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Art book publishing in Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Beth Houghton
Beth Houghton*
Affiliation:
The Tate Gallery Library and Archive, London, UK
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Abstract

Art publishing in Britain flourished in the earlier part of the 20th century, thanks in no small part to the enterprise of European émigrés. However, a majority of art books published now are of a commercial and popular nature, neglecting many aspects of art and British art of this century in particular. Do the conservatism of British taste, or the ready availability of books in libraries, contribute to this situation?

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Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , 1992 , pp. 38 - 40
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1992

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1. Arts Bibliographic has closed its Bloomsbury shop and now operates only a mail order and mobile bookshop series. The future of Nigel Greenwood Books is currently uncertain following the closure of the Nigel Greenwood Gallery. The recession in Britain is having a real impact on art book publishing and bookselling.