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Artwork

Wood engraving by Anne Desmet, RA

Anne Desmet, wood engraving, Balliol College,  1995This wood engraving by Royal Academy artist Anne Desmet (16.5 x 24cm/6.5 x 10in) was commissioned by the College in 1995. There are a few prints remaining from the limited edition of 250. These are offered for sale at special price of £295 (+VAT and postage) each, while stocks last; this is a 50 per cent discount on the current selling price.
  • If you are a Current Member and would like to purchase a copy, please send your cheque (made payable to 'Balliol College') with your name and the number of copies required to the Publications and Web Officer
  • If you are an Old Member and you are interested in purchasing one by post, please contact the Development Office

Publications

Balliol Poetry

cover of Balliol Poetry bookSir Anthony Kenny, former Master of Balliol, and Seamus Perry, Fellow Librarian and Tutor in English, have compiled an anthology, Balliol Poetry (Titus Wilson, 2011), featuring verse written by Balliol students, both famous and obscure, either while they were in residence or in later life recollecting their Oxford days. The book has 128 pages and is beautifully illustrated with pictures and objects from the College’s collections. The book is on sale from the College at £12.95 (plus £4 UK p&p). To purchase a copy, please send your cheque (made payable to 'Balliol College') with your name and address and the number of copies required to the Publications and Web Officer at Balliol College, Oxford, OX1 3BJ. 

If you are a current College member and wish to be battelled for the amount payable, please email the Publications and Web Officer.

Balliol College: A History

A revised edition (OUP, 2005) is available to members of the College at only £30 (plus p&p). For copies at that price, please email John Jones. There is a lively review of the book by Chris Patten (1962), Chancellor of the University, in The Spectator.

Holywell Manor: An Anecdotal History

Holywell Manor: An Anecdotal History, compiled by Oswyn Murray, Praefectus of Holywell Manor 2000-2004, is available in paperback. It costs £17.50 per copy (inc. p&p). To order a copy of the book, please contact: the Praefectus, Holywell Manor, Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UH, telephone: 01865 271501.

Library exhibition catalogues

Browning at Balliol

Cover of Browning at BalliolCreated to mark an exhibition of Browning-related material in the autumn of 2012, this book contains details of the manuscripts and books in the College's collection as well as two essays: one by Seamus Perry, Fellow Librarian and Tutor in English, on Browning's connection with the College, and one by Michael Meredith (1955), on the Browning Photograph Album. The book has 88 pages with sepia illustrations throughout and is on sale for £10 (plus £2.50 UK p&p). To purchase a copy, please send your cheque (made payable to 'Balliol College') with your name and address and the number of copies required, to the Publications and Web Officer at Balliol College, Oxford, OX1 3BJ.

Domus de Scolarium de Balliolo 1263-2013

Cover of Domus de Scolarium de Balliolo 1263-2013This 80-page catalogue of the 750th Anniversary Exhibition in St Cross Church, with colour illustrations and a commentary, by John Jones, Emeritus Fellow Archivist, on sale at a reduced price of £5.00 (plus postage and packing). To order a copy, please email John Jones.

'Given to me by Mr Greene': The Cherry Record Collection of Josephine Reid's Papers and Books Relating to Graham Greene

Given to me by Mr Green coverThe attractive limited edition booklet which accompanied an exhibition of the College’s Graham Greene collection in April 2015, including the story of Greene’s secretive secretary and documentary evidence of Greene’s life and working practice completely new to research. Copies are available for £5.00 each (+ postage) on a 'first come, first served' basis. To request a copy, please contact the Library at library@balliol.ox.ac.uk or on 01865 277709.

To order any of the following catalogues (£5.00 plus postage and packing) please email development.office@balliol.ox.ac.uk.

Slavery in the Age of Revolution 

Autumn 2021: Slavery in the Age of Revolution catalogue 

'Messing About with Manuscripts’: R.A.B. Mynors and Balliol’s Medieval Library 

Autumn 2020: Messing About with Manuscripts catalogue

Dervorguilla & Daughters: 750 Years of Women at Balliol College

Autumn 2019: Dervorguilla & Daughters catalogue

Reconstructing Nicholas Crouch: cataloguing and conserving a 17th century library

Autumn 2018: Reconstructing Nicholas Crouch catalogue

‘Industrious but Eccentric’: Algernon Charles Swinburne at Balliol

Autumn 2015: Swinburne exhibition catalogue