FS: A short miscellany of NEW ARRIVALS, Thur., Aug. 21st

[Acorn Books]

This is a list of 25 new arrivals from Acorn Books. Book(s) shipped on
receipt of payment by check or VISA, MC, Discover or AmerEx. Full
refund for any reason on prompt return of merchandise. Subject to
prior sale. Books shipped by USPS 4th Class Book Rate insured.
Postage: $4 1st book; $1.50 each additional. Foreign addresses: $3
extra. All other shipping methods please inquire. California
residents add appropriate sales tax. PRICES ARE NET TO ALL. Please
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Larkin, Chris [Editor]. MARINE PAINTINGS OF CHRIS MAYGER. Unpaged.
Color reproductions throughout. White pictorial wrappers. Quarto. NY:
Peacock, (1976). Edges lightly rubbed; base of spine lightly bumped;
otherwise, very good condition. $15.00.

Hirschhorn, Clive. THE WARNER BROS STORY. 480 pgs with index. Color &
black & white photos throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket.
Folio. NY: Crown, (1982). Very good+ condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. The complete history of the great Hollywood
studio, with every Warner Brothers' feature film described &
illustrated. $55.00.

Bergan, Ronald. THE UNITED ARTISTS STORY. 352 pgs with index. Photos
throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Folio. NY: Crown, (1986). 1st
Edition [so stated]. Near fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. The complete history of the studio & its
1,581 films. $75.00.

Jewell, Richard B. & Vernon Harbin. THE RKO STORY. 320 pgs with index.
Photos throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Quarto. (NY):
Arlington House, (1982). 1st Edition [so stated]. Near fine condition
in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. The complete studio
history, with all of the 1,051 films described & illustrated. $50.00.

Lovell, Margaretta M. VENICE: THE AMERICAN VIEW - 1860-1920. 169
pages. Color & black & white illustrations throughout. White pictorial
wrappers. Quarto. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museum, (1984). Near fine
condition. American painters visions of Venice. $15.00.

Thomas, Tony & Aubrey Solomon. THE FILMS OF 20TH CENTURY-FOX: A
PICTORIAL HISTORY. 496 pgs with index. Photos throughout. Cloth in
lightly chipped dust jacket. Folio. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel, (1985).
Revised & Enlarged Edition. Front cover lightly creased; otherwise,
near fine condition in very good jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
An anniversary edition, celebrating 50 years of motion picture
production. $45.00.

Eames, John Douglas. THE PARAMOUNT STORY. 368 pgs with index. Photos
throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Folio. NY: Crown,
(1985). 1st Edition [so stated]. Very good+ condition in like jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. The complete history of the studio &
its 2,805 films. $100.00.

Abert, S.T. IS A SHIP CANAL PRACTICABLE? NOTES, HISTORICAL &
STATISTICAL, UPON THE PROJECTED ROUTES FOR AN INTEROCEANIC SHIP CANAL
BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC & PACIFIC OCEANS. 88 pages. Maps & charts, 3
folding. Pale blue wrappers. Octavo. Cincinnati: Carroll, 1872. Covers
lightly worn; otherwise, very good condition. Includes a short account
of the character & influence of the Suez & Panama canals & the
probable effects upon the commerce of the world of the two canals,
regarded either as rivals, or as parts of one system of interoceanic
navigation. $135.00.

Tyler, Don. HIT PARADE: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE TOP SONGS OF THE JAZZ,
DEPRESSION, SWING, & SING ERAS. 257 pgs with index. Blue pictorial
wrappers. Quarto. NY: Quill, (1985). 1st Edition [so stated]. Near
fine condition. An A-Z encyclopedia of music & musicians from
1920-1955. $15.00.

Campbell, Joseph. THE MYTHIC IMAGE. 552 pgs with index. Color & black
& white illustrations throughout. Cloth in chipped & worn dust jacket.
Quarto. Princeton University Press, (1974). Bollingen Series C. 1st
Edition. Very good condition in good jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $150.00.

Schulz, Charles. PEANUTS JUBILEE: MY LIFE WITH CHARLIE BROWN & OTHERS.
222 text pages with photos & drawings + 134 full-color plates. Cloth
in chipped dust jacket. Oblong quarto. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston,
(1975). 1st Edition [so stated]. Near fine condition in good+ jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. $35.00.

LEBASQUE 1865-1937. 125 pages with bibliography & index. Color & black
& white illustrations throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. San
Francisco: Bedford, (1986). Blindstamp on front free endpaper;
otherwise, near fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $40.00.

BETTY CROCKER'S COOKBOOK. 400 pgs with index. Color photos throughout.
Pictorial red cloth 5-ring binder. Quarto. Racine, WI: Golden Press,
1980. New & Revised edition. Very good+ condition. $20.00.

McShine, Kynaston. THE NATURAL PARADISE: PAINTING IN AMERICA
1800-1950. With essays by Barbara Novak, Robert Rosenblum & John
Wilmerding. 178 pages with bibliography. Color & black & white
reproductions throughout. Dark blue pictorial wrappers. Oblong octavo.
NY: Museum of Modern Art, (1976). Covers lightly bent; light glue
stains on front free endpaper; otherwise, very good condition. The
romantic tradition in American landscape painting. $15.00.

Natsume, Soseki. THE WAYFARER: KOJIN. Orange pictorial wrappers. 16mo.
Tokyo: Tuttle, (1977). Spine lightly faded; otherwise, very good
condition. $15.00.

Williams, Harold. FOREIGNERS IN MIKADOLAND. 310 pgs with index.
Photos. Color pictorial wrappers. 16mo. Rutland, VT: Tuttle, (1972).
Spine lightly sunned; otherwise, very good condition. An account of
life in Japanese communities after Japan was opened to foreign trade
in 1859. $15.00.

Baird, Joseph A. THE WEST EMEMBERED: ARTISTS & IMAGES 1837-1973. 88
pages with index & bibliography. Color & black & white reproductions
throughout. color pictorial wrappers. Quarto. San Francisco:
California Historical Society, 1973. Fine condition. Selections from
the western art collection of Earl C. Adams. $15.00.

Ambasz, Emilio (Editor). ITALY: THE NEW DOMESTIC LANDSCAPE -
Achievements & Problems of Italian Design. 431 pgs. Color & black &
white photos & drawings throughout. Cloth in slightly darkened
parchment pictorial dust jacket. Square quarto. NY: Museum of Modern
Art, (1972). Very good+ condition in very good jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $65.00.

Farmer, Philip Jose. TARZAN ALIVE: A Definitive Biography of Lord
Greystoke. 328 pgs with bibliography & index. Color pictorial
wrappers. 16mo. NY: Popular Library, (1972). 1st Edition Thus. Very
good condition. $10.00.

Castleman, Riva. PRINTED ART: A VIEW OF TWO DECADES. 144 pages with
bibliography. White pictorial wrappers. Square octavo. NY: Museum of
Modern Art, (1980). Near fine condition. A survey of prints from the
60's & 70's, including works by Roy Lichtenstein & Andy Warhol among
others. $15.00.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANAL BOARD OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, 1871. 291 pgs
with index. Rebound in new brown fabricoid. Octavo. (NY): Albany,
1872. Near fine condition. A collection from the proceedings of the
Board from January to December of 1871, including business calendar,
minutes, reports from members of the Board, table of toll rates,
appointment of toll collectors & day-to-day happenings along the
canals. $85.00.

Soby, James, James Elliot, & Monroe Wheeler. BONNARD & HIS
ENVIRONMENT. 116 pages with bibliography. Color & black & white
reproductions throughout. White pictorial wrappers. Square octavo. NY:
Museum of Modern Art, (1964). Rear cover slightly bent; otherwise,
very good+ condition. $15.00.

Von Oettingen, Burchard. HORSE BREEDING IN THEORY & PRACTICE. 469 pgs.
Tables & genealogical charts throughout. Top edge gilt. Gilt
decorative red cloth in clear plastic wrapper. Imperial octavo.
London: Low & Marston, 1909. Front hinge cracked, but firm; spine
lightly sunned; endpapers lightly foxed; otherwise, good+ condition.
The theory & practice of breeding racehorses as explained by the
Landstallmeister & Director of the Royal stud of Trakehnen. $150.00.

Rubin, William & Carolyn Lanchner. ANDRE MASSON. 232 pgs with
bibliography. Color & black & white reproductions. Color pictorial
wrappers. Imperial octavo. NY: Museum of Modern Art, (1976). Fine
condition. $27.50.

Graham, F. Lanier. THREE CENTURIES OF AMERICAN PAINTING. 111 pages.
Color & black & white reproductions throughout. Cloth in dust jacket.
Quarto. San Francisco: M.H. de Young, 1971. Fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $30.00.

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