FS: 2nd Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Wed. Jan. 14th

[Acorn Books]

This is a list of 25 new arrivals from Acorn Books. Book(s) shipped on
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Mushanokoji, Saneatsu. LOVE & DEATH. Frontispiece. Cloth in very
lightly chipped white dust jacket. 12mo. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press,
(1967). Very good condition in good+ jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $15.00.

Williams, J.R. THE BULL OF THE WOODS and OUT OUR WAY. 128 pgs. Cartoon
illustrations throughout. Cloth in chipped & worn dark green dust
jacket. Oblong octavo. NY: Scribner's, 1952. Top edge lightly spotted;
otherwise, good+ condition in fair jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $30.00.

Mitchell, Margaret. GONE WITH THE WIND: Motion Picture Edition. 391
pgs with index. Color film stills. Pictorial yellow paper wrappers.
Octavo. NY: Macmillan, 1940. Spine lightly worn & sunned; otherwise,
good+ condition. Complete text of the novel with photo illustrations &
motion picture credits. $70.00.

Williams, Marjorie. IN THE NATURE OF MATERIALS: Japanese Decorative
Arts. 42 pgs with bibliography & index. Photos. Spiral bound white
paper wrappers. Quarto. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art,
(1977). Techniques of decoration & design in modern Japan. $25.00.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS: THE OLYMPIC CLUB CENTENNIAL, 1860-1960. 160 pgs.
Photos throughout. Pictorial white boards. Quarto. San Francisco:
Olympic Club, 1960. Inked markings on front pastedown endpaper; spine
darkened; otherwise, good condition. $30.00.

Gnoli, Raniero. MARMORA ROMANA. 289 pgs with bibliography & index.
Fold-out map at rear. Cloth in very lightly spotted white dust jacket.
Folio. Rome: Edizioni Dell'Elefante, (1988). Text in Italian. Fine
condition in near fine jacket with protective mylar wrapper. History &
development of Italian marble. $125.00.

Kennealy, Jerry. BEGGAR'S CHOICE. Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
St. Martin's, (1994). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. In print 1998 @ $22.95. Our
price: $15.00.

Moffett, Charles. THE NEW PAINTING: IMPRESSIONISM, 1874-1886. 509 pgs
with bibliography & index. Color & black & white reproductions
throughout. Color pictorial black paper wrappers. Quarto. San
Francisco: Fine Arts Museum, (1986). Very good+ condition. "This
volume celebrates the series of eight Impressionist exhibitions held
in Paris during the years 1874-1886." In print 1998 @ $29.95. Our
price: $15.00.

Wurm, Theodore G. & Alvin C. Graves. THE CROOKEDEST RAILROAD IN THE
WORLD: A History of the Mt. Tamalpias & Muir Woods Railroad of
California. 123 pgs with bibliography & index. Photos & drawings; map
endpapers. Cloth in very lightly chipped orange dust jacket. Octavo.
Berkeley, CA: Howell North, (1960). Fine condition in near fine jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. $45.00.

Sutherland, Monica. THE DAMNDEST FINEST RUINS. 219 pgs with index.
Photos. Cloth in chipped dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Coward-McCann,
(1959). 1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Very good+ condition in good
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Story of San Francisco's 1906
Earthquake & Fire. $25.00.

Aidala, Thomas. THE GREAT HOUSES OF SAN FRANCISCO. 204 pgs with index.
Photos throughout. Cloth in pictorial dark blue dust jacket. Octavo.
NY: Arch, (1987). Fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. A celebration of city's best known dwellings, public &
private. $40.00.

McGloin, John B. SAN FRANCISCO: THE STORY OF A CITY. 445 pgs with
notes, bibliography & index. Photos. Cloth in lightly chipped dust
jacket. Octavo. San Rafael, CA: Presidio, (1979). 2nd printing. Very
good condition in good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $40.00.

McGloin, John B. SAN FRANCISCO: THE STORY OF A CITY. 445 pgs with
notes, bibliography & index. Photos. Cloth in lightly chipped & sunned
dust jacket. Octavo. San Rafael, CA: Presidio, (1978). Near fine
condition in good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $40.00.

Yanagi, Soetau & Shoji Hamada. JAPAN FOLK CRAFTS MUSEUM (NIPPON
MINGEIKAN). Unpaged. Color & black & white plates throughout. White
wrappers. Square quarto. Tokyo: Japan Folk Crafts Museum, (1970). Very
good+ condition. Exhibition of traditional Japanese folk craft from
the collection of the Nippon Mingeikan. $25.00.

Richter, Conrad. THE TOWN. Illustrated. Silk endpapers. Gilt
decorative full brown morocco fine binding. All edges gilt. Octavo.
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Fine condition. $40.00.

Erte. ERTE'S THEATRICAL COSTUMES IN FULL COLOR. 47 pgs. Color plates
throughout. Cloth in black pictorial dust jacket. Slim Folio. NY:
Dover, (1979). Edition limited to 1300 copies signed by the author.
Near fine condition in very good jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
$75.00.

Richter, Conrad. THE TOWN. Illustrated. Silk endpapers. Gilt
decorative full brown morocco fine binding. All edges gilt. Octavo.
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Fine condition. $40.00.

Wright, Leigh et al. VANISHING WORLD: The Ibans of Borneo. 152 pgs.
Color & black & white photos throughout; map endpapers. Pictorial
paper wrappers. Folio. NY: Weatherhill, (1980). 4th Edition.
Blindstamp at bottom of front free endpaper; otherwise, very good
condition. $35.00.

Robinson, Edward Arlington. SELECTED POEMS. Silk endpapers. Gilt
decorative full dark green morocco fine binding. All edges gilt.
Octavo. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. Fine condition.
$40.00.

Racine, Jean. SIX TRAGEDIES. Illustrated. Silk endpapers. Gilt
decorative full dark green morocco fine binding. All edges gilt.
Octavo. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Fine condition.
$40.00.

Porter, Katherine Anne. THE COLLECTED STORIES. Illustrated. Silk
endpapers. Gilt decorative full dark blue morocco fine binding. All
edges gilt. Octavo. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1976. Fine
condition. $40.00.

Richards, Glyn. TOWARDS A THEOLOGY OF RELIGIONS. 179 pgs with notes,
bibliography & index. Cloth in lavender dust jacket. Octavo. London:
Routledge, (1989). Fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. Study of the various attitudes taken by Christians towards
other religions. In print 1998 @ $55.00. Our price: $27.50.

Hedges, Lawrence. IN SEARCH OF THE LOST MOTHER OF INFANCY. 354 pgs
with index. Cloth in dark blue dust jacket. Octavo. Northvale, NJ:
Aronson, (1994). 1st Edition. Fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. "Illustrates, through case studies, the
elusive terrain of primitive strivings for the lost connection with
mother at the earliest developmental level & how this searching is
manifested in life & in the consulting room." In print 1998 @ $30.00.
Our price: $15.00.

Green, Peter. ALEXANDER TO ACTICUM: The Historical Evolution of the
Hellenistic Age. 970 pgs with notes, bibliography & index. Photos.
Cloth in pictorial black & white dust jacket. Thick quarto. Berkeley:
University of California Press, (1990). 1st Edition. Fine condition in
like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. In print 1998 @ $70.00. Our
price: $40.00.

Peterkin, Julia. SCARLET SISTER MARY. Color plates. Silk endpapers.
Gilt decorative full maroon morocco fine binding. All edges gilt.
Octavo. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Fine condition.
$40.00.

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