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...FIFTEENTH CENTURY COOKRY BOKE, compiled by John L. Anderson (92 pp.; Scribner; $4.50). This book (suitable for stopping only the lightest doors) might have been written by Chaucer's mother ("Take ye whyte of Eyroun a grete hepe"). But as it takes a half-hour to translate a recipe, it is not good for much except a wry smile. Blue-green jacket...
...recommended that buyers interested in doorstops consider the color scheme of the room which contains the door to be stopped. Samples: SHAKESPEARE: TEN GREAT PLAYS (502 pp.; Golden Press; $12.95) has a pinkish grey dust jacket, suitable for pinkish grey rooms. Why, however, print only ten of Shakespeare's plays? And why lard them out with puerile illustrations? The answer, possibly, is so that the publisher can charge $12.95 for literature in the public domain...
...STORY OF WINE IN CALIFORNIA, by M.F.K. Fisher and Max Yavno (125 pp.; University of California; $15). For Mr. Gallo to give to Mr. Roma. White, umber and sienna jacket...
...mosaics (the New York Graphic Society puts out an excellent Tunisian collection at $18, and if legs were offered as an optional extra, it would make a serviceable coffee table). Among the category's best : GREAT DRAWINGS OF ALL TIME (four volumes), edited by Ira Moskowitz (2,000 pp.; Shorewood; $160). The title is accurate, the selection intelligent, the reproduction good. There are 1,107 color plates. A brief introduction precedes each sheaf of drawings, which are grouped by nations. On price and weight (38 Ibs.), this set is the year's best snob value, but this need...
...FAUVES, by Jean-Paul Crespelle (365 pp.; New York Graphic Society; $25). The 100 color plates in this superb collection are by far the best reproductions offered this year, and it is fitting that they should be, since shocking, vibrant use of color was what earned the school of Les Fauves (The Wild Beasts) its name. The painters are Matisse, Rouault, Derain, Braque, Dufy...