Behind the Shop Facade

The life of Maurice Dorfman

Behind the Shop Facade: The Life of Maurice Dorfman will be published as a book on March 31st 2022 to partner the exhibition; the front cover and contents page are shown below.

It contains the complete story, the memories and stories of more than 60 contributors to the project, transcripts of audio-recordings that Jim made with Maurice, as well as all of the exhibition images. You can download the Introduction and two chapters (text only) from the book here.

The book:

21.6 x 27.7cms
230 pages (lavishly illustrated with full-bleed colour photographs and over 100 pages of text; the layout is shown below)
Soft covered
ISBN Number: 978-1-03-497188-7

It is available in two different formats:

  • A limited edition of 300 signed printed copies, priced at £40 (excl P&P)

  • A digital PDF which you can read on your tablet or computer (it looks beautiful…and is environmentally friendly!), and which you can download and print yourself. The PDF is priced at £10 (if provided by e-mail) or £12.50 (excl P&P) if supplied on a ‘memory stick’

You can obtain a copy in either format in one of four ways:

  • Purchasing at the exhibition venue on Fridays and Saturdays (when Jim Grover will be in the exhibition venue)

  • Filling in a request form in the exhibition venue, and posting it in a box there

  • Using the Contact page on this website to request a copy

  • Using the ‘Buy by PayPal’ page

EXTRACT OF GALLEY PROOF OF BOOK