Books Prints
New Books
 

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The Mainstone Press is a small, independent publishing house based in Norfolk. 

 
An incredibly rare hand coloured plate from Brighton Aquatints - John Piper’s stunning 1939 book. We are working on a reprint - designed by @webbandwebb - our later this year. Text by @alanpowers. #johnpiper #alanpowers #webbandwebb #brighton #mainstonepress
Morley College Mural Madness!
A timeless classic! Painted in Aldeburgh in 1938, here’s Ravilious’s Lifeboat - the Andy Beauclerk - which was launched in 1932 by Prince Albert. One of several watercolours painted in Suffolk and featured in Ravilious in Pictures: A Travelling Artist by @jamesrussell66 #aldeburgh #ericravilious #JamesRussell66 #mainstonepress #raviliousinpictures
A bookshop find! Ian Nairn in fighting form...
Night train!
I have always wanted to cross the Sahara by camel. This book tells you everything that can go wrong! #saharadesert #extraordinarytraveller #mauretaniatoegypt #camel
Ploughing the Downs by James Bateman an artist whose work deserves to be considerably better known. This painting was sold at auction in 2017 with an estimate of £3000 and made ten times that amount!
One of the fun bits of starting a new project is tracking down ephemera - in this case dust jackets - and here’s a particularly fine example! New book on Barnett Freedman due for release In 2020. BTW, If you have any unusual Freedman items that you would like to see in the book, do get in touch! #barnettfreedman #alanpowers #mainstonepress
My heart, untravel’d, fondly turns to thee... A painting from 1933 featured in The Lost Watercolours of Edward Bawden showing the back of Brick House...
Still from: The White Bus a film by Lindsay Anderson - featuring Patricia Healey and Arthur Lowe - and a precursor to his classic If.... #lindsayanderson #thewhitebus #patriciahealey