Portfolio

This is primarily a selection of BBR’s four-colour and bespoke design projects, so mono and series-style books are not generally included.

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Cycling in Northumbria: 21 Hand-Picked Rides

Bradt Travel Guides (2023)

Although we were working with an established series style, this job nonetheless required considerable design input …

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The Funeral Achievements of Henry V at Westminster Abbey: The Arms and Armour of Death

The Boydell Press (2022)

A fascinating mix of historical context of, and scientific investigations into, Henry V’s funeral saddle, helm, shield and sword in …

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BUCKET! Guide to the Holy Land

Bradt Travel Guides (2022)

An adaptation of the standard Bradt house style to accommodate a novel approach to tailoring the best sites and experiences …

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Mermaids: Art, Symbolism and Mythology

University of Exeter Press (2022)

Did you know you can tell how old a mermaid is by how many tails it has? …

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Weston Park: The House, the Families and the Influence

The Boydell Press (2022)

A lovely book on the history of Weston Park in Shropshire …

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GEM Global Report 2019/2020

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (2020)

Involving 150,000 interviews in 50 different economies, the GEM Global Report presents the most up-to-date research into the mind-set, motivations, activities and …

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Atlas of the Mammals of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pelagic Publishing/The Mammal Society (2019)

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Birds, Bugs and Butterflies: Lady Betty Cobbe’s ‘Peacock’ China

The Boydell Press (2019)

Published to accompany the eponymous exhibition in the State Apartments at Dublin Castle, this lavishly illustrated volume details the history …

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The Red Kite’s Year

Pelagic Publishing (2019)

This in-depth natural history of the Red Kite by Ian Carter, illustrated by wildlife artist Dan Powell, came to us …

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English Medieval Church Towers: The Northern Province

The Boydell Press (2018)

This guide to the medieval church towers of the Northern Province of England (i.e the dioceses of Blackburn, Carlisle, …

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The Fox and the Bees: The Early Library of Corpus Christi College, Oxford

D.S. Brewer (2018)

The first book-length study of the famous pre-1600 library at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, one of the few college libraries …

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Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: Their Lives and Their Marks

The Boydell Press/The Goldsmiths’ Company (2017)

This is very much a book of two distinct sections. The first comprises a 200pp monograph study of the silversmiths’ …

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Eve’s Apple to the Last Supper: Picturing Food in the Bible

The Boydell Press (2017)

A richly illustrated examination of food in the Bible, concentrating on the social aspects of eating, this book deals with …

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People, Places and Business Cultures: Essays in Honour of Francesca Carnevali

The Boydell Press (2017)

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Business as an Instrument for Societal Change: In Conversation with the Dalai Lama

Greenleaf Publishing (2016)

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Letters of Seamen in the Wars with France, 1793–1815

The Boydell Press (2016)

Letters of seamen below the rank of commissioned officer are rare, both in original form and in print. This edited …

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My Beloved Man: The Letters of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears

The Boydell Press (2016)

This volume contains the complete surviving correspondence between Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, brought together and published, as Pears intended, …

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Manchester: Making the Modern City

Liverpool University Press (2016)

Manchester: Making the Modern City was the next in LUP’s series of general-audience illustrated city histories, telling the story of …

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The Wonder of the North: Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal

National Trust/The Boydell Press (2015)

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Richard Wagner’s Beethoven (1870): A New Translation

The Boydell Press (2014)

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The Breeding Birds of North Wales

Liverpool University Press (2013)

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The Birds of Gloucestershire

Liverpool University Press (2013)

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Birds of the Heart of England

Liverpool University Press (2013)

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Fifty Years of Cheshire’s Wildlife

Cheshire Wildlife Trust (2013)

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