Welcome to East End Books

East End Books specializes in illustrated books on all subjects. We have magnificent giftbooks on architecture and art, as well as the finest children’s books. We have gift and practical books on cooking, decorative arts, fashion and gardening, and lavishly illustrated books on interiors, performing arts, photography, sports and travel. We also have a choice selection of the best in literature and non-fiction in both paperback and hardcover, as well as an extensive selection of local interest books.

We have a fine art gallery which features work in all mediums by both local and internationally known artists and photographers. In many instances the exhibitions include work from a recently published book by the artist. Frequent in-store author readings are held, as well.

Finally we have a selection of music cd’s featuring Brazilian, French and Italian; cabaret; jazz and classical recordings.

Dick Stone   Anne Raymond   Paul Saltzman   Jake Rajs   Authors Round Table Dinner Series	Betty Buckley Rosalie Winard Paul Saltzman Jake Rajs
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Saturday, May 24th from 2:00–3:30 p.m.

Betty Buckley

Meet Betty Buckley the legendary star of stage and screen who will autograph copies of her new cd Quintessence and the reissue of her first recording Betty Buckley 1967.

Betty Buckley won a Tony Award for her performance as Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS. She received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a musical for her performance as Hesione in TRIUMPH OF LOVE, and an Olivier Award nomination for her interpretation of Norma Desmond in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s SUNSET BOULEVARD, which she repeated to more rave reviews on Broadway.

Her other Broadway credits include 1776, PIPPIN, SONG AND DANCE, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD and CARRIE. Off-Broadway credits include Lincoln Center’s ELEGIES, the original NYSF production of EDWIN DROOD, THE EROS TRILOGY and JUNO SWANS. Regional credits include GYPSY, THREEPENNY OPERA, CAMINO REAL and BUFFALO GAL. She starred in the London production of PROMISES, PROMISES.

Her film appearances include her debut in Brian de Palma’s screen version of Stephen King’s CARRIE, Bruce Beresford’s TENDER MERCIES, Roman Polanski’s FRANTIC, Woody Allen’s ANOTHER WOMAN and Lawrence Kasden’s WYATT EARP. She recently completed THE HAPPENING for M. Night Shyamalan to be released June, 2008.

Most recently, Buckley appeared on the 2006 Kennedy Center Honors. She has also starred in the HBO series OZ and as Abby Bradford in the hit series EIGHT IS ENOUGH. She has appeared in the CBS series WITHOUT A TRACE, the NBC series LAW & ORDER: SVU, the FOX series THE JURY and MONK for the USA network. She has received two Emmy Nominations.

Buckley has completed 11 CD’s, among them QUINTESSENCE and BETTY BUCKLEY 1967 and the Grammy Nominated STARS AND THE MOON, BETTY BUCKLEY LIVE AT THE DONMAR.

For over thirty-five years Ms. Buckley has been a teacher of scene study and song interpretation, giving workshops in Manhattan and various universities and performing arts conservatories around the country. She has been a faculty member in the theatre department of the University of Texas at Arlington, the Terry Schreiber Acting School in New York City and currently at the Casa Manana Theatre in Fort Worth, TX.

In March of 2007, Ms. Buckley was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in Austin.

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Saturday, July 5th from 6:00–7:30 p.m.

Rosalie Winard

The photographer’s reception and book signing is from 6:00–7:30 p.m.
The show continues through July 17th.

Wild Birds of the American Wetlands
foreword by Temple Grandin
introduction by Terry Tempest Williams
photographs by Rosalie Winard

For over a decade, photographer Rosalie Winard has traveled the country by foot, canoe, airboat, and ATV, taking pictures of large birds of the wetlands from Florida to California, Louisiana to North Dakota. Her intimate portraits—tethered to an ethereal palette of white, gray, and black—are alight with Winard’s passion for the avian world and its endangered terrain. Alternately meditative and exhilarating, abstract and literal, they capture the birds’ remarkable habits and prehistoric forms, as well as their ineffable elegance and humor.

Wild Birds of the American Wetlands is a monumental and breathtaking study of some of the country’s most beautiful birds—Great Blue Heron, White Ibis, Snowy Egret, Whooping Crane, Roseate Spoonbill, American White Pelican, Wood Stork, and many more—and of their vanishing habitats. From the Ballona Wetlands in California to the prairies of Nebraska, Winard uses her thirty years of experience observing these winged creatures along with her mastery of photography to illuminate the importance of avian and wetland conservation.

Winard’s camera lens has replaced her binoculars as she searches for images that depict the birds’ elusive aspects and paradoxes: their simultaneous fragility and power, tranquility and action, stillness and momentum. At once a documentary photographer, artist, and student of natural history, Winard, in each of her photographs, slips soundlessly into a vivid and detailed realism.

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Saturday, July 19th from 6:00–7:30 p.m.

Paul Saltzman

Saturday, July 19, 2008 from 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Show continues through August 14th

Meet photographer Paul Saltzman who will be on hand to sign copies of his limited edition book and attend the opening reception for an exhibit of photographs from the book The Beatles in India.

In February, 1968, Paul Saltzman traveled to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram in Rishikesh, India to learn meditation. His time there was profoundly life changing. While there, he met John, Paul, George and Ringo, and over the following days, as they hung out together, he took some photographs. Paul’s time with the Beatles had been intimate and private moments for him. Although each of the Beatles had given him explicit permission to take their pictures, when he returned home he put his Ektachrome transparencies away in a cardboard box in his basement, and forgot about them. Thirty years later, his daughter reminded him of the photographs. These never before seen photographs are available in a stunning limited edition book.

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Saturday, August 23th from 6:00–7:30 p.m.

Jake Rajs

Artist’s reception Saturday, August 16, 2008 from 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Show continues through August 28th.

Meet photographer Jake Rajs who will be on hand to sign copies of his new book and to attend the opening reception of photographs from his new book Beyond the Dunes: A Portrait of the Hamptons. With and introduction by Paul Goldberg, Jake's incredible color photographs are a brilliant testimony to all that we love about this special place.

Though he had toyed with other media, such as painting and sculpture, and even identified himself as a poet for a while, there was another form of creative expression out there for Jake Rajs. “I saw a book of poems and photographs, and thought ‘what a great idea.’ So I got myself a camera. The poetry wasn't as good as the photography. I found I could say it better without words. Artists use a different vehicle to express themselves. For me, it's the camera.”

Once he found his tool, he then worked on building his experience. After graduating from Rutgers with a B.A. in Studio Art, Jake began by assisting other photographers in New York City (By washing floors and toilets) and then by pounding on pavement and doors. “I got my first assignment, and then another, then people just started buying my work.”

Since those humble beginnings, Jake has published thirteen books, from one focusing on New York City that came out in 1985 to These United States, an enormous limited edition coffee table book with an introduction by Walter Cronkite. In fact, it was in part because of that collection, published by Rizzoli in 2003, that Jake was selected as “Best Observer” in Reader's Digest special issue featuring America’s 100 Best.

Rajs was born in Poland and moved to Israel before coming to Brooklyn at age eight. ”My father came first, while we were in Israel, maybe it’s my childhood memory talking, but we came on a ship. It took two weeks, and then we arrived in New York harbor. We were all on deck, it was nighttime, and we see the Statue of Liberty and everyone’s crying, I’m crying. Then, early in the morning, we were watching the sun hit the skyline, and everything turns golden. People came for their dreams.”

Over the years, Jake has focused on New York City and the United States, clocking by his own estimation a million miles criss-crossing the nation. ”You should focus on something you know and you care about. It is my sincerest hope that my images go beyond mere representation to communicate emotionally and spiritually.”

For his part, Rajs feels his work serves a greater purpose. My motivation is to help humanity, by showing beauty or giving another perspective on whatever subject I’ve chosen. I get to express myself and have fun along the way.

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May 3rd through May 22nd

Dick Stone

Opening reception for artist, Saturday May 3rd from 5:30–7:00 p.m.
Show continues through May 22nd.

Dick Stone studied for four years at the Art Students League in New York with Raphael Soyer, Moses Soyer, George Bridgman and Chaim Gross. When he started he was the youngest student the League had ever accepted. He then went on to Yale University School of Fine Art where he studied with Josef Albers and received a BFA.

Dick established a career in New York as a top illustrator. His work appeared on the covers of magazines like Redbook, Reader's Digest, Ladies Home Journal, Sports Illustrated, Woman’s Day and The Saturday Evening Post among many others. He turned to photography for many years. His photographs appeared in major advertisements—one of his posters is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. This led to a longtime career in filmmaking as a Director during which he received several Clio Awards.

In 1989 he moved to the East End where he has established himself as an important abstract artist. He has exhibited previously with The Anita Shapolsky Gallery, The Elaine Benson, The Noyes Museum and The Sidney Mishkin Gallery.

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May 24th through June 19th

Anne Raymond

Opening reception for artist,
Saturday May 24th from 6:00–7:30 p.m.

Meet artist Anne Raymond at the opening reception for her new show Works on Paper. Show continues through June 19th

Anne Raymond was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Dallas. She moved to New York City in 1988, and currently lives and works in East Hampton, NY, as well as in NYC. After receiving a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin, she attended the School of Visual Arts in New York.

Anne's work is in the permanent collections of major museums including The Boston Museum of Fine Arts and The Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin. Ms. Raymond has shown extensively in one-person and group shows in the United States and abroad. Noteworthy galleries in New York; Chicago; Phoenix; Dallas; Santa Monica; Portland, Oregon; Sarasota, Florida; Madison, Wisconsin and Eastern Long Island have exhibited her work.

Ms. Raymond's work is found in the collections of many leading firms, including EOS Airlines; Pfizer; United Airlines; Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom; Colgate-Palmolive Company; Nuveen Securities; Saks Fifth Avenue; United Parcel Service; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; and Bellagio Hotel and Resort.

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July 5th through July 17th

Rosalie Winard

The photographer’s reception and book signing is July 5 from 6:00–7:30 p.m.
The show continues through July 17th.

Wild Birds of the American Wetlands
foreword by Temple Grandin
introduction by Terry Tempest Williams
photographs by Rosalie Winard

For over a decade, photographer Rosalie Winard has traveled the country by foot, canoe, airboat, and ATV, taking pictures of large birds of the wetlands from Florida to California, Louisiana to North Dakota. Her intimate portraits—tethered to an ethereal palette of white, gray, and black—are alight with Winard’s passion for the avian world and its endangered terrain. Alternately meditative and exhilarating, abstract and literal, they capture the birds’ remarkable habits and prehistoric forms, as well as their ineffable elegance and humor.

Wild Birds of the American Wetlands is a monumental and breathtaking study of some of the country’s most beautiful birds—Great Blue Heron, White Ibis, Snowy Egret, Whooping Crane, Roseate Spoonbill, American White Pelican, Wood Stork, and many more—and of their vanishing habitats. From the Ballona Wetlands in California to the prairies of Nebraska, Winard uses her thirty years of experience observing these winged creatures along with her mastery of photography to illuminate the importance of avian and wetland conservation.

Winard’s camera lens has replaced her binoculars as she searches for images that depict the birds’ elusive aspects and paradoxes: their simultaneous fragility and power, tranquility and action, stillness and momentum. At once a documentary photographer, artist, and student of natural history, Winard, in each of her photographs, slips soundlessly into a vivid and detailed realism.

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July 19th through August 14th

Paul Saltzman

Saturday, July 19, 2008 from 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Show continues through August 14th

Meet photographer Paul Saltzman who will be on hand to sign copies of his limited edition book and attend the opening reception for an exhibit of photographs from the book The Beatles in India.

In February, 1968, Paul Saltzman traveled to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram in Rishikesh, India to learn meditation. His time there was profoundly life changing. While there, he met John, Paul, George and Ringo, and over the following days, as they hung out together, he took some photographs. Paul’s time with the Beatles had been intimate and private moments for him. Although each of the Beatles had given him explicit permission to take their pictures, when he returned home he put his Ektachrome transparencies away in a cardboard box in his basement, and forgot about them. Thirty years later, his daughter reminded him of the photographs. These never before seen photographs are available in a stunning limited edition book.

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August 16th through August 28th

Jake Rajs

Photographer’s reception August 23rd from 6:30–7:30 p.m.
Show continues through August 28th.

Meet photographer Jake Rajs who will be on hand to sign copies of his new book and to attend the opening reception of photographs from his new book Beyond the Dunes: A Portrait of the Hamptons. With and introduction by Paul Goldberg, Jake's incredible color photographs are a brilliant testimony to all that we love about this special place.

Though he had toyed with other media, such as painting and sculpture, and even identified himself as a poet for a while, there was another form of creative expression out there for Jake Rajs. “I saw a book of poems and photographs, and thought ‘what a great idea.’ So I got myself a camera. The poetry wasn't as good as the photography. I found I could say it better without words. Artists use a different vehicle to express themselves. For me, it's the camera.”

Once he found his tool, he then worked on building his experience. After graduating from Rutgers with a B.A. in Studio Art, Jake began by assisting other photographers in New York City (By washing floors and toilets) and then by pounding on pavement and doors. “I got my first assignment, and then another, then people just started buying my work.”

Since those humble beginnings, Jake has published thirteen books, from one focusing on New York City that came out in 1985 to These United States, an enormous limited edition coffee table book with an introduction by Walter Cronkite. In fact, it was in part because of that collection, published by Rizzoli in 2003, that Jake was selected as “Best Observer” in Reader's Digest special issue featuring America’s 100 Best.

Rajs was born in Poland and moved to Israel before coming to Brooklyn at age eight. ”My father came first, while we were in Israel, maybe it’s my childhood memory talking, but we came on a ship. It took two weeks, and then we arrived in New York harbor. We were all on deck, it was nighttime, and we see the Statue of Liberty and everyone’s crying, I’m crying. Then, early in the morning, we were watching the sun hit the skyline, and everything turns golden. People came for their dreams.”

Over the years, Jake has focused on New York City and the United States, clocking by his own estimation a million miles criss-crossing the nation. ”You should focus on something you know and you care about. It is my sincerest hope that my images go beyond mere representation to communicate emotionally and spiritually.”

For his part, Rajs feels his work serves a greater purpose. My motivation is to help humanity, by showing beauty or giving another perspective on whatever subject I’ve chosen. I get to express myself and have fun along the way.

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We are pleased to be able to have an ongoing relationship with select artists and photographers who have exhibited in the gallery. This means that even after the exhibition has concluded, we are able to continue to offer their work for sale.

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