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A new batch of Art (comic, graphic, auction catalogs, monographs, sculpture, etc.), Photography, and Children’s (especially Illustrated). Also a scattering of sci-fi, poetry, biography, philosophy, anthropology and more. Among these are some signed and collectibles, too. Here’s a sampling. See all 150 New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.

From Will Eisner's childhood to famously turning down a proposal for Superman, to educating Army soldiers in P.S. Magazine and creating The Spirit. — Will Eisner: A Spirited Life (Deluxe Edition)

Includes dozens of full-color images not found in the original edition, and new interviews with comic artists like Drew Friedman, Howard Chaykin, Darwyn Cooke, Sergio Aragones, Ken Quattro, Michael Uslan. Read More

$60.00

Winsor McCay, the creator of Little Nemo in Slumberland, is internationally renowned as a pioneer in comics and animation. — Dinomania: The Lost Art of Winsor McCay

Comic strip maestro Winsor McCay’s lost comic strip “Dino” serves as the jumping off point for this amazing collection of pre-1934 dinosaur art, comics, and lore. Read More

$150.00

Hogan did a great job hunting down artist credits. Each section begins with a couple of pages giving us an overview of the various genres, publishers, and creators. — Comic Book Apocalypse!

This is a survey of some of the lurid comic book covers published before the comics code was implemented. Art reproductions are top notch with many covers from obscure sources. Read More

$90.00

In 1948, the small town of Owosso, Michigan, is electrified by the presidential campaign of native favorite Thomas Dewey. Historical fiction. — Dewey Defeats Truman (SIGNED PROOF)

It’s 1948 in the small town of Owosso, Michigan, where Thomas Dewey was born. Everyone is excited about their hometown boy becoming the next president. Includes a bit of nostalgia and a bit of romance. Read More

$40.00

This is the anthology that launched the career of Ray Bradbury, one of America's most celebrated 20th-century writers. — Dark Carnival

Dark Carnival was the first published book by Ray Bradbury, the legendary science fiction writer best known for classic novels and anthologies. Read More

$600.00

This story is a sort of prequel to The Monkey Wrench Gang, as the lead protagonist mysteriously appears in that novel. — The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale in a New Time

Jack Burns is a cowboy in post WWII New Mexico who refuses to join modern society. His friend Bondi is in jail. Jack decides to break him out. Read More

$300.00

Memoir by interior designer and all-round fashionista Nicky Haslam’s. The reader will meet many unforgettable characters Haslam has met, worked with, and loved in his life. — Redeeming Features: A Memoir

Interior designer and all-round fashionista Nicky Haslam introduces readers to unforgettable characters he met and worked with. A look inside post-WWII cultural history of Britain & America. Read More

$25.00

Although there had been some experiments with stretch fabrics in Europe before the war, Pucci was the first person to design a one-piece ski suit. His sleek designs caused a sensation. — Pucci

If you need a touch of color in your life, take a whirl through this book. It’s chalk full of Emilio Pucci’s swirling prints, and geometric patterns. Read More

$150.00

A stunning book about Richard and Ronay Menschel Library - one of the most important libraries in the world for photographic history - in all its forms. — Imagining Paradise: The Richard and Ronay Menschel Library

A stunning book about the Richard and Ronay Menschel Library – one of the most important libraries in the world for photographic history. Mouth-watering for bibliophiles. Read More

$40.00

Friedlander's work is characterized by its innovative use of framing and reflection, often using the natural environment or architectural elements to frame his subjects. — Lee Friedlander: Photographs, Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscapes

Friedlander often uses the natural environment or architectural elements to frame his subjects. Olmsted designed a staggering number of America’s greatest parks, New York City’s Central Park his most famous. Read More

$80.00

The Hells Angels have a history of involvement in organized crime, such as drug trafficking, and engaging in violent conflict with other outlaw motorcycle clubs. — Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (SIGNED COPY)

The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) is an international outlaw motorcycle club founded in California whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Read More

$170.00

Ralph Gibson began his professional career as an assistant to Dorothea Lange from 1961 to 1962 and went on to work with Robert Frank on two films between 1967 and 1968. — Ralph Gibson: Nude

Master photographer Gibson loves to photograph women. His images often incorporate fragments with erotic and mysterious undertones. Strikingly graphic, meticulously composed. Read More

$200.00

Miss Hess’s skilled camera-eye has captured the mischievous nature of skunks. And for those who are interested, she has provided a section on keeping skunks as pets. Read More

$20.00

Informative book about Pandas. Color illustrations by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt. For young readers. — The Giant Panda Book

All about these wonderfully beautiful animals. Where they live, what they like to eat, what sort of mountains and forests they dwell in. Intended for young readers. Illustrated by the Brothers Hildebrandt. Read More

$15.00

An interesting twist on a selfish king who not only makes his subjects miserable but himself as well from award-winning author Angela McAllister. — The King Who Sneezed

Mean and stingy King Parsimonious does not care about the comfort of his subjects, until he tries to find out why his castle is so cold and makes some interesting discoveries about his household. Read More

$12.00

A funny, fictional story about how the skull and crossbone flag came to be. The writing is fun. And there's a bonus song at the end. — Roger the Jolly Pirate (SIGNED COPY)

A funny, fictional story about how the skull and crossbone flag came to be. (It started with Roger who was just too jolly to be a pirate). And there’s a bonus song at the end. Read More

$30.00

A classic children's story. Ferdinand is a bull that doesn't want to bullfight like the other bulls. He just wants to sit and smell flowers in the field. — The Story of Ferdinand

Ferdinand is a bull that doesn’t want to bullfight like the other bulls. He just wants to sit and smell flowers in the field. Luckily, his mother understands and lets him. Read More

$1000.00

We follow a dream of a boy named Kenny. He must go on an adventure completing riddles given to him in order to stay in the magical land. — Kenny’s Window (SIGNED COPY)

Kenny dreams of a fabulous land where he would like to live always, and in his search for it discovers many things about himself and about growing up. Read More

$200.00

When you think of heroes, Henry Knox may not come to mind. But he was an ardent patriot who devoted himself to the service of his country and of General George Washington. — Henry Knox: Bookseller, Soldier, Patriot

Henry Knox is an often unsung hero of the Revolutionary War. It was Knox who devised a plan to bring heavy artillery from Fort Ticonderoga. He devoted himself to the service of his country and of General George Washington. Read More

$15.00

It is a winter-time collection of poems, stories and a wordless story. Because it is Shirley Hughes, the illustrations are amazing! — Stories By Firelight

A winter-time collection of poems, stories and a wordless story. Gorgeous illustrations from acclaimed British children’s author and artist Shirley Hughes. Read More

$12.00

Browser Book Beat Issue 133

These new arrivals include art, children’s, history (mostly regional), literature, building basics like everything you’d want to know about bricks, and photography. A lot of photography. Here’s a sampling. See all New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.

Sander, German portrait and documentary photographer, has been described as "the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century". — August Sander: Citizens of the Twentieth Century.

August Sander, German portrait and documentary photographer, has been described as “the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century”. Read More

$180.00

Nicholas Nixon is an American photographer, known for his work in portraiture and documentary photography, and for using the 8×10 inch view camera. — Nicholas Nixon: Pictures of People

Nicholas Nixon, known for using the 8×10 inch view camera, shows in this collection how photographs of ordinary people can sometimes address the deepest of human values. Read More

$100.00

David LaChapelle, photographer and director who works in the fields of fashion, advertising, and fine art photography, is noted for his surreal, unique and often humorous style. — Hotel LaChapelle

LaChapelle is one of the most original fashion photographers of his time and place. There are images in this book that seem to come out of nowhere but his fantasy. Read More

$70.00

In staged photos, Dicorcia takes everyday events beyond the realm of banality and at times, his use of color, lighting and framing is incredible. — Philip-Lorca Dicorcia

Dicorcia’s pictures are imagined scenarios of everyday life stretching from normal daily household routine to the male prostitutes and drug addicts of Hollywood. Read More

$50.00

Life in Europe in last years of the previous century as seen by Josef Koudelka. His raw, unsentimental style produces haunting black and white photographs of the ordinary. Read More

$70.00

Taro's career was brief, but had a great impact on photojournalism and helped invent modern war photography. — Gerda Taro

Taro’s career was brief, but with great impact on photojournalism. Taro and her partner Robert Capa helped invent the genre of modern war photography. Read More

$150.00

Capote's masterpiece of True Crime. The cold-blooded murders in Kansas in 1956 are described by a cold, distant narrator. — In Cold Blood

Capote’s masterpiece of True Crime. The cold-blooded murders in Kansas in 1956. Compelling and suspenseful even when you know how it all ends. Read More

$50.00

Misrach's photographs instigate new questions in landscape photography and the new definition of "beauty" in all visual studies. — Bravo 20: The Bombing Of The American West

For eighteen months in the mid-eighties, photographer Richard Misrach roamed through the natural beauty and man-made devastation in The American West. Read More

$30.00

Black artists, philosophers, writers, poets, musicians, politicians, and sports heroes are featured throughout. — Committed to the Image

Uncompromising, thought-provoking, often highly politicized images cover contemporary African American identity. Black artists, philosophers, writers, poets, musicians, politicians, and sports heroes are featured throughout. Read More

$28.00

Beautifully executed male nude studies. Mapplethorpe said he sought to convey Black men as the "Platonic ideal". — Robert Mapplethorpe: Black Book

Black Book was the first modern photographic collection to portray and celebrate the beauty of African American men. Mapplethorpe said he sought to convey Black men as the “Platonic ideal”. Read More

$40.00

Abbott draws on a range of primary sources to provide a thorough and accurate account of this pivotal period in American history. — The History of the Civil War in America Comprising a Full and Impartial Account…

A comprehensive look from the early tensions through the battles that shaped the course of the Civil War and the lives of those who fought in it. Read More

$400.00

Watts authored a text book on logic published in 1724. It became the standard text on logic at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Yale; being used at Oxford University for well over 100 years. — Sermons On Various Subjects, Divine And Moral

Isaac Watts was an English hymnwriter, theologian and logician. Credited with some 650 hymns. Many are in use today, and have been translated into many languages. Read More

$400.00

Author Henry J. Raymond was a member of the New York State Assembly, the Lieutenant Governor of New York, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, and elected to the US House of Representatives. — The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln….

Author Henry Jarvis Raymond, journalist, newspaper publisher, and politician, co-founded both the Republican Party and The New York Times. Has sometimes been called the “godfather of the Republican Party”. Read More

$120.00

Earl Covey was one of the pioneers who opened the Adirondacks territory and built many camps for visitors who summered in those mountains. Read about Adirondacks history pre modern highways. Read More

$80.00

From 1919 till 1939 she Barton a column syndicated in & appearing daily in 400+ NEA and Scripps-Howard newspapers on child rearing and related subjects. — The Wonderful Land of Up

Olive Roberts Barton began writing children’s books as syndicated “serial” stories in the newspapers. Her oeuvre includes “Nancy & Nick”, “Story riddles in Rhyme & Prose”and “Bramble Bush riddles”. Read More

$40.00

The Ingalls settle into a sod house on the banks of Plum Creek in Minnesota. Life has challenges. They face a blizzard and a grasshopper infestation. — On the Banks of Plum Creek

After “Little House” the adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue when they travel by covered wagon to Minnesota where they face a blizzard and a grasshopper infestation. Read More

$50.00

Ira is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The population was 368 at the 2020 census. — History of Ira, Vermont

Traces Ira, Vermont’s development through the 19th and early 20th centuries. Illustrated with photographs and historical documents. Read More

$80.00

Mother Goose nursery rhymes are enjoyed by children the world over. But beware. The rhymes have a historical sinister interpretation, too. — MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES

Mother Goose never gets old. This lovely version is Illustrated in color and b&w by Eulalie and Lois Lenski. For adults, the rhymes have a historical, sinister interpretation, too. Read More

$30.00

The book provides a detailed overview of the principles of brick engineering, including the science behind brick manufacturing, types of bricks, and the design principles used in brick construction. Read More

$20.00

The book is aimed at beginners and students of mechanical drawing, providing clear and concise explanations of the principles and techniques involved. — Elementary Mechanical Drawing: Theory and Practice….

This guidebook provides a comprehensive introduction to mechanical drawing, from basic theory to practical applications. It’s an essential resource for anyone interested in engineering or design. Read More

$20.00

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