Looking for the perfect gift for art lovers? Our guide this week focuses on eye-catching editions bursting with art, from delightful nature prints to satirical illustrations packed with humour.
While these deluxe special editions come with luxurious finishes, they also provide a wealth of artworks for prices below that of your average art gallery, all while fitting neatly upon your bookshelf.
We've put together four of our favourite art books from the Special Edition shelves, to bring inspiration to you this festive season and help you find the ideal gift for loved ones.
Still Waters and Wild Waves
Angela Harding is one of the UK's most celebrated printmakers, and for good reason! Still Waters and Wild Waves showcases her talent with a transcendent portrait of Britain's natural world, filled with the birds that walk upon our shores and the wild creatures that thrive in our waterways. Whether you buy this for yourself or a loved one, it's the perfect way to bring incredible art into your home.
Our bundle edition comes with a beautifully presented tea towel, making this the ideal gift for proud home-owners wanting to bring a splash of nature to their kitchen.
Art Hole
It's almost impossible to put Art Hole into words. A work of avant-garde genius? An extended meta-joke? An homage to amateur art? Whatever it is, it's very much a book by Joe Lycett. We absolutely love its off-kilter humour, leading to laughs around the office whenever we flick through its pages.
The design of this collection, filled with satirical portraits and comedic storytelling, netted Joe and designer Billie Temple recognition at Creative Review's annual awards. It's well-deserved, with a book that pushes the boundaries of possibility - holographic foil, ombre sprayed edges, and a frankly indulgent number of added extras, including an IKEA-style guide on how to read the book.
This wonderfully mad edition is the ultimate treat for Joe Lycett fans, and a thrown gauntlet to designers and comedians everywhere.
Scarfe
Gerald Scarfe is the UK's definitive satirical cartoonist, and this retrospective of his art is a journey both through the career of a singular illustrator, and of the political landscape of the past six decades.
Our hardback, deluxe and artist's editions of Scarfe are each stunning offerings of art and humour, enhanced with slipcases, presentation cases, and exclusive prints.
A showcase of Scarfe's glittering career in design, reportage and showbusiness, Scarfe presents drawings, sculptures and photographs alongside witty and poignant captions and stories. Carefully curated by the artist himself, this monumental book is the definitive guide to the career of a national treasure. This is an amazing gift both for Scarfe fans and art collectors.