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Book Beat 103

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150 volumes in this batch of new arrivals. A slew of Journal Suisse D’Horlogerie Et De Bijouterie, English Edition, magazines for Horology enthusiasts. Architecture from playgrounds to adobe buildings to Landscapes. Design books. Furniture. Novels and Children’s, too. Here’s a sampling. See all 150 New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Saydou Keita: Photographs, Bamako, Mali 1948-1963.
PHOTOGRAPHS, BAMAKO, MALI, 1948-1963

When gifted with a Kodak Brownie at 14, Keïta began taking pictures and never stopped. His oeuvre is a lasting visual record of Mali’s people and culture in the 1950s and 60s. Read More


$500.00

National Cartoonists Society Album 1965 cover
National Cartoonists Society Album 1965

Over 350 biographies, photos and drawings of America’s best loved cartoonists of 1965 Disney, Schulz, Capp & Ketch. Edited by Mort Walker. Read More


$80.00

Vector For Seven by Josephine Saxton book cover
Vector For Seven

For Sci-Fi & Fantasy fans. An increasing group of people wander through a dreamlike landscape seemingly detached in time and space from our world. And yet… Read More


$15.00

A collection of short stories: The title story - Roller Ball Murder - and twelve others.
Roller Ball Murder

A collection of short stories: The title story – Roller Ball Murder – and twelve others. “Roller Ball” depicts a bleak but not unfamilar future in which the will of the masses is controlled by faceless executives. Read More


$100.00

Collection of photos of the famous photographer's German shepherd.
Thor

German shepherd “Thor” proves to be a canine hero when he protects his human “pack” from a wild dog attack. Read More


$15.00

The Ballets Suédois, a dance ensemble synthesizd various art forms in dance. They performed throughout Europe and U.S. 1920 - 1925.
Ballets Suedois (The Swedish Ballet)

The Ballets Suédois, a dance ensemble based in Paris, performed throughout Europe and U.S. 1920 – 1925. Renown for synthesizing a multitude of art forms into dance. Read More


$40.00

Many of the economic, social, and cultural patterns that evolved during those centuries remain of fundamental importance.
Landlords and Strangers: Ecology, Society, and Trade in Western Africa, 1000-1630

This study delineates historical processes in the context of climate change, expanding trade networks, and widespread state-building. Read More


$40.00

Memoir, London, WW II by noted novelist, poet, magazine editor, philanthropist Winifred Ellerman using Bryher as pen name.
The Days of Mars: A Memoir 1940-1946

Memoir London WW II by noted novelist, poet, magazine editor, philanthropist Winifred Ellerman under Bryher pen name. Read More


$18.00

Swiss Journal of Watchmaking and Jewelry. All about watches, jewelry technical, repair, sales, history as well as many ads, some in color.
Journal Suisse D’Horlogerie Et De Bijouterie, English Edition, March – April 1952

Swiss Journal of Watchmaking and Jewelry. Chock full of info about technical issues, repairs, sales, history. Many ads, some in color. We have many different issues. Read More


$80.00

Explores Marshall McLuhan's thoughts on communications and media studies. . McLuhan considered prophet of the information age.
The Book of Probes

Explores the full expanse of Marshall McLuhan’s thinking. McLuhan considered the father of communications and media studies and prophet of the information age. Read More


$50.00

A comprehensive collection of those classical narratives on which the early history of the United States is founded.
The Northmen Columbus and Cabot 985 1503: The Voyages of the Northmen

Part of the series “Original Narratives of Early American History.” Includes agreements and correspondence between Columbus and various heads of state and church. Read More


$150.00

Poetry. Many written in "Negro dialect" of the antebellum South. Decorations including cover gilt design by Margaret Armstrong.
Candle-Lightin’ Time. Cover gilt design by Margaret Armstrong.

Poetry collection by Dunbar. Many written in “Negro dialect” of antebellum South. Decorations including cover gilt design by Margaret Armstrong. Read More


$120.00

Chicago looms large in the creation of baseball’s Negro Leagues
Black Baseball in Chicago

Chicago looms large in the creation of baseball’s Negro Leagues, which existed alongside the segregated major leagues from 1920 until about 1960. Read More


$12.00

She wrote 17 books for readers aged 8-12, about how other children lived in various areas of the country.
Bayou Suzette

Bayou Suzette is the first in Lois Lenski’s 17 American Regional Book Series which shows children how other children lived in various areas of the country. Read More


$60.00

Fleetwood Mac blues band from the Sixties onward. Includes episodes with coke, lust and wife-swapping.
Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures with Fleetwood Mac (SIGNED COPY)

One of rock’s master musicians describes how he nurtured his band, Fleetwood Mac, as it dominated the late 60s, came back in the 80s, and survived into the 90s. Read More


$60.00

Book Beat Issue 102 Islam History and Art

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ISLAM: HISTORY and ART

Islam and the Arab World: Faith, People, Culture
Thirteen eminent specialists contributed to this look at the history, literature, science, warfare from the advent of Islam in the seventh century to the aftermath of the mongol conquests in the thirteenth century.
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cover of book The New World of Islam The New World of Islam Stoddard, Lothrop
Stoddard believed race and heredity were the guiding factors of history and civilization, and that the elimination or absorption of the “white” race by “colored” races would result in the destruction of Western civilization.
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cover of book Harper's Family Library No. X, Life of Mohammed Harper s Family Library No. X, Life of Mohammed with a Plate, Complete in One Volume by Rev. George Bush.
This is a superb read which starts to elucidate the history of the times in the mideast that gave rise to the Muslim religion. Includes old documents and writings for clarity.
$100.00
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cover of book Islam and Revolution: Writings and Declarations of Imam Khomeini Islam and Revolution: Writings and Declarations of Imam Khomeini
This unprecedented collection in English of notable works by Imam Khomeini, ranging in date from 1941 to 1980.
$28.00
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cover of book Mosque (SIGNED COPY) Macaulay, David Mosque (SIGNED COPY) Macaulay, David
Reveals the methods and materials used to design and construct a mosque in late-sixteenth- century Turkey.
$35.00
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cover of book Temple and Contemplation by Henry Corbin Temple and Contemplation
Corbin regularly spent time in Iran, working with Shia thinkers such as Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. There are several main themes which together form the core of the spirituality that Corbin defends.
$50.00
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