Andrew's first book 'Snap!' was published in 1974 shortly followed by 'The Rooks of Trelawne', 'The Vanishing Cabinet', 'A St. Ives Album' and 'Cornwall - Peter Lanyon Drawings, Photographs Andrew Lanyon'. Subsequent books were published by Andrew.

Many of the books are limited edition letterpress, hand set and printed in St. Ives on mould-made paper with tipped-in colour plates. As objects of art themselves the books quickly increase in value - Peter Lanyon 1918-1964 was available to subscribers at £40 in 1989 and now out of print sells second-hand for over £500.

Advanced payment from subscriptions pays for the production of the books and in return subscribers get a good deal, even though they sometimes have to wait a year. Books currently available on subscription are marked as such.

In about 1980 Andrew Lanyon began a trilogy of books about Walter Rowley, an iconoclast from St. Ives who discovered that art is the only visually transmitted virus. Twenty five years and fourteen books later the Rowleys (Walter, Mervyn and Vera) are still going strong, in books but also in films. There is no need to have read any of the Rowley series before to enjoy or fully grasp an individual volume. They are too loosely connected. Anyone who wishes to buy the complete set (as does occasionally happen) need not be disappointed with regard to its completeness as photocopies of the two out-of-print volumes can be 'thrown in'.

For a full list of current and past publications see the book list.

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