FS: 1st Miscellany of 25 NEW ARRIVALS, Tues., Oct 31, 2000.

[Acorn Books]

1. Baumhauer, Hermann, Halford, W.M., et al. DIE
GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN: Band I. 496 pgs. Color & black & white photos &
drawings throughout. Cloth in beige pictorial dust jacket. Small
quarto. Zurich: Emil Frei, (1954). The development of world culture.
$22.50 [130605]

2. Bennett, Jr., Lerone. WADE IN THE WATER: Great Moments in Black
History. Photos throughout. Cloth in tan & white dust jacket. Small
quarto. Chicago: Johnson Publishing, (1979). 1st U.S. Edition [so
stated]. Very good condition with like jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. "Fifteen dramatic episodes in Black history." $25.00
[130603]

3. Blum, Daniel. A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE,
1860-1980. 464 pgs with index. Photos throughout. Cloth in lightly
chipped white dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Crown, (1971). 3rd Edition, 2nd
printing. Fine condition with very good+ jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. $15.00 [130646]

4. Blum, Daniel. THEATRE WORLD, 1948-49. 224 pgs with index. Profuse
photos. Cloth in lightly chipped red dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Theatre
World, (1949). Very good+ condition with like jacket in protective
mylar wrapper. $46.50 [130647]

5. Capp, Al. THE WORLD OF LI'L ABNER. Introduction by John Steinbeck.
Foreword by Charles Chaplin. 175 pgs. Cartoon drawings throughout.
Cloth in chipped & sunned red dust jacket. 12mo. NY: Farrar, Straus &
Young, 1953. 2nd printing. Spine cocked; otherwise, very good
condition with good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $95.00
[130637]

6. Carlyle, Paul & Guy Oring. LETTERS & LETTERING. 160 pgs.
Illustrated. Spiral bound tan cloth. Oblong octavo. NY: McGraw-Hill,
(1943). Previous owner's inked inscription on front free endpaper;
otherwise, very good condition. $22.50 [130621]

7. Carmichael, Joel. AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF RUSSIA. 305 pgs with
index. Color & black & white illustrations throughout. Cloth in
lightly chipped light grey dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Reynal, (1960).
Fine condition with very good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
$20.00 [130643]

8. [Churchill] Morgan, Ted. CHURCHILL: Young Man in a Hurry,
1874-1915. 607 pgs with index. Photos. Cloth in yellow dust jacket.
Octavo. NY: Simon & Schuster, (1982). 1st Edition. Small rubber stamp
on bottom edge; otherwise, fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. Following Winston Churchill's early life,
from his boyhood to his first political failure at the age of forty.
$25.00 [130650]

9. Clifford, Mike. THE BEATLES. 192 pgs. Color & black & white photos
throughout. Cloth in white dust jacket. Folio. NY: Smithmark, (1991).
Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper. "Stunning
photographs are complemented by lively & informative text that
objectively assesses the group's history, and continues their
individual stories after the breakup." $50.00 [130615]

10. Coats, Alice M. THE BOOK OF FLOWERS: Four Centuries of Flower
Illustration. 208 pgs with index. Color & black & white illustrations
throughout. Cloth in lightly chipped green dust jacket. Folio. NY:
McGraw-Hill, (1973). Front free endpaper lightly creased; otherwise,
fine condition with very good+ jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
$20.00 [130628]

11. Coyle, L. Patrick. THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOOD. 790 pgs with
index. Color & black & white photos & drawings throughout. Cloth in
lightly chipped & tape-repaired black dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Facts
on File, (1982). 1st Edition. 3" closed tear on front of dust jacket;
otherwise, fine condition with very good+ jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. $50.00 [130651]

12. DeSaint-Exupéry, Antoine. LE PETIT PRINCE [The Little Prince].
Color & black & white illustrations throughout. Yellow paper wrappers.
Octavo. Paris: Gallimard, (1946). Very good+ condition. Text in
French. $15.00 [130638]

13. Devlin, Madison. SAN FRANCISCO PANORAMA. Unpaged. Photos. Orange
paper wrappers. Quarto. San Francisco: Fearon, 1958. Very good+
condition. $15.00 [130633]

14. Dornenburg, Andrew & Karen Page. BECOMING A CHEF: With Recipes &
Reflections from America's Leading Chefs. 320 pgs. Photos. Black & red
paper wrappers. Octavo. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1995). Very good+
condition. An insider's guide to the chef profession. In print 2000 @
$29.95. Our price: $18.00 [130602]

15. Ellis, William Donohue. LAND OF THE INLAND SEAS: The Historic &
Beautiful Great Lakes Country. [Great West Series]. 286 pgs with
bibliography & index. Color & black & white photos throughout. Cloth
in black leather back, in dark blue slipcase. Quarto. Palo Alto:
American West, (1974). 1st Edition. Very good+ condition in good case.
$20.00 [130656]

16. Escher, M. C. THE MAGIC OF M. C. ESCHER. 196 pgs with bibliography
& index of plates. Color & black & white photos & fold-out
illustrations. Cloth in red & blue pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. NY:
Joost Elffers Books (Abrams), (2000). Fine condition with like jacket
in protective mylar wrapper. In print 2000 @ $39.95. Our price: $24.00
[130652]

17. Ettinghausen, Richard. ARAB PAINTING. [Treasures of Asia Series].
209 pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black & white reproductions
throughout. Black paper wrappers. Imperial octavo. NY: Skira, (1977).
Very good+ condition. $35.00 [130620]

18. Freeman, Robert. THE BEATLES: A PRIVATE VIEW. 174 pgs. Color &
black & white photos throughout. Cloth in black dust jacket. Folio.
NY: Mallard, (1990). 1st Edition. Fine condition with like jacket in
protective mylar wrapper. A celebration of the photographer's
association with the band in the early years of their success,
1963-1966. $55.00 [130614]

19. [Freud] Sulloway, Frank J. FREUD, BIOLOGIST OF THE MIND: Beyond
the Psychoanalytic Legend. 612 pgs with index. Photos. Black paper
wrappers. Octavo. NY: Basic, (1983). Fine condition. In print 2000 @
$24.95 Our price: $15.00 [130654]

20. Grierson, Mary et al. AN ENGLISH FLORILEGIUM: The Tradescant
Legacy - Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fruits, Herbs. 240 pgs with index.
Color illustrations throughout. Cloth in white dust jacket. Folio. NY:
Abbeville, (1988). 1st U.S. Edition. Fine condition with like jacket
in protective mylar wrapper. "An eloquent example of botanical
illustration." $85.00 [130627]

21. Guptill, Arthur L. COLOR IN SKETCHING & RENDERING. 348 pgs with
index. Color & black & white illustrations throughout. Red cloth,
without dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Reinhold, (1949). 5th printing. Top
edge lightly bumped; otherwise, very good+ condition. $35.00 [130625]

22. Hoskyns, Barney. BENEATH THE DIAMOND SKY: Haight-Ashbury,
1965-1970. 221 pgs with bibliography & index. Color & black & white
photos & drawings throughout. Cloth in pictorial red dust with 1/2"
closed tear. (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1997). 1st Edition. Fine condition
with near fine jacket in protective mylar wrapper. $24.50 [130604]

23. Huxley, Anthony. AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GARDENING. 352 pgs with
index. Color & black & white photos & drawings throughout. Cloth in
spine-sunned blue dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Paddington, (1978). 1st
Edition. Fine condition with very good+ jacket in protective mylar
wrapper. $24.50 [130607]

24. IMAGES OF AN AGE: SAN FRANCISCO: 1906 Earthquake & Fire
Photographs From the Keystone-Mast Stereograph Collection.
Unpaginated. Photos throughout. White paper wrappers. Quarto. Fresno,
CA: Graphic Technology Co., 1977. Very good+ condition. $21.50
[130632]

25. Kakuzo, Okakura. THE BOOK OF TEA: The Illustrated Classic Edition.
113 pgs. Photos. Cloth in green dust jacket. Octavo. Boston: Tuttle,
(2000). Fine condition with like jacket in protective mylar wrapper.
In print 2000 @ $26.95 Our price: $16.00 [130609]

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]