The art of the bookstore: the bookstore paintings of Gibbs M. Smith, Gibbs M. Smith

Call number: 759.13/S648

The Art of the Bookstore is romantic, poetic, charismatic, and enduring, and independent booksellers around the world thrive on creating this unique culture and ambiance. In this lavish limited-edition gift, the words of many of these booksellers are paired with 40 bookstore paintings chronicling the passion and respect for books, booksellers, and the publishing industry.

Gibbs Smith, founder and president of his namesake publishing company, started the business with his wife, Catherine, in Santa Barbara, and later moved the company to their hometown, Layton, Utah.

Delights: a story of Hieronymus Bosch, Guy Colwell

Call number: GN 759.9492/B742/C727

An obsessive painter, working away for years in near secrecy, now reveals a magnum opus to the world—author and subject, intertwined. In Guy Colwell's first full graphic novel in 33 years, we see one painter, Colwell himself, consider another, Hieronymus Bosch, and the story behind the latter's most notable work told in sequential panels. Colwell takes the facts of Bosch's time and setting and constructs a tale of a man and artist torn equally among piety, creativity, and commerce. This imaginatively conceived historical graphic novel is Colwell's crowning achievement in a cartooning career, begun in the underground comix movement of the 1970s, and marked by risk-taking and political engagement. His drawing, rendering, and storytelling has never been as self-assured as in Delights.

Christmas in the dog house, Bill Cunliffe Trio

Call number: X C91.5 ch

This album stars the Bill Cunliffe Trio: Grammy Award-winning bandleader Bill Cunliffe (piano), Dave Robaire (bass), and Marvin “Smitty” Smith (drums). Also featured on select tunes is tenor saxophonist Ralph Moore, who boasts distinguished collaborations with musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, Horace Silver, and Freddy Hubbard, among others.

Track Listing: 1. Ding Dong Merrily On High 2. Christmas is Coming 3. Merry Christmas Darling 4. Snow 5. On This Day 6. The Sussex Mummers 7. It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year 8. Linus and Lucy 9. Go Tell It On The Mountain 10. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 11. Hark the Herald Angels Sing