“Reading a good book in silence is like eating chocolate for the rest of your life and never getting fat.” ~Becca Fitzpatrick.
We have a big selection of art and photography books in this batch. We also have children’s illustrated board books, and history, mostly American, Japanese and Chinese. Youll also find some fiction, religion and philosophy, sports and more. See all New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Recollections: Three Decades of Photography
Photographer, master print-maker, author, and workshop instructor, he is best known for his luminous, quiet, black and white photographs of the natural environment. Read More
$100.00
Vanessa Del Rio: Fifty Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior/With DVD
Retired since 1986, Vanessa del Rio remains a sexual icon who cuts across all ethnic boundaries. Its got stories, very explicit pictures. Read More
$300.00
Going into Town: A Love Letter to New York
Hilarious, dead-on look at Manhattan: where the city bird may well be the pigeon, the wildlife consists of mice, rats, and GIANT rats. Includes a great guide to the main museums and the parks. Read More
$25.00
Okagami: The Great Mirror (Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027) and His Times)
Focuses on Fujiwara Michinaga, the leading political figure in the great family that dominated the court during most of the Helan period. Read More
$60.00
When Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow: Grant Wood and Christian Petersen Murals
This book presents the first history of the Public Works of Art Project in Iowa and the first in-depth examination of the Grant Wood and Christian Petersen murals at Iowa State College. Read More
$75.00
Picturing Freedom: African Americans & Their Cars, A Photographic History (SIGNED COPY)
Pictorial history of the role of automobiles in African American history, highlighting the middle class and the affluent parts of the population. Read More
$80.00
Danny Lyon: Message to the Future
Comprehensive overview of an influential American photographer and filmmaker whose work is known for its intimacy and social engagement. Highlights include depictions of life inside a Chicago motorcycle gang and a Texas prison. Read More
$60.00
Photography at MoMA: 1920-1960
Documents the growth and MoMA’s quest to be repository of photographs that need to be preserved for future generations. Also describes various preservation strategies. Read More
$100.00
Tim Walker: Shoot for the Moon
Lavishly designed and produced. Walker’s insightful texts further illuminate his creative process, making this a must-have for art and fashion photography enthusiasts. Read More
$100.00
Edward Hopper: Light Years
While known for his oil paintings, Hopper was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Catalogue of 106 paintings, watercolors, etchings and drawings. Read More
$20.00
Alex Katz: New York/Maine
For decades, painter Alex Katz has split his time between New York and Maine, and the two very different locales have left their marks on his work. Read More
$90.00
A Troublesome Subject: The Art Of Robert Arneson
The story about an artist who consistently flunked his ceramics classes, and winds up becoming a ceramics artist with international stature. Read More
$70.00
On Ugliness
Exhaustively catalogues the artistic and social concept of ugliness throughout history. Deals primarily with western European societies since Roman times. Read More
$50.00
The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture
If you are serious about growing grapes this book is a must read. It’s comprehensive, detailed, and specific. Read More
$20.00
How Rocket Learned to Read
All Rocket wants to do is take a nap, but the little yellow bird wants to teach him to read. When Rocket ignores her, she starts to read out loud. Read More
$15.00
Mon Petit Busy Day
Concept book offering interactive learning opportunities with each page. Most of these interactions are through lift-the-flaps. Read More
$18.00
From Rebellion to Revolution. Afro-American Slave Revolts in the Making of the Modern World
Great overview of the political economy of slavery during the Age of Revolution, why revolts occurred more often in some places, and less in others. Read More
$18.00
The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures
As soon as it arrives at an auction house, the questions begin: Is it an original? Who really created it? What’s it worth? Read how dealers deal with those issues and more. Read More
$15.00
Pictures of People: Alice Neel’s American Portrait Gallery
Vibrant chronicle of the life and work of prolific painter and bohemian eccentric Alice Neel from a career spanning the 1920s to the 1970s. Read More
$25.00
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art and Auction Houses
Thompson recognizes the value of art as more often having to do with artist, dealer, or auction-house branding, and with collector ego, than it does with art. Read More
$15.00
The German Shepherd Book
Widely reviewed as the most complete German Shepherd Dog book on the market, it is encyclopedic in style with abundant content. Read More
$150.00
5 Different Books from Gus Was a Friendly Ghost series.
Gus the Friendly Ghost lives in an old house in the country. In the summer, the Scott family lives there, too. The Scott family doesn’t believe in ghosts. Read More
