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Browser Book Beat Issue 150

Just under a 100 in this new list. High concentration of Art including architecture, comic, fashion, monographs, exhibition catalogs, sculpture and technical aspects. Also some very nice photography books. There is a fair number of children’s books, illustrated and chapter, as well as fiction, literature, and history plus an assortment of odds and ends. Here’s a sampling. See all this group’s New Arrivals. Availability subject to prior sale.
Salgado documents the history of human migration in 35 countries: people fleeing wars, genocide, poverty; people following a dream of a better life or just the hope of finding drinkable water or rudimentary medical care.
Migrations: Humanity in Transition

Brazilian photojournalist Salgado documents the history of human migration in 35 countries at the end of 20th century and beginning of the 21st century. Read More


$150.00

Siberia covers three-quarters of Russia and nearly ten percent of Earth's land surface. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the deepest lake in the world and holds 20% of Earth's fresh water.
Siberia: In the Eyes of Russian Photographers

East of Russia’s Ural mountains, Siberia is known for its harsh winters and vast landscape. Inhabitants range from nomads herding reindeer to scientists in state-of-the-art laboratories and urbanites. Read More


$50.00

In his main philosophical work, Neues Organon (New Organon, 1764, named after Aristotle's Organon), Lambert studied the rules for distinguishing subjective from objective appearances, connecting with his work in optics.
La place de J-H. Lambert (1728-1777) dans l’histoire de la perspective (INSCRIBED COPY)

Lambert was a Swiss German polymath. He was a genius responsible for many innovations in many fields. For his work in the study of heat and light a measurement of light intensity was named, “The lambert.” French Text. Read More


$70.00

A look into the philosophical and spiritual underpinnings of various secret societies throughout history, examining their rituals, symbols, and traditions with focus on Freemasonry.
A Philosophical History of Free-masonry and Other Secret Societies

Arnold explores the historical context in which secret and social societies emerged. He traces their evolution from ancient mystery cults to modern-day fraternal organizations. Read More


$300.00

A classic children's book of manners from the Fifties brings back the simple virtues of truthfulness, kindness, and cheerfulness. Great illustrations.
Manners to Grow On

A classic children’s book of manners from the Fifties. It covers the simple virtues of truthfulness, kindness, and cheerfulness. Great illustrations. Read More


$20.00

"The Earth Is My Mother" is the story of a courageous girl's determination to save a desert canyon from commercial development. Elaborately illustrated by Bev Doolittle's detailed watercolor paintings and intricate pencil drawings.
The Earth Is My Mother (SIGNED BY DOOLITTLE)

The story of a young girl’s determination to save a desert canyon from commercial development. Elaborately illustrated by Doolittle’s paintings and drawings. Read More


$35.00

Philip Montgomery has received numerous awards, including the National Magazine Award for feature photography for his work chronicling the opioid epidemic.
Philip Montgomery: American Mirror (SIGNED COPY)

Chronicles the fractured, dystopian state of America. Montgomery has received numerous awards, including the National Magazine Award for feature photography. Read More


$180.00

Richter is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary German artists. He has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, photographs and glass pieces.
Gerhard Richter: October 18, 1977

In a series of 15 paintings, Richter commemorates October 18, 1977, the day on which three young German radicals were found dead in a Stuttgart prison. Read More


$60.00

A Russian avant-garde book refers to illustrated books created during the Russian avant-garde movement, which flourished from approximately 1910 to 1934.
The Russian Avant-Garde Book: 1910-1934

The more than 600 color illustrations are accompanied by incisive essays, a bibliography, and a checklist of the 1,200 items in the full collection. Read More


$60.00

Covers many different sporting activities. Promenading, gardening, yachting, cheerleading, and motorcycling all present amongst the more usual games of tennis and baseball.
Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960

Highlights the extraordinary impact of new technologies and evolving social mores on women’s clothing for sport from the beginning of the 19th century to 1960. Read More


$80.00

In 1928, together with Richard Washburn Child, former Ambassador to Italy and a supporter of Benito Mussolini, Barzini ghostwrote The Autobiography of Benito Mussolini.
From Caesar to the Mafia: Sketches of Italian Life

Luigi Barzini was an Italian journalist, writer and politician. In 1928, together with Richard Washburn Child, he ghostwrote The Autobiography of Benito Mussolini. Whether dealing with heroes or villains, he never loses sight of how Italy became a distinct nation. Read More


$28.00

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. His two most famous works, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time.
Nikolenka’s Childhood: An Edition for Young Readers

Nikolenka (aka Childhood) captures the idyllic and carefree nature of a young boy’s early life in rural Russia during the 19th century. It is the first in a series of three novels, followed by Boyhood and Youth. Published when Tolstoy was 23 years old. Read More


$40.00

Bontecou made abstract sculptures in the 1960s and 1970s and created vacuum-formed plastic fish, plants, and flower forms in the 1970s.
Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective

Presents four essays that reposition Bontecou’s work within the history of recent art. Features some 50 sculptures and more than 100 drawings from the late 1950s to 2003 Read More


$100.00

The strong contrast of the colors gives Hasenauer's works a smooth surface. His figures seem to exist in a timeless space. They appear absent-minded and withdrawn as they often disappear in the background.
Bertram Hasenauer: 2008-2017

Betram Hasenauer’s works mainly focus on portraits, landscapes and still lifes. He uses a muted black, white and grey tones palette as well as intense red, blue and yellow. Read More


$80.00

Full of great information and some fun anecdotes on the Revelstoke Division of the Canadian Railway.
Rail Tales From the Revelstoke Division

Revelstoke began as an outpost on the transcontinental railway line in the 1800s. The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) drove west from the prairies with the goal of linking Canada coast-to-coast. Read More


$18.00

During their tour, the Sharpshooters were noted for efficient service in the battles of Yorktown, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania and Petersburg.
Vermont Riflemen in the War for the Union, 1861-1865

The sharpshooters fought in every Eastern battle up until autumn of 1864. They were noted for their service in the battles of Yorktown, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania and Petersburg. Read More


$25.00

The machines are the highlight of the book. There are dozens of winches, pumps and blowers, with axles, brakes, pipes, chains, buckets, toothed wheels and slotted collars.
De Re Metallica

The first comprehensive work on mining in Europe. Originally published in 1556. Covers every aspect from finding the seam to purifying the product. Despite title, not confined to metals. Read More


$40.00

Cai Guo-Qiang's practice draws on a variety of symbols, narratives, traditions and materials. These include fengshui, Chinese medicine, shanshui paintings, science, flora and fauna, portraiture, and fireworks.
Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe

Cai Guo-Qiang gained worldwide recognition for his contribution to the Beijing Olympics fireworks. He utilizes pyrotechnics, with gunpowder and fireworks in many of his works. Read More


$50.00

Robert Mapplethorpe is said to have been inspired by Dureau's amputee and dwarf photographs. This lush publication features 100 large-format photographic plates, most of which have never been seen or published before.
George Valentine Dureau: Life and Art in New Orleans

Dureau was an American artist whose long career was most notable for charcoal sketches and black and white photography of poor white and black athletes, dwarfs, and amputees. Read More


$80.00

Ill, excess drinking, suffering writer's block, noted French author Duras was holed up in her apartment on the French coast until a chance correspondence with Yann Andrea Steiner, 36 years younger than herself, turned into a restorative affair in the summer of 1980.
Yann Andrea Steiner

Ill, drinking, suffering writer’s block, noted French author Duras was holed up on the French coast until a chance correspondence with Steiner, 36 years younger, turned into a restorative affair Read More


$15.00

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