Welcome to our articles page, where you will find book and exhibitions reviews, articles to accompany our occasional lists and catalogues, and musings on the book trade.
- Hugh Pagan, 01 November 2007
Tthirtyfive years of dealing in rare and out-of-print books on architecture.
- Hugh Pagan, 12 January 2007
Hugh Pagan reviews the centenary publication for the Antiquarian Booksellers Association which gives the history of the rare and secondhand book trade in Britain in the twentieth century.
- Hugh Pagan, 15 October 2003
Held in a former slaughterhouse and in a City not known as a world centre for antiquarian books, the Book Fair following the ILAB Congress nevertheless had its moments as Hugh Pagan reports.
- Rebecca Keary, 02 October 2003
Giorgio Vasari, gifted Mannerist architect, mostly mediocre artist, and author of indisputably the most-read art book ever, died, officially, in 1574, but his ghost has been besieging art history students and scholars for nearly four hundred years.
- Hugh Pagan, 14 September 2003
Some one hundred and thirty representatives of the antiquarian book trade covering between them four continents and sixteen countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden the UK and the USA attended the 36th ILAB Congress. Hugh Pagan gives an insight into this special event.
- Hugh Pagan, 11 September 2003
The sale of the working library of the writer Iris Murdoch gave rise to a surprisingly heated debate as to whether her library should be kept.
- Rebecca Keary, 01 August 2003
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University in New York is often termed the National Library for the profession, and indeed it ranks as one of the world's finest collections of architectural books and drawings.
- Hugh Pagan, 01 June 2003
Hugh Pagan reviews this exceptionally impressive book describing the library assembled by Jeremy Norman on the history of computing, networking, and telecommunications.
- Rebecca Keary, 01 December 2001
WorldPrintDealers reviews the contemporary wood engravings by June Crisfield Chapman, at the Chelsea Physic Garden.
- Hugh Pagan, 01 July 2001
Hugh Pagan reviews John Bury and Paul Breman's admirable addition to architectural bibliography, "Writings on Architecture Civil and Military c.1460 to 1640. A checklist of printed editions."
- Rebecca Keary, 01 May 2001
Rebecca Keary, of Hugh Pagan Ltd, reviews L'arte dei giardini. Scritti teorici e pratici dal XIV al XIX secolo. An exceptionally "learned and well-produced" book on the art of garden design, produced as a memorial volume dedicated to Alberto Vigevani, of the Italian booksellers Polifilo. or Visentini, Margherita Azzi (compiler) L'arte dei giardini. Scritti teorici e pratici dal XIV al XIX secolo. Edizione il Polifilo, Milano 1999.
- Hugh Pagan, 01 April 2001
Hugh Pagan’s perceptive review of "a landmark event" Anthony Hobson’s book, Renaissance book collecting. Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, their books and bindings
- Hugh Pagan, 01 May 2000
Hugh Pagan reviews "Apart from the Text" (Private Libraries Association/Oak Knoll Press, 1998) by Anthony Rota.
- David Coombs, Antiques Trade Gazette, 01 March 2000
Hugh Pagan discusses antiquarian books and the internet in a profile by David Coombs from the Antiques Trade Gazette on 25th March 2000.
- , 01 September 1998
A landmark ruling which will have implications for works of art in all UK listed buildings.