FS: 2nd Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Wed., Dec 20th 2000
Acorn Books
black & white photos & reproductions throughout. Light grey cloth,
without dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Abrams, (1982). Very good condition.
$135.00 [132545]
27. Kostenevich, Albert. HIDDEN TREASURES REVEALED: Impressionist
Masterpieces & Other Important French Paintings Preserved by the State
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. 291 pgs. Color & black & white
reproductions throughout. Cloth in blue dust jacket. Quarto. (NY):
Abrams, (1995). 1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. In print 2000 @ $49.50 Our price: $30.00
[132527]
28. Krause, Aurel. THE TLINGIT INDIANS: Results of a Trip to the
Northwest Coast of America & the Bering Straits. 310 pgs with index.
Illustrated. Cloth in lightly chipped, light blue dust jacket. Octavo.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1956. 1st Edition. Very good
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. "An important
ethnographic study compiled during an expedition for the Geographical
Society of Bremen in 1880-81, Krause's account is the principal source
on the early culture of the Tlingit Indians of Southeastern Alaska.
Includes a historical survey of the region, and information concerning
Tlingit culture, shamanism, diet, mythology, kinship, linguistics,
etc." $50.00 [132560]
29. Lucie-Smith, Edward. RACE, SEX & GENDER IN CONTEMPORARY ART. 224
pgs with index. Color & black & white reproductions throughout. Cloth
in black dust jacket. Quarto. (NY): Abrams, (1994). 1st Edition. Fine
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. In print 2000
@ $49.50 Our price: $30.00 [132529]
30. Marinovich, Greg & João Silva. THE BANG-BANG CLUB: Snapshots from
a Hidden War. 254 pgs with bibliography & index. Photos. Cloth in red
& grey pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. (NY): Basic Books, (2000). 1st
U.S. Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. Four photographers who banded together in the last days of
Apartheid in South Africa in order to attempt to lessen the violence
by documenting it on film. In print 2000 @ $26.00. Our price: $16.00
[132516]
31. Maroon, Fred J. & P. H. Newby. THE EGYPT STORY: Its Art, Its
Monuments, Its People, Its History. 259 pgs with index. Color photos
throughout. Black paper wrappers. Quarto. Cairo: American University
at Cairo, (1987). 4th printing. Very good+ condition. In print 2000 @
$35.00 Our price: $21.00 [132554]
32. [Michelangelo] Beck, James H. THREE WORLDS OF MICHELANGELO. 269
pgs with index. Reproductions. Cloth in black & purple pictorial dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Norton, (1999). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. An examination
at the three points & people in Michelangelo's life that influenced
him most: his father, Lorenzo de' Medici, & Pope Julius II. In print
2000 @ $25.95. Our price: $16.00 [132523]
33. Mitchell, Margaret. GONE WITH THE WIND. Gray cloth, without dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Macmillan, Oct., 1936. 2nd printing. Brown stain
to leading edge of first 65 pages; previous owner's stamp on front
endpaper; extremities rubbed; spine creased down center; otherwise,
good condition. $50.00 [132535]
34. [Modotti] Lowe, Sarah M. TINA MODOTTI: Photographs. 160 pgs with
index. Photos throughout. Cloth in black dust jacket. Quarto. NY:
Abrams, (1995). Previous owner's inked inscription on rear endpaper;
occasional pencil marking in introduction & essay; otherwise, very
good+ condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. In print
2000 @ $49.50 Our price: $30.00 [132543]
35. O' Connor, Sharon. MENUS & MUSIC, VOLUME III: HOLIDAYS. 240 pgs
with compact disc. Pictorial brown paper wrappers in matching box.
Octavo. Piedmont, CA: Menus & Music, (1996). Fine condition with like
box & CD. A menu cookbook with music by the San Francisco String
Quartet. In print 2000 @ $24.95 Our price: $15.00 [132551]
36. [Picasso] Elgar, Frank. PICASSO: A Study of His Work. 315 pgs with
index. Color & black & white reproductions throughout. Cloth in black
dust jacket with creases down center of spine & middle of front & back
covers. Octavo. NY: Praeger, (1957). 2nd Edition. Very good+ condition
with good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $22.50 [132541]
37. [Picasso] Quinn, Edward. PICASSO: The Objects. 80 pgs. Color &
black & white photos throughout. Cloth in black dust jacket. Octavo.
Paris: Editions Assouline, (1995). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. The sculpture
& ceramics of Picasso. $15.00 [132558]
38. Robinson, Selma. CITY CHILD: Poems. Illustrations by Rockwell
Kent. Terra-cotta cloth in price-clipped, lightly soiled, light orange
dust jacket. 12mo. NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1931. 1st Trade Edition.
Near fine condition with good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
Presentation copy to Henry Briggs signed by Kent on front free
endpaper & with Briggs bookplate tipped-in on front pastedown
endpaper. $250.00 [132533]
39. Rolfe, Frederick. THE DESIRE & PURSUIT OF THE WHOLE. 297 pgs.
Cloth in black dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Braziller, (1994). 1st U.S.
Edition [so stated]. Fine condition with like jacket in protective
mylar wrapper. "Rolfe (1860-1913) was an abusive, learned English
writer (pen name: Baron Corvo) whose most famous work was Hadrian the
Seventh. Set in Venice, the novel at hand was written in 1904 but not
published until 1934, with its homoeroticism pruned." $25.00 [132559]
40. Scherer, Francine & Madeline Poley. THE SOHO CHARCUTERIE COOKBOOK:
Fabulous Food for Entertaining. 272 pgs with bibliography & index.
Color illustrations. Cloth in very lightly chipped off-white dust
jacket with 1/4" closed tear in top edge of front cover. Octavo. NY:
Morrow, (1983). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition with very good
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $15.00 [132521]
41. Seitz, William C. ART IN THE AGE OF AQUARIUS, 1955-1970. 250 pgs
with index. Color & black & white reproductions throughout. Cloth in
white dust jacket. Quarto. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution
Press, (1992). 1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $25.00 [132530]
42. Shulman, Martha Rose. ENTERTAINING LIGHT: Healthy Company Menus
with Great Style. 465 pgs with index. Cloth in dark green & white
pictorial dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Bantam, (1991). 1st
Edition. Fine condition with near fine jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. In print 2000 @ $29.95. Our price: $18.00 [132517]
43. Stewart, Martha. PIES & TARTS. 216 pgs with index. Color photos
throughout. Cloth in white dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Potter,
(1985). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $20.00 [132522]
44. Stovall, Tyler. PARIS NOIR: African Americans in the City of
Light. 366 pgs with bibliography & index. Photos. Cloth in black dust
jacket. Octavo. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. 1st Edition. Fine
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. "Significant
numbers of black Americans went to France for the first time in World
War I as part of the U.S. armed forces and discovered a country where
they were free of the strictures of racism. This comprehensive look at
black Americans' historical affection for Paris in the 20th century
covers literary figures like Richard Wright, entertainers like
Josephine Baker and jazz musicians like Sidney Bechet and Kenny
Clarke, as well as black academics, scientists and businessmen who
found new lives in Paris." In print 2000 @ $24.95. Our price: $15.00
[132546]
45. Tudge, Colin. FUTURE COOK: A Taste of Things to Come. 256 pgs with
index. Color photos. Tan cloth, without dust jacket. Imperial octavo.
(London): Beazley, (1980). Previous owner's inked inscription on front
free endpaper; otherwise, very good+ condition. $15.00 [132552]
46. Ullom, Judith. FOLKLORE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS: An
Annotated Bibliography. 126 pgs with index. Illustrated. Yellow cloth,
without dust jacket. Octavo. Washington, DC: Library of Congress,
1969. Very good+ condition. $15.00 [132524]
47. Weinberg, H. Barbara et al. AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM & REALISM: The
Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915. 383 pgs with index. Color & black
& white reproductions throughout. Cloth in blue dust jacket. Quarto.
NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1994). 1st Edition. Fine condition
with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $45.00 [132549]
48. [Wescott] Phelps, Robert (Editor). CONTINUAL LESSONS: The Journals
of Glenway Wescott, 1937-1955. 410 pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in
red, black & tan pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Farrar, Straus &
Giroux, (1990). 1st Edition [so stated]. Fine condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. "A remarkable volume of letters by
one of the most noteworthy figures of mid-century American letters."
$17.50 [132539]
49. [White] Barber, Stephen. EDMUND WHITE: The Burning World. 310 pgs.
Photos. Cloth in grey dust jacket. Octavo. NY: St. Martin’s, (1999).
1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Fine condition with near fine jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. "The first biography of the novelist whose
personal life reflects the course of gay history in America in the
last half of the twentieth century. Born in Cincinnati in 1940 and
raised in Evanston, White arrived in New York City in 1962, tortured
by the knowledge of his homosexuality. Working by day as a staff
writer for Time-Life, he secretly cruised the West Village past
nightfall. To appreciate White's life is to understand the formative
years of gay liberation, for White--who was a participant at the
original Stonewall event--experienced all of the ecstasy and
abandonment that came to characterize this first generation of
post-Stonewall gay men." In print 2000 @ $25.95. Our price: $16.50
[132537]
Book(s) shipped on receipt of payment by check or VISA, MC,
Discover or AmerEx. Full refund for any reason on prompt
return of merchandise. Subject to prior sale. Normal shipping
via UPS; other methods available upon request. California
residents add appropriate sales tax.
*****PRICES ARE NET TO ALL.***** Please E-mail to hold, or
phone (415) 563-1736 any hour.
***********************************
Joel & Ngampan Chapman, Owners
Acorn Books, Member - A.B.A.A.
1436 Polk Street
San Francisco, CA 94109-4616
Tel: (415) 563-1736
Fax: (415) 563-8716
E-Mail: acor...@acornbook.com
Home Page: http://www.acornbook.com
[Lists by subject of our on-line inventory]