Search Results: Authors starting with K from Bountiful Books

Bombay, India: Baratiya Vidya Bhavan. Lightly bumped corners, else clean and sound. A selection of 100 dohas (poetic gems, for spiritual and worldly guidance) in Hindu and English from the work of the mystic Indian poet Kabir. Kabir, notes translator and editor Das, refused to be classified as Hindu or Muslim. Instead, he directed his verses past the bureaucrats of organized religion, and directly to the humble working people whom he championed. 67 pages including Index. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition Thus. 1992.

New York: Beechhurst Press. This delightful little book explores geometry through humorous and innovative poems, often printed in the shape explored in the poem. Green cloth boards show rubbing at extremities, else sound. Interior shows off-setting from glue on paste-downs, and owner name penciled on front fee end paper, else clean and unmarked. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1948.

Bangkok, Thailand: Thai Form Studio. Lightly bumped spine ends, else a clean, sound copy, with no markings of any kind, SIGNED by Kohskarika in English and Thai on title page. Fragile transparent dust jacket has several chips and tears at edges. Features 30 full color plates of Kohskarika's whimsical, nature centered sculptures. With a Foreward by Richard Hertz, department chair at the College of Design in Pasadena, California; a Chronology; and Artist's Note. Hertz describes this celebrated Thai artist's work as concerned with natural transformation, as exemplified in his works on bee hives, caterpillar's cocoons, etc. There is a constant play in his work between East and West, oval and triangle, sacred and profane, serious and humourous, and the convergence and divergence of male and female. 40 pages. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1999.

Berkley, California, U.S.A.: Roundhouse Press. INSCRIBED by Kowit on title page, "To Mary -- with friendship". Clean and square copy with only the slightest rubbing -- else immaculate. 79 pp. 44 poems. "Whether describing the Devil reciting poetry in Hell, the fate of uprooted mice, or a last encounter with a doomed friend, Steve Kowit's poetry has chosen, in the manner of certain Sufi tales, a disarmingly earthy presence. Rhapsodic and hilarious by turns, this poetry is as engaging and accessible as prose." . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1999.

San Diego, California, U.S.A.: San Diego City Works Pr. Book is pristine, as new, with CD included, and Surf Angel bookmark laid in. SIGNED on ffep by Heather Kraszewski : "Surf your Dreams!", and by surfing legend Kathy Kohner, the original Gidget, who narrated the CD, "Never forget the Beach!" A delightful book, beautifully illustrated, for young surfing enthusiasts. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2009.