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This group of new arrivals includes several rare titles within architecture, design, art and literature. Also a large number of art catalogues (auction and exhibition). There is also a fair amount of Novels, Mysteries, Children’s fiction and illustrated, Photography, Antiques, Religion, and odds and ends too. Here’s a sampling. Or scroll through all of these New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.

Siren begins with a comprehensive introduction and survey of the genre. He then illustrates, dates and describes over 900 examples in bronze, stone and wood. Scare. — Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century

Over 900 Specimens in Stone, Bronze, Lacquer and Wood, principally from Northern China, with descriptions and an Introductory Essay. Most comprehensive treatise on Chinese Buddhist sculpture in any western language. Read More

$6000.00

Percy Thomas MacQuoid RI was a British theatrical designer and a collector and connoisseur of English furniture, and the author of articles, largely for Country Life, and of four books on the history of English furniture. — The Dictionary of English Furniture (3 Vols.)

Macquoid and Edward’s monumental survey of English antique furniture. Copiously illustrated. Detailed explanations. This work remains an essential reference guide for dealers and collectors of antique furniture. Read More

$350.00

An interesting typographical repertoire edited by Herbert Hoffmann with Albert Bruckner, Max Hertwig and Rudolf Koch. — Modern Lettering: Design and Application

A survey of specimens of alphabets, monograms, initials and logos, presented alongside older characters. Many examples reflect the research of the time. Read More

$500.00

As a student, Henry-René D'Allemagne apprenticed with the ironworker Pierre Boulanger, author of the remarkable hinges of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. — Ferronnerie Ancienne, Volume 2

A student at the École des Chartes, Henry-René D’Allemagne obtained his archivist-paleographer diploma there in 1887 with a thesis entitled “Essay on the History of the Locksmiths’ Guild”. Read More

$250.00

The exhibition was organized into two parts: Environments and Objects. The objects were selected and the environments were commissioned because of their relevance to particular current attitudes toward "the task of design." — Italy: The New Domestic Landscape Design

Achievements and Problems of Italian Design. The exhibition reports on current design developments (1972) in Italy with 180 objects for household use and 11 environments commissioned by MOMA. Read More

$100.00

Brutalist buildings are characterised by minimalist construction showcasing the bare building materials and structural elements over decorative design. — The New Brutalism: Ethic or Aesthetic?

Brutalist style often uses exposed, unpainted concrete or brick, angular geometric shapes and a predominantly monochrome colour palette; other materials include steel, timber, and glass. Read More

$300.00

Maillart’s Salginatobel and Schwandbach bridges changed the aesthetics and engineering of bridge construction dramatically and influenced decades of architects and engineers. Read More

$160.00

Neutra, living and building for the majority of his career in Southern California was famous for the attention he gave to defining the real needs of his clients, regardless of the size of the project. — Survival Through Design

Neutra, an Austrian American architect, lived and designed buildings for most of his career in Southern California. He came to be considered among the most important modernist architects. Read More

$50.00

Fascinating collection of essays discussing the theories of color, especially color relativity. Also discusses how color is perceived by the human eye. Read More

$200.00

Artists covered include Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Red Grooms, and George Segal, with contributions from Wolf Vostell, George Brecht, Kaprow and others. — Assemblage, Environments & Happenings

A textual and photographical documentation of Kaprow’s “happenings”, (a term he had already coined in 1959), and of the contemporary avant-garde. Read More

$220.00

Art essays from 1954. Includes: Germain Bazin, ‘Museological Variations’; Ferdinando Reyna, ‘On the Origins of Ballet’; Dora Vallier, ‘The XXVII Venice Biennale’, more. Read More

$150.00

Italian art critic, curator and art historian, Crispolti was professor of history of contemporary art at the Università degli Studi di Siena, and director of the school of specialisation in art history from 1984 to 2005. — Il futurismo e la moda: Balla e gli altri (Italian Edition)

Crispolti’s work focused mostly on Futurism. He curated the first major retrospective of Giacomo Balla at the Civic Gallery of Modern Art in Turin in 1963, with Maria Drudi Gambillo, as well as major surveys like Futurism and Fashion. Read More

$60.00

His painting style owes much to his affinity with Zen. Having read Eugen Herrigel's book Zen in the Art of Archery (1953), he assimilated the spontaneity which Zen emphasizes. — ALAN DAVIE: Peintures des Annees 80

Declaring that the spiritual path is incompatible with planning ahead, Davie attempted to paint as automatically as possible, which was intended to bring forth elements of his unconscious. Read More

$18.00

Diego Rivera emerged out of a generation of male painters who broke boundaries as they set their own. Rivera was a master painter, activist and revolutionary. — Diego Rivera: The Complete Murals

Diego Rivera was a visionary artist who created monumental murals that reflected the social and political climate of Mexico and beyond. He was at once a master painter, activist and revolutionary. Read More

$350.00

Not just an insider's look at Hollywood. Two-time Oscar-winning writer Goldman discusses a lot about writing - not just of screenplays, but any type of writing. — Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures in the Screen Trade (SIGNED COPY)

More than an insider’s look at Hollywood. Two-time Oscar-winning writer Goldman discusses a lot about writing – not just of screenplays, but any type of writing. Read More

$70.00

Watt was a prolific author in prose and verse, on folk-lore, history and antiquities, especially Celtic and Gaelic as well as aspects of religion, literature and the life of a soldier. — Edragil 1745

A novel on Prince Charles Edward Stuart who was the last significant claimant of the Stuart dynasty to the British throne and who led the Jacobite rebellion in 1745-46 to restore his family’s rule. Read More

$200.00

In addition to the contribution he made to American literature, Frank O'Hara was a vital figure in the New York cultural scene and spent many years working at The Museum of Modern Art. — In Memory of My Feelings: A Selection of Poems by Frank O’Hara

O’Hara became recognized as a quintessential American poet whose vernacular phrasing, both worldly and lyrical, beautifully told of the urban life of his generation. Read More

$600.00

A landmark book written when there were only two government Bison herds in Yellowstone Park and in the Washington, D.C. zoo. — The American Bison

The story of the extermination of Bison as a wild species and their restoration under federal protection. A landmark book written by a charter member of the American Bison Society. Read More

$60.00

The essays and illustrations give a detailed elaboration of both Incas' weaving textiles techniques and their historical and cultural context. — To Weave for the Sun

Ancient Andean Textiles in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The essays and illustrations give a detailed elaboration of both Incas’ weaving textiles techniques and their historical and cultural context. Read More

$25.00

Minn is a common snapping turtle hatched near the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The book follows her adventures as she spends years going down the river to New Orleans. Read More

$80.00

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New arrivals include a large swath of photography books covering landscapes, monographs, essays, portraits, more. This batch also has a fair number of books about history, mostly German, leading up to WW II. As usual, there are art books from comic to fine arts, children’s illustrated and fiction. Also the usual Odds and Ends. Here’s a sampling. See all these New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.

As of 2024, Gasoline Alley was the longest-running current strip in the United States, and the second-longest running strip of all time in the United States, after The Katzenjammer Kids. — Gasoline Alley Vol. 1 Daily Comics, 1964-1966

Gasoline Alley centers on the lives of patriarch Walt Wallet, his family, and residents in the town of Gasoline Alley, with storylines reflecting traditional American values. Read More

$50.00

Friedlander photographed nearly every facet of American life from the 1950s to the present. From factories in Pennsylvania, to the jazz scene in New Orleans, to the deserts of the Southwest. — Portraits: The Human Clay

Lee Friedlander’s work is widely known for transforming our visual understanding of contemporary American culture as he passionately embraces all subject matter. Read More

$50.00

Beaton was a British fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as costume designer and set designer for stage and screen. His accolades include three Academy Awards and four Tony Awards. — Love, Cecil: A Journey with Cecil Beaton

British fashion, portrait, war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer, costume designer, set designer for stage and screen. His accolades include three Academy Awards and four Tony Awards. Read More

$50.00

More than 20 celebrated children's book illustrators offer their thoughts about art and the source of their creative inspiration. Invites an opportunity to talk about art with children in a thoughtful yet fun way. — Wings of an Artist: Children’s Book Illustrators Talk About Their Art (SIGNED BY MULTIPLE ARTISTS)

Page after page of different art styles, techniques, & interpretations, more than 20 celebrated children’s book illustrators offer their thoughts about art and the creative process. Read More

$60.00

A wonderful story of a duckling facing discrimination just because of her appearance. The illustrations are in both black and white, as well as color in Fern Peat's distinctive style. — The Ugly Duckling

The classic Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale THE UGLY DUCKLING is upgraded with beautifully done illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat. Illustrations are in both black and white, as well as color in Peat’s distinctive style. Read More

$25.00

Dr. Seuss and his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, have been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. — Happy Birthday to You!

Bigger than New Year’s, the Fourth of July, and Halloween all rolled into one, birthdays are for celebrating with Dr. Seuss in his first all-color picture book, ‘Happy Birthday to You!’ Read More

$40.00

The classic poem from e. e. cummings is given sparkling treatment from the talented author-illustrator Chris Raschka. — Little Tree, The (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR)

This Christmas story inspired by e.e. cumming’s poem “Little Tree” focuses on a little tree who fulfills its destiny by becoming one family’s Christmas centerpiece. Read More

$50.00

This volume explores how Locke was appreciated by his contemporaries as a biblical interpreter and exegete. The essays address both theoretical and historical contexts of Locke’s analytical methodology. — Locke and Biblical Hermeneutics: Conscience and Scripture

Illuminating research carried out by international scholars of Locke and the early modern period. The essays address the theoretical and historical contexts of Locke’s analytical methodology. Read More

$100.00

We do not need to see God to know what He is like. We only need to think about the things that are like Him... sun, moon and stars, the air around us, mountains and hills and the deep mysterious sea. — A Book About God

For children of all faiths, this book has the direct appeal and the simplicity of the Twenty Third Psalm. We do not need to see God to know what He is like. Read More

$50.00

Harold Love, a leading scholar of seventeenth-century manuscript circulation, presents a scholarly text based on detailed examination of Wilmot's manuscripts, with full textual and explanatory notes. — The Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

If you like poems about “swiving”, this is the book for you. John Wilmot proves a fascinating figure, one of the wittiest and most sexually explicit poets in English. Read More

$300.00

Known in English as “On the Nature of Things”, long poem written in Latin as De rerum natura by Lucretius that sets forth the physical theory of the Greek philosopher Epicurus. Read More

$250.00

The Dutch involvement in North America started after Henry Hudson, sailing under a Dutch flag in 1609, traveled up the river that would later bear his name. — New Netherland: A Dutch Colony In Seventeenth-Century America

A comprehensive history of the Dutch colony on the Hudson from the first trading voyages in the 1610s to 1674, when the Dutch ceded the colony to the English. Read More

$80.00

A fascinating catalogue of the antiquities and arts exhibited at Ironmongers Hall in May 1861. Edited by George Russell French, and compiled by a Committee of the Council of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. — A Catalogue of the Antiquities and Works of Art exhibited at Ironmongers’ Hall, London, in the month of May, 1861…(2 Vols.)

Fascinating catalogue of antiquities and arts exhibited at Ironmongers Hall in May 1861. Includes sections on ironwork, armour, portraits, Egyptian antiquities, paintings, books and book-binding, furniture, and more. Read More

$250.00

A look at how the German obsession with culture, sense of cultural superiority, and scorn of politics have affected its relations with other countries, France and the United States in particular. — The Seduction of Culture in German History

Explores how the German obsession with culture, sense of cultural superiority, and scorn of politics have affected its relations with other countries, France and the United States in particular. Read More

$18.00

A comprehensive analysis of the events that led to the Spartacist Uprising of 1919 in Germany. The book examines the relationship between political theory and party practice within the German socialist movement. Read More

$30.00

An encapsulation of the year that began with the French occupation of the Ruhr, saw inflation become hyperinflation, and ended with Hitler's putsch, and the introduction of the Rentenmark to stabilize the economy. — Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler’s Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis

Encapsulation of the year that began with the French occupation of the Ruhr, saw inflation become hyperinflation, and ended with Hitler’s putsch, and the introduction of the Rentenmark to stabilize the economy. Read More

$25.00

The story of Bohemian artists in Paris from the 1890s through the 1930s. The book is a string of interlocking vignettes, organized more or less in chronological order, rather than a traditional history. — Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and the Birth of Modern Art

Vivid, magical tour of the bohemian art world of Paris of 1900 to 1930 through a series of short vignettes on the daily life in Montmartre and Montparnasse with the drugs, the poverty, the sex…. Read More

$15.00

Mesmeric stream-of-consciousness prose poetry creates an idiosyncratic portrait of the lives of emigrant rural Irishmen scraping out a living in industrial England. Read More

$40.00

August Sander has been described as "the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century". — August Sander: Photographs of an Epoch, 1904-1959

August Sander,German portrait and documentary photographer, best known for his series “People of the 20th Century,” which aimed to capture a cross-section of society during the Weimar Republic. Read More

$18.00

This is a great vegetable cookbook by Alice Waters from the famous Chez Panaisse restaurant. The book is divided up by vegetables and arranged alphabetically. — Chez Panisse Vegetables

A wonderful cookbook for vegetarians and meat eaters who want to try to incorporate more vegetables into their diet. You can find a recipe for almost any vegetable you can think of. Read More

$18.00

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