FS: 1st Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Fri., Oct 29, 1999.

[Acorn Books]

1. Aitken, Russell Barnett. GREAT GAME ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. 192 pgs
with index. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in
price-clipped, black pictorial dust jacket. Square quarto. NY:
Macmillan, (1968). Presentation copy signed by the author. Color
photograph by the author mounted on half-title page; otherwise, very
good+ condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $125.00
[104641]

2. [Batters] Kroll, Eric (Editor). ELMER BATTERS: From the Tip of the
Toes to the Top of the Hose. 211 pgs. Color & black & white photos
throughout. Cloth in black pictorial dust jacket. Imperial octavo.
Koln: Taschen, (1995). Very good+ condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. Erotic photographs focusing on female legs.
$25.00 [104618]

3. Black, C. F. et al. CULTURAL ATLAS OF THE RENAISSANCE. 240 pgs with
bibliography & index. Color & black & white photos & drawings
throughout. Cloth in gold & white pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. NY:
Prentice-Hall, (1993). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition with
like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. New 1999 @ $45.00. Our
price: $27.00 [104619]

4. Borge, Victor & Robert Sherman. VICTOR BORGE'S MY FAVORITE COMEDIES
IN MUSIC. 150 pgs. Cloth in white pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Franklin Watts, 1980. Signed by Victor Borge. Near fine condition with
very good jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $21.50 [104605]

5. Brodie, S. Dan. 66 YEARS ON THE CALIFORNIA GRIDIRON, 1882-1948: The
History of Football at the University of California. 477 pgs with
index. Photos. Blue cloth, without dust jacket. Octavo. Oakland, CA:
Fontes, 1949. 1st Edition. Very good+ condition. $72.50 [104609]

6. Brooks, Noah. THE BOY EMIGRANTS. Color illustrations. Brown
pictorial cloth, without dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Scribner’s, 1914.
1st Edition. Previous owner's inked inscription on fly-leaf; otherwise
good+ conditoon. $32.50 [104647]

7. [Burton] Brodie, Fawn M. THE DEVIL DRIVES: A Life of Sir Richard
Burton. 390 pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in chipped, price-clipped,
worn maroon pictorial dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Norton,
(1967). 1st Edition [so stated]. Previous owner's inked inscription on
front free endpaper; otherwise very good condition with good jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $15.00 [104639]

8. Cisco, Walter Brian. TAKING A STAND: Portraits From the Southern
Secession Movement. 141 pgs with bibliography & index. Photos. Cloth
in white & gold pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. Shippensburg, PA: White
Mane, (1998). 1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. The author recounts the personal stories of
how 5 Southerners; Thomas Cooper, Robert Barnwell Rhett, James Henley
Thornwell, John Tyler & John Adams Gilmer, came to their own
individual decisions to abandon the Union. $15.00 [104666]

9. Clifford, Barry. EXPEDITION WHYDAH. 311 pgs. Photos & drawings
throughout. Cloth in cream & purple pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Harper Collins, (1999). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition with
like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. "The story of the world's
first excavation of a pirate treasure ship & the man who found her."
New 1999 @ $27.50. Our price: $17.00 [104665]

10. Cotlow, Lewis. IN SEARCH OF THE PRIMITIVE. 454 pgs with index.
Color & black & white photos. Cloth in lightly chipped, price-clipped
black & white pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. Boston: Little, Brown,
(1966). 1st Edition [so stated]. Very good condition with good+ jacket
in protective mylar wrapper. "An independent explorer's life with the
last of the exotic peoples of Africa, the Arctic, New Guinea & the
Upper Amazon. $21.50 [104662]

11. [David] Rosenau, Helen. THE PAINTER, JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID. 83 pgs
with index. Reproductions. Cloth in chipped & worn green pictorial
dust jacket. Octavo. London: Nicholson & Watson, (1948). 1st Edition.
Bookplate in front pastedown endpaper; otherwise, very good condition
with good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Monograph of this
French artist. $20.00 [104648]

12. Dickson, Samuel. TALES OF SAN FRANCISCO [San Francisco Is Your
Home, San Francisco Kaleidoscope, The Streets of San Francisco]. 711
pgs. Prints & map endpapers. Cloth in lightly chipped yellow & black
pictorial dust jacket . Octavo. Stanford: Stanford University Press,
1957. 1st Edition. Very good+ condition with good+ jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. Three volumes in one. $35.00 [104650]

13. Gianoli, , Luigi. HORSES & HORSEMANSHIP THROUGH THE AGES. 444 pgs
with index. Color & black & white photos & drawings throughout. Maroon
cloth, without dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Crown, (1967). 1st U.S.
Edition. Previous owner's name on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise,
good+ condition. $45.00 [104617]

14. [Godunov] Grey, Ian. BORIS GODUNOV: The Tragic Tsar. 188 pgs with
bibliography & index. Map endpapers; photos & prints. Cloth in
price-clipped, grey pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Scribner’s,
(1973). 1st Edition. Very good+ condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. Biography of the chief minister to Ivan the
Terrible & later Tsar of Russia. $25.00 [104637]

15. Grube, Ernest J. THE WORLD OF ISLAM. 176 pgs with index. Color &
black & white photos throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped,
price-clipped gray pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. NY: McGraw-Hill, no
date (c.1960's?). Inked numerals on front pastedown endpaper;
otherwise, very good condition with like jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. A survey of the history & art of this great empire. $27.50
[104620]

16. Hale, William Harlan (Editor). HORIZON BOOK OF ANCIENT ROME. 415
pgs with index. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in
lightly chipped, price-clipped black pictorial dust jacket. Quarto.
NY: American Heritage, 1966. Very good+ condition with good+ jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. Illustrated history of the grandeur & the
decadence that was Rome. $25.00 [104628]

17. Haring, Keith. JOURNALS. 303 pgs with index. Photos &
reproductions. Cloth in price-clipped, white dust jacket. Imperial
octavo. NY: Viking, (1996). 1st Edition. Very good+ condition with
like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Private journals of the
well-known street artist. $26.50 [104612]

18. [Havemeyer] Weitzenhoffer, Frances. HAVEMEYERS: Impressionism
Comes to America. 288 pgs with notes & index. Color & black & white
reproductions & photos. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. NY:
Abrams, (1986). 1st Edition. Near fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. "A rollicking, behind-the-scenes account of
taste in 19th century America, of beautiful paintings bought & sold, &
of the collecting activities of an extraordinary couple, Louisine &
H.O. Havemeyer." $25.00 [104640]

19. Holling, Holling C. THE BOOK OF COWBOYS. 126 pgs. Full-page color
illustrations. Orange cloth, without dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Platt &
Munk, (1936). Spine & rear cover sunned; otherwise, very good
condition. $20.00 [104627]

20. Howat, John. THE HUDSON RIVER & ITS PAINTERS. 208 pgs with
bibliography & index. Color & black & white reproductions, maps, &
facsimiles. Cloth in price-clipped, lightly chipped, green pictorial
dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Viking, 1972. 1st Edition. Previous owner's
inked inscription on front free endpaper; otherwise, very good+
condition with good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $80.00
[104621]

21. Ingalls, Daniel H. H. (Editor). SANSKRIT POETRY: From Vidyakara's
"Treasury." Frontispiece. Cloth in red pictorial dust jacket. Octavo.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1968. Remants of bookplate
glue on front free endpaper; otherwise, very good condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $15.00 [104654]

22. [James] Novick, Sheldon M. HENRY JAMES: The Young Master. 550 pgs
with index. Photos. Cloth in red pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Random House, (1996). 1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. Biography of the great novelist. $20.00
[104645]

23. Jefferson, Alan. THE GLORY OF OPERA. 192 pgs with index. Photos &
prints. Cloth in black pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Putnam’s,
(1976). 1st Edition. Very good+ condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. A history of opera with an emphasis on the
visual impact of the art form. $15.00 [104663]

24. Jensen, Oliver et al. AMERICAN ALBUM: Rare Photographs Collected
by the Editors of American Heritage. 352 pgs. Photos throughout. Cloth
in black pictorial dust jacket. Folio. No Place: American Heritage,
(1968). Very good+ condition with like jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. "How we looked & how we lived in a vanished U.S.A." $25.00
[104659]

25. Jingsheng, Wei. THE COURAGE TO STAND ALONE: Letters from the
Prison & Other Writings. 283 pgs. Photos. Cloth in beige dust jacket.
Octavo. NY: Viking, (1997). 1st Edition. Fine condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Collection of writings by the
Chinese human rights activist. In print 1999 @ $23.95. Our price:
$15.00 [104646]

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