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
137 volumes in this batch of new arrivals. Over half are serious philosophy books, re-issued classics. And some science books the same like: The Anatomy of the Brain: The 1681 Edition Reset and Reprinted with the Original Illustrations by Sir Christopher Wren. Also graphic and cartoon art books. Some mysteries and children’s, too. Here’s a sampling. See all 137 New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection Vol. 8: 1942-A World at War
Master Collection of landmark newspaper cartoon series, Terry and the Pirates. Vol 8, “the war year 1942”. Caniff considered a pioneer in character-driven comic narratives. Read More
$180.00
The Living (SIGNED COPY)
Settling of the American Northwest through the eyes of early settlers in Bellingham Bay, Washington. Covers intergenerational account of hardship, boom and bust. Read More
$60.00
The Perry’s Victory Centenary
Against the odds, Commodore Perry led a fleet to victory in one of the most decisive naval battles to occur in the War of 1812. Read More
$40.00
Byzantine Philosophy and Its Ancient Sources
Byzantine philosophy refers to the distinctive philosophical ideas of the philosophers and scholars of the Byzantine Empire, especially between the 8th and 15th centuries. Read More
$40.00
The Fables of Aesop
Aesop’s Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Read More
$60.00
Singing Whales and Flying Squid: The Discovery of Marine Life
Two-thirds of earth is covered by water inhabited by an incredible variety of living organisms, ranging in size from microbe to whale, and in abundance from scarce to uncountable. Read More
$15.00
Dr. Seuss & Co. Go to War: the World War II Editorial Cartoons of America’s Leading Comic Artists
When Dr. Seuss went to war, he created cartoons denouncing Hitler, Mussolini and “isolationists” like Charles Lindbergh. Some cartoons deplored the racism at home against Jews and blacks. Read More
$25.00
Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse. The Ultimate History. 40th Ed.
It was losing control of his creation, Oswald the Rabbit, that lead Walt to create another character, the now world renown Mickey Mouse. Here’s the whole story. Read More
$45.00
Heed the Thunder
Thompson chronicles the downfall of the Fargo family, the Snopes of Kansas. basically, inbred, amoral, fiercely loyal to clan. Thompson’s only attempt at ‘literary’ rather than ‘genre’ fiction. Read More
$20.00
South of Heaven
A hard-luck guy working on laying a pipeline across deserted Texas plains. A great looking babe. And murder. Read More
$20.00
The Arithmetic of Infinitesimals: John Wallis, 1656
John Wallis, English clergyman and mathematician, who is partially credited for the development of infinitesimal calculus.Between 1643 and 1689 he served as chief cryptographer for Parliament Read More
$100.00
Conceptions Of Truth
Künne’s Conceptions of Truth consists of an encyclopedic treatment of the literature on truth and Künne’s defense of his own “Modest Account” on the topic. Read More
$90.00
Henry D. Thoreau Journal Volume 1: 1837 1844
This edition presents the entire surviving manuscript in a text preserving Thoreau’s words as he originally wrote them. Read More
$60.00
De Imperio Summarum Potestatum Circa Sacra: Volume One
Hugo Grotius’ political thought on church and state. It was finished in 1617, but Grotius’ arrest prevented publication. Read More
$80.00
De Imperio Summarum Potestatum Circa Sacra: Volume Two
Grotius has also contributed significantly to the evolution of the notion of rights. Before him, rights were above all perceived as attached to objects. Read More
$80.00
The Conway Letters: The Correspondence of Anne, Viscountess Conway, Henry More, and Their Friends, 1642-1684
Throughout Anne Conway’s life, she wrote numerous letters back and forth to Henry More, Francis Mercury van Helmont, and other major thinkers of their time. Read More
$200.00
Isaac Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Facsimile of Third Edition with Variant Readings; Vols. 1 and 2. in Latin.
This is Newton’s masterpiece. It presents the basis of physics and astronomy, formulated in the language of pure geometry. Read More
$500.00
The Mind and Art of Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric “prisons.” Read More
$30.00
John Locke: Literary and Historical Writings
John Locke, English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the “father of liberalism. Read More
