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Browser Book Beat Issue 146

April 2, 2026 By browsingbooks

Browser Book Beat Issue 146

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

$50.00

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. 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. 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. 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

$25.00

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

Book Beat 139

January 23, 2026 By browsingbooks

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. 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. 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. 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. Read More

$25.00

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