Books & Stationery

The Pocket Butler by Charles MacPherson

Author Charles MacPherson lays out the essentials of entertaining and business etiquette in this small, easy-to-follow guide. With a combination of his best tips from the first book and a wealth of new information, The Pocket Butler is the...

A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised)

Now in paperback: the fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the...

Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History

From admired historian—and coiner of one of feminism's most popular slogans—Laurel Thatcher Ulrich comes an exploration of what it means for women to make history. Ulrich explains how that happened and what it means by looking back at women of...

The Art of the Swap

Hannah Jordan lives in a museum…well, sort of. She is the daughter of the caretaker for mansion-turned-museum The Elms in Newport, Rhode Island. Hannah’s captivated by stories of The Elms’s original occupants, especially Maggie Dunlap, the...

The Shortest History of the United States

The Shortest History of the United States: From Revolutionary Roots to Global Superpower - The Remarkable Rise of the World's Oldest Democracy When Britain’s thirteen American colonies declared their independence on July 4, 1776, the United States...

Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told many times, yet largely missing from maritime histories of America’s first war is the ragtag fleet of...

Lexington and Concord: The Battle Heard Round The World

Lexington and Concord: The Battle Heard Round The World George C. Daughan’s magnificently detailed account of the Battle of Lexington and Concord challenges the prevailing narrative of the American War of Independence. It was, Daughan argues, based...

Revolution Song: The Story of America's Founding in Six Remarkable Lives

Revolution Song: The Story of America's Founding in Six Remarkable Lives “An engaging piece of historical detective work and narrative craft.” ―Chicago Tribune At a time when America’s founding principles are being debated as never...

Newport Mansions Cream & Gold Feather Pen

Newport Mansions Cream & Gold Feather Black Ink Ballpoint Pen Letter writing played a crucial role in Newport's Gilded Age society, serving as a primary means of communication for coordinating social engagements, maintaining transatlantic...

Newport Mansions Natural Brown Feather Pen

Newport Mansions Natural Brown Feather Black Ink Ballpoint Pen Letter writing played a crucial role in Newport's Gilded Age society, serving as a primary means of communication for coordinating social engagements, maintaining transatlantic connections,...

Du Pont Gardens of the Brandywine Valley

Celebrates the Du Pont family heritage of land stewardship and horticultural creativity. Renowned as the first family of American horticulture, the du Ponts created magnificent landscapes and gardens that complement the verdant, rolling lands of the...

Hand-Lettering: An Interactive Guide to the Art of Drawing Letters

Hand-lettering has taken the creative world by storm! Learn the basics of drawing letters and words with this fun, accessible, and interactive book! Details: Learn five major hand-lettering styles, then transform your writing into art. Practice pages...

Emily Thompson: Flowers

**Limited Signed Copies will be Available After The Newport Flower Show Ends Sunday, 6/22** ‘[Emily Thompson] changed floristry in New York.’ – Martha Stewart An extraordinary first book celebrating contemporary floral designer Emily...

Kew - Plant Words: A book of 250 curious words for plant lovers

What is a perennial plant? What grows in herbaceous borders? Why are fungi not plants? And what would you find growing in a Wardian case?Plant Words is an eclectic collection of 250 botanical terms curated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This treasury...

The Met Paper Dollhouse

Travel through time as you explore the famous period rooms at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and craft your own dollhouse with the press-out paper dolls and objects.Immerse yourself in five opulent historical spaces with this chic, illustrated dollhouse...

A Right Worthy Woman: A Novel

In the vein of The Personal Librarian and The House of Eve, a “remarkable and stirring novel” (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author) based on the inspiring true story of Virginia’s Black Wall...

Bath Classics - Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

Bath Classics - Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Featuring 18 classical tales, this stunning collection of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales is sure to captivate the minds of older children and readers alike. Full of exquisite detail and...

Discriminating Taste: How Class Anxiety Created the American Food Revolution

For the past four decades, increasing numbers of Americans have started paying greater attention to the food they eat, buying organic vegetables, drinking fine wines, and seeking out exotic cuisines. Yet they are often equally passionate about the items...