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AUTUMN 2017 / INCLUDES COMPLETE TITLE LIST Welcome to the Glitterati Autumn Catalog! We love autumn and the books of the season because they inspire a visual awakening that mirrors the excitement of the new season itself. This fall, as always, we try to be as innovative and creative about the way we produce and publish our books as our authors and artists are ingenious in inventing them in the first place, hopeful that this carefully curated list shines. Our subjects run the gamut: Reveling in the star-power of one of the world’s greatest icons, Elvis, and the never-before-recounted reminiscences of generosity by his friends and collaborators; continuing the wonderful documentary work of the singular photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont, this time focusing his camera on New York City and what he’s recorded there over the past 60 years; greeting cats who work in bookstores and have more friends than most humans; debuting fine art paintings that have inspired collaboration with some of the greatest fiction writers of our time; spotlighting gorgeous collectible jewelry from the world’s largest collection, never before documented in one volume; entering the formerly private studio of world famous fine artist Sophia Vari, who brings us up-to-date with her illustrious career; an inspired visual presentation of the oxymoronic spaces, “luxury pieds- a-terre” by a designer recognized as the leader in this design category; exploring the implications and considerations of private versus public with a photographic essay by an artist whose settings and subject are both au natural; and rethinking our most intimate environments through the work of an interior designer of small spaces, showing how she made a masterpiece of her own small environment through innovative use of color, texture, utility, and scale. With the holiday season upon us, there is a book here for every reader or aficionado of virtually any subject, either for ones’ self or as a gift. And every one of these books represents our continuing commitment to the best in illustrated publishing, filled with exceptional content, designed and manufactured with an attention to detail unmatched in the industry, and devised to be as glamorous, clever, and as innovative as the words and images they contain. We hope they bring a fresh approach and vision to the season of celebrations. Enjoy. —Marta Hallett Publisher Cover image from New York City Up and Down; facing page image from Blue Suede Shoes New Titles 4 Images from Schreiner 5 New Titles Blue Suede Shoes: The Culture of Elvis Thom Gilbert Foreword by Kim Novak This book is unlike any other Elvis book: Here are fans and admirers reporting to all of us who are fans and admirers on a heretofore unexplained aspect of The King, providing an all-access behind-the-scenes pass to the private world of Elvis Presley, capturing stories and photographs of artifacts that were so generously given to fans and friends by Elvis himself, during his lifetime. This collection of portraits of fans along with little-known 12 13 mementos—both small and monumental—by award-winning photographer Thom Gilbert, presents an array that includes fan and friend portraits, personal memorabilia, jewelry, fashion, Charlie McCoy A prolific Nashville session musician and interior images from his homes and birthplace. Adding to Charlie worked regularly with Elvis from the 1960s onward. this unique portrait of Elvis are inspirational stories from the musicians, intimates, relatives, producers, songwriters, costars, and friends who knew him. Gilbert has created a uniquely historic collage of the people who crossed paths with one of America’s most beloved performers and the possessions and treasures that were meaningful to the man who was the most celebrated pop culture icon of the 20th century. Thom Gilbert is an award-winning photographer and author of Soul:236 Memphis’ OriginalElvis Sound1972 rainbow fringe. Gilbert’s jacket work has Elvis stage jump suit 237 appeared in numerous publications, including New York RCA Studio B, Nashville Elvis recorded more than 200 songs at the now legendary Studio B. Magazine, Interview, Gotham and LA Confidential. He lives in 82 83 New York City. Kim Novak is an award-winning actress whose illustrious film career includes Pal Joey, Vertigo, The Mirror Crack’d, and a regular role on the television show Falcon Crest. She lives in Sams Valley, Oregon. • Elvis is a perennial favorite and solid backlist subject. • This is a new take on the Elvis legend, a visual homage combined with personal stories from those who knew him $65; 978-1-943876-03-7; 9 x 12 inches and their unique experiences with him. 252 pages; 263 full color images 2 gatefolds • A follow-up to Thom Gilbert’s very successful Soul: Memphis’ Suede covered hardcover with gold fringe Original Sound, which earned accolades and was featured August on NPR. • This book is a great title to have in stock in anticipation of (Above) Close-up of coffee table in living room 236 Elvis 1972 rainbow fringe jacket massive attention for the 40th anniversaryElvis stage jump suit of Elvis’ death 237 (Left) Piano room in Graceland (August 2017). 68 69 6 7 New Titles New York City Up and Down • Author of Photographer’s Paradise, which won the 2014 Lucie award Bronx, 1966 The street photographer is an observer of the streets and its people, often creating decisive moments. Twenty-five cents a for Publisher of the Year for Glitterati Incorporated shot is a pretty good deal. This is before the Jean-Pierre Laffont advent of the Polaroid camera. Foreword by Joan Juliet Buck • Internationally-renowned photojournalist’s intimate look at the city he loves most through decades of social, political, and physical change, from the point of view of a transplant who came to love the city unlike Following in the success of his national survey of iconic any other American events from the 60s, 70s and 80s, this more focused book is a savvy visual exploration of the highs and lows of life in • Presented by cultural elements that demonstrate the nuances of this the city. New York City Up and Down is an elegant, incisive, and enormously textured environment, rather than the typical decade-by- unexpected “review” of forty years of exploration by renowned decade reportage of comparably themed books documentary photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont. With 172 black • NYC continues to captivate the world’s interest, with over 58 million and white images, along with 99 color photos, Laffont presents visitors in 2015. a commentary on the ups and downs socially, politically, and visually that have taken place in the city Laffont loves so much. Organized into three parts titled “The City Never Sleeps,” Grand Central Station, May 2003 Grand Central Terminal, with its Art Déco style, is much more than the largest train station in the world. Its interior has Manhattan, 1980 “The Movers and the Shakers,” and “The Mean Streets,” this twenty restaurants, such as The Oyster Times Square was a full-service destination: Manhattan, 1965 Bar, as well as sixty boutiques. The Main “live” girls, peep shows, porn theatres, and Riverside Park and 81st Street. Sophie and Concourse is one of the primary tourist massage parlors were next to each other Elyzabeth Markevitch look through the gate attractions in the city. The American on 42nd Street. at a train passing under Riverside Park. flag was hung a few days after the 9/11 is a book not to be missed by anyone who has ever had any attacks on the World Trade Center. 180 181 In 2003, 4.5 million passengers used the New York subway system on an average weekday. With 469 stations and 233 miles of track, it is the largest subway curiosity at all about the “real” New York City as seen through system in the world. Grand Central Terminal is the largest and busiest train station in the world and 750,000 commuters and visitors pass the eyes of a true visionary. through every day. Since 9/11, soldiers and policemen work hand-in-hand to ensure the safety of travelers. Jean-Pierre Laffont attended the School of Graphic Art in Vevey, Switzerland, where he received his Master’s in Photography. For more than four decades, Laffont has been published in top magazines including Figaro, London Sunday Times, Newsweek, Paris Match, Stern, and Time. Among the numerous awards Laffont has received are the Overseas Times Square Subway Station, May 2003 The subway system has been part of the New York landscape since 1904 and was, Press Club of America’s Madeline Dane Ross Award, the World in the ’70s and ’80s, a dirty and sometimes dangerous place filled with graffiti. Long- overdue maintenance and investment picked up in the 1990s, along with the cost of a fare. Today, it serves almost 6 million Press Photo General Picture Award, and an award from the riders a day. 58 59 New York Newspaper Guild. He resides in New York City with his wife and editor, Eliane. Joan Juliet Buck is an American writer. She was the editor-in- chief of French Vogue from 1994 to 2001, the only American ever to have edited a French magazine. She writes for W magazine and Harper’s Bazaar and was contributing editor to Vogue and Vanity Fair for many years. The author of two novels, she will release a memoir, The Price of Illusion, in March 2017. She lives in upstate New York. $75; 978-1-943876-00-6 10 x 13 ½ inches; 240 pages 250 full color and black and white photographs Jacketed hardcover August 8 9 New Titles The Book Barn < 41 W Main Street < Niantic, Connecticut The Book Barn < 41 W Main Street < Niantic, Connecticut Bookstore Cats Speck Speck is a pure-white male who was given his name because of the small black spot he sported on his Brandon Schultz forehead as a kitten.