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Book Beat Issue 106

Browser Book Beat Issue 106

A new batch of 181 titles has arrived. Includes some unusual travel like The Empire of the Snakes An account of the Wakaioka, the snake-people of the Nyamwezi tribe of Tanganyika territory. Also a few German text esoteric turn-of-the-century math books (Hypergeometrische Function anyone?) And of course art, architecture, children’s illustrated, fiction and photography. Here’s a sampling. See all 181 New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
For many readers the narrator's father, Atticus Finch serves as a moral hero and as a model of integrity for lawyers.
To Kill a Mockingbird (SIGNED COPY)

Told through eyes of his daughter Scout, Atticus Finch defends a black man in Maycomb, Alabama 1933-1935. Read More


$800.00

One of "They Came From" series, historical children's fiction books about immigrants coming to America.
Green Ginger Jar: A Chinatown Mystery, The

Twelve year old accidentially gives away a valuable ginger jar. From “They Came From” series of historical fiction books about immigrants coming to America. Read More


$70.00

Children's "chapter book" story of a pig, written by Charlotte Jackson and illustrated by award-winner Kurt Wiese.
Tito – The Pig of Guatemala

Children’s “chapter book” story of Tito, the pig, who belongs to a little Indian Boy, Diego & his Sister, Petrona. They travel to a fiesta and trouble ensues. Read More


$20.00

A fascinating book on everything oranges and orange juice.
Oranges

It started as a short magazine article about oranges and orange juice. It ended as a fascinating book on everything oranges and orange juice. Read More


$60.00

Wonderful collection of storyboards from the great Tex Avery 's animated cartoons at MGM.
Les Dessins Tex Avery: 1908-1980

Wonderful collection of storyboards from the great Tex Avery’s animated cartoons at MGM. Read More


$40.00

Verve, modernist Parisian art magazine embodied the creative aesthetic of the first half of the 20th century.
Verve – Artistic and Literary Quarterly – Vol 1, No. 3 Fall 1938

Verve, modernist Parisian art magazine embodied the creative aesthetic of the first half of the 20th century. Includes lithographs by Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, Abraham Rattner, and Paul Klee. Read More


$420.00

Ultima Thule, in literature, the furthest possible place in the world. This book is an illustrated history of 170 years of Arctic exploration.
Ultima Thule – Explorers and Natives in the Polar North

Ultima Thule: the furthest possible place in the world. This book is an illustrated history of 170 years of Arctic exploration and its indigenous peoples. Read More


$40.00

Baedeker Handbooks are known for providing elaborate information on buildings, streets, and culture of the specified area.
Palestine and Syria: Handbook for Travellers

17 Maps, 44 Plans, and a Panorama of Jerusalem. Elaborate information on buildings, streets, and culture of the covered areas. Read More


$150.00

Thomas Hunt Morgan, the first person to definitively link trait inheritance to a specific chromosome. His early experiments are classics in genetics.
The Theory of the Gene

At Columbia University Morgan established the famous “fly room. His early experiments are classics in genetics. Read More


$40.00

Peck examines the cultural significance of maritime novels from Defoe through to Conrad.
Maritime Fiction: Sailors and the Sea in British and American Novels, 1719-1917

Maritime Fiction is an original exploration and comprehensive discussion of the relationship between national identity, fiction and the sea. Read More


$60.00

Rojankovsky’s experience in modern advertising layout and illustration had a major influence on his work especially his use of brightly colored graphics.
F. Rojankovsky’s ABC – An Alphabet Of Many Things

Each letter of the alphabet is accompanied by Rojankovsky’s illustrations of familiar objects such as airplane, button, clown, etc. Read More


$20.00

Coppola kept a notebook as he prepared to turn Puzo's novel into a cinematic masterpiece. Amazing. Concerns raised and answered, scene-by-scene, page-by-page.
The Godfather Notebook

Coppola’s notes scene-by-scene, page-by-page in preparation of turning Puzo’s novel into a cinematic masterpiece. Read More


$60.00

A little boy living in Colonial Virginia and his new puppy, Bugle. When Dad goes to fight in Revolutionary War, Bugle protects the family farm from Redcoats.
Bugle: A Puppy in Old Yorktown

A little boy and his puppy Bugle in Colonial Virginia. When Dad’s away fighting in Revolutionary War, Bugle protects the family farm from Redcoats. Read More


$12.00

Roman mosaics were a common feature of private homes and public buildings across the empire from Africa to Antioch.
Tunisian Mosaics: Treasures from Roman Africa

Works of art in themselves the Roman Mosaics are also an invaluable record of everyday life. They were common in private homes and public buildings across the Roman Empire Read More


$18.00

Beach's Shakespeare and Company was made famous by literary expatriates who were drawn to it.
Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation

Beach opened her own English-language bookshop and lending library, Shakespeare and Company made famous by literary expatriates who were drawn to it. Read More


$12.00

The subject is orchids. Articles about growing them published by Mexican growers organization.
Orquidea: April 1983

The subject is orchids. Articles about growing them published by Mexican growers organization. Mexico has around 1250 native species. Read More


$50.00

Increasing governmental reliance on maps stimulated the refinement of cartographic techniques throughout the following century.
Monarchs, Ministers and Maps: The Emergence of Cartography as a Tool of Government in Early Modern Europe.

Story of why and how maps and the men who produced them became so important during the sixteenth century as instruments for bringing territories under the control of centralized government. Read More


$35.00

How the culture of Enlightenment influenced seven important building projects in Rome that spanned the years 1730 to 1758.
The Culture of Architecture in Enlightenment Rome

Well-illustrated study of how the culture of Enlightenment influenced seven important building projects in Rome that spanned the years 1730 to 1758. Read More


$100.00

A first-hand account by a British soldier of serving in the Northern Frontier District of Kenya and Ethiopia fighting against Italians during 1940-41.
Abyssinian Adventure

A first-hand account by a British soldier of serving in the Northern Frontier District of Kenya and Ethiopia fighting against Italians during 1940-41. Read More


$15.00

Martha's Vineyard beckons the reader to experience her through the collaboration of essays by Hough and photographs by Eisenstaedt.
Martha’s Vineyard

Martha’s Vineyard beckons the reader to experience her through the collaboration of essays by Hough and photographs by Eisenstaedt. Read More


$25.00

Book Beat Issue 105

Futuristic dystopian novel explores themes of powerless women in a patriarchal society.

Browser Book Beat Issue 105

155 new titles are added in this batch of New Arrivals. Lots of poetry, mysteries, monographs and biographies. Artists from Rivers to Parrish. Baseball. Satire in cartoons and novels. And children’s illustrated, too. Prices range from $12 to $5,000. Here’s a sampling. See all 155 New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Popular Mechanics on Mission Furniture. Series 3, part 2.
Popular Mechanics: Number Three: Mission Furniture, How to Make It, Part Two.

Founded in 1902 as a weekly review of current innovations; its original motto was, “Written so you can understand it,” defines its mission. Read More


$20.00

Jackie Robinson interviews ballplayers who experienced racial integration in baseball.
Baseball Has Done It

Features rare and candid interviews conducted by Jackie Robinson with ballplayers who played and lived through racial integration in baseball. Read More


$20.00

The first James Bond novel introduces the iconic spy in a thrilling casino adventure.
Casino Royale

The first James Bond novel introduces the iconic spy in a thrilling casino adventure. Bond plays baccarat, meets Vesper Lynd, and faces SMERSH in this classic thriller. Read More


$5000.00

The story of how Kris Kringle and his wife, Kristina combined their magic into the real magic of Christmas.
Kris and Kristina (Kringle)

The story of how Kris Kringle got his wife, and how together they created magic of Christmas. Read More


$30.00

Profile by Calvin Tomkins and excerpts from Strand's correspondence, interviews, and other documents.
Paul Strand: Sixty Years of Photographs

Features the famous profile by Calvin Tomkins and excerpts from Strand’s correspondence, interviews, and other documents. Read More


$35.00

Eight years after the Russian capture of Tashkent in 1865, Schuyler toured Russia's newly acquired dominions.
Turkistan: Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan Koland Bukhara and Kuldja

American consul in Russia spent 18 months during the 1860s traveling the Steppe Region and recording his observations of the Muslim people. Read More


$30.00

Futuristic dystopian novel explores themes of powerless women in a patriarchal society.
The Handmaid’s Tale

Futuristic dystopian novel explores themes of powerless women in a patriarchal society. Winner of multiple science fiction awards. Read More


$500.00

Linked short stories by novelist Tim O'Brien. His third book about Vietnam war. Based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division
The Things They Carried (SIGNED COPY)

Linked short stories by novelist Tim O’Brien. His third book about Vietnam War. Based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division. Read More


$80.00

200 plus satirical drawings from 18th and early 19th century England.
Hogarth to Cruikshank: Social Change in Graphic Satire

200 plus satirical drawings from 18th and early 19th century England. Includes background on the people, events, fashions being satirized. Read More


$30.00

Extraordinary collection of Ralph Steadman’s paintings and drawings satirizing modern American life.
Scar Strangled Banger

Ralph Steadman’s paintings and drawings gleefully satirizing modern American life Read More


$40.00

Includes essays, interviews 100's of b&w & color stills & photos along with filmog. & biblio.
Kubrick

“Michel Ciment’s Kubrick: The Definitive Edition remains the best work on the great director.” —Joel Coen Read More


$80.00

A selection of the photographic work that future filmmaker Stanley Kubrick did while working for Look Magazine from 1945 to 1950.
Stanley Kubrick: Drama & Shadows: Photographs 1945-1950

A selection of the photographic work that future filmmaker Stanley Kubrick did while working for Look Magazine in his youth, from 1945 to 1950. Read More


$80.00

While a war correspondent for Vogue Miller covered the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris, the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau.
Lee Miller: Photographs

What a life! Photographer, model surrealist muse. War correspondent for Vogue covering the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris, the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau. Read More


$60.00

Carver died at the age of only fifty, shortly after this book was published.
Where I’m Calling From: New and Selected Stories (SIGNED COPY)

Raymond Carver writes about rehab for an alcoholic in book’s title story. Takes in the themes of loneliness, alienation, and the need for human connection and friendship. Read More


$250.00

Rebecca Horn, German visual artist best known for installation art, film directing, and body modifications.
Rebecca Horn: The Glance of Infinity

Rebecca Horn, German visual artist best known for installation art, film directing, and body modifications. Comprehensive survey of her work Read More


$70.00

Sven Hedin's celebrated account of his expeditions into northern China and inner Mongolia -1928 and 1929.
Riddles of the Gobi Desert

Sven Hedin’s celebrated account of his expeditions into northern China and inner Mongolia in 1928 and 1929. Read More


$100.00

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