New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, (1990). First edition - The first comprehensive look at the work and life of Burgoyne Diller, an important American abstractionist active from the 1930s to the 1950s, to be published after his death in 1965. Produced to accompany an exhibition at the Whitney in 1990. Illustrated throughout in both full color and black and white. Includes chronology, exhibition history, bibliography. Large format. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-874270715.

New York: Norton, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which explores what it means to be a real artist in the real world - one which offers access to a range of artists, from international superstars to unheralded art teachers. Included are accounts of visits with Ai Weiwei before and after his imprisonment and with Jeff Koons as he woos new customers in London, Frankfurt, and Abu Dhabi. Thornton meets Yayoi Kusama in her studio around the corner from the Tokyo asylum that she calls home and spends time with Laurie Simmons, Carroll Dunham, and their daughters Lena and Grace and many others. SIGNED on the title page, and uncommon thus. Photographs, bibliography, index. xvi, 430 pp. ISBN: 978-0393240979.

Amsterdam: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes a Foreword by Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa, a fascinating collection of letters between van Doesburg in Paris, and Torres-Garcia of Uraguay and commentary on their art and influence by the artists themselves and such writers as Sebastian Lopez, Nicolle Gast, and Jorge Castillo. Selected bibliography, many full color and black and white illustrations, illustrated endpapers. An attractive volume, bound in black cloth. ISBN: 90-800968-1-4.