Schiffer Holiday Gift Book Ideas

A curated list of illustrated books and coffee table books for your holiday shopping inspiration. Browse our site for our complete library. 

Art of the Beard

$26.99

The age of the metrosexual is over. Dead and buried. In places as diverse as Seattle, Los Angeles, Austin, Richmond, Miami, and Charleston, modern American men are ushering in a new golden age of hirsute pursuits. Denouncing the baby-smooth standard...

Four Seasons of Entertaining

$50.00

A showcase of 16 seasonal party settings, by national award-winning interior designer Shayla Copas, showcasing everything from floral tablescapes to recipes in 250 gorgeous color photographs. Entertain for every season of the year with Shayla Copas, one of the South's...

50 Contemporary Women Artists

$45.00

A showcase of the world's most influential women artists and architects who have made significant contributions to contemporary art This one-of-a-kind compendium features a selection of women artists and architects who have made groundbreaking contributions to contemporary art. Profiling an...

’Tis the Season New York

$34.99

Celebrate all that is festive about the winter holidays in New York City with over 170 sparkling night-time images that capture the holiday spirit of all the boroughs, from intimate bars to landmark buildings. No other American city dazzles during...

Western Art of the Twenty-First Century

$34.99

The first in a two-volume survey, readers are invited to reexamine the history of the West and its art through a multifaceted modern lens. More than 40 artists are included who reflect the tremendous diversity, depth, and breadth of a...

Western Art of the Twenty-First Century

$29.99

The second book in this two-volume survey, readers are invited to reexamine the history of the West and its art through a multifaceted modern lens. More than 30 artists are included who reflect the tremendous diversity, depth, and breadth of...

Christmas by Design

$45.00

What would Christmas be without lights, color, greenery, and glitter? Join leading professional designers on a tour of well-appointed private residences dressed in their festive best. The one-of-a-kind decorating schemes are a study in the art of using scale, shape,...

Jazz in Available Light

$60.00

A personal, firsthand look at many of jazz’s greatest performers from the 1960s to the1980s in over 350 captivating black-and-white photographs Foreword by Quincy Jones As a freelance jazz photojournalist who devoted nearly 30 years in search of the great...

Tabletop Distilling

$34.99

In this detailed how-to book, learn the techniques and procedures to distill raw natural materials into a variety of spirits, essences, and even essential oils With a small, 0.5-liter distiller, you can easily create fine brandies, whiskies, and even essential...

The Gentleman's Pocket Knife

$39.99

As elegant as they are practical, pocket knives have long been considered essential equipment for a gentleman. No cleverly programmed app is able to open blister packages, peel a pear, or cut off a thread hanging from a seam. Revealed...

Trains

$29.99

A. Aubrey Bodine's archive of train photographs chronicling mid-twentieth-century rail transportation. A. Aubrey Bodine, newspaper photographer, pictorialist, modernist, and documentarian, was a Baltimore Sun feature photographer from 1924 to 1970. This book is his archive of train photographs chronicling mid-20th-century rail transportation...

50 Famous Fables and Folk Tales

$9.99

Enjoy  a collection of classical stories, culled from the greatest storytellers of all time, offering up tales of animals and other enchanted creatures to delight readers young and old. As fables, each story demonstrates a moral lesson or a piece...

Senior Dogs Across America

$29.99

Anyone who has ever loved a dog, young or old, will warm to this stirring tribute to our best animal friends. Award-winning photographer Nancy LeVine has traveled the length and breadth of America — from Kauai to Martha’s Vineyard, from...

Blues Hands

$29.99

An anecdotal and visual look at the strength, beauty, diversity and depth of blues music through the hands that tell its story Blues, and all its beauty, diversity, depth, and power, is the root of all American music. Blues Hands, from...

Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays

$29.99

Marvelously illustrated with more than 200 rare images from the silent era through the 1970s, this joyous treasure trove features film and television’s most famous actors and actresses celebrating the holidays, big and small, in lavishly produced photographs. Join the...

The Rolex Story

$39.99

A history of the world's most famous wristwatch manufacturer, Rolex, known as the "watch with crown."The watch brand with the crown is recognized worldwide as an invaluable sports implement and luxury product. In little more than one hundred years, Rolex...

Yosemite National Park: Past and Present

$24.99

An illustrated history of Yosemite National Park, from its founding to present day, through photographs and images past and present Yosemite National Park is an American treasure best known for its thunderous waterfalls and enormous granite mountains. It is also...

Hydrangeas

$24.99

Over 340 striking color photos introduce readers to the quintessential flower of the Cape and the Islands, the hydrangea. The lucky people who live in and around Cape Cod, Massachusetts revel in lush hydrangea flowers flourishing in a maritime climate....

Delicious Christmas Decorations at Historic Houses and Your Home

$19.99

Learn how to dry your own fruits and greenery and make festive wreaths, garlands, and swag decorations for the home Enjoy this historical approach to festive Christmas decorating. Taking inspiration from the wonderful decorations of fruits and greens at Colonial...

Bushido

$29.99

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of traditional Japanese tattooing with this exquisite and comprehensive volume. Bushido: Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo delves into the elusive and rich tapestry of the art, tracing its roots to the indomitable samurai spirit...

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