FS: 1st Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Mon., Jan 15th 2001

[Acorn Books]

1. Abramson, Glenda. MODERN HEBREW DRAMA. 232 pgs with index. Photos.
Cloth in lightly chipped black dust jacket. Quarto. NY: St. Martin’s,
(1979). 1st Edition. Small rubber stamp on bottom edge; otherwise,
very good+ condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
"Tracing the development of Hebrew drama from the first play 'He
Walked in the Fields' which, in 1948, inaugurated the movement of
documentary drama, to the radical & controversial plays now preformed,
as well as analyzing the nature of 'national' drama & more." $21.50
[133710]

2. Allane, Lee. CHINESE RUGS: A Buyer's Guide. 144 pgs with index.
Color photos & drawings. Cloth in green dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Thames & Hudson, (1993). 1st Edition. Remainder mark on bottom edge;
otherwise, fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. $25.00 [133702]

3. Andrews, Bruce. PRAXIS. Tuumba 18. Stapled yellow paper wrappers.
Octavo. Berkeley: Tuumba, November 1978. Edition limited to 450
copies. Fine condition. $25.00 [133749]

4. Armantrout, Rae. THE INVENTION OF HUNGER. Tuumba 22. Stapled beige
paper wrappers. Octavo. Berkeley: Tuumba, July 1979. Edition limited
to 450 copies. Fine condition. $25.00 [133729]

5. Bernal, Ignacio. THE OLMEC WORLD. 273 pgs with bibliography &
index. Black & white photos & illustrations. Cloth in lightly chipped,
spine-sunned brown dust jacket . Quarto. Berkeley: University of
California Press, (1973). 2nd printing. Good condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. An account of pre-Mayan
civilization. $32.50 [133734]

6. [Bowles] Mrabet, Mohammed. M'HASHISH. Taped & translated from the
Moghrebi by Paul Bowles. 56 pgs. White paper wrappers. 12mo. San
Francisco: City Lights, (1969). 1st Edition. Previous owner's initials
on title page; extremities lightly chipped; front hinge slightly
loose; otherwise, very good condition. Clever short stories about
hashish use in Morocco. $42.50 [133725]

7. Bradley, Marion Zimmer. LADY OF AVALON. Boards in blue pictorial
dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Viking, (1997). 1st Edition. Very
good+ condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. In print
2000 @ $24.95. Our price: $14.00 [133723]

8. Britten, Benjamin. DEATH IN VENICE. [Cambridge Opera Handbooks].
Edited by Donald Mitchell. 229 pgs with index. Performance photos.
Off-white paper wrappers. Octavo. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University
Press, (1987). Very good+ condition. "A source of first-hand
information on Britten's final operatic achievement." $15.00 [133719]

9. Bromige, David. P-E-A-C-E. Tuumba 34. Stapled white paper wrappers.
Octavo. Berkeley: Tuumba, July 1981. Edition limited to 450 copies.
Fine condition. $25.00 [133739]

10. Burenhult, Goran (Editor). THE FIRST HUMANS: Human Origins &
History to 10,000 B.C. Volume one of "The Illustrated History of
Humankind." 239 with index. Color photos & illustrations throughout.
Cloth in black pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Harper Collins,
(1994). Reprint edition. Very good condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. Part of the five-volume series from the
American Museum of Natural History. $37.50 [133753]

11. Descharnes, Robert et al. THE FLORENCE I LOVE... 124 pgs. Color &
black & white photos throughout. Cloth in chipped black dust jacket.
Imperial octavo. NY: Tudor, (1960). Fine condition with very good
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. An affectionate portrait of this
beatiful Italian city. $16.00 [133703]

12. DOOR & SASH LIST NO. 23 OF PACIFIC DOOR & SASH CO. 261 pgs. Photos
& drawings. Lightly chipped stapled grey paper wrappers. 12mo. LA:
Farnsworth, 1923. Some pages lightly creased; otherwise, very good+
condition. Catalog of doors & windows for the homes of yesteryear.
$50.00 [133714]

13. [Doyle]. THE CURTAIN IS UP ON THE WILLIAM GILLETTE EXHIBIT. 24
pgs. Candid photos & film stills. White stapled paper wrappers.
Octavo. Hartford, CT: Nook Farm Visitor's Center, (1971). Very good+
condition. Native son of Hartford famous for his roles as Sherlock
Holmes. $20.00 [133727]

14. [Ferlinghetti] Felver, Christopher. FERLINGHETTI PORTRAIT.
Unpaged. Photos. Cloth in black dust jacket. Oblong octavo. Salt Lake
City: Gibbs Smith, (1998). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition
with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. A photo essay of the
legendary poet interlaced with the famed work "Autobiography." In
print 2000 @ $24.95 Our Price: $15.00 [133704]

15. Grenier, Robert. OAKLAND. Tuumba 27. Stapled white paper wrappers.
Octavo. Berkeley: Tuumba, May 1980. Edition limited to 450 copies.
Spine slightly yellowed; otherwise, very good+ condition. $35.00
[133745]

16. Hejinian, Lyn. GESUALDO. Tuumba 15. Stapled white paper wrappers.
Octavo. Berkeley: Tuumba, May 1978. Edition limited to 450 copies.
Presentation copy, signed by the author. Covers lightly spotted;
otherwise, very good+ condition. $50.00 [133751]

17. Hockney, David. THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT. 248 pgs with index. Color
& black & white photos & reproductions throughout. Yellow paper
wrappers. Imperial octavo. (San Francisco): Chronicle Books, (1993).
Near fine condition. Art & life as seen by the artist. $15.00
[133748]

18. IMPRESSIONIST & POST-IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS FROM THE U.S.S.R. 120
pgs. Color reproductions throughout. White paper wrappers. Quarto.
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1973. Excess glue in hinge at
front; light smudging to rear cover; otherwise, very good condition.
$15.00 [133752]

19. Inman, P. OCKER. Tuumba 37. Stapled tan paper wrappers. Octavo.
Berkeley: Tuumba, January 1982. Edition limited to 450 copies. Fine
condition. $20.00 [133743]

20. Jones, Sheridan R. BAIT CASTING: The Short Rod & How to Use It.
[The Recreation Outdoor Library]. 86 pgs. Photos. White & brown
stapled paper wrappers. 16mo. Denver: Recreation Library, (1927). Very
good+ condition. A charming & useful fishing guide for both the novice
& the expert. $15.00 [133716]

21. Lawrence, Jerome & Robert E. Lee. AUNTIE MAME: A New Play. Orange
stapled paper wrappers. 12mo. NY: Dramatists Play Service, (1960).
Extremities & first & last pages sunned; otherwise, very good
condition. Based on the best-selling novel by Patrick Dennis. $15.00
[133707]

22. LUFKIN TOOLS, CATALOG NO. 5. 96 pgs with index. Illustrated
throughout. Stapled red paper wrappers. 16mo. Saginaw, MI: Lufkin Rule
Co, no date (c.1940). Covers creased & rubbed; otherwise, very good
condition. Sales catalog from the small tools division of Lufkin,
offering the "standard of accuracy" in measuring tapes & more. $15.00
[133715]

23. Miller, Henry. SEXUS: The Rosy Crucifixion, Book One. Cloth in
lightly chipped white & pink dust jacket. Octavo. Secaucus, NJ:
Castle, (1965). Bookplate; otherwise, very good+ condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $15.00 [133717]

24. [Mondrian] Shapiro, David. MONDRIAN: FLOWERS. 79 pgs with
bibliography. Color & black & white reproductions throughout. Cloth in
white dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Abrams, (1991). Fine condition with
like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. In print 2000 @ $29.95 Our
Price: $18.00 [133705]

25. Nevin, David. THE PATHFINDERS. [The Epic of Flight]. 176 pgs with
index. Color & black & white illustrations & photos throughout. Blue
fabricoid with color pictorial cover label. Quarto. Alexandria, VA:
Time-Life, (1980). Previous owner's rubber stamp on front & rear
endpapers; otherwise, very good+ condition. $15.00 [133708]

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