FS: 1st Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Mon., May 1, 2000.

[Acorn Books]

1. Alhadeff, Gini (Editor). NORMAL: A Quarterly of Arts & Ideas, No.
1. 98 pgs. Color & black & white photos & prints. Pictorial black
paper wrappers. Quarto. (NY): Summer 1986. Very good condition.
$40.00 [115340]

2. Andrewes, Antony. THE GREEKS. [The History of Human Society
Series]. 294 pgs with bibliography & index. Illustrated. Cloth in
lightly chipped grey & black dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Knopf, 1967. 1st
U.S. Edition [so stated]. Very good+ condition with good+ jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. "A fresh & lucid picture of the salient
features of Greek society." $16.50 [115356]

3. Bloom, Harold. OMENS OF MILLENNIUM: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, &
Resurrection. 255 pgs. Cloth in crimson dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Riverhead, 1996. 1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $16.50 [115350]

4. [Bonaparte] Laing, Margaret. JOSEPHINE & NAPOLEON. 196 pgs with
index. Color & black & white illustrations throughout. Cloth in
lightly chipped peach dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Mason/Charter, 1974.
1st U.S. Edition. Very good+ condition with good+ jacket in protective
mylar wrapper. $21.50 [115392]

5. [Burroughs] Bergen, Jr., James A. A REFERENCE & PRICE GUIDE TO U.S.
BOOKS WRITTEN BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS. 46 pgs. Illustrated. Stapled
red paper wrappers. Octavo. Beaverton, OR: Privately Published, 1989.
2nd printing, signed by the author. Fine condition. $36.50 [115377]

6. Christie, Agatha. DESTINATION UNKNOWN. Cloth in chipped & spotted
green dust jacket. 12mo. London: Collins, (1955). 2nd printing. Small
rubber stamp on front free endpaper; otherwise, very good condition
with good jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $16.50 [115362]

7. Clarke, Thurston. CALIFORNIA FAULT: Searching for the Spirit of
State Along the San Andreas. 417 pgs with bibliography. Cloth in white
pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Ballantine, (1996). 1st Edition [so
stated]. Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
$16.50 [115390]

8. Delbrück, Hans. WARFARE IN ANTIQUITY. [History of the Art of War;
Vol 1]. 604 pgs with index. Silver paper wrappers. Octavo. Lincoln,
NE: University of Nebraska Press, (1990). Very good condition. In
print 2000 @ $24.00. Our price: $14.50 [115358]

9. Derkatsh, Inessa. TRANSPARENT WATERCOLOR: Painting Methods &
Materials. 173 pgs. Color & black & white illustrations throughout.
White paper wrappers. Octavo. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall,
(1980). Very good+ condition. $21.50 [115379]

10. DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS; Vol 2. 591 pgs.
Photos & drawings throughout. Maroon fabricoid, without dust jacket.
Imperial octavo. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing
Office, (1977). Reprint edition. Fine condition. $20.00 [115338]

11. [Doyle] Ruyle, John. A SCANDAL IN BULIMIA: A New Adventure of
Turlock Loams. Thread-bound orange paper wrappers. 24mo. Berkeley:
Pequod Press, 1986. Edition limited to 200 copies. Fine condition.
$15.00 [115375]

12. Edwards, Ralph & L. G. G. Ramsey (Editors). THE STUART PERIOD
1603-1714. [Connoisseur Period Guides]. 180 pgs. Color & black & white
photos, drawings & prints. Cloth in chipped pictorial brown dust
jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Reynal, no date (c.1950's?). Very good
condition with good jacket in protective mylar wrapper. A look at all
the arts & crafts of this period. $41.50 [115388]

13. Edwards, Ralph & L. G. G. Ramsey (Editors). THE TUDOR PERIOD,
1500-1603. [Connoisseur Period Guides]. 180 pgs with index. Photos
throughout. Cloth in tattered pictorial brown & yellow dust jacket.
Octavo. NY: Reynal, no date (c.1950's). Very good condition with fair
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $41.50 [115387]

14. Emerson, Steven. THE AMERICAN HOUSE OF SAUD: The Secret
Petrodollar Connection. 450 pgs with index. Cloth in black dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Franklin Watts, 1985. 1st Edition. Very good
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $15.00
[115337]

15. Forbes, Christopher. THE ROYAL ACADEMY REVISITED (1837-1901):
Victorian Paintings from the Forbes Magazine Collection. Introduced &
edited by Allen Staley. 182 pgs. Color & black & white prints. Cloth
in pictorial brown dust jacket. Quarto. (NY: Forbes, 1975). Fine
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $55.00
[115376]

16. Girard, Just. LES AVENTURES DU COUSIN JACQUE; Ou, Les Récits Du
Grand-Pere. 138 pgs. Frontispiece. Gilt-decorative light green cloth.
12mo. Tours, France: Ad Mame Imprimeurs, 1862. Frontispiece page
loose; otherwise, very good condition. Text in French. $16.50
[115380]

17. Gladstone, William A. MEN OF COLOR. 227 pgs with bibliography &
index. Photos & prints. Pictorial white boards, without dust jacket.
Quarto. Gettsyburg, PA: Thomas, (1993). Fine condition. "An extended &
further examination of the role of blacks in the Civil War." $42.50
[115391]

18. Haywood, Richard Mansfield. ANCIENT GREECE & THE NEAR EAST. Volume
1. 626 pgs with bibliography & index. Illustrated. Cloth in lightly
chipped grey dust jacket. Octavo. NY: McKay, (1964). Very good+
condition with good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper. History of
Greece until the time of Alexander the Great. $22.50 [115357]

19. Hill, J. R. ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE. 112 pgs with bibliography.
Photos throughout. Cloth in lightly creased white dust jacket. Octavo.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, (1985). 2nd printing. Very good+
condition with very good jacket in protective mylar wrapper. In print
2000 @ $34.95. Our price: $21.00 [115360]

20. Hobson, R. L. et al. THE ROMANCE OF CHINESE ART. 192 pgs with
bibliography. Color & black & white photos & reproductions throughout.
Green cloth, without dust jacket. Quarto. Garden City, NY: Garden City
Publishing, (1936). Spine slightly sunned; otherwise, very good
condition. $32.50 [115341]

21. Jones, Proctor (Editor). CLASSIC RUSSIAN IDYLLS. 144 pgs with
bibliography & index. Color photos throughout. Cloth in pictorial
white dust jacket. Oblong octavo. No Place: Privately Published,
(1985). Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
Signed by the editor. $25.00 [115347]

22. Jones, Proctor (Editor). IDYLLS OF FRANCE. Foreword by Irving
Stone. 144 pgs with bibliography & index. Color photos throughout.
Cloth in pictorial white dust jacket. Oblong octavo. No Place:
Privately Published, (1982). Fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. Signed by the author. $20.00 [115370]

23. Khalje, Susan. BRIDAL COUTURE: Fine Sewing Techniques for Wedding
Gowns & Evening Wear. 145 pgs with index. Color & black & white photos
& drawings. Pictorial beige paper wrappers. Quarto. (Iola, WI: Krause
Publications, 1997). Fine condition. In print 2000 @ $29.95. Our
price: $16.50 [115382]

24. Layton, Rear Admiral Edwin T. et al. "AND I WAS THERE": Pearl
Harbor & Midway - Breaking the Secrets. 596 pgs with index. Photos.
Cloth in white dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Morrow, (1985). 1st Edition
[so stated]. Bookplate; otherwise, very good condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $16.50 [115359]

25. Lodge, Jack. HOLLYWOOD 1930s. 120 pgs. Photos throughout. Cloth in
pictorial black dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Gallery, (1985). Bookplate;
otherwise, very good+ condition with like jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. $15.00 [115372]

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