FS: 2nd Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Sun. March 8th

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Shawcross, William. THE QUALITY OF MERCY: Cambodia, Holocaust & Modern
Conscience. 464 pgs with bibliography & index. Map endpapers. Cloth in
grey dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Simon & Schuster, (1984). 1st
Edition. Circular blindstamp in title page; remainder mark on lower
edge; otherwise, near fine condition in like jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Lambert, Angela. UNQUIET SOULS. 262 pgs with bibliography & index.
Photos. Cloth in chipped price-clipped dust jacket. Imperial octavo.
NY: Harper & Row, (1984). 1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Front hinge
punctured; otherwise, very good condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. "A social history of the illustrious,
irreverent, intimate group of British aristocrats known as 'the
Souls'." $15.00.

Fraser, Flora. EMMA, LADY HAMILTON. 356 pgs with bibliography & index.
Illustrated. Pictorial endpapers. Cloth in pictorial gold dust jacket.
Imperial octavo. NY: Knopf, 1987. 1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Fine
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Waterman, Charles. THE HUNTER'S WORLD. 250 pgs with bibliography &
index. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in price-clipped
pictorial green dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Random House, (1976). 1st
Edition. Near fine condition in very good+ jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. In this richly illustrated & detailed guide, the author
follows hunting seasons from northern Alaska to southern Florida.
$20.00.

Hirschhorn, Clive. THE FILMS OF JAMES MASON. "With Some Second
Thoughts by James Mason". 256 pgs. Photos throughout. Cloth in
pictorial gold dust jacket with 4-inch neatly tape-repaired tear.
Quarto. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel, (1977). 1st U.S. Edition [so stated].
Near fine condition in very good jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
$25.00.

Adams, Steven. THE ART OF THE PRE-RAPHAELITES. 128 pgs with
bibliography & index. Color reproductions throughout. Cloth in dust
jacket. Quarto. Secaucus, NY: Chartwell, (1988). Fine condition in
like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $17.50.

Holland, Ray P. SHOTGUNNING IN THE LOWLANDS. 213 pgs. 9 full-page
color plates by Lynn Bogue Hunt; black & white text illustrations.
Gilt decorative light green cloth, without dust jacket. Quarto. West
Hartford, Vermont: Countryman Press, (1946). 2nd printing, limited to
2500 copies. Spine & endpapers stained; otherwise, very good
condition. $35.00.

Case, Alexander T. (Editor). THE ANNALS OF THE BOHEMIAN CLUB: For the
Years 1907-1972. Volume 5. 547 pgs with index. Photos. Light blue
cloth, without dust jacket, as issued. Quarto. San Francisco: Bohemian
Club, 1972. Edges lightly foxed; otherwise, very good+ condition.
$30.00.

Robinson, Rowland. UNCLE LISHA'S OUTING. Pictorial light green cloth.
12mo. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1897. 1st Edition. Inked inscription
on front flyleaf; spine very, very slightly dulled; otherwise, fine
condition. $50.00.

Suckling, Sir John. A BALLADE UPON A WEDDING & OTHER POEMS.
Illustrated by Herbert Cole. Cloth in lightly worn tan dust jacket.
Square 16mo. London: John Lane, (1928). 1st Edition Thus. Publication
X of the Helicon Series. Endpapers slightly darkened; front cover with
small nick; otherwise, very good+ condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. $50.00.

Stewart, Oliver. AEOLUS, OR THE FUTURE OF THE FLYING MACHINE. 91 pgs.
Illustrated. Cloth in very lightly chipped cream dust jacket. 16mo.
NY: Dutton, (1928). 1st Edition [so stated]. From the "Today &
To-morrow" series. Very good+ condition in like jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. $100.00.

Lloyd, Christopher. PISSARRO. 126 pgs. Richly illustrated with color &
black & white reproductions, including 48 color plates. Cloth in
turquoise dust jacket. Quarto. London: Phaidon, (1994). Fine condition
in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Bowers, Ronald. THE SELZNICK PLAYERS. 255 pgs with bibliography &
index. Photos. Cloth in chipped pictorial pink dust jacket. Quarto.
NY: Barnes, (1976). 1st Edition. Very good+ condition in very good
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. "An incisive, nostalgic look at
Hollywood's greatest era & the stars who were catapulted into stardom
through David Selznick's obsession for perfection & quality - the same
characteristics that begat his ultimate achievement, `Gone With the
Wind'." $40.00.

Williams, Tennessee. FIVE O'CLOCK ANGEL: Letters of Tennessee Williams
to Maria St. Just 1948-1982. 407 pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in
white dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Knopf, 1990. 1st Edition [so
stated]. Near fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. $15.00.

Wilson, Joyce Lancaster. THE ARK OF NOAH. Unpaged. Color illustrations
by the author throughout. Green paper wrappers with color cover label.
Quarto. San Francisco: Tuscany Alley, (1975). Hand bound in an edition
limited to 300 copies signed by the author/illustrator. Fine
condition. An enchanting retelling for children of the Biblical story
of the Great Flood. $125.00.

Van der Meer, Ron & Alan McGowan. SAILING SHIPS. 12 pgs with
bibliography. Pop-up color paintings & black & white text
illustrations by Borje Svensson throughout. Pictorial boards, without
dust jacket, as issued. Square quarto. NY: Viking, 1984. 1st Edition.
Fine condition. Dramatic three-dimensional illustrations of history's
most fabulous sailing ships. $50.00.

[Exhibition Catalog] HAND BOOKBINDING TODAY, AN INTERNATIONAL ART. 91
pgs. Color & black & white photos throughout. Pictorial white paper
wrappers. Oblong octavo. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1978.
Edition limited to 2500 copies. Cover spotted; otherwise, very good
condition. $25.00.

Baugher, Joseph F. THE SPACE-AGE SOLAR SYSTEM. 452 pgs with index.
Color & black & white photos & telescope images; diagrams. Cloth in
dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Wiley, (1988). 1st Edition. Near
fine condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Treats
the solar system from the center outward, incorporating the results
from the latest space explorations such as Voyager & the probes of
Halley's Comet. $35.00.

Kane, Bob. BATMAN ARCHIVES, Volume 1. 304 pgs. Color cartoon
illustrations throughout. Cloth in pictorial black dust jacket.
Quarto. NY: DC Comics, (1990). Near fine condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. A definitive collection of Batman's earliest
adventures. $40.00.

Escher, M.C. & J.L. Locher. THE INFINITE WORLD OF M.C. ESCHER. 151
pgs. Color & black & white reproductions throughout. Cloth in
pictorial white dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Abrams, (1984). Fine
condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $35.00.

Peacock, Carlos. RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON. 109 pgs with index. Color &
black & white reproductions throughout. Cloth in pictorial light blue
dust jacket. Square quarto. NY: Taplinger, (1980). 1st Edition. Very
good+ condition in like jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
Collection of the work of one of the most brilliant draftsmen in the
history of art, who bridged the English & French schools of Romantic
painting - a stylistic fusion that was crucial to the development of
Impressionism. $35.00.

McClatchy, Charles K. PRIVATE THINKS BY C.K. 342 pgs. Frontispiece.
Cloth in lightly chipped dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Scribner,
1936. 1st Edition. Fine condition in very good jacket with protective
mylar wrapper. Editorials & other writings of this Northern California
newspaperman. $25.00.

Davis, Frank. VICTORIAN PATRONS OF THE ARTS: Twelve Famous Collections
& Their Owners. 158 pgs with index + 152 black & white illustrations.
Color frontispiece. Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. London: Country
Life, (1963). 1st Edition. Copyright inked out; otherwise, near fine
condition in very good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $32.50.

Trewin, J.C. THE HOUSE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE: An Intimate Portrait of the
Last Days of the Russian Imperial Family Compiled from the Papers of
their English Tutor, Charles Sydney Gibbes. 148 pgs. Color & black &
white photos & reproductions. Tan cloth without dust jacket. Square
octavo. NY: Stein & Day, (1975). 1st U.S. Edition. Very good
condition. $40.00.

Van Allen, Leroy & A. George Mallis. THE COMPREHENSIVE CATALOGUE &
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF U.S. MORGAN & PEACE SILVER DOLLARS. 316 pgs with
index. 1200 illustrations. Cloth in torn, tape-repaired, price-clipped
silver dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Arco, (1976). 1st U.S. Edition. Inked
inscription on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise, very good+
condition in fair jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Contains
sections on the background of silver dollar coinage, details of the
minting process, descriptions of 1000 errors/varieties, detecting
counterfeits, & more. $25.00.

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