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[Maugham] Menard, Wilmon. THE TWO WORLDS OF SOMERSET MAUGHAM. 374 pgs.
Photos. Cloth in very lightly chipped & price-clipped green dust
jacket. Imperial octavo. Los Angeles: Sherbourne Press, (1965). 1st
Edition [so stated]. Edges sunned; otherwise, very good condition in
like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.
[Maugham] Calder, Robert. WILLIE: THE LIFE OF W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM. 429
pgs with notes & index. Cloth in gray dust jacket. Imperial octavo.
NY: St. Martin's, (1989). 1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Fine condition
in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.
Cavendish, Richard. LEGENDS OF THE WORLD. 433 pgs with bibliography &
index. Illustrations throughout. Cloth in dark green dust jacket.
Octavo. London: Orbis, (1982). Very good condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $20.00.
Davies, Robertson. THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS. 472 pgs. Cloth in
price-clipped purple dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Viking, (1988). 1st U.S.
Trade Edition [so stated]. Near fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.
Jaffe, Aniela (Editor). C.G. JUNG: WORD & IMAGE. 238 pgs with index.
Color & black & white photos & prints. Cloth in lightly chipped,
price-clipped blue-green dust jacket. Quarto. Princeton University
Press, (1979). Bollingen Series XCVII:2. Very good condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. "A unique record of Jung's life
& his accomplishments, based on an extraordinary collection of
documents, photographs, artistic works, & unpublished letters &
journal entries." In print 1998 @ $65.00. Our price: $35.00.
Saxon, A.H. (Editor) SELECTED LETTERS OF P.T. BARNUM. 351 pgs with
index. Photos & prints throughout. Cloth in green dust jacket. Octavo.
NY: Columbia University Press, 1983. Near fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $20.00.
Miller, Walter. A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ. Pink boards in black cloth
back, without dust jacket. Octavo. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1960. 1st
Edition [so stated]. Author's 1st book. New endpapers; lower-front
corner slightly bumped; otherwise, very good condition. $300.00.
Jung, C.G. PSYCHOLOGY & ALCHEMY [Volume 2 of the Collected Works]. 649
pgs with index. Illustrated. Cloth in chipped, price-clipped black
dust jacket. Octavo. Princeton University Press, (1973). Bollingen
Series XX. Near fine condition in good+ jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. In print 1998 @ $79.50. Our price: $40.00.
Nash, Joseph. THE MANSIONS OF ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME. 100 full-page
illustrations. Cloth in chipped & tape-repaired white dust jacket.
Folio. NY: Bounty Books, (1970). Tiny puncture on front gutter;
otherwise, very good condition in good jacket. $32.50.
Kelder, Diane. THE GREAT BOOK OF FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM. 447 pgs with
notes & index. Color & black & white reproductions throughout, many
fold-out. Cloth in pictorial white dust jacket. Folio. NY: Abbeville,
(1980). 3rd printing. One fold-out plate with neatly repaired 3" tear;
otherwise, very good condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $50.00.
Hulsker, Jan. THE COMPLETE VAN GOGH: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches.
498 pgs with bibliography & index. 2,170 reproductions, 40 in color.
Cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Folio. NY: Harrison House/Abrams,
(1984). Very good+ condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. Every one of Van Gogh's works in all mediums is included,
along with newly-translated letters. In print 1998 @ $39.95. Our
price: $20.00.
SHOWCASE OF INTERIOR DESIGN: SOUTHERN EDITION. 235 pgs with index.
Color photos throughout. Cloth in pictorial white dust jacket. Quarto.
Grand Rapids, MI: Vitae, (1993). Near fine condition in like jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. In print 1998 @ $35.00. Our price:
$17.50.
Flam, Jack (Editor). MATISSE: A RETROSPECTIVE. 392 pgs with index.
Color & black & white reproductions throughout, several fold-out.
Cloth in pictorial blue dust jacket. Folio. NY: Wings, (1990). Reprint
Edition. Near fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. TRADE $25.00.
Schneebaum, Tobias. KEEP THE RIVER ON YOUR RIGHT. 184 pgs. Photos.
Cloth in lightly chipped, white dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Grove,
(1969). Very good+ condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $20.00.
Neuer, Roni & Susugu Yoshida. UKIYO-E: 250 YEARS OF JAPANESE ART. 390
pgs with glossary, index, & bibliography. Color reproductions
throughout. Cloth in red dust jacket. Folio. (NY): Gallery, (1990).
Fine condition in near fine jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
$65.00.
Bowles, Paul. SELECTED SONGS. 169 pgs. Orange paper wrappers. Quarto.
Santa Fe, NM: Soundings, 1984. 1st Edition. Very good+ condition.
$40.00.
Levin, Gail. EDWARD HOPPER: THE ART & THE ARTIST. 304 pgs. Color &
black & white reproductions throughout. Cloth in price-clipped cream
dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Norton, (1980). 3rd printing. Top-front
corner lightly bumped; otherwise, very good condition in like jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. In print 1998 @ $50.00. Our price:
$25.00.
Benson, Ann. BEADWEAR: MAKING BEADED ACCESSORIES & ADORNMENTS. 144
pgs. Color photos & black & white text drawings throughout. Cloth in
pictorial light blue dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Sterling, (1994). 1st
Edition. Near fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. In print 1998 @ $29.95. Our price: $15.00.
Didion, Joan. AFTER HENRY. 319 pgs. Cloth in black dust jacket.
Octavo. NY: Simon & Schuster, (1992). 1st Edition. Near fine condition
in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.
Hoffmann, E.T.A. NUTCRACKER. Color illustrations by Maurice Sendak.
Cloth in very lightly chipped pictorial gray dust jacket. Square
quarto. NY: Crown, (1984). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition in
very good+ jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $60.00.
Hoopes, Donelson. THE AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISTS. 160 pgs with
bibliography & index. 64 color plates. Cloth in spine-sunned dust
jacket. Quarto. NY: Watson-Guptill, (1972). 5th printing. Near fine
condition in very good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Includes
Bellows, Benson, Butler, Carsen, Cassatt, Chase, Davis, De Camp,
Dewing, Frieseke, Garber, Glackens, Griffin, Hassam, Inness, Lawson,
Martin, Metcalf, Prendergast, Potthast, Ranger, Redfield, Reid,
Robinson, Sargent, Schofield, Sloan, Spencer, Tarbell, Thayer, Tryon,
Twachtman, Wiere, Whistler, & Wiggins. $25.00.
Brooks, Terry. WITCHES' BREW. Cloth in black dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Ballantine, (1995). 1st Edition [so stated]. Near fine condition in
like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.
Tsujimoto, Karen. WAYNE THIEBAUD. 207 pgs with bibliography. Color &
black & white reproductions throughout. Pictorial white paper
wrappers. Quarto. Seattle: University of Washington Press, (1985). 1st
Edition. Very good condition. In print 1998 @ $27.50. Our price: DLR
$13.50.
Waldman, Diane. JOSEPH CORNELL. 119 pgs. Color & black & white photos
& reproductions throughout. Pictorial white paper wrappers. Quarto.
Amsterdam: Neulenhoff, (1978). Very good condition. Text in Dutch.
Survey of this American artist's work. $75.00.
Lamb, Brian. BOOKNOTES: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing,
& the Power of Ideas. 423 pgs with index. Color photos. Cloth in red
dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Times Books, (1997). 1st Edition [so stated].
Near fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
$15.00.
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