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Browser Book Beat Issue 141

Over 150 titles in this batch of new arrivals. Included are a fair amount of Anthropology, Art (monographs and auction catalogs), Children’s (fiction and illustrated), History, Literature, Novels, Philosophy, Photography, Regional titles (esp. Vermontiana) and a few stragglers. Here’s a sampling. See all of this group of New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.

Mamet at his Pulitzer Prize winning best , writing about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers. — Glengarry Glen Ross (SIGNED COPY)

The Pulitzer Prize winner in 1984. Glengarry Glen Ross is a frenetically paced, dialogue driven, profanity laden play of desperation, greed, and corruption. Mamet at his best. Read More

$800.00

Nice good collection of Lovecraft stories written during his later years. Writer August Derleth completed those that were unfinished. — The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces

Nice collection of Lovecraft stories written during his later years. Stories are loosely connected and suggest the world is full of terror. Writer August Derleth completed those that were unfinished. Read More

$200.00

These photographs were taken in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Chad, Kenya, Central African Republic, Cameroon, and Congo Brazzaville. — Zagourski: Africa Lost

Outstanding photographic monograph from the Twenties and Thirties taken in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Chad, Kenya, Central African Republic, Cameroon, and Congo Brazzaville. Read More

$60.00

Contributions are from a broad swath: Papua and New Guinea and including expatriate authors from Australia and the U.K. — Second Waigani Seminar: The History of Melanesia

Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from New Guinea in the west to the Fiji Islands in the east. Contributions include expatriate authors from Australia and the U.K. Read More

$80.00

In 34 chapters, Forges proposes a general plan for the economic and financial reform of the kingdom when it was experiencing a severe economic crisis. — Des véritables intérêts de la Patrie

In 1764, France was reeling from its defeat in the Seven Years’ War and facing a severe economic crisis. Forges proposes a general plan for the economic and financial reform of the kingdom. Read More

$200.00

Marbot wrote perhaps the most famous memoirs of life and culture highlighting the environment of nobility and privilege before the upheaval of the Revolution. Read More

$38.00

Set in the Okefenokee Swamp in the Southeastern United States, Pogo followed the adventures of its anthropomorphic animal characters, including the title character, an opossum. — Pogo The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips: Bona Fide Balderdash (Vol. 2)

Pogo was a daily comic strip set in the Okefenokee Swamp in the Southeastern United States. The strip was written for both children and adults, with layers of social and political satire targeted to the latter. Read More

$50.00

Little fat Gretchen is a wooden figure on top of a German music box. The written music for the music-box lullaby Gretchen sings to her baby appears on a few pages, so the lullaby can also be sung. — Little Fat Gretchen

Little Fat Gretchen is a wooden figure on top of a German music box who has a baby doll–her “puppchen”–in a little buggy. Then one day, to Gretchen’s dismay, her doll and buggy disappear. Read More

$40.00

Thiebaud makes cakes, ice cream, deli-counters, gum balls, candy etc. look delicious. He even did a picture of a hotdog that was mouth-watering. — Wayne Thiebaud: A Retrospective

Thiebaud makes the most mundane look sublime. It’s said his portrait of a white rabbit in pastel is so vivid you’d like to reach into the picture and pet it’s fur. Read More

$250.00

The history of a short local railroad which could not stand up to flooding and the harsh environment of Vermont. For railroad history aficionados. — A Whistle Up the Valley: The Story of the Peavine, Vermont’s White River Railroad

This book features a unique Vermont shortline train that ran through the White River Valley between Bethel and Rochester from 1898 to 1933. Read More

$100.00

Corbijn is a master at cutting through the celebrity persona and showing us little pieces of who these people really are. Corbijn’s photographs are stark and grainy, dark and moody, and full of contrast. Read More

$60.00

The discovery of more than 200 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period 1940–1984 has provided scholars with material for understanding Brassai's later life and career. — Brassai in America, 1957

In the early 21st century, the discovery of more than 200 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period 1940–1984 has provided scholars with material about Brassai’s later life and career. Read More

$50.00

Collection of essays that focus on artistic inspiration for Disney's work as well as showing how contemporary art can be influenced by Disney's iconic characters. — Upon a Time: Walt Disney: The Sources of Inspiration for the Disney Studios

Collection of essays that focus on artistic inspiration for Disney’s work. Includes chapter on Destino, the never realized collaboration between Disney and Dali. Read More

$70.00

Towle Silversmiths was founded in 1690 by William Moulton II, the first silversmith in Newbury, Mass. — The Life and Services of Benj. Franklin…

A collection of Towle’s Silverware catalogs bound in one volume. Towle Silversmiths has created numerous sterling silver flatware patterns including the “Marie Louise” in 1939, which became the official sterling silver pattern for U.S. embassies worldwide. Read More

$80.00

English writer Walter Copeland Jerrold was a career writer and editor. He edited many classic texts for the Everyman’s Library, he wrote biographies, he produced stories for children under the name of Walter Copeland. — The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes (Calla Editions)

After illustrating Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses (1896) to extremely popular success, Charles Robinson had a prolific career illustrating many fairy tales and children’s books. Read More

$40.00

Every book by the d’Aulaire’s is good. This one focuses on Lincoln’s childhood, lawyer life, and presidency to the end of the Civil War. — Abraham Lincoln

This Caldecott-winner is a biography for young children. There is a fair amount of text, but also many detailed illustrations. It follows Lincoln from his birth to the end of the Civil War. Read More

$60.00

Architects whose work is featured include: Oscar Niemeyer, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Affonso Eduardo Reidy, Jorge Machado Moreira, Juao Walter Toscano, Abrahao Sanovicz, Alvaro Vital Brazil, and Rino Levi. — Casa Modernista: A History of the Brazil Modern House

This is a comprehensive volume on modern residential architecture in Brazil featuring 40 houses built using the “modern” materials of concrete and reinforced glass, as well as wood and steel. Read More

$50.00

German printers Tauchnitz, published English language literature for distribution on the European continent outside of Great Britain, including this book and initial serial productions of Charles Dickens. — Sketches in Italy

Symonds was an English poet and literary critic. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies of writers and artists. Read More

$80.00

Tracy B. Strong is distinguished professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is a former editor of Political Theory and the author or editor of many books. — Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of Transfiguration -Expanded Edition

Includes coverage of Nietzsche’s problem with ‘Newspeak’ later developed by George Orwell’s book titled ‘1984.’ Strong then points out Nietzsche’s problem with nihilism, a “dead God,” and the will to power. Read More

$15.00

While Dimock believed in a strong central government, and had experienced it firsthand during FDR’s administration, he also developed a distrust of large organizations, believing them to be depersonalizing. — Creative Religion: as seen by a social scientist

While Dimock believed in a strong central government, and had experienced it firsthand while working in FDR’s administration, he also developed a distrust of large organizations, believing them to be depersonalizing. Read More

$100.00

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This group of new arrivals includes several rare titles within architecture, design, art and literature. Also a large number of art catalogues (auction and exhibition). There is also a fair amount of Novels, Mysteries, Children’s fiction and illustrated, Photography, Antiques, Religion, and odds and ends too. Here’s a sampling. Or scroll through all of these New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.

Siren begins with a comprehensive introduction and survey of the genre. He then illustrates, dates and describes over 900 examples in bronze, stone and wood. Scare. — Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century

Over 900 Specimens in Stone, Bronze, Lacquer and Wood, principally from Northern China, with descriptions and an Introductory Essay. Most comprehensive treatise on Chinese Buddhist sculpture in any western language. Read More

$6000.00

Percy Thomas MacQuoid RI was a British theatrical designer and a collector and connoisseur of English furniture, and the author of articles, largely for Country Life, and of four books on the history of English furniture. — The Dictionary of English Furniture (3 Vols.)

Macquoid and Edward’s monumental survey of English antique furniture. Copiously illustrated. Detailed explanations. This work remains an essential reference guide for dealers and collectors of antique furniture. Read More

$350.00

An interesting typographical repertoire edited by Herbert Hoffmann with Albert Bruckner, Max Hertwig and Rudolf Koch. — Modern Lettering: Design and Application

A survey of specimens of alphabets, monograms, initials and logos, presented alongside older characters. Many examples reflect the research of the time. Read More

$500.00

As a student, Henry-René D'Allemagne apprenticed with the ironworker Pierre Boulanger, author of the remarkable hinges of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. — Ferronnerie Ancienne, Volume 2

A student at the École des Chartes, Henry-René D’Allemagne obtained his archivist-paleographer diploma there in 1887 with a thesis entitled “Essay on the History of the Locksmiths’ Guild”. Read More

$250.00

The exhibition was organized into two parts: Environments and Objects. The objects were selected and the environments were commissioned because of their relevance to particular current attitudes toward "the task of design." — Italy: The New Domestic Landscape Design

Achievements and Problems of Italian Design. The exhibition reports on current design developments (1972) in Italy with 180 objects for household use and 11 environments commissioned by MOMA. Read More

$100.00

Brutalist buildings are characterised by minimalist construction showcasing the bare building materials and structural elements over decorative design. — The New Brutalism: Ethic or Aesthetic?

Brutalist style often uses exposed, unpainted concrete or brick, angular geometric shapes and a predominantly monochrome colour palette; other materials include steel, timber, and glass. Read More

$300.00

Maillart’s Salginatobel and Schwandbach bridges changed the aesthetics and engineering of bridge construction dramatically and influenced decades of architects and engineers. Read More

$160.00

Neutra, living and building for the majority of his career in Southern California was famous for the attention he gave to defining the real needs of his clients, regardless of the size of the project. — Survival Through Design

Neutra, an Austrian American architect, lived and designed buildings for most of his career in Southern California. He came to be considered among the most important modernist architects. Read More

$50.00

Fascinating collection of essays discussing the theories of color, especially color relativity. Also discusses how color is perceived by the human eye. Read More

$200.00

Artists covered include Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Red Grooms, and George Segal, with contributions from Wolf Vostell, George Brecht, Kaprow and others. — Assemblage, Environments & Happenings

A textual and photographical documentation of Kaprow’s “happenings”, (a term he had already coined in 1959), and of the contemporary avant-garde. Read More

$220.00

Art essays from 1954. Includes: Germain Bazin, ‘Museological Variations’; Ferdinando Reyna, ‘On the Origins of Ballet’; Dora Vallier, ‘The XXVII Venice Biennale’, more. Read More

$150.00

Italian art critic, curator and art historian, Crispolti was professor of history of contemporary art at the Università degli Studi di Siena, and director of the school of specialisation in art history from 1984 to 2005. — Il futurismo e la moda: Balla e gli altri (Italian Edition)

Crispolti’s work focused mostly on Futurism. He curated the first major retrospective of Giacomo Balla at the Civic Gallery of Modern Art in Turin in 1963, with Maria Drudi Gambillo, as well as major surveys like Futurism and Fashion. Read More

$60.00

His painting style owes much to his affinity with Zen. Having read Eugen Herrigel's book Zen in the Art of Archery (1953), he assimilated the spontaneity which Zen emphasizes. — ALAN DAVIE: Peintures des Annees 80

Declaring that the spiritual path is incompatible with planning ahead, Davie attempted to paint as automatically as possible, which was intended to bring forth elements of his unconscious. Read More

$18.00

Diego Rivera emerged out of a generation of male painters who broke boundaries as they set their own. Rivera was a master painter, activist and revolutionary. — Diego Rivera: The Complete Murals

Diego Rivera was a visionary artist who created monumental murals that reflected the social and political climate of Mexico and beyond. He was at once a master painter, activist and revolutionary. Read More

$350.00

Not just an insider's look at Hollywood. Two-time Oscar-winning writer Goldman discusses a lot about writing - not just of screenplays, but any type of writing. — Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures in the Screen Trade (SIGNED COPY)

More than an insider’s look at Hollywood. Two-time Oscar-winning writer Goldman discusses a lot about writing – not just of screenplays, but any type of writing. Read More

$70.00

Watt was a prolific author in prose and verse, on folk-lore, history and antiquities, especially Celtic and Gaelic as well as aspects of religion, literature and the life of a soldier. — Edragil 1745

A novel on Prince Charles Edward Stuart who was the last significant claimant of the Stuart dynasty to the British throne and who led the Jacobite rebellion in 1745-46 to restore his family’s rule. Read More

$200.00

In addition to the contribution he made to American literature, Frank O'Hara was a vital figure in the New York cultural scene and spent many years working at The Museum of Modern Art. — In Memory of My Feelings: A Selection of Poems by Frank O’Hara

O’Hara became recognized as a quintessential American poet whose vernacular phrasing, both worldly and lyrical, beautifully told of the urban life of his generation. Read More

$600.00

A landmark book written when there were only two government Bison herds in Yellowstone Park and in the Washington, D.C. zoo. — The American Bison

The story of the extermination of Bison as a wild species and their restoration under federal protection. A landmark book written by a charter member of the American Bison Society. Read More

$60.00

The essays and illustrations give a detailed elaboration of both Incas' weaving textiles techniques and their historical and cultural context. — To Weave for the Sun

Ancient Andean Textiles in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The essays and illustrations give a detailed elaboration of both Incas’ weaving textiles techniques and their historical and cultural context. Read More

$25.00

Minn is a common snapping turtle hatched near the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The book follows her adventures as she spends years going down the river to New Orleans. Read More

$80.00

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