Holiday Gift Guide: Art, Travel, History, & More
December 18, 2025
With the holidays only days away, there’s still time to surprise someone special—thanks to overnight shipping from many retailers. Our final gift list of the season highlights standout books in art, photography, travel, and history, perfect for anyone who loves culture, discovery, and timeless stories.
You can also explore our Interior Design & Architecture, Fashion & Pop Culture, and Entertaining, Garden, & Literature gift lists for even more last-minute inspiration.
Thank you again for your continued support throughout the year. We look forward to bringing you many new titles in 2026.
ART GIFTS
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After a multiyear renovation, The Frick Collection returns to its lauded Gilded Age mansion on New York’s Fifth Avenue. This volume celebrates one of the preeminent fine and decorative art collections in the world.
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This beautifully illustrated volume celebrates rikka, the oldest and most traditional form of Japanese flower arranging, with reproductions of classical seventeenth-century artworks from the New York Public Library’s Spencer Collection.
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The first critical look at the artist’s work since his death, focusing on his connections to California and his distinctive approach to realism, by those who knew him well.
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An ode to the simple, sunny brilliance of the lemon, this one-of-a-kind cookbook is a collaboration between Ruthie Rogers, the celebrated chef behind London’s River Café, and Ed Ruscha, one of the most influential contemporary artists of our time.
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The master photographer’s compelling images of his two most intimate passions: art and flowers.
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This volume spans Saville’s illustrious career, showcasing sixty paintings and drawings, many of which have not previously been displayed in public.
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A richly illustrated exploration of the newly revealed connections between American cultural icons Georgia O’Keeffe and Frank Lloyd Wright, shedding light on their lives, work, and shared love of the American desert.
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A splendid new reproduction of the most luxurious and most famous example of medieval illumination.
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PHOTOGRAPHY GIFTS
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Celebrating the full arc of 40 years’ worth of Yarrow’s most iconic images, this massive retrospective showcases 150 of his best images in a curated mix of yet-to-be-published and best-selling photographs.
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An iconic fashion photographer and pioneering cult hero of the 1990s fashion scene revisits his early black-and-white work on Pola Pan polaroid film in this exceptional fine art photography book.
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This new edition of the 1979 conservation masterpiece includes 150 unparalleled photographs of the American Desert Southwest landscape paired with Abbey’s eloquent text.
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TRAVEL GIFTS
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A call to safeguard some of the most important monuments of our shared cultural heritage, must-visit destinations representing the pinnacles of human achievement over millennia and across the globe.
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The ideal guide for those planning a trip to New York City, those who have already been and want a keepsake to remember the city by, or those who are simply sitting at home longing to be somewhere else.
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This superbly illustrated guide to the world’s most intriguing football (aka soccer) stadiums—from the most dramatic to the most remote to the great urban arenas.
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Go beyond the ordinary with this beautifully illustrated travelogue and guidebook to find the real London, with a richly photographed, intoxicating mix of history and the cosmopolitan present day.
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HISTORY GIFTS
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A compelling, fresh perspective on the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln, as revealed through the unrivaled collection of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
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This engaging book examines the lives and careers of twenty-five Irish Americans who have served as Supreme Court justices and shaped the highest court in the land.
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