“Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring… ‘How to Build a Boat.’” -Steven Wright.
No Boat Building books here. This list has a slew of art books: comic, fine arts, catalogs, monographs, sculpture, graphic arts, more. This lot of new arrivals also has lots of children’s illustrated, American history, Japanese history and photography. Plus the usual odds and ends. See all New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Madame d’Ora
Austrian fashion and portrait photographer who went by the moniker Madame d’Ora was the most acclaimed portraitist of fin de siècle Vienna. Read More
$60.00
Forbidden Fantasies: Men Who Dare To Dress In Drag.
A glimpse into the creative minds behind the vibrant drag queen culture of the 1980s. Captivating photography of a bygone era. Read More
$100.00
Kathe Kollwitz: Woman and Artist
A generation after her death, German artist Kathe Kollwitz was recognized as one of the great graphic artists of the 20th Century. Read More
$12.00
Don Heck: A Work of Art
While Don Heck was clearly one of the architects of the Marvel Age of Comics, he always stood in the shadow of Kirby and Ditko. Read More
$60.00
Tuggy The Tugboat
An adventure on the high seas that will capture the imagination of children. With colorful illustrations of a tugboat that could. Read More
$12.00
Faeries
This book both enchants and terrifies. The lore is fairly detailed. The art is gorgeous. It made Brian Froud famous and Alan Lee’s ethereal watercolors are just as breathtaking. Read More
$100.00
Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund
Her witty cartoons that became a staple of the New Yorker back in the 1920’s. Her works appeared on nine covers and in more than 600 cartoons of the magazine. Read More
$70.00
Presenting Fun with Trout: Trout Fishing in Words, Paint & Lines
After the serving in the World War I, Everett opened an art studio and began producing pen and ink illustrations for a multitude of publications. Read More
$40.00
Flemish Painting, from the 16th to the 18th Century
Voldère runs a Paris gallery known for its expertise in Flemish paintings. Here she takes us through the Renaissance in Flanders in the form of a story in pictures. Read More
$200.00
Jacob et Abel Grimmer: Catalogue Raisonné
The works of Flemish Renaissance painters Jacob Grimmer and son Able employed simplification and systemisation of figures and landscapes leading to more naturalism in Flemish landscape painting. Read More
$250.00
Uzbekistan: Heirs to the Silk Road
Describes the lattice work of trading routes that made up the Silk Road traveled by merchants, explorers, adventurers, bringers of news from near and far. Read More
$60.00
Snoopy’s Facts & Fun Book about Farms
Snoopy and pals explore life on a farm including the animals, crops, and farmers. Peanuts is one of the most popular and influential cartoons in the history of the medium. Read More
$12.00
A Tale of Flowering Fortunes: Annals of Japanese Aristocratic Life in the Heian Period
A chronicle of the great aristocratic family of Fujiwara at the peak of its power and affluence during the tenth and eleventh centuries. Read More
$200.00
The Dominican Intervention
The Origins of the 1965 Dominican Crisis: Setting the Stage; The Decision to Intervene; Deploying the Troops; and Explaining the Dominican Intervention. Read More
$20.00
Politics in Tokugawa Bakufu, 1600-1843
A study of the bakufu, or administrative structure of the predominant ruling family in early modern Japan. The achievements of the Tokugawa family who gave Japan 250 years of peace Read More
$30.00
Korea’s Tragic Hours: The Closing Years of the Yi dynasty
The Yi dynasty, also known as the Joseon dynasty, was the last and longest-lived imperial dynasty of Korea, with 26 monarchs, ruled from 1392 until the Japanese annexation of Korea. Read More
$20.00
Canada Farmer, The (Volume 1, January to December, 1864 issues)
The Journal hoped to stimulate the Agriculturists of Canada to adopt an improved system of husbandry, by blending the lessons of modern science with the practical experience of the Canadian farmer. Read More
$250.00
Ford Model “A”, “As Henry Built It”: A Color, Upholstery and Production Facts Book
Comprehensive and detailed account of the Ford Model A, including its history, design, and engineering by men who worked for Ford in Dearborn, Michigan. Read More
$40.00
Philosophical Poems of Henry More
Thomas More, a Renaissance humanist who wrote Utopia (and coined the word.) He also opposed Henry VIII’s break with the Catholic Church and the annulement of Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon for which More was beheaded. Read More
$50.00
Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent (Washington irving
While officially known as “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.” It’s really from Washington Irving’s using pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. Includes “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. Read More
$150.00
Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament
Scholarly work that compiles and analyzes various ancient texts from the Near East that have relevance to the Old Testament. A compendium of source material for anyone interested in studying early history in the Levant. Read More
$60.00
Rutland in Retrospect
An excellent compilation of images, engravings, maps and other ephemera on this important city that served as a hub for the Rutland Railroad. Read More
