Collection of Teddy Bears

A menagerie of mascots and characters inhabit the islands of Japan, cheerfully guiding citizens through all sorts of daily activities and situations. Hello, Please! collects photographs of hundreds of the these cute (or kawaii) creatures in their native habitats, which are virtually everywhere: from public street signs to supermarket shelves, ...more

Harnessing the romance of the world of fashion and high art, this fascinating story of a collection of miniature mannequins describes the birth of Théâtre de la Mode, the Theater of Fashion. Full of stars such as Robert Ricci (Nina Ricci's son), filmmaker Jean Cocteau, and other members of the ...more

A dazzling variety of Native American dolls--from prehistoric ceramic figures to striking contemporary creations by Inuit and Pueblo artists--fills the pages of Small Spirits. These miniature forms have played rich and diverse roles in indigenous cultures from antiquity to the present, serving as toys and learning tools for children, sacred ...more

"130+ years after Thomas Eakins portrayed a group of bloody surgeons removing a tumor from a patient’s thigh in The Gross Clinic (oil on canvas), Kent Rogowski turns our emblems of childhood comfort inside out. One of Eakins’ most famous and successful paintings, The Gross Clinic was rejected by the ...more

Famous colour woodcut printmaker, Gustave Baumann was a superb woodcarver who was captivated by puppet theatre. In the 1930s, Baumann carved a collection of marionettes for plays he wrote about New Mexico's cultural heritage. Featuring twenty-five marionettes photographed from the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts (Museum of ...more

Just as beloved and cherished as A. A. Milne's stories and poems are Ernest H. Shepard's unforgettable line drawings of Pooh, Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, and all their friends. The childlike wonder of the Pooh stories is perfectly captured in Shepard's charming illustrations. Collected here are pencil sketches and rare ...more

This highly collectible first edition of an adorable new book of teddy bear portraits is destined to become a classic! Captured in their "natural habitats" by talented photographer and avid teddy bear collector Marc Hoberman, these bears are sure to enchant and amuse all who open the pages of this ...more

Moore was a "flapper" and silent screen film star who commissioned a fairy tale castle in the 1920s at a cost of $500,000. Nine feet square by twelve feet high, it contains over 2000 miniature objects from around the world. This volume contains photographs of the castle and its garden. ...more

With the same unique sensibility that gave us Play with Your Food, Joost Elffers and photographer Mirja de Vries bring bear lovers a new twist on old teddies--one that combines sentimentality with strong imagery of the secret world of bears. Each large page is a gloriously rich photo, some as ...more