Father’s Day Gift Guide
May 31, 2024
Father’s Day is just around the corner, marking the day we celebrate the extraordinary fathers in our lives. To help you show your appreciation, we’ve curated a special collection of gift books that are guaranteed to captivate his imagination and leave a lasting impression.
SPORTS GIFTS
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The golden age of sailing and boating comes alive in this selection of photographs curated from the unparalleled archive of this great American sport.
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One of the great teachers has created this extraordinary celebration of yoga, offering poses in the most iconic and exotic destinations around the world.
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Photo: Gabe L’Heureux
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The recently retired 3-time Olympic gold medalist shares his favorite action-sports photographs and family albums in this personally curated illustrated autobiography.
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A love letter to the Jersey Shore, this is the first visual history of the passionate surf culture that has thrived on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey, and its influence on the worlds of surfing and beyond.
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Fila, Cotton and Polyester Jersey, C. 1978. Belonged to Guillermo Vilas.
Photo: Gérard Uféras and Pedro Marinello
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One of the largest collections of tennis memorabilia including sneakers, hundreds of vintage rackets, rare tennis accessories, and tennis ensembles worn by the sport’s most iconic players.
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Photographer Jimmy Metyko captures an era-defining snapshot of one of the most fertile and influential moments in California’s surf history.
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TRAVEL & NATURE GIFTS
Photo: Pete McBride
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This book is a celebration of one of America’s most valuable and iconic rivers and a warning demonstrating the river as a bellwether of overuse and climate change.
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The world’s best hikes and walks in one volume with breathtaking photography, detailed terrain and route guides, maps, and expert descriptions.
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Photo: Jeffrey Milstein
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Combining an architect’s eye with low-flying, aerial views, Milstein shows London’s charm, beauty, and iconic buildings in wonderful and breathtaking photographs.
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A celebratory volume, published to coincide with the hotel’s centenary, exploring the heritage, glamour, and timeless sophistication of this iconic luxury hotel and sporting estate.
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Photo: Andrew Garn
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The New York City treasure, newly photographed, is revealed as garden in the city, repository for memory, and a place for repose, inspiration, and delight.
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Captivated by the erosion in Diriyah’s mud-brick walls, photographer Bobby Sager brings its hidden “faces” to life in a lushly produced, oversize volume.
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HISTORY & CULTURE GIFTS
Photo: Jurgen Schadeberg/Getty Images
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A tribute to her father, Makaziwe Mandela shares the most definitive portrait of Nelson Mandela to date, revealing the man behind the anti-apartheid movement that changed the world.
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A full-size facsimile of the famed First Folio, selected and luxuriously produced by the British Library, is a must-have for anyone who truly loves the art of the English language.
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“Volat” armor garniture (detail), 1590
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This lavish volume presents distinctive arms and armor within the rich context of Flemish tapestries from the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte.
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An exclusive look into the preparations behind the Naples in Paris exhibition at the Louvre, beautifully captured by the renowned photographer Robert Polidori.
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NATURE & WILDLIFE GIFTS
Photo: Thomas D. Mangelsen
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The most famous population of grizzly bears in the world lives in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, and the most visible queen of all has been Grizzly 399.
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Big, bold, and extraordinary portraits from photographer Mike Coots of some of the ocean’s largest sharks present a fresh photographic narrative of what it’s like being an apex.
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ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN GIFTS
Photo: Javier Callejas
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A comprehensive survey of the work of a master of modernist design today, renowned for a body of work that exudes the power of radical simplicity.
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A highly anticipated monograph from the leading California architecture and landscape firm that represents the pinnacle of the California Dream.
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The first book presenting this award-winning firm’s quintessential pairings of modernism and classicism in seaside houses, metropolitan residences, and garden retreats.
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Photo: Tim Street-Porter
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The longtime Angeleno and celebrated photographer Tim Street-Porter offers this sweeping survey of the best of both historic and contemporary Los Angeles houses.
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The first book dedicated to Cuban mid-century design, featuring graphic design, prototypes, and furniture, much of which has never been exhibited outside the island or published.
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The first book to feature the interior design of the stylish, award-winning firm RRP / Rees Roberts + Partners, led by Interior Design–hall of fame inductee Lucien Rees-Roberts.
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SHOFFICE. Architects: Platform 5 Architects. Photo: Alan Williams
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Featuring innovative home offices that are inventive, accessible, and often wonderfully serene, this book is a rich source of ideas and inspirations embracing the call to work from home!
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Scholars, advocates, and architects assess America’s affordable housing crisis and illustrate various strategies to rectify it.
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The late Antoine Predock was an icon of American architecture. This book is the comprehensive consideration of his life’s work.
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FASHION GIFTS
Photo: P.M. Ken
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With pieces drawn from the extensive personal collection of Pharrell Williams, this is a stunning and unprecedented exploration of the “bling” in hip-hop culture and fashion.
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Celebrating the story of G-SHOCK, a truly unique watch whose pioneering innovation, function, and versatile design has made it a cult-collectible for the past forty years.
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POP CULTURE GIFTS
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This momentous volume celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the influential culture, sound, and preeminent voices of American Hip-Hop music.
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A nerdy insider’s celebration of the Avengers, including the team’s origin, the most significant storylines, and their presence as pop cultural icons.
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ART GIFTS
Steers to Market, 1936
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The first book on the great American landscape painter to focus primarily on his work in Nevada, capturing the beauty of the American West.
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A major monograph of the American realist artist, descendant of one of America’s most revered artistic families, and painter of dark and uneasy subjects.
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Opening photo from Gleneagles by Mark Antony Fox
