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Browser Book Beat Issue 143

Over 170 titles in this upload. Includes graphic novels, biography and memoirs, music, a lot of children’s illustrated and fiction, American history and regional, poetry, some photography. This batch includes several Lakeside Press books. There’s also a selection of children’s illustrated books by Austrian writer/illustrator Ida Bohatta. Collectors will find some signed books and collectibles. Here’s a sampling. See all these New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.

Turgenevs masterpiece introduces one of literature’s most memorable characters: Bazarov, the nihilist, quintessential insufferable college graduate. — Fathers and Sons

One of the most acclaimed Russian novels of the 19th century. Turgenev’s masterpiece introduces one of literature’s most memorable characters: Bazarov, the nihilist, quintessential insufferable college graduate. Read More

$2000.00

Semi-autobiographic novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It follows the life experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years, to his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant during World War II. — Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade

This celebrated antiwar novel blends science fiction with historical facts, including Vonnegut’s own experience as a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany, during the Allied firebombing of that city. Considered a modern-day classic. Read More

$150.00

America's most eminent Civil War historian, James M. McPherson, paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle, the events that led up to it, and its aftermath. — Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam (SIGNED COPY)

The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed. The Union win reversed the course of the Civil War. Read More

$70.00

Irving is known for his biographical works and such stories as 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.' "Knickerbocker" is his satrical biography of New York. — Knickerbocker’s History of New York (2 Volumes)

Very funny fake history of New York. Full of satire, irreverence and sprinkled throughout with just enough facts to make it entirely believable. It earned Irving widespread acclaim. Read More

$100.00

What makes Christiana Tillson's humorous memoir different was her background. Tillson's story records the reactions produced upon a refined New England woman by an environment at once predominantly southern and wholly frontier. — A Woman’s Story of Pioneer Illinois

One of three reminiscences by women about pioneer life in mid-Illinois. She tells about the awful food, the worse roads, the crude houses, the illnesses, the isolation. Read More

$180.00

Black Hawk was an American Indian and the Sauk tribe leader. He remained hostile throughout the American advance into the Midwest, aiding the British both in 1812 and beyond, all the way up until his eventual surrender in 1832. — Life of Black Hawk: Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak

A no holds barred dictated narrative of the great Sauk leader. Black Hawk was hostile to the American advance into the Midwest, aiding the British both in 1812 and beyond. Read More

$180.00

The young men received good food, uniforms, and medical care. At first they lived in tents; later they lived in wooden buildings. Marvelous photos of camp life. — Adirondack Civilian Conservation Corps Camps

History of CCC enrollees and their families. Photos of camp life captures the vitality of the young men who worked throughout the forests of New York State, many in the Adirondacks. Read More

$28.00

We learn in the opening passage of the story that Kira-Kira means “glittering” in Japanese, and that it was Katie’s first word, taught to her by her older sister Lynn. It’s obvious from the beginning that Katie adores her big sister, Lynn. — Kira-Kira (with SIGNED BOOKMARK)

Born in Iowa to Japanese immigrants, Katie and her big sister, Lynn, have a nice childhood until they move to Georgia and their parents become poultry processing plant workers. Newbery Award winner. Read More

$200.00

Shakespeare's romantic comedy about four young lovers. Near fine copy. Includes six stunning full color chromolithographic plates by Julius Hoppner, who was well known for his fairy and fantasy illustrations. — A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shakespeare’s romantic comedy about four young lovers. Includes six stunning full color chromolithographic plates by Julius Hoppner, well known for his fairy and fantasy illustrations. Near fine copy. Read More

$500.00

James Syme, an Edinburgh surgeon, was a pre-eminent British surgeon during Edinburgh’s golden age of surgery.. — James Syme, Regius Professor of Surgery

As a student Syme devised and published a method of using rubber solution to waterproof silk. He went on to become a master of surgical technique during Edinburgh’s golden age of surgery. Read More

$100.00

The Original Mother Goose's Melody, As First Issued by John Newberry, of London, About A.D. 1760, **** reprinted by Isaiah Thomas, of Worcester, Mass. About A.D. 1785, With Introductory Notes by William H. Whitmore. lllustrated throughout with reproductions of original woodcuts. — Original Mother Goose’s Melody as Issued by John Newbery, etc.

The Original Mother Goose’s Melody, As First Issued by John Newberry about A.D. 1760. Reprinted by Isaiah Thomas, of Worcester, Mass. Reproduced in fac-simile, from the first Worcester edition, with Introductory Notes by William H. Whitmore. Read More

$120.00

These sermons represent the core theological insights of one of the most influential figures in Christian history. Wesley transformed religious practice and inspired the Methodist movement. — Sermons on Several Occasions (2 Vols.)

Collection of sermons by the founder of the Methodist Church is a classic of Christian literature and provides an inspiring and insightful look at Wesley’s theology and philosophy. Read More

$200.00

Illustrated with Fink's black & white full page images of his friends back in the 1958 . A book of what the life was to be a free spirit in the world of the Beats when drugs, anger and poetry ruled their culture. — The Beats

Illustrated with Fink’s black & white full page images of his friends back in 1958. A book of what the life was to be a free spirit in the world of the Beats when drugs, anger and poetry ruled their culture. Read More

$80.00

Aside from discussing Vietnam war, poets Duncan and Levertov often wrote to each other about other now famous poets in less than flattering terms. — The Letters of Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov

Duncan wrote the landmark essay “The Homosexual in Society.” is often identified with Black Mountain College. Denise Levertov, award-winning poet, was heavily influenced by the Black Mountain poets. Read More

$40.00

A disastrous wedding night. Both are virgins. Both have very embarrassing sexual dysfunctions. Set in the 1960s. Before the sexual revolution. — On Chesil Beach (SIGNED COPY)

In 1962 England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night. Selected for the 2007 Booker Prize shortlist. Read More

$50.00

How a couple, two high-strung but basically good people make themselves utterly miserable. — Angels Go Naked (SIGNED COPY)

About an impossible marriage. Margy and Webster, two intense and high-strung people, can’t live with or without each other. She wants children, he is obsessed with the damage billions of people are doing to the planet. Read More

$28.00

Her work is often characterized by meticulous detail and soft colors. Bohatta-Morpurgo illustrated more than 70 books, many of which were beloved in her native Austria and Germany, as well as other parts of Europe. — Bow Wow

Eight brief poems written from the various points of view of eight different dogs. Austrian children’s author and artist Ida Bohatta became known for her unique ability to bring a world of tiny, magical beings to life. Read More

$30.00

Violet La Mont's illustrations are woven throughout the text. These vintage pictures, which were created in the 1950s, show beautiful costumes and boys and girls dancing in both practice and performance.

Children will be introduced to ballet terms, the five positions, the seven basic movements, the role of the composer and choreographer, the history of ballet, and more. French text. Read More

$15.00

In 1946, Caniff won the first Cartoonist of the Year Award from the National Cartoonists Society for his work on Terry and the Pirates. The strip was read by 31 million newspaper subscribers between 1934 and 1946. Read More

$150.00

Ed Young, illustrator of more than eighty books for children, seventeen of which he also wrote, said that his work was inspired by the philosophy of Chinese painting. — Monkey King

A gorgeous rendition of the classic Chinese tale of the Monkey King about a monkey born from a rock with magical powers and about the mischief he gets into and the lessons he learns. Read More

$18.00

Browser Book Beat Issue 137

140 volumes in this batch of new arrivals. We have a slew of art exhibition/auction catalogs. Also Novels, Children’s fiction and illustrated, Biographies, American and World history, literature, poetry and some odds and ends. Here’s a sampling. See all 140 New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.

Maroon label on spine reads UNITED STATES LAWS in gilt. Covers all three sessions: The second on the 4th of January 1790 and the 3rd session, held in Philadelphia, on the 6th of December 1790. — Acts Passed at the First Congress of the United States of America, Begun and held at the City of New York….

Acts Passed at the First Congress of the United States of America, Begun and held at the City of New York On Wednesday the Fourth of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine…. Read More

$500.00

Royall Tyler served as chief justice from 1807 through 1813 presiding over cases including slavery and smuggling on Lake Champlain. — Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Vermont ( 2 Vols.)

Tyler presided over many important trials like that of Stephen Jacob in 1802, involving slavery, and that of the Black Snake crew in 1808, dealing with smuggling on Lake Champlain. Read More

$300.00

Henri Christophe was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution and the first king of the Kingdom of Haiti, reigning from 1811 until his death in 1820. — Black Majesty: The Life of Christophe, King of Haiti

Henri Christophe was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution. He rose from slavery to establish a monarchy in northern Haiti, reigning from 1811 until his death in 1820. Read More

$80.00

Black jockeys were internationally famous in late 19th century as the first African American superstar athletes—and with wins in three Kentucky Derbies and countless other prestigious races, Murphy was the greatest of them all. — Isaac Murphy: The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey

Born a slave in 1861, Murphy still reigns as one of the greatest jockeys in American history. Black jockeys like Murphy were at the top of the most popular sport in America at the end of the nineteenth century. Read More

$20.00

The story of a trufflehunting terrier told from his point of view — “Teem”- A Treasure-Hunter

A brief, charming story told in the first person of a truffle hunting artist, a small terrier. Kipling’s last piece of fiction, published in the Atlantic in the US in 1936. Read More

$35.00

A cute story about Woody Woodpecker and his friend, Wally Walrus. Woody has a new job and does not realize it's Wally's birthday. — Woody Woodpecker Shoots the Works

Everyone loves Woody don’t they! Woody gets a new job and finds an inadvertent way to cheer a friend. Another Tell-a-Tale book with great pictures. Read More

$12.00

It's full of intimate accounts in sections about the British contact with the natives of India and the other states mentioned in the title of the book. Takes you on a roller-coaster ride through Indian history. — A Short History of India and of the Frontier States of Afghanistan, Nipal, and Burma

One of the earlier accounts of the imperial contact with India, unadulterated by some of the later reconstructions of the history of the subcontinent. Read More

$30.00

Book discusses the place of the intellect as a guide to religious truth. The author’s work brought principles from Quaker decision-making to bear on wider questions about democracy and religion. Read More

$28.00

Description of the pre-20th century residential and commercial building of each town in Addison County Vermont. Building by building. Read More

$70.00

A visual storytelling celebration of American roots music in its rich variety through unseen and newly scanned photographs by the founder of the legendary Arhoolie Records. Read More

$35.00

Reprints of the Flash Gordon Sunday strip from 1944-1948. Flash continues as the original guardian of the galaxy. Read More

$70.00

Caniff won the first Cartoonist of the Year Award from the National Cartoonists Society for his work on Terry and the Pirates. — Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection Vol. 11: 1945 – Reunion in Indo-China

Terry and the Pirates is an action-adventure comic strip created by cartoonist Milton Caniff, which originally ran from October 22, 1934, to February 25, 1973. Read More

$150.00

Art and politics reside in Ai Weiwei’s work. Through sculpture, film, installation, photography and architecture he has campaigned for human rights. He was allowed to leave China in 2015. Read More

$80.00

Steinberg critically evaluates and compares Rauschenberg's more recent work to the artist's earlier work evaluating Rauschenberg's silk-screen prints of the 1960s to the vegetable dye transfer prints of the 1990s. — Encounters with Rauschenberg: (A Lavishly Illustrated Lecture)

Leo Steinberg, American art critic and art historian, evaluates Rauschenberg’s silk-screen prints of the 1960s to the vegetable dye transfer prints of the 1990s. Read More

$12.00

Viola’s book offers the most comprehensive look into the peasants and their actions under collectivization. — Peasant Rebels Under Stalin: Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance

Viola argues that the peasants did in fact actively resist collectivization, and that their unrest sprung from the “culture of peasant resistance” which led to earlier rebellions in Russia. Read More

$35.00

A fresh perspective on the origins, formative years, and subsequent development of Soviet literature and culture, and raises new issues for research and discussion. — Nietzsche and Soviet Culture: Ally and Adversary

The book examines the Nietzschean roots of early Soviet literature, theater and architecture, Soviet political culture, the work of disaffected writers and thinkers. Read More

$60.00

Meta-utopian narratives examine the complexities and contradictions of the singular vision of utopia. They often explore themes of disorientation and the fragmented nature of contemporary society. — Russian Experimental Fiction: Resisting Ideology After Utopia

Meta-utopian narratives examine the complexities and contradictions of the singular vision of utopia. They explore themes of disorientation and the fragmented nature of contemporary society. Read More

$28.00

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov is one of Russia's great musical figures. Largely self-taught, he became a professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and one of the famed "Mighty Handful" of Russian nationalist composers. — Rimsky-Korsakov: Letters to His Family and Friends

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov is one of Russia’s great musical figures. Largely self-taught, and one of the famed “Mighty Handful” of Russian nationalist composers. Read More

$35.00

Visual history of the collaboration between General Robert E. Lee and Thomas Stonewall Jackson proved a winning combination in the battles leading up to July 1863: Second Bull Run — Gods and Generals: The Paintings of Mort Kunstler

Civil War history focused on time of collaboration between General Robert E. Lee and Thomas Stonewall Jackson when the Confederacy dominated the battlefields. Read More

$30.00

Book four in the Thursday Next fantasy / sci-fi “literary detective” series. This series is "Fforde’s vividly fantastic, literary world". The plots are completely unrealistic, but great fun. — Something Rotten (INSCRIBED COPY)

The fourth installment of the Thursday Next series. It brings together all the plot lines set out earlier are woven together introducing political satire to the series. Read More

$30.00

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