The Private Library Book Company presents for sale the library of renowned author and critic John Russell Taylor (1935-2025), a collection of over 20,000 books, many by John himself, ranging from the fine and decorative arts to drama, cinema, music, poetry, literary studies, biography, bibliography, and London topography. These are the books which John amassed from childhood and which accompanied him throughout his long and eventful career, illustrating the breadth and depth of his erudition and underpinning the important contribution he made to the cultural life of his times. We begin with a selection of some 5,000 books from John's art library, recalling his work as art critic of The Times over a period of almost 30 years.
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Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
David Hockney
David Hockney
Henry Moore
Henry Moore
Georges Seurat
Georges Seurat
Each book is accompanied by a specially-designed bookplate on gummed paper, ready to be pasted in, based on a design by John Russell Taylor’s partner, the artist Ying Yeung Li, incorporating a portrait of John in the manner of Samuel Cooper by the painter Michael Leonard
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