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The Library

‘The Library, A World History’ (Thames & Hudson, University of Chicago Press 2013, 2020) with text by James WP Campbell.

My second collaboration with the academic James WP Campbell was the definitive photographic history of the library. It was the first book to tell the story of library architecture around the world and through time, from Ancient Mesopotamia to modern China and from the beginnings of writing to the present day.

First published in 2013, a new edition is coming out in 2020.

“stunning and magisterial...the photographs will become playgrounds for your imagination” (Justin Wadland, Los Angeles Review of Books)

“luxurious photography...seductive beauty” (Tom Lamont, The Guardian)

“spectacular photographs” (Sarah Bakewell, The Financial Times)

“ a gloriaus study...gorgeously photographed “ (Clive Aslet, The Telegraph)

“stunning photographs” Lucy Crossley, Daily Mail