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Browser Book Beat Issue 112

This slew of new arrivals includes Children’s Illustrated, Biography, Art, New York History and Genealogy, and Philosophy (Historic and current encompassing sciences, history, medical and religion.)Here’s a sampling. See the complete batch. Availability subject to prior sale.
Collection of articles from 34 American newspapers April 18, 1775 to November 1, 1775.
Newspaper Datelines of the American Revolution, Vol. 1: April 18, 1775 to November 1, 1775

Collection of articles from 34 American newspapers April 18, 1775 to November 1, 1775. Includes letters, proclamations, speeches, affidavts as well as unconfirmed reports and fabrications. Read More


$25.00

The novel is a satire of outlandish tales that had been reported in ancient sources.
Lucian’s Science Fiction Novel: True Histories: Interpretation and Commentary

This is the first substantial commentary on Lucian’s Verae Historiae (“True Histories”), a fantastic journey narrative considered the earliest surviving example of Science Fiction in the Western tradition. Read More


$80.00

This book is basically telling the story of yankee doodle. Could be a sing-a-long book.
Steven Kellogg’s Yankee Doodle

This book tells the story of “Yankee Doodle”. While you read it you can sing along. Includes some Steven Kellogg full-page pictures, too. Read More


$12.00

The Text volume includes detailed discussions of every painting in Plate volume.
The Paintings of J. M. W. Turner. (2 Vols)

A 2-volume set. The Text volume includes detailed discussions of every painting in Plate volume including popular fortunes of paintings. Read More


$100.00

A collection of puzzling whodunits featuring Sister Ursula and Nick Noble. With a particular fondness for the locked room mystery.
Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher

A collection of puzzling whodunits featuring amateur sleuth Sister Ursula, and alcoholic ex-cop Nick Noble. Read More


$28.00

Describes the activities of a traffic policeman, a cowboy working on the Bar S Ranch, and a farmer whose chores include plowing and milking the cows.
Lois Lenski’s Big Big Book of Mr. Small

Describes the activities of a traffic policeman, a cowboy working on the Bar S Ranch, and a farmer whose chores include plowing and milking the cows. Read More


$28.00

The young lady had just retired to her room when sounds of a struggle ensue, and cries of "Murder!" and revolver shots ring out. A locked room mystery.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room

Leroux’s landmark tale of foul play, deception, and unbridled ambition remains a blueprint for the detective novel genre. Read More


$25.00

Poseidonius was a polymath. Wrote on ethics, logic, science, Greek and Roman history 146 to about 86 B.C.
Posidonius; edited by L. Edelstein & I. G. Kidd

Collection of surviving attested fragments of Posidonius, the leading stoic philosopher of his time in the first half of the first century, B.C. Read More


$50.00

Porphyry was a prominent Neoplatonist philosopher. His critique of Christianity lead to his works being banned.
Porphyry Against the Christians

His critique of Christianity purportedly constituted the most erudite and systematic work on the subject. Only fragments attributed to him have survived. Read More


$80.00

Tom and Jerry first premiered in 1940, featuring a cat named Tom chasing a mouse named Jerry leading to awkward situations.
Tom And Jerry In Model Mice

Tom and Jerry first premiered in 1940, featuring a cat named Tom chasing a mouse named Jerry leading to awkward situations. Read More


$12.00

The present-day New York City neighborhood of Harlem was founded in the mid-17th century by Dutch Protestants. This is a detailed history. Vol 1.
Revised History of Harlem, Volume 1

Riker’s Harlem is an extremely detailed historical and genealogical account of Harlem from its establishment to the end of the 17th century. Read More


$30.00

Dijksterhuis, highly honored Dutch historian of science. Reviewers have praised his, "brilliant analytic summary," of Archimedes' known works
Archimedes

Dijksterhuis, distinguished historian of science. wrote about Archimedes in the 1930s and 1940s. Archimedesis regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Read More


$28.00

This is the definitive history of New Paltz, New York, one of the oldest Huguenot settlements in America.
History of New Paltz, New York…1678 to 1820

Definitive history of New Paltz, one of the oldest Huguenot settlements in America and the cradle of surrounding settlements in Ulster and Orange Counties, New York. Read More


$28.00

This book contains an extremely erudite series of lectures on the classical philosophical Stoic school delivered by Professor Edelstein in 1956.
The Meaning of Stoicism

Contains an extremely erudite series of lectures on the classical philosophical Stoic school delivered by Professor Edelstein in 1956. Read More


$28.00

Marsilio T. Ficino, Italian scholar and Catholic priest, one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance.
The Philosophy of Marsilio Ficino

Ficino combined elements from different philosophical, religious, and literary traditions to become one of the most famous philosophers of the Italian Renaissance. Read More


$80.00

Vol 7. Collection of every strip, daily and Sunday.
Pogo: Pockets Full of Pie – The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Volume 7

This volume includes a pig esemblaning Nikita Khrushchev and a goat who looks like Fidel Castro. Both assure Okefenokeeans that a one-party system is the way to go. Read More


$80.00

Collection of Silver Age stories, this time involving DC's two biggest powerhouses Batman and Superman.
Superman: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1

The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 contains stories from Action Comics #241-265 and Superman #122-137. Read More


$100.00

Albert B. Feldstein writer, artist, and editor, renowned for his work on such titles as Weird Science, Tales From the Crypt, and Mad magazine.
Kamen’s Kalamity and Other Stories

Includes all 13 of Kamen’s classic “Grim Fairy Tales.” Bonus: seven crime and horror stories by other EC artists. Read More


$50.00

Locke defined a person as "a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places."
Locke on Persons and Personal Identity

Boeker argues that Locke endorses a moral account of personhood, according to which persons are subjects of accountability Read More


$80.00

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