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Nearly 200 titles are in this group. We’ve got novels, including small run of G.A. Henty, poetry, mysteries, children’s chapter and illustrated. There is also a lot of world history with emphasis on Japan, WW II, Europe, the Mid-east especially Egypt and medieval history, too. American history includes Alaska. In addition there’s biography, political science, sociology, philosophy, and literature. As usual, there is also a selection of Art, Comic art, photo monographs and exhibition catalogs. Here’s a sampling. See all these New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Matania studied at his father's studio, designing a soap advertisement at the age of 9 and exhibiting his first work at Naples Academy at 11. By the age of 14 he was helping his father produce illustrations for books and magazines.
1914 – 1918 Through the Eyes of Fortunino Matania

Italian artist Matania was born into the profession, designing soap advertisements by the age of 9. At the outbreak of the World War I, Matania went to war and is acclaimed for his realistic portrayal of World War I trench warfare and of a wide range of historical subjects. Read More


$80.00

It is the story of a black fox named Wulfgar, his life in the area of Dartmoor and his ongoing feud with the local trapper, Scoble, an old man hunter who also happens to suffer from PTSD acquired from WWII.
A Black Fox Running

Wulgar, the black fox, tells his story to other animals while he’s being hunted by Scoble, an old man who is suffering from PTSD acquired during WWII. It is both a portrait of place and a gripping story of survival. Read More


$100.00

An historical novel a young 17 year old esquire and man-at-arms whose leige lord, Sir Eustace, is a knight. Set during the Hundred Years' War, the French civil war of the 1400s.
At Agincourt: A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris

An historical novel set in the middle ages. A 17 year old esquire attends to his leige lord, Sir Eustace, a knight with castles, and perhaps more importantly, with allegiances in both England and France during the Hundred Years’ War. Read More


$40.00

Washington experts confidently predicted that the war in China would bankrupt Japan and keep Japan out of WW II. America also imposed embargoes to help the theory along. The affect was just the opposite.
Bankrupting the Enemy: The U.S. Financial Siege of Japan Before Pearl Harbor

Roosevelt attempted to deter the Japanese from entering WW II by imposing embargoes and a financial freeze on them. This book explains how it was suppose to work and why it failed. Read More


$18.00

Zhou's sociological insights are primarily within the fields of immigrant life and ethnic assimilation, particularly focused on the Asian American community. Zhou was the founding chair of UCLA's Department of Asian American Studies in 2005.
Chinatown: The Socioeconomic Potential of an Urban Enclave

Chinese-born American sociologist Min Zhou focuses specifically on New York’s Chinatown, a community established more than a century ago. She offers a thorough and modern treatment of the enclave as a socioeconomic system. Read More


$100.00

The history of Egypt under Muhammad Ali’s lengthy reign that highlights the positive developments fostered by his charismatic personality. Discusses agricultural growth, industrial, trade and more.
Egypt in the Reign of Muhammad Ali

History of Egypt under Ali’s lengthy reign. Highlights the positive developments fostered by his charismatic personality. Laments European and Ottoman scheming that prevented him from achieving more. Read More


$25.00

Viceroy Muhammad Ali and his successors used this new state ap­paratus· to augment their autocratic power and to profit as intermedi­aries between Egypt and the capital­ist West.
Egypt Under the Khedives 1805–1879

Invaluable study into the process by which modern bureaucracy was built up in Egypt. Examines how European-trained officials and Viceroy Muhammad Ali used this apparatus to augment their power and to profit. Read More


$40.00

Kane makes a compelling case that Hal Foster was the bridge from the great tradition of book illustrators to the era of comic strip (and comic book) action adventure artists.
Hal Foster: Prince of Illustrators

Biography of the Canadian-American comic strip artist Foster, the creator of Prince Valiant. Brian Kane does a superb job of mixing biography, facts and figures plus anecdotal stories with beautiful artwork. Read More


$50.00

Ford was the first to develop the assembly line or mass production and World War II triggered more companies to quickly follow his methods of mass production. This one idea changed everything in the Industrial age.
I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford

Among his many ideas, Ford was the first to develop the assembly line. It fundamentally transformed manufacturing and mass production, thereby making goods more affordable to the general public. Read More


$18.00

Jasmin taught photography at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Some of his most famous student-mentees include Sofia Coppola, Melodie McDaniel, Dewey Nicks, and Tarsem Singh
Hollywood Cowboy

Included in this long-awaited collection are playful nudes, portraits of friends and colleagues from the entertainment and art worlds, fashion shoots, and restful travel images that recall 19th-century romanticism. Read More


$60.00

During the 1930s, "Irene" Lentz designed the film wardrobe for leading ladies such as Constance Bennett, Hedy Lamarr, Joan Bennett, Claudette Colbert, Carole Lombard, Ingrid Bergman, and Loretta Young among others.
Irene: A Designer from the Golden Age of Hollywood: The MGM Years 1942-1949

“Irene’s” big break came when she was hired to create the gowns for Ginger Rogers for the 1937 film Shall We Dance with Fred Astaire. Irene designed costumes for leading ladies like Claudette Colbert, Carole Lombard, Ingrid Bergman, Loretta Young. Read More


$50.00

A collection of essays that examine how women's roles have been shaped by the principles and practice of consuming and preparing food.
Kitchen Culture in America: Popular Representations of Food, Gender, and Race

Collection of essays that look at everything from billboards and product packaging to cooking shows, movies, and even sex guides. Explores how food conveys powerful gender-coded messages that shape our society. Read More


$20.00

Boxer also presents Dutch society during the rise and fall of the empire from 1600 to 1800, including the capitalists, the artists, the predikants, the artisans, the peasants, and, of course, the seamen.
The Dutch Seaborne Empire: 1600-1800

A look at the 200 years when Holland ruled the waves from Indonesia to the West Indies, from South Africa to South America. Find out how the Dutch rose to great heights as a world power and why it ultimately fell. Read More


$28.00

The Inka Road System
The Inka Road System

Blanshard was a rationalist who espoused and defended a strong conception of reason during a century when reason came under attack in philosophy and psychology alike. Read More


$60.00

Tukey specialized in plant growth regulators and the use of radioisotopes, developed new herbicides, and discovered the uptake of nutrients by plants through their leaves and roots during studies of fall-out products from nuclear detonations.
The Pear and Its Culture

A comprehensive and practical guide dedicated to the art and science of growing pears by renowned pomologist H. B. Tukey. Explores the intricate details of orchard management. Read More


$38.00

As Prime Minister, Tojo took the blame for the Japanese defeats in 1944, and resigned. After Japan's surrender, he was arrested. He tried to commit suicide but was saved by American doctors so he could be put on trial and executed.
Tojo: The Last Banzai

After Japan’s surrender in WW II, ex-Prime Minister Tojo was arrested for war crimes. He attempted suicide but was saved by American doctors so he could be put on trial and executed. Read More


$18.00

In the tradition of fantasy literature, Le Guin's poems are metered and rhymed, contradicting the prevailing interest in free verse of the time.
Wild Angels

Le Guin’s first chapbook, published in 1975. The poems draw from her lifelong immersion in fantasy and mythology, classics, dreams, and people from her California life. Read More


$50.00

Walter Whitman Jr., American poet, essayist, and journalist, also wrote two novels. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature and world literature.
With Walt Whitman in Camden: April 8-September 14, 1889

Final volume of Horace Traubel’s compilation of his daily conversations with Walt Whitman, one of the most influential poets in American and world literature. Read More


$35.00

Book Beat 148

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This batch of new additions has a good number of books for people interested in foreign affairs – World War II and post World War II, including countries from Eastern Europe, to the Mid-East, to Europe and Asia covering economics, socialism, culture, religion and so on. This group also includes the usual smorgasbord of art from comic to fine art to sculpture, etc. And photography. Also collectibles, children’s, literature, mysteries, novels, and poetry. Here’s a sampling. See all these New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Arendt freely and lively moves in the entire philosophical history of thinking and willing, and in doing so she references Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Nietzsche and other philosophers.
The Life of the Mind (2 vols. Volume I: Thinking, Volume II: Willing

An examination of what we do when we think, of where we are when we think, of why we think at all. Arendt freely moves through the entire philosophical history of thinking and willing. Read More


$100.00

In the early 70's Eggleston purchased the first portable video recorder and took hours and hours of footage of his crazy friends around Memphis and New Orleans. This is a little book package that includes the only film William Eggleston ever made.
William Eggleston: Stranded in Canton (with DVD)

In the early 70’s Eggleston purchased the first portable video recorder and took hours of footage of his crazy friends around Memphis and New Orleans. This book includes the only film William Eggleston ever made. Read More


$70.00

Harpur and Iles series. Harpur is a Detective Chief Inspector and Iles is the Assistant Chief Constable in an unnamed coastal city in southwestern England. Stories are characterized by a grim humor and a bleak view of the relationship between the public, the police force and the criminal element.
Top Banana

Harpur and Iles series book. Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur investigates the murder of thirteen-year-old Mandy Walsh, a drug runner, who was caught in the crossfire between two rival drug gangs. Read More


$15.00

A unique crime classic: the very first detective novel written by an African American, set in 1930s New York with only Black characters.
The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem

From an exciting era in the history of Black fiction. The first detective novel written by an African American. Fisher’s witty novel has a gripping plot and vividly drawn characters. Set in 1930s New York. Read More


$15.00

George Orwell's story of Winston Smith's fight against one-party government has become a classic. First published in 1949, it retains as much relevance today as it had then.
Nineteen Eighty-Four

The now classic story centers on totalitarianism with its mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people. Introduced “Newspeak”, “Doublethink”, “Big Brother”, and the “Thought Police” into the English language. Read More


$200.00

Wifeless, childless Mugsy, a bulldog, has freedom with no responsibilities. It's great. Then his nephews arrive to visit for Christmas. Mugsy comes to appreciate family. Wonderful illustrations. Poetic text.
Uncle Mugsy and the Terrible Twins of Christmas (SIGNED COPY)

Wifeless, childless, bulldog Mugsy, enjoys life without responsibilities. Then his nephews come to visit for Christmas. Ugh. Of course, Mugsy comes to appreciate family. Wonderful illustrations. Poetic text. Read More


$50.00

Studded with riveting, contemporaneous snapshots, this history narrates the efforts of Max Ewing to penetrate and chronicle the swirling social rounds of New York City in the 1920’s and early 1930’s.
Queer Moderns: Max Ewing’s Jazz Age New York

Ewing celebrated queer culture and documented it with his amateur photographs. Chronicles the swirling social rounds of New York City in the 1920’s and early 1930’s. Read More


$50.00

A Collection of 359 Vintage Photographs from 1929-1946 is a 2017 book featuring a rediscovered archive of Weegee's early work, showcasing his iconic New York City street photography.
Extra! Weegee

No photographer came close to capturing the sensations, scandals, and catastrophes of 1930s and ’40s New York like Weegee. He had the uncanny ability to be at the right place at the right time and ready to shoot. Read More


$70.00

As a young man, Vollmann made a trip to "help" the Afghans who were fighting the Soviets. It was an education for Vollmann who came to realize he had no idea of what he was doing. An Afghanistan Picture Store tells the tale.
An Afghanistan Picture Show: Or, How I Saved the World

Vollmann went to Afghanistan in 1982, during the Soviet-Afghan War, planning to gather information and images to help determine who most deserved American aid. Along the way he realized he was clueless. This is the book about that adventure. Read More


$70.00

Rosset, a photographer in the Army Signal Corps based in China, ended up as the photo officer at an actual confrontation point between Chinese and Japanese units.
Barney Rosset: China in Conflict – War Photographs 1944-1945

China fought with Allied Forces during WW II against the Axis powers, specifically Japan. Rosset was an Army photographer stationed in China. This is a collection of the remarkable photographs he took of actual confrontations between Chinese and Japanese units. Read More


$100.00

Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa and one of the least developed countries in the world. Sankara was a Burkinabé military officer, Marxist and Pan-Africanist revolutionary. He came to power in a coup and was the first President of Burkina Faso from 1983 until his assassination in 1987.
Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa

Sankara, a military officer, Marxist and Pan-Africanist, became president of Burkina Faso in 1983 after a military coup. He held that position until 1987, when he was killed during another coup. A must-read for anyone interested in the man or revolutionary movements. Read More


$30.00

It is a moderate Islam subsect that has continued to persist, leading to the creation of Ibadi communities in areas of the Arabian Peninsula, the Maghreb, and sub-Saharan Africa.
Muslims, Scholars, Soldiers: The Origin and Elaboration of the Ibadi Imamate Traditions

Ibadism is the third-largest branch of Islam. It is a moderate Islam subsect that has continued to persist, leading to the creation of Ibadi communities in areas of the Arabian Peninsula, the Maghreb, and sub-Saharan Africa. Read More


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Shafir argues that it was not the imported Zionist ideas that were responsible for the character of the Israeli state, but the particular conditions of the local conflict between the European "settlers" and the Palestinian Arab population.
Land and Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914

Gershon Shafir challenges the heroic myths about the foundation of the State of Israel by investigating the struggle to control land and labor during the early Zionist enterprise. Read More


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The early socialist period in Yugoslavia is universally identified with the Soviet model and is called, in the Yugoslav literature, its “administrative period,” on the argument that Stalinist policies and a planned economy operated.
Socialist Unemployment: The Political Economy of Yugoslavia, 1945-1990

After World War II, Yugoslavia practiced a unique form of self-managed socialism, allowing workers to have democratic control over their workplaces. It lasted until the country’s dissolution in the early 1990s. Woodward argues about why it failed. Read More


$50.00

Otokar Brezina (1868-1929) was the most prominent Czech poet of his day. HIDDEN HISTORY, however, is not precisely poetry but a collection of poetic essays.
Hidden History

Brezina’s creation of this entirely new genre represents the apotheosis of his work, as well as a prime example of his ability to apply metaphorical language to an exploration of the mystical links between art and life and between the visible and invisible worlds. Read More


$50.00

Rutledge writes about his hunting and life experiences over the course of thirty years following the game trails of the great plantation region of the Santee Delta of South Carolina.
Plantation Game Trails

Archibald Rutledge writes about his thirty years of hunting along the game trails of the Santee Delta of South Carolina. He observed the demise of many plantations and the rebirth of nature. Read More


$90.00

Four longitudinal case studies of Russian oil companies are drawn upon to explain the process of organisational transformation.
Organisational Transformation in the Russian Oil Industry

The political and social changes of the 1990s in Central and Eastern Europe forced Russian oil companies to reinvent themselves, and to create new identities as market-facing business organisations. Read More


$70.00

Following times of great conflict and tragedy, many countries implement programs and policies of transitional justice, none more extensive than in post-genocide Rwanda.
Memory and Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda

The Rwandan genocide, aka the Tutsi genocide, occurred from April 7 to July 19, 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. An estimated 800,000 were killed. Longman explores how its government responded. Read More


$25.00

Compiled by the Vermont Town of Corinth History Committee. Includes family biographical sketches & genealogy plus old maps and much more.
History of Corinth, Vermont 1764-1964

Compiled by the Vermont Town of Corinth History Committee. The book includes family biographical sketches & genealogy plus old maps, 20 chapter titles that include Charters and Reservations, Early Settlers and Land Records, Folklore, and much more. Read More


$60.00

A 550 year history of printing presses, from Gutenburg to Digital presses. Comprehensive accounts of the men who modified and improved presses through each revolution of the industry. Over 300 pictures.
The Power of the Press

The printing press was invented around 1440. This book offers comprehensive accounts of the men who modified and improved presses through each revolution of the industry. Read More


$40.00