This slew of new arrivals includes Children’s Illustrated, Biography, Art, New York History and Genealogy, and Philosophy (Historic and current encompassing sciences, history, medical and religion.)Here’s a sampling. See the complete batch. Availability subject to prior sale.
Newspaper Datelines of the American Revolution, Vol. 1: April 18, 1775 to November 1, 1775
Collection of articles from 34 American newspapers April 18, 1775 to November 1, 1775. Includes letters, proclamations, speeches, affidavts as well as unconfirmed reports and fabrications. Read More
$25.00
Lucian’s Science Fiction Novel: True Histories: Interpretation and Commentary
This is the first substantial commentary on Lucian’s Verae Historiae (“True Histories”), a fantastic journey narrative considered the earliest surviving example of Science Fiction in the Western tradition. Read More
$80.00
Steven Kellogg’s Yankee Doodle
This book tells the story of “Yankee Doodle”. While you read it you can sing along. Includes some Steven Kellogg full-page pictures, too. Read More
$12.00
The Paintings of J. M. W. Turner. (2 Vols)
A 2-volume set. The Text volume includes detailed discussions of every painting in Plate volume including popular fortunes of paintings. Read More
$100.00
Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher
A collection of puzzling whodunits featuring amateur sleuth Sister Ursula, and alcoholic ex-cop Nick Noble. Read More
$28.00
Lois Lenski’s Big Big Book of Mr. Small
Describes the activities of a traffic policeman, a cowboy working on the Bar S Ranch, and a farmer whose chores include plowing and milking the cows. Read More
$28.00
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Leroux’s landmark tale of foul play, deception, and unbridled ambition remains a blueprint for the detective novel genre. Read More
$25.00
Posidonius; edited by L. Edelstein & I. G. Kidd
Collection of surviving attested fragments of Posidonius, the leading stoic philosopher of his time in the first half of the first century, B.C. Read More
$50.00
Porphyry Against the Christians
His critique of Christianity purportedly constituted the most erudite and systematic work on the subject. Only fragments attributed to him have survived. Read More
$80.00
Tom And Jerry In Model Mice
Tom and Jerry first premiered in 1940, featuring a cat named Tom chasing a mouse named Jerry leading to awkward situations. Read More
$12.00
Revised History of Harlem, Volume 1
Riker’s Harlem is an extremely detailed historical and genealogical account of Harlem from its establishment to the end of the 17th century. Read More
$30.00
Archimedes
Dijksterhuis, distinguished historian of science. wrote about Archimedes in the 1930s and 1940s. Archimedesis regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Read More
$28.00
History of New Paltz, New York…1678 to 1820
Definitive history of New Paltz, one of the oldest Huguenot settlements in America and the cradle of surrounding settlements in Ulster and Orange Counties, New York. Read More
$28.00
The Meaning of Stoicism
Contains an extremely erudite series of lectures on the classical philosophical Stoic school delivered by Professor Edelstein in 1956. Read More
$28.00
The Philosophy of Marsilio Ficino
Ficino combined elements from different philosophical, religious, and literary traditions to become one of the most famous philosophers of the Italian Renaissance. Read More
$80.00
Pogo: Pockets Full of Pie – The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Volume 7
This volume includes a pig esemblaning Nikita Khrushchev and a goat who looks like Fidel Castro. Both assure Okefenokeeans that a one-party system is the way to go. Read More
$80.00
Superman: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1
The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 contains stories from Action Comics #241-265 and Superman #122-137. Read More
$100.00
Kamen’s Kalamity and Other Stories
Includes all 13 of Kamen’s classic “Grim Fairy Tales.” Bonus: seven crime and horror stories by other EC artists. Read More
$50.00
Locke on Persons and Personal Identity
Boeker argues that Locke endorses a moral account of personhood, according to which persons are subjects of accountability Read More
126 volumes in this batch of new arrivals. We’re adding art including comic, some biography, history, photography, children’s but a majority covers a wide-range of philosophy and religion as we continue to upload books from the philosophy library we acquired. Below a sampling. See all 126 New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Platonic Theology, Volume 1 Books I-IV
Ficino was committed to reconciling Platonism with Christianity and was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. Read More
$25.00
The Atlas Comics Library 2: Venus; Strange Stories of the Supernatural
In the beginning, Venus, space goddess from the planet Venus, arrives on Earth to experience love as a human would. Read More
$80.00
Working Girls: An American Brothel, Circa 1892
In the 1890s, almost any American city had a red-light district, tolerated by the police in exchange for graft. Read More
$60.00
Horizontal Collaboration: The Erotic World of Paris, 1920-1946
Naughty Paris between World Wars. Lurid details about prostitution, erotic night clubs, gay life, and so on. Read More
$50.00
Deadly Beloved and Other Stories
Deadly Beloved contains 21 stories with art (and sometimes writing) by Johnny Craig plus ten stories by other artists and writers. Read More
$50.00
I Must Be Dreaming
Includes illustrated tour thru “Dream-Theory Land” guided by insights from poets, philosophers, and psychoanalysts alike. Read More
$20.00
Don Quijote de La Mancha: Edición del Instituto Cervantes 1605 – 2005, dirigida por Francisco Rico. Volumen complementario (2 Volumes)
Intent on becoming a knight-errant, Don Quixote with his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, sets off to follow his dream. Read More
$100.00
Ontology: The Hermeneutics of Facticity
These accessible lecture notes serve as a fantastic introduction to many of the main ontological concepts in Heidegger’s Being and Time. Read More
Sydenham’s first book on the treatment of fevers. The third edition, retitled Observationes Medicae became a standard textbook of medicine for two centuries. Read More
Aristotle addresses fundamental questions of his theory of substance, his idea of causes and principles, and his concept of motions. Read More
$80.00
De Cive: The Latin Version (Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes)
Hobbes is famous for his development of the “social contract theory.” An excellent book for anyone interested in constitutionalism and social contract theory. Read More
$120.00
Displacing the Divine
Walrath considers a variety of fictional ministers and identifies a range of types from harsh Puritans to incorrigible scoundrels. Read More
$20.00
Lucretius on Atomic Motion
The first commentary to take into account the remarkable discoveries and re-evaluations in the field of Hellenistic philosophy over the past thirty years. Read More
$80.00
Science before Socrates
Graham argues that scientific astronomy actually originated in the fifth century with Parmenides and Anaxagoras. Read More
$50.00
Solitary Goose (INSCRIBED COPY)
Heartfelt story starts when the author encounters a solitary goose on her local pond. Leads to musings about natural world and ourselves. Read More
$12.00
Utopian Thought in the Western World
The Manuels provide a detailed analysis of the many utopias that have been achieved and sustained in the western world. Read More
$30.00
Freidrich Schiller on the Aesthetic Education of Man in a Series of Letters
Schiller’s treatise on the role of art in society ranks among German philosophy’s most profound works. Read More
$40.00
Heaven on Earth: Tiepolo Masterpieces of the Wurzburg Years
Perhaps the greatest painter of eighteenth-century Europe, Tiepolo’s greatest works are the frescoed ceilings. The high point the ceilings in Würzburg, Germany. Read More
$40.00
William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books
Blake was considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, but he came to be highly regarded by later critics. Read More
