are inextricably linked with the City of Light. This book situates his work within the context and sonic environment of contemporary Paris.
Series
Compendiums 14th April, pb, £26.99, 97818376532
Frank Ocean’s Blonde Yousef Srour 11th June, £10.99, 3477
The Telemann Compendium Steven Zohn 18
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