FS: 1st Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Sun., April 2, 2000

[Acorn Books]

1. Ackroyd, Peter. CHATTERTON. Cloth in pictorial red dust jacket.
Imperial octavo. London: Hamish Hamilton, (1987). 1st U.K. Edition.
Bookplate; otherwise, very good condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $15.00 [113648]

2. Ambler, Eric. A COFFIN FOR DIMITRIOS. Light gray cloth, without
dust jacket. 12mo. NY: Knopf, 1939. 1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Five
small date stamps on front free endpaper; edges spotted; otherwise,
good condition. $200.00 [113676]

3. Baring, Maurice. LOST DIARIES. 215 pgs. Blue cloth, without dust
jacket. 16mo. London: Duckworth, (1927). Very good condition. Diary
fragments from George Washington, Marcus Aurelius, Mark Antony &
others. $18.50 [113738]

4. Barzun, Jacques. TEACHER IN AMERICA. 321 pgs. White cloth, without
dust jacket. Octavo. Boston: Little, Brown, 1945. 1st Edition. Very
good condition. Observations on education in the United States.
$16.50 [113664]

5. Baum, L. Frank. THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ. Black & white illustrations
& endpapers by John R. Neill. Yellow cloth with pictorial color cover
label, without dust jacket. Imperial octavo. Chicago: Reilly & Lee,
(post 1935). Previous owner's inked inscription in ownership box;
otherwise, very good condition. $75.00 [113682]

6. Beeding, Francis. THE TWO UNDERTAKERS. Blue cloth, without dust
jacket. 12mo. London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1933). 1st Edition. Spine
yellowed; extremities lightly rubbed; otherwise, good condition.
$25.00 [113723]

7. Bentley, James. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES OF BRITTANY. 208 pgs.
Color photos throughout by Hugh Palmer. Cloth in red dust jacket.
Quarto. (London): Thames & Hudson, (1999). 1st Edition. Fine condition
with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. In print 2000 @ $40.00.
Our price: $24.00 [113652]

8. Binheim, Max (Editor). WOMEN OF THE WEST: A Series of Biographical
Sketches of Living Eminent Women in the Eleven Western States of the
United States of America. 223 pgs with index. Blue fabricoid, without
dust jacket. Octavo. LA: Publishers Press, (1928). Very good
condition. $22.50 [113672]

9. Brown, Henry McLauren. KERN CANYON COUNTRY. 40 pgs. Maps & photos.
Pictorial beige stapled wrappers. Quarto. (Porterville, CA: Edwards
Senior Press, 1991). Very good condition. Overview of the history &
natural treasures of Kern Canyon, California. Signed by the author.
$15.00 [113713]

10. [Cassatt] Mathews, Nancy Mowll. MARY CASSATT: A Life. 383 pgs with
bibliography & index. Photos, prints & reproductions. Cloth in
pictorial black dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Villard Books, 1994.
1st Edition. Bookplate; otherwise, fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $15.00 [113660]

11. Caute, David. FATIMA'S SCARF. Cloth in pictorial black dust
jacket. Octavo. (London): Totterdown, (1998). 1st U.K. Edition.
Bookplate; otherwise, near fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $15.00 [113736]

12. Chappellet, Molly & Richard Tracy. GARDENS OF THE WINE COUNTRY.
204 pgs. Color photos throughout. Cloth in pictorial pink & white dust
jacket. Quarto. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1998). 1st Edition.
Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $24.00
[113731]

13. Charteris, Leslie. FEATURING THE SAINT. Cloth in torn pictorial
yellow dust jacket. 12mo. No Place: Hodder & Stoughton, (1937). Very
good condition with good jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $15.00
[113739]

14. [Chiparus] Shayo, Alberto. CHIPARUS: Master of Art Deco. 216 pgs
with bibliography & index. Color photos & reproductions throughout.
Cloth in light blue dust jacket. Folio. NY: Abbeville, (1999). 2nd
Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
In print 2000 @ $85.00. Our price: $52.00 [113653]

15. Chow, Dolly. CHOW! Secrets of Chinese Cooking With Selected
Recipes. 174 pgs with index. Photos & drawings. Red cloth, without
dust jacket. 12mo. Rutland, VT: Tuttle, 1954. 3rd printing. Very good
condition. $15.00 [113668]

16. Conway, Gary. ART OF THE VINEYARD. 246 pgs. Color & black & white
photos & prints. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Square octavo.
Boston: Journey Editions, (1995). 1st Edition. Fine condition with
like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. "A narrative that is sure to
be a bountiful harvest for all those who have ever tilled the land or
enjoyed its plenty." $27.50 [113730]

17. [DaVinci] Freud, Sigmund. LEONARDO DA VINCI: A Study in
Psychosexuality. 121 pgs. Reproductions. Red cloth, without dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Random House, (1947). 1st Edition [so stated]. 1"
circular spot on front cover; otherwise, very good condition. $16.50
[113651]

18. [DeGoncourt] Belloc, M. A. & M. Shedlock (Editors). EDMOND & JULES
DE GONCOURT, WITH LETTERS, AND LEAVES FROM THEIR JOURNALS. 2 volumes;
244 pgs + 246 pgs. Prints. Green cloth, without dust jackets. Octavo.
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1895. Bookplates; otherwise, very good condition.
$75.00 [113656]

19. DeRachewiltz, Boris. BLACK EROS: The Sexual Customs of Africa From
Prehistoric Times to the Present Day. 329 pgs with bibliography &
index. Photos. Cloth in lightly chipped pictorial beige dust jacket.
Octavo. NY: Stuart, (1964). 1st Edition. Bookplate; otherwise, very
good condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $50.00
[113654]

20. Dolci, Danilo. OUTLAWS. 296 pgs. Cloth in lightly rubbed pale
olive dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Orion, (1961). 1st U.S. Edition. Very
good condition with good jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Account
of the misery & poverty in Sicily & of the efforts by the author &
others to rectify the situation. $15.00 [113649]

21. Dyer, George. THE PEOPLE ASK DEATH. Yellow cloth, without dust
jacket. 12mo. NY: Scribner’s, 1940. Rubber stamps on front pastedown
endpaper; otherwise, very good condition. $20.00 [113717]

22. Gail, Marzieh. THE THREE POPES: An Account of the Great Schism -
When Rival Popes in Rome, Avignon & Pisa Vied for the Rule of
Christendom. 320 pgs with chronology, bibliography & index.
Illustrated. Cloth in lightly chipped white dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Simon & Schuster, (1969). 1st Edition. Bookplate; otherwise, very good
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $25.00
[113650]

23. Ginsberg, Allen. HOWL. Edited by Barry Miles. Photos & prints.
Cloth in blue dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Harper & Row, (1986). 1st
Edition Thus. Near fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. "Original draft facsimile, transcript & variant versions,
fully annotated by author, with contemporaneous correspondence,
account of first public reading, legal skirmishes, precursor texts &
bibliography." $70.00 [113721]

24. Headland, Isaac Taylor. THE CHINESE BOY & GIRL. 176 pgs. Photos &
drawings. Yellow cloth with pictorial color cover label. Octavo. NY:
Revell, (1901). Previous owner's inked inscription on front free
endpaper; worn at extremities; otherwise, good+ condition. $75.00
[113716]

25. Hopkins, Tighe. AN IDLER IN OLD FRANCE. 295 pgs. Lightly chipped
beige paper wrappers. 16mo. Paris: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1899. Pencil
markings on front cover; previous seller's label on spine; otherwise,
good+ condition. Observations of life in "old France." Chapters
include "The Toilet", "Old Paris at Table", "The French Medieval Inn",
"The Surgeons, The Barbers, & The Faculty of Medicine", & "The Chase:
From Charlemagne to Louis XIV." $15.00 [113674]

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