New in stock at Material, this fantastic book of over 250 Mug Shots of the famous and infamous from mafia bosses to cold-blooded killers, as well as enemies of the state and prominent political activists. From Dreyfus to O.J. Simpson, this international selection includes notables like Lenin, Al Capone, Frank Sinatra, Fidel Castro, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Janis Joplin, Elvis, the Russian Jewish anarchist Emma Goldman, French assassin Raoul Villain, Dutch exotic dancer and spy Mata Hari, Polish war criminal Amon Goeth, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz," Robert Stroud.
Accompanying these gripping images is illuminating commentary that puts both the criminals and their crimes in historical context, and reconstructs some of the most dramatic trials of the 20th century.
Come and check it out- it's brilliant.
New in stock at Material, this fantastic book of over 250 Mug Shots of the famous and infamous from mafia bosses to cold-blooded killers, as well as enemies of the state and prominent political activists. From Dreyfus to O.J. Simpson, this international selection includes notables like Lenin, Al Capone, Frank Sinatra, Fidel Castro, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Janis Joplin, Elvis, the Russian Jewish anarchist Emma Goldman, French assassin Raoul Villain, Dutch exotic dancer and spy Mata Hari, Polish war criminal Amon Goeth, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz," Robert Stroud. 
We have finally got in stock the recently published Faber and Faber 80th anniversary book of W. B. Yeats poems selected by Seamus Heaney with the cover art by one of our recently exhibited artists Nick Morley www.nickmorley.co.uk.
All the book covers in the series are by British printmakers and feature images from original linocuts and wood engravings.
The July issue of Creative Review titled "The Virtual World" arrived this week along with the new IdN which is a typography special featuring designer's own interpretations of the Roman Alphabet plus the Summer issues of Eye and Grfik both of which are illustration specials.
This weekend sees the end of our current exhibition, Man and Beast. As a final farewell, the artist Nick Morley will be around Friday and Saturday making beastly badges and- weather permitting- drawing in chalk on the streets of Ludlow. This is your last chance to see the show so come along and we will give you the opportunity to make your own beastly badge.
