Another batch of new arrivals is here. Includes lots of Children’s Books, World and American History, Novels, Sports and Art. By the way, Art books are a big specialty of ours. We have over 5,000 different titles that cover everything from fine arts to comic to graphic to sculpture and more. See a sample of the newest arrivals. Or see them all. Availability subject to prior sale.
Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States,
Beautiful collector’s set. Published in conformity with act of Congress of August 13, 1888, with preliminary index, and notes historical and legal. Read More
$1000.00
Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences
This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in Freemasonry or the history of secret societies. Read More
$120.00
Tula: the Toltec Capital of Ancient Mexico
Diehl directed a lot of Tula fieldwork in 1970s. Here he tries to summarize what we know about the Toltecs and Tula and Mesoamerican culture history. Read More
$18.00
Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture, December ’83-February ’84
This book covers the sculpture, printmaking, and drawing that de Kooning focused on
in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Read More
$40.00
Happy England
Highlights Allingham’s achievements. Also provides insight into the socio-artistic context of women’s contributions to art during this period. Read More
$100.00
Life and Education of Laura Dewey Bridgman
The first blind-deaf person to receive a formal education, Laura influenced a generation of students, including Anne Sullivan who went on to become Helen Keller’s teacher. Read More
$70.00
Early History of Berlin, Vermont: 1763-1820
Documented history of the beginnings of a small hill town. Nye’s Early History of Berlin is a thorough and useful Vermont town history. Highly researched. Read More
$100.00
History of the Baptists in Vermont
Crocker includes copious historical details from the Baptist’s beginnings in the state through the early 1900s. Read More
$120.00
Politics of Aristotle, The
As founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy he began the wider Aristotelian tradition which set the groundwork for the development of modern science. Read More
$200.00
Alice in Wonderland
A little girl named Alice follows a remarkable rabbit down a rabbit hole and steps through a looking-glass to strange adventures and creatures. Read More
$60.00
Art of Beatrix Potter, The
Explores Potter’s artistic process and reveals the places that inspired her timeless work. Organized geographically and featuring more than 200 images from her oeuvre, Read More
$70.00
Religious Poems
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin also published poems at irregular intervals that were gathered into a volume by themselves in 1867. Read More
$200.00
While the Gettin’s Good: Inside the World Football League
Rare, informative exposé of the World Football League that ended with lies, financial sleights-of-hand, and bounced checks. Read More
$200.00
Peter Arno’s Sizzling Platter
This is a wonderful collection of Arno’s cartoons that originally appeared in The New Yorker and a few of his unpublished sketches and paintings. Read More
$25.00
Prince Valiant and the Golden Princess: Book 5
This title concludes the epic tale, “The Winning of Aleta.” And “winning” takes some unusual moves like Val’s madness and kidnapping. Read More
$30.00
Our U.S.A. – A Gay Geography
Quite scarce with 58 original illustrated maps in vivid colors. A product of the 1930s, it depicts stereotypical images of people. Read More
$600.00
Mystic River
A tense and unnerving psychological thriller. Three boys experience a strange event and 25 years later it comes back to haunt them. Read More
$20.00
Thoughts and Reflections on the Present Position of Europe, and Its Probable Consequences to the United States
Very scarce. Explores the current state of Europe in the mid-19th century and the subsequent impact on the United States. Written by Francis J. Grund, a noted journalist. Read More
$180.00
The Dominican Crisis: The 1965 Constitutional Revolt and American Intervention
Challenges almost all previous analysts of the Dominican Republic, and most principal participants in the 1965 US military intervention. Read More
$150.00
Three Books on Life
Maesilio was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance. Provides a great deal of medical and astrological advice for maintaining health and vigor. Read More
These new arrivals include art, biographies and children’s books (both fiction and picture). Also American history, WW II history, a small slew of philosophy, architecture. And as always odds and ends. Here’s a sampling. See all the New Arrivals in this Upload. Availability subject to prior sale.
The Moon Lady (SIGNED COPY)
While waiting for a storm to pass, three little girls hear a story about self-reliance from their grandmother. Originally a chapter in The Joy Luck Club. Read More
$40.00
The Photographs of Margaret Bourke-White
Bourke-White took photographs depicting life’s harsh realities around the world,from American poverty to German death camps. This is a photographic history of her career. Read More
$20.00
Wyatt Earp
One of many Whitman TV Tie-in Books. This one a sort of mini biography of Wyatt Earp loosely based on the 1950s TV show. Read More
$15.00
Sex, Sense and Nonsense: Felicity Green on the 60s Fashion Scene
These award-winning pages broke the fashion mold and captured the stellar time when London fashion conquered the world. Read More
$50.00
The Story of the Jamaican People
Jamaica’s history. The central theme is the long struggle of the African-Jamaican against subjugation, injustice, economic deprivation, more. Read More
$18.00
An Essay Concerning Toleration: And Other Writings on Law And Politics 1667-1683
First critical edition of John Locke’s Essay concerning Toleration based on writing composed between 1667 and 1683. Read More
$120.00
There Was a Little Girl
Brooke presents her mom in a positive light, but also reveals that her mother was an alcoholic and the difficulties that it caused. Read More
$30.00
Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto
Beautiful photos on lush pages make for a stunning book about the development of Channel’s fashion style and her contributions to the fashion industry. Read More
$60.00
The Films of Lon Chaney
Master of disguises Lon Chaney, famous for his portrayals of the Phantom of the Opera and the Hunchback of Notre Dame, appeared in over 150 films. Read More
$28.00
Plato’s Utopia Recast: His Later Ethics and Politics
Bobonich argues that in these works Plato both rethinks and revises important positions which he held in his better-known earlier works. Read More
$50.00
Nuremberg Diary
Unrivaled, powerful, firsthand conversations by the prison psychologist with the Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg. Conversations were seemingly casual and outside the courtroom. Read More
$160.00
Drawn from the Source: The Travel Sketches of Louis I Kahn
These sketches document three visits to the Mediterranean which were instrumental in shaping the ideas of Louis Kahn, America’s greatest postwar architect. Read More
$40.00
Mein Kampf: Complete and Unabridged Fully Annotated
Hitler lays out his cause and motivation to dominate and rearrange the world. Read how this megalomaniac justified his cause. Read More
$150.00
Munich: Prologue to Tragedy
History and interpretation of European developments during the eight months rise of Nazi Germany by firsthand witness. Read More
$40.00
The Archaeology of Mind
Authors believe that there exist core systems in the brain that structure our feelings and motivations. Read More
$38.00
Dr. Seuss: The Cat Behind the Hat
This extraordinary colorful collection, showcasing more than 70 years of Theodore Seuss Giesel’s artwork and sculptures Read More
$70.00
Fine Japanese Prints and Works of Art New York December 8-9, 1988
Sotheby’s Catalogue New York December 8 and 9, 1988 sale – Fine Japanese Prints and Works of Art. Read More
$25.00
The Illusion of Conscious Will
This is the book for anyone who possesses a serious philosophical or empirical interest in the concept of free will. Read More
$18.00
Joseph Stella: Flora
A look at Stella’s lesser known, but equally ambitious paintings of the natural world. Read More
$35.00
Vivian Maier
Maier photographed the urban human landscape – children, the poor, the marginalized, the elderly – for 3 decades. Read More
