Armchair Traveler Gift Guide
Some of our favorite books to give (or ask for?!) that transport us around the world
This is our third (and last!) gift guide installment (the first two are here and here), for everyone in your life who loves a transportive read. We left books for last, because they generally arrive quickly in the mail when you’re scrambling, and there’s always something that can be hand-picked for that tricky person who seems to have everything.
FOR THE BOOK COLLECTOR
We all know them—you might be one, I know I am…. I confess, I collect more books than I actually read!
Come Fly With Me: Flying in Style, by Jodi Peckman. I love these photos of celebrities in airports with a focus on what they wear to fly, from a nattily dressed Frank Sinatra on Pan Am, to Dolly Parton in a pantsuit.
The Grand Tour: The Golden Age of Travel, by Sabine Arqué. I feel like I could spend hours with this new book of vintage travel ephemera evoking classic journeys from 1869-1939.
Ma Vie a Paris, Astier de Villatte. A guide from the founders of one of my favorite shops in Paris, from the eccentric to the obscure.
Italian Chic, by Andrea Ferolla and Daria Reina. Beautiful and useful. Make sure you look at it with Google maps open—ready to save some ideas.
Speak Italian: The Fine Art of the Hand Gesture, by Bruno Munari. Beautifully photographed and designed, and incredibly charming—this guide is a good stocking stuffer, and small enough to bring along on a trip to Italy.