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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


$25.00

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


$20.00

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


$18.00

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.
Becky’s Christmas

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


$40.00

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


$50.00

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


$70.00

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.
The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children

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


$20.00

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


$90.00

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.
The Seventh Dragon: The Riddle of Equal Temperament

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


$15.00

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


$100.00

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


$70.00

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


$80.00

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


$70.00

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


$80.00

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 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