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Book Beat 142

Browser Book Beat Issue 142

A new batch of Art (comic, graphic, auction catalogs, monographs, sculpture, etc.), Photography, and Children’s (especially Illustrated). Also a scattering of sci-fi, poetry, biography, philosophy, anthropology and more. Among these are some signed and collectibles, too. Here’s a sampling. See all 150 New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
From Will Eisner's childhood to famously turning down a proposal for Superman, to educating Army soldiers in P.S. Magazine and creating The Spirit.
Will Eisner: A Spirited Life (Deluxe Edition)

Includes dozens of full-color images not found in the original edition, and new interviews with comic artists like Drew Friedman, Howard Chaykin, Darwyn Cooke, Sergio Aragones, Ken Quattro, Michael Uslan. Read More


$60.00

Winsor McCay, the creator of Little Nemo in Slumberland, is internationally renowned as a pioneer in comics and animation.
Dinomania: The Lost Art of Winsor McCay

Comic strip maestro Winsor McCay’s lost comic strip “Dino” serves as the jumping off point for this amazing collection of pre-1934 dinosaur art, comics, and lore. Read More


$150.00

Hogan did a great job hunting down artist credits. Each section begins with a couple of pages giving us an overview of the various genres, publishers, and creators.
Comic Book Apocalypse!

This is a survey of some of the lurid comic book covers published before the comics code was implemented. Art reproductions are top notch with many covers from obscure sources. Read More


$90.00

In 1948, the small town of Owosso, Michigan, is electrified by the presidential campaign of native favorite Thomas Dewey. Historical fiction.
Dewey Defeats Truman (SIGNED PROOF)

It’s 1948 in the small town of Owosso, Michigan, where Thomas Dewey was born. Everyone is excited about their hometown boy becoming the next president. Includes a bit of nostalgia and a bit of romance. Read More


$40.00

This is the anthology that launched the career of Ray Bradbury, one of America's most celebrated 20th-century writers.
Dark Carnival

Dark Carnival was the first published book by Ray Bradbury, the legendary science fiction writer best known for classic novels and anthologies. Read More


$600.00

This story is a sort of prequel to The Monkey Wrench Gang, as the lead protagonist mysteriously appears in that novel.
The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale in a New Time

Jack Burns is a cowboy in post WWII New Mexico who refuses to join modern society. His friend Bondi is in jail. Jack decides to break him out. Read More


$300.00

Memoir by interior designer and all-round fashionista Nicky Haslam’s. The reader will meet many unforgettable characters Haslam has met, worked with, and loved in his life.
Redeeming Features: A Memoir

Interior designer and all-round fashionista Nicky Haslam introduces readers to unforgettable characters he met and worked with. A look inside post-WWII cultural history of Britain & America. Read More


$25.00

Although there had been some experiments with stretch fabrics in Europe before the war, Pucci was the first person to design a one-piece ski suit. His sleek designs caused a sensation.
Pucci

If you need a touch of color in your life, take a whirl through this book. It’s chalk full of Emilio Pucci’s swirling prints, and geometric patterns. Read More


$150.00

A stunning book about Richard and Ronay Menschel Library - one of the most important libraries in the world for photographic history - in all its forms.
Imagining Paradise: The Richard and Ronay Menschel Library

A stunning book about the Richard and Ronay Menschel Library – one of the most important libraries in the world for photographic history. Mouth-watering for bibliophiles. Read More


$40.00

Friedlander's work is characterized by its innovative use of framing and reflection, often using the natural environment or architectural elements to frame his subjects.
Lee Friedlander: Photographs, Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscapes

Friedlander often uses the natural environment or architectural elements to frame his subjects. Olmsted designed a staggering number of America’s greatest parks, New York City’s Central Park his most famous. Read More


$80.00

The Hells Angels have a history of involvement in organized crime, such as drug trafficking, and engaging in violent conflict with other outlaw motorcycle clubs.
Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (SIGNED COPY)

The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) is an international outlaw motorcycle club founded in California whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Read More


$170.00

Ralph Gibson began his professional career as an assistant to Dorothea Lange from 1961 to 1962 and went on to work with Robert Frank on two films between 1967 and 1968.
Ralph Gibson: Nude

Master photographer Gibson loves to photograph women. His images often incorporate fragments with erotic and mysterious undertones. Strikingly graphic, meticulously composed. Read More


$200.00

Miss Hess's skilled camera-eye has captured the mischievous nature of skunks. And for those who are interested, she has provided a section on keeping skunks as pets.
The Misunderstood Skunk

Miss Hess’s skilled camera-eye has captured the mischievous nature of skunks. And for those who are interested, she has provided a section on keeping skunks as pets. Read More


$20.00

Informative book about Pandas. Color illustrations by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt. For young readers.
The Giant Panda Book

All about these wonderfully beautiful animals. Where they live, what they like to eat, what sort of mountains and forests they dwell in. Intended for young readers. Illustrated by the Brothers Hildebrandt. Read More


$15.00

An interesting twist on a selfish king who not only makes his subjects miserable but himself as well from award-winning author Angela McAllister.
The King Who Sneezed

Mean and stingy King Parsimonious does not care about the comfort of his subjects, until he tries to find out why his castle is so cold and makes some interesting discoveries about his household. Read More


$12.00

A funny, fictional story about how the skull and crossbone flag came to be. The writing is fun. And there's a bonus song at the end.
Roger the Jolly Pirate (SIGNED COPY)

A funny, fictional story about how the skull and crossbone flag came to be. (It started with Roger who was just too jolly to be a pirate). And there’s a bonus song at the end. Read More


$30.00

A classic children's story. Ferdinand is a bull that doesn't want to bullfight like the other bulls. He just wants to sit and smell flowers in the field.
The Story of Ferdinand

Ferdinand is a bull that doesn’t want to bullfight like the other bulls. He just wants to sit and smell flowers in the field. Luckily, his mother understands and lets him. Read More


$1000.00

We follow a dream of a boy named Kenny. He must go on an adventure completing riddles given to him in order to stay in the magical land.
Kenny’s Window (SIGNED COPY)

Kenny dreams of a fabulous land where he would like to live always, and in his search for it discovers many things about himself and about growing up. Read More


$200.00

When you think of heroes, Henry Knox may not come to mind. But he was an ardent patriot who devoted himself to the service of his country and of General George Washington.
Henry Knox: Bookseller, Soldier, Patriot

Henry Knox is an often unsung hero of the Revolutionary War. It was Knox who devised a plan to bring heavy artillery from Fort Ticonderoga. He devoted himself to the service of his country and of General George Washington. Read More


$15.00

It is a winter-time collection of poems, stories and a wordless story. Because it is Shirley Hughes, the illustrations are amazing!
Stories By Firelight

A winter-time collection of poems, stories and a wordless story. Gorgeous illustrations from acclaimed British children’s author and artist Shirley Hughes. Read More


$12.00

Book Beat 141

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.
Adventures of General Marbot

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.
Star Trak

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