Shopfronts of London
In praise of small neighbourhood shops
$26.49
- Hardcover
128 pages
- Release Date
13 November 2019
Summary
Published in partnership with Spitalfields Life, this is a timely and beautiful book on the small, traditional shopfronts of London by artist Eleanor Crow.
As our high streets become either bland copies of each other or slip into decline, these beacons of traditional shop life offer beautiful shop windows, typography and history.
Covering over 80 shopfronts, the book features beautiful watercolour illustrations of the capital’s bakers, cafes, fishmongers, greengrocers, chemist…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849945622 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849945624 |
| Author: | Eleanor Crow |
| Publisher: | Batsford |
| Imprint: | Batsford |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 13 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 568g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 185mm x 242mm |
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Critics Review
‘It’s hard to imagine a more comforting book’ – Markus Berkmann , The Spectator
‘It’s hard to imagine a more comforting book’
– Markus Berkmann * The Spectator *‘A love letter to the city it captures… With high streets struggling as much as they are, books like this remind us how much they enrich our lives’
* Roman Road London *Eleanor Crow
Eleanor Crow is a book cover designer and illustrator who, in addition to shopfronts, likes to draw everything from armadillos to zucchini. She is the illustrator of The Pebbles on the Beach and Grief is the Thing With Feathers. She is based in London and Stroud, Gloucestershire.
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