Art books, photography books, illustrated books are often just a sheer pleasure to handle and look at and return to over and over again.  It is sometimes difficult to describe them online, since they have to be seen to be appreciated.   Here are books featuring works by well-known artists and outsider artists,  African American artists, photographers of the West and those who capture the faces of people around the world, children’s books which are truly works of art and much more.

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  Art Directors Club of New York; Paul Smith, President.

  26 ANNUAL OF ADVERTISING ART: Reproductions from The National Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art Shown in the Galleries of The Metropolitan Museum Oof Art in the Spring Nineteen Hundred Forty Seven By The Art Directors Club Of New York.
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  Thornton, Sarah.

  33 ARTISTS IN 3 ACTS.
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  Hart, Cynthia and John Grossman; text by Priscilla Dunhill.

  A VICTORIAN SCRAPBOOK.
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  Sieber, Roy; Museum of Modern Art.

  AFRICAN TEXTILES AND DECORATIVE ARTS.
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  Post, Alan & Helen, art; text by Harold Pepperell.

  ALAN POST - Oil Paintings and Acrylic on Paper - HELEN POST - Bronze and Clay Sculpture.
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  [Shepp, Alan] Jo Farb Hernandez, curator. Essays by Mark Levy and Phyllis Tuchman

  ALAN SHEPP: THE LANGUAGE OF STONE.
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  Goranin, Nakki. (Foreword by David Haberstitch.)

  AMERICAN PHOTOBOOTH.
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  Wulfing, Sulamith (1901-1989)

  ANGELS: GREAT AND SMALL.
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  Banerjee, Subhankar. Peter Matthiessen, Fran Mauer, William H. Meadows and others, contributors.

  ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE: SEASONS OF LIFE AND LAND: A Photographic Journey.
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  Banerjee, Subhankar. Peter Matthiessen, Fran Mauer, William H. Meadows and others, contributors.

  ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE: SEASONS OF LIFE AND LAND: A Photographic Journey.
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  Blier, Suzanne Preston, editor.

  ART OF THE SENSES: African Masterpieces from the Teel Collection.
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  [Rackham, Arthur 1867-1939] Hamilton, James.

  ARTHUR RACKHAM: A Biography.
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  Vignes, Michelle (photo graphs) and Hildebrand, Lee (text.)

  BAY AREA BLUES.
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  [Ligabue, Antonio] Jones, Karen Kavelin.

  BEAST IN THE MIRROR: the Life of Outsider Artist Antonio Ligabue
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  Brendel, Bettina; text by John Marburger.

  BETTINA BRENDEL: PAINTINGS 1970 -1982,
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  Deal, Joe; Mark Johnstone, Richard Meier, and Weston Naef.

  BETWEEN NATURE AND CULTURE. Photographs of the Getty Center by Joe Deal.
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  [Jackson, Billy Morrow] Wooden, Howard E.

  BILLY MORROW JACKSON: INTERPRETATIONS OF TIME AND LIGHT
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  Barboza, Anthony, with poetry by Ntozake Shange and Steven Barboza

  BLACK BORDERS.
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  Barboza, Anthony, with poetry by Ntozake Shange and Steven Barboza

  BLACK BORDERS.
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  Barboza, Anthony, with poetry by Ntozake Shange and Steven Barboza

  BLACK BORDERS.
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  Barboza, Anthony, with poetry by Ntozake Shange and Steven Barboza

  BLACK BORDERS.
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  Barboza, Anthony, with poetry by Ntozake Shange and Steven Barboza

  BLACK BORDERS.
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  [Ceccobelli, Bruno] text by Donald Kuspit.

  BRUNO CECCOBELLI.
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  [Ceccobelli, Bruno] text by Donald Kuspit.

  BRUNO CECCOBELLI.
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  [Ceccobelli, Bruno] text by Donald Kuspit.

  BRUNO CECCOBELLI.
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  [Diller, Burgoyne 1906-1965] Haskell, Barbara

  BURGOYNE DILLER.
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  Smiley, Jane.

  CATSKILL CRAFTS: Artisans of the Catskill Mountains.