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The Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller, by Robert W. Marks, hardcover, Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1960, 232 pages with black and white photographs, index. Entertainment in architecture: Richard Buckminster ("Bucky") Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American visionary, designer, architect, author, and inventor. The word "dymaxion" is a brand name that Fuller gave to several of his inventions, to emphasize that he considered them part of a far-reaching project to improve humanity's living conditions. The book features a series of utopian projections, where men would live in harmony and without hunger, with personal, transportable homes and flying devices. There is an illustrated section on the development of the geodesic dome with its various applications. Condition: very good +/ no dust jacket. Price: $14.00

The Magic Curtain: The Mexican-American Border in Fiction, Film and Song by Thomas Torrans, hardcover, ISBN: 0-87565-257-3, Texas Christian Univ. Press, 2002 Borderlands -- especially the United States-Mexico borderland -- have long served as backgrounds for depicting social instability, according to Thomas Torrans. And borders -- or magic curtains -- have readily been fashioned into exotic backdrops for the art, entertainment in films, novels, ballads, and tales in which characters shift easily from one culture to another. The protagonists are equally at home in both societies, or, at worst, at home in neither. Condition: new, still in shrink wrap, unopened. Price: $10.00

Unknown Terrain: The Landscapes of Andrew Wyeth, soft cover, ISBN: 0-87427-116-9, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1998 , 222 pages with 150 pages of color plates. This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Unknown Terrain: The Landscapes of Andrew Wyeth", organized by the Whitney Museum Of American Art, May 28-August 30, 1998. Andrew Wyeth's renown is based on a relatively small portion of his art work. Of the thousands of watercolors, dry brushes, and temperas he has produced in a sixty-year career, probably fewer than a thousand have been exhibited or reproduced. The exhibition highlighted Wyeth's finest accomplishments and simultaneously charted a new course in a reappraisal of the artist's work. You are there with commentary and 150 color plates to view. Condition: fine/ no dust jacket. Price: $35.00

The Only Problem by Muriel Sparks, illustrated by Vivienne Flesher, signed by the author, first edition, from The Signed First Edition Society, Franklin Library, 1984, 177 pages with color illustrations. This book is beautifully bound in red with gold gilt decoration on both covers and decoration and lettering on the raised hub spine. It has decorative endpapers, gold gilt on all edges, and a ribbon marker. This beautiful book is entertainment in fiction. Muriel Sparks is best known as the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. The cast of characters in this novel " includes a rich dilettante retiring to write a religious monograph in a sizeable French chateau he has bought on a whim; off-stage is his spoiled socialite wife who has run away but still wants his money; then there's an English minister-turned-actor and his rather childish mate, who is a bit like a female Peter Pan…. the runaway socialite wife appears to turn up as a gun-toting terrorist." Condition: near fine/ no dust jacket, includes Franklin Library sheet from publisher Price: $40.00

Monstrous Regiment; a Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett, signed first edition, hardcover, ISBN 006001315X, HarperCollins, 2005, 353 pages. What do you get when you cross a troll, a vampire, a collection of misfits and a young woman who shoves a pair of socks down her pants to join the army? The answer is entertainment in Pratchett’s book. If you have not made this author’s acquaintance, here is a good place to start. Condition: as new/as new Price: $25.00

Frank Covino Controlled Painting, ISBN: 0-89134-044-0, soft cover, North Light Publishers, first printing, 1982, 160 pages with black and white and color illustrations. In this art book, the author offers instruction for painting in a realistic manner. Included is comprehensive coverage of such basic considerations as: accurate drawing, creative composition, controlling values and color, mixing and using the controlled palette and painting portraits. In addition, there is a section dealing with the use of the camera as a painter’s tool, as well as a great deal of advice for the novice artist. For the professional searching for technical information relating to the permanency of painting procedures, there are precise and detailed answers. Condition: very good plus,/no dust jacket, cover shows slight wear, pages unmarked Price: $50.00

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett, hardcover, jacket art by Peter Scanlan, ROC, 1990, 254 pages. This is another Terry Pratchett book of pure entertainment if you like wizards and magic. In this tale ancient magic makes the Discworld go hilariously Hollywood. Condition: as new/as new Price: $7.00

Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott, illustrated by Tasha Tudor, hardcover, World Publishing Co., 1969, 544 pages, with black and white and a few color illustrations. This particular book, a well-loved classic, shows off the art of Tasha Tudor. The front and back covers are color illustrated; inside there are over 50 of her illustrations, a few in color. The endpapers are illustrated. Condition: near fine/ no dust jacket Price: $70.00