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Over 170 new arrivals in Book Beat 146. Volumes include lots of poetry and literature as well as art, photography, children’s illustrated, novels, biography, history, some sports, sociology, aviation history, and the usual odds and end. Here’s a sampling. See all the New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.

Löwith, considered one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, developed a distinct philosophical position that questioned the progressivist assumptions underlying much of nineteenth and twentieth-century European philosophy. — Nature, History, and Existentialism

Löwith developed a distinct philosophical position that questioned the progressivist assumptions underlying much of nineteenth and twentieth-century European philosophy. He is considered one of the most influential German philosophers of the 20th century. Read More

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One of Burtt's main arguments is that despite appearances, the Aristotelian metaphysics of essence, substance and quality were not discarded in favor of a positivist worldview. — The Metaphysical Foundations Of Modern Physical Science

Burtt was an American philosopher who wrote extensively on the philosophy of religion. This is his doctoral thesis published as a book. This classic provides a thoughtful overview and analysis of the shift from the medieval to modern view of man’s place in the universe. Read More

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The Whites is filled with intense characters: damaged cops, disgusting criminals, and innocent children. — The Whites: A Novel

A complex and tragic character piece focusing on an NYPD cop in a city of world-weary, damaged cops, despicable criminals, innocent children. It’s loaded with intense characters, crazy NYC details, and human emotion. Read More

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A WWII veteran, is at a crossroads. He's trying to integrate into society in an age of oppressive conformity, but his emotional connections during the war interrupt. — In A Yellow Wood

A WWII veteran, is at a crossroads. He’s trying to integrate into society in an age of oppressive conformity. Gore Vidal is noted for his cynical humor and his numerous accounts of society in decline. Read More

$50.00

Almost 5 dozen stories of Bob, Judy, friends and family, intended as an early school reader, color illustrations. — Bob and Judy

Like Dick and Jane, Bob and Judy is designed for beginners featuring controlled vocabulary and frequent repetition. Part of “look-say” (whole-word) method of teaching reading popular in 1930s -1960s. Read More

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Captivating story about a perfect country Christmas. Tasha Tudor’s wonderful illustrations tell the story of the preparations leading up to the big day through the eyes of ten-year-old Becky. Read More

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In the 40 books and hundreds of articles Ellul wrote, his dominant theme was the threat to human freedom posed by modern technology. — The Political Illusion

An essential read for anyone interested in understanding the deeper forces shaping political life in an era increasingly dominated by technological and bureaucratic systems. Read More

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This volume, edited by Sir Robert Stout and first published in 1908, contains Wakefield's account of his stay in New Zealand. He describes in detail the social conditions during the founding of the first settler expedition and its explorations in New Zealand. — Adventure in New Zealand, 1839-1844 (Two Volumes)

This volume provides a valuable and fascinating insight into the society and development of one of the earliest colonies of New Zealand. Includes detailed first-hand ethnographic information concerning the Maori tribes. Read More

$80.00

Pritchard was one of the few black practitioners of the concrete poetry movement. He was a member of the Umbra poets, a collective of Black writers in Manhattan's Lower East Side founded in 1962. — Eecchhooeess

Pritchard was a member of the Umbra poets, a collective of Black writers in Manhattan’s Lower East Side founded in 1962. His avant-garde poetry often includes unconventional typography and spacing Read More

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Lovely short poems by children about black pride. The kids were all upper elementary age when the book was published. There are corresponding illustrations to go with the poems. Read More

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John Baptist Porta, a Neapolitan scholar of notable ability, devoted great attention to the study of natural and physical science. Porta visited most of his known world to gather and perfect the knowledge utilized in his writings. — Natural Magick

John Baptist Porta, a Neapolitan scholar of notable ability, devoted great attention to the study of natural and physical science. This book shows the perspective of those early scientists (1600s) and the way they perceived their known universe. Read More

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This short, elegant book concentrates on equal temperament and piano tuning. It’s short, information specific (almost academic), and diligently prods the mysteries of music and listening. Read More

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Easy-to-follow instructions for the basic preparation of every food, followed in each case by fascinating variations. The basic recipes and variations add up to 1,217 tested dishes. — The Fireside Cook Book

Noted chef James Beard gives fearless, easy-to-follow cooking instructions for the basic preparation of every food, followed in each case by fascinating variations adding up to 1,217 tested dishes. Illustrated throughout by Alice and Martin Provensen. Read More

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Conceived in 1912 by Indiana entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, and formally dedicated October 31, 1913, the Lincoln Highway runs coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York City west to Lincoln Park in San Francisco. The full route originally ran through 13 states. — The Complete Official Road Guide of the Lincoln Highway: Fifth Edition

The Lincoln Highway was one of the first transcontinental highways in the United States, stretching from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco. Dedicated in 1913. Designed to improve automobile travel across the country. Read More

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Since settling in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1956, Soleri has made a life-long commitment to research and experimentation in urban planning, establishing the Cosanti Foundation, a nonprofit educational foundation. — Soleri: Architecture as Human Ecology

Comprehensive monograph on the Italian architect, Soleri. Since settling in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1956, he’s made a life-long commitment to research and experimentation in urban planning. Read More

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The choice of "Yellowbird" in the title derives from Northeast Airline's (NEA's ) choice of exterior color for their new Boeing 727 aircraft when NEA got route permission to fly from New England to Florida. (NEA was the last 'trunk' airline authorized in the U.S.) — Adventures of a Yellowbird: The Biography of an Airline

Captain Mudge joined Northeast Airlines as a meteorologist on 09-03-1941. His pilot senority date appears as 04-22-1943. Northeast merged with Delta in ’72. Captain Mudge retired with Delta Air Lines at the mandatory age 60 in 1979. He lived the history. Read More

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Following a career in journalism and as an editor, notably for Playboy, Wilson emerged as a major countercultural figure in the mid-1970s. — Chaos and Beyond: The Best of Trajectories

The cream of the crop from the first ten issues of Trajectories: the Journal of Futurism and Heresy. Features ten new updates and an introduction exclusive to this volume. Read More

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The wood engraver, writer and publisher Robert Gibbings 1889-1958 owned the Golden Cockerell Press from 1924 to 1933 and illustrated over 50 books, including 17 with text by himself. — A True Tale of Love in Tonga Told in 23 Engravings and 337 Words

This story derives from an account by an early 19th-century English seaman and has a preface by Gibbings for this edition mentioning his own visit to the setting of the story in 1945. Read More

$28.00

Dubbed “The Dean of American Cartooning,” Walker was one of the most prolific cartoonists in the comics business, with the creation of nine different syndicated strips during his lifetime. — Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey: 75 Years of Smiles

Beetle Bailey, one of the most widely syndicated strips in the world, remains a popular feature in newspapers today and is currently produced by Mort Walker’s sons Greg, Brian and Neal. Read More

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journal Commentari. He was also supervisor of the 15-volume Enciclopedia Universale dell'Arte, published from 1958 to 1967. — Italian Miniatures

Written by Mario Salmi, an Italian art historian and art critic who specialized in Romanesque architecture, Tuscan sculpture and the early Italian Renaissance. Read More

$50.00

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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

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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. Read More

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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