Castor and Pollux

June 6th, 2010

Rob Ryan book – This is for you

This is for you, by Rob Ryan is back in stock!! It’s £12.99, and we recommend that you nip to the gallery, or phone us very soon if you want a copy, as they always sell out fast! 01273 773776

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Posted by Mike

March 19th, 2010

This is… books from M. Sasek

All these beautiful books are currently available at Castor and Pollux.

: thisisparis

: this-is-rome

: thisislondon

: thisisvenice

: this-is-ireland

: thisistexas

M. Sasek was born in Prague in 1916 and died in Switzerzerland in 1980. He worked as a painter and illustrator for most of his life. Starting with This is Paris published in 1958, the books he wrote painted a delightful and evocative picture of some of the world’s great cities (and countries!). Having delighted children and adults for more than 50 years they are now being reissued.

Each of the books are £10.99

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Posted by April

November 12th, 2009

Wayne White monograph from Ammo Books

We have a wonderful new monograph of artist Wayne White in stock. ‘Maybe now I’ll get the respect I so richly deserve’, By Todd Oldham.

It comes in two versions – the basic book for £44.95 or the boxed version with a signed & numbered limited edition print (3 to choose from). There are only 250 copies of each. £200.

Wayne White

After studying at Middle Tennessee State University White went to New York City and worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for a number of publications including The East Village Eye, Raw, The New York Times, and The Village Voice.

In 1986 he worked on Pee Wee’s Playhouse where his work for his set and puppet designs won three Emmy awards, he also supplied a number of voices on the show. Other television credits include production and set design for Riders in the Sky, The Weird Al Show and Beakman’s World.^[1]

He has done the art direction on two seminal music videos, Peter Gabriel’s “Big Time” in 1986 for which he won a Billboard award for best Art Direction in a music video. In 1996 he designed all the Georges Méliès inspired sets for the award-winning video for the Smashing Pumpkins, “Tonight, Tonight”.

More recently he has concentrated on his painting career. He takes cheap mass produced lithogaphs which he finds in secondhand thrift stores and painstakingly writes phrases or words on them in a glossy 3-D style. His works have been compared to Ed Ruscha.

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Posted by Mike

June 18th, 2009

Charley Harper books at Castor and Pollux

So exciting!!! We have received a very exciting parcel from the lovely people at Ammo books. Charley Harper is beloved for his delightful, graphic and often humorous illustrations of nature, animals, insects and people. Charley liked to say that when he paints a bird, he doesn’t count all the feathers in the wings – he just counts the wings. Minimal realism, he called it, and his unique and precise style continues to resonate and inspire his admirers.

: 123 s hardcover book, £6.95

: Alphabet flash cards, £8.99

: Charley Harper memory game, £9.95

: ABC, skinny hardcover, £6.95

: Birds & Words, £17.95

: Charley Harper: An illustrated life, large format table book, £120

Particularly wonderful is Charley Harper – An Illustrated Life which showcases illustrations that appeared from 1950-1975 in the Ford Times magazines, as well as in books such as the beloved “The Giant Golden Book of Biology” in 1961, “Betty Crocker’s Dinner for Two” in 1961, and “ The Animal Kingdom” in 1968, among many others. Charley’s work has never before been published in one complete retrospective.

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Posted by Mike

December 9th, 2008

Graphic design books

Our favourite graphic design books come from Pie Books in Tokyo. They’re quirky and beautifully designed, with lovely paper and inspiring subject matter. Click here for more details.