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Amphora Editions, in Venice, California, is a small publisher specializing in unique, beautifully crafted books of evocative storytelling and the Arts.

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Coming January 15, 2025
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Kenneth Balcomb, born in 1891, owned fifteen dogs during his life.
His first was actually a coyote called Tito, the diminutive of coyotito,
which means “little coyote” in Spanish.
Fifteen dogs, fifteen heart-warming stories. Read more

The protégé of William Mortensen,
one of the most important pictorialists of the last century,
writes about his time studying with the Master.
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Another masterpiece by author of
Nicolai Fechin and William Reese,
chronicling the life and artwork of one of the
most revered painter/teachers of the last century.
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A true story about an orphaned baby robin.
“Wobbly, bald — almost featherless —
with a physique only a mother could love.”
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Music to My years by Artie Kane Wins Gold Medal

For over fifty years, in radio, on multiple stages,
in scores of movie soundtracks,
Artie Kane’s music has touched
and inspired millions of people.
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Between 1919 and 1923, Kenneth Balcomb
was assigned a WWI Army surplus Model T
to travel over 63,000 miles to survey,
inspect, and construct highways in New Mexico.
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Internationally renowned painter and sculptor William F. Reese
produced oils, pastels, watercolors, sculptures, etchings,
and instructional books. Forward by Wilson Hurley.
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