Facebook Twitter Google-plus

USED

OUT-OF-PRINT

Browsing is Arousing ™ words surrounding shape of eye around books on shelves.

RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS 

You are here: Home / Archives for browsingbooks

browsingbooks

Book Beat Issue 104

Browser Book Beat Issue 104

182 volumes in this batch of new arrivals. There’s a range of subjects including nautical history, math and philosphy including: Letters and Papers Relating to the Cruises of Gustavus Conyngham, a Captain of the Continental Navy, 1777-1779, Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research, Traite de Geometrie Descriptive (2 Vols.) and Dialogues of Plato, The: Translated into English with Analyses and Introductions – Third Edition (5 Vols.) Here are some others. See all this group’s New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Special directions for shaping shoes to cure different foot diseases and for correction of faulty action in trotters.
Artistic Horse-Shoeing: A Practical and Scientific Treatise

Methods of shoeing. Special directions for shaping shoes to cure different foot diseases and for correction of faulty action in trotters. Read More


$60.00

On May 30,1925 modern China went on strike, closing businesses, stopping schoolwork, protesting, and boycotting foreign goods.
Shanghai, 1925…. (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)

On May 30,1925 modern China went on strike, closing businesses, stopping schoolwork, protesting, and boycotting foreign goods. Read More


$25.00

How America went from Main Streets and communities to dead zones and wastelands.
The Geography of Nowhere

How America went from Main Streets and communities to dead zones and wastelands Read More


$12.00

Photographs give you a view of some of the most magnificent gardens in the world.
Jardins de Paris

Photographs give you a view of some of the most magnificent gardens in the world. French text. Read More


$40.00

A study of an Inupiat village on Alaska's North Slope and how the people live off their surroundings.
Harvest of the Sea: Coastal Subsistence in Modern Wainright

Summary account of the Inupiat culture, centering on marine subsistence as practiced by the modern people of Wainwright. Read More


$28.00

Templo Mayor," symbolic center of the Aztec Empire, destroyed by Spanish conquistadors.
Life an Death in Templo Mayor

Templo Mayor,” symbolic center of the Aztec Empire, destroyed when Cortez and his Spanish conquistadors razed the Aztec Nation. Read More


$12.00

The polaroid as a tool enabling creative teams to step back and consider directions at a photoshoot.
The Power of the Polaroid: Instantly Forever

Advertising, marketing, and the photoshoot. The power of the Polaroid in that creative process. Read More


$40.00

Art historian Svetlana Alpers explores Walker Evans work and creative process
Walker Evans: Starting from Scratch

Walker Evans, his work and his creative process is explored by art historian Svetlana Alpers who gives valuable insights into the poetry of his photography. Read More


$35.00

American Postmodern painter, printmaker, photographer, stage designer discusses work and influencers.
Salle

Salle, American Postmodern painter, printmaker, photographer, stage designer discusses work and influencers. Read More


$12.00

The primitive people of this darkly satiric novel are the wealthy inhabitants of the Hudson Valley in upstate New York.
Primitive People (SIGNED COPY)

The primitive people of this darkly satiric novel are the wealthy inhabitants of the Hudson Valley in upstate New York. Read More


$30.00

Josephine Daskam explores love and relationships among the middle-aged in 13 stories.
Middle Aged Love Stories (SIGNED COPY)

Satirist Josephine Daskam explores love and relationships among the middle-aged in 1903. Read More


$60.00

Post-apocalypse story of mankind returning to a shattered Earth inhabited by mutant telepaths.
Nightmare Journey

It’s a far, far future post-apocalypse story of mankind returning to a shattered Earth inhabited by mutant telepaths. Read More


$50.00

Tono-Bungay is a semi-autobiographical novel by H. G
Tono Bungay

Tono-Bungay is a semi-autobiographical novel by H. G. Wells. It has been called “arguably his most artistic book”. Read More


$50.00

Dickens satirizes the social and economic conditions of English society 1800s.
Hard Times for These Times

Charles Dickens’ novel surveys English society and satirizes the social and economic conditions of the era. Read More


$40.00

"Tom Braddock" series 2. Gives readers chills, thrills and a sense of adventure.
The Empire of Shadows (SIGNED COPY)

An action-packed historical thriller. New York City, August 1889…. “Tom Braddock” series 2. Read More


$30.00

The songs, the dances, the star-making performances - it's all there. From the start to late 1990's. For lovers of musical theater.
Song and Dance: The Musicals of Broadway

The songs, the dances, the star-making performances – it’s all there. From the start to late 1990’s. For lovers of musical theater. Read More


$25.00

The most extensive filmography on cartoons ever compiled.
Of Mice and Magic A History of American Animated Cartoons

Extensive cartoons filmography compiled by renowned film critic and historian Leonard Maltin. A one-of-a-kind history. Read More


$15.00

Revealing portrait and comparison between the United States and the Soviet Union of the 1930s.
Propaganda and Dreams: Photographing the 1930s in the USSR and the US

Revealing portrait and comparison between the United States and the Soviet Union of the 1930s. Read More


$30.00

Distinguished British poet and critic who used sound pattern as an element of poem construction.
The Collected Poems of Edith Sitwell (SIGNED COPY)

Distinguished British poet and critic who used sound pattern as an element of poem construction. Read More


$60.00

Sixteen new poems that focus on the life and character of a fictitious painter named "Hazard."
Hazard the Painter (SIGNED COPY)

Sixteen new poems that focus on the life and character of a fictitious painter named “Hazard.” Read More


$30.00

Book Beat 103

Browser Book Beat Issue 103

150 volumes in this batch of new arrivals. A slew of Journal Suisse D’Horlogerie Et De Bijouterie, English Edition, magazines for Horology enthusiasts. Architecture from playgrounds to adobe buildings to Landscapes. Design books. Furniture. Novels and Children’s, too. Here’s a sampling. See all 150 New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Saydou Keita: Photographs, Bamako, Mali 1948-1963.
PHOTOGRAPHS, BAMAKO, MALI, 1948-1963

When gifted with a Kodak Brownie at 14, Keïta began taking pictures and never stopped. His oeuvre is a lasting visual record of Mali’s people and culture in the 1950s and 60s. Read More


$500.00

National Cartoonists Society Album 1965 cover
National Cartoonists Society Album 1965

Over 350 biographies, photos and drawings of America’s best loved cartoonists of 1965 Disney, Schulz, Capp & Ketch. Edited by Mort Walker. Read More


$80.00

Vector For Seven by Josephine Saxton book cover
Vector For Seven

For Sci-Fi & Fantasy fans. An increasing group of people wander through a dreamlike landscape seemingly detached in time and space from our world. And yet… Read More


$15.00

A collection of short stories: The title story - Roller Ball Murder - and twelve others.
Roller Ball Murder

A collection of short stories: The title story – Roller Ball Murder – and twelve others. “Roller Ball” depicts a bleak but not unfamilar future in which the will of the masses is controlled by faceless executives. Read More


$100.00

Collection of photos of the famous photographer's German shepherd.
Thor

German shepherd “Thor” proves to be a canine hero when he protects his human “pack” from a wild dog attack. Read More


$15.00

The Ballets Suédois, a dance ensemble synthesizd various art forms in dance. They performed throughout Europe and U.S. 1920 - 1925.
Ballets Suedois (The Swedish Ballet)

The Ballets Suédois, a dance ensemble based in Paris, performed throughout Europe and U.S. 1920 – 1925. Renown for synthesizing a multitude of art forms into dance. Read More


$40.00

Many of the economic, social, and cultural patterns that evolved during those centuries remain of fundamental importance.
Landlords and Strangers: Ecology, Society, and Trade in Western Africa, 1000-1630

This study delineates historical processes in the context of climate change, expanding trade networks, and widespread state-building. Read More


$40.00

Memoir, London, WW II by noted novelist, poet, magazine editor, philanthropist Winifred Ellerman using Bryher as pen name.
The Days of Mars: A Memoir 1940-1946

Memoir London WW II by noted novelist, poet, magazine editor, philanthropist Winifred Ellerman under Bryher pen name. Read More


$18.00

Swiss Journal of Watchmaking and Jewelry. All about watches, jewelry technical, repair, sales, history as well as many ads, some in color.
Journal Suisse D’Horlogerie Et De Bijouterie, English Edition, March – April 1952

Swiss Journal of Watchmaking and Jewelry. Chock full of info about technical issues, repairs, sales, history. Many ads, some in color. We have many different issues. Read More


$80.00

Explores Marshall McLuhan's thoughts on communications and media studies. . McLuhan considered prophet of the information age.
The Book of Probes

Explores the full expanse of Marshall McLuhan’s thinking. McLuhan considered the father of communications and media studies and prophet of the information age. Read More


$50.00

A comprehensive collection of those classical narratives on which the early history of the United States is founded.
The Northmen Columbus and Cabot 985 1503: The Voyages of the Northmen

Part of the series “Original Narratives of Early American History.” Includes agreements and correspondence between Columbus and various heads of state and church. Read More


$150.00

Poetry. Many written in "Negro dialect" of the antebellum South. Decorations including cover gilt design by Margaret Armstrong.
Candle-Lightin’ Time. Cover gilt design by Margaret Armstrong.

Poetry collection by Dunbar. Many written in “Negro dialect” of antebellum South. Decorations including cover gilt design by Margaret Armstrong. Read More


$120.00

Chicago looms large in the creation of baseball’s Negro Leagues
Black Baseball in Chicago

Chicago looms large in the creation of baseball’s Negro Leagues, which existed alongside the segregated major leagues from 1920 until about 1960. Read More


$12.00

She wrote 17 books for readers aged 8-12, about how other children lived in various areas of the country.
Bayou Suzette

Bayou Suzette is the first in Lois Lenski’s 17 American Regional Book Series which shows children how other children lived in various areas of the country. Read More


$60.00

Fleetwood Mac blues band from the Sixties onward. Includes episodes with coke, lust and wife-swapping.
Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures with Fleetwood Mac (SIGNED COPY)

One of rock’s master musicians describes how he nurtured his band, Fleetwood Mac, as it dominated the late 60s, came back in the 80s, and survived into the 90s. Read More


$60.00