FS: 2nd Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Tues., Dec 14, 1999.

[Acorn Books]

26. Kopper, Philip. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 495 pgs
with index. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in black
pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Abrams, (1982). 1st Edition [so
stated]. Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
"A broad & illuminating overview of the natural sciences as they are
practiced today." $50.00 [107304]

27. [Lee] Harwell, Richard. LEE: An Abridgment in One Volume of the
Four-Volume "R. E. Lee" by Douglas Southall Freeman. 601 pgs with
index. Photos. Black cloth, without dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY:
Scribner’s, (1961). Covers lightly spotted; otherwise, very good
condition. $25.00 [107320]

28. Lister, Raymond. THE BRITISH MINIATURE. 114 pgs with index.
Reproductions throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped, black dust jacket.
Quarto. London: Pitman, (1951). 1st Edition. Very good condition with
good jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Account of English miniature
painting. $25.00 [107269]

29. London, Jack. THE CALL OF THE WILD. Illustrations by Henry Varnum
Poor. Boards in green leatherette back. Slipcased. Imperial octavo.
NY: Heritage Press, (1960). Near fine condition. $30.00 [107275]

30. [Michelangelo] Goldsheider, Ludwig. MICHELANGELO: Paintings,
Sculptures, Architecture. 262 pgs. Color & black & white photos &
reproductions. Cloth in lightly chipped gold pictorial dust jacket.
Quarto. Greenwich, CT: Phaidon, (1964). 4th Edition. Very good+
condition with very good jacket in protective mylar wrapper. "An
indispensable & standard work on one of the greatest masters of all
times." $40.00 [107297]

31. [Newman] Quirk, Lawrence J. THE FILMS OF PAUL NEWMAN. 224 pgs.
Candid photos & film stills. Cloth in lightly chipped blue pictorial
dust jacket. Quarto. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel, (1974). Reprint edition.
Very good condition with good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
"Contains the casts, credits & synopses of all the Newman films."
$15.00 [107295]

32. O'brien, Jusin (Editor). N. R. F: The Most Significant Writings
from the Nouvelle Revue Francaise 1919-1940. 383 pgs. Cloth in chipped
green & blue dust jacket. Octavo. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958.
1st Edition. Very good condition with good+ jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. Contains writings of André Gide, Paul Valéry, André Malraux &
many others. $50.00 [107323]

33. Powell, Dick. DESIGN RENDERING TECHNIQUES: A Guide to Drawing &
Presenting Design Ideas. 160 pgs with index. Color photos & drawings.
Cloth in lightly chipped, light blue pictorial dust jacket. Quarto.
Cincinnati, OH: North Light, (1987). Very good condition with like
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $22.50 [107294]

34. Roberts, Peter. A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE AUTOMOBILE. 416 pgs.
Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth in black pictorial dust
jacket. Quarto. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1977). Very good+ condition
with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $25.00 [107286]

35. Rottensteiner, Franz. THE FANTASY BOOK: An Illustrated History
from Dracula to Tolkien. 160 pgs with bibliography & index. Color &
black & white photos & drawings throughout. White pictorial paper
wrappers. Quarto. NY: Collier, (1978). 1st Edition Thus. Covers
sunned; otherwise, very good+ condition. $15.00 [107309]

36. Shimizu, Yoshiharu. CREATIVE MARKER TECHNIQUES: In Combination
with Mixed Media. 131 pgs. Color photos & drawings. Paper wrappers in
white pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. Tokyo: Graphic-sha, (1990). Fine
condition with like jacket. A collection of works by the author, a
leader in the field of design. Text in English & Japanese. In print
1999 @ $49.95. Our price: $30.00 [107293]

37. [Shostakovich] Volkov, Solomon (Editor). TESTIMONY: The Memoirs of
Dmitri Shostakovich. 289 pgs with index. Photos. Black cloth, without
dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Harper, (1979). 1st Edition [so
stated]. Previous owner's inked inscription on front pastedown
endpaper; otherwise, very good+ condition. $15.00 [107318]

38. Taylor, Dorice. SUN VALLEY. 264 pgs with index. Color & black &
white photos throughout. Blue cloth, without dust jacket. Imperial
octavo. Sun Valley, ID: Ex Libris, (1980). 1st Edition. Previous
owner's felt pen inscription on front free endpaper; otherwise, very
good condition. A look at one of the most glamorous winter sports
resorts in the country. $40.00 [107321]

39. Taylor, John R. & Kenneth Munson. HISTORY OF AVIATION. 511 pgs
with index. Color & black & white photos & prints throughout. Cloth in
light blue pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Crown, (1977). Near fine
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $45.00
[107273]

40. Trivick, Henry. THE PICTURE BOOK OF BRASSES IN GILT. Unpaginated.
242 illustrations in gilt & black. Cloth in white pictorial dust
jacket. Quarto. London: Royal Opera Arcade, (1971). Very good+
condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $35.00
[107270]

41. Tulard, Jean & Marie-Hélène Parinaud. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN
PARIS: Seen Through the Collections of the Carnavalet Museum. 241 pgs.
Color & black & white photos & reproductions throughout. Gilt
decorative red leatherette. Quarto. No Place: Paris-Musees, (1989).
Fine condition. $37.50 [107299]

42. [Turner] Brown, David Blayney. THE ART OF J. M. W. TURNER. 192 pgs
with index. Color & black & white reproductions throughout. Cloth in
black pictorial dust jacket. Folio. Secaucus, NJ: Wellfleet, (1990).
Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. Places
"the man & his acheivements firmly in the broad social & cultural
context of the period he dominated." $18.00 [107303]

43. THE VATICAN: Spirit & Age of Christian Rome. 398 pgs with
bibliography. Color & black & white photos & reproductions throughout.
Cloth in white pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Metropolitan Museum
of Art, (1975). 1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. $50.00 [107272]

44. VerPlanck, Willaim E. SALT IN CALIFORNIA. 168 pgs with index.
Photos; maps in rear pocket. Yellow cloth, without dust jacket.
Quarto. San Francisco: Division of Mines, 1958. "The Story of Salt"
pamphlet laid in; very good condition. "Deals in many phases of the
salt industry, particularly as it is related to California." $21.50
[107296]

45. VonFoerster, Heinz (Editor). CYBERNETICS: Circular Causal &
Feedback Mechanisms in Biological & Social Systems. 251 pgs with
appendices. Cloth in lightly chipped, sunned green & white dust
jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Macy, (1951). 1st Edition. Bookplate on
front pastedown endpaper; circular blindstamp on title page;
otherwise, very good condition with good jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. The verbatim account of the transactions of the seventh
conference of the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, March 23-24, 1950.
$75.00 [107287]

46. VonFoerster, Heinz (Editor). CYBERNETICS: Circular Causal &
Feedback Mechanisms in Biological & Social Systems. 240 pgs with
appendices. Cloth in lightly chipped, sunned greed & white dust
jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, (1952). 1st
Edition. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper; circular blindstamp on
title page; otherwise, very good condition with good+ jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. The transactions of the eighth coference of
the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, March 15-16, 1951. $75.00 [107289]

47. Walker, John. EXPERTS' CHOICE: 1000 Years of the Art Trade. 214
pgs. Color photos & reproductions throughout. Cloth in light blue
pictorial dust jacket. Imperial octavo. NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang,
(1983). Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. A
catalog of the exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
Richmond, April 22 - June 12, 1983. $24.50 [107311]

48. Wiener, Norbert. CYBERNETICS: Or, Control & Communication in the
Animal & Machine. 194 pgs. Red cloth, without dust jacket. Octavo. NY:
Wiley, (1948). 1st Edition. Spine & front cover lightly sunned;some
red underlining on 8 pgs of text; otherwise, very good+ condition.
$150.00 [107290]

49. Yalouris, Nicolaos (Editor). THE ETERNAL OLYMPICS: The Art &
History of Sport. 303 pgs with index. Color photos throughout. Cloth
in spine-sunned black & yellow pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. New
Rochelle, NY: Caratzas, 1979. Near fine condition with very good+
jacket in protective mylar wrapper. "Covers all the facets of the
games, including athletics in education, art, & in religion." $40.00
[107301]

50. Young, Al. GEOGRAPHY OF THE NEAR PAST. Blue paper wrappers.
Octavo. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (1976). 1st Edition, signed by
the author. Spine sunned; otherwise, very good condition. $15.00
[107279]

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