Rizzoli Bookstore Holiday Fair

Join Rizzoli for a holiday fête with our favorite authors.

Meet a dazzling set of artists, designers, and writers, bring home signed editions to collect and give, enjoy Italian sweets, and help us toast sixty years as a quintessential New York bookstore.

Receive an exclusive Rizzoli Bookstore tote bag with purchases of $100 or more.

Featuring:

• Moleskine pop-up with embossing and custom illustrations by a sketch artist
• Hand-gilded books by the bms. / Brian Stanziale
• A children's book showcase with the Brooklyn-based independent publisher Enchanted Lion
• Prosecco and Italian sweets by Pasqua and Santa Chiara Alta Pasticceria

PLEASE NOTE:

• Doors open at 6 pm for browsing and drinks.
• Author signings will take place in two shifts, from 6:30–7:15 and 7:15–8 pm.
• Book purchase required to enter signing line.
• Can't attend? Order holiday fair titles on and we'll ship signed copies for you.

The author of Call Me by Your Name returns with a deeply romantic memoir of his time in Rome while on the cusp of adulthood. "Aciman is a sensitive and passionate writer, and this volume’s packed with human incident: friendships, meals, sex, politics and culture, music, film, art . . . A brave, sensuous, tender chronicle.” —Joan Frank, The Boston Globe

André Aciman is the New York Times bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name, Out of Egypt, Eight White Nights, False Papers, Alibis, Harvard Square, Enigma Variations, and Find Me. He's the editor of The Proust Project and teaches comparative literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He lives with his wife in Manhattan.

A novel of money and morality from the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind. “Rumaan Alam is a rarity…Entitlement — a psychological thriller that subtly turns into a vicious exposé of affluent liberalism— also sneaks up on you, and wins you over.”—The New York Times
Rumaan Alam is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Leave the World Behind, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and adapted into a major motion picture, as well as two other novels. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn.

A visually captivating history of the evolution of Glamour magazine and its decades at the forefront of female empowerment in an incredible photographic volume.
Sam Barry is editor-in-chief of Glamour and has recently been appointed Glamour's first global editorial director. Natasha Pearlman is Glamour's executive editor and has more than 16 years of experience covering culture, politics, wellness, style, and maternity issues, across a number of print and digital publications in the UK and US.

A follow-up to the photographer Matthew Brookes’ Les Danseurs, published in 2015, Expression of Freedom once again deep-dives into the melliferous world of dance, celebrating the togetherness and inclusivity found through the art form. In the last 10 years, Brookes traveled across four continents for this grand photographic project, capturing dancers in motion within their geographic contexts—Paris, Milan, London, South Africa, New York, Brazil and Los Angeles.

Matthew Brookes is a photographer known for his editorial projects and his natural and simplistic style. Born in England and raised in South Africa, Brookes’ photographs have been featured in major magazines such as Vanity Fair, Vogue, L'Uomo Vogue and GQ. In addition to his work with models and celebrities, Brookes is fascinated by the dynamism of the human form in motion and enjoys photographing athletes and dancers. In 2015, Brookes published his first monograph with Damiani, Les Danseurs, a portrait of the ballet dancers of the Paris Opera.

40 years of stunning basketball photography—both on the court and off—from one of the sport's greatest chroniclers.

As one of the NBA’s premier photographers, Nathaniel S. Butler has shot it all. From iconic moments like Ray Allen’s corner three to intimate portraits of Bill Russell and the NBA50 and NBA75 teams to Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant and Steph Curry clinching championships, if it was a history-making basketball moment, Butler was there.
Courtside: 40 Years of NBA Photography is a spectacular photographic collection spanning the first four decades of Butler’s career, including the current draft class’s rookie season.

Joshua Charow spent the past two years creating his first photography book titled Loft Law. The Last of New York City's Original Artist Lofts about artists living under the protection of the Loft Law. The law, enacted in 1982 (Article 7-C of the Multiple Dwelling Law), granted protection and rent stabilization to thousands of artists who were living illegally in commercial and manufacturing zoned lofts in neighborhoods like Soho, Tribeca, and the Bowery after the manufacturing industry predominantly left Manhattan.
Two years ago, he found a map of the remaining protected buildings, rang hundreds of doorbells, and photographed and interviewed over 50 artists who are still living in these incredible lofts to this day. As New York currently faces an unprecedented amount of vacant commercial space, this is the perfect timing for this incredible untold story.

Joshua Charow is a documentary photographer and filmmaker based in New York City. His projects aim to unveil unseen stories and subcultures across New York City. Charow has directed and shot documentary films for 'The New York Times', 'TIME Magazine', 'Amazon Prime Video', and 'Hulu'.

The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the war.

Elyse Graham is a historian and professor at Stony Brook University, a flagship university in the SUNY system. She holds degrees from Princeton, Yale, and MIT, and has learned how scholars whisper, scheme, launder information, and guard secrets. She is the author of three academic books: You Talkin’ to Me? (Oxford University Press), A Unified Theory of Cats on the Internet (Stanford University Press), and The Republic of Games (McGill-Queens University Press).

From the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty, My Favorite Things, and Women Holding Things comes a moving meditation in words and pictures on remorse, joy, ancestry, and memory.

Maira Kalman illustrated William Strunk Jr’s classic The Elements of Style and is the author of My Favorite Things, Principles of Uncertainty, and And the Pursuit of Happiness. She is also the author/illustrator of numerous children’s books, and her artwork has graced a dozen covers of The New Yorker. Her watches, clocks, accessories, and paperweights have been featured at the Museum of Modern Art store. She lives in New York City.

The first illustrated monograph on writer, journalist, and director Nora Ephron, the visionary behind When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, and You’ve Got Mail.

Ilana Kaplan is a New Jersey-born writer and editor based in Brooklyn. With over 11 years experience, she has had columns at VICE, Refinery29 and Observer and previously held positions as the U.S. culture reporter for The Independent and as a contributing editor at PAPER Magazine. Her work has been published in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, GQ, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Pitchfork, Variety, Billboard, etc. She's currently the news editor at Digiday and a weekend writer at Rolling Stone.

"Reads like a work of fiction, but remarkably, it's all true" (Airmail). In the tradition of The Barbizon and The Girls of Atomic City, fashion historian and journalist Nancy MacDonell chronicles the untold story of how the Nazi invasion of France gave rise to the American fashion industry.

Nancy MacDonell is a fashion journalist and fashion historian. She writes the Wall Street Journal column "Fashion with a Past," in which she explores the historic roots of current fashion trends. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Elle, Vogue, and many other publications. She is the author of five books, including The Classic Ten: The True Story of the Little Black Dress and Nine Other Fashion Favorites. Nancy is an adjunct lecturer in fashion history at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She was born in Montréal and lives in Brooklyn with her family.

From the “unofficial talent scout of NYC,” filmmaker, and social media icon New York Nico comes the only NYC guidebook you’ll ever need—a beautifully designed, photo packed celebration of the greatest city in the world, showcasing Nico’s top 100 New York institutions, shops, and eateries and the characters who shape them.

New York Nico (Nicolas Heller) is a filmmaker and social media creator born and raised in NYC. Hailed as the “unofficial talent scout of NYC,” New York Nico documents New York City for his nearly three million followers. His debut short film Out of Order premiered in 2022 at the Tribeca Film Festival. He has directed commercials for the New York Knicks, Meta, NIKE, MLB, Calvin Klein, Kith, Timberland, and many more.

The popular American fashion designer takes us on an exhilarating journey with today’s biggest stars wearing his statement-making designs on the world’s most exciting red carpets.
Christian Siriano launched his eponymous collection in 2008. His work has become known for whimsical and showstopping designs—from fantasy evening gowns to tailored sportswear, as well as shoes, accessories, fragrance, eyewear, beauty, and home collections. In 2013 he was inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and was named Designer of the Year at the 2016 American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) American Image Awards.

Influenced by the exotic, lush landscapes of his childhood years in Hawaii, Hunt Slonem's richly colored, impressionistic bird paintings are celebrated worldwide. For the first time, Slonem's birds are collected into a single, luxurious volume.

Recognized for his distinct neo-expressionist style, Hunt Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation, and the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Hunt Slonem embraces nature's ephemeral beauty, bringing a nurturing, spiritual essence to his work. Throughout his career, he has focused on exotic birds, rabbits, and butterflies, often using flat spaces with simple forms and vibrant, textural brushstrokes inspired by German Expressionism. Scholar Henry Geldzahler notes Slonem’s admiration for artists like Malcolm Morley, Francesco Clemente, and Roberto Juarez, whose works convey a spiritual aura. Despite this depth, Slonem’s work retains a lightness of being.

BOOKS, BY THE BMS.

A collection of coffee table books that are hand gilded with thumb tacks. Each book in the collection is sure to be both an anchor and a statement in any room.

Tasteful and stylish, this gilded book is just as much the perfect self indulgence as it is gift guaranteed to set you apart for the heard.

Each book by the bms. is tacked by hand. The covers are backed so you have full access of the book.

Artist/Designer Brian Stanziale is based in Saugatuck MI with roots in New York. Brian’s design aesthetic has been described in Vogue to have “...a laid back swank...” an appellation worn with pride.

After having created the one of a kind concept shop Sloane NYC in Soho, Brian went on to design a luxury womenswear collection carried in Barneys New York, Saks Fifth Ave, Intermix and more.

Bringing his unique fashion approach to home décor, Brian started “book, by the bms." in 2014. In almost no time, his hand tacked coffee table books and pieces have been sought out by some of the most discerning clients from around the globe.

From award-winning author Matthew Burgess and debut illustrator Sirin Thada, a picture book biography of music icon Prince, from childhood to superstardom, that crackles with electricity and soul.

From two-time New York Times Best Children’s Book author Bruce Handy with illustrations by Lisk Feng, a luminous picture book that invites careful observation of light and shadow in the natural world, as well as in our own emotional landscape.

A delightful and inspiring picture book about making time for the little things that make life rich and beautiful, from author Paola Quintavalle and award-winning illustrator Miguel Tanco.

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