Books published by ACC ART BOOKS

An excellent introduction to the careers of two major British artists and designers.

A vivid comparison of life in the Naga Hills in India in the 1920s and '30s and the present.

Offers a detailed examination of the whole topic of Parian porcelain, its origin, marketing and manufacturing process.

Documents the career of the Polish design duo Jan Le Witt and George Him.

A vibrant portrait of two key British fashion designers of the 1960s, the scene that surrounded them, and the part they played in creating it

This major reference work concentrates on British flower painting from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries. The dictionary provides the biographical details of almost 1000 British flower painters, including specialties, awards and exhibitions.

The first large, comprehensive book on all types of antique boxes from diverse cultures. The first book to emphasize contents and usage of boxes and help identify and define the nature of a particular box. Includes vast numbers of illustrated examples with beautiful color images accompanies by concise, readable text.

Jessie is so keen to go to sea with her fisherman father that she stows away on his boat, even though he has told her to wait until she is older. Then things go horribly wrong and she finds herself almost drowning. Happily, she is rescued by three dolphins and returned safely to the beach.

Concentrating on pieces of treen related to eating and drinking, this book celebrates the range and richness of the turner's art from 1600 to 1900.

The definitive history of the small but important Mortlake pottery established by Joseph Kishere in the late 28th century.

An exceptionally practical book on collecting prints. Features straight-forward, basic information that is usefule to the beginner and also to the experienced collector interested in buying for pleasure and as an investor.

Nearly 200 works by Thomas Churchyard and his various talented children tell the story of provincial Suffolk just before the advent of photography.

This is the first book on salt-glazed stoneware since 1971. This book is the first to cover salt- glazed production in the whole of the British Isles, not simply the production in Staffordshire. Beginning with the introduction of salt-glazed stoneware into England by German and Dutch potters in the mid-17th century, this book goes

This book promises to fill a gap in the literature that has remained unbridged far too long. It is the only book available on the subject.

This text explores the subject of English dry-bodied stoneware, and discusses the antecedents of the 18th-century neo-classical wares, the red stones of the 17th-century, as well as other bodies produced by Wedgewood and his contemporaries: caneware, white felspathic stoneware and jasper.

The first book devoted to British Ironstone China and the related stone china and granite ceramic bodies. A unique guide with details of 350 British manufacturers many of who have not previously been noted or researched.

A unique new study, this is the first book on the subject for thirty years.

This work provides a comprehensive listing of all known Chester marks in easy-to-use format with photographs of the actual marks.

A standard work of reference, destined to be indispensable to all those with an interst in British porcelain

This book concentrates on original species orchids rather than hybrid It gives straight forward advice on successful cultivation methods. There is an extensive illustrated gallery of botanical orchids with many photographs and full descriptive information of the different species.

A Definitive guide which catalogues three types of printed Spode techniques. Over 900 illustrations, many of the blue printed ware and shapes in colour. Each pattern and shape individually photographed. Totally revised second edition, including much new research.

Lists some 41000 artists including many minor artists of the late Victorian era and the early twentieth century who exhibited at forty-nine main centres both public and private.

A comprehensive and up-to-date guide to pot-lids and Staffordshire ware, this book corrects the mistakes in identifying and recording lids that have led to errors being perpetuated through successive publications in the past.