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July 2020 Issue James Delbourgo Gardens of Emptiness The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism By Kyle Chayka Inside the Head of a Collector: Neuropsychological Forces at Play By Shirley M Mueller
November 2018 Issue Neil Armstrong Objects of Little Consequence In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate the World By Simon Garfield LR
June 2017 Issue Michael Hunter The Whole World in His Hans Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane By James Delbourgo LR
July 2016 Issue Tiffany Jenkins Mad for Marble Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to the Present By Erin L Thompson LR
October 2015 Issue Charles Elliott Prime Mover The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger’s Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare’s First Folio By Andrea Mays LR
August 2015 Issue James Stourton Italy in Derbyshire Renishaw Hall: The Story of the Sitwells By Desmond Seward LR
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July 2013 Issue Andrew Roberts The Frugality Cipher A Dynasty of Dealers: John Smith and Successors 1801–1924 By Charles Sebag-Montefiore LR
December 2013 Issue Tom Fleming Painting by Letters Breakfast at Sotheby’s: An A–Z of the Art World By Philip Hook LR
December 2013 Issue James Stourton In the Frame Bernard Berenson: A Life in the Picture Trade By Rachel Cohen LR
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