The Book Company: New Products - Folk & Outsider Art

Black Dolls

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:33:56 +0000

This book presents over one hundred unique handmade African American dolls made between 1850 and 1940 from the collection of Deborah Neff, a Connecticut-based collector and champion of vernacular art. It is believed that African Americans created these dolls for the children in their lives, inclu..

Price: $60.00

On the Matter of Memory (The Drawings of Harold Cromwell)

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:26:18 +0000

Born in 1919 in the Black community of Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, Harold Cromwell was a descendant of the Black Loyalists who settled in the area in 1783. He was also a prolific folk artist with an acute talent for observation. His meticulous, textured pen and ink illustrations — ..

Price: $35.00

North by Northeast

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:20:20 +0000

For generations, Native American traditional artists in the Northeast have passed on their culture through beadwork, basketry, canoe making, wood carving, and quilting. Through the work and words of over thirty-five traditional artists living and working primarily in Maine and New York, North by N..

Price: $20.00

Mystical Creatures of Ancient China (100 Fantastic Beasts from Shan Hai Jing)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:31:47 +0000

Step into an enchanted world where China's ancient myths meet captivating artistry – 100 creatures reimagined from the timeless Shan Hai Jing.

Award-winning illustrator Lin Hai reimagines China's oldest mythological encyclopaedia dating from the Zhou..

Price: $45.00

Ningyo (The Art of the Japanese Doll)

Thu, 14 May 2026 22:35:48 +0000

Ningyo: The Art of the Japanese Doll features over 250 unique photographs as well as extensive commentary and background history.

Japanese dolls (ningyo) have played an important role in Japanese art and culture since its earliest stages of development, as talismanic fi..

Price: $49.99

For Folk's Sake (Art and Economy in Twentieth-Century Nova Scotia)

Fri, 01 May 2026 23:18:47 +0000

Folk art emerged in twentieth-century Nova Scotia not as an accident of history, but in tandem with cultural policy developments that shaped art institutions across the province between 1967 and 1997. For Folk’s Sake charts how woodcarvings and paintings by well-known and obscure self-ta..

Price: $50.00

Decorating with Flowers (A Stunning Ideas Book for all Occasions)

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:36:30 +0000

"This book is full of ideas for floral designs with a tropical twist to create for a variety of occasions…you're sure to be inspired!" —Garden & Landscape Design Magazine

Decorating with Flowers celebrates the latest trends in contemporary floral design with a tropical ..

Price: $55.00

The Lost Folk (From the Forgotten Past to the Emerging Future of Folk)

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:41:55 +0000

A fresh and engaging celebration of the customs, places, objects and peoples that make up what we know as ‘folk’ in Britain.

By its nature, folk is ephemeral: tricky to define, hard to preserve and even more difficult to resurrect. But folk culture is all around us; sitting in our ch..

Price: $18.95

Heart

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:21:08 +0000

Inspiration comes in small packages.

This desirable, tactile handbook of heart symbols and iconography features hearts in art, photography, folk and found crafts and design from across the world, from pre-history to present day. Discovered, curated and introduced by Stephen Ellcoc..

Price: $22.95

A Bestiary of Fantastic, monstrous and allegorical animals

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 02:35:06 +0000

A vividly illustrated journey through real, mythical, and fantastical creatures and plants, blending art, history, and symbolic storytelling

Step into a kaleidoscopic world where nature, myth, and imag..

Price: $45.00