Coming soon! A survey of the memorable, playful products of Richard Loncraine and Peter Broxton: from desktop toys to liquid puzzles like the Mercury Maze with a real blob of mercury. This new volume features commentary by Loncraine & Broxton with over 150 photographs of their classic products to amuse and delight.
Loncraine Broxton: Innovations & Executive Toys 1969-199720 Years of Four Corners Books
2024 marks the 20th anniversary of Four Corners Books! From Sister Corita Kent to UFO sightings, we have endeavoured to champion a wide range of creativity from our recent past to share it with new audiences. Sign up to our newsletter (at the bottom of this page) to find out more.
Living in a picture-perfect English village, two panda bears, Mr and Mrs Bearanda, bring up their plastic children, Candy and Andy. Devised by Gerry Anderson’s Century 21 Productions for the 1960s comic book market, the resulting photographs are a surreal, unique look at domesticity, the family and childhood.
Candy, Andy & The BearandasBringing together paintings and sculptures from over 40 years of work, the first major publication to provide an extensive survey of the work of artist Tam Joseph, whose wide-ranging career defies being pinned down to any one style or approach. With over 120 artworks, this handsome new volume features an introduction by Eddie Chambers.
Tam Joseph: I Know What I SeeWritten by See Red members, detailing the group’s history, the book features their brilliant screenprints from the 1970s and 1980s.
See Red Women’s Workshop: Feminist Posters 1974-1990A visual history of photo wallets, by Annebella Pollen. Bringing together a century of photo processing envelopes in a revealing history of popular photography in the 20th century.
More Than A Snapshot: A Visual History of Photo WalletsLight shows became the hip accompaniment to gigs and clubs in the 1970s and Wheels of Light, by Kevin Foakes, brings together some of the best artwork and designs in a beautiful new book.
Wheels of Light: Designs for British Light Shows 1970-1990For the second book in the Irregulars series, David Clarke has selected material from the Ministry of Defence’s UFO Desk, now held at The National Archives, to present the remarkable stories behind these images, including alien craft on the A1, flying saucers over Hampstead, and a spaceship landing at a primary school.
UFO Drawings From The National ArchivesA new book surveying the manuals, pamphlets, posters and ephemera from the Cold War about Britain’s readiness — or not — for nuclear attack.
Nuclear War In The UKThe latest volume in our Familiars series: Shiraz Bayjoo has produced artwork for a new edition of Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Available now.
Treasure Island