Book Beat 150
Archives for 2026
Book Beat 149
USED
OUT-OF-PRINT
RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS
Brazilian photojournalist Salgado documents the history of human migration in 35 countries at the end of 20th century and beginning of the 21st century. Read More
$150.00
East of Russia’s Ural mountains, Siberia is known for its harsh winters and vast landscape. Inhabitants range from nomads herding reindeer to scientists in state-of-the-art laboratories and urbanites. Read More
$50.00
Lambert was a Swiss German polymath. He was a genius responsible for many innovations in many fields. For his work in the study of heat and light a measurement of light intensity was named, “The lambert.” French Text. Read More
$70.00
Arnold explores the historical context in which secret and social societies emerged. He traces their evolution from ancient mystery cults to modern-day fraternal organizations. Read More
$300.00
A classic children’s book of manners from the Fifties. It covers the simple virtues of truthfulness, kindness, and cheerfulness. Great illustrations. Read More
$20.00
The story of a young girl’s determination to save a desert canyon from commercial development. Elaborately illustrated by Doolittle’s paintings and drawings. Read More
$35.00
Chronicles the fractured, dystopian state of America. Montgomery has received numerous awards, including the National Magazine Award for feature photography. Read More
$180.00
In a series of 15 paintings, Richter commemorates October 18, 1977, the day on which three young German radicals were found dead in a Stuttgart prison. Read More
$60.00
The more than 600 color illustrations are accompanied by incisive essays, a bibliography, and a checklist of the 1,200 items in the full collection. Read More
$60.00
Highlights the extraordinary impact of new technologies and evolving social mores on women’s clothing for sport from the beginning of the 19th century to 1960. Read More
$80.00
Luigi Barzini was an Italian journalist, writer and politician. In 1928, together with Richard Washburn Child, he ghostwrote The Autobiography of Benito Mussolini. Whether dealing with heroes or villains, he never loses sight of how Italy became a distinct nation. Read More
$28.00
Nikolenka (aka Childhood) captures the idyllic and carefree nature of a young boy’s early life in rural Russia during the 19th century. It is the first in a series of three novels, followed by Boyhood and Youth. Published when Tolstoy was 23 years old. Read More
$40.00
Presents four essays that reposition Bontecou’s work within the history of recent art. Features some 50 sculptures and more than 100 drawings from the late 1950s to 2003 Read More
$100.00
Betram Hasenauer’s works mainly focus on portraits, landscapes and still lifes. He uses a muted black, white and grey tones palette as well as intense red, blue and yellow. Read More
$80.00
Revelstoke began as an outpost on the transcontinental railway line in the 1800s. The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) drove west from the prairies with the goal of linking Canada coast-to-coast. Read More
$18.00
The sharpshooters fought in every Eastern battle up until autumn of 1864. They were noted for their service in the battles of Yorktown, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania and Petersburg. Read More
$25.00
The first comprehensive work on mining in Europe. Originally published in 1556. Covers every aspect from finding the seam to purifying the product. Despite title, not confined to metals. Read More
$40.00
Cai Guo-Qiang gained worldwide recognition for his contribution to the Beijing Olympics fireworks. He utilizes pyrotechnics, with gunpowder and fireworks in many of his works. Read More
$50.00
Dureau was an American artist whose long career was most notable for charcoal sketches and black and white photography of poor white and black athletes, dwarfs, and amputees. Read More
$80.00
Ill, drinking, suffering writer’s block, noted French author Duras was holed up on the French coast until a chance correspondence with Steiner, 36 years younger, turned into a restorative affair Read More
$15.00
A detailed study of contemporary Chinese history from the Chinese Revolution and the founding of the Maoist state to the establishment of the Deng regime and the social consequences of Deng’s reforms. Read More
$50.00
Following a war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931, the Second Sino-Japanese War began on July 7, 1937, when Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China, leading to widespread conflict that lasted until 1945. Read More
$18.00
China and the Soviet Union had hoped to form a monolithic communist bloc. The Sino-Soviet split (roughly 1956-1966) was the dramatic breakdown of political ideological and diplomatic relations between them. Read More
$30.00
Explores how the CCP began as a group of study societies that evolved into a mass Marxist-Leninist party by 1927. Details difficulties of building a cohesive organization in Chinese society. Read More
$50.00
In celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the Summer of Love, a glossy coffee-table book published in 1997 to accompany an exhibition on the psychedelic era at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Read More
$40.00
Lapidus’s signature forms – chevrons, “beanpoles,” “woggles,” or amoeba shapes, and curving walls and ceilings with “cheese holes,” or cutouts – are now treasured icons of American postwar vernacular architecture. Read More
$35.00
The book on one of the most notorious murders in Jazz Age New York history, that of Vivian Gordon, the high-end escort, con artist, and blackmailer connected to gangsters like “Legs” Diamond and Arnold Rothstein. Read More
$25.00
Retelling of a true crime story set in the hauntingly beautiful Savannah, Georgia. The question? Was the lover “shot in cold blood” or in “self-defense”. Told with all the ingredients and witty dialogue of a fictional story. Read More
$50.00
Macdonald introduced the tough but humane private eye Lew Archer in the 1946 short story “Find the Woman”. Archer novels are recognized as some of the most significant American mystery books of the mid 20th century. Read More
$30.00
Gavin Lambert investigates the works and individual psyches of nine ‘crime-artists,’ eight authors and a film-maker. His title is taken from a Robert Browning poem. Read More
$18.00
A personal history disguised as a novel of self-dissatisfaction. Brenner, scion of an old and famous cigar dynasty, decides to kill himself. And the author did just that, sadly before publication. Read More
$18.00
Phenomenal overview of the peerless career of Randy Newman starting with Newman’s famous family of film composers. Follows Newman’s life up to early 2024. Each major album or film score has its own chapter. Read More
$22.00
Widely regarded as one of the most popular and commercially successful superheroes, Spider-man has been featured in comic books, television shows, films, video games, novels, and plays. Read More
$140.00
Welcome to the World of Marvel Comics; introduced by the master story teller, Stan Lee who championed the comeback of Comic book superheroes starting in 1961 and still going strong. Read More
$180.00
The Fantastic Four went on sale August 8, 1961 and were an unexpected success for Marvel Comics. Marvel’s Fantastic Four proved that superheroes could be flawed. Read More
$40.00
Brooding images and dramatic 3-D scenes rise from the page of this rendition of Mary Shelley’s classic gothic tale, Frankenstein. It’s a literary and visual feast, rich in detail and atmosphere. Read More
$40.00
The story of how Disney’s Alice came to be. Explores the many setbacks, the evolving artistic direction, and how the concept shifted over time before reaching its final form. Read More
$50.00
Examines the scholars of deoband and their contribution in preserving Islam under alien rule. The Deoband school, an Islamic seminary and one of the largest Islamic institutions of India. Read More
$70.00
82 American activists conducted raids at the Canadian border, 1838. They wound up serving a life of penal and most likely illegal servitude in Tasmania. Read More
$28.00
The Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point of Chinese civilization, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture. Read More
$40.00
Includes full page illustrations of Beuys’ most important posters, essays about Beuys’ influence, an extensive biography of the artist and a complete catalogue of all posters created under his guidance. Read More
$50.00
Kublin started at House of Balenciaga hired to film designs for copyright protection purposes. He stayed to capture the golden age of Balenciaga couture in the 1950s and 1960s. Read More
$60.00