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Rare Book/Italian text. Sleeve with light surface and edge wear; DJ with some surface, spine and edge wear and 3/8" tear on back cover near spine. The paper-covered boards show no wear, the binding has a break at PPG. 48-49, the text block pages are clean and crisp. Includes full-color illustrations throughout, some full page.

DJ shows some wear, it is in a protective sleeve; cloth-covered boards show little wear, with slight crushing on top and bottom of spine and small bump on top front cover. The binding is tight, the text block pages are tanned with age but clear of marks except for a previous bookseller's price written in pencil on front flyleaf. Includes a section of B&W photos, Contents, list of Illustrations, and Glossary.
From the DJ: …the daily life of a very remote monastery on the Tibetan border. The author rejected common values of Western life, to search for truth and found it in this obscure corner of the world. This is fascinating as a work of travel, and as a religious book of some authority, an account of life at Rizong Gompa in Ladakh.

Dustjacket with very tears and light scuffing in protective sleeve. Quarter binding has tanning at bottom and front board with embossed design has scuff mark on bottom left seam. Deckle edged textblock is intact, pages clean with occasional stains at signature stitching,
A story in verse, a myth/fairytale/folktale/jingle woven with tongue in cheek, a parable with a symbolic approach to the world's conflicts…and amidst all this uninvited Pegasus.

DJ with small tape-repaired tear on upper front flap and surface ink marks; previous book seller's scan label on back. Slightly shelf cocked but the binding is tight, the seven last pages and endpaper are bent; text block pages are clear of marks. Includes 500 color photographs, Bibliographical References and Index. Magazine article about "Cell Phonies" laid in. A guide to exploring the structures of our modern industrial world--what they are and why they're there, some so familiar we hardly notice them, and facilities that have transformed our landscape. According to the book's writeup: "Covering agriculture, resources, energy, communication, transportation, manufacturing, and waste, this is the "Book of Everything" for the industrial landscape." and "… a compelling and clear guide for those who want to explore and understand this mysterious world we've made for ourselves." Overweight, oversized or overseas (including Canada and Mexico) shipments almost always cost more. You will be contacted as… Read More

The cover has light edgewear and surface scuffing, binding is tight. Textblock pages are clean; includes many black&white and full color reproductions of the 1984 Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition.This visionary artist is known for his passionate watercolors of nature scenes executed with a not often used "dry brush" technique. He has been described as "the mystic, cryptic painter of transcendental landscapes, trees with telekinetic halos, and haunted houses emanating ectoplasmic auras." Included are designs made when he was employed at the H.M. Birge wallpaper company.
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This book's binding is tight, the pages are clean and intact; the dustjacket is faded and distressed, it is in a protective sleeve.
Weil, a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist, has influenced religious thinking profoundly in the years since her death in 1943. This book is a collection of writings which reflect the author's intellectual and spiritual concerns on Greek thought. It discusses how precursors to Christian religious ideas can be found in ancient Greek mythology, literature and philosophy. Weil looks at evidence of "Christian" feelings in Electra, Orestes, and Antigone, and in the Iliad, going on to examine God in Plato, and divine love in creation, as seen by the ancient Greeks.

Ex-Library, No DJ, spine and corners repaired, edges chipped. Textblock pages, chipped, cracked and brittle, some repaired; free of markings besides library stamps. Full-page full-color as well as smaller B&W illustrations throughout.
Set in Florence, the 11 chapters alternate between stories about three children visiting Italy and imaginative bedtime stories told to them.