ART & LITERARY BOOKS

Welcome to Rare Art & Literary Books

The biggest collection of rare art books and exhibition catalogues online. Rare vintage catalogues, art monographs, signed editions, and deleted titles.

Primarily UK release though a few from overseas. Rare art books and exhibition catalogues. A lot are really hard to source. Exhibition catalogues are deleted titles almost as soon as the exhibition is over.

All items sent from the UK. Most items: Only 1 in stock.

• Michael Andrews
• Eugène Atget
• Frank Auerbach
• Francis Bacon
• Benaki Museum
• Joseph Beuys
• Abraham Bloemaert (Biog.)
• Botticelli
• Andre Breton (Biog. / Gallery)
• Jacqueline Lamba Breton (Biog. / Gallery)
• Abraham van Calraet (Biog.)
• Abraham van Beyeren (Biog.)
• Leonora Carrington
• Whitney Chadwick
• Les Chiens De Paris (Dogs of Paris) Hardcover Book (1995)
• Jean Cocteau
• Abraham Cooper (Biog.)
• Aelbert Cuyp (Biog.)
• Paul Delvaux
• Agostino di Duccio (Biog.)
• Nusch Eluard (Biog. / Gallery)
• Max Ernst
• Lyonel Feininger
• Leonor Fini (Biog. / Gallery)
• Mark Francis
• Lucian Freud
• Elisabth Frink
• Aert de Gelder (Biog.)
• Mark Gertler
• Adolph Gottlieb (Biog.)
• Julian Grater
• Damien Hirst
• Valentine Hugo (Biog. / Gallery)
• Hundertwasser (Biog. / Gallery)
• Islamic Art (Revised Edition) - Paperback Book (1979)
• Frida Kahlo (Biog. / Gallery / Prints)
• Gustav Klimt
• Leon Kossoff
• Willem De Kooning
• Leon Kossoff
• R.B. Kitaj
• Rene Magritte
• Jean Marais
• Andre Masson (Biog. / Gallery)
• Angus McBean
• Joan Miró (Biog. / Gallery)
• Amedeo Modigliani
• Aert van der Neer (Biog.)
• Jules Olitski
• Norman Parkinson
• Pablo Picasso
• Jackson Pollock
• Pop Revolution: The People Who Radically Transformed the Art World Paperback Book (2013)
• Prestel
• Paula Rego
• Kay Sage (Biog. / Gallery)
• Bridget Riley
• Mark Rothko (Biog./Gallery)
• Egon Schiele
• Clyfford Still
• Dorothea Tanning (Biog. / Gallery)
• Ernest Trova
• Philippe Ug
• Remedios Varo
• Vermeer
• Andy Warhol (Biog. / Gallery)

• Eugène Atget – I Grandi Fotografi (Italian Paperback, 1983)

• Frank Auerbach - Exclusive Interview (1998)
• Frank Auerbach - Signed Monograph [Hardback] Book (2009)
• Frank Auerbach - Monograph [Hardback] Book (2009)
• Frank Auerbach - Revised and Expanded Edition Monograph Hardcover book (2022)
• Frank Auerbach - Tate Illustrated Paperback Book (2015)
• Frank Auerbach works in chronological order
• Frank Auerbach - The Charcoal Heads Exhibition Poster (2024)
• Frank Auerbach - 3 Postcards (2024)
• Frank Auerbach - Self-Portrait A6 Postcard (2024)
• Frank Auerbach - Concertina Postcard Set (2024)
• Frank Auerbach - Head of EOW III Print Board (2024)
• Frank Auerbach - Head of Gerda Print Board (2024)
• Frank Auerbach - The Charcoal Heads Hardcover Book (2024)
• Frank Auerbach - Etchings and Drypoints 1954-2006 Book

• Francis Bacon - Recent Paintings (July – August 1965) Paperback
• Francis Bacon: Tate Exhibition Catalogue 1980
• Francis Bacon & Nazi Propaganda Book
• British Artists: Francis Bacon Book
• Francis Bacon: Marlborough 1989 Exhibition Catalogue
• Francis Bacon: Portraits and Heads Book
• Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation Book
• Bacon's Eye: Works on Paper from the Barry Joule Archive Book
• Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonne and Documentation Book
• Francis Bacon - Taschen Book

• A Guide to the Benaki Museum Paperback Book (2000)

• Biog./Gallery
• Joseph Beuys - Earthquake in Palazzo 1981 Set of 4 Identical Postcards
• Joseph Beuys - Filzpostkarte Felt Postcard

• Sandro Botticelli 1444/45-1510 - Taschen Paperback (2000)

• Whitney Chadwick - Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement [Paperback] Book (2021)
• Whitney Chadwick - Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement [Hardcover] Book (1989)

• Jean Cocteau - Bio./Gallery
• Jean Cocteau – Le sang d’un poète & Le testament d’Orphée (1983) French Book
• Jean Cocteau - Le sang d'un poète :: Le testament d'Orphée (L'avant-scène cinéma) (1983) Book
• Jean Cocteau – Orphee Card Poster (2000s)

• Paul Delvaux - Bio./Gallery
• Delvaux by Barbara Emerson Hardcover Book – 31 Dec 1985

• Max Ernst
• Max Ernst – Taschen Book (1988)

• Lyonel Feininger – Drawings and Watercolours | Marlborough Catalogue (1988)

• Lucian Freud - Arts Council Paperback 1974
• Lucian Freud - Marlborough Exhibition Catalogue, October 1963
• Lucian Freud - Etchings 1946-2004 Book
• Lucian Freud - The Painter's Etchings Book
• Etchings of Lucian Freud: A Catalogue Raisonne 1946-1995 Book
• Lucian Freud by William Feaver Book
• Lucian Freud - Drawings, Selected by William Feaver Book
• Lucian Freud - The Studio Book
• Lucian Freud - Portraits UK Dvd
• Lucian Freud - Portraits Book [Hardcover] (2012)
• Lucian Freud - Paintings (1989) Book

• Biog.
• Elisabeth Frink – Signed Sculpture Catalogue Raisonne Hardcover (UK) 1984
• Catalogue/Signed Letter

• Damien Hirst - The Cancer Chronicles Signed Book
• Damien Hirst – *On the Way to Work* (2001) Hardcover Book

• Islamic Art (Revised Edition) - Paperback Book (1979)

• Willem De Kooning – The Late Paintings, the 1980s Hardcover Book (1995)

• Leon Kossoff - Anthony D'Offay Gallery Exhibition Catalogue 1988 + Supplement
• Leon Kossoff: Drawing from Painting (National Gallery London) Paperback (2007)
• Leon Kossoff - 2 Official Postcards
• Leon Kossoff - 1998 Exhibition Catalogue
• Leon Kossoff - Annely Juda Fine Art Exhibition Catalogue 2011
• Leon Kossoff - Tate Gallery 1996 Book
• Leon Kossoff - London Landscapes Exhibition Book
• Leon Kossoff - Paintings from a Decade, 1970-80 Paperback Book

• Michael Andrews - Tate Britain 2001 Book
• Michael Andrews: The Delectable Mountain Whitechapel Catalogue, 1991
• Rock of Ages Cleft For Me: Recent Paintings by Michael Andrews
• Michael Andrews - Lights 2000 Exhibition Catalogue
• Michael Andrews - Arts Council Exhibition Catalogue

• Family Group, 1913 (2002) Set of 4 Postcards (Muse Productions)

• R.B. Kitaj - The Painter (Cross & Chimney) Set of 4 Identical Postcards
• Kitaj: Pictures and Conversations Paperback (1994)
• Kitaj... In the Picture DVD
• R. B. Kitaj - Signed Pastels and Drawings Exhibition Catalogue
• Kitaj: The Architects Book
• Kitaj Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné Book
• Kitaj Monograph Book
• R.B. Kitaj: A Retrospective Book

• Bio./Gallery
• Gustav Klimt – Drawings & Paintings | Hardback Art Book
• Gustav Klimt - Expectation Parastone Sculpture
• Gustav Klimt - The Kiss Parastone Sculpture
• Gustav Klimt - Parastone Sculptures

• Rene Magritte - The Son of Man Parastone Mouseion Sculpture/Figurine
• Bio./Gallery

• Angus McBean - 2 Signed Vintage Theatre Boards
• Vintage rare collection Angus Mcbean National Portraits Gallery 2006 poster npg

• Amedeo Modigliani - Prestel Book
• Head - Parastone Mouseion Sculpture

• Norman Parkinson – Fifty Years of Portraits and Fashion | Paperback Book (1981)

• Paula Rego - Telling Tales Dvd
• Paula Rego - Serpentine Gallery Exhibition Book (1988)
• Paula Rego - Nursery rhymes Exhibition Catalogue
• Paula Rego - John McEwen Book
• Paula Rego (Modern Artists series) Paperback
• Paula Rego A Retrospective Book
• Paula Rego - Jane Eyre

• Biog./Gallery
• Leonora Carrington - Surrealism, Alchemy and Art Hardcover Book (2004)
• Leonora Carrington - Surrealism, Alchemy and Art – Sealed New Paperback (2010)
• Leonora Carrington and the International Avant-Garde Paperback Book (2017)
• Leonora Carrington - Serpentine Gallery Catalogue (1991)
• Leonora Carrington - Down Below Book (2017)
• Leonora Carrington - Down Below Book (1983)
• Leonora Carrington - The House of Fear | Japanese Hardcover Book (1997)
• Leonora Carrington - The Talismanic Lens Paperback Book (2007)
• The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington Paperback Book (2017)
• Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington Hardcover Book (2023)
• Leonora Carrington: The Hearing Trumpet [Tankobon Hardcover] Japanese Book (2003)

• Mark Francis: Untitled Monotype

• Julian Grater - Scattering of Dust Paperback Exhibition Catalogue (1994)

• Jean Marais – Ruy Blas (1948) | French DVD (New, 2008 Release)

• Jules Olitski - III/XX Signed Limited Edition Print – 1996 Ojai Festival, 27×21 inches in Mount

• Picasso - Working on Paper Paperback (2000)

• Jackson Pollock - Taschen Paperback (2006)

• British Art in the 20th Century – Paperback Book (1987)

• Bridget Riley – Flashback Hardcover Book (2009)

• Egon Schiele - Gertie Schiele in Checkered Cloth Parastone Mouseion Sculptur/Figurine

• Clyfford Still – The Artist’s Museum Hardcover Book (2012)

• Ernest Trova Signed Running Man Print

• Philippe Ug – Pop-Up Op-Art: Vasarely Paperback (2014)

• Bio./Gallery
• Remedios Varo - The Mexican Years Hardcover Book (2024)
• Remedios Varo – Science Fictions Hardcover Book (2023)

• Vermeer – Taschen Paperback (2000)