This autumn John Silver and his son David celebrate a quarter century of the Vintage Watch Company in the Burlington Arcade with this handsome publication. 1800 watches, from early pocket wa... read more
Looks at Jane's contribution too in this extraordinary personal and creative partnership. SFC's earlier book To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters was excellent.
A labour of love and scholarship, this is a study of the extraordinary Royal Library of Dom Joao V (1706-1750) of Portugal that was destroyed in 1755 in the Lisbon earthquake. The library co... read more
2 vols in a slipcase: from 1921-1945, and from 1945-today. Covers the story of the packaging and marketing, with photographers such as Richard Avedon and Helmut Newton.