FS: 2nd Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Fri. Oct. 30th

[Acorn Books]

Wilenski, R.H. OUTLINE OF ENGLISH PAINTING. 133 pgs with index.
Tipped-in color frontispiece; black & white reproductions. Cloth in
chipped, spine-sunned, price-clipped yellow dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Philosophical Library, (1948). Top edge lightly foxed; otherwise, near
fine condition with good jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Behrman, S.N. PEOPLE IN A DIARY: A Memoir. 338 pgs with index. Photos
& prints. Cloth in chipped price-clipped blue dust jacket. Octavo.
Boston: Little, Brown, (1972). 1st Edition [so stated]. Very good
condition with good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Presents
Behrman's extraordinary diary of the men & women, the actors,
playwrights, writers, composers, poets & statesmen he has known.
$15.00.

Wollen, Peter. SIGNS & MEANING IN THE CINEMA. 168 pgs. Photos. Black
paper wrappers. 12mo. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1969).
Very good condition. $15.00.

Robinson, David. BUSTER KEATON. 198 pgs with filmography. Candid
photos & film stills throughout. Pictorial paper wrappers. 12mo.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1969). Very good condition.
$25.00.

Taylor, Francis Henry. THE TASTE OF ANGELS: A History of Art
Collecting from Rameses to Napoleon. 661 pgs with bibliography &
index. Color & black & white reproductions. Cream cloth, without dust
jacket. Octavo. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. 1st Edition [so
stated]. Covers & top edge somewhat spotted; otherwise, good
condition. $27.50.

Wolfflin, Heinrich. PRINCIPLES OF ART HISTORY: The Problem of the
Development of Style in Later Art. 237 pgs. Photos & prints. Cloth in
chipped, spine-sunned, price-clipped cream dust jacket. Octavo. (NY):
Dover, (1929). 7th Edition. Very good condition with good jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.

Lynch, Bohun & Reginald Berkeley. DECORATIONS & ABSURDITIES. 136 pgs.
Drawings throughout. Gray cloth, without dust jacket. Octavo. London:
Collins, (1923). 1st Edition. Covers lightly spotted; extremities
lightly rubbed; otherwise, good condition. Caricatures of well-known
British political, artistic & literary figures of the early 20th
century. $50.00.

Cox, Trenchard. JEHAN FOUCQUET, Native of Tours. 150 pgs with
bibliography & index. Reproductions. Cloth in much chipped,
spine-sunned dust jacket lacking 1/4" at top of spine. Octavo. London:
Faber & Faber, (1931). 1st Edition. Very good condition with fair
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $35.00.

Michener, James. TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Light brown cloth,
without dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Macmillan, 1950. 11th printing. Inked
name on front free endpaper; otherwise, very good condition. Reprinted
1998 @ $35.00. Our price: $17.50.

Cornelius, Brother. KEITH: OLD MASTER OF CALIFORNIA, Volume 2. 296 pgs
with appendices & index. Color & black & white photos & reproductions.
Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Octavo. (Fresno: Academy Library
Guild, 1956). 1st Edition. Signed by the author. Pamphlet titled "An
Introduction to the Art of William Keith" laid in. Top edge somewhat
foxed; otherwise, very good+ condition with good+ jacket in protective
mylar wrapper. $200.00.

Forbes, B.C. 499 SCOTTISH STORIES FOR THE PRICE OF 500. 216 pgs.
Drawings. Yellow cloth, with remains of tattered dust jacket laid in.
12mo. NY: Forbes, (1945). Presentation copy signed by the author.
Small red spot on bottom edge; otherwise, very good condition.
Collection of anecdotes relating to Scotland & its people. $15.00.

Carswell, John. THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE. 314 pgs with index. Prints.
Cloth in chipped, price-clipped maroon dust jacket. Octavo. London:
Crescent, 1961. 2nd printing. Free endpapers slightly darkened;
otherwise, very good condition with good jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. Ecomomic & political history of an early 18th Century English
financial disaster. Reprinted 1998 @ $33.95. Our price: $17.50.

James, Henry. DAUMIER, CARICATURIST. 36 pgs. Reproductions. White
boards in black cloth back, in chipped glassine wrapper. Octavo.
(Emmaus, PA): Rodale, (1954). Top edge lightly foxed; otherwise, very
good condition. $15.00.

Holliday, Robert Cortes. MEN & BOOKS & CITIES. 263 pgs. Gray boards
in olive cloth back, without dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Doran, (1920).
Front cover lightly spotted; corners lightly rubbed; otherwise, good
condition. $15.00.

Fletcher, J.S. THE VALLEY OF HEADSTRONG MEN. Red cloth, without dust
jacket. 12mo. NY: Doran, no date (c.1950's?). Red rubber stamp on
title page; red paper pasted over front endpapers; extremities lightly
rubbed; otherwise, good condition. $15.00.

Henson, Leslie. YOURS FAITHFULLY: An Autobiography. 180 pgs with
index. Photos. Red cloth, without dust jacket. 12mo. London: Long,
(1948). 2nd printing. edges foxed; spine & rear cover spotted;
otherwise, good condition. $15.00.

Chicago, Judy. THE BIRTH PROJECT. 231 pgs. Color & black & white
photos & prints. Blue paper wrappers. Quarto. Garden City, NY:
Doubleday, 1985. Very good condition. $25.00.

Hefley, Robert & Howard Zimmerman. ROBOTS. 98 pgs. Color & black &
white photos throughout. Black paper wrappers. Quarto. (NY): Starlog,
(1979). 1st Edition [so stated]. Very good condition. A pictorial
history of the robot in film. $15.00.

THE FILM SHOW ANNUAL. 112 pgs. Color & black & white candid photos &
film stills throughout. Cloth in chipped, spine-sunned dust jacket
with 5" closed tear. Quarto. No Place: no date (c.1950's?). Corners
bumped; extremities lightly rubbed; otherwise, good condition with
fair jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $35.00.

FAREWELL TO OLD ENGLAND FOREVER. Color drawings by John Anthony King
throughout. Pictorial paper wrappers. Quarto. Sydney, Australia:
Collins, (1984). Very good+ condition. Story of the deportation of
British convicts to Australia. $15.00.

Base, Graeme. MY GRANDMA LIVED IN GOOLIGULCH. Color & black & white
drawings throughout. Pictorial paper wrappers. Quarto. (Australia:
Nelson, 1985). Very good+ condition. $15.00.

Feydeau, Alain. EDWIGE FEUILLERE. 146 pgs with bibliography. Photos
throughout. Beige boards, without dust jacket. Quarto. Paris: Editions
PAC, 1983. Corners bumped; otherwise, good+ condition. Text in French.
$25.00.

O'Brien, Eileen McCann (Editor). PARADISE OF THE PACIFIC: Hawaii's
Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. 55, No. 12. Color & black & white
photos & prints; ads. Pictorial paper wrappers. Quarto. Honolulu:
December, 1942. Good+ condition. $15.00.

Johnson, George. THE AUSTRALIANS. 292 pgs with index. Color & black &
white photos by Robert B. Goodman throughout. Cloth in dust jacket &
slipcase. Quarto. (Adelaide, Australia: Rigby, 1967). 2nd Edition.
Fine condition in near fine jacket & good case. $40.00.

Varga, Margit. THE CHRISTMAS STORY: A Book of Paintings by the
Renaissance Masters. 56 pgs. Color reproductions throughout. Cloth in
chipped, price-clipped black dust jacket. Folio. NY: Dodd, Mead, 1946.
Very good condition with good jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
$15.00.

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