FS: 1ST Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Sat., Oct. 18th

[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
email to hold, or phone (415) 563-1736 any hour.

Schneider, Stephen H. & Penelope J. Boston (Editors). SCIENTISTS ON
GAIA. 433 pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in lightly chipped dust
jacket. Quarto. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, (1991). Fine condition in
near fine jacket with protective mylar wrapper. "A multidisciplinary
exploration of the controversial Gaia hypothesis, which posits that
Earth's physical & biological processes are linked to form a complex,
self-regulating system & that life has affected this system over
time." $25.00.

Shulevitz, Uri. WRITING WITH PICTURES: How to Write & Illustrate
Children's Books. 271 pgs with bibliography & index. Prints
throughout. Cloth in pictorial tan dust jacket. Quarto. NY:
Watson-Guptill, (1985). Fine condition in like jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $20.00.

Pedersen, B. Martin (Editor). GRAPHIS POSTER 91. 245 pgs. Color photos
& reproductions throughout. Cloth in pictorial black dust jacket.
Quarto. Zurich, Switzerland: Graphis Press, (1991). Fine condition in
like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $50.00.

Pedersen, B. Martin (Editor). GRAPHIS POSTER 94. 232 pgs. Color photos
& reproductions throughout. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Quarto.
Zurich, Switzerland: Graphis Press, (1994). Fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $50.00.

Smith, Bradley. MEXICO: A HISTORY IN ART. 296 pgs with bibliography &
index. Color photos & reproductions throughout. Cloth in lightly
chipped pictorial white dust jacket. Folio. Garden City, NY:
Doubleday, (1968). Very good condition in like jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $20.00.

Thomas, John. THE CALLANDER & OBAN RAILWAY. 200 pgs with index. Color
frontispiece; photos & maps. Cloth in chipped maroon dust jacket.
Octavo. Newton Abbot, England: David & Charles, (1966). 1st Edition.
Very good condition in good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. The
building, development & working of the Callander & Oban railway, which
runs along Scotland's northwest coast. $25.00.

Rush, Thomas E. THE PORT OF NEW YORK. 361 pgs with bibliography.
Photos & drawings; fold-out chart at center. Maroon cloth without dust
jacket. Top edge gilt. Octavo. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1920.
Rubber stamp on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise, good condition.
History, development & maintenance of New York Harbor. $25.00.

Lord, Walter. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER. 209 pgs with index. Photos. Cloth
in lightly chipped dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Holt, 1955. 1st Edition
[so stated]. Edges lightly spotted; otherwise, good+ condition in good
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. The classic retelling of the
Titanic disaster. $25.00.

Wodehouse, P.G. LEAVE IT TO PSMITH. Dark blue cloth without dust
jacket. 12mo. NY: Doran, (1924). Light shelfwear; otherwise, very good
condition. $45.00.

Cable, Mildred & Francesca French. THE GOBI DESERT. 303 pgs. Color
frontispiece; photos; fold-out map at rear. Terra-cotta cloth without
dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Macmillan, 1945. Blind stamp on front free
endpaper; light wear to spine ends; otherwise, good condition. $20.00.

Lockridge, Richard. MURDER ROUNDABOUT. Cloth in white dust jacket with
closed tear on rear cover. Octavo. Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1966).
1st Edition. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Very good+
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Gourvish, T.R. BRITISH RAILWAYS, 1948-73: A BUSINESS HISTORY. 781 pgs
with notes, bibliography & index. Color frontispiece; photos; fold-out
map at center. Cloth in red dust jacket. Thick octavo. Cambridge,
England: Cambridge University Press, (1986). 1st Edition. Fine
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. "Deals with
the organization, financial performance, investment & commercial
policies of the British Transport Commission, Railway Executive &
British Railway Board." In print 1997 @ $125.00. Our price: $65.00.

Case, Alexander T. (Editor). THE ANNALS OF THE BOHEMIAN CLUB: For the
Years 1907-1972. Volume 5. 547 pgs with index. Photos. Light green
cloth without dust jacket as issued. Quarto. San Francisco: Bohemian
Club, 1972. Near fine condition. $30.00.

[National Geographic Society]. DISCOVERING BRITAIN & IRELAND. 448 pgs
with index. Color photos throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped dust
jacket. Oblong octavo. Washington, DC: (1985). Fine condition in good+
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.

Frank, Alan. MONSTERS & VAMPIRES: The Movie Treasury. 160 pgs with
index. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket.
Quarto. London: Octopus, (1976). 1st Edition. Very good condition in
like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $17.50.

Bojarski, Richard. THE FILMS OF BELA LUGOSI. 256 pgs. Photos
throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped pictorial black dust jacket.
Quarto. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel, (1980). 2 bookplates on front pastedown
endpaper; otherwise, very good condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $20.00.

Rovin, Jeff. THE FABULOUS FANTASY FILMS. 271 pgs with notes & index.
Photos throughout. Cloth in chipped & lightly sunned dust jacket.
Quarto. Cranbury, NJ: Barnes, (1977). Very good+ condition in good
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $35.00.

Tryckare, Tre. THE LORE OF SHIPS. 276 pgs with index. Tinted drawings
throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped dark grey dust jacket. Square
quarto. NY: Holt, Reinhart & Winston, (1963). 1st U.S. Edition. Covers
slightly bowed; otherwise, very good condition in good+ jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. Explains & illustrates all the significant
components of sailing ships, merchantmen, liners & contains over 1,550
illustrations of diverse nautical details. $40.00.

Benson, J.L. BAMBOULA AT KOURION: The Necropolis & the Finds. 173 pgs
with index. 74 plates at rear. Cloth in chipped dust jacket. Quarto.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1972). Remainder mark
on bottom edge; otherwise, good+ condition in fair jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. Definitive account of the excavation of the
Bronze Age city Kourion, on the southwest coast of Cyprus. $45.00.

Mucha, Jiri. ALPHONSE MARIA MUCHA: His Life & Art. 300 pgs with index.
Photos; color reproductions throughout. Cloth in tan dust jacket.
Quarto. NY: Rizzoli, (1989). 1st Edition. Fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $125.00.

Neuer, Roni & Herbert Libertson. UKIYO-E: 250 Years of Japanese Art.
390 pgs with glossary, index & bibliography. Color reproductions of
woodcuts in the Ukiyo-E style throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped,
price-clipped dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Mayflower, (1978). 1st U.S.
Edition [so stated]. Very light wear to top of spine; otherwise, near
fine condition in good+ jacket with protective mylar wrapper. "This
volume of woodcuts bears a singularly vivid witness to Japanese
everyday life between the 17th & 19th centuries." $50.00.

Sennett, Ted. GREAT HOLLYWOOD MOVIES. 304 pgs with bibliography &
index. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in pictorial
black dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Abradale, (1986). Fine condition in
like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. In print 1997 @ $34.98. Our
price: $17.50.

Morris, Rosamund (Editor). GREAT SUSPENSE STORIES. Drawings. Cloth in
dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Hart, (1962). Near fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Includes stories by Arthur Conan
Doyle, Ben Hecht, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce & others. $10.00.

[Behan] Jeffs, Rae. BRENDAN BEHAN: MAN & SHOWMAN. 256 pgs with index.
Photos. Cloth in crimson dust jacket torn along top edge. Octavo.
London: Hutchinson, (1966). 1st Edition. Rubber stamp on front free
endpaper; light edgewear; otherwise, good+ condition in fair jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Whiting, Robert. THE CHRYSANTHEMUM & THE BAT: The Game Japanese Play.
247 pgs. Photos. Tan stiff paper wrappers in green pictorial
spine-sunned dust jacket. 12mo. Tokyo: Permanent, (1977). Near fine
condition in very good jacket. A look at Japanese culture through a
game they dearly love - baseball. $15.00.

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