New York Books | History, Art & Culture – Schifferbooks

Through breathtaking aerial photography and insider insights, this stylish coffee-table book offers a fresh perspective on one of America's most iconic summer getaways. Generations of vacationers have headed "Out East" to the South Fork of...

This series of pet bios and accompanying portraits tells the stories of the animals that serve on duty at New York's firehouses. In Paws of Firefighters, Emmy Park has combined her love for dogs and...

A showcase of over 35 years of work from the New York City graffiti art icon Cope2, from subway cars to gallery exhibitions.  Cope2, born Fernando Carlo Jr., is an iconic name in graffiti—one of...

Detailing the histories of 35 vessels, the first volume of The Boats of Summer spotlights the New York Harbor and Hudson River summertime excursion steamboats of the nineteenth century. During the golden age of steamboating,...

Detailing the histories of 28 vessels, the second volume of The Boats of Summer spotlights the New York Harbor and Hudson River summertime excursion steamboats of the twentieth century. During the golden age of steamboating,...

The Balmat Mining District in southern St. Lawrence County, New York, is a former mining site known among collectors for its highly prized minerals. For more than 100 years, it was one of the world's...

Photographic chronicle of the history and evolution of New York subway signage, covering porcelain, wood, tin, and mosaic signs from the 1920s to the 1980s. Foreword by renowned transit photographer and historian Douglas Grotjahn Vintage...

Decades of New York City graffiti artist CAVS's prolific, iconic graffiti art in hundreds of photos and stories from CAVS himself.  CAVS (Paul Cavalieri), a prolific and influential Bronx graffiti writer and artist for nearly...

The battleship USS New York served the Navy from 1914 until just after WWII. New York was famously sent to reinforce the British Grand Fleet during WWI. Extensively rebuilt and modernized in 1927–28, New York...

Roy Kemp's previously unpublished burlesque portfolio presents thirty-nine dancers performing in authentic clubs and backstage settings in 1950s New York. This nostalgic collection includes nearly 250 never-before-seen black and white and color photographs of well-known...

A visual compilation of NYC subway graffiti art from 1983-1989 New York City native and graffiti writer Paul Cavalieri ("CAVS") was drawn to the colorful tags on the New York City subway trains in the...

Continuing a tradition that began in 1842, this book examines 24 localities of particular interest to mineral collectors. These localities are organized by how they occur (in sedimentary rocks, in crystalline rocks, in fractures)—a new...