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Batsford

We maintain a sizeable stock of titles published by Charles Batsford. The Batsford books were among the first to combine the lavish use of photography with authoritative texts. During the ‘golden age’ of the 1930s, 40s and 50s the books were further distinguished by brightly coloured dustwrappers, most notably by Brian Cook and, later, Philip Gough.

The illustrations of Brian Cook have become iconic. His heightened use of colour, in a flat poster style, is much imitated but never surpassed, and all his work is highly collectable.

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  • ATKINSON, Thomas Dinham

    Local Style in English Architecture. An Enquiry into its Origin and Development

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  • BATCHELOR, Denzil

    British Sports Past and Present. Soccer

    Soccer. A History of Association Football.

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  • BATSFORD, Brian Cook

    The Britain of Brian Cook

    Foreword by Sir Hugh Casson. Preface by Ian Logan.

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  • BATSFORD, Harry

    The Greater English Church of the Middle Ages

    Second Edition, Revised.

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  • BATSFORD, Harry

    The English Cottage

    Second Edition, revised.

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  • BATSFORD, Harry

    The Cathedrals of England

    With a Foreword by Hugh Walpole. Illustrated from Drawings by Brian Cook and from Photographs. [Sixth Edition.]

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  • BATSFORD, Harry

    How to See the Country

    [Second Edition, revised.]

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  • BELL, J.H.B.

    British Hills and Mountains

    [Second Edition.]

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  • BELL, J.H.B.

    British Hills and Mountains

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  • BELL, Adrian

    The English Countryside. A Survey of its Chief Features

    With an Introduction by H.J. Massingham.

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  • BELL,, Adrian

    The Legacy of England. An Illustrated Survey of the Works of Man in the English Country

    With Contributions by Adrian Bell, George A Birmingham, Edmund Blunden, Ivor Brown, Bernard Darwin [and others]

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  • BETT, Henry

    English Legends

    Illustrated from Drawings by Eric Fraser.

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  • BLAKE, George

    The Heart of Scotland

    [Third Edition.]

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  • BRAUN, Hugh

    The English Castle

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  • BROWN, Ivor

    The Heart of England

    [Third Edition.]

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  • CARVER, Michael

    El Alamein

    [Second Impression.]

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  • CARVER, Michael

    El Alamein

    [Batsford British Battles series].

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  • CARVER, Field-Marshal Michael

    Tobruk

    [British Battles series].

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  • COLES, K. Adlard

    Sailing and Cruising [for the small Boat Owner]

    [Second Edition.]

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  • COURLANDER, Kathleen

    Richmond [Surrey]

    From Kew Green to Ham Common.

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  • COX, J. Charles

    The Parish Churches of England

    Edited, with Additional Chapters, by Charles Bradley Ford. With a Foreword by W.R. Inge. [Fifth Edition, revised.]

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  • CROSSLEY, Fred H.

    English Church Craftsmanship

    An Introduction to the Work of the Mediaeval Period and some Account of later Developments.

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  • CROSSLEY, Fred H.

    English Church Craftsmanship

    An Introduction to the Work of the Mediaeval Period and some Account of later Developments. [Second Edition.]

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  • CROSSLEY, F.H.

    The English Abbey

    Its Life and Work in the Middle Ages. With a Foreword by Lord Harlech. Illustrated by Photographs by the Author and Others, and by Drawings by Brian Cook. Second Edition, Revised. [Second Impression thus].

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  • CROSSLEY, Fred H.

    English Church Design, 1040-1540 A.D

    An Introduction to the Study of Mediaeval Building.

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