FS: 2nd Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Sat., Dec 30th 2000
Acorn Books
notes & index. Cloth in pictorial orange dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Viking, 1983. 1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. The scarce original edition, notoriously
recalled by Viking soon after publication, & later reissued after an
epic legal battle. $150.00 [133032]
27. McBride, Simon. THE SPIRIT OF SCOTLAND. 111 pgs. Color photos
throughout. Cloth in blue dust jacket. Oblong octavo. Devon, England:
Webb & Bower, (1991). Fine condition with like jacket in protective
mylar wrapper. $20.00 [132996]
28. McPhee, John. IN SUSPECT TERRAIN. Cloth in lightly spine-sunned
pictorial blue dust jacket. NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1983). 1st
Edition [so stated]. Fine condition with very good+ jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $45.00 [133027]
29. Meadows, Donella et al. BEYOND THE LIMITS: Confronting Global
Collapse - Envisioning a Sustainable Future. 300 pgs with index. Cloth
in white dust jacket. Octavo. Post Mills, VT: Chelsea Green, (1992).
1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. $16.50 [133002]
30. [Miller, Lee] Penrose, Antony. THE LIVES OF LEE MILLER. 216 pgs
with index. Photos. Cloth in white dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Holt,
Rinehart & Winston, (1985). 1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Very good
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Miller was
involved in the lives & art of Man Ray & Cocteau, was a war
correspondent & wife & mother. $55.00 [133014]
31. Mitchell, Stephen. TAO TE CHING. 108 pgs. Cloth in very lightly
chipped & spine-sunned pictorial brown dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Harper
& Row, (1988). 1st Edition Thus. Previous owner's inked inscription on
front free endpaper; otherwise, fine condition with very good+ jacket
in protective mylar wrapper. A new English version of Lao-tzu's
classic work. $15.00 [133017]
32. [Monet]. MONET'S YEARS AT GIVERNY: Beyond Impressionism. 180 pgs
with bibliography. Color photos throughout. Cloth in black dust
jacket. Imperial octavo. (NY): Abrams, (1978). 1st Edition. Fine
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. "This period
of the artist's life reflects the 40 years that he spent at his
country home in Giverny, a beautiful retreat nestled on the Seine in
northern France. Collected within this edition are 81 paintings from
these years, accompanied with a fascinating narrative on Monet's life,
loves, and influences. Recounting Monet's development from an
Impressionist to an innovative abstractionist, the book is both
informative to read, and exquisite to look at." In print 2000 @
$24.50 Our price: $15.00 [132983]
33. Moore, Patrick. PACIFIC SPIRIT: The Forest Reborn. 110 pgs with
bibliography & index. Color photos throughout. Cloth in off-white dust
jacket. Quarto. West Vancouver, Canada: Terra Bella, (1995). Fine
condition with near fine jacket in protective mylar wrapper. "Pacific
Spirit departs from the main by celebrating the splendour of new
forests. A personal essay in words and photographs, it explores the
beauty, biodiversity and spirit of the new forests of British Columbia
and the Pacific Northwest growing back after logging. It conveys the
timely message that our forests are capable of returning to their full
grandeur, even after large-scale clearcutting, and the spirit of the
forest need not be lost in this transition." $34.50 [133004]
34. Morita, Kiyoko. THE BOOK OF INCENSE: Enjoying the Traditional Art
of Japanese Scents. 134 pgs with bibliography. Color & black & white
photos. Cloth in white dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Kodansha, (1992). 1st
Edition [so stated]. Fine condition with like jacket in protective
mylar wrapper. $15.00 [132999]
35. Morrison, Toni. JAZZ. Cloth in purple dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Knopf, 1992. 1st Trade Edition [so stated]. Fine condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. In print 2000 @ $25.00. Our price:
$15.00 [132986]
36. Muck, Otto. THE SECRET OF ATLANTIS. 272 pgs with index.
Illustrated. Cloth in lightly spine-sunned blue & green pictorial dust
jacket. Octavo. (NY): Times, (1976). Front endpapers lightly darkened;
otherwise, near fine condition with very good jacket in protective
mylar wrapper. "No lost city has a more powerful hold on our
imagination that Atlantis." $15.00 [132987]
37. Nalder, Eric. TANKERS FULL OF TROUBLE: The Perilous Journey of
Alaskan Crude. 294 pgs with bibliography & index. Cloth in dark blue
dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Grove, (1994). 2nd printing. Near fine
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $14.00
[132997]
38. [Parker] Jackson, Jack. COMMANCHE MOON: A Picture Narrative about
Cynthia Ann Parker . . . 119 pgs. Cartoon drawings & photos. Orange
pictorial paper wrappers. Small quarto. San Francisco: Rip Off Press,
(1979). Very good condition. The "true story" of Parker, her captivity
among the Commanche Indians, & her son, the last chief of the
Commanches. $55.00 [133012]
39. Perrin, Noel. THIRD PERSON RURAL: Further Essays of a Sometime
Farmer. 188 pgs. Cloth in light tan dust jacket. Octavo. Boston:
Godine, (1983). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Musings by this city-bred farmer
in Thetford, Vermont. $21.00 [133023]
40. Reid, Robert H. ARCHITECTS OF THE WEB: 1,000 Days that Built the
Future of Business. 370 pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in white dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Wiley, (1997). 1st Edition. Fine condition with
like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. In print 2000 @ $27.95. Our
price: $16.50 [132991]
41. Shapiro, Jr., Deane H. MEDITATION: Self-Regulation Strategy &
Altered State Consciousness - a Scientific/Personal Exploration. 318
pgs with bibliography & index. Cloth in lightly chipped white dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Aldine, (1980). 1st Edition. Near fine condition
with very good jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $22.50 [133000]
42. Sinaiko, Herman L. RECLAIMING THE CANON: Essays on Philosophy,
Poetry, & History. 338 pgs with bibliography. Boards with maroon cloth
backstrip, without dust jacket. Octavo. New Haven, CT: Yale University
Press, (1998). 1st Edition. Near fine condition. In print 2000 @
$40.00. Our price: $20.00 [132992]
43. Sousa, John Philip. MARCHING ALONG: Recollections of Men, Women &
Music. 384 pgs with index. Blue cloth, without dust jacket. Octavo.
Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1941. Very good+ condition. $50.00
[133031]
44. Statler, Oliver. JAPANESE INN. 365 pgs. Illustrated. Cloth in
lightly chipped pictorial dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Random
House, (1961). Later printing. Very good condition with good jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. "A reconstruction of the past." $16.50
[133008]
45. Stokes, Geoffrey (Editor). THE VILLAGE VOICE ANTHOLOGY, 1956-1980:
Twenty-five Years of Writing from The Village Voice. 331 pgs.
Illustrated. White paper wrappers. Imperial octavo. NY: Quill, (1982.
Very good+ condition. $13.50 [133010]
46. [Stout] McAleer, John. REX STOUT: A Biography. Foreword by P. G.
Wodehouse. 621 pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in lightly chipped grey
dust jacket. Octavo. Boston: Little, Brown, (1977). 1st Edition [so
stated]. Fine condition with very good+ jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. "The life & times of the creator of Nero Wolfe." $47.50
[133019]
47. Toguchi, Masaru & Frank Warren. THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO ACUPUNTURE &
ACUPRESSURE. Two volumes in one. Photos & drawings. Cloth in lightly
chipped off-white dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Gramercy, (1985). Previous
owner's small address sticker on front free endpaper; otherwise, very
good+ condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $14.50
[133016]
48. Tomkins, Calvin. THE SCENE: Reports on Post-Modern Art. 272 pgs
with index. Photos throughout. Cloth in minimalist white dust jacket.
Octavo. NY: Viking, (1976). 1st Edition. Half-title page very lightly
darkened; otherwise, fine condition with near fine jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $17.50 [132988]
49. Wharton, David. THEY DON'T SPEAK RUSSIAN IN SITKA: A New Look at
the History of Southern Alaska. 217 pgs with index. Cloth in lightly
chipped cream dust jacket. Octavo. Menlo Park, CA: Markgraf, (1991).
Fine condition with very good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper. In
print 2000 @ $24.95 Our price: $15.00 [133001]
50. Zwinger, Ann & Edwin Way Teale. A CONSCIOUS STILLNESS: Two
Naturalists on Thoreau's Rivers. 243 pgs. Photos. Cloth in lightly
chipped pictorial blue dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Harper & Row, (1982).
1st Edition [so stated]. Very good+ condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $11.50 [133026]
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