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This batch has over 170 new arrivals. Volumes include art, photography, children’s illustrated, novels, biography, history with unusual subjects in a multitude of countries as well as some regional. Many of the books might also appeal to anyone interested in World War II. There is a scattering of books on Islam and Judaism. Also included a few odds and ends. Here’s a sampling. See all these New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.

Polly and Her Pals is now considered one of the masterpieces of American comic strips of the Interwar period, both for its graphic qualities and its storytelling and humor. — The Complete Color Polly & Her Pals: Series 1 – The Surrealist Period

Polly and Her Pals is an American comic strip. It is now considered one of the masterpieces of American comic strips of the Interwar period, for its graphic qualities, storytelling, and humor. Read More

$70.00

See the inventiveness from month to month as each new issue introduces new heroes and villains for the Fantastic Four to encounter, including the debut of the Black Panther, Galactus, Silver Surfer, Adam Warlock, Annihilus and a hundred more. — The Art of Fantastic Four

An overview of Jack Kirby’s art for the Fantastic Four. Lots of historical information. Includes the covers from issue #1 to #102. Each issue introduces new heroes and villains for the Fantastic Four to encounter. Read More

$120.00

Gorringe wrote Egyptian Obelisks, a book about the expedition to retrieve the obelisk and a study of the other standing obelisks in Paris and London. — Egyptian Obelisks

Gorringe details his expedition to retrieve “Cleopatra’s Needle” from Alexandria and plant it in New York’s Central Park. He also included a study of the other standing obelisks in Paris and London. Read More

$400.00

In 1952 Che and a buddy traveled through South America on an ancient Norton motorbike. It was a formative experience influencing his idealism and his solidarity with the poor and the oppressed. — Motorcycle Diaries, The: A Journey Around South America

In 1952 Che Guevara and a friend traveled through South America on a motorbike. This is the record he kept of that remarkable journey in his own words, and illustrated with contemporary photographs. Read More

$60.00

On December 18, 1499, the Muslims in Granada revolted against the Christian city government. This provided the government with an opportunity to try to expel Muslims within Spain. — Muslims in Spain: 1500 to 1614

The Granada riot in 1499 was a local event but it gave the Christian government the opportunity to try to systematically eliminate the Islamic presence from Spain. This is that story. Read More

$20.00

The history of the Jews in Ethiopia dates back millennia. No one knows for certain how Judaism reached this part of Africa. They observe the Sabbath as indicated in the Torah, eat only kosher food, pray in straw-roofed synagogues, and use only unleavened bread during the seven days of Passover. — Falasha Anthology: The Black Jews of Ethiopia

The Falashas, living in a remote mountainous region of northwestern Ethiopia, believed themselves to be the sole surviving Jews of the world. Since their rediscovery in the 18th century they have the subject of study. Read More

$18.00

You have to love the comedic take Bill Mauldin took on World War II by introducing Willie and Joe as typical GIs caught up in a conflict they know must be fought but have a hard time with how the Army does things. — Willie & Joe: The WWII Years (2 Volume Set)

“Bill” Mauldin, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters Willie and Joe. Read More

$70.00

Beautiful copy of First Edition, Vol 1 Storke's history of the American Civil War. — A Complete History of the Great American Rebellion Embracing Its Causes Events and Consequences….

Beautiful first edition of Storke’s history of the American Civil War, Volume 1 only. Explores the underlying causes, significant events, and far-reaching consequences of the rebellion. Includes Biographical Sketches and Portraits of its Principal Actors. Read More

$400.00

The story of Mr. Cathcart, a man obsessed with owning islands as a means to escape society. His attempts to create a perfect world on increasingly smaller islands. But is it a winning concept? — The Man Who Loved Islands

The story of Mr. Cathcart, a man obsessed with owning islands as a means to escape society. He attempts to create a perfect world by moving to increasingly smaller islands. Read More

$120.00

Peter Dale reasons that the "nihonjinron" should be treated as a mythological system. Nihonjinron is a school of thought about Japanese persons exceptional uniqueness espoused by Japanese intellectuals in the early 20th century. — The Myth of Japanese Uniqueness

Nihonjinron is a school of thought about Japanese persons exceptional uniqueness espoused by Japanese intellectuals in the early 20th century. Dale reasons that the “nihonjinron” should be treated as mythological. Read More

$100.00

After fashion modeling in New York City Miller went to Paris, becoming a fashion and fine-art photographer and war photographer during WW II. Few are aware of her British fashion images published on British Vogue’s pages from 1939 to 1944. — Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain

Many know Lee Miller’s name in connection to her inspirational World War II reportage. Few are aware of the volume of her British fashion images that were published on British Vogue’s pages from 1939 to 1944. Read More

$60.00

While recognized for his war photography and images of urban strife, McCullin also had celebrity shoots. Also in 1968, he was invited to photograph the Beatles, then at the height of their fame and in the midst of recording The White Album. — Donald McCullin; i Grandi Fotografi

McCullin was knighted in 2017, recognized for his war photography and images of urban strife. He also took the photographs of Maryon Park in London used in Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 film Blowup. Read More

$60.00

William Lee, vice president of Baum's publisher Reilly & Lee, solicited Thompson to continue the Oz series. Between 1921 and 1939, she wrote one Oz book a year. — Speedy in Oz

William Lee, vice president of Baum’s publisher Reilly & Lee, solicited author Ruth Thompson to continue the Oz series. Between 1921 and 1939, she wrote one Oz book a year. Read More

$200.00

Blackie Bear introduces children to nature as he explores the wilderness while foraging for food like honey and berries or wandering and sometimes being mischievous. The stories are short and episodic. — Sixth Book of the Escapades of Blackie Bear

Sixth in a series of Blackie Bear books about anthropomorphized, clothes-wearing animals of the Smoky Mountain region. “Blackie” introduces children to nature through his woodland antics and wildlife adventures. Read More

$60.00

The first part of the book describes the diversity of local agricultural landscapes across the country, serving to demonstrate that the three-field rotation system was, in fact, the product of a likely recent evolutionary process. — Systemes Agraires et Progres Agricole: L’Assolement Triennal en Russie aux XVIII – XIX Siecles

Three-Field Crop Rotation in Russia in the 18th and 19th Centuries: A Study in Rural Economics and Sociology. FRENCH TEXT. Read More

$70.00

According to Burchfield's friend and colleague Edward Hopper, "The work of Charles Burchfield is most decidedly founded, not on art, but on life, and the life that he knows and loves best." — Charles Burchfields Journals: The Poetry of Place

Burchfield was an American painter and visionary artist, known for his passionate watercolors of nature scenes and townscapes. And he kept a 10,000 page diary. Read More

$160.00

All you need to know about Friedlander. Known for his innovative images of city streets see a huge range of styles and subjects. Lots of humor and experimentation. A great essay by Peter Galassi. — Friedlander

A compilation of the photography of Lee Friedlander spanning more than 30 years. He was considered “master of the black and white snapshot”, and was known for his innovative images of city streets. Read More

$160.00

Maurer opposed the European Union's ban of incandescent light bulbs and predicted that it would cause a "drastic reduction in quality of life" and a "boom for psychiatrists." — Ingo Maurer: Designing with Light

Maurer created many objects using LEDs. The first was the lighting object Bellissima Brutta in 1996. In 2001 he presented a table lamp with LEDs with the name EL.E.Dee. Read More

$60.00

Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. He wrote the libretti for several of composer Richard Strauss' operas including Elektra. — Selected Prose of Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Bollingen Series 33

In 1902 Hofmannsthal published a fictive letter purportedly written in 1603 by Philip, Lord Chandos, to Francis Bacon. Chandos spoke of his growing distrust of what language had become in the Modern era. Read More

$50.00

During World War II he served in the US Army infantry, and in 1944 fought in the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he used his GI Bill money to study at the Sorbonne. — Fringe of Fire (ANNOTATED BY AUTHOR)

In 2004 Menashe became the first poet honored with the “Neglected Masters Award” given by Poetry magazine and the Poetry Foundation. Read More

$35.00

Browser Book Beat Issue 137

140 volumes in this batch of new arrivals. We have a slew of art exhibition/auction catalogs. Also Novels, Children’s fiction and illustrated, Biographies, American and World history, literature, poetry and some odds and ends. Here’s a sampling. See all 140 New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.

Maroon label on spine reads UNITED STATES LAWS in gilt. Covers all three sessions: The second on the 4th of January 1790 and the 3rd session, held in Philadelphia, on the 6th of December 1790. — Acts Passed at the First Congress of the United States of America, Begun and held at the City of New York….

Acts Passed at the First Congress of the United States of America, Begun and held at the City of New York On Wednesday the Fourth of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine…. Read More

$500.00

Royall Tyler served as chief justice from 1807 through 1813 presiding over cases including slavery and smuggling on Lake Champlain. — Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Vermont ( 2 Vols.)

Tyler presided over many important trials like that of Stephen Jacob in 1802, involving slavery, and that of the Black Snake crew in 1808, dealing with smuggling on Lake Champlain. Read More

$300.00

Henri Christophe was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution and the first king of the Kingdom of Haiti, reigning from 1811 until his death in 1820. — Black Majesty: The Life of Christophe, King of Haiti

Henri Christophe was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution. He rose from slavery to establish a monarchy in northern Haiti, reigning from 1811 until his death in 1820. Read More

$80.00

Black jockeys were internationally famous in late 19th century as the first African American superstar athletes—and with wins in three Kentucky Derbies and countless other prestigious races, Murphy was the greatest of them all. — Isaac Murphy: The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey

Born a slave in 1861, Murphy still reigns as one of the greatest jockeys in American history. Black jockeys like Murphy were at the top of the most popular sport in America at the end of the nineteenth century. Read More

$20.00

The story of a trufflehunting terrier told from his point of view — “Teem”- A Treasure-Hunter

A brief, charming story told in the first person of a truffle hunting artist, a small terrier. Kipling’s last piece of fiction, published in the Atlantic in the US in 1936. Read More

$35.00

A cute story about Woody Woodpecker and his friend, Wally Walrus. Woody has a new job and does not realize it's Wally's birthday. — Woody Woodpecker Shoots the Works

Everyone loves Woody don’t they! Woody gets a new job and finds an inadvertent way to cheer a friend. Another Tell-a-Tale book with great pictures. Read More

$12.00

It's full of intimate accounts in sections about the British contact with the natives of India and the other states mentioned in the title of the book. Takes you on a roller-coaster ride through Indian history. — A Short History of India and of the Frontier States of Afghanistan, Nipal, and Burma

One of the earlier accounts of the imperial contact with India, unadulterated by some of the later reconstructions of the history of the subcontinent. Read More

$30.00

Book discusses the place of the intellect as a guide to religious truth. The author’s work brought principles from Quaker decision-making to bear on wider questions about democracy and religion. Read More

$28.00

Description of the pre-20th century residential and commercial building of each town in Addison County Vermont. Building by building. Read More

$70.00

A visual storytelling celebration of American roots music in its rich variety through unseen and newly scanned photographs by the founder of the legendary Arhoolie Records. Read More

$35.00

Reprints of the Flash Gordon Sunday strip from 1944-1948. Flash continues as the original guardian of the galaxy. Read More

$70.00

Caniff won the first Cartoonist of the Year Award from the National Cartoonists Society for his work on Terry and the Pirates. — Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection Vol. 11: 1945 – Reunion in Indo-China

Terry and the Pirates is an action-adventure comic strip created by cartoonist Milton Caniff, which originally ran from October 22, 1934, to February 25, 1973. Read More

$150.00

Art and politics reside in Ai Weiwei’s work. Through sculpture, film, installation, photography and architecture he has campaigned for human rights. He was allowed to leave China in 2015. Read More

$80.00

Steinberg critically evaluates and compares Rauschenberg's more recent work to the artist's earlier work evaluating Rauschenberg's silk-screen prints of the 1960s to the vegetable dye transfer prints of the 1990s. — Encounters with Rauschenberg: (A Lavishly Illustrated Lecture)

Leo Steinberg, American art critic and art historian, evaluates Rauschenberg’s silk-screen prints of the 1960s to the vegetable dye transfer prints of the 1990s. Read More

$12.00

Viola’s book offers the most comprehensive look into the peasants and their actions under collectivization. — Peasant Rebels Under Stalin: Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance

Viola argues that the peasants did in fact actively resist collectivization, and that their unrest sprung from the “culture of peasant resistance” which led to earlier rebellions in Russia. Read More

$35.00

A fresh perspective on the origins, formative years, and subsequent development of Soviet literature and culture, and raises new issues for research and discussion. — Nietzsche and Soviet Culture: Ally and Adversary

The book examines the Nietzschean roots of early Soviet literature, theater and architecture, Soviet political culture, the work of disaffected writers and thinkers. Read More

$60.00

Meta-utopian narratives examine the complexities and contradictions of the singular vision of utopia. They often explore themes of disorientation and the fragmented nature of contemporary society. — Russian Experimental Fiction: Resisting Ideology After Utopia

Meta-utopian narratives examine the complexities and contradictions of the singular vision of utopia. They explore themes of disorientation and the fragmented nature of contemporary society. Read More

$28.00

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov is one of Russia's great musical figures. Largely self-taught, he became a professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and one of the famed "Mighty Handful" of Russian nationalist composers. — Rimsky-Korsakov: Letters to His Family and Friends

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov is one of Russia’s great musical figures. Largely self-taught, and one of the famed “Mighty Handful” of Russian nationalist composers. Read More

$35.00

Visual history of the collaboration between General Robert E. Lee and Thomas Stonewall Jackson proved a winning combination in the battles leading up to July 1863: Second Bull Run — Gods and Generals: The Paintings of Mort Kunstler

Civil War history focused on time of collaboration between General Robert E. Lee and Thomas Stonewall Jackson when the Confederacy dominated the battlefields. Read More

$30.00

Book four in the Thursday Next fantasy / sci-fi “literary detective” series. This series is "Fforde’s vividly fantastic, literary world". The plots are completely unrealistic, but great fun. — Something Rotten (INSCRIBED COPY)

The fourth installment of the Thursday Next series. It brings together all the plot lines set out earlier are woven together introducing political satire to the series. Read More

$30.00

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