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Book Beat 121

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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.
Beautiful collector's set. With preliminary index, and notes historical and legal.
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

This essential resource also serves as a handy reference guide for any Masonic question that may arise.
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

Two brief introductory chapters give general background about the Toltecs, Tula, and Mesoamerican culture. Then focuses on Diehls work there 1970s.
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

Covering the sculpture, printmaking, and drawing that de Kooning focused on in the late 1960s and early 1970s
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

Centers around the life and artistic journey of Helen Allingham, a notable figure in the field of watercolour painting.
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

Laura was the first blind-deaf person to receive a formal education and she helped a generation of blind students "see" the possibilities.
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

Nye's Early History of Berlin will stand as a really thorough and useful Vermont town history. Highly researched.
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

Crocker includes copious historical details from Baptists beginnings in the state through the early 1900s.
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

His writings cover a broad range including the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts.
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

A little girl named Alice follows a remarkable rabbit down a rabbit hole to come face-to-face with some of the oddest characters.
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

This monograph explores Potter's artistic process and reveals the places that inspired her timeless work.
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

American author and abolitionist, whose novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) attacked the cruelty of slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential, even in Britain.
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

Rare and informative look at "the complexities of creating a major sports empire that ended with lies, financial sleights-of-hand, and bounced checks.
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

Great collection of Arno's cartoons originally in The New Yorker plus a few that were unpublished.
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

The story continues and gets a little weird in places, with Val's madness and kidnapping and romance of Aleta.
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

Cartoon atlas from 1930s of the U.S. Includes a full color map and a page of historical and geographical text on each of the 48 states plus...
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

A tense and unnerving psychological thriller. Three boys experience a strange event and 25 years later it raises it's ugly head.
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

An interesting work of world history, explores the current state of Europe in the mid-19th century and the subsequent impact on the United States.
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

A revisionist chronicle of interest to anyone interested in America’s relations with the Dominican Republic.
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

Maesilio was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance.
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


$50.00