FS: 1st Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Fri. March 20th.

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Shatner, William. STAR TREK: AVENGER. Cloth in pictorial blue dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Pocket, (1997). 1st Edition [so stated]. Near fine
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Hoffman, Yoel. THE SOUND OF THE ONE HAND: 281 Zen Koans with Answers.
322 pgs with bibliography. Pictorial red paper wrappers. Octavo. NY:
Basic, (1975). Very good condition. $15.00.

Murray, Charles & Catherine Bly Cox. APOLLO: THE RACE TO THE MOON. 506
pgs with notes & index. Photos. Cloth in lightly chipped pictorial
black dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Simon & Schuster, (1989). 1st Edition.
Good+ condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. DLR -
LOC $15.00.

McClelland, Doug. HOLLYWOOD TALKS TURKEY: The Screen's Greatest Flops.
285 pgs with bibliography. Photos. Pictorial light blue paper
wrappers. Octavo. Boston: Faber & Faber, (1989). Remainder marks on
edges; otherwise, good+ condition. $15.00.

Baxt, George. THE NOEL COWARD MURDER CASE. Cloth in pictorial dark
brown dust jacket. Octavo. NY: St. Martin's, (1992). Near fine
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

DosPassos, John. THE HEAD & HEART OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. 442 pgs with
notes & index. Cloth in lightly chipped maroon dust jacket. Thick
octavo. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1954. 1st Edition [so stated].
Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper; inked name on front free
endpaper & half-title page; otherwise, very good+ condition in good
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $55.00.

Shilts, Randy. AND THE BAND PLAYED ON: Politics, People, & the AIDS
Epidemic. 630 pgs with index. Cloth in dust jacket. Octavo. NY: St.
Martin's, (1987). 1st Edition [so stated]. Very good+ condition in
like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $30.00.

Mitchell, Stephen (Editor). THE ENLIGHTENED HEART: An Anthology of
Sacred Poetry. Cloth in black & gold dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Harper &
Row, (1989). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition in like jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. Includes the work of Basho, Rumi,
Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats & many others. $15.00.

[Exhibition Catalogue] MIDDLE AGES: Treasures from the Cloisters & the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 266 pgs with notes & bibliography. Color &
black & white photos throughout. Pictorial white paper wrappers.
Quarto. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (1970).
Very good+ condition. $15.00.

Smith, Joanna. THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY: A Photographic Album of Daily
Life in Victorian & Edwardian Britain. Unpaged. 300 photographs. Cloth
in pictorial light green dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Scribner's,
(1978). Near fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $30.00.

Rubin, Herman H. EUGENICS & SEX HARMONY: The Sexes, Their Relations &
Problems, Including Recent Fascinating Medical Discoveries, Prevention
of Disease, & Special Advice for Common Disorders. 574 pgs with index.
Illustrated. Blue fabricoid, without dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Pioneer,
(1936). Near fine condition. $25.00.

O'Neil, Dennis (Editor). SECRET ORIGINS OF THE DC SUPER HEROES. 238
pgs. Color cartoon illustrations throughout. Pictorial black paper
wrappers. Quarto. NY: Warner Books, (1976). 1st Edition [so stated].
Very good condition. $25.00.

Van Vechten, Carl. NIGGER HEAVEN. Black cloth without dust jacket.
Octavo. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1928). 14th printing. Edgewear;
endpapers foxed; small bookplate mounted on front paste-down endpaper;
otherwise, very good condition. $15.00.

[Exhibition Catalogue]. TREASURES FROM THE BRONZE AGE OF CHINA: An
Exhibition from the People's Republic of China. 192 pgs. Color photos
throughout. Pictorial white paper wrappers. Quarto. NY: Metropolitan
Museum of Art, (1980). Very good condition.. $15.00.

Barsacq, Leon. CALIGARI'S CABINET & OTHER GRAND ILLUSIONS: A History
of Film Design. 264 pgs with bibliography & index. Film stills
throughout. Black paper wrappers. Imperial octavo. Secaucus, NJ:
Plume, (1978). Very good condition. "A tribute to the masters &
masterpieces, methods & magic, of film design from the innovations of
the early years of cinema to the spectacular achievements of today."
$25.00.

Diamond, Dan (Editor). YEARS OF GLORY 1942-1967: The National Hockey
League's Official Book of the Six-Team Era. 247 pgs with index. Color
& black & white photos throughout. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket.
Quarto. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1994). Fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. In print 1998 @ $40. Our price:
$20.00.

Kidder, J. Edward. JOMON POTTERY [Prehistoric Japanese Arts]. 308 pgs
with bibliography & index. Tipped-in color frontispiece; folding
charts & map at rear; color & black & white photographic plates & text
illustrations throughout. Cloth in very lightly chipped pictorial
black dust jacket. Publisher's cardboard slipcase. Folio. Tokyo:
Kodansha, (1968). 1st Edition [so stated]. Inked name/address/phone#
at top corner of front free endpaper; otherwise, fine condition in
very good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $250.00.

Wichmann, Siegfried. JAPONISME: THE JAPANESE INFLUENCE ON WESTERN ART
IN THE 19TH & 20TH CENTURIES. 432 pgs with notes, bibliography, artist
biographies, & index. Color & black & white illustrations throughout.
Cloth in pictorial black dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Harmony, (1981). 1st
U.S. Edition [so stated]. Fine condition in near fine jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $125.00.

Miller, Henry (Introduction). BUFANO: SCULPTURE, MOSAICS, DRAWINGS. 20
text pgs + 123 color & black & white photos. Silver cloth. Folio. San
Francisco: Publisher for the Bufano Society of the Arts by Weatherill,
no date (c.1968). Few spots on 1st page of introduction; otherwise,
near fine condition. $160.00.

Willsberger, Johann. GOLD. 178 pgs. Full-page brilliantly colored
photographic illustrations throughout. Cloth in chipped pictorial
black dust jacket. Quarto. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. Fine
condition in good+ jacket with protective mylar wrapper. "This book
shows the finest gold pieces from over thirty collections throughout
the world." $40.00.

Anonymous. MASTERPIECES OF EROTIC PHOTOGRAPHY: David Bailey, Harri
Peccinotti, Art Kane, Duane Michals, Victor Skrebneski, Kishin
Shinoyama, John Thornton, Barry Lategan, Sam Haskins, Oliviero
Toscani, Christian Vogt, Jeanloup Sieff. Unpaged. Color & black &
white photos throughout. Cloth in pictorial black dust jacket. Quarto.
NY: Greenwich House, (1982). Fine condition in near fine jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $50.00.

Sieff, Jeanloup. EROTIC PHOTOGRAPHY. 80 pgs. Photos throughout.
Pictorial stiff light gray paper wrappers. Quarto. (West Berlin):
Taco, (1988). Near fine condition. $45.00.

Dunas, Jeff. JEFF DUNAS. 80 pgs. Erotic color photos of nude females
throughout. Pictorial stiff black paper wrappers. Quarto. (Berlin):
Benedikt Taschen, (1990). Fine condition. Text in German, French, &
English. $30.00.

Ewbank, Tim. DREAM GIRLS. Unpaged. Erotic color photos of females
throughout. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. (NY: Gallery, 1984). 1st
U.S. Edition. Fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrappers. Includes Marilyn Monroe, Jane Mansfield, Carroll Baker,
Natassia Kinski, Britt Eckland, Ursula Andress, Bo Derek, Elizabeth
Taylor & others. $25.00.

Gibbon, David. THE ART OF GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 96 pgs. Erotic nude
female color photos throughout. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket.
Quarto. No Place: Arlington House, 1985. 1st U.S. Edition. Fine
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $35.00.

Mayne, Noel. THE SONG OF SONGS: A Photographer's Vision of The Song of
Solomon. Unpaged. Nude erotic photos throughout. Cloth in chipped
pictorial black dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Lyle Stuart, (1969). 1st
Edition. Very good condition in good+ jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $85.00.

Anonymous. WEST COAST 1945-1969. 25 loose plates in folder. Quarto.
Los Angeles: Pasadena Art Museum 1969. Very good condition. Each sheet
give brief biographical sketch, exhibits, articles, a photo of the
artist & a reproduction of one of his art works. Includes Richard
Diebenkorn, Edward Ruscha, & others. $32.50.

Georgano, G.N. A HISTORY OF SPORTS CARS. 320 pgs with index. Color &
black & white photos throughout. Cloth in chipped dust jacket. Quarto.
NY: Bonanza, (1970). Very good condition in good jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. Includes them all from the Vauxhall Prince
Henry of 1911 to the Auburn 866 7-litre Replica Speedster of 1968.
$25.00.

Smart, Borlase. THE TECHNIQUE OF SEASCAPE PAINTING. 130 pgs. Tipped-in
color plates & text drawings throughout. Gilt decorative olive green
cloth, without dust jacket. Quarto. London: Sir Isaac Pitman, (1946).
Few light cover smudges; otherwise, very good condition. $40.00.

Bull, G.V. & C.H. Murphy. PARIS KANONEN - THE PARIS GUNS
(WILHOMGESCHUTZE) & PROJECT HARP: The Application of Major Calibre
Guns to Atmospheric & Space Research. 246 pgs with bibliography. Color
& black & white photos & drawings throughout. Pictorial green boards.
Quarto. Herford und Bonn, Germany: Mittler & Sohn, (1988). Text in
English. Bottom/front corner bumped; otherwise, near fine condition.
The first publication of the manuscript of Fritz Rausenberger on the
German development of large calibre guns during World War I. $35.00.

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