FS: 2ND Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Sun., Nov. 22nd.

[Acorn Books]

Winzinger, Franz. ALBRECHT ALTDORFER ZEICHNUNGEN. 122 text pgs + 167
reproductions. Cloth in chipped brown dust jacket. Quarto. Munich:
Piper & Co. Verlag, (1952). Covers & foredge lightly spotted;
otherwise, good+ condition with good jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. Text in German. $175.00.

THE MODERN AMERICAN POSTER. Unpaged. Color & black & white prints of
213 posters. Black paper wrappers. Square quarto. NY: MOMA, (1983).
Rubber stamp on bottom edge; otherwise, good+ condition. Text in
Japanese & English. $25.00.

Hornung, Clarence. HANDBOOK OF EARLY ADVERTISING ART Mainly from
American Sources. 2 volumes [Typographical & Ornamental; Pictorial].
312 & 248 pgs with index. 547 plates. Cloth in lightly chipped dust
jackets. Quarto. NY: Dover, (1956). 3rd Edition. Near fine condition
with very good jackets in protective mylar wrappers. The Set: $100.00.

Glimcher, Arnold & Marc. JE SUIS LE CAHIER: The Sketchbooks of
Picasso. 349 pgs. Color & black & white reproductions throughout.
Cloth in dust jacket. Quarto. Boston: Atlantic Monthly, (1986). 1st
Edition [so stated]. Near fine condition with very good+ jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $50.00.

Berenson, Bernard. ONE YEAR'S READING FOR FUN (1942). 166 pgs with
index. Cloth in lightly chipped blue dust jacket. Octavo. London:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1960). 1st U.K. Edition. Very good+ condition
with good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper. A collection of
literary reflections by the great art critic. $35.00.

Burch, Preston. TRAINING THOROUGHBRED HORSES. 124 pgs with index.
Photos & drawings. Dark blue cloth, without dust jacket. 12mo.
Lexington, KY: Blood-Horse, 1953. 1st Edition. Very good condition.
$27.50.

[Doyle] Chester, S. Beach. THE ARSENE LEPINE - HERLOCK SOAMES AFFAIR.
Pictorial boards, without dust jacket. Octavo. Boulder, CO: Aspen,
1976. 1st Edition, limited to 200 handbound copies. Very good
condition. "The great detective versus the master criminal." $40.00.

[Doyle] Tracy, Jack. CONAN DOYLE & THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS. 69 pgs.
Prints. Light grey cloth, without dust jacket, as issued. 12mo.
Bloomington, IN: Gaslight Publications, 1979. Revised & Expanded
Edition. From the "Sherlock Holmes Monograph Series." Near fine
condition. $40.00.

[Doyle] Beaman, Bruce (Editor). THE SHERLOCK HOLMES BOOK OF
QUOTATIONS: Being a Compilation of the Words of Wit & Wisdom Spoken by
the World's First Consulting Detective. 88 pgs. Light blue cloth,
without dust jacket. Octavo. Bloomington, IN: Gaslight, 1980. 1st
Edition [so stated]. From the "Sherlock Holmes Monograph Series." Fine
condition. $50.00.

Scammon, Charles. THE MARINE MAMMALS OF THE NORTHWESTERN COAST OF
NORTH AMERICA Together with an Account of the American Whale Fishery.
319 pgs with index. Drawings. Paper wrappers. Octavo. NY: Dover,
(1968). Reprint of the 1874 1st Edition. Very good condition. $15.00.

Schneirla, T.C. ARMY ANTS: A STUDY IN SOCIAL ORGANIZATION. 349 pgs
with bibliography & index. Color & black & white photos. Cloth in
chipped dust jacket. Octavo. San Francisco: Freeman, (1971). 1st
Edition. Bookplate removed from front pastedown endpaper; otherwise,
very good condition with good jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
$40.00.

Norwich, John Julius. BYZANTIUM: THE DECLINE & FALL. 488 pgs with
index. Cloth in price-clipped red dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Knopf,
1996. 1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Fine condition with near fine
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. In print 1998 @ $45.00. Our price:
$22.50.

Richie, Donald & Meredith Weatherby (Editors). THE MASTERS' BOOK OF
IKEBANA: Background & Principles of Japanese Flower Arrangement with
Lessons by the masters of Japan's 3 foremost schools: Sen'ei Ikenobo,
Houn Ohara & Sofu Teshigahara. 272 pgs with bibliography & index. Many
fold-out illustrations & tipped-in color plates, photos &
reproductions. Decorative light green cloth with wood label in
chipped clear plastic wrapper. Folio. Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-sha,
(1966). 1st Edition [so stated]. Front free endpaper damp-stained;
otherwise, very good condition. $150.00.

Menen, Aubrey. INDIA. 236 pgs with index. Tipped-in color photos by
Roloff Beny throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped, price-clipped dust
jacket. Folio. NY: McGraw-Hill, (1969). 1st Edition. Fine condition in
very good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Lavishly illustrated
photographic tour of India. $80.00.

Rambach, Pierre & Susanne. GARDENS OF LONGEVITY IN CHINA & JAPAN: The
Art of the Stone Raisers. 231 pgs with bibliography & index. Color &
black & white photos & prints throughout. Cloth in dust jacket.
Slipcased. Folio. NY: Skira/Rizzoli, (1987). Fine condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Lavishly illustrated exploration
of Chinese & Japanese stone gardens. $75.00.

Triggs, H. Inigo. FORMAL GARDENS IN ENGLAND & SCOTLAND: Their Planning
& Arrangement, Architectural & Ornamental Features. 229 pgs. Color &
black & white photos, drawings & plans throughout. Cloth in lightly
chipped dust jacket. Square quarto. (Suffolk): Antique Collector's
Club: (1988). 2nd Edition. Fine condition with very good jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. In print 1998 @ $69.55. Our price: $35.00.

Schobel, Heinz. THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF AVERY BRUNDAGE. 195 pgs.
Tipped-in color frontispiece; color & black & white photos throughout.
Cloth in dust jacket. Slipcased. Quarto. Leipzig: Edition Leipzig,
(1968). Fine condition with near fine jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. Biography of this Olympic Games sports leader, construction
engineer & art collector. $45.00.

Vazquez, Pedro Ramirez et al. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY,
MEXICO: Art, Architecture, Archaeology, Ethnography. 257 pgs with
bibliography & index. Tipped-in color plates + color & black & white
photos throughout. Cloth in white dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Abrams,
(1968). Bottom edge lightly sunned; otherwise, very good+ condition
with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $75.00.

McKearin, Helen & George. TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN BLOWN GLASS.
382 pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black & white photos. Cloth
in lightly chipped blue dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Crown, (1950). Bottom
edge lightly spotted; otherwise, very good condition with good+ jacket
in protective mylar wrapper. $40.00.

Stein, Roger. SEASCAPE & THE AMERICAN IMAGINATION. 144 pgs with
bibliography & index. Color & black & white reproductions throughout.
Cloth in chipped dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Potter, (1975). 1st Edition
[so stated]. Inked name on front free endpaper; otherwise, very good+
condition with good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $40.00.

Cook, Terry. VANS & THE TRUCKIN' LIFE. 160 pgs with bibliography.
Color & black & white photos throughout. White paper wrappers. Quarto.
NY: Abrams, (1977). 1st Edition. Very good+ condition. $25.00.

Propert, W.A. THE RUSSIAN BALLET. 103 pgs + 48 photos. Brown cloth,
without dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Greenberg, (1932). 1st U.S. Edition.
Spine lightly sunned; covers & foredge very lightly spotted;
otherwise, very good condition. $100.00.

Propert, W.A. THE RUSSIAN BALLET 1921-1929. 103 pgs + 48 photos.
Brown cloth, with tattered front of dust jacket laid in. Quarto.
London: Bodley Head, (1931). 1st Edition. Covers lightly spotted;
inked inscription on front pastedown endpaper; otherwise, very good
condition. $150.00.

GRAPES & GRAPE VINES OF CALIFORNIA. Introduction by Kevin Starr.
Unpaged. 10 color plates. Marbled endpapers. Wine red cloth with cover
label in clear plastic jacket. Folio. NY: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich,
(1981). Facsimile reprint of the original 1877 edition published in
San Francisco by Edward Bosqui. Near fine condition. $80.00.

Divine, David. THE OPENING OF THE WORLD: The Great Age of Maritime
Exploration. 272 pgs with index. Color & black & white prints & maps.
Cloth in lightly chipped, price-clipped dust jacket. Quarto. NY:
Putnam's, (1973). 1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Very good condition
with good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $35.00.

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