“Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.” -P. J. O’Rourke. Over 150 new arrivals. Lots of literature, poetry, fiction and short-stories. Also American history during the Revolutionary War and The Civil War. And the odds and ends like children’s, biography and medicine. A new lot of photography should be coming soon. See all New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Nathanael Greene: Strategist of the American Revolution
Eloquently written. Very detailed. A Major General in the Continental Army, Greene led the Southern Campaign against British forces and was one of George Washington’s most trusted officers. Read More
$50.00
Edith & Little Bear Lend a Hand
Edith and Little Bear decide to clean up NYC in order to stay living there. Priceless black and white photos of NYC in the 1970s. Read More
$70.00
King’s Daughters and Founding Mothers: The Filles du Roi, 1663-1673 (Two Volumes)
An extensively-researched biographical dictionary of the nearly 800 women and girls sent from France to Quebec at the King’s expense between 1663 and 1673. Read More
$80.00
Before the King’s Daughters: The Files a Marier, 1634-1662
The women listed in this book are not heralded anywhere else. These are the women who came to Canada before the fille du roi, without the benefit of the King’s largess. Read More
$100.00
Funny Fables of Fundy and Other Poems for Children
Mowat wrote lighthearted accounts of local history such as Funny Fables of Fundy. She also founded the St. Andrews Music, Art, and Drama Society in 1934. Read More
$15.00
Sermons on Infidelity: First American Edition with a Preliminary Essay
Thomson sermonizes on the pernicious effects of infidelity on the virtue and happiness of mankind, and the guilt and danger in which it involves all who embrace it. Read More
$70.00
German Big Business and the Rise of Hitler
Turner assesses the significance of financial contributions to Hitler’s party, and provides the first systematic analysis of Nazism’s sources of income. Read More
$100.00
Middle Class Democracy and the Revolution in Massachusetts, 1691-1780
Despite winning independence, middle-class democracy in Massachusetts still excluded women, the unemployed, the disabled, American Indians, people of color, and the mentally ill. Read More
$15.00
The Power of the Purse: A History of American Public Finance, 1776-1790
A deep dive into the realities of finance during the American Revolution. Understandable explanations of some complex concepts confronting the nation at its birth. Read More
$25.00
The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers
How 223 second class American citizens – in other words women – went to work for Gen. Pershing and helped win World War I. Read More
$19.00
Selected Poems of Ruben Dario: A Bilingual Anthology
Dario initiated the Spanish-language literary movement known as modernismo that flourished at the end of the 19th century. He had a lasting influence on 20th-century Spanish-language literature and journalism. Read More
$60.00
Charles Burchfield’s Journals: The Poetry of Place
The personal journals of Charles Burchfield reveal the unique vision and approach to life that established him as America’s preeminent watercolorist and painter of nature. Read More
$100.00
Life Supports: New and Collected Poems
Bronk is the author of nearly two dozen celebrated books of poetry. Winner of the American Book Award for his collected poems. He seldom rewrote or modified a poem once he wrote it on paper. Read More
$70.00
Letters to Yesenin
Jim Harrison wrote 30 letter-poems to a Russian poet named Yesenin who committed suicide at age 30 in 1925. The collection is considered an American masterwork. Read More
$80.00
Heaved from the Earth: Poems (SIGNED COPY)
The Arkansas award-winning poet Bingham came to prominence during the women’s movement of the 1960s, and her work is noted for its innovative structure, sound, and rhythm. Read More
$100.00
You Are Happy
From the first to the last these poems take the reader from passionately felt experience of loss through metamorphoses to a fresh vision. Read More
$35.00
Factory (Pocket Poets Series) (INSCRIBED COPY)
Antler received the Whitman Prize from the Walt Whitman Association, given to the poet “whose contribution best reveals the continuing presence of Walt Whitman in American poetry. Read More
$100.00
Odoratus Sexualis A Scientific And Literary Study Of Sexual Scents And Erotic Perufmes
The book examines the role of scent in human sexuality and explores the historical and cultural significance of erotic perfumes. It is an interesting historical curiosity for perfume lovers. Read More
$120.00
American Originality: Essays on Poetry
Gluck has taken things that could only be said in poetry and translated them back to us in essay form. Some say it should be required reading for anyone interested in or learning about poetry. Read More
$60.00
Winnie-The-Pooh
The book focuses on the adventures of a teddy bear called Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends. It is a work of art. The word play is stupendous. It is funny from start to finish. It is perfect for both adults and kids. Read More
150 plus volumes in this batch of new arrivals. It’s heavy on architecture, art (comic, drawing, advertising, monographs, more), children’s fiction and illustrated. There’s also American and foreign history. Some Photography and unusual straglers about hypnotism, magic and the Occult. See all New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Neil Leifer: Ballet in the Dirt: The Golden Age of Baseball
Neil Leifer is one of the great sports photographers. “Neil’s book has some of the greatest photos you’ll ever see, even if you’ve seen them before.” – Yogi Berra. Read More
$80.00
The Complete Alice: 22 Books Collection Box Set
Great way to break down the classic story into small bits for younger children. Lewis Carroll stands pre-eminent in the pantheon of inventive literary geniuses. Read More
$80.00
Sammy The Seal
Sammy, the adventurous seal, leaves the zoo for the day and ventures into the big, busy city. Along the way he finds a school full of kids and new things to do—and he even learns to read! Read More
$18.00
The Kittens Who Hid From Their Mother
From Little Golden Book author Louise Woodcock a heartwarming tale of kittens seeking adventure. Every mother probably experiences it, now the children can read about it. Read More
$20.00
Detective Dog
This “Fun to Learn” Mystery Book follows the adventures of a bloodhound named Detective Dog as he tries to solve a mysterious case involving a squirrel. Read More
$18.00
The Lost Art of Kreigh Collins Volume 1: The Complete Mitzi McCoy
In late 1940s, Collins created his first syndicated comic strip, Mitzi McCoy, about a young society woman, daughter of a local tycoon in the small town of Freedom. Read More
$50.00
The Family of Joris Dircksen Brinckerhoff, 1638
Explores transatlantic journey of Brinkerhoff family’s ancestor, and their prominent role in establishing the first Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn. Read More
$100.00
Genealogies of Long Island Families
Since it began in 1870, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record has been the leader in publishing articles on Long Island families. Read More
$100.00
Studio 54
Risqué photos so not suitable for everyone’s eyes. Well documented history of Studio 54, known for its celebrity guest list and uniquely chic clientele. Read More
$100.00
Drawing is Thinking
Drawing Is Thinking explores language and communication through imagery. Glasner co-founded Push Pin Studios, which became a guiding reference in graphic design. Read More
$50.00
Around the World in Eighty Days
Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. By hook or by crook the goal must be achieved. Read More
$30.00
Bill Ward: The Fantagraphics Studio Edition
Throughout the 1950s Ward moved towards straightforward pin-ups, eventually drawing covers, spot illustrations, and erotic characters for mostly men’s magazines. Read More
$250.00
Ylla: The Birth of Modern Animal Photography
Rather than depicting animals as generic entities, as had been customary for a long time, Ylla sought to present the individuality of each of them. Read More
$60.00
Harbor & Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710–1850
See the merge of the decorative arts of Massachusetts’ coast to the local histories that created them. Covers many wonderful Early American pieces of furniture. Read More
$90.00
Detroit’s Coming of Age, 1873-1973
An unusual history of Detroit through short stories about the baseball players, cops, politicians and newspaper reporters that really made Detroit come alive. Read More
$12.00
Bitten by the Blues: The Alligator Records Story
Iglauer scraped together the cash to record Hound Dog Taylor’s three piece group and release it as the first Alligator LP. Alligator became “The” blues record label. Read More
$28.00
Wapiti Wilderness
For over 37 years, Margaret and Olaus Murie made their home in wilderness of the Tetons, where Olaus Murie conducted his famous studies of the American elk, the wapiti. Read More
$40.00
Biggles Defies the Swastika
Action-packed from beginning to end, this gripping adventure features Biggles, his chums and his old adversary von Stalhein in occupied Norway during World War II. Read More
$40.00
Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates
Pyle dives into very fictionalized accounts of famous and semi-famous pirates’ lives. Stunning Howard Pyle illustrations throughout. Read More
$65.00
Experiment in Republicanism: New Hampshire Politics and the American Revolution, 1741-1794
Covers a broad span of New Hampshire history from 1741 through the revolution and the post-Revolutionary period from 1783 to 1794. Read More
