Almost 200 volumes in this batch of new arrivals. A lot of photography, both traditional and off the beaten path. There’s a slew of Zane Grey reprints in dust jackets. As always, some comic art including 6 Crumb volumes. Also included, a nice scattering of American regional history, biography, children’s, novels, sports, dogs and more. Here’s a sampling. See all New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
The Springer Spaniel
Maxwell Riddle was a world renown Dog Show Judge, author of 14 breed books and Associate Editor of DOG WORLD. This is his complete care guide for the Springer Spaniel. Read More
$25.00
The Heart of A Dog
These endearing and adventurous dog stories will thrill any dog lover and convert the indifferent. Plus beautiful color and b/w illustrations by Marguerite Kirmse. Read More
$25.00
Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle (SIGNED)
The definitive user’s guide and then some to Matthew Barney’s epic five-part film series, The Cremaster Cycle. Read More
$600.00
Falkland Road: Prostitutes of Bombay
A collection of very candid, matter-of-fact, even raw pictures of female and transvestite prostitutes at work in the red-light district of Mumbai. Read More
$60.00
R. Crumb. Sketchbook Vol. 6. 1998–2011
After High school Crumb found work as an illustrator for the American Greeting Card company. Three years later he followed his true calling, joining the staff of Kurtzman’s short-lived satirical magazine “Help!” Read More
$120.00
R. Crumb Sketchbook Volume 5: Dec. 1989 – Jan. 1998
Crumb, American counterculture comic book artist and social satirist, is known for his distinctive artwork and excellent marriage of drawing and narrative. Read More
$150.00
The First Settlers of Virginia, an Historical Novel….
An 1806 historical novel based on the alleged love story of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas and the founding and survival of the Jamestown settlement. Read More
$800.00
America
Candid pictures by Warhol juxtaposed with commentary by Warhol on what it means to be an American. Lavishly illustrated. Read More
$100.00
George Herriman. Krazy Kat. The Complete Color Sundays 1935-1944
Herriman created Krazy Kat after a fall from a scaffold ended his house painter career. Many consider “Kat” the finest strip ever produced. Utilized poetic dialogue, stark and surrealistic landscape backgrounds based on the Arizona desert. Read More
$200.00
Treasure Island
The villainy of that most ambiguous rogue Long John Silver sets the tempo of this tale of treachery, greed, and daring. First Wyeth illustrated edition. Read More
$300.00
The Shepherd of Guadaloupe
Another great Zane Grey western that has it all: A gripping story, strong characters, memorable dialogue and a classic romance. Read More
$20.00
Pomiuk: A Waif of Labrador
Based on true story of a young boy who came from Labrador to participate in an Inuit (Eskimos) exhibit in the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. These “World Fairs” were held in Chicago. Read More
$50.00
The Work of Atget, Vol. I, Old France
A ground-breaking pioneer of documentary photography, Atget was dedicated to documenting the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization. Read More
$100.00
Black in White America
Freed photographed Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, but he also focused on daily life for African Americans in the segregated America of the 1960s. Read More
$70.00
I Shot New York: Photographs by Ralph Ginzburg
After retiring from publishing books and magazines, Ginzburg became a freelance photographer for the New York Post, specializing in New York scenes. Read More
$25.00
Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age
Startling, gripping, intoxicating. Salgado passionately investigates the condition gloabally of those living at and beyond the margins. Read More
$120.00
Boyhood Photos of J.H. Lartigue: The Family Album of a Gilded Age
Lartigue was given a large-plate camera at age seven that he operated by standing on a stool. He grew up to become famous for photographing automobile races, planes and female Parisian fashion models. Read More
$100.00
The Survival of the Bark Canoe
Henri Vaillancourt made birch-bark canoes the same way the Indians did. McPhee describes an expedition he made with Vaillancourt while tracing the evolution of the bark style canoe. Read More
$30.00
Slovenly Peter: Or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures for Little Children
Classic tales in verse about naughty boys and girls and the fates that befall them when they misbehave. Read More
$18.00
The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z!
Great for children with a sense of humor. Steve Martin silliness, Roz Chast weird art. Plus a great book to teach both couplets and alliteration. Read More
