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Oct 31, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/31/97

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.

Snider, Duke. THE DUKE OF FLATBUSH288 pgs. Cloth in pictorial tan dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Zebra, (1988). 1st Edition. Fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Memoir of former Brooklyn
Dodgers centerfielder Duke Snider. $15.00.

Tan, Amy. THE JOY LUCK CLUB. Cloth in price-clipped dust jacket.
Octavo. NY: Putnam, (1989). Signed by the author. Near fine condition
in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.

Gilbey, John. SECRET FIGHTING ARTS OF THE WORLD. 150 pgs. Drawings
throughout. Map endpapers. Cloth in grey dust jacket. Octavo. Rutland,
VT: Tuttle, (1979). Bookplate removed from front free endpaper;
otherwise, near fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $20.00.

Pierce, Roy. CONTEMPORARY FRENCH POLITICAL THOUGHT. 276 pgs with
index. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Octavo. London: Oxford
University Press, 1966. Near fine condition in very good jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Kong, Le Ba, STANDARD PRONOUNCING ENGLISH-VIETNAMESE DICTIONARY &
Standard Pronouncing Vietnamese-English Dictionary. 494 pgs + 398 pgs.
Tan cloth. Thick octavo. Houston, TX: Zieleks, (1978). Very good+
condition. $20.00.

Ward, Geoffrey. THE CIVIL WAR: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY. 426 pgs with
index. Photos; color & black & white reproductions throughout; maps.
Pictorial endpapers. Cloth in dust jacket. Square quarto. NY: Knopf,
1990. 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. In print 1996 @ $75.00. Our price: $50.00.

Smith, Ella. STARRING MISS BARBARA STANWYCK. 340 pgs with index.
Photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Crown, (1974).
Fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.

Miller, Henry. CRAZY COCK. Foreword by Erica Jong. Cloth in dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Grove Weidenfeld, (1991). 1st Edition [so stated].
Fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $30.00.

Bowman, John S. & Joel Zoss. THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF BASEBALL. 240
pgs with index. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in
pictorial white dust jacket. Folio. NY: Gallery, (1986). Fine
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.

Dooley, Roger. FROM SCARFACE TO SCARLETT: American Films in the
1930's. 648 pgs with bibliography & index. Photos. Cloth in lightly
chipped white dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, (1981). 1st Edition [so stated]. Edges lightly sunned;
otherwise, very good condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $20.00.

Kitahara, Teruhisa. ROBOTS: TIN TOY DREAMS. 111 pgs with index. Color
photos throughout. Color pictorial white stiff paper wrappers.
Imperial octavo. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1985). Fine
condition. Survey of the author's collection of toy robots. $20.00.

Symons, Julian. GREAT DETECTIVES: SEVEN ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS. 144
pgs with notes, bibliography & index. Color prints. Cloth in pictorial
brown dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Abrams, (1981). Fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. "Original short stories
involving Holmes, Nero Wolfe, Philip Marlowe, Miss Marple, Ellery
Queen, Maigret & Hercule Poirot." $35.00.

Caffin, Charles H. PHOTOGRAPHY AS A FINE ART. 191 pgs. Photographic
plates. Cloth in lightly chipped pictorial white dust jacket. Quarto.
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan & Morgan, (1971). Edition limited to
900 copies. Review copy with publisher's slip mounted on front free
endpaper. Very good condition in good+ jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. Reprint of the original 1901 1st Edition. $40.00.

Fowler, Don D. THE WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHS OF JOHN K. HILLERS: Myself in
the Water. 166 pgs with notes & bibliography. Photographic plates
throughout. Pictorial black paper wrappers. Quarto. Washington, DC:
Smithsonian Institution Press, (1989). Very good condition. $15.00.

Fricke, John. JUDY GARLAND: World's Greatest Entertainer. 256 pgs with
bibliography. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in dust
jacket. Quarto. NY: Holt, (1992). Rubber stamp on bottom edge & front
free endpaper; otherwise, near fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $17.50.

Ethell, Jeffrey L. G.I. VICTORY: The U.S. Army in World War II Color.
160 pgs. Color photos throughout. Cloth in pictorial red dust jacket.
Quarto. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, (1995). 1st Edition. Fine
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. In print 1997
@ $39.95. Our price: $20.00.

Robinson, Andrew. THE STORY OF WRITING: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs &
Pictograms. 224 pgs with notes, bibliography & index. Color & black &
white photos throughout. Cloth in pictorial black dust jacket. Quarto.
London: Thames & Hudson, (1995). 1st Edition. Fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Laisne, Claude. ART OF ANCIENT GREECE: Sculpture, Painting,
Architecture. 208 pgs with bibliography. Color photos throughout.
Color pictorial black paper wrappers. Paris: Terrail, (1995). Text in
English. Very good condition. $20.00.

Kleinman, Kathryn & Sara Slavin. ON FLOWERS. 159 pgs. Color photos
throughout. Color pictorial white paper wrappers. Square octavo.
(1992). Very good condition. Flower arranging ideas along with recipes
using edible flowers. $15.00.

Sweeney, Russell C. COMING NEXT WEEK: A Pictorial History of Film
Advertising. 303 pgs. Reproductions throughout. Cloth in lightly
chipped pictorial white dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Castle, (1973). Very
good condition in good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Boyne, Walter J. THE SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF FLIGHT. 288 pgs with index.
Color & black & white photos & prints throughout, including fold-out
chart at center. Cloth in dust jacket. Square quarto. Washington, DC:
Smithsonian Books, (1987). 1st Edition [so stated]. Blind stamp on
front free endpaper; otherwise, fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. In print 1997 @ $35.00. Our price: $17.50.

Marill, Alvin H. SAMUEL GOLDWYN PRESENTS. 320 pgs with index. Photos
throughout. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. Cranbury, NJ:
Barnes, (1976). 1st Edition. Near fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. Comprehensive study of the eighty films
released by Samuel Goldwyn between 1923 & 1959. $20.00.

Maloney, Tom. U.S. CAMERA INTERNATIONAL PICTURES 1963. 207 pgs. Color
& black & white photos throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped pictorial
white dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1963. 1st
Edition. Very good condition in good+ jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $30.00.

Winn, Dilys. MURDERESS INK: The Better Half of the Mystery. 304 pgs
with index. Photos. Pictorial grey paper wrappers. Quarto. NY:
Workman, (1979). 1st Edition. Very good+ condition. Survey of women in
mysteries. $15.00.

Joel McKee Chapman, Proprietor
Acorn Books - Member, ABAA
1436 Polk Street
San Francisco, CA 94109-4616
Tel: (415) 563-1736
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