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BOOK SALE STARTING FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2
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1. MR. CHURCHILL IN 1940. By
Isaiah Berlin. A portrait of a
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in. The Dialogues of ARCHIBALD
MacLEISH & MARK VAN
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15. THE EVERLASTING COCKTAIL
PARTY — A Layman's Guide to
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Illus. by Robert Osborn. Deva-
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— Sale .99
1G. THE PRICELESS GIFT — Love
Letters of Woodrow Wilson &
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correspondence dating from their
engagement through their mar-
riage of 30 years. With photo-
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OF JUSTIN. Over eight months
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man's whole life and character
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18. YOU CAN BE AN EXPERT
RIFLEMAN. By Frank Briggs.
Guide to modern, proven techniques
of marksmanship in text and over
125 photos and drawings. Tells
and shows you how to select and
fit your rifle, fundamentals of
shooting, dry firing, safety pre-
cautions, much more. 8"xll". Orig.
$2.95, — Sale $1.49
19. Gertrude Stein & Alice Toklas—
WHAT IS REMEMBERED. Alice
B. Toklas' entertaining account of
her life with Gertrude Stein, re-
capturing the essence of their
unique friendship, and the Paris
of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Joyce,
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graphs. Pub. at $4.00. — Sale
$1.49
20. PROUST'S BINOCULARS. By
Roger Shattuck. A study of mem-
ory, time and recognition in "Re-
membrance of Things Past,"
bringing into focus aspects of its
imagery derived from photography,
the cinema, and stereoscopy. Pub.
at $3.95. — Sale $1.49
21. THE WORKS OF OSCAR
WILDE. A mamiftoth collection,
nearly 1,000 pages; containing 23
complete novels, plays and fairy
tales -plus 94 poems and essays,
including the complete Ballad of
Reading Gaol, and the complete
De Profundis with all the sup-
pressed passages. - Special Import
$1.98
22. THE STUDY AND PRACTICE
OF YOGA. By Harvey Day. A
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and women. Pub. at $3.75. —- Sale
$1.98
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guidebook to Washington's build-
ings and residences. 27 photos.
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TECHNIQUE FOR PERSUASIVE
PUBLIC SPEAKING. By C. R.
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at $5.95. — Sale $1.98
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Nocturnal Spectator. By Restif de
la Bretonne. Intro, by Jacques
Barzun. A great 18th century
social historian, prowling the
back-streets of Paris, records the
personal habits of its odd ones,
wild ones, perverts and criminals
—concluding with an eye-witness
account of the fury of the French
Revolution. "Most valuable source
. . . recreates the ambience of the
period"—London Times. Pub. at
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$1.98
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ful anthology of Dr. Samuel John-
son's best writings: "Rasselas,"
the preface to "Shakespeare," light
and serious verse, satirical essays,
much more. Pub. at $6.50. — Sale
$1.98 ,
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strength, from times of Roman
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MAYHEM—A Lively Account of
Famous Writers and Their Feuds.
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vs. Lord Chesterfield; Henry-
James vs. H. G. Wells; Heming-
way vs. Gertrude Stein ; and Nor-
man Mailer vs. everyone. Illus.
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John L. Bradley. Robust view of
the seamy side of Dicken's Lon-
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$1.98
32. GUNS: The Development of Fire-
arms, Air Guns and Cartridges.
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photographs of beautifully-crafted
weapons and their ammunition,
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truly outstanding narrative history.
"Must" volume for all gun col-
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books. S'/V'xll". Pub. at $3.95.
— Sale $1.98
33. THE OTHER MR. CHURCHILL:
A Lifetime of Shooting and Mur-
der. By Macdonald Hastings. Ab-
sorbing biography of the great
English gunmaker and ballistics
specialist, Robert Churchill, and
the famous trials at Old Bailey
in which he has testified as "ex-
pert witness"—in the dock. Photos.
Pub. at $5.00. — Sale $1.98
34. DIONYSUS: A Case of Vintage
Tales About Wine. Ed. by Clifton
Fadiman. Selected from the finest
literary vineyards, here are 24
of the choicest short stories—some
dry, some sweet and some spark-
ling ■—• by Poe, Milne, Robert-
Graves, Art Buchwald, Roald Dahl
and others. A heady and enter-
taining anthology. Pub. at $6.50.
— Sale $1.98
35. South Africa — WHITE MAN'S
GOD. By Rhona Churchill. How
the black natives live and react
under Apartheid today. Harrowing
account of conditions in the
kraals of the Transkei Reserve,
Sophiatown, Johannesburg. 42 pho-
tos. Pub. at $4.50. — Sale $1.98
36. A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRAZIL-
IAN LITERATURE. By Manuel
Bandeira. Authoritative survey be-
ginning with the early explorers
and colonizers to the fiction,
satires and sociological works of '
such contemporaries as Machado
de Assis, Gilberto & Jorge Amado,
Erico Verissimo, and Gilberto
Freyre. Pub. at $3.95. — Sale $1.98
37. ARENA OF DECISION — Latin
America in Crises. By Irving P.
Pflaum. The Truth About Cuba ;
The Alliance for Progress; Do-
minican Grapes of Wrath, etc.
Full of "inside" revelations on the
extent of the Communist threat,
and with lively profiles of leaders
on both the "right" and "left."
Pub. at $6.50. — Sale $1.98
38. THE DOMESDAY DICTIONARY.
By D. M. Kaplan & A. Schwerner.
Fascinating, brilliantly ironic lexi-
con. Defines key words and names
—scientific, political, psychoana-
lytical — with terrifying accuracy
and honesty. Look up Anomie,
Entropy, Fail-safe, Kahn, Over-
kill, Psychochemicals, Teller, Van
Allen Belt, Zero-Zero and hun-
dreds more—and see why this book
received rave reviews. Pub. at
$5.95. — Sale '$1.98
39. MAN AND THE CONQUEST OF
THE POLES. By Paul-Emile Vic-
tor. Profusely-illustrated account
beginning with the ancient • Greeks
and ending with the voyages of
American nuclear submarines un-
derneath the polar ice caps. Pub.
at $6.95. — Sale $1.98
40. "The Noble Savage" — JEAN-
JACQUES ROUSSEAU. By Fran-
cis Winwar. Major biography of
the romantic philosopher who was
the "conscience of his era," fore-
runner of the French Revolution,
and father of modern education.
Pub. at $6.00. — Sale $1.98
41. T. E. Lawrence & GBS—Private
SHAW & PUBLIC SHAW. By
Stanley Weintraub. Vivid recrea-
tion of the remarkable friendship
between the great playwright and
Lawrence of Arabia, showing their
developing relationship and mutual
influence from 1922 to 1935. Pub.
at $5.00. — Sale $1.98
42. ATOMS AND THE UNIVERSE.
By G. O. Jones, et al, Authorita-
tive account of modern views on
the structure of matter and the
universe. Among the illustrations,
which include both plates and dia-
grams, are a number of beautiful
photographs taken with the great
200-inch reflecting telescope on
Mt. Palomar. Pub. at $4.50. —
Sale $1.98
43. RED PEAK: The British-Soviet
Expedition to Pamir. By Malcolm
Slesser. Extraordinary personal ac-
count of the historic ascent to Pik
Kommunizma, the highest moun-
tain of remote Soviet Asia. A story
of incredible planning, courage,
adventure and drama. Illus. Pub.
at $5.75. — Sale $1.98
44. The Incomparable REGGIE. By
Stanley Weintraub. Affectionate
portrait of Reginald Turner, the
gay wit and raconteur who was
Max Beerbohm's closest friend.
Illus. Pub. at $6.00. — Sale $1.98
45. THE SHORT STORIES OF
HENRY JAMES. Ed., with intro.,
by Clifton Fadiman. 6+4 pp. col-
lection of the great 19th century
master's short fiction. Includes
"The Real Thing," "The Beast
in the Jungle," and many others.
Pub. at $3.00. — Sale $1.98 •
46. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON
PAPERS. Ed. by Frank Donovan.
Expert selection and interpreta-
tion of Washington's most sig-
nificant writings, presenting a
dynamic portrait of the surveyor,
soldier, Virginia squire, Com-
mander-in-Chief at Valley Forge,
President, and retired citizen.
Illus. Pub. at $5.00. — Sale $1.98
47. Secrets of SOUTHERN COOKING.
By Ethel F. Hunter. A cookery
classic—over 750 heirloom recipes
for mouth-watering dishes, from
Southern Fried Chicken to Shrimp
Creole and Pecan Pralines. Pub.
at $3.00. — Sale $1.98
$2.98 EACH
48. YOUNG HENRY FORD: A Pic-
ture History of the First Forty
Years. By Sidney Olson. Outstand-
ing Americana based on the fabu-
lous Ford Archives in Dearborn.
Hundreds of fascinating photos,
family portraits, personal letters,
auto memorabilia. 8M!"xll". Pub.
at $9.95. — Sale $2.98
49. THE LIFE OF MICHELAN-
GELO. By Charles H. Morgan.
Richly detailed, warm biography
of the titan of the Italian renais- •
sance, casting new light on his
character, the genius of his work,
and evoking the pageantry of those
crucial, brilliant years in human
history. Fully illustrated with
over 100 photographic reproduc-
tions. 253 pp. Pub. at $6.00. —
Sale £2.98.,It Ju
50. NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN
MYTHOLOGY. By Cottie Burland.
Gods and heroes, beliefs and out-
looks of principal tribes and
regions: 24 color plates, over 100
illustrations of Indian life, art,
ceremonial costumes, etc. S'/y'x
11". — Only $2.98
51. A TREASURY OF WORLD
SCIENCE. Ed. by D. D. Runes.
A philosophically oriented anthol-
ogy of fundamental scientific
writings from Archimedes to Ein-
stein. 999 pages. Pub. at $15.00.
— Sale $2.98
52. DESPOTISM: A Pictorial History
of Tyranny. By Dagobert D.
Runes. Hundreds of scenes and
portraits—rare, fascinating, shock-
ing—from the murderer's row of
history, from the times of Caesar
and Torquemada through the age
of Hitler and Mao. The brilliant
text spares neither "saints" nor
"heroes" in its uncompromising
exposure of man's inhumanity to
man. Pub. at $12.50. — Sale $2.98
53. THE POSTERS OF PICASSO.
By Joseph K. Foster. New oen-
larged edition containing 48 pos-
" ters faithfully reproduced in their
original colors. Plus a wealth of
biographical material. 9Vi"xl2Vi".
Pub. at $6.95. •—• Sale $2.98
54. THE SOVIET REGIME—Commu-
nism In Practice. By W. W. Kul-
ski. Clear, well-documented analy-
sis from the point of ' view of
classes, groups and individuals.
Particular attention given to the
changes made under Khrushchev.
524 pp. Pub. at $8:00. •—- Sale
$2.98
55. Madagascar — THE GREAT RED
ISLAND. By Arthur Stratton.
Vivid history, from discovery in
1500 to new Malagasy Republic
of Africa in 1960. Blends personal
memoirs, descriptions of native
life, customs, taboos, art and re-
ligion, portraits of the island's
colorful mixture of ethnic groups.
46 photos. Pub. at $7.50. — Sale
$2.98
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