FS: Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Sat., Feb. 15th

[Acorn Books]

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. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Prices net to
all. Please email to hold, or telephone (415) 563-1736 any hour.

Forsyth, Frederick. THE DEVIL'S ALTERNATIVE. Cloth in dust jacket.
Octavo. London: Hutchinson, 1979. 1st UK Edition. Light shelf wear;
otherwise, very good condition. $20.00.

Smith, Martin Cruz. POLAR STAR. Boards in dust jacket. Imperial
octavo. NY: Random House, 1989. 1st Trade Edition [so stated]. SIGNED
BY THE AUTHOR. Two small spots to spine; otherwise, near fine
condition. $35.00.

Newton, Helmut. WORLD WITHOUT MEN. 181 pgs + index. Color & black &
white photographs throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Xavier
Moreau, 1984. 1st Edition [so stated]. Two small damp-stain spots at
top edge of front cover; inked inscription on half-title page;
otherwise, very good condition in near fine jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. Erotic fashion photography. $100.00.

Kane, John. JOHN KANE, PAINTER. 343 pgs with index. Color & black &
white illustrations throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket.
Quarto. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh, 1971. 1st Edition.
Near fine condition. Contains autobiography & catalogue raisonne.
$40.00.

Angelou, Maya. SHAKER, WHY DON'T YOU SING? Boards in dust jacket.
Octavo. NY: Random House, 1983. 1st Edition [so stated]. Near fine
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $35.00.

Nin, Anais. A SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE. Cloth in chipped dust jacket
lacking small piece from inside front flap. Octavo. Paris/NY: British
Book Center, 1954. 1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Very good+ condition
in good dust jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $50.00.

Heide, Richard. POPULAR ART DECO: DEPRESSION ERA STYLE & DESIGN. 228
pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black & white photos
throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Oblong quarto. NY: Abbeville,
(1991). 1st Edition. Near fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. In print 1997 @ $39.95. Our price: $20.00.

Blunden, Maria & Godfrey. IMPRESSIONISTS & IMPRESSIONISM. 239 pgs with
index. Color & black & white reproductions throughout. Color pictorial
wrappers. Quarto. NY: Skira/Rizzoli, (1980). Inked name on front free
endpaper; otherwise, good+ condition. $25.00.

Markman, Roberta H. THE FLAYED GOD: THE MESOAMERICAN MYTHOLOGICAL
TRADITION. 456 pgs with notes & index. Color & black & white photos.
Cloth in dust jacket. Imperial octavo. San Francisco: Harper, (1992).
1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition in like jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. "Sacred texts & images from Pre-Columbian Mexico &
Central America." $20.00.

Moffett, Samuel Hugh. A HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN ASIA, VOLUME I:
BEGINNINGS TO 1500. 560 pgs with bibliography & index. Cloth in dust
jacket. Octavo. San Francisco: Harper, (1992). 1st Edition [so
stated]. Near fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $15.00.

Wallis, Michael. ROUTE 66: THE MOTHER ROAD. 243 pgs. Color & black &
white photos & facsimiles throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Oblong
imperial octavo. NY: St. Martin's, (1990). 1st Edition [so stated].
Near fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. In
print 1997 @ $35.00. Our price: $20.00.

Morehouse, Ward. GEORGE M. COHAN: PRINCE OF THE AMERICAN THEATER. 240
pgs. Photos. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Octavo.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1943). Trading stamps mounted to half-title
page; otherwise, very good condition in good jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $17.50.

Rand, Ayn. THE FOUNTAINHEAD. Introduction by the author. Cloth in
lightly chipped dust jacket. Octavo. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill,
(1976). 25th Anniversary Edition. Spine slightly creased; otherwise,
good+ condition in good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. In print
1997 @ $40.00. Our price: $20.00.

Cousineau, Phil (Editor). THE HERO'S JOURNEY: THE WORLD OF JOSEPH
CAMPBELL. 255 pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black & white
photos & prints. Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo. San Francisco: Harper &
Row, (1990). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition in like jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.

Maclay, Elise. THE ART OF BEV DOOLITTLE. 160 pgs with index. Color
reproductions throughout, including 2 fold-out prints. Cloth in dust
jacket. Quarto. NY: Bantam, (1990). Fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. In print 1997 @ $65.00. Our price: $35.00.

Rand, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket.
Octavo. NY: Random House, (1957). Inked name on front free endpaper;
inked notes on rear flyleaf; otherwise, good+ condition in good jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. In print 1997 @ $34.50. Our price:
$17.50.

Farkas, Emil. THE OVERLOOK MARTIAL ARTS DICTIONARY. 305 pgs. Photos.
Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Overlook, (1983). 1st Edition.
Rubber stamp on front free endpaper; very light edgewear; otherwise,
very good condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
$15.00.

Ionescu, Ghita. COMMUNISM IN RUMANIA, 1944-1962. 378 pgs with
bibliography & index. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Octavo.
London: Oxford University Press, 1964. 1st Edition. Very light
edgewear; otherwise, very good condition in good+ jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. In print 1997 @ $55.00. Our price: $27.50.

Kelly, Henry Ansgar. THE MATRIMONIAL TRIALS OF HENRY VIII. 333 pgs
with bibliography & index. Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo. Stanford, CA:
Stanford University Press, 1976. 1st Edition. Fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. In print 1997 @ $45.00. Our
price: $25.00.

Shoup, Paul. COMMUNISM & THE YUGOSLAV NATIONAL QUESTION. 308 pgs with
bibliography & index. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Octavo.
NY: Columbia University Press, 1968. 1st Edition. Very good+ condition
in good+ jacket with protective mylar wrapper. "Analyzes the efforts
of the Yugoslav Communist Party, since its inception in 1919, to deal
with the rivalries between national groups & minorities in the
Yugoslav state." $20.00.

Martin, Robert K. THE HOMOSEXUAL TRADITION IN AMERICAN POETRY. 259
pgs with notes, bibliography & index. Pictorial wrappers. Octavo.
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1979). Very good condition.
Includes Whitman, Santayana, Ginsberg & many others. $15.00.

Stevenson, Tom. CHAMPAGNE. 346 pgs with index. Color & black & white
photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. London: Sotheby's,
(1986). 1st Edition. Fine condition in like jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $35.00.

Reisner, Robert. GRAFFITI: Two Thousand Years of Wall Writing. 204
pgs. Photos. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Cowles,
(1971). 1st Edition [so stated]. Bookplate on front pastedown
endpaper; otherwise, very good+ condition in good+ jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. From cave dwellers to big city alleys, a
history & 80 page compendium of selected graffiti, by the first
professor of graffiti. $20.00.

Tateishi, John. AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 259 pgs. Boards in lightly
chipped dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Random, 1984. 1st Edition. Fine
condition in Very good + dust jacket. An oral history of the
Japanese-American detention camps. $25.00.

Davis, Bette. THE LONELY LIFE, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 315 pgs. Photos. Red
cloth. Octavo. New York: Putnam, (1962). First Edition. Inked name on
front free endpaper; otherwise, very good condition. $25.00.

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