Café Royal Books
Café Royal Books was founded in 2005 and calls itself a family-run, independent publisher. Its name is a manifesto: Café for the democracy of the table, a neutral, accessible place for exchange, and Royal for a standard unit of paper in the print trade. It publishes documentary-type photography with links to the British Isles, communities, streets, events and cultural moments, usually from archives at least fifteen years old, and it presents images and sequences without commentary. Editions are modest in scale and deliberately tactile, and the aim is to make the work accessible through affordable, utilitarian publications. It has won the Royal Photographic Society Award for Photographic Publishing, and every hundredth book goes into Archive Six, an archive box.
- Books in Spine Index
- 55, years 2013 – 2021
- Link
- caferoyalbooks.com
Start with
- Wayne Tippetts, Banglatown, London 1991
- David Hoffman, Around Whitechapel 1972-1992
- Richard Davis, The Madchester Years 1989-91
- David Corio, Arrows Studio Kingston, Jamaica 1993
Latest additions
- Richard Davis, The Post-Punk Years 1987-1990
- Peter Brabban, The North East 1966-1982
- Martin Shakeshaft, The Miners’ Strike 1984-1985
- Richard Davis, The Madchester Years 1989-91
Recurring authors
- Wayne Tippetts (4)
- Richard Davis (3)
- David Hoffman (3)
- David Corio (2)
- Elaine Constantine (2)
Shares authors with
- Bluecoat (1)
- Hat & Beard Press (1)
- RRB photobooks (1)
Books in the archive
- David Corio, Arrows Studio Kingston, Jamaica 1993
- Rory Carnegie, Autoportraits London 1982
- Wayne Tippetts, Banglatown, London 1991
- James Baker, Bottle Kilns. Stoke-on-Trent 1980s
- Elaine Constantine, Burn up, Northampton 1997
- Elizabeth Tyler, Coventry 1960s
- Kathryn Bethel, Denby Brothers (Spinners) Ltd. Keighley. 1978
- Janine Wiedel, Eco Warriors, London 1998-1999
- Pogus Caesar, Handsworth Riots 1985
- Anne Worthington, Hulme 1993
- John Heseltine, King’s Cross, London 1982-2012
- Mark McEvoy, London Underground 1992-1995
- Richard Davis, Match of the Day Elland Rd, Leeds June 1st 1991
- Maggie Murray, Mildmay Road, Newington Green, N1 1970-1990
- Mike Hobbs, NHS Workers’ Strikes London 1974
- John Bulmer, Night Climbers, Cambridge 1958
- Elaine Constantine, Northern Soul 1993-1996
- Caroline Coon, Nothing to Lose Punk 1970s
- Wayne Tippetts, Pagans, Hippies, Travellers England 1992
- Roger Taylor, Petticoat Lane London 1966
- Wayne Tippetts, Protest, Youth, Reinvention London 1984-85
- Brian Gibson, Punk, Rock, New Wave Newcastle & Middlesbrough 1977-1978
- George Wright, South Crofty Cornwall 1997
- Rod Shone, Stoke Newington, Hackney 1980s-1990s
- Syd Shelton, Street Portraits 3
- Dorothy Bohm, Sussex 1960s-1980s (2020)
- Patrick Ward, The Dirty Dozen Arizona, 1979 (2015)
- Adam Ritchie, The Velvet Underground, New York 1965-66
- Jenny Matthews, Women Protest 1981-1991
- Eddie Otchere, Wu-Tang Clan 1994-2004
- David Hoffman, Around Whitechapel 1972-1992
- Tim Soter, Electronic Music New York City 1995 (2013)
- Daniel Meadows, Factory Records 1979-1980 (2021)
- David Corio, Fans and Clubbers 1978-1995
- Jane Simon, Fashion, Music, London 1980s
- David Hoffman, Fieldgate Mansions 1973-1985
- Alice Arnold, Goldie, Timeless Marc Ballroom NYC November 1995
- Janette Beckman, Hip Hop Years New York 1982-1992 (2020)
- Luis Bustamante, Hull 1976-1978
- Daniel Meadows, Martin Parr, June Street, Salford 1973
- Luis Bustamante, Kingston upon Hull 1970s
- Craig Atkinson, London, Trellick Tower (2013)
- Jacky Chapman, New York 1986
- David Hurn, Newport 1967-2008
- David Hoffman, Parfett St Evictions 1973
- Derek Bishton, Rastafari in the Promised Land 1981
- John Davies, Rhymney Valley 1984
- Syd Shelton, Rock Against Racism Live. 1977-1981
- Tony Bock, Social Landscapes Toronto 1970-1972
- Wayne Tippetts, Sound System Culture Jamaica & UK 1986-88
- Russell Boyce, Star & Garter Hull 1983
- Richard Davis, The Madchester Years 1989-91
- Martin Shakeshaft, The Miners’ Strike 1984-1985
- Peter Brabban, The North East 1966-1982
- Richard Davis, The Post-Punk Years 1987-1990
