Sales and Publication List



All the publications below can be obtained by post from the Museum Secretary, Julie Brock either by filling in the online order form, or contacting her by email: jbrock@soane.org.uk, telephone +44 (0) 20 7440 4263 or fax +44 (0) 20 7831 3957. All payment must be received in advance of dispatch and cheques should be made payable to Sir John Soane's Museum. The Museum accepts all major credit and debit cards apart from Diners Card. A charge for postage and packing will be added to all orders. Items will be dispatched by 2nd class post within the United Kingdom and airmail for items to the rest of the world, unless surface mail is specifically requested.

n.b. New items are marked with a *

GREETINGS CARDS

GUIDES TO THE MUSEUM AND COLLECTION

THE LIFE AND WORK OF JOHN SOANE

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

SOANE ANNUAL LECTURES

OTHER BOOKS

LEPORELLO CARD AND POSTCARDS

SLIDES

PRINTS AND OTHER ITEMS

DVDs

BOOKENDS

GREETINGS CARDS

*SOANE GREETINGS CARDS

These cards from Sir John Soane's Museum reproduce the frontispieces of two of the four volumes of G B Piranesi's Le Antichita Romane of 1756 from copies in Soane's Library.

Beautifully produced on high quality cartridge, the cards are available in two designs, with envelopes the cards bear no message so can be used all year round. The measure 217 x 300mm when open (217 x 150mm closed).

Sold in sets of 4 (2 of each design).

 

£5 for 1 set; £8 for 2 sets; £20 for 6 sets.

 

Postage and packing: £2.50 (3 sets or less; £3.50 4-6 sets). Contact Julie Brock (020 7440 4263) for costs or larger quantities


GUIDES TO THE MUSEUM AND COLLECTION 


A Short Description of Sir John Soane's Museum

14-page full-colour guide to the Museum

Available in English and French

£1.00

A New Description of Sir John Soane's Museum

A souvenir guide describing the house and Museum, 161 pages in paperback including many colour illustrations, 14.5 x 21cm

£5

 

A Miscellany of Objects from Sir John Soane's Museum
Peter Thornton and Helen Dorey

A description of over 120 selected objects with photographs of each item specially taken for the book, 126 pages including 126 illustrations mostly in colour. Available in paperback and hard covers.

Paperback £9.95


*The Soane Hogarths

Christina Scull

A description of the two sets of famous Hogarth paintings in the Museum collection - A Rake's Progress and An Election. Newly revised and reprinted with extra illustrations.

72 pages with colour illustrations
More information

£9.95

Piranesi, Paestum & Soane

John Wilton-Ely

£7.95
OUT OF PRINT

NEW: The Stained Glass Collection of Sir John Soane's Museum
Special Issue of the Journal of Stained Glass Vol XXVII

£20

The North Italian Album

Linda Fairbairn

48 pages. 8-page colour section. 24.5 x 22cm

Sold out but available from Paul Holberton Books
paul-holberton.net
books@paul-holberton.net

£6.95
SOLD OUT
(see left)


The Soane Canalettos

J Links

Sir John Soane's three Canalettos the Riva degli Schiavoni, the Piazza di San Marco, and the Rialto described in the context of Canalettos other work, 48 pages in paperback with numerous colour and b/w illustrations, 24.5 x 22cm

£6.95
OUT OF PRINT


Catalogue of the Drawings of George Dance the Younger (1741-1825) and of George Dance the Elder (1695-1768)

Jill Lever
(available to personal callers only, to order by post contact OUP)

£150.00


Catalogue of Italian Renaissance Drawings (2 vols)
, Lynda Fairbairn
(available to personal callers only, to order by post contact OUP)

£180.00

 

THE LIFE AND WORK OF JOHN SOANE

John Soane, An Accidental Romantic
Gillian Darley

Definitive biography of the architect. 358 pages in hard covers including 219 illustrations in b/w and colour, 21 x 26 x 3cm.

Paperback £17.50


Sir John Soane:

The Royal Academy Lectures
David Watkin

£21.95

Sir John Soane and the Country Estate
Ptolemy Dean

An illustrated inventory of Soane's country houses with the author's own drawings in watercolour and b/w photographs by Martin Charles, 204 pages in hard covers, 23.5 x 26.5 x 2cm.

£40.00

Sir John Soane and London
Ptolemy Dean

An illustrated inventory of Soane's work in London, featuring 8 detailed case studies, with the author's own drawings in watercolour and b/w photographs by Martin Charles, 248 pages in hard covers, 24 x 26.5 x 2.5cm.

£40.00


A Guide to Pitzhanger Manor

£1.00


A Guide to Moggerhanger House

£4.95

The Soanes at Home, Susan Palmer

Domestic life at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 83 pages in paperback with 89 illustrations, mostly in colour, 18 x 26.5cm.

£10.00


Sir John Soane, Architect
Dorothy Stroud

Biography of the architect with a comprehensive survey of his works, 221 pages in hard covers with b/w illustrations, 18.5 x 24.5 x 2.5cm

Paperback £18.95

 

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

Vaulting Ambition: The Adam Brothers Contractors to the Metropolis in the Reign of George III

Alistair Rowan

87-page colour exhibition catalogue.

2007

£10.00

A Passion for Building: the Amateur Architect in England 1650-1850

John Harris & Robert Hradsky

48-page colour exhibition catalogue.

2007

£10.00

To be reprinted 2008

John Soane & J M W Turner: Illuminating a Friendship

Helen Dorey

36-page colour exhibition catalogue.

2007

£9.50

Visions of World Architecture: John Soane's Royal Academy Lecture Illustrations

David Watkin

16-page colour exhibition guide.

2007

£3.00

SOLD OUT

First and Last Loves: John Betjeman & Architecture

Mark Girouard, Ruth Guilding, Dan Cruickshank, Gavin Stamp, Ptolemy Dean et al.

74 pages. Full colour

2006

Sold out but available from Paul Holberton Books
paul-holberton.net
books@paul-holberton.net

£14.95
SOLD OUT

(see left)

Soane's Magician: the Tragic Genius of Joseph Michael Gandy

Christopher Woodward

6-page exhibition guide

2006

£1.00

Pistrucci's Capriccio: a Rediscovered Masterpiece of Regency Sculpture

Carlo Milano & Marjorie Trusted

24 pages. Full colour

2006

£5.00

*Wright to Gehry: drawings from the collection of Barbara Pine

Neil Bingham

48 pages. Full colour

2005

£5
SOLD OUT

Thomas Banks (1735-1805): Britain's First Modern Sculptor

Julius Bryant (ed)

64 pages. Full colour

2005

Awarded joint 4th-place in Art Newspaper &
Axa Art Exhibition Catalogue Award 2005

£10.00

Raymond Erith 1904-1973: Progressive Classicist

Lucy Archer

80 pages. Full colour

2004

£10.00

Saving Wotton: The Remarkable Story of a Soane Country House

William Palin (ed)

48 pages. Full colour

2004

£5.00

Hooked on Books: The Library of Sir John Soane
Eileen Harris & Nick Savage (eds)

40 pages. Full colour

2004

£12.50
OUT OF PRINT

William West and the Regency Toy Theatre
David Powell

64 pages. Full-colour

2004

£15.00

 

 

'Architecture Unshackled':
George Dance the Younger 1741-1825
Exhibition Guide
Jill Lever

24 pages

2004

£2.00

 

'Bob the Roman': Heroic Antiquity & the Architecture of Robert Adam

Alistair Rowan

64 pages. 8-page colour section

2003

£10.00

SOLD OUT

 

Flaxman: Master of the Purest Line

David Bindman (ed)

64 pages. Full colour

2003

Shortlisted for The Art Newspaper &
Axa Art Exhibition Catalogue Award 2003

£10.00

John Soane and the Wooden Bridges of Switzerland: architecture and the culture of technology from Palladio to the Grubenmanns
Angelo Maggi & Nicola Navone

224 pages. Full colour

2002

£15.00

Linda Karshan at the Soane: Prints and Drawings (1997-2002)

Frances Carey (ed)

24 pages

2002

£5.95

Will Alsop at the Soane: Beauty, Joy & the Real

James Hulme (ed)

48 pages. Full colour. Hard covers

2002

£5.00

Marble Mania:  sculpture galleries in England 1640-1840

Ruth Guilding

56 pages. Full colour

2001

£12.50

Hogarth's Election Entertainment: Artists at the Hustings

David Bindman, David Eksedjian & Will Palin (eds)

34 pages. Full colour

2001

£3.50

Libeskind at the Soane: Drawing a New Architecture

Daniel Libeskind

2001

£5

Robert Adam's Castles

Stephen Astley

38 pages. 8-page colour section

2000

£5.00

Hellman at the Soane

Louis Hellman

4-page colour leaflet

2000

£1.00

SOLD OUT

The Royal Academy, Catalogue for the Exhibition John Soane, Architect: Master of Light and Space

Margaret Richardson & MaryAnne Stevens (eds)

302 pages. Full colour
1999

AVAILABLE
ONLY IN
HARDBACK
£40

Inspired by Soane

Christopher Woodward (ed)

52 pages. 20-page colour section

1999

£5.00

Visions of Ruin

Christopher Woodward (ed)

64 pages. 8-page colour section

1999

£10

SOLD OUT

William Kent (1685 - 1748): A Poet on Paper

John Harris

36 pages. 16-page colour section

1998

£5.00

A Rake's Progress: from Hogarth to Hockney

Christopher Woodward & Robin Simon (eds)

40 pages. Full colour

1997

£7.95

SOLD OUT

Robert Adam: The Creative Mind

Alan Tait

48 pages. 8-page colour section

1996

£5
SOLD OUT

Soane: Connoisseur and Collector

Margaret Richardson (ed)

42 page. Full colour

1995

£5.00

Buildings in Progress: Soane's Views of Construction

Margaret Richardson (ed)
32 pages. 8-page colour section
1995

£6.00
SOLD OUT

 

SOANE ANNUAL LECTURES

1996 David Watkin Sir John Soane & Enlightenment Thought

Annual lecture 1996, 25 pages including 10 b/w illustrations, 13 x 21cm. Paperback.

£4.50

1997 William Curtis Modern Architecture, Mythical Landscapes & Ancient Ruins

Annual lecture 1997, 29 pages including 24 b/w illustrations, 13 x 21cm. Paperback.

SOLD

OUT

1998 James Ackerman The Reinvention of Architectural Drawing 1250-1550

Annual lecture 1998, 31 pages including 24 b/w illustrations, 13 x 21cm. Paperback.

£4.50

1999 Charles Jencks The Riddle of John Soane

£4.50

2000 J M Crook London’s Aradia: John Nash & the Planning of Regent’s Park

Annual lecture 2000, 36 pages including 12 b/w illustrations, 13 x 21cm. Paperback.

£4.50

2001 Brian Lukacher Joseph Gandy and the Shadow of the Enlightenment. £4.50

2002 Marcus Binney Secret Agents and Country Houses

£4.50

*2003 Robin Middleton Julien David Leroy: In Search of Architecture

£5.00



 


OTHER BOOKS

 

Streets of Old Holborn
Camden History Society


NOT AVAILABLE

 

Streets of St Giles
Camden History Society

NOT AVAILABLE

  Hogarth
Jenny Uglow

Paperback

£20.00

  Thomas Black, Museum Cat

£3.50

 

City Secrets: London

£11.99

SOLD OUT

 

 

POSTCARDS

Architectural Masquerade Cards (set of 4) - ideal for ANY OCCASION. more info

£5 (1 set of 4)
£25 (6 sets)
£50 (12 sets)
£100 (25 sets)

OUT OF STOCK

William Hogarth's 'An Election' (4 cards)

£2

(50p each)

William Hogarth's 'A Rake's Progress' (8 cards)

£4

(50p each)

 

SLIDES

Set B

The Election by Hogarth (4 slides)

£2.50

Set D

Drawings of the Interiors in Soane's Day (6 slides)

£3.75
SOLD OUT

DVDS

John Soane: An English Architect, An American Legacy

A Checkerboard Film Production

Directed by Murray Grigor
Colour, 62 minutes

A remarkable homage to Soane from some of America's greatest post-war architects, as well as the story of Soane's life and work, beautifully told using new footage of his buildings and the expert commentary of Christopher Woodward, Charles Jencks, Margaret Richardson and Gillian Darley.

£20.00



PRINTS AND OTHER ITEMS

BOOKENDS

Cast in plaster and beautifully detailed by one of Britain's best architectural model makers, Timothy Richards. Choice of two models - the Chelsea Stable Block facade (pictured) and the facade of Sir John Soane's Museum.

Chelsea Stable Block £49 (pair)
OUT OF STOCK

Facade of Soane Museum £59 (single) or
£99 (pair)

All these Publications can be obtained by post from the Museum Secretary, Julie Brock, either by filling in the online order form, or contacting her by email: jbrock@soane.org.uk, telephone +44 (0) 20 7440 4263 or fax +44 (0) 20 7831 3957. Please mention the internet when ordering.  


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