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Book Beat 143

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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.
Terry and the Pirates the Master Collection 12: 1946-Ring Out the Old

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

Book Beat 141

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Over 150 titles in this batch of new arrivals. Included are a fair amount of Anthropology, Art (monographs and auction catalogs), Children’s (fiction and illustrated), History, Literature, Novels, Philosophy, Photography, Regional titles (esp. Vermontiana) and a few stragglers. Here’s a sampling. See all of this group of New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Mamet at his Pulitzer Prize winning best , writing about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers.
Glengarry Glen Ross (SIGNED COPY)

The Pulitzer Prize winner in 1984. Glengarry Glen Ross is a frenetically paced, dialogue driven, profanity laden play of desperation, greed, and corruption. Mamet at his best. Read More


$800.00

Nice good collection of Lovecraft stories written during his later years. Writer August Derleth completed those that were unfinished.
The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces

Nice collection of Lovecraft stories written during his later years. Stories are loosely connected and suggest the world is full of terror. Writer August Derleth completed those that were unfinished. Read More


$200.00

These photographs were taken in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Chad, Kenya, Central African Republic, Cameroon, and Congo Brazzaville.
Zagourski: Africa Lost

Outstanding photographic monograph from the Twenties and Thirties taken in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Chad, Kenya, Central African Republic, Cameroon, and Congo Brazzaville. Read More


$60.00

Contributions are from a broad swath: Papua and New Guinea and including expatriate authors from Australia and the U.K.
Second Waigani Seminar: The History of Melanesia

Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from New Guinea in the west to the Fiji Islands in the east. Contributions include expatriate authors from Australia and the U.K. Read More


$80.00

In 34 chapters, Forges proposes a general plan for the economic and financial reform of the kingdom when it was experiencing a severe economic crisis.
Des véritables intérêts de la Patrie

In 1764, France was reeling from its defeat in the Seven Years’ War and facing a severe economic crisis. Forges proposes a general plan for the economic and financial reform of the kingdom. Read More


$200.00

Marbot wrote perhaps the most famous memoirs of life and culture highlighting the environment of nobility and privilege before the upheaval of the Revolution.
Adventures of General Marbot

Marbot wrote perhaps the most famous memoirs of life and culture highlighting the environment of nobility and privilege before the upheaval of the Revolution. Read More


$38.00

Set in the Okefenokee Swamp in the Southeastern United States, Pogo followed the adventures of its anthropomorphic animal characters, including the title character, an opossum.
Pogo The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips: Bona Fide Balderdash (Vol. 2)

Pogo was a daily comic strip set in the Okefenokee Swamp in the Southeastern United States. The strip was written for both children and adults, with layers of social and political satire targeted to the latter. Read More


$50.00

Little fat Gretchen is a wooden figure on top of a German music box. The written music for the music-box lullaby Gretchen sings to her baby appears on a few pages, so the lullaby can also be sung.
Little Fat Gretchen

Little Fat Gretchen is a wooden figure on top of a German music box who has a baby doll–her “puppchen”–in a little buggy. Then one day, to Gretchen’s dismay, her doll and buggy disappear. Read More


$40.00

Thiebaud makes cakes, ice cream, deli-counters, gum balls, candy etc. look delicious. He even did a picture of a hotdog that was mouth-watering.
Wayne Thiebaud: A Retrospective

Thiebaud makes the most mundane look sublime. It’s said his portrait of a white rabbit in pastel is so vivid you’d like to reach into the picture and pet it’s fur. Read More


$250.00

The history of a short local railroad which could not stand up to flooding and the harsh environment of Vermont. For railroad history aficionados.
A Whistle Up the Valley: The Story of the Peavine, Vermont’s White River Railroad

This book features a unique Vermont shortline train that ran through the White River Valley between Bethel and Rochester from 1898 to 1933. Read More


$100.00

Corbijn is a master at cutting through the celebrity persona and showing us little pieces of who these people really are. Corbijn's photographs are stark and grainy, dark and moody, and full of contrast.
Star Trak

Corbijn is a master at cutting through the celebrity persona and showing us little pieces of who these people really are. Corbijn’s photographs are stark and grainy, dark and moody, and full of contrast. Read More


$60.00

The discovery of more than 200 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period 1940–1984 has provided scholars with material for understanding Brassai's later life and career.
Brassai in America, 1957

In the early 21st century, the discovery of more than 200 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period 1940–1984 has provided scholars with material about Brassai’s later life and career. Read More


$50.00

Collection of essays that focus on artistic inspiration for Disney's work as well as showing how contemporary art can be influenced by Disney's iconic characters.
Upon a Time: Walt Disney: The Sources of Inspiration for the Disney Studios

Collection of essays that focus on artistic inspiration for Disney’s work. Includes chapter on Destino, the never realized collaboration between Disney and Dali. Read More


$70.00

Towle Silversmiths was founded in 1690 by William Moulton II, the first silversmith in Newbury, Mass.
The Life and Services of Benj. Franklin…

A collection of Towle’s Silverware catalogs bound in one volume. Towle Silversmiths has created numerous sterling silver flatware patterns including the “Marie Louise” in 1939, which became the official sterling silver pattern for U.S. embassies worldwide. Read More


$80.00

English writer Walter Copeland Jerrold was a career writer and editor. He edited many classic texts for the Everyman’s Library, he wrote biographies, he produced stories for children under the name of Walter Copeland.
The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes (Calla Editions)

After illustrating Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses (1896) to extremely popular success, Charles Robinson had a prolific career illustrating many fairy tales and children’s books. Read More


$40.00

Every book by the d’Aulaire’s is good. This one focuses on Lincoln’s childhood, lawyer life, and presidency to the end of the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln

This Caldecott-winner is a biography for young children. There is a fair amount of text, but also many detailed illustrations. It follows Lincoln from his birth to the end of the Civil War. Read More


$60.00

Architects whose work is featured include: Oscar Niemeyer, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Affonso Eduardo Reidy, Jorge Machado Moreira, Juao Walter Toscano, Abrahao Sanovicz, Alvaro Vital Brazil, and Rino Levi.
Casa Modernista: A History of the Brazil Modern House

This is a comprehensive volume on modern residential architecture in Brazil featuring 40 houses built using the “modern” materials of concrete and reinforced glass, as well as wood and steel. Read More


$50.00

German printers Tauchnitz, published English language literature for distribution on the European continent outside of Great Britain, including this book and initial serial productions of Charles Dickens.
Sketches in Italy

Symonds was an English poet and literary critic. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies of writers and artists. Read More


$80.00

Tracy B. Strong is distinguished professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is a former editor of Political Theory and the author or editor of many books.
Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of Transfiguration -Expanded Edition

Includes coverage of Nietzsche’s problem with ‘Newspeak’ later developed by George Orwell’s book titled ‘1984.’ Strong then points out Nietzsche’s problem with nihilism, a “dead God,” and the will to power. Read More


$15.00

While Dimock believed in a strong central government, and had experienced it firsthand during FDR’s administration, he also developed a distrust of large organizations, believing them to be depersonalizing.
Creative Religion: as seen by a social scientist

While Dimock believed in a strong central government, and had experienced it firsthand while working in FDR’s administration, he also developed a distrust of large organizations, believing them to be depersonalizing. Read More


$100.00