Recently arrived at Arethusa Book Shop, a selection of titles that we think it a pity not to mention to you, from among all those we think it disappointing not to have.
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ELISABETH AYRTON, The Doric Temple, New York, Clarkson Potter, 1961; 73 photogravure plates by Serge Moulinier; quarto, 227 pp. text and index; a survey of Greek temples in the Doric style throughout the ancient world; beige cloth, very good in faintly chipped dust jacket. 30.00.
JORGE LUIS BORGES, The Aleph and Other Stories 1933-1969, London, Jonathan Cape, 1971; edited and translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni; first edition in the U.K.; plum cloth, very good in dust jacket with short tear on rear panel; very attractive overall. 35.00.
M.F.K. FISHER, The Story of Wine in California, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1962, with photographs in black and white and color by MAX YAVNO; first edition, tall quarto, 125 pp., maroon and beige cloth, very good in faintly edge-worn dust jacket.75.00.
A.A. MILNE, The House at Pooh Corner, London, Methuen & Co., 1928, first edition after limited issues of 350 and 20, respectively; with decorations throughout by Ernest H. Shepard; octavo, pink cloth with bright gold lettering on cover and spine, slight offsetting to front and rear endpapers, otherwise crisp and clean in unfaded, unchipped dust jacket. 350.00.
JOSEPH MITCHELL, Old Mr. Flood, New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948; first edition of the celebrated chronicle of the Manhattan waterfront that first was published in the "New Yorker" in 1944-45; octavo, red cloth, very good in faintly faded dust jacket chipped at top corner. 75.00.
PAUL THEROUX, Fong and the Indians, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1968; first edition, his second novel; octavo, light blue cloth, very good in price-clipped dust jacket that bears two short lengths of tape, otherwise unchipped and very bright. 95.00.
REYNOLDS STONE, Engravings; With an Introduction By the Artist, and a Note on Wood Engraving; London, John Murray, 1977, printed at the Curwen Press; first trade edition, [ix-xli], notes, bibliography,1-151 pp., featuring examples of Stone's devices, illustrations, book-plates and inscriptions; laid in is the copy of the catalogue of an exhibition of his work held at the Dorset County Museum in 1981; tall quarto, dark blue cloth, very good in beautiful dust jacket. 85.00.