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Book Beat 133

Browser Book Beat Issue 133

These new arrivals include art, children’s, history (mostly regional), literature, building basics like everything you’d want to know about bricks, and photography. A lot of photography. Here’s a sampling. See all New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Sander, German portrait and documentary photographer, has been described as "the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century".
August Sander: Citizens of the Twentieth Century.

August Sander, German portrait and documentary photographer, has been described as “the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century”. Read More


$180.00

Nicholas Nixon is an American photographer, known for his work in portraiture and documentary photography, and for using the 8×10 inch view camera.
Nicholas Nixon: Pictures of People

Nicholas Nixon, known for using the 8×10 inch view camera, shows in this collection how photographs of ordinary people can sometimes address the deepest of human values. Read More


$100.00

David LaChapelle, photographer and director who works in the fields of fashion, advertising, and fine art photography, is noted for his surreal, unique and often humorous style.
Hotel LaChapelle

LaChapelle is one of the most original fashion photographers of his time and place. There are images in this book that seem to come out of nowhere but his fantasy. Read More


$70.00

In staged photos, Dicorcia takes everyday events beyond the realm of banality and at times, his use of color, lighting and framing is incredible.
Philip-Lorca Dicorcia

Dicorcia’s pictures are imagined scenarios of everyday life stretching from normal daily household routine to the male prostitutes and drug addicts of Hollywood. Read More


$50.00

Life in Europe in last years of the previous century as seen by Josef Koudelka.
Exiles

Life in Europe in last years of the previous century as seen by Josef Koudelka. His raw, unsentimental style produces haunting black and white photographs of the ordinary. Read More


$70.00

Taro's career was brief, but had a great impact on photojournalism and helped invent modern war photography.
Gerda Taro

Taro’s career was brief, but with great impact on photojournalism. Taro and her partner Robert Capa helped invent the genre of modern war photography. Read More


$150.00

Capote's masterpiece of True Crime. The cold-blooded murders in Kansas in 1956 are described by a cold, distant narrator.
In Cold Blood

Capote’s masterpiece of True Crime. The cold-blooded murders in Kansas in 1956. Compelling and suspenseful even when you know how it all ends. Read More


$50.00

Misrach's photographs instigate new questions in landscape photography and the new definition of "beauty" in all visual studies.
Bravo 20: The Bombing Of The American West

For eighteen months in the mid-eighties, photographer Richard Misrach roamed through the natural beauty and man-made devastation in The American West. Read More


$30.00

Black artists, philosophers, writers, poets, musicians, politicians, and sports heroes are featured throughout.
Committed to the Image

Uncompromising, thought-provoking, often highly politicized images cover contemporary African American identity. Black artists, philosophers, writers, poets, musicians, politicians, and sports heroes are featured throughout. Read More


$28.00

Beautifully executed male nude studies. Mapplethorpe said he sought to convey Black men as the "Platonic ideal".
Robert Mapplethorpe: Black Book

Black Book was the first modern photographic collection to portray and celebrate the beauty of African American men. Mapplethorpe said he sought to convey Black men as the “Platonic ideal”. Read More


$40.00

Abbott draws on a range of primary sources to provide a thorough and accurate account of this pivotal period in American history.
The History of the Civil War in America Comprising a Full and Impartial Account…

A comprehensive look from the early tensions through the battles that shaped the course of the Civil War and the lives of those who fought in it. Read More


$400.00

Watts authored a text book on logic published in 1724. It became the standard text on logic at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Yale; being used at Oxford University for well over 100 years.
Sermons On Various Subjects, Divine And Moral

Isaac Watts was an English hymnwriter, theologian and logician. Credited with some 650 hymns. Many are in use today, and have been translated into many languages. Read More


$400.00

Author Henry J. Raymond was a member of the New York State Assembly, the Lieutenant Governor of New York, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, and elected to the US House of Representatives.
The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln….

Author Henry Jarvis Raymond, journalist, newspaper publisher, and politician, co-founded both the Republican Party and The New York Times. Has sometimes been called the “godfather of the Republican Party”. Read More


$120.00

Earl Covey was one of the pioneers who opened the Adirondacks territory and built many camps for visitors who summered in those mountains.
The Earl Covey Story: A Biography

Earl Covey was one of the pioneers who opened the Adirondacks territory and built many camps for visitors who summered in those mountains. Read about Adirondacks history pre modern highways. Read More


$80.00

From 1919 till 1939 she Barton a column syndicated in & appearing daily in 400+ NEA and Scripps-Howard newspapers on child rearing and related subjects.
The Wonderful Land of Up

Olive Roberts Barton began writing children’s books as syndicated “serial” stories in the newspapers. Her oeuvre includes “Nancy & Nick”, “Story riddles in Rhyme & Prose”and “Bramble Bush riddles”. Read More


$40.00

The Ingalls settle into a sod house on the banks of Plum Creek in Minnesota. Life has challenges. They face a blizzard and a grasshopper infestation.
On the Banks of Plum Creek

After “Little House” the adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue when they travel by covered wagon to Minnesota where they face a blizzard and a grasshopper infestation. Read More


$50.00

Ira is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The population was 368 at the 2020 census.
History of Ira, Vermont

Traces Ira, Vermont’s development through the 19th and early 20th centuries. Illustrated with photographs and historical documents. Read More


$80.00

Mother Goose nursery rhymes are enjoyed by children the world over. But beware. The rhymes have a historical sinister interpretation, too.
MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES

Mother Goose never gets old. This lovely version is Illustrated in color and b&w by Eulalie and Lois Lenski. For adults, the rhymes have a historical, sinister interpretation, too. Read More


$30.00

The book provides a detailed overview of the principles of brick engineering, including the science behind brick manufacturing, types of bricks, and the design principles.
Principles of Brick Engineering: Handbook of Design

The book provides a detailed overview of the principles of brick engineering, including the science behind brick manufacturing, types of bricks, and the design principles used in brick construction. Read More


$20.00

The book is aimed at beginners and students of mechanical drawing, providing clear and concise explanations of the principles and techniques involved.
Elementary Mechanical Drawing: Theory and Practice….

This guidebook provides a comprehensive introduction to mechanical drawing, from basic theory to practical applications. It’s an essential resource for anyone interested in engineering or design. Read More


$20.00

Book Beat 132

Browser Book Beat Issue 132

Almost 200 volumes in this batch of new arrivals. A lot of photography, both traditional and off the beaten path. There’s a slew of Zane Grey reprints in dust jackets. As always, some comic art including 6 Crumb volumes. Also included, a nice scattering of American regional history, biography, children’s, novels, sports, dogs and more. Here’s a sampling. See all New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Founding member of the Ravenna Kennel Club, he served as President for 47 years and wrote a column for Dog World for 50 years.
The Springer Spaniel

Maxwell Riddle was a world renown Dog Show Judge, author of 14 breed books and Associate Editor of DOG WORLD. This is his complete care guide for the Springer Spaniel. Read More


$25.00

Lovely stories about dogs and the people who loved them. Illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse, who draws dogs with the same love and understanding with which Terhune wrote about them.
The Heart of A Dog

These endearing and adventurous dog stories will thrill any dog lover and convert the indifferent. Plus beautiful color and b/w illustrations by Marguerite Kirmse. Read More


$25.00

The definitive user's guide and then some to Matthew Barney's epic five-part epic film series, The Cremaster Cycle.
Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle (SIGNED)

The definitive user’s guide and then some to Matthew Barney’s epic five-part film series, The Cremaster Cycle. Read More


$600.00

A masterpiece in its honest portrayal of the lives of prostitutes in the red-light district of Mumbai.
Falkland Road: Prostitutes of Bombay

A collection of very candid, matter-of-fact, even raw pictures of female and transvestite prostitutes at work in the red-light district of Mumbai. Read More


$60.00

Crumb, American counterculture comic book artist and social satirist, known for his distinctive artwork and excellent marriage of drawing and narrative.
R. Crumb. Sketchbook Vol. 6. 1998–2011

After High school Crumb found work as an illustrator for the American Greeting Card company. Three years later he followed his true calling, joining the staff of Kurtzman’s short-lived satirical magazine “Help!” Read More


$120.00

In 60s - inspired by psychedelics and cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s - he introduced a wide variety of characters that became extremely popular.
R. Crumb Sketchbook Volume 5: Dec. 1989 – Jan. 1998

Crumb, American counterculture comic book artist and social satirist, is known for his distinctive artwork and excellent marriage of drawing and narrative. Read More


$150.00

Historical novel 1806. Captain John Smith claims to have had his life saved by Pocahontas, a Native American woman who allegedly fell in love with him. And her tribes aid to Jamestown, Virginia settlement.
The First Settlers of Virginia, an Historical Novel….

An 1806 historical novel based on the alleged love story of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas and the founding and survival of the Jamestown settlement. Read More


$800.00

Andy Warhol carried a camera with him everywhere and used it to take extraordinary shots of life in America.
America

Candid pictures by Warhol juxtaposed with commentary by Warhol on what it means to be an American. Lavishly illustrated. Read More


$100.00

Krazy Kat utilized poetic dialogue, and its landscape backgrounds were stark and surrealistic, based on the Arizona desert.
George Herriman. Krazy Kat. The Complete Color Sundays 1935-1944

Herriman created Krazy Kat after a fall from a scaffold ended his house painter career. Many consider “Kat” the finest strip ever produced. Utilized poetic dialogue, stark and surrealistic landscape backgrounds based on the Arizona desert. Read More


$200.00

Memorable characters from Long John Silver to young Jim Hawkins and an absolutely compelling plot. Treasure Island is one of the most famous adventure books.
Treasure Island

The villainy of that most ambiguous rogue Long John Silver sets the tempo of this tale of treachery, greed, and daring. First Wyeth illustrated edition. Read More


$300.00

A Zane Grey western and yet the story begins in 1919 and there are no gunslingers, rustlers, Indians, or stagecoaches.
The Shepherd of Guadaloupe

Another great Zane Grey western that has it all: A gripping story, strong characters, memorable dialogue and a classic romance. Read More


$20.00

The story of an Intuit (Eskimos) boy's life at the turn of the 20th century.
Pomiuk: A Waif of Labrador

Based on true story of a young boy who came from Labrador to participate in an Inuit (Eskimos) exhibit in the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. These “World Fairs” were held in Chicago. Read More


$50.00

Atget was a French commercial photographer who photographed the architecture and associated arts in and around Paris at the turn of the 20th century.
The Work of Atget, Vol. I, Old France

A ground-breaking pioneer of documentary photography, Atget was dedicated to documenting the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization. Read More


$100.00

African American life in the 60’s starts with an ironic picture of a black soldier at the wall of Berlin.
Black in White America

Freed photographed Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, but he also focused on daily life for African Americans in the segregated America of the 1960s. Read More


$70.00

When Ginzburg turned 55, he retired from publishing and started a second career as a photojournalist covering New York.
I Shot New York: Photographs by Ralph Ginzburg

After retiring from publishing books and magazines, Ginzburg became a freelance photographer for the New York Post, specializing in New York scenes. Read More


$25.00

Salgado portrays the global working poor. The scale and intensity of work emerges from the photos, close-ups and landscapes alike.
Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age

Startling, gripping, intoxicating. Salgado passionately investigates the condition gloabally of those living at and beyond the margins. Read More


$120.00

It started when Lartigue was given a large-plate camera at age seven that he operated by standing on a stool.
Boyhood Photos of J.H. Lartigue: The Family Album of a Gilded Age

Lartigue was given a large-plate camera at age seven that he operated by standing on a stool. He grew up to become famous for photographing automobile races, planes and female Parisian fashion models. Read More


$100.00

In Greenville, New Hampshire, a small town in the southern part of the state, Henri Vaillancourt makes birch-bark canoes in the same manner and with the same tools that the Indians used.
The Survival of the Bark Canoe

Henri Vaillancourt made birch-bark canoes the same way the Indians did. McPhee describes an expedition he made with Vaillancourt while tracing the evolution of the bark style canoe. Read More


$30.00

Some kids might be a little traumatized with this book, All the things threatened to happen when children misbehave actually happen.
Slovenly Peter: Or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures for Little Children

Classic tales in verse about naughty boys and girls and the fates that befall them when they misbehave. Read More


$18.00

Great Alphabet book for children with a sense of humor. Also has lots of jokes and puns for adult readers, too.
The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z!

Great for children with a sense of humor. Steve Martin silliness, Roz Chast weird art. Plus a great book to teach both couplets and alliteration. Read More


$15.00