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                    <h1>Essential Works</h1>
                    <h2>ESSENTIAL WORKS</h2>
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                 <p>Essential Works is a London based company with an international reach. For seventeen years we have created illustrated best-selling books for major publishers in the UK and US, among them Harper Collins, Penguin, Rizzoli, Cassell, Reader&#8217;s Digest, Octopus and Sterling. We have also created lavish, unique books for non-publishing clients such as Pepsi, Eton College and ARM Ltd.</p>
<p>We are available to create books from idea through every aspect of production to finished copies.</p>
<p>We provide editorial, design and online resources using a wealth of editorial and design talents and drawing on two decades of publishing experience. We have created books from briefs that are as vague as an idea, and as definite as a flat-planned manuscript. We provide all and any editorial, design, online sales and marketing services.</p>
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                 <p>Through <a href="http://rocket88books.com/">Rocket 88 Books</a> we have developed a unique publishing imprint and published books with and by a range of internationally renowned artists and writers.</p>
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                                                          <li class=" Spirit Of Talk Talk ">
                                            <a href='http://spiritoftalktalk.com/' class="book-display" data-largesrc='essentialworks/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/stt2.jpg' data-title='Spirit Of Talk Talk' data-description='<p>A richly illustrated, beautifully designed celebration of the music and art of Talk Talk, now into a second, updated,paperback edition the book includes James Marsh’s exquisite, classic and previously unseen artwork, interviews, rare photographs and a biography of the band by Chris Roberts.</p>
<p>There is also an extensive preface from founding member Simon Brenner and a wealth of previously unseen materials taken from his personal archive.<br />
<em>“The first Talk Talk biography is a thing of beauty”</em> Mojo</p>
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                                                <p><span class='Spirit Of Talk Talk'>Spirit Of Talk Talk</span></p>
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                                                              <li class=" Book of Opeth ">
                                            <a href='http://www.opethbook.com/' class="book-display" data-largesrc='essentialworks/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/opeth2.jpg' data-title='Book of Opeth' data-description='<p>The official illustrated biography, published to celebrate the band’s 25 anniversary. An oral history told by the band, friends and colleagues, it features unique contributions from Mikael Akerfeldt, including private and previously unseen photographs.</p>
<p>Available in two formats, both of which include a unique 7-inch vinyl record, the Signature edition comes in a clamshell box, is signed by Mikael and includes two original art prints by Opeth’s favored illustrator, Travis Smith. <i><br />
</i><em>“Much like the Swedish prog/death metal act’s career, the Book of Opeth is wild and vivid. 4.5/5”</em> <i>Revolver</i></p>
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                                                <p><span class='Book of Opeth'>Book of Opeth</span></p>
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                                                              <li class=" Vintage Black Glamour ">
                                            <a href='http://www.vintageblackglamourbook.com/' class="book-display" data-largesrc='essentialworks/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/vbg2.jpg' data-title='Vintage Black Glamour' data-description='<p>Vintage Black Glamour: Noted by <i>O: Oprah</i> magazine as one of the ten books to buy and keep at Christmas 2015, VBG was an enormous success even before it was published. It’s packed with rarely seen photographs of Black actors, models, writers and entertainers of the early part of the 20th century, many of whom had been sorely neglected—until now.</p>
<p><em> “Pretty damn fabulous … a must-have!”</em> (<i>Huffington Pos</i>t), <em>“Hefty, handsome…”</em> (<i>The Observer</i>), <em>“Gorgeous ebony images!”</em> (<i>Ebony</i>).</p>
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                                                <p><span class='Vintage Black Glamour'>Vintage Black Glamour</span></p>
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                                                              <li class=" ARM 25 ">
                                            <a href='http://rocket88books.com/' class="book-display" data-largesrc='essentialworks/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/arm.jpg' data-title='ARM 25' data-description='<p>Produced for the directors of Arm Holdings, this fully illustrated history of the company was given to every member of staff on the occasion of their 25th anniversary in 2015. The cover image is an enlarged ARM chip, with the title debossed into the boards.</p>
<p>Strictly not for sale. We commissioned the writers, sourced the imagery, designed, laid out, edited and managed the printing of the book, which was delivered to several offices around the world simultaneously.</p>
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                                                              <li class=" Art of LP ">
                                            <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Art-LP-Classic-Covers-19551995/dp/1402771134/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1443450643&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=art+of+the+lp' class="book-display" data-largesrc='essentialworks/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lp.jpg' data-title='Art of LP' data-description='<p>Commissioned by US publisher Sterling in 2010 and updated in 2015, this unique treatment of album cover art lists the sleeves by thematic concept, rather than musical genre.</p>
<p>Listed via themes of Drugs, Ego, Sex, Rock &amp; Roll, Identity, Escape, Real World, Politics, Death, Escape and Art, the book also contains examples of bad cover art. We commissioned the author, sourced the imagery, designed, edited, laid out and delivered print-ready files to the publisher.</p>
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                                                              <li class=" Beach Boys: America’s Band ">
                                            <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Beach-Boys-Americas-Band/dp/1454917091/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1443450618&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+beach+boys' class="book-display" data-largesrc='essentialworks/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/bb.jpg' data-title='Beach Boys: America’s Band' data-description='<p>Commissioned by Sterling Publishing in 2015, this large format, heavily illustrated biography of the band was published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the release of <i>Pet Sounds.</i></p>
<p>We commissioned the author, sourced the imagery, designed, edited, laid out and delivered print-ready files to the publisher. The <i>Los Angeles Times</i> included it in their Seasonal ’19 Mesmerizing Coffee Table Titles’ on 3 December 2015.</p>
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                                                <p><span class='Beach Boys: America’s Band'>Beach Boys: America’s Band</span></p>
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