Over 160 new arrivals cover a broad range of subjects: Art, biography, children’s, literature, novels, philosophy, trains, travel as well as some odds and ends. Here’s a sampling. See all the New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
The Complete Andersen: All of the 168 Stories by Hans Christian Andersen
Prolific writer, Hans Christian Andersen is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Fritz Kredel, award-winning illustrator. Many of his originals are now housed at the Art Library at Yale University. Read More
$130.00
Heath Robinson: Humours Of Golf
Though not a golfer himself, Heath Robinson was a shrewd observer and pokes fun at the game and its players. Smart, fun. Read More
$12.00
High Hills, The (Brambley Hedge Series)
Winter is coming and the voles discover that their blankets have moth holes. The mice of Brambly Hedge spin and weave as fast as they can to help replace them. Read More
$15.00
The Winning of the West
Roosevelt was a diligent, skilled writer and a popular historian. In this history he covers The Alleghanies, Mississippi, The Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, Louisiana and the Northwest. Read More
$500.00
How Women Should Ride
An instructional book teaches young women the essentials skills for riding horses in the late 19th century. Read More
$100.00
Prisoner of Zenda, The (WITH SIGNED LETTER)
From this author of cloak-and-sword romances, “Zenda” finds Englishmen Rudolf Rassendyll embroiled in royal intrigues and dangerous politics while on a trip to Ruritania. Read More
$1000.00
She: A History of Adventure
Haggard’s imperial romance follows its English heroes from the quiet rooms of Cambridge to the uncharted interior of Africa in search of a legendary lost city with an ageless white queen. Read More
$40.00
Aristotle’s Metaphysics (Volume II only)
Aristotle’s influence on logic continued well into the 19th century. In addition, his ethics, although always influential, gained renewed interest with the modern advent of virtue ethics. Read More
$65.00
Averroes’ Tahafut Al-Tahafut (The Incoherence of the Incoherence) Volume 1 & 2
Ibn Rushd, known to Christian Europe as Averroes is regarded as the last great Arab philosopher in the Classical tradition. World recognition as early as the 13th century contributed to the rediscovery of this master. Read More
$200.00
Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy in England in the Seventeenth Century (Two volumes)
The book focuses on the intellectual and philosophical developments in England during the 17th century, particularly in the fields of theology and philosophy. Read More
$120.00
Gautama’s Nyaua Sutras (With Vatsuayana-Bhasya)
This work meticulously navigates through its essential teachings, scrutinizing the purpose and structure of the Sutra, alongside its pivotal concepts such as pramana (means of knowledge) and prameya (object of knowledge). Read More
$150.00
Hindu Manners Customs and Ceremonies
Dudois’ eye witness account culture during his 31 years residence in India colonial times as a Christian Missionary. Very informative regarding the caste system, Brahminical life and the religion in colonial India. Read More
$30.00
The Grammar of Ornament
The Grammar of Ornament: The Victorian Masterpiece on Oriental, Primitive, Classical, Mediaeval and Renaissance Design and Decorative Art. Read More
$50.00
Isaac Vossius (1618-1689): Between Science and Scholarship
Together with Christiaan Huygens, Vossius was considered the Dutch Republic’s foremost student of nature. In this volume, a range of authors analyse his participation in the full spectrum of the Republic of Letters. Read More
$150.00
Polish Logic 1920-1939
An anthology of papers by several authors covering 1920–1939, and focuses on the contributions of Polish logicians, more particularly, mathematical logicians, to modern logic. Read More
$60.00
Hegel’s Science of Logic
Hegel’s Logic. From its first appearance in 1812, this work has been recognized by both admirers and detractors alike as being the absolute foundation of Hegel’s system. Read More
$35.00
New Orleans Mourning
This is the first in the Skip Langdon series. Crime solved with just good old fashioned leg work. Winner of the 1991 Edgar Allen Poe Award for best novel. Read More
$15.00
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
James Marshall’s Goldilocks is one of those naughty little girls who does exactly as she pleases, even if that means sampling the three bears’ porridge, breaking Baby Bear’s chair, and sleeping in his bed. Read More
$12.00
The Magnificent Ceremonial Entry Into Antwerp of His Royal Highness Ferdinand of Austria on the Fifteenth Day of May, 1635
His Highness, Ferdinand II helped mold Austria’s provinces into an integral whole, and to see in his imperial policy an attempt at creating a Roman Catholic German state during the time of the Counter-Reformation. Read More
$150.00
Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, 1925
Includes many advancements in the art of steam locomotive building. For the steam purist, this edition was to be the last of the all-steam-oriented cyclopedias Read More
This new batch has a lot of comic, modern and poster art. Also a lot of interesting biographies, children’s fiction and illustrated, military mostly about WW II, religion and philosophy, novels and some about the entertainment industry. Here’s a sampling. See all New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Recollections of Full Years
Mrs. William Howard Taft may be the most underrated of all our First Ladies. And you can thank her for cherry blossoms around the Washington Tidal Basin. Read More
$150.00
Look Away Dixieland
A good road trip undertaken by the author and his wife along Highway 84 through the American Deep South. Read More
$15.00
Italian Art Deco: Graphic Design between the Wars
A well researched and curated account of the Art Deco movement in Europe. Comprehensive view on Italian art deco! Read More
$18.00
Victoria: A Pig In A Pram
Story of the author’s childhood as one of nine chidlren in rural Maine & of Victoria, the Chase’s adored & pampered pig. Read More
$18.00
Joshua Johnson: Freeman and Early American Portrait Painter
Joshua Johnson is the first known person of color to make a living as a painter in the United States. Born 1763. Read More
$80.00
Atlas Comics Library No. 3: In the Days of the Rockets!
Unseen in 70 years, In the Days of the Rockets! will open a wormhole to the early cold-war four-color era of futuristic science fantasy. Read More
$80.00
Maple Sugar for Windy Foot
The most intense of the Windy Foot books. The Clark family make maple syrup on their farm and survive a devastating flood. Read More
$40.00
Sermons on Several Occasions, Volume IX
John Wesley, acclaimed preacher, travelled U.S. extensively on horseback, drew large crowds for his outdoor sermons. Founded Methodism. Read More
$120.00
The Art of Dreamworks Animation: Celebrating 30 Years
Comprehensive look celebrating 30 years of DreamWorks Animation’s visually rich worlds with this luxurious edition of the studio’s artistic achievements. Read More
$350.00
Flash Gordon Classic Collection Volume 1
Flash Gordon is one of the oldest serialized comic strips in existence. Created in 1934, the strip has continued in various forms for nine decades. Read More
$80.00
One Night on TV Is Worth Weeks at the Paramount
The breakup of the big bands, the dismantling of the Hollywood system, the rise of network television, and the politics of race in American entertainment in the 1940s and 1950s. Read More
$20.00
Vinyl Freak: Love Letters to a Dying Medium
Corbett’s writing is embud with his encyclopedic knowledge of jazz, particularly free, improvisational, and downright freaky jazz. Read More
$18.00
G-Strings and Sympathy: Strip Club Regulars and Male Desire
Fascinating insiders account of the personal and cultural fantasies motivating male heterosexual strip club regulars. Read More
$18.00
The Mysticism Of Paul The Apostle
Schweitzer goes against Luther and the Protestant tradition to look at what Paul actually writes in the Epistles to the Romans and Galatians. Read More
$35.00
Visions of Venice in Shakespeare
Learn how Venice was designed as a divinely ordained centre of religious, civic, and commercial life. And how Shakespeare used that. Read More
$60.00
Dance Floor Democracy
Story of the famous Hollywood Canteen. Open for only three years, but nearly three million servicemen and women stopped by the club before or after being sent overseas. Read More
$18.00
Repeat Photography: Methods and Applications in the Natural Sciences
An essential guide for repeat photography practices. Because of year written, covers more analog photo techniques than digital. Read More
$40.00
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
The author dedicates the narrative (and maps) to the air, naval and land battles and his detail is spellbinding. Read More
$25.00
Kim
Story about Kim, a 12-years old orphan in Lahore, India during 1850s who thrives as a street urchin. Contemporary sights and sounds explored, too. Read More
$80.00
The World of George Perkins Marsh
Portrays the life of George Perkins Marsh, his career in politics, and his efforts to prevent pollution and to protect the country’s environment. Read More
