Big Beautiful Books

Art, photography, natural history, and atlases, formerly known as "coffee-table books." Most of these are oversized, but there are some lovely smaller gems too.

1964: Eyes of the Storm By Paul McCartney, Jill Lepore (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Paul McCartney, Jill Lepore (Introduction by)
$75.00
ISBN: 9781324093060
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Liveright - June 13th, 2023

CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora By Kahran Bethencourt, Regis Bethencourt, Salamishah Tillet (Foreword by) Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781250281388
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: St. Martin's Press - May 23rd, 2023

The Wounded Storyteller: The Traumatic Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann By E. T. A. Hoffmann, Natalie Frank (Illustrator), Jack Zipes (Translated by), Karen Russell (Foreword by) Cover Image
By E. T. A. Hoffmann, Natalie Frank (Illustrator), Jack Zipes (Translated by), Karen Russell (Foreword by)
$40.00
ISBN: 9780300263190
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Yale University Press - May 30th, 2023

The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape By Katie Holten, Ross Gay (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Katie Holten, Ross Gay (Introduction by)
$29.95
ISBN: 9781953534682
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Tin House Books - April 4th, 2023

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: The Animated Story By Charlie Mackesy Cover Image
$32.99
ISBN: 9780063256194
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: HarperOne - December 6th, 2022

Tove Jansson (The Illustrators) By Paul Gravett Cover Image
$29.95
ISBN: 9780500094334
Availability: Backordered. There will likely be a delay in getting this book
Published: Thames & Hudson - December 6th, 2022

An American in Provence: Art, Life and Photography By Jamie Beck Cover Image
$40.00
ISBN: 9781982186951
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: S&S/Simon Element - November 8th, 2022

Our America: A Photographic History By Ken Burns, Ken Burns (Introduction by), Sarah Hermanson Meister (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Ken Burns, Ken Burns (Introduction by), Sarah Hermanson Meister (Introduction by)
$80.00
ISBN: 9780385353014
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Knopf - November 1st, 2022

Women Holding Things By Maira Kalman Cover Image
$32.50
ISBN: 9780062846679
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Harper - October 18th, 2022

Black Hollywood: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments By Carell Augustus, Forest Whitaker (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Carell Augustus, Forest Whitaker (Foreword by)
$39.99
ISBN: 9781728258393
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Sourcebooks - October 4th, 2022

Bird Planet: A Photographic Journey By Tim Laman Cover Image
$55.00
ISBN: 9781419761492
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Abrams - October 4th, 2022

In the Black Fantastic By Ekow Eshun Cover Image
$39.95
ISBN: 9780262047258
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: The MIT Press - September 6th, 2022

Octopus, Seahorse, Jellyfish By David Liittschwager Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781426221798
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: National Geographic - April 5th, 2022

Oceanarium: Welcome to the Museum By Loveday Trinick, Teagan White (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Loveday Trinick, Teagan White (Illustrator)
$37.99
ISBN: 9781536223811
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Big Picture Press - April 5th, 2022

Wolves: Western Warriors By Julie Argyle (Photographer) Cover Image
By Julie Argyle (Photographer)
$50.00
ISBN: 9781423660361
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Gibbs Smith - April 12th, 2022

Bigger Than Tiny, Smaller Than Average By Sheri Koones Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781423658450
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Gibbs Smith - March 29th, 2022

The Universe: The Book of the BBC TV Series Presented by Professor Brian Cox By Andrew Cohen, Professor Brian Cox (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Andrew Cohen, Professor Brian Cox (Foreword by)
$34.99
ISBN: 9780008389321
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: William Collins - February 8th, 2022

Wayward: Stories and Photographs By Chris Burkard Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781419732768
Availability: Backordered. There will likely be a delay in getting this book
Published: Abrams - February 3rd, 2022

There and Back: Photographs from the Edge By Jimmy Chin Cover Image
$50.00
ISBN: 9781984859501
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Ten Speed Press - December 7th, 2021

Take It Outside: A Guide to Designing Beautiful Spaces Just Beyond Your Door: An Interior Design Book By Mel Brasier, Garrett Magee, James DeSantis Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9780593139424
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Clarkson Potter - December 7th, 2021

Roar!: A Collection of Mighty Women By Ashley Longshore, Diane von Fürstenberg (Introduction by) Cover Image
$45.00
ISBN: 9780847870783
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Rizzoli - November 23rd, 2021

Night on Earth: Photographs by Art Wolfe By Art Wolfe (By (photographer)), David Owen (Contributions by) Cover Image
By Art Wolfe (By (photographer)), David Owen (Contributions by)
$50.00
ISBN: 9781683839255
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Earth Aware Editions - November 16th, 2021

Underwater Wild: My Octopus Teacher's Extraordinary World By Craig Foster, Ross Frylinck Cover Image
$50.00
ISBN: 9780358664758
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Mariner Books - November 16th, 2021

Collective Wisdom: Lessons, Inspiration, and Advice from Women over 50 By Grace Bonney Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781579659431
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Artisan - November 9th, 2021

Original Sisters: Portraits of Tenacity and Courage (Pantheon Graphic Library) By Anita Kunz, Roxane Gay (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Anita Kunz, Roxane Gay (Foreword by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593316146
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Pantheon - November 9th, 2021

Atlas of the Invisible: Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World By James Cheshire, Oliver Uberti Cover Image
$40.00
ISBN: 9780393651515
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - November 9th, 2021

The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present By Paul McCartney, Paul Muldoon (Editor) Cover Image
$100.00
ISBN: 9781631492563
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Liveright - November 2nd, 2021

Natural History (DK Definitive Visual Encyclopedias) By DK, Smithsonian Institution (Contributions by) Cover Image
By DK, Smithsonian Institution (Contributions by)
$50.00
ISBN: 9780744035018
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: DK - November 2nd, 2021

National Geographic The 21st Century: Photographs From the Image Collection By National Geographic Cover Image
$50.00
This book has been declared out of stock indefinitely, so we are unlikely to be able to get it.
ISBN: 9781426222375
Published: National Geographic - November 2nd, 2021

Renegades: Born in the USA By Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen Cover Image
$50.00
ISBN: 9780593236314
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Crown - October 26th, 2021

Dance Theatre of Harlem: A History, A Movement, A Celebration By Judy Tyrus, Paul Novosel Cover Image
$50.00
ISBN: 9781496733603
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Dafina - October 26th, 2021

Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek By Daniel Levy, Eugene Levy Cover Image
$40.00
ISBN: 9780762499502
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Black Dog & Leventhal - October 26th, 2021

Photography, A Feminist History By Chronicle Books Cover Image
$45.00
ISBN: 9781797213835
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Chronicle Books - October 26th, 2021

The Northwest Gardens of Lord and Schryver By Valencia Libby Cover Image
$29.95
ISBN: 9780870711527
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Oregon State University Press - October 29th, 2021

Staff Pick Badge
Private Gardens of the Pacific Northwest By Brian Coleman, William Wright (Photographer) Cover Image
By Brian Coleman, William Wright (Photographer)
$50.00
ISBN: 9781423654971
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Gibbs Smith - September 7th, 2021

Finding Home: The Houses of Pursley Dixon By Ken Pursley, Jacqueline Terrebonne, Suzanne Kasler (Foreword by) Cover Image
$55.00
ISBN: 9780847870820
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Rizzoli - September 14th, 2021

Victoria Hagan: Live Now By Victoria Hagan Cover Image
$55.00
ISBN: 9780847870967
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Rizzoli - October 26th, 2021

America's Great Forest Trails: 100 Woodland Hikes of a Lifetime (Great Hiking Trails) By Tim Palmer Cover Image
$55.00
ISBN: 9780847867578
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Rizzoli - October 12th, 2021

Seeing Silence: The Beauty of the World’s Most Quiet Places By Pete McBride, Bill McKibben (Foreword by), Erik Weihenmayer (Prologue by) Cover Image
By Pete McBride, Bill McKibben (Foreword by), Erik Weihenmayer (Prologue by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780847870868
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Rizzoli - September 28th, 2021

Accidentally Wes Anderson By Wally Koval, Wes Anderson (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Wally Koval, Wes Anderson (Foreword by)
$37.50
ISBN: 9780316492737
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Voracious - October 20th, 2020

Drives of a Lifetime 2nd Edition: 500 of the World's Greatest Road Trips By National Geographic Cover Image
$40.00
ISBN: 9781426221392
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: National Geographic - October 27th, 2020

Off Grid Life: Your Ideal Home in the Middle of Nowhere By Foster Huntington Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780762497911
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Black Dog & Leventhal - October 27th, 2020

American Utopia By David Byrne, Maira Kalman Cover Image
$24.00
ISBN: 9781635576689
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - October 27th, 2020

Humans By Brandon Stanton Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781250114297
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: St. Martin's Press - October 6th, 2020

Human Nature: Planet Earth In Our Time, Twelve Photographers Address the Future of the Environment By Geoff Blackwell (Editor), Ruth Hobday (Editor) Cover Image
By Geoff Blackwell (Editor), Ruth Hobday (Editor)
$45.00
ISBN: 9781797205915
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Chronicle Books - October 20th, 2020

America the Beautiful: A Story in Photographs By National Geographic Cover Image
$40.00
ISBN: 9781426221422
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: National Geographic - October 20th, 2020

GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty By Kahran Bethencourt, Regis Bethencourt, Amanda Seales (Contributions by) Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781250204561
Availability: Backordered. There will likely be a delay in getting this book
Published: St. Martin's Press - October 20th, 2020

Hiking Trails of the Pacific Northwest: Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Southwestern British Columbia (Great Hiking Trails) By Bart Smith (Photographs by), Craig Romano, William Sullivan, Daniel Evans (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Bart Smith (Photographs by), Craig Romano, William Sullivan, Daniel Evans (Foreword by)
$50.00
ISBN: 9780847867660
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Rizzoli - September 15th, 2020

Oregon, My Oregon: Land of Natural Wonders By Photo Cascadia, Nicholas Kristof (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Photo Cascadia, Nicholas Kristof (Foreword by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9781604699975
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Timber Press - October 13th, 2020

USA National Parks: Lands of Wonder By DK Eyewitness Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780744024494
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: DK Eyewitness Travel - September 15th, 2020

Visual Encyclopedia By DK Cover Image
By DK
$50.00
ISBN: 9781465499943
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: DK - October 27th, 2020

Obama: An Intimate Portrait By Pete Souza, Barack Obama (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Pete Souza, Barack Obama (Foreword by)
$60.00
ISBN: 9780316512589
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Little, Brown and Company - November 7th, 2017

The Art of Jazz: A Visual History By Alyn Shipton, John Hasse (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Alyn Shipton, John Hasse (Foreword by)
$35.00
ISBN: 9781623545048
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Imagine - October 20th, 2020

Imogen Cunningham: A Retrospective By Paul Martineau , Susan Ehrens (Contributions by) Cover Image
By Paul Martineau , Susan Ehrens (Contributions by)
$55.00
ISBN: 9781606066751
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: J. Paul Getty Museum - October 27th, 2020

A Lifetime in Galápagos By Tui de Roy Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9780691194998
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Princeton University Press - July 21st, 2020

The Last Wild Wolves: Ghosts of the Rain Forest By Ian McAllister, Paul C. Paquet (Introduction by), Chris Darimont (Contribution by) Cover Image
By Ian McAllister, Paul C. Paquet (Introduction by), Chris Darimont (Contribution by)
$24.95
ISBN: 9781553654520
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Greystone Books - March 10th, 2020

Bird Love: The Family Life of Birds By Wenfei Tong, Mike Webster (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Wenfei Tong, Mike Webster (Foreword by)
$29.95
ISBN: 9780691188843
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Princeton University Press - March 24th, 2020

What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing--What Birds Are Doing, and Why (Sibley Guides) By David Allen Sibley Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9780307957894
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Knopf - April 14th, 2020

Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History By Paul Bannick Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781680513158
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Mountaineers Books - October 1st, 2020

The Life & Love of the Forest By Lewis Blackwell Cover Image
$50.00
This book has been declared out of stock indefinitely, so we are unlikely to be able to get it.
ISBN: 9781419750564
Published: Abrams - October 13th, 2020

Wise Trees By Diane Cook, Len Jenshel, Verlyn Klinkenborg (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Diane Cook, Len Jenshel, Verlyn Klinkenborg (Introduction by)
$50.00
ISBN: 9781419727009
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Harry N. Abrams - October 17th, 2017

A Man & His Car: Iconic Cars and Stories from the Men Who Love Them (A Man & His Series #2) By Matt Hranek Cover Image
$45.00
ISBN: 9781579658922
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Artisan - October 13th, 2020

Guitar: The World’s Most Seductive Instrument By David Schiller Cover Image
$38.00
ISBN: 9781523507726
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Workman Publishing Company - October 1st, 2019

Picturing Resistance: Moments and Movements of Social Change from the 1950s to Today By Melanie Light, Ken Light Cover Image
$26.99
This book has been declared out of stock indefinitely, so we are unlikely to be able to get it.
ISBN: 9781984857583
Published: Ten Speed Press - October 20th, 2020

Activist: Portraits of Courage (Civil Rights Book, Social Justice Book, Inspirational Gift) By KK Ottesen Cover Image
$35.00
This book has been declared out of stock indefinitely, so we are unlikely to be able to get it.
ISBN: 9781452182773
Published: Chronicle Books - October 8th, 2019

1001 Photographs You Must See In Your Lifetime By Paul Lowe (Editor), Fred Ritchin (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Paul Lowe (Editor), Fred Ritchin (Foreword by)
$17.98
This book has been declared out of stock indefinitely, so we are unlikely to be able to get it.
ISBN: 9780789336606
Published: Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books - March 26th, 2019

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Illustrated By Gertrude Stein, Maira Kalman (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Gertrude Stein, Maira Kalman (Illustrator)
$30.00
ISBN: 9781594204609
Availability: We can usually get this book in 3 to 7 days, except during a pandemic. We are doing our best
Published: Penguin Press - March 3rd, 2020

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse By Charlie Mackesy Cover Image
$22.99
ISBN: 9780062976581
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: HarperOne - October 22nd, 2019

Colors of the West: An Artist's Guide to Nature's Palette By Molly Hashimoto Cover Image
$24.95
ISBN: 9781680510973
Availability: On Our Shelves Now as of 24 Hours Ago. Call first to confirm.
Published: Skipstone Press - August 1st, 2017