Foyles Exhibition

Appetite by Nigel SlaterCover Design by NorthCover photography by Jonathan Lovekin2004

‘Nigel is a bloody genius.’ Jamie Oliver

Cook Book of the Year André Simon Award

25th Anniversary EditionsFourth Estate2009

Numbered, collectable editions of five classic Fourth Estate books to mark the 25th anniversary. The books are limited to 2,000 copies each, with jackets designedby some of the finest artists at work today.

The Shipping NewsBy Annie ProulxCover design by Caragh Thuring

The Diving-Bell & the ButterflyBy Jean-Dominique BaubyCover design by Sam Porritt

The CorrectionsBy Jonathan FranzenCover design by Michael Landy

The Year of Magical ThinkingBy Joan DidionCover design by Bob Crowley

Half of a Yellow SunBy Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieCover design by Hurvin Anderson

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Fermat’s Last TheoremBy Simon SinghCover design by Fourth EstateCover illustration by Andy Bridge1997

Fermat’s Last Theorem is the extraordinarystory of how, after three centuries, one of the world’s most elusive mathematicalpuzzles was finally solved by a man whomade its solution his lifelong obsession. A number one bestseller in hardback,Fermat’s Last Theorem was one of the mostloved popular science books of the 1990s.

Catalogue: July – December 1998Fourth Estate

Design and Art Direction by Frost Design

Cover photography by James P. Cant

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Catalogue: January – June 1994Fourth Estate10th AnniversaryDesign by Instinct

LondonstaniBy Gautam MalkaniCover design and illustration by Richard Bravery2006

The cover consists of three simple elements:a tiger, a wallpaper pattern and strong type.

The tiger is a powerful and enduring symbolof Asian culture and the book’s narrativecentres around street culture, so spraypainting became easy shorthand to referencethis. The tiger stencil was hand-cut and thensprayed several times.

The wallpaper background references the‘home’ and to keep it from interfering toomuch with the tiger stencil, the decision was made to blind emboss it and use strong‘building like’ blocks of type. The back,where the fluorescent pink ink over printsonto the gold foil type, is the designer’sfavourite element.


AnonthologyFourth EstateDesign by Steve Boggs2009

As part of the celebrations marking its 25th anniversary, Fourth Estate has released a work of cutting-edge literaryexperimentation, called the Anonthology. In a challenge to traditional notions ofauthorship, the aptly titled collectionshowcases anonymously presented stories by some of Fourth Estate's most well known authors and invites readers to guess who wrote which story.

The Crystal Spirit: A Study of George OrwellBy George WoodcockCover design by Andrew YoungCover illustration by Paul Saunders1984

The Crystal Spirit was the first bookpublished by Fourth Estate in 1984. It would come to define the commitment to high quality writing that has marked the imprint’s 25 years in publishing.Woodcock’s intimate intellectual biographyof George Orwell explores the life and work of the visionary writer.


Catalogue: August 1996 – February 1997Fourth EstateDesign and Art Direction by Vince Frost, Frost Design

Set and letterpress printed by The House of Naylor

The first of many innovative cataloguecommissions undertaken by Vince Frost for Fourth Estate over its 25 year history.

LongitudeBy Dava SobelCover designs by Bob Crowley and Claire Naylon Vaccaro1996

The thorniest scientific problem of the 18thcentury was how to determine longitude.Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to the inability to determine an East–West position. This is the engrossing story of the clockmaker,John Harrison, who solved the problem thatNewton and Galileo had failed to conquer,yet claimed only half the promised reward.Dava Sobel’s international number onebestseller has sold over one million copies in the UK alone.

The TV film of Longitude starring JeremyIrons and Michael Gambon was broadcastin 2000.


Made in Italy: Food & StoriesBy Giorgio LocatelliCover design by William Hall and Nicholas Barba2006

Winner of Glenfiddich Food Book of theYear 2007 and the Best Italian Cuisine Bookin the World Gourmand World CookbookAwards 2006.

Michelin-starred Giorgio Locatelli is one of Britain’s best known Italian chefs. Giorgiobegan his career at his family’s restaurant in Italy before coming to London. He washead chef at Zafferano in London from its opening to a storm of praise and presscoverage in 1994, before moving in 2002, to open Locanda Locatelli, where heremains chef-patron.

Catalogue: July – December 2003Fourth EstateDesign by Tom Hingston Studio

Established in 1997, Tom Hingston Studiois an independent multi–disciplinary designagency. Based in London, THS is comprisedof five members and works across a range offields spanning music, fashion, film, motiongraphics, advertising and branding.

THS worked with Fourth Estate to producethis innovative and highly thoughtfulapproach to catalogue design.


Half of a Yellow Sunby Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePainting by unknown Nigerian artist.2006

Winner of the 2007 Orange BroadbandPrize for Fiction, Chimamanda NgoziAdichie's heartbreaking literary masterpiecehas sold over half a million copies in the UK alone. Set in the years of Nigeria’stumultuous civil war of the 1960s, Half of a Yellow Sun has been hailed as themost significant African novel in decades.

This painting formed the basis of thehardback jacket design.

Catalogue: Spring–Summer 1990Fourth Estate

Design by Bogue & Hopgood


The CorrectionsBy Jonathan FranzenCover design by Julian HumphriesCover illustration by Sarah White2001

The Corrections received great criticalacclaim from both sides of the Atlantic,winning the National Book Award in 2001and selling over a quarter of a million copiesin the UK. Jonathan Franzen’s panoramicvision of America at the beginning of the21st century has established itself as a trulygreat American novel.

Catalogue: July – December 2002Fourth Estate

Design and Art Direction by Vince Frost, Frost Design

Scraper Board Illustrations by Marion Deuchars

Screen printing in white by Lauren Displays

The brief was to design Fourth Estate’s six-month catalogue featuring books withtitles but without showing the actual bookcovers. The solution was to choose a visualtheme for the catalogue, using the booktitles as the starting point. The final designfeatures quirky illustrations rendered in scraper board, each drawing making a pictorial reference to the subject. It isprinted on low-cost black matte paper, withtext and drawings silk-screened in white.


The Rest is NoiseBy Alex RossCover illustration by Si Scott

Winner of the Guardian First Book Award2008, Alex Ross takes us on a riveting tourof the wild landscape of 20th centuryclassical music. Depicting an era whenmusic became a social and cultural indicatoras never before, The Rest is Noise is anintricate commentary on politics and itstroublesome dance with art.

Si Scott’s intricate jacket design is entirelyhand-drawn. His unusual techniques haveseen his work commissioned by the likes ofNike Europe, UNICEF, Casio and the BBCas both an illustrator and art director.

Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the KitchenBy Nigel SlaterCover design by Sam BlokCover photography by Jonathan Lovekin2005

Winner of the British Cook IndustryAward for Design and Production 2006.

Nigel Slater is the author of a collection of bestselling books, including the classicsReal Fast Food, Real Cooking and the award-winning Appetite. He has written a muchloved column for the Observer for over adecade. His autobiography, Toast – The Story of a Boy’s Hunger, won six majorawards, including the British Biography of the Year, the Glenfiddich Award and the André Simon Memorial Award.


The Diving Bell & The ButterflyBy Jean-Dominique BaubyCover design by Tracey Winwood1997

After a debilitating stroke left him with only one functioning muscle – his left eye – Jean-Dominique Bauby dictated this masterpiece, about his remarkableexperiences of being locked inside his body,solely by blinking. Heralded as one of thegreat books of the last century, The DivingBell & The Butterfly was made into anOscar-nominated film in 2007.

The Yiddish Policeman’s UnionBy Michael ChabonCover design by Julian Humphries2007

Winner of The British Book Design and Production Award for Best Jacket/Cover Design 2007.

Proud, grateful and longing to be American,the Jews of the Sitka District have createdtheir own little world in the Alaskanpanhandle, a vibrant, gritty, soulful andcomplex frontier city that moves to theYiddish beat. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelistMichael Chabon interweaves a homage tothe stylish menace of 1940s film noir with abittersweet fable of identity, home and faith.


A Local Book For Local PeopleBy The League of GentlemanCover design by Planet X/M22000

Welcome to Royston VaseyYou’ll never leave!

The bestselling humour title of 2000.

Da Gospel According to Ali GBy Ali GCover design by M2Cover photography by David Scheinmann2001

The bestselling humour title of 2001.


The Shipping NewsBy Annie ProulxCover design by Megan Wilson1993

Published in 1993 to international acclaim,The Shipping News was the winner of thePulitzer Prize, National Book Award andIrish Times International Prize. AnnieProulx’s irresistible comedy of human lifeand possibility has sold over a quarter of a million copies in the UK.

A film version of The Shipping News starringKevin Spacey, Judi Dench, Julianne Mooreand Cate Blanchett was screened in 2001.

4/21Fourth Estate21st AnniversaryDesign by Richard Bravery and Julian Humphries2005

A specially produced magazine of new writing, photographs and extractsproduced by Fourth Estate to celebrate its coming of age in 2005.


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