The books of the day are: Lee’s Staff Gift Picks!  Lee’s picks are: William Eggleston: The Democratic Forest (@steidlverlag), Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles (@metropolisbooks), The Soviet Photobook 1920-1941 (@steidlverlag), Dennis Feldman: Hollywood Boulevard, 1969-1972, Alec Soth: Songbook (@littlebrownmushroom), Hippie Modernism: The Struggle For Utopia, The Collected Hairy Who Publications 1966-1969 (@matthewmarksgallery), Pictures of Hell by Mark Ruwedel (@galleryluisotti), Tamara Shopsin: What Is This? (@the.ice.plant), Out of Sight: The Los Angeles Art Scene of the Sixties.

We’re open until 5 today!

See (or buy) Lee's picks here and see everyone's staff picks here.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

The books of the day are > Whitney’s Staff Gift Picks! See these and more on the “2015 Staff Holiday Picks” page at arcanabooks.com. Whitney’s picks are: An Uncommon Archive (T. Adler Books), The Fabric of India (Victoria & Albert Museum), Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles (@metropolisbooks), Mina Stone: Cooking For Artists (Kiitosan), Enchanted Lands by Sabrina & Roland Michaud (Prestel), Pettibon Surfers, 1985-2015 (@DavidZwirnerBooks /Venus Over Manhattan), William Eggleston: The Democratic Forest (@steidlverlag), The Miró Eye: Photographs by Jean-Marie del Moral (La Fábrica/Fundacio Pilar/Joan Miró a Mallorca/Sucessió Miró/Fundació Joan Miro), Beloved Dog by Maira Kalman (Penguin Press), George Shiras: In the Heart of the Dark Night (@EditionsXavierBarral), This Is the House That Jack Built (@SteidlVerlag).

See more about (or buy!) Whitney’s picks here and see/buy everyone’s picks here!

The books of the day are > STEVE’s picks! Steve’s choices for best holiday gifts are: Baron Wolman: Groupies (ACC Editions), Black Dolls: Unique African American Dolls, 1850-1930 (Radius Books), Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles (Metropolis Books @metropolisbooks), Brigid Berlin: Polaroids (Reel Art Press, @reelartpress), Brodsky & Utkin (Princeton Architectural Press),

Burt Glinn: Cuba, 1959 (Reel Art Press, @reelartpress), Charlie Chaplin: The Keystone Album - The Invention of the Tramp (Editions Xavier Barral, @editionsxavierbarral), Jona Frank: The Modern Kids (Kehrer Verlag), Joseph Cornell: Wanderlust (Royal Academy of Arts), Kevin Harry: KH1 & KH2 / KH Zines  (@kevinharry), Louis Stettner: Penn Station, New York (Thames and Hudson, @thamesandhudson), Parchman Farm: Photographs & Field Recordings, 1947-1959 (Dust To Digital, @dusttodigital), The Book Cover in the Weimar Republic (Taschen, @taschenbooks).

See more about (or buy!) Steve’s picks here and see/buy everyone’s picks here!

Book of the day > Fanatic Wars by Marcel Rius. Trilce Ediciones S.A. de C.V “For a long time, Marcel Rius, a self-taught photographer, visited Star Wars fans in their homes, where he portrayed them with and without their costumes obtaining a shocking contrast between the ordinary backgrounds and the crafty, laborious individual transformations.  Moreover, he accompanied them to conventions, movie premieres and all kinds of events gathering testimonies with the intention of capturing the different motivations behind collections and outfits. That way we come to the conclusion that for authentic fans dressing up as their favorite Star Wars character is more than just a hobby, it's the opportunity to become someone else, someone that reunites their noblest aspirations, the virtues and strengths they have always dreamt of.”

The books of the day are > SAM’s Holiday Gift Picks! Sam's picks are: Salt and Silver (@mack_books), Images of Conviction: The Construction of Visual Evidence (@editionsxavierbarral), When I was a Photographer by Felix Nadar (MIT Press), Tav Falco: An Iconography of Chance (Elsinor Press), Jacob Riis: Revealing New York's Other Half: A Complete Catalogue of his Photographs (@yalebooks), The Altering Eye: Photographs From the National Gallery of Art (@thamesandhudson), Derek Boshier: Rethink/Re-entry(@thamesandhudson), Mark Bradford: Scorched Earth (@prestel_usa), Photography is Magic by Charlotte Cotton (@aperturenyc, @pimcharlottecotton), José Parlá: Segmented Realities (Damiani).

Read more about Sam's picks here and see everyone's holiday staff picks here.

The books of the day are > Kevin’s picks! Airline Visual Identity 1945-1975, Denis Freppel: Architectures de Los Angeles, 1880-1940, Desirée Van Hoek: Skid Row , Level -1: Contemporary Underground Stations of the World , Beatles: Photos From The Set Of Help!, E.O. Hoppé: The German Work 1925-1938, Hirschfeld: Century, JR: Can Art Change The World?, Wayne Thiebaud, Harry Gruyaert.

See/order them here and see/order everyone's choices here!

The books of the day are > Jess’s Holiday Staff Picks! Jess’s (@habituela) picks are: Tilda Swinton & Olivier Saillard: Impossible Wardrobe ,), Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles (@metropolisbooks), Noguchi: A Sculptor's World, James Mollison: Playground (@apertureNYC), Semina Culture; Wallace Berman and His Circle, Airline Visual Identity 1945-1975, Ed Templeton: Adventures in the Nearby Far Away (@ed.templeton), The LEGO Architect, Jabberjaw: It All Dies Anyway  by Bryan Ray Turcotte (@bryanrayturcotte), Grafted: Plants by Kohei Oda, Pots by Adam Silverman  (@white1977), The Rap Yearbook, Henri Cartier-Bresson : The Decisive Moment (@steidlverlag), Sun Ra: Space Is The Place, The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music 1965 to Now, Charlie Chaplin: The Keystone Album - The Invention of the Tramp, Paul Kooiker: Nude, Animal, Cigar.

See full descriptions of Jess's picks here and ALL staff picks here!

Book of the day and book signing/discussion/reception tomorrow, 4:00-6:00 – please join us!> The Soviet Photobook 1920-1941. Steidl (@steidlverlag). 

If you can't make it on Sunday but would like a signed book, please order one here.

"The Soviet Union was unique in its formidable and dynamic use of the illustrated book as a means of propaganda. Through the book, the U.S.S.R. articulated its totalitarian ideologies and expressed its absolute power in an unprecedented way—through avant-garde writing and radical artistic design that was in full flower during the 1920s and ’30s. No other country, nation, government or political system promoted itself more by attracting and employing acclaimed members of the avant-garde. Among them were writers like Semion Kirsanov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ilya Selvinsky, Sergei Tretyakov and Kornely Zelinsky; artistic designers like Gustav Klutsis, Valentina Kulagina, El Lissitzky, Sergei Senkin, Varvara Stepanova, Solomon Telingater and Nikolai Troshin; and photographers including Dmitry Debabov, Vladimir Griuntal, Boris Ignatovich, Alexander Khlebnikov, Yeleazar Langman, Alexander Rodchenko, Georgy Petrusov—not to mention many of the best printers and book binders.  The Soviet Photobook 1920–1941 presents 160 of the most stunning and elaborately produced photobooks from this period and includes more than 400 additional reference illustrations. The book also provides short biographies of the photobook contributors, some of whom are presented here for the first time.”

Erin’s Staff Picks for the Holidays are the books of the day!!! See these and more “2015 Staff Holiday Picks” page at arcanabooks.com.  Erin’s picks are….Harry Smith: The Collections of Harry Smith; String Figures (Catalogue Raisonne Vol. 2), Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles, Christopher Herwig: Soviet Bus Stops, Imponderable: The Archives of Tony Oursler, Alec Soth: Gathered Leaves, Harry Smith: The Collections of Harry Smith; Paper Planes (Catalogue Raisonne Vol. 1), The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music 1965 to Now, Hippie Modernism: The Struggle For Utopia, Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957, To Live and Dine in LA. @erinschneiderprojects.