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Gunga
Din and the Betrothed
by
Rudyard Kipling
Three of
Kipling's best-loved poems.
18
pages
2-5/6" x 2"
$10.00
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Dibdin's
Ghost
by
Eugene Field
A poem about
a book collector and a ghost who describes a special place in
heaven for bibliophiles.
16 pages
1-3/8" x 1-1/2"
$15.00
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Some
Sufi Stories
A small collection
of Turkish Sufi tales as related by members of the Whirling Dervishes.
48 pages
2-1/2" x 2-1/8"
Soft-bound in full leather
$20.00
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Carthage
by
Aimo Hill
With an introduction by James F. DeLancey.
A brief history
of a great civilization from its origins to its eventual destruction.
42
pages
2-1/4" x 2"
Full leather with printed end papers
$20.00
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Blue
Beads and Garlic
by
Jane Apostol
Illustrations
by Howard Goldstein
A description
of superstitious beliefs in Greek village life. Instructions are
provided for warding off evil eye, gorgons, etc.
53
pages
1-7/8" x 1-1/2"
$15.00
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What's
Wrong With Jennifer?
by Marie
Walz
A charming
Christmas story about a child and her anguish over Santa's welfare.
88 pages
2-1/4" x 2"
$15.00
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Voyager
by
John Peter Lathourakis
NASA launched
the Voyager spacecraft to explore and study several nearby planets.
This book presents some of the results and deep-space pictures
of near-planetary encounters. The book is round and is covered
by a hologram. 
34 pages
2-3/4" diameter
Comes in a slip case
$35.00
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Divine
Alphabet
by
Luca de Pacioli
Pacioli's
15th-century design of the Roman alphabet based on geometric principles.
55 pages
2-5/8" x 2-1/8"
$20.00
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Alphabet
of Creation
by
Ben Shahn
The Hebrew
alphabet and its mythical origins.
47
pages
2-5/8" x 2-1/8"
$20.00
NOTE:
All three of the alphabet books are printed in two colors. The
set is also available in a slip case for $55.00
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The
Story of a Number
by
Dr. Eli Maor
Illustrations
by Phyllis Edelstein
A brief but
thorough history of the values of pi from Biblical times
to computer-generated values. A background in mathematics is completely
unnecessary; Dr. Maor has written his material in a very light
and interesting manner, even though the book will also appeal
to the mathematician.
60 pages
2-5/8" x 2-5/8"
$20.00
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Libertalia:
A Daniel Defoe Discovery
by
Robert L. Mount
A remarkable
essay on a little-known facet in the life of Daniel Defoe. Two
volumes.
80 pages
each vol.
2-1/8" x 1-3/4"
$32.00 (the set)
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A
Christmas Story
by
Dorlene Cardenas
A woodsman
is hired to sell Christmas trees; he took the least attractive
one home and it soon became beautiful.
64 pages
2-1/8" x 1-3/4"
$15.00
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