Books

The Newport Mansions Book-Hardcover

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...

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...

Gilded Age Cocktails

Gilded Age Cocktails: History, Lore, and Recipes from America's Golden Age A delightful romp through America’s Golden Age of CocktailsThe decades following the American Civil War burst with invention―they saw the dawn of the telephone, the motor...

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.

Victorian Silverware Pen w/ Gift Bag

Is there such a thing as the perfect pen? We think so!This beautiful weighted pen takes a regular ball-point refill and comes in it's own organza gift bag. Perfect for wedding guest books or avid journalers, this pen makes a handwritten note a pleasure...

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...

Murder at Rough Point - A Gilded Newport Mystery

In glittering Newport, Rhode Island, status is everything. But despite being a poorer relation to the venerable Vanderbilts, Emma Cross has shaped her own identity—as a reporter and a sleuth. As the nineteenth century draws to a close, Fancies and...

The Glitter and the Gold: The American Duchess - in Her Own Words. By Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan

A new edition of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir-the story of the "real" Lady Grantham of Downton Abbey. Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful, and heir to a vast fortune. She was also in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead...

Hello, Rhode Island!

Best-selling children's author-illustrator Martha Day Zschock takes young children on a short tour of the Ocean State in her board book "Hello, Rhode Island!" A Rhode Island Red parent and child visit the Zoo in Providence, the Topiary Garden in...

Wicked Newport

Sordid Stories from the City by the Sea: Founded by a small band of religious freedom seekers in 1639, Newport, Rhode Island, subsequently became a bustling colonial seaport teeming with artists, sailors, prosperous merchants and, perhaps most...

The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married into the British Aristocracy

By Anne de Courcy A deliciously told group biography of the young, rich, American heiresses who married into the impoverished British aristocracy at the turn of the twentieth century – The real women who inspired Downton Abbey. Towards the end of...

Fortune's Children, the Fall of the House of Vanderbilt

The name Vanderbilt is a name that signifies wealth. The family patriarch is "The Commodore", who built up a fortune that allowed him to become the world's richest man by 1877. Less than fifty years after his death, one of the direct descendants dies...

Courage Like Kate

Courage Like Kate, the True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper by Anna Crowley Redding and fabulously illustrated by Emily Sutton is an inspiring and beautiful picture book biography based on the life of Kate Moore, a twelve-year-old lighthouse keeper in...

The Decoration of Houses by Edith Wharton

Thousands of books on interior design have come and gone since the 1897 publication of this pioneering manual, but The Decoration of Houses remains, thanks to the insightful and inspiring advice of its co-authors. Before she became the Pulitzer...

Planting for Butterflies: The Grower's Guide to Creating a Flutter

Butterflies are brilliant pollinators and add vibrancy and color to the garden. A summer's day wouldn't be the same without the gentle fluttering of delicate wings. They connect us with living and breathing nature and are an essential part of a dynamic...

50 Ways to Wear a Scarf

From the Audrey to the Paris, the Top Down, or the Easy Breezy, there are 50 scarf styles in this book for any occasion or mood. Vibrantly illustrated and packaged as a compact hardcover, this book begs to be gifted with a scarf and displayed on a...

The Social Graces

The USA Today Bestseller by Renée RosenNamed one of 2021’s Most Anticipated Historical Novels by Oprah Daily ∙ SheReads ∙ Frolic ∙ BookReporter ∙ and more…1876. In the glittering...

Murder at Beechwood - A Gilded Newport Mystery

For Newport, Rhode Island’s high society, the summer of 1896 brings lawn parties, sailboat races…and murder. Having turned down the proposal of Derrick Andrews, Emma Cross has no imminent plans for matrimony—let alone motherhood. But...

Art of Chicken by Jacques Pepin

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From legendary chef Jacques Pepin, a book celebrating his lifelong love of chickens—featuring dozens of his celebrated paintings, a treasure trove of poignant and often humorous stories, and...

Ghosts of Newport

Spirits, Scoundrels, Legends and Lore By John Brennan Today's Newport attracts countless visitors from around the world; its streets are alive with art, culture, wealth and beauty. Yet the city harbors echoes of a dark and turbulent past, including a...

Adirondack Beach Quilling Card

Send a handcrafted card to your favorite beach buddy with this Quilled Beach Adirondack Chair card. This peaceful scene is the perfect card for any beach goer or friend for any occasion. This design includes two quilled Adirondack chairs from...

Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt

“A dual life story that reads as pleasurably as the best fiction but with all the intelligence of a first-rate biography.... completely absorbing.”—Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire The granddaughter of the...

How to Read Buildings: A Crash Course in Architectural Styles

This practical primer is a handbook for decoding a building's style, history, and evolution. Every building contains clues embedded in its design that identify not only its architectural style but also the story of who designed it, who it was built for,...

The Essential Handbook of Victorian Entertaining

Let's go back to the time when tea parties were important social activities, and appropriate behavior was always expected from the hostess and host, as well as their guests.In this book, you'll learn all of the sometimes strange rules of Victorian...

Newport Skyline Cutout and Greeting Card

Great Houses connect people to a nation's heritage and open windows to another age. This unique card captures the beauty and charm of Newport's most iconic skyline in six layers. Each silhouette is exquisitely drawn to capture essential features of the...

Quotes For Women: Quotations of Great Americans

This pocket-sized hardcover book contains nearly one hundred assorted quotations from inspirational women that will influence, inspire, and empower people of all ages. About the Publisher: Applewood Books, publishers of America's living past, was founded...

Gilded Summers

Pearl and Ginevra grow up in the era known as the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island. One lives above the stairs, the other below. Surrounded by Astors and Vanderbilts, Pearl fills her days with teatime and shallow friendships, yearning for something...

Newport Firsts: A Hundred Claims to Fame

by Brian M. StinsonNewport, Rhode Island, has been a city of innovation since its beginning nearly four centuries ago. Some of the claims on a national level are true, while some have been greatly distorted over the years. The freethinking citizens...

America's Eden: Newport Landscapes through the Ages

In 1789, Jedidiah Morse described Newport and its environs as the “Eden of America” in the First Geography of the United States. America’s Eden: Newport Landscapes through the Ages builds on this legendary image of a...

The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters: The Tragic and Glamorous Lives of Jackie and Lee

When sixty-four-year-old Jackie Kennedy Onassis died in her Fifth Avenue apartment, her younger sister Lee wept inconsolably. Then Jackie’s thirty-eight-page will was read. Lee discovered that substantial cash bequests were left to family members,...

Dreaming Of Newport Board Book

In this board book for young readers, ages 2-4, we'll learn to count down from 10 to 1, while discovering welcoming mansions, galloping horses, racing sailboats and more! There's so much to see—won't you join me in Newport, Rhode Island for the...

Trees of Newport

During the 1970s, Richard L. Champlin of Jamestown became known as "The Tree Man" in Rhode Island - and records of big trees and inquiries were directed his way. As a librarian at the Redwood Library in Newport he developed an inventory of the Specimen...

Invest In Death: A Newport Mystery

When Newport's most sought after investment adviser meets her death while cruising on a sail boat surrounded by several of her biggest clients, amateur sleuth Caroline Kent finds herself in the middle of another murder investigation. Newport police...

Keep My Secret: A Newport Mystery

Broadway actress Meredith Hackett appears unexpectedly at the Inn At Kenwood Court in Newport, Rhode Island. Owner Caroline Kent is delighted to see her old friend. But their happy reunion is short lived as four days after her arrival, Meredith is found...

The Gilded Age by Mark Twain

Arguably the first major American novel to satirize the political milieu of Washington, D.C. and the wild speculation schemes that exploded across the nation in the years that followed the Civil War, The Gilded Age gave this remarkable era its name...

Songbirds Quilling Card

Quilling is the art of rolled, shaped, and glued paper that results in creating a unified, decorative design. The art of quilling has been around for centuries, with a remarkably varied historical background spanning across continents. Quilling has...

50 Ways to Help Save the Bees

Have you heard the buzz? Bees―the tiny insects that pollinate nearly all our fruits and vegetables―need our support. If you like to eat your fruits and vegetables (and even if you don’t!), you should value our planet’s bees. Yet, because of...

Scrimshaw Bookmark, The Breakers

Scrimshaw, a timeless art form that began on 18th-century whaling vessels, offers a unique glimpse into the rich maritime history of the past. Now, you can bring home a piece of this fascinating tradition with our Newport scrimshaw bookmark, featuring a...

Astor: The Rise and Fall if an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. The story of the Astors is a...

Little Genius Architecture

Little Genius . . . where curious kids can learn and laugh while being captivated by the world around them. A first architecture book for little geniuses!Architects are artists and scientists as well.They design the spaces where we shop,...

Chinoiserie Vase Bookmark

The Chinoiserie Vase Bookmark will fit a variety of items such as planners, books, notebooks, cookbooks, etc!This would make a perfect gift for those who plan, book lovers, teachers, co-workers and more! Material: Copper Made in the USA

Manners: A Modern Field Guide

Good manners aren't about cutlery, codes, or brains--they're about kindness.Good manners are not about knowing what to wear for drinks at six, being pretentious, or catching people out with some mysterious salad fork-related regulation. Writers and...

Julian Abele: Architect and the Beaux Arts

Julian Abele, Architect and the Beaux Arts uncovers the life of one of the first beaux arts trained African American architects. Overcoming racial segregation at the beginning of the twentieth century, Abele received his...

How to Read Houses - A Crash Course in Domestic Architecture

By Will JonesSmall enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers, this charmingly illustrated book is the ultimate field guide to domestic architecture. This sixth entry in the hugely popular How to Read series is a one-stop guide...

Murder At Ochre Court - A Gilded Newport Mystery

In the summer of 1898, reporter Emma Cross investigates a shocking death among the bright lights of Newport's high society . . .After a disappointing year as a society columnist for the Herald, Emma has returned to the salty air, glittering ocean vistas,...