Atlanta Vintage Books May Newsletter

May 2024

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FEATURED FIND

THE HAGGADAH

Illustrated by Arthur Szyk

Massadah and Alumoth, 1962

$1000

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HISTORY

HIGHLIGHTS

CIVIL WAR CORPS BADGES AND OTHER RELATED AWARDS, BADGES, MEDALS OF THE PERIOD

Stanley S. Phillips, 1982

First Edition

$175

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THE RISE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Edmund Morris

Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1979

SIGNED BY AUTHOR

$150

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EARLY DAYS ON THE GEORGIA TIDEWATER: THE STORY OF MCINTOSH COUNTY & SAPELO

Buddy Sullivan

Mc Intosh County Board, 1990

SIGNED

$70

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HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL INDIA

Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray

Indian Chemical Society, 1956

$80

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THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS

Morris Schaff

Houghton Mifflin Co, 1910

First Edition

SIGNED

$150

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ART & ARCHITECTURE HIGHLIGHTS

AMERICAN ART POTTERY: THE ROBERT A. ELLISON JR. COLLECTION

Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018

First Edition

$850

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BRONZES: SCULPTORS & FOUNDERS 1800-1930

(4 VOL SET)

Harold Berman

ABAGE Publishers

First Edition

includes index

SIGNED

$450

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CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ARCHITECTS

Dai Fudong

China Construction Industry Press, 1999

First Edition

$270

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THEORETICAL STUDIES OF LIGHT AND COLOR FOR DIRECT PAINTING: NOTES FROM A MODERN MASTER OF CONTEMPORARY REALISM

Peter Ho

Lingnan Art Publishing House, 2015

SIGNED

$125

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SELECT COLLECTIBLES

LOCOMOTIVE CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN PRACTICE

C. L. Combes

Simmons Boardman Pub Co, 1956

$100

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THE MAHABHARATA

3 VOLUME SET

J.A.B. van Buitenen

University Of Chicago Press, 1983

$90

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NEW COLLECTIONS

We have added hundreds of books and reorganized our Architecture and American History sections.

We had the good fortune to acquire a large collection of books from Portman Architects' Atlanta office. Most of these books can be found in our newly expanded Architecture and Interior Design sections. Many more can be found downstairs in our Construction/Engineering section. Stay tuned as we continue to process this unique collection.

We have updated the U.S. Presidents and the Civil War sections with many new titles.

RECENTLY ACQUIRED

EASTON PRESS AND FRANKLIN LIBRARY

• including Classic Fiction, Science and History •

• all in near fine condition •

Six-volume Jane Austen set

Easton Press, 1996

$700

BANNED BOOK UPDATE

The number of books banned and challenged in the U.S. spiked 65% in 2023 over the previous year, reaching the highest level ever documented by The American Library Association.

The association reports that 4,240 individual book titles were targeted for removal from schools and public libraries - a sharp increase from the previous high of 2,571 in 2022.

The 2023 data “represents only a snapshot of book censorship,” partly because many attempts to challenge books are not formally flagged or covered by the news media.

Lawmakers in at least 13 states this year alone have introduced legislation that could disrupt libraries’ services and censor their materials.

We have restocked the Banned Book section at the front of the store.

We are dedicated to keeping frequently banned and challenged

books on our shelves.

INCOMING COLLECTION

We are currently refreshing our Theology and Religion sections

to make way for a new collection. Stay tuned!

If you are interested in learning more about our collection of French and German language

philosophy books, please let us know.

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QUOTABLES

One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.

-Carl Sagan

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

-Rene Descartes

When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.

-Maya Angelou

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

-Cicero

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

-Fran Lebowitz

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