FS: 1st LONG Miscellany of NEW ARRIVALS, Mon., Dec. 30th

[Acorn Books]

This is a long list of new arrivals from Acorn Books. Book(s) shipped
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refund for any reason on prompt return of merchandise. Subject to
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extra. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Prices net to
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[New Mexico] HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO: Its Resources & People. 2 volumes.
1047 pgs. Photos. Black cloth in three-quarter gilt-titled dark brown
morocco. Marbled edges & endpapers. Quarto. Los Angeles: Pacific
States Publishing Co., 1907. 1st Edition. Hinges partially cracked but
very firm; leather worn at extremities; otherwise, good, sound
condition. The Set: $500.00.

Quiner, E.B. THE MILITARY HISTORY OF WISCONSIN: A Record of the Civil
& Military Patriotism of the State in the War for the Union... 1022
pgs. Portraits. Marbled endpapers, edges & boards in three-quarter
polished light brown morocco with gilt decorative spine. Imperial
octavo. Chicago: Clarke, 1866. 1st Edition. Foxing; rear board
scuffed; otherwise, bright, very good condition. $175.00.

Kerouac, Jack. TRISTESSA. Color pictorial wrappers. 32mo. NY: Avon
T-429, (1960). 1st Edition. Contemporary inked inscription inside
front cover; otherwise, very good+ condition. $85.00.

American Thoroughbred Breeders Association. A QUARTER-CENTURY OF
AMERICAN RACING. Supplement to "The Blood Horse." 256 pgs. Photos &
advertisements. Dark green stiff wrappers. Quarto. Lexington, KY: Aug.
30, 1941. Vol. 36, No. 9. Very good condition. $25.00.

[Brontes] Blondel, Jacques. EMILY BRONTE: EXPERIENCE SPIRITUELLE ET
CREATION POETIQUE. 452 pgs. Red & black lettered cream wrappers.
Imperial octavo. Clermont, [France]: Presses Universitaires de France,
(1955). Chipped edges; spine creased; otherwise, good+ condition.
$150.00.

Merck & Co. MERCK'S 1901 MANUAL of the Materia Medica: A
Ready-Reference Pocket Book for the Practicing Physician & Surgeon.
282 pgs + advertisements. Black limp cloth. 32mo. NY: (1901).
Contemporary inked inscription on ownership page; worn at corners;
otherwise, good condition. Fort Baker, California, Golf Club score
card laid in! The first Merck's Manual was published in 1899. The
present booklet is the publisher's 2nd edition. $45.00.

Mersky, Peter & Norman Polmar. THE NAVAL AIR WAR IN VIETNAM. 224 pgs
in index. Photos & maps. Cloth in pictorial dark green dust jacket.
Octavo. Annapolis, MD: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co., (1982).
Very good condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
$20.00.

Toklas, Alice B. THE ALICE B. TOKLAS COOK BOOK. 288 pgs with index.
Illustrated. Cloth in chipped & shelfworn dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Harper, (1954). Very good condition in good jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $65.00.

[Brann, Walter, Editor]. REGISTER OF THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF THE
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 197 pgs with index. White cloth in
half dark brown morocco. Imperial octavo. San Francisco: 1901. Foxing;
covers worn; otherwise, good condition. $50.00.

U.S. War Dept. FROM THE VOLTURNO TO THE WINTER LINE (6 October - 15
November 1943). 119 pgs. Photos & maps, including large folding,
colored map at rear. Decorative dark grey wrappers. Octavo.
Washington, DC: Military Intelligence Div., (1944). 1st Edition. From
the "American Forces in Action" series. Very good condition. $32.50.

U.S. War Dept. TO BIZERTE WITH THE II CORPS (23 April 1943 - 13 May
1943). 80 pgs. Photos & maps, including 10 folding colored maps at
rear. Decorative dark brown wrappers. Octavo. Washington, DC:
Historical Div., (1943). 1st Edition. Good+ condition. $32.50.

[Beerbohm] Felstiner, John. THE LIES OF ART: Max Beerbohm's Parody &
Caricature. 283 pgs with bibliography + index. Illustrated. Cloth in
chipped dark red dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Knopf, 1972. 1st Edition [so
stated]. Rubber stamped "H" on front free endpaper; otherwise, fine
condition in very good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.

Dunlap, Orrin. THE RADIO MANUAL. 267 pgs with dictionary & index.
Photos & diagrams. Dark blue cloth. 12mo. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
1924. 1st Edition. Inked inscription on front free endpaper; slight
wear at corners; otherwise, very good condition. $50.00.

Neave, Airey. THE ESCAPE ROOM. 319 pgs. Photos & maps. Cloth in
chipped black dust jacket. Octavo. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970.
1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Fine condition in very good jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. "The fantastic story of the underground
escape lines in Nazi-occupied Europe, & of Room 900, London, the
secret office from which they were run." $15.00.

Piozzi, Hester Lynch. LETTERS TO & FROM THE LATE SAMUEL JOHNSON, To
Which Are Added Some Poems Never Before Published. 2 volumes. 397 &
424 pgs. New endpapers & marbled boards in half light brown morocco
with paneled spines. Octavo. London: Strahan & Cadell, 1788. 1st
Edition. Very light foxing; otherwise, fine condition. The Set:
$450.00.

Oliphant, Laurence. NARRATIVE OF THE EARL OF ELGIN'S MISSION TO CHINA
& JAPAN in the Years 1857, '58, '59. 645 pgs. Illustrated. Green
cloth. Octavo. NY: Praeger, (1970). Facsimile reprint of the original
Harper 1860 edition. Very good condition. $50.00.

Paternoster, G. Sidney. THE MOTOR PIRATE. Frontispiece. Light green
cloth with red, white & black pictorial front cover. Octavo. Boston:
Page, 1904. 1st U. S. Edition. shelfworn at edges; spine titles dull;
otherwise, good condition. British fiction involving a highway robber
who uses a motor car to do his dirty deeds. Bookplate of Stewart
Edward White. $25.00.

[Brontes] Dry, Florence Swinton. I. THE SOURCES OF "WUTHERING HEIGHTS"
& II. THE SOURCES OF "JANE EYRE." 92 pgs. Printed cream stiff
wrappers. 32mo. Cambridge: Heffer, (1937, 1940). Signed by the author.
Lower half of spine split but firm; otherwise, good+ condition.
$25.00.

Rose, J. Holland. MAN & THE SEA: Stages in Maritime & Human Progress.
288 pgs with index. Photos, prints, & maps, several folding & one in
color. Dark blue cloth. Octavo. Cambridge: Heffer, (1935). 1st
Edition. Corners frayed; otherwise, good condition. Story of the great
sea-explorers. $20.00.

[Brontes] Wright, Dr. William. THE BRONTES IN IRELAND; or, Facts
Stranger than Fiction. 308 pgs + advertisements. Illustrated. Green
cloth. 12mo. NY: Appleton, 1893. 1st U.S. Edition. Contemporary
penciled inscription on front free endpaper; small cream spot at
bottom of front cover; spine a bit darkened; otherwise, good
condition. $85.00.

Garland, A.H. EXPERIENCE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
with Some Reflections & Suggestions as to That Tribunal. 100 pgs.
Illustrated. Grey cloth. 12mo. Washington, DC: Bryne, 1898. 1st
Edition. Inked inscription on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise,
good condition. $50.00.

Guiterman, Arthur. BALLADS OF OLD NEW YORK. 301 pgs. Plates & text
drawings throughout. Pictorial cream boards in light green cloth
backstrip. 12mo. NY: Harper, (1920). Worn at corners; otherwise, good
condition. $20.00.

Meyers, William H. SKETCHES OF CALIFORNIA & HAWAII by William Meyers,
Gunner, U.S.N., Aboard the United States Sloop-of-War, Cyane,
1842-1843. Introduction & Notes by John Haskell Kemble. 21 color
plates. Cloth covered boards. Folio. No Place: Printed by Robert
Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem for The Book Club of California, 1970. Edition
limited to 450 copies. Fine condition. $250.00.

Truman, Margaret. HARRY S. TRUMAN. 602 pgs with index. Photos. Gilt
decorative full green morocco fine binding. All edges gilt. Octavo.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1972). From "The Library of the
Presidents" series. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise,
fine condition. $40.00.

Rayback, Robert J. MILLARD FILLMORE: BIOGRAPHY OF A PRESIDENT. 470 pgs
with index. Photos. Gilt decorative full blue morocco fine binding.
All edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1990's). From "The
Library of the Presidents" series. Bookplate on front pastedown
endpaper; otherwise, fine condition. $40.00.

Voltaire. CANDIDE. 131 pgs. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. Silk
endpapers. Gilt titled full grey morocco fine binding. All edges gilt.
Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1977). From the "100 Greatest
Books of All Time" series. Fine condition. $40.00.

Cleaves, Freeman. OLD TIPPENCANOE: WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON & HIS TIME.
422 pgs with notes & bibliography & index. Illustrated. Gilt
decorative full brown morocco fine binding. All edges gilt. Octavo.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1986). From "The Library of the
Presidents" series. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise,
fine condition. $40.00.

Conrad, Joseph. HEART OF DARKNESS. Silk endpapers. Gilt decorative
full black morocco fine binding. All edges gilt. Quarto. Norwalk, CT:
Easton Press, (1980). From the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written"
series. Fine condition. $40.00.

Tindall, William York (Editor). THE POEMS OF W.B. YEATS. Silk
endpapers. Gilt titled full light green morocco fine binding. All
edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1976). From the "100
Greatest Books of All Time" series. Fine condition. $40.00.

Khayyam, Omar. RUBAIYAT. English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Color
plates by Arthur Szyk. Silk endpapers. Gilt decorative full crimson
morocco fine binding. All edges gilt. Quarto. Norwalk, CT; Easton
Press, (1976). From "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Fine
condition. $40.00.

Thoreau, Henry David. WALDEN; OR, LIFE IN THE WOODS. Illustrated. Silk
endpapers. Gilt decorative full olive green morocco. All edges gilt.
Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1981). From "The 100 Greatest
Books of All Time" series. Fine condition. $40.00.

Machiavelli, Niccolo. THE PRINCE. Silk endpapers. Gilt titled full
brown morocco fine binding. All edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT:
Easton Press, (1980). From the "100 Greatest Books of All Time"
series. Fine condition. $40.00.

Lewis, Sinclair. MAIN STREET. With a Special Introduction by the
author. Illustrated by Grant Wood. Silk endpapers. Gilt titled full
brown morocco fine binding. All edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT:
Easton Press, (1965). Fine condition. $40.00.

James, Marquis. ANDREW JACKSON: PORTRAIT OF A PRESIDENT. 627 pages
with index. Illustrated throughout. Gilt decorative full red morocco
fine binding. All edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton
Press, 1964. Bookplate on front pastedown end paper. Otherwise, fine
condition. From The Library of the Presidents series. $40.00.

Austen, Jane. EMMA. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. Silk endpapers. Gilt
titled full tan morocco fine binding. All edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk,
CT: Easton Press, (1983). Fine condition. $40.00.

More, Sir Thomas. UTOPIA. Introduction by H.G. Wells. Silk endpapers.
Gilt decorative full tan morocco fine binding. All edges gilt. Octavo.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1963). Fine condition. $40.00.

Crane, Stephen. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. Illustrated. Silk endpapers.
Gilt decorative full brown morocco fine binding. All edges gilt.
Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1980). From "The 100 Greatest
Books Ever Written" series. Fine condition. $40.00.

Leaf, Munro. AESOP'S FABLES. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. Silk
endpapers. Gilt titled full brown morocco fine binding. All edges
gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1979). From the "100
Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Fine condition. $40.00.

[Bender, Roger James & David Fasold]. THE HITLER ALBUMS: Mussolini's
State Visit to Germany, September 25 - 29, 1937. 144 pgs with
bibliography. Photos throughout. Gilt decorative brown leatherette.
Quarto. (Mountain View, CA: Bender, 1970). 1st Edition [so stated].
Inked inscription on front pastedown endpaper; bumped at fore edge;
otherwise, very good condition. $50.00.

Mangold, Tom. COLD WARRIOR: JAMES JESUS ANGLETON, THE CIA'S MASTER SPY
HUNTER. 462 pgs with notes, bibliography & index. Photos. Cloth in
dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Simon & Schuster, (1991). 1st Edition. Fine
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Zelayeta, Elena. ELENA'S SECRETS OF MEXICAN COOKING. 266 pgs with
index. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Octavo. Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1964). Spine ends lightly bumped; otherwise, very
good condition in good+ jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

White, William Allen. A PURITAN IN BABYLON: THE STORY OF CALVIN
COOLIDGE. 460 pgs with index. Gilt titled full crimson morocco fine
binding. All edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1986).
From the "Library of the Presidents" series. Bookplate on front
pastedown endpaper; otherwise, fine condition. $40.00.

Freeman, Douglas Southall. WASHINGTON. Abridged edition by Richard
Harwell. 780 pgs with index. Illustrated. Gilt titled full brown
morocco fine binding. All edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton
Press, (1980's). Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise,
fine condition. $40.00.

Burns, James MacGregor. ROOSEVELT: THE LION & THE FOX. 553 pgs with
bibliography & index. Illustrated. Gilt titled full blue morocco fine
binding. All edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1980's).
From the "Library of the Presidents" series. Bookplate on front
pastedown endpaper; otherwise, fine condition. $40.00.

Burns, James MacGregor. ROOSEVELT: THE SOLDIER OF FREEDOM. 722 pgs
with bibliography & index. Photos. Gilt titled full blue morocco fine
binding. All edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1970).
From the "Library of the Presidents" series. Bookplate on front
pastedown endpaper; otherwise, fine condition. $40.00.

Lyons, Eugene. HERBERT HOOVER: A BIOGRAPHY. 444 pgs with bibliography.
Photos. Gilt titled full tan morocco fine binding. All edges gilt.
Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1964). From the "Library of the
Presidents" series. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise,
fine condition. $40.00.

Flaubert, Gustave. MADAME BOVARY. Illustrated. Silk endpapers. Gilt
decorative full dark blue morocco fine binding. All edges gilt.
Quarto. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1978). From "The 100 Greatest
Books Ever Written" series. Fine condition. $40.00.

Walworth, Arthur. WOODROW WILSON, I: AMERICAN PROPHET. 454 pgs with
index. Gilt decorative full brown morocco fine binding. All edges
gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1978). From the "Library of
the Presidents" series. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper;
otherwise, fine condition. $40.00.

Walworth, Arthur. WOODROW WILSON, II: WORLD PROPHET. 438 pgs with
notes & index. Gilt decorative full brown morocco fine binding. All
edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1978). From the
"Library of the Presidents" series. Bookplate on rear pastedown
endpaper; otherwise, fine condition. $40.00.

Brant, Irving. THE FOURTH PRESIDENT: A LIFE OF JAMES MADISON. 681 pgs
with index. Gilt decorative full crimson morocco fine binding. All
edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1970). From the
"Library of the Presidents" series. Bookplate on front pastedown
endpaper; otherwise, fine condition. $40.00.

Seager, Robert. AND TYLER TOO: A BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN & JULIA GARDINER
TYLER. 681 pgs with notes, bibliography & index. Gilt decorative full
gray morocco fine binding. All edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton
Press, (1963). "From the Library of the Presidents" series. Bookplate
on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise, fine condition. $40.00.

Leech, Margaret. IN THE DAYS OF McKINLEY. 686 pgs with notes & index.
Gilt decorative full dark blue morocco fine binding. All edges gilt.
Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1986). From the "Library of the
Presidents" series. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise,
fine condition. $40.00.

Sandburg, Carl. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE PRAIRIE YEARS & THE WAR YEARS.
762 pgs with index. Photos. Gilt decorative full black morocco fine
binding. All edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1966).
From the "Library of the Presidents" series. Fine condition. $40.00.

Butler, David. THE FALL OF SAIGON. 510 pgs with index. Photos; map
endpapers. Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Simon & Schuster, (1985).
1st Edition. Inked name & rubber stamp on title page; otherwise, very
good condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Nixon, Richard. NO MORE VIETNAMS. Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Arbor House, (1985). 1st Edition. Near fine condition in like jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Hemingway, Ernest. THE DANGEROUS SUMMER. Introduction by James A.
Michener. 228 pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo.
NY: Scribner's, (1985). 1st Edition. Fine condition in like jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. Hemingway's firsthand chronicle of the
1959 bullfighting season in Spain. $25.00.

Pratt, John Clark. VIETNAM VOICES: PERSPECTIVES ON THE WAR YEARS,
1941-1982. 706 pgs with notes, bibliography & index. Color pictorial
wrappers. Octavo. NY: Penguin, (1984). Inked name on front free
endpaper; otherwise, very good condition. "Presents all conceivable
forms of oral & written documentation & illuminates the United States'
involvement in her longest & most divisive war." $15.00.

Caen, Herb. BAGHDAD BY THE BAY. 276 pgs with index. Drawings. Cloth in
chipped dust jacket. Octavo. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949. 1st
Edition [so stated]. Very good condition in good jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $40.00.

Caen, Herb. BAGHDAD: 1951. 120 pgs. Cloth in chipped dust jacket.
12mo. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949. 1st Edition [so stated]. Very
good condition in good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $40.00.

Higgins, Marguerite. OUR VIETNAM NIGHTMARE. 314 pgs. Map endpapers.
Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Harper & Row, (1965). Very good
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. "The story of
the U.S. involvement in the Vietnamese tragedy, with thoughts on a
future policy." $20.00.

James, Marquis. ANDREW JACKSON: THE BORDER CAPTAIN. 461 pgs with
bibliography & index. Gilt decorative full red morocco fine binding.
All edges gilt. Octavo. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, (1960). From the
"Library of the Presidents" series. Bookplate on front pastedown
endpaper; otherwise, fine condition. $40.00.

Turgeon, Charlotte (Editor). THE CREATIVE COOKING COURSE. Unpaged.
Color photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. NY:
Weathervane, 1973. Very good condition in like jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. A complete course in the art of cooking with 1,200
recipes & 2,500 color photos, compiled by the editor of "Larousse
Gastronomique." $35.00.

Boni, Ada. ITALIAN REGIONAL COOKING. 292 pgs + index. Color photos
throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Bonanza, (1969).
Bookplate on front free endpaper; otherwise, very good+ condition in
like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.

Fredrikson, Karin (Editor). THE GREAT SCANDINAVIAN COOK BOOK: AN
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DOMESTIC COOKERY. Translated & edited by J. Audrey
Ellison. 734 pgs with index. Endpaper charts; color and black & white
photos. Cloth in chipped dust jacket. Thick quarto. NY: Crown, (1967).
1st U.S. Edition. Very good condition in good jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $55.00.

Pepin, Jacques. LA TECHNIQUE: THE FUNDAMENTAL TECHNIQUES OF COOKING -
AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE. 470 pgs with index. Color & black & white photos
throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Quarto. NY:
Quadrangle, (1976). Very good+ condition in good+ jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $50.00.

Carnacina, Luigi. GREAT ITALIAN COOKING. 851 pgs with index. Color
photos & text illustrations throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto.
NY: Abradale, no date (c.1968). Near fine condition in like jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. Over 2300 traditional Italian &
international recipes structured to be helpful in home cooking as well
as or the professional chef. $45.00.

Miller, Henry. TROPIC OF CAPRICORN. Wrappers. 16mo. NY: Grove, (1961).
1st Paperback Edition. Very good condition. $10.00.

James, Henry. THE FUTURE OF THE NOVEL: ESSAYS ON THE ART OF FICTION.
286 pgs + bibliography & index. Wrappers. 16mo. NY: Vintage, 1956.
Good condition. $12.50.

Leary, Timothy. CONFESSIONS OF A HOPE FIEND. Wrappers. 16mo. NY:
Bantam, (1973). 1st Edition Thus. Very good condition. $10.00.

Kennerly, David Hume. SHOOTER. 269 pgs + index. Photos throughout.
Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Newsweek, (1979). 1st Edition [so
stated]. Inked name on copyright page; otherwise, very good condition
in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Profile of the author's
career as a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist. $15.00.

Lees-Milne, James. SAINT PETER'S: THE STORY OF SAINT PETER'S BASILICA
IN ROME. 336 pgs with bibliography & index. 47 color plates; 250
monochrome photos, early prints, drawings, & explanatory plans. Cloth
in lightly chipped dust jacket. Quarto. London: Hamish Hamilton,
(1967). Spine ends lightly bumped; otherwise, near fine condition in
very good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $35.00.

Spry, Constance & Rosemary Hume. THE CONSTANCE SPRY COOKERY BOOK.
1,246 pgs with index. Color frontispiece; photographic plates & text
drawings throughout. Cloth in printed plastic wrapper. Thick octavo.
NY: Dutton, 1957. Edges & spine sunned; wrapper torn; otherwise, good
condition in fair wrapper. The book thoroughly explores everything
from hor-d'oeuvre to dessert wines, with recipes, menus, table
decorations, suggestions for serving, & odd bits of information
gleaned from the authors' experiences in their school & at social
functions at all levels. $37.50.

Knab, Timothy H. A WAR OF WITCHES. Color pictorial wrappers. Octavo.
San Francisco: Harper, (1995). Advance Reading Copy. Near fine
condition. $15.00.

Haggard, H. Rider. TREASURE OF THE LAKE. Light blue cloth. 12mo.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1926. Light shelfwear to spine; otherwise,
good condition. $25.00.

[Dali, Salvadore]. LES DINERS DE GALA. 322 pgs. Translated by Captain
J. Peter Moore. Profusely & illustrated in color & black & white.
Color pictorial cloth in dust jacket. Large quarto. NY: Felicie,
(1973). 1st Edition. Near fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. Surrealist cookery from the top Paris
restaurants including Maxim's, la Tour d'Argent & Lassere. You will
never look at food the same way again! $250.00.

Martini, Anna. PASTA & PIZZA. 196 pgs. Color photos throughout. Cloth
in dust jacket. Quarto. NY: St. Martin's, (1977). Near fine condition
in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $25.00.

Silcox, V. CREATIVE LEARNING: A SCIENTOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT IN SCHOOLS.
222 pgs. Cloth in chipped dust jacket. 12mo. London: Scientology
Publications, 1955. Inked inscription on front free endpaper;
otherwise, good+ condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $20.00.

Miller, Henry. THE ROSY CRUCIFIXION: NEXUS BOOK I. Wrappers. 16mo.
Evanston, IL: Greenleaf, (1965). 1st Paperback Edition. Good
condition. $20.00.

Smith, Harry Worcester. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH IRELAND, ENGLAND,
WALES & FRANCE, Volume 2 only. 437 pgs with index. Prints. Tope edge
gilt. Cloth in chipped & torn dust jacket. Octavo. Columbia, SC:
State, 1925. Good+ condition in fair jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. Methods & techniques of fox-hunting. $40.00.

Francoeur, Robert T. THE WORLD OF TEILHARD DE CHARDIN. 208 pgs with
notes, bibliography & index. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket.
Octavo. Baltimore, MD: Helicon, (1961). 1st Edition. Good+ condition
in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. "A critique of the
Teilhardian world by scientists, theologians, philosophers, etc."
$20.00.

Cuming, E.D. (Editor). SQUIRE OSBALDESTON: HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 331 pgs
with index. Prints. Red cloth. Octavo. NY: Scribner's, 1936. Front
hinge tender; otherwise, good+ condition. George Osbaldeston's life as
a fox-hunter. $30.00.

Gugeler, Russell. COMBAT ACTIONS IN KOREA. 252 pgs with index.
Illustrated with maps. Maroon cloth. Octavo. Washington, DC: U.S.
Army, 1970. Revised Edition. From the "Army Historical" series. Front
cover lightly spotted; otherwise, very good condition. $25.00.

Bramwell, Ruby Phillips. CITY ON THE MOVE: THE STORY OF SALINA. 246
pgs + bibliography & notes. Photos. Cloth in faded dust jacket.
Octavo. Salina, KS: Survey, (1970). Very good condition in good jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. History of Salina, Kansas. $15.00.

Ricketts, Pierre de Peyster. NOTES ON ASSAYING. 311 pgs with
bibliography & index + ads. Drawings & tables. Brown cloth. Octavo.
NY: Wiley, 1908. Covers spotted; otherwise, good condition. $25.00.

Wood, James Playsted. OF LASTING INTEREST: THE STORY OF THE READER'S
DIGEST. 264 pgs. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Octavo. Garden
City, NY: Doubleday, 1958. 1st Edition [so stated]. Good+ condition in
like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Dangerfield, George. VICTORIA'S HEIR: THE EDUCATION OF A PRINCE. 345
pgs with index. Prints. Maroon cloth. Octavo. NY: Harcourt, Brace,
(1941). 1st Edition [so stated]. Inked name & bookplate on front free
endpaper; rubber stamp on rear endpaper; otherwise, good condition.
$15.00.

Faust, Frederick. THE NOTEBOOKS & POEMS OF "MAX BRAND." Light blue
boards in navy cloth backstrip. Slipcased. NY: Dodd, Mead, 1957.
Edition limited to 750 copies. Very good condition in like case.
$37.50.

O'Shaughnessy, M.M. REPORT ON THE UNDERGROUND WATER SUPPLY OF SAN
FRANCISCO COUNTY: PRESENT YIELD, PROBABLE ADDITIONAL YIELD. 157 pgs.
Color fold-out maps & diagrams at rear. Printed red wrappers. Octavo.
San Francisco: May, 1913. Spine sunned; otherwise, good condition.
$75.00.

Carter, John. VICTORIAN FICTION: AN EXHIBITION OF ORIGINAL EDITIONS AT
7 ALBEMARLE ST, LONDON, JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1947. 50 pgs with index.
16 photographic plates at rear. Cloth in chipped & torn dust jacket.
Octavo. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1947. Good+ condition
in fair jacket. $45.00.

[Brontes] Trigg, Roberta. HAYWORTH IDYLL: A FANTASY. 88 pgs. Drawings
throughout. Light blue cloth with cover label. Octavo. Richmond, VA:
Privately printed, (1946). Spine lightly sunned; otherwise, good
condition. Novel based on the Bronte sisters. $25.00.

McNeil, W.K. APPALACHIAN IMAGES IN FOLKLORE & POPULAR CULTURE. 336
pgs. Photos. Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI
Research, (1989). Fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. "Fascinating & highly entertaining survey of Appalachian life
based on contemporary accounts of the region's rich & varied
folkways." $22.50.

Hough, Emerson. THE MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE. Illustrated. Decorative dark
green cloth. 12mo. Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, (1902). Good
condition. $15.00.

Halacy, D.S. THE ROBOTS ARE HERE! 120 pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in
chipped & torn dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Norton, (1965). 1st Edition
[so stated]. Spine ends lightly bumped; inked name on front free
endpaper; otherwise, good+ condition in fair jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $25.00.

Calman, Charles Jeffery. THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR. 203 pgs with
index. Photos & musical examples. Cloth in lightly chipped dust
jacket. Quarto. NY: Harper & Row, (1979). 1st Edition [so stated].
Very good condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
$15.00.

Barbour, John. FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON. 214 pgs + index. Color photos
throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Quarto. No place:
Associated Press, (1969). 1st Edition. Spine ends lightly bumped;
otherwise, very good condition in good jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $20.00.

GOLF: THE GREATEST GAME. 272 pgs with index. Color & black & white
photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Folio. NY: HarperCollins,
(1994). 1st Edition [so stated]. Remainder mark at bottom edge;
otherwise, near fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. "Lavishly illustrated celebration of golf in America."
$50.00.

Dickens, Charles. CHRISTMAS BOOKS. Patterned red boards in green cloth
backstrip. Slipcase. Octavo. London: Folio Society, 1988. 1st Edition
Thus. Fine condition in like slipcase. Includes: A Christmas Carol;
The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; & The
Haunted Man. $15.00.

Caen, Herb. BAGHDAD BY THE BAY. 276 pgs with index. Illustrated. Cloth
in lightly chipped dust jacket. Octavo. Garden City, NY: Doubleday,
1949. Very good+ condition in good+ jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $40.00.

Caen, Herb. BAGHDAD: 1951. 120 pgs. Tan cloth. 12mo. Garden City, NY:
Doubleday, 1950. 1st Edition [so stated]. Good+ condition. $30.00.

Vreeland, Diana. D. V. 196 pgs. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth in dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Knopf, 1984. Spine ends lightly bumped; otherwise,
very good condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. The
dazzling life of one of high fashion's stars. $25.00.

Blum, Daniel. PICTORIAL TREASURY OF OPERA IN AMERICA. 317 pgs + index.
Photos throughout. Cloth in chipped dust jacket. Quarto. NY:
Greenberg, (1954). Lightly bumped at top of spine; otherwise, very
good condition in good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $40.00.

Schaffner, Nicholas. THE BEATLES FOREVER. 222 pgs with index. Color &
black & white photos throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto.
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, (1978). Spine ends lightly bumped;
otherwise, very good condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $20.00.

Riefenstahl, Leni. THE PEOPLE OF KAU. 224 pgs. Color photos
throughout. Cloth in price-clipped dust jacket. Folio. NY: Harper &
Row, (1976). 1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $250.00.

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