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The Environment and Ecology in Islamic Art and Culture

Edited by Radha Dalal, Sean Roberts and Jochen Sokoly

The Islamic world finds itself increasingly at the epicenter of our escalating climate emergency, both as a locus of the petrochemical industry and as home to extraordinary landscapes in which the effects of environmental...

July 25, 2023, HC - Paper over Board, $70.00

Saint Francis of Assisi

Gabriele Finaldi and Joost Joustra

Exploring the life, imagery and lasting appeal of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182–1226), this landmark book features a core of important historic paintings representing the saint by Giotto, Sassetta, Caravaggio, Zurbarán and El Greco....

July 25, 2023, Hardcover, $35.00

Burning the Big House

The Story of the Irish Country House in a Time of War and Revolution

Terence Dooley

The gripping story of the tumultuous destruction of the Irish country house, spanning the revolutionary years of 1912 to 1923   During the Irish Revolution nearly three hundred country houses were burned to the...

August 1, 2023, Paper, $24.00

Critical Revolutionaries

Five Critics Who Changed the Way We Read

Terry Eagleton

Terry Eagleton looks back across sixty years to an extraordinary critical milieu that transformed the study of literature   Before the First World War, traditional literary scholarship was isolated from society at...

August 1, 2023, Paper, $20.00

Landscape Design and Revolution in Ireland and the United States, 1688-1815

Finola O’Kane

Explores how revolutionary ideas were translated into landscape design, encompassing liberty, equality, improvement and colonialism   Spanning the designed landscapes of England’s Glorious Revolution of 1688, the...

August 8, 2023, Hardcover with Slipcase, $65.00

Jane Austen's Wardrobe

Hilary Davidson

Jane Austen’s Wardrobe brings together for the first time all the surviving dress and jewellery objects of Jane Austen (1775–1817), and imaginatively explores the missing pieces. Alongside the real garments and accessories,...

September 12, 2023, Hardcover, $35.00

Belfast

The Story of a City and its People

Feargal Cochrane

A lively and comprehensive history of Belfast—covering the highs and lows of a resilient city   Modern Belfast is a beautiful city with a vibrant tradition of radicalism, industry, architectural innovation, and...

September 12, 2023, Hardcover, $30.00

Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han

James Tod and Norbert Peabody; With contributions from Ramya Sreenivasan and Brian Cannon

The two volumes of James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han, first published in 1829–32, remain to this day the first port of call for anyone interested in the history and culture of Rajasthan and the early colonial...

September 26, 2023, 3-Volume Boxed Set with Slipcase, $1000.00

David Hammons

Day's End

Adam D. Weinberg and Kellie E. Jones

An in-depth look at a public art project by David Hammons with an overview of the enigmatic artist’s career Published to commemorate David Hammons’s (b. 1943) public art project Day’s End, this book documents...

November 21, 2023, HC-Flexibound, $45.00

National Gallery Technical Bulletin

Volume 42

Marika Spring; With contributions by Rachel Billinge, Bart Cornelis, Jill Dunkerton, Catherine Higgitt, Helen Howard, Larry Keith, Britta New, David Peggie, and Jacob Simon

An authoritative annual record of scientific research and conservation carried out at the National Gallery, LondonThe National Gallery Technical Bulletin is an annual record of the research carried out...

November 30, 2023, Paper, $70.00

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