Ron King, Cooking the Books, Circle Press

When Ron King sold the entire archive of his private press to Yale, the Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut organised a major retrospective accompanied by a catalogue raisonnee. In addition to Ron King's complete works, the catalogue is punctuated by essays written by Andrew Lambirth which look at the various influences on King's work throughout his career. To illustrate the five key phases in his development original artworks are tipped into the catalogue, turning the book from a mere documentation of projects into a collectors' item in its own right. The catalogue has been the most successful publication in Yale's history.