FS: 1st Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Wed., Oct 25, 2000.

[Acorn Books]

1. Arendt, Hannah. THE LIFE OF THE MIND, Volume 1- Thinking; Volume 2
- Willing. Cloth in tan & beige dust jackets in beige slipcase.
Imperial octavo. NY: Harcourt, Brace, (1978). Near fine condition with
like jackets in protective mylar wrapper in like slipcase. Arendt's
analysis of the mental states involved in thinking, willing & judging.
$25.00 [130512]

2. ART IN NATURE: Classic Botanical Prints from the Eighteenth to the
Twentieth Century. 288 pgs with bibliography & index. Color prints
throughout. Cloth in white dust jacket. Folio. NY: Rizzoli, (1991).
1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. Reproductions of 570 beautiful hand-colored plates executed
by such talented botanical artists as Sydenham Edwards, James Sowerby,
and Walter Fitch for Curtis's Botanical Magazine begun in 1787.
$125.00 [130542]

3. Aylesworth, Thomas G. HOLLYWOOD KIDS: Child Stars of the Silver
Screen from 1903 to the Present. 288 pgs with index. Color & black &
white photos throughout. 288 pgs with index. Quarto. NY: Dutton,
(1987). 1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in protective
mylar wrapper. $30.00 [130518]

4. Bazin, Germain. A GALLERY OF FLOWERS. 206 pgs with index. Color
reproductions. Cloth in lightly chipped white dust jacket. Imperial
octavo. NY: Appleton-Century, (1960). Small 1/4" triangle shaped piece
lacking from front of dust jacket; otherwise, very good+ condition
with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $20.00 [130513]

5. Beard, Peter Hill. THE END OF THE GAME. 256 pgs. Color & black &
white photos & drawings throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped &
spine-sunned pictorial green dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Viking, (1965).
1st Edition. 2'" closed tear along leading edge of dust jacket;
otherwise, very good+ condition with very good jacket in protective
mylar wrapper. Blending the past & present as the age of the great
white hunter gives way to animal conservation. A stunning & moving
collection of photographs. $100.00 [130539]

6. Binns, Stewart & Adrian Wood. THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN COLOR. 208
pgs. Color photos throughout. Cloth in red & black dust jacket.
Quarto. Chicago: Contemporary, (2000). Fine condition with like jacket
in protective mylar wrapper. In print 2000 @ $29.995 Our price: $18.00
[130528]

7. Cameron, Robert. ABOVE LOS ANGELES: A Collection of Nostalgic &
Contemporary Aerial Photographs of Greater Los Angeles. 159 pgs. Color
photos throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped black dust jacket. Oblong
quarto. San Francisco: Cameron, (1984). 8th printing. Very good+
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $15.00
[130524]

8. Chapman, John (Editor). THE BEST PLAYS OF 1951-1952 & the Yearbook
of Drama in America. 387 pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in red & black
pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Dodd, Mead, 1952. 1st Edition. Very
good+ condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Mrs.
McThing, I Am a Camera, Point of No Return, Barefoot in Athens, The
Fourposter, The Shrike, Jane, Venus Observed, Gigi, Remains to Be
Seen. $16.50 [130550]

9. Chapman, John (Editor). THE BURNS MANTLE BEST PLAYS OF 1949-1950:
And the Year Book of the Drama In America. Photos. Cloth in pictorial
dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Dodd, Mead, 1950. Very good + condition with
like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $20.00 [130547]

10. [Cole] Kimball, Robert (Editor). COLE. 283 pgs. Photos throughout.
Black & silver paper wrappers. Quarto. NY: Delta, (1971). Previous
owner's inked inscription on front free endpaper; otherwise, fine
condition. Stylish & revealing portrait of the life & lyrics of Cole
Porter. $15.00 [130516]

11. Condon, Eddie & Gehman, Richard (Editors). EDDIE CONDON'S TREASURY
OF JAZZ. 488 pgs. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Dial,
1956. Endpapers foxed; otherwise, good condition with good jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. Thirty-five essays on individual musicians &
the jazz scene including big bands & bop. $25.00 [130503]

12. Dickson, Carter. THE BOWSTRING MURDERS. 175 pgs. Red paper
wrappers. 16mo. NY: Berkley Publishing, (1959). Very good + condition.
$10.00 [130534]

13. Eastman, Max. SEVEN KINDS OF GOODNESS. 156 pgs. Cloth in black
dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Horizon Press, (1967). 1st Edition.
Presentation copy signed by the author. Very good + condition with
very good jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Accounts of historic
figures who embodied the concept of "a good life." $26.50 [130537]

14. Ellison, Harlan. MEMOS FROM PURGATORY. 207 pgs. White paper
wrappers. 12mo. Reseda, CA: Powell, (1969). 1st Edition Thus. Very
good condition. The author's experience with a gang of juvenile
delinquents, feeling "the razor sharp edge of desperation that drives
young kids into acts of brutal, unreasonable violence." $50.00
[130527]

15. Fosca, Francois. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: Watteau to Tiepolo. [The
Great Centuries of Painting Series]. 147 pgs with index. 64 tipped-in
color reproductions. Cloth in lightly chipped & spine-sunned green,
grey & black pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. Geneva: Skira, (1952).
Bookplate; otherwise, very good+ condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $47.50 [130531]

16. Gerdts, William H. & Russell Burke. AMERICAN STILL-LIFE PAINTING.
264 pgs with index. Color & black & white reproductions throughout.
Cloth in spine-sunned & lightly chipped red dust jacket. Quarto. NY:
Praeger, (1971). 1st U.S. Edition. Fine condition with like very good
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $125.00 [130511]

17. Goetzmann, William H. NEW LANDS, NEW MEN: America & the Second
Great Age of Discovery. 528 pgs with index. Drawings. Cloth in dark
green dust jacket. Octavo. (NY): Viking, (1986). Remainder mark on
bottom edge; otherwise, fine condition with like jacket in protective
mylar wrapper. The remarkable adventures of explorers from James Cook
to George Catlin & Charles Wilkes to Matthew Maury, detailing their
hardships, frustrations & enduring legacy. In print 2000 @ $29.95 Our
price: $18.00 [130533]

18. Graves, Robert. THE PIER-GLASS. Orange boards with wrap-around
label in green dust jacket. 16mo. NY: Knopf, 1921. 1st U.S. Edition.
Light foxing on end papers otherwise very good in good jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. Poems. $350.00 [130538]

19. [Haines] Mann, William J. WISECRACKER: The Life & Times of William
Haines, Hollywood's First Openly Gay Star. 444 pgs with index. Photos.
Cloth in gray dust jacket. Octavo. (NY): Viking, (1998). 1st Edition.
Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. In print
2000 @ $29.95 Our price: $18.00 [130506]

20. Haver, Ronald. DAVID O. SELZNICK'S HOLLYWOOD. 425 pgs with
bibliography & index. Color & black & white photos, drawings & movie
stills. Cloth in lightly chipped metallic red dust jacket. Folio. NY:
Knopf, 1980. 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition with very good+
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $150.00 [130517]

21. Heinlein, Robert. TIME FOR THE STARS. Cloth in brown pictorial
dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Scribner’s. Previous owner's inked
inscription on half-title page; otherwise, very good + condition with
like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $275.00 [130540]

22. Hockney, David. TRAVELS WITH PEN, PENCIL & INK. Unpaged. Color &
black & white photos & drawings throughout. White paper wrappers.
Square octavo. London: Petersburg Press, (1978). 1st Edition. Very
good + condition. Selected prints & drawings, 1962-1977. $75.00
[130530]

23. Hoey, Brian. THE ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA: Inside the Queen's
Floating Palace. 200 pgs. Color & black & white illustrations
throughout. Blue pictorial paper wrappers. Small quarto. Somerset, UK:
Patrick Stephens Limited, (1999). 3rd Edition. Near fine condition. An
account of the yacht's forty-three years of service to "The Queen". In
print 2000 @ $29.95. Our price: $18.00 [130508]

24. Holtorf, Gunther W. HONG KONG - WORLD OF CONTRASTS. 176 pgs with
index. Color photos. Cloth in lightly chipped dark grey dust jacket.
Quarto. Chicago: Rand McNally, (1971). 1st Edition. Very good+
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $26.50
[130520]

25. Hudson, Mark. OUR GRANDMOTHER'S DRUMS. 321 pgs. Cloth in pictorial
dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Grove Weidenfeld, (1993). 1st
Edition [so stated]. Near fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. A visitor to Gambia becomes a participant in
the dramas & rituals of village life. $15.00 [130521]

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