Books

A Guidebook to the Newport Mansions

Our BEST SELLER is back in print!!! Provides all new photographs and updated text about the properties and collections preserved by The Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport, Rhode Island. Full color, 88 pages. Measures: 9" x 6" x 1/4" Item#...

The Newport Mansions Book-Softcover

Our best-selling book, Newport Mansions, has been completely revised, with updated text and new photographs. Filled with breathtaking photography and fascinating facts about the mansions, this book will make a wonderful addition to your library or coffee...

The Newport Experience

The Preservation Society of Newport County gives more than 1 million tours to visitors from over 100 countries annually, making it one of the most-visited museums in New England. The Society has welcomed 40 million visitors since its founding in 1945...

Lost Newport: Third Edition

Featuring more than 190 vintage views of cottages built from the early nineteeth century to the early twentieth century, Lost Newport recreates 59 summer houses, now lost, in an evocative guide that gives depth to any Newport experience. softcover 199...

Murder at the Breakers - A Gilded Newport Mystery

As the nineteenth century comes to a close, the illustrious Vanderbilt family dominates Newport, Rhode Island, high society. But when murder darkens a glittering affair at the Vanderbilt summer home, reporter Emma Cross learns that sometimes the actions...

Entertaining Newport Style Cookbook

Recently Reduced! was 24.95 Newport Mansions newest publication "over-stuffed" with great recipies, and entertaining ideas all brought to you by Newport residents or noted local chefs. "Whether it's a lavish party, a weekend brunch, a children's picnic,...

Newport in Flower

Newport in Flower features the Smithsonian's handpainted glass plate slides of Newport's estate gardens in the 1920's. The book has been updated to include photos of the gardens as they appear today. Hardcover, 164 pages. Measures: 10 3/4" x 8" x 3/4"...

Newport Cottages: 1835-1890 The Summer Villas Before the Vanderbilt Era

Advance copies available exclusively at Newport Style! A compelling account of the luxury and splendor of Newport's nineteenth-century summer “cottages.” In his latest contribution to America's architectural record, Michael C. Kathrens gives...

A Guide to Newport's Cliff Walk

From the grand majesty of the Breakers to the Versailles-inspired Marble House, Morris showcases the architectural flowering of the Gilded Age, leading a tour of twenty-four historic mansions and landmarks while entertaining with tales of splendor and...

Gatsby Cocktails: Classic Cocktails from the Jazz Age

Get out your cocktail shaker and re-live the speakeasy experience with this collection of authentic cocktails.Gatsby Cocktails features more than 20 classic cocktails inspired by the 1920s. Try re-creating the classic Sidecar, comprising brandy,...

A Guide to Historic Burial Grounds in Newport

A Guide to Historic Burial Grounds in Newport: The Stories Behind the Stones by Lewis Keen While now known as America’s summer playground, Newport was at one time the nation’s fifth-largest seaport, containing a diverse population that is...

Murder at Marble House - A Gilded Newport Mystery

With the dawn of the twentieth century on the horizon, the fortunes of the venerable Vanderbilt family still shine brightly in the glittering high society of Newport, Rhode Island. But when a potential scandal strikes, the Vanderbilts turn to cousin and...

Newport: Images of America

Founded in 1639, the city of Newport offered a temperate climate and a wealth of natural resources to early settlers seeking religious freedom. In Colonial times, Newport flourished as one of New England's largest seaports, a prosperity dimmed only by...

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to...

The Golden Age of Newport Yachting

The Golden Age of Newport Yachting: Between the Wars By Robert B. MacKay Newport, Rhode Island is known as the yachting capital of the world, and it reached its zenith during the period between 1917 and 1946. Many of the nation's captains of finance and...

The Fisherman's Table Cookbook

The most comprehensive cookbook for Rhode Island seafood eaters - The Fisherman's Table by Laura Blackwell. Its 120 pages detail creative ways to cook Aquidneck Island's local catch, from lobsters, to crabs, to fin-fish, to berries! Written with input...

Women Know Everything: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, and Brilliant Remarks

With more than 3,000 quotations on everything from fashion and feminism to men, marriage, friendship, history, technology, sports, and more, this massive compilation proves once and for all that women know everything! Each page offers wisdom, wit, and...

A Well Behaved Woman - Softcover

The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, written by Therese Anne Fowler, a New York Times bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald.

The Gilded Age Cookbook

The American Gilded Age (1868 to 1900) and its extreme extravagance continue to be a source of wonder and fascination, particularly for foodies. The style and excessiveness of this era has ties to modern popular culture through books, films, and...

Lobster Rolls of New England: Seeking Sweet Summer Delight

The mighty lobster roll is best enjoyed at a picnic table under a red umbrella accompanied by the sounds and smells of the sea. The perfect roll is all in the execution, and the variations are subtle but nearly endless--from top-sliced to buttered or...