FS: 1st Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Tues., Dec 28, 1999.

[Acorn Books]

1. Axelrod, Alan. AMERICAN FRONTIER LIFE: Early Western Painting &
Prints. 202 pgs with index. Color & black & white photos &
reproductions throughout. Cloth in grey pictorial dust jacket.
Imperial octavo. NY: Abbeville, (1987). Fine condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $20.00 [108107]

2. Beadle, J. H. LIFE IN UTAH; OR THE MYSTERIES & CRIMES OF MORMONISM.
616 pgs. Prints. New brown fabricoid. Octavo. Philadelphia: National
Publishing Co, (1870). Slight shelfwear; otherwise, very good
condition. "Being an exposé of the secret rites & ceremonies of the
latter-day saints, with a full & authentic history of polygamy & the
Mormon sect from its origin to the present time." $50.00 [108108]

3. Brautigan, Richard. A CONFEDERATE GENERAL. White pictorial paper
wrappers. 12mo. NY: Ballantine, (1964). 1st Edition Thus. Very good
condition. $15.00 [108078]

4. Brereton, Lieutenant Colonel F. S. WITH ALLENBY IN PALESTINE: A
Story of the Latest Crusade. 287 pgs. Frontispiece. Cloth in torn
light blue pictorial dust jacket. 12mo. London: Blackie & Son, no date
(c. 1919?). Previous owner's inked inscription on front pastedown
endpaper; otherwise, good condition with like jacket in protective
mylar wrapper. $27.50 [108067]

5. Clements, Ralph. TALES OF THE TOWN: Little Known Anecdotes of Life
in Cedar Rapids. 128 pgs with bibliography & index. Photos throughout.
Pictorial white boards, without dust jacket. Quarto. Cedar Rapids:
Stamats, 1967. 1st Edition. Presentation copy signed by the author.
Spine lightly sunned; otherwise, very good condition. $25.00 [108120]

6. Corn, Joseph J. THE WINGED GOSPEL: America's Romance with Aviation,
1900 - 1950. 177 pgs with index. Cloth in off-white pictorial dust
jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Oxford University Press, 1983. 2nd
printing. Previous owner's inked inscription on front free endpaper;
otherwise, very good condition with good jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. $15.00 [108092]

7. Dalrymple, Byron. SPORTSMAN'S GUIDE TO GAME FISH: A Field Book of
Fresh- & Saltwater Species. 480 pgs with index. Color & black & white
prints. Cloth in green & gold pictorial dust jacket. 12mo. NY: World,
(1968). 1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in protective
mylar wrapper. $34.50 [108085]

8. Dillon, Patrick. LOST AT SEA: An American Tragedy. 264 pgs.
Drawings. Cloth in grey & black pictorial dust jacket. Imperial
octavo. (NY): Dial, (1998). Fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. Account of 2 crabbing ships lost myseriously
at sea off Dutch Harbor, Alaska in 1983. In print 1999 @ $23.95. Our
price: $15.00 [108100]

9. Drury, Allen. EGYPT: The Eternal Smile - Reflections on a Journey.
273 pgs. Color photos throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped gold
pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980. 1st
Edition [so stated]. Very good condition with good+ jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. A photo-essay on Egypt's intriguing past,
its culture & art, as well as its present-day landscape. $26.50
[108104]

10. Emde, Heiner. CONQUERORS OF THE AIR: The Evolution of Aircraft
1903 - 1945. 201 pgs with index. Color & black & white illustrations
throughout. Cloth in off-white pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. NY:
Bonanza, (1968). Small paint spot on bottom edges; otherwise, very
good condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $15.00
[108102]

11. Endo, Shusaku. STAINED GLASS ELEGIES. Cloth in white pictorial
dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Dodd, Mead, (1984). 1st U.S. Edition. Very
good condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $15.00
[108072]

12. Feder, Norman. AMERICAN INDIAN ART. 445 pgs with bibliography.
Tipped-in color plates; black & white photos. Cloth in white pictorial
dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Abrams, no date (c.1960's?). Very good
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Covers the art
forms of the American Indians of the Great Plains, Southwest,
California, Arctic, & the Woodlands. $100.00 [108103]

13. Freedman, Lawrence. ATLAS OF GLOBAL STRATEGY: War & Peace in the
Nuclear Age. 192 pgs with bibliography & index. Maps; color & black &
white photos & prints throughout. Cloth in red pictorial dust jacket.
Quarto. NY: Facts on File, (1985). Very good condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $20.00 [108119]

14. Gallico, Paul. THE BOY WHO INVENTED THE BUBBLE GUM: An Odyssey of
Innocence. Cloth in white pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Delacorte, (1974). 1st Edition. Very good condition with like jacket
in protective mylar wrapper. $15.00 [108086]

15. Gantenbein, Brigadier General C. U. (Editor). THE OFFICIAL RECORDS
OF THE OREGON VOLUNTEERS IN THE SPANISH WAR & PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION.
638 pgs with index. Photos & prints. New blue cloth with original
mounted spine & cover; new endpapers. Imperial octavo. Salem: State of
Oregon, 1893. 2nd Edition. Report of Brig. Gen. Robert H. Hall with 3
leaves torn in half; half of one page lacking in index; otherwise,
very good condition. $300.00 [108115]

16. Gwynn-Jones, Terry. AVIATION'S MAGNIFICENT GAMBLERS. 128 pgs with
index. Photos throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped orange pictorial
dust jacket with 1" closed tear on edge of spine. Quarto. Sydney:
Lansdowne Press, (1981). 1st Edition. Previous owner's name on
title-page; otherwise, very good condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $15.00 [108109]

17. Haining, Peter (Editor). WEIRD TALES: A Facsimile of the World's
Most Famous Fantasy Magazine. Cloth in black pictorial dust jacket.
Imperial octavo. Jersey, UK: Neville Spearman, (1976). 1st U.K.
Edition. Very good condition with like jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. $50.00 [108091]

18. Hastings, Max. BOMBER COMMAND: Churchill's Epic Campaign. 400 pgs
with index. Photos. Grey paper wrappers. Octavo. NY: Simon & Schuster,
(1987). Previous owner's inked inscription on front free endpaper;
otherwise, very good condition. "The inside story of the RAF's valiant
attempt to end the war." $15.00 [108069]

19. Hearn, Lafcadio. SELECTED WRITINGS. Edited by Henry Goodman. Cloth
in torn green & brown dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Citadel, (1949).
Previous owner's inked inscription on front free endpaper; otherwise,
very good condition with fair jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
$32.50 [108089]

20. Higham, Charl. HOLLYWOOD AT SUNSET: The Decline & Fall of the Most
Colorful Empire Since Rome. 181 pgs. Photos. Cloth in pink pictorial
dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Saturday Review Press, (1972). 1st Edition.
Very good condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
$15.00 [108095]

21. Hogg, Ian. TANK KILLING: Anti-Tank Warfare by Men & Machines. 266
pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in black pictorial dust jacket. Octavo.
NY: Sarpedon, (1996). 1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. In print 1999 @ $22.95. Our price: $15.00
[108098]

22. Kapp, Leon & Hiroko & Yoshindo Yoshihara. THE CRAFT OF THE
JAPANESE SWORD. 167 pgs with index. Photos throughout. Cloth in orange
pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. Tokyo: Kodansha, (1987). 1st Edition.
Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. New 1999
@ $39.00. Our price: $23.50 [108111]

23. Knight, Ian. GREAT ZULU COMMANDERS. 224 pgs with index. Photos &
prints. Cloth in brown & blue pictorial dust jacket. Imperial octavo.
London: (Cassell, 1999). 1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket
in protective mylar wrapper. In print 1999 @ $29.95. Our price: $18.00
[108097]

24. [Lawrence, T. E.] Aldington, Richard. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA: A
Biographical Enquiry. 448 pgs with bibliography & index. Photos. Cloth
in lightly chipped black pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. Chicago:
Regnery, 1955. 1st Edition. Very good condition with good jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $35.00 [108096]

25. [Lincoln] Lowry, Thomas P. DON'T SHOOT THAT BOY!: Abraham Lincoln
& Military Justice. 320 pgs with index. Photos & prints. Cloth in
white pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. (Mason City, IA): Savas
Publishing, (1999). 1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. In print 1999 @ $24.95. Our price: $15.00
[108070]

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