139 volumes in this batch of new arrivals. Includes WW II, children’s illustrated, some Mark Twain, regional history, biography, and a range of philosophy books covering all five branches and thoughts from ancient to contemporary thinkers. Also some odds and ends. Here’s a sampling. See all 139 New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Struggles and Triumphs: Or, Forty Years’ Recollections of P.T. Barnum.
Barnum was showman, businessman and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes. Some rather gruesome. His ideas were incredible and endless. Read More
$35.00
Men, Women & Manners in Colonial Times (2 Volumes)
Each colony had opinions and laws of their own that were sometimes in complete contradiction with the laws of another. At least one prominent person from each colony is discussed. Read More
$40.00
Hobbes and Bramhall on Liberty and Necessity
Both authors argue with force and ingenuity. The subject of their dispute is of central importance, not only for our understanding of ourselves but for the conduct of our lives. Read More
$18.00
The Lucretian Renaissance: Philology and the Afterlife of Tradition
Examines how the physics of atoms and the void shaped the imaginations of Lucretius and his contemporary scholars. Read More
$30.00
Learn Latin from the Romans: A Complete Introductory Course Using Textbooks from the Roman Empire
Introduces students to Roman culture as well as Latin in an engaging, accessible, and enjoyable way. Includes clear explanations of grammatical concepts. Read More
$28.00
Toxophilus, the schole, or Partitions, of Shooting. Contayned in II Bookes. to Which is Added, a Dedication and Preface
Toxophilus, a book about longbow archery, first published in London 1545 and dedicated to King Henry VIII.The first book on archery written in English. Read More
$250.00
Plish and Plum
Plish and Plum are two naughty puppies. Wilhelm Busch was a German humorist, poet, illustrator and painter, publishing comic illustrated cautionary tales. Read More
$40.00
Travels in History
A collection of essays and articles written by Twain about his travels to various historical locations around the world. Read More
$200.00
Winston S. Churchill / Compiled by Charles Eade
Churchill’s speeches throughout 1942. They convey sober, resolve, and defiance with an occasional sparkle of Churchillian wit. Read More
$18.00
Time Stood Still: My Internment in England: 1914-1918
When England’s Defence of the Realm Act passed 1914 Cohen-Portheim’s 2-week visit became a 2 year internment. His experience. Read More
$28.00
Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, trans. Elborg Forster
The idea of universal history emerged in Western political thought in the middle of the eighteenth century. Bossuet is for many one of the most brilliant orators of all time. Read More
$80.00
In the Footsteps of the Ancients: The Origins of Humanism from Lovato to Bruni
Witt takes a broad view of humanism. Starting back in the 13th century, he traces the meaning of “humanism” as it shifted through several centuries. Read More
$80.00
Ontogeny and Phylogeny
Gould’s first technical book. It was influential in stimulating research into heterochrony (changes in the timing of embryonic development). Read More
$18.00
Gangraena and the Struggle for the English Revolution
First comprehensive study of Gangraena, a lively work of propaganda, crucial to Presbyterian campaigning in the mid-1640s. Read More
$200.00
The School of Padua and the Emergence of Modern Science
From 1595, Padua’s famous anatomical theatre has drawn artists and scientists studying the human body during public dissections. Read More
$70.00
Historical Sketches of Andover, Massachusetts
Starts with the prehistory of the Andover area, then moves on to the arrival of the early settlers colonial times and continues to late 1800s. Read More
$50.00
Mannerism: The Crisis of the Renaissance and the Origin of Modern Art
Mannerists artists rejected realistic proportions and instead rendered figures with impossibly elongated limbs and oddly positioned bodies. Read More
$30.00
Photography: The Whole Story
The contributors cover roughly every photographic movement, except for micro-genres. ßhows some important concepts and sheds light over historical references. Read More
$35.00
Montcalm and Wolfe (2 Volume Set )
Generals Montcalm (French) and Wolfe (British) lead their country’s forces in the French Indian War as England and France struggled for dominance over the New World. Read More
148 volumes in this batch of new arrivals. Includes New York genealogy, regional histories, art, science and children’s but the new upload is dominated by serious philosophy books as we continue to upload the library acquired from a philosophy professor emeritus. Here’s a sampling. See all 148 New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
A Dutch Family in the Middle Colonies, 1660-1800
Follows a family of middle-class farmers settled in the Hackensack Valley throughout the eighteenth century. Read More
$38.00
Greek Popular Morality in the Time of Plato and Aristotle
A valuable resource to assist anyone who wants to understand Plato and Aristotle in their historical context. Read More
$15.00
Correspondence of Robert Boyle, The (Six volumes, complete set)
Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was one of the most influential scientific and theological thinkers of his time. Many consider him the father of modern chemistry. Read More
$450.00
Mysterium Magnum
Jacob Boehme’s famous work on the symbolism of the biblical Genesis, the first book of Moses. Read More
$150.00
Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing, A (1729)
Valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of literary criticism, and provides insights into the use of language and rhetoric in the eighteenth century. Read More
$30.00
Hegel’s Development: Night Thoughts
Hegel’s Development: Night Thoughts (Jena 1801-1806) Read More
$100.00
Lucy Hutchinson’s Translation of Lucretius: De rerem natura
Hutchinson was an English translator, poet, and biographer, and the first person to translate the complete text of Lucretius’s De rerum natura into English verse, during the years of the Interregnum. Read More
$50.00
Proclus: The Elements of Theology (A Revised Text)
A systematic summary of Neoplatonic metaphysics and serves asan introduction to late Greek thought on the subject. Read More
$40.00
Chattanooga’s Story
History of the town of Chattanooga Tennessee from it’s beginnings to 1987. A priceless reference book for historians and Chattanooga, Tennessee residents. Read More
$60.00
Being There
Satirical novel set in America, about Chance, a simple gardener who unwittingly becomes a much sought-after political pundit. Read More
$35.00
Cats & Kittens: A Portfolio of Drawings
Newberry had hoped to become a portrait painter, but she abandoned this in 1934 for cat illustration. Read More
$120.00
Wild Geese
Wild Geese covers the geese of North America, Europe and Asia, and thus the world species except for the Hawaiian Goose or Ne-Ne. Read More
$15.00
Ideal Landscape
Examines the evolution of landscape painting in relationship to naturalistic solutions to problems of metaphysics. Read More
$35.00
Knowledge and Its Limits
The book develops a concept of knowledge whereby justification is on the basis of knowledge which depends on evidence. Read More
$12.00
Klee and Nature by Verdi
Analyzes drawings and paintings by Klee, and discusses his interest in nature and its effect on his art. Read More
$22.00
Jonathan Edwards’s Philosophy of Nature
Enlightening study explores Jonathan Edwards’s understanding of nature and his metaphysical world view. Read More
$70.00
Marcello Malpighi And The Evolution Of Embryology
Marcello Malpighi is recognized as the “Founder of microscopical anatomy, histology & Father of physiology and embryology”. Read More
$350.00
Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion
These lectures represent the final, and in some ways the decisive, element of Hegel’s entire philosophical system. Read More
