New Arrivals Lists + Catalogs
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A short list prepared for the "Boston" ABAA Virtual Book Fair, December 8–11, 2022. Highlights include unusual cookbooks, a signed book from the most elusive author of the 21st century, and a famous anti-Texas tirade.
Kurt Vonnegut was born on November 11, 1922, almost exactly 100 years ago. Few writers still feel as modern as Vonnegut, perhaps because his writing was driven by the absurdity and horror of the Second World War, and we still live in the atomic blast shadow of that conflict. This is a list of unusual and even unique Vonnegut items; there are also some books.
A list of 18 volumes recording the activities of the Florida legislature before, during, and after the Civil War.
A list of the books signed by Amy Stewart currently in stock, including the Kopp Sisters novels.
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HOLDS: Items marked hold may not be sold. Please contact me to be put on the waiting list - some holds will be released and the item will become available again.
The second of three planned lists documenting Asian American culture in the United States, with an emphasis on the period before World War II.
You can also browse the unsold items from Part I. I also have books in lesser condition available here.
A small collection of books, photographs, and ephemera, documenting the role of immigrants from Japan and China on the development of the American West.
You can also browse my entire inventory of Asian Americana.