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Book Beat 142

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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.
The Misunderstood Skunk

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

Book Beat 139

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Browser Book Beat Issue 139

This new group includes a wide range of books on art (comic, graphic, fine art, monographs, exhibition catalogs…), sports (including a lot of baseball), literature, children’s, photography, novels, social sciences, food and cooking, Also odds and ends like Electroplating and the Blackshirts in Little Italy. Here’s a sampling. See all of these New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
The book is divided into 5 chapters, each collecting a theme of the short-stories Frazetta worked on during his brief stint in comics. Features several full-page covers of Frazetta’s amazing brush work.
Telling Stories: The Classic Comic Art of Frank Frazetta Frazetta, Frank; Mason, Edward [Editor]

A complete collection of Frazetta’s comic book art and covers, along with essays and information about his work in the field. Features several full-page covers of Frazetta’s amazing brush work. Read More


$80.00

n 1940, he painted 50 backgrounds for Warner Bros. and Leon Schlesinger Productions for a Chuck Jones Merrie Melodies cartoon featuring the Canyon Kiddies, titled Mighty Hunters.
Jimmy! The Comic Art of James Swinnerton

An American cartoonist and a landscape painter, Swinnerton experimented with narrative continuity, and played a key role in developing the comic strip at the end of the 19th century. Read More


$170.00

Diego Cordoba did fantastic job in his choice and lay-out of Prince Valiant pages and panels. He uses not only the color page but also black and white linework, focussing on the excellence in the various artists' work.
Prince Valiant Artists (illustrators Hardcover Special #19) (Limited Edition)

Beside the artists themselves, features include talk about the colors of the strip, the coloring process itself, whether Doré inspired Foster?, and how the script was turned into finished art. Read More


$150.00

Constable was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition, known principally for revolutionizing the genre of landscape painting with his pictures of Dedham Vale, Suffolk, England.
The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art) (2 Volumes)

Constable was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition, known principally for revolutionizing the genre of landscape painting with his pictures of Dedham Vale, Suffolk, England. Read More


$300.00

Hibbard was an American plein air painter known for his landscape paintings, particularly his winter scenes in Vermont. He won multiple awards from the National Academy of Design.
A.T. Hibbard, N.A.: Artist in Two Worlds

Except for winter painting in Vermont, Hibbard spent much of his life in Rockport, Massachusetts and helped evolve a style of painting known as The Rockport School of Painting. Read More


$80.00

The exhibition speaks of the complex relationships among women, their environment, and their inner lives.
Defining Eye: Women Photographers of the 20th Century Selections from the Helen Kornblum Collection

Through documentary photography, photojournalism, portraiture, still life, self-portraiture, and constructed tableaux, women photographers define the world. Read More


$25.00

Set in 1926 and ending by 1936, it begins with a young airman full of doubt as he is given his first long flight carrying mail. Bad weather leads to a reacherous journey.
Wind, Sand, and Stars

A seemingly simple memoir by the pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery turns into something greater – a philosophy of life, with all its complexities and anxieties revealed. Read More


$30.00

Musical emergencies come in the form of a young student anticipating the repair of their trumpet before their school concert to a backstage repair with thousands of fans waiting.
With The Band: Memoirs of a Music Shop Owner

Billy, instrument repairman, takes you to sound stages, studios and shows for emergency repairs. It’s the story of another day with the music technician. Read More


$20.00

Stories told with an aura of innocence and nostalgia.. Kindly policemen make life easier for a family of ducks. A boy and his harmonica save the day. A little girl enjoys the wonders of nature.
A Robert McCloskey Collection: Make Way for Ducklings/Lentil/One Morning in Maine

McCloskey both wrote and illustrated eight picture books, and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association for the year’s best-illustrated picture book. Read More


$25.00

A good parody of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. A zombie has to eat his way through several groups of people. Its humor a child would find funny, but adults would get more out of it.
The Very Hungry Zombie: A Parody

A good parody of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. A zombie awakes with a terrible appetite and eats his way through several groups of people until his appetite is fully satiated by a pile of brains. Read More


$25.00

In 1871, armed with several bottles of his father's horse liniment, Earl Sloan and his brother joined forces to buy and ship horses. Their success help make the Sloan liniment formula a big seller, too.
Sloan’s Handy Hints and Up-To-Date Cook Book: Choice Cooking Receipts, Valuable Hints, Useful Information, Pearls of Wisdom

The serendipitous use of Sloan’s horse liniment on a human back lead the Sloan brothers to begin selling even more of the liniment advertising it as “good for man and beast”. Read More


$40.00

History of four principal towns past the Revolutionary era. Beyond those four principal towns, it chronicles the history of smaller surrounding towns on the bay, such as Jamestown.
Narragansett Bay: Its Historic and Romantic Associations and Picturesque Setting

History of four principal towns past the Revolutionary era. Beyond those four principal towns, this book chronicles the history of smaller surrounding towns on the bay, such as Jamestown. Read More


$80.00

Dieter Kafitz was Professor of Modern German Literary History. This book presents theories about structuralism, poststructuralism and feminist literature in current culture.
Décadence in Deutschland: Studien zu einem versunkenen….

Dieter Kafitz was Professor of Modern German Literary History. This book presents theories about structuralism, poststructuralism and feminist literature in current culture. German Text. Read More


$70.00

Lord Minto in India presents a detailed portrait of Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, during his tenure as Governor-General of India from 1807 to 1814.
Lord Minto in India. Life and Letters of Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1807 to 1814….

Through Lord Minto’s personal letters and official correspondence, the book sheds light on the challenges and complexities of British governance in India during a pivotal period in colonial history. Read More


$80.00

Jakobson had a lifelong fascination with this medieval epic Russian poem about a doomed campaign led by Prince Igor.
La Geste du Prince Igor’, épopée russe du XIIe siècle…..

Jakobson (translator) was a Russian thinker who became one of the most influential linguists of the twentieth century by pioneering the development of structural analysis of language. Read More


$30.00

Deucalion's account of the lost continent of Atlantis describes his heroic but ultimately doomed battle to save Atlantis from destruction by its avaricious and selfish empress, Phorenice.
The Lost Continent

The Story of Atlantis is a fantasy novel by English author C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne. It is considered one of the classic fictional retellings of the story of the drowning of Atlantis Read More


$40.00

Multi-colored map view depicts the high peaks of the White Mountains and the surrounding region, bounded east and west by the Carter and Kinsman Ranges, and north and south by Lancaster and the Lakes Region.
Glimpses of the Great Pleasure Resorts of New England….

LAID IN: Bird’s Eye View Of The White Mountains 1890’s ORIGINAL MAP. This multi-colored view depicts the high peaks of the White Mountains and the surrounding region. Read More


$700.00

This is an interesting look at Billy Wilder's Hollywood output, weaving in his background in Europe. Wilder was one of the most accomplished filmmakers ever to work in Hollywood.
A Foreign Affair: Billy Wilder’s American Films

This is an interesting look at Billy Wilder’s Hollywood output, weaving in his background in Europe. Wilder was one of the most accomplished filmmakers ever to work in Hollywood. Read More


$28.00

In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a poet and songwriter; especially well-known was his poem-turned-song "Woodman, Spare that Tree!"
The Songs and Ballads of George P. Morris

Critic and writer Edgar Allan Poe acknowledged the popularity of Morris’s songs, “which have taken fast hold upon the popular taste, and which are deservedly celebrated”. Read More


$60.00

An intensely researched portrait of the man and the athlete, Illingworth writes a compelling story of secrecy, misconceptions, stereotypes, hype, greed, even racism.
Mike Tyson: Money, Myth and Betrayal

An intensely researched portrait of the man and the athlete, Illingworth writes a compelling story of secrecy, misconceptions, stereotypes, hype, greed, even racism. Read More


$25.00