Search Results: Titles starting with K from Independent Books

Not Stated: Board of Tourist Industry, 1938 All things Kabuki, written for the English-speaking traveler in Japan. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 71 numbered pp +1; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, color frontis; a.e. lt tanned, faint offsetting to title p. Cover: yapped tan wraps, color paster front, dk green titles front/spine; modest edge/shelfwear, w/ yapped covers a bit worn as may be expected, spine and edges lt sunned.

Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor Science Publishers Inc., 1981 A study in environmental politics. Condition notes - 114 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; t.e. barely tanned. Cover: gray, white/black titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear.

Tokyo: Kineizan Shinjō-in Mitsumonkai Publishing, 1992 Japanese esoteric Buddhism, Shingon Mikkyo, is dedicated to relieving suffering, generating compassion and wisdom, and providing a means to realize enlightenment in this lifetime. It has given birth to some of the greatest treasures of art and philosophy to be found in the Buddhist tradition. This book is an introduction to its basic teachings and healing tradition called Kaji. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 129 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis. Cover: black cloth, gilt Japanese character front, gilt titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, white flower patterned, same as book; very slight soil, shallow crinkles to head. A very nice copy. Giftable.

Not Stated: Vajrathatu International, 1986 Stapled spine. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 24 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; ink annotation to dedication page. Cover: burgundy wraps, black artwork front; minimal edge/shelfwear.

Madison: Deer Park, 1981 In English and Tibetan. Stapled spine. Kalachakra Initiation is a sacred event where key Buddhist teachings are passed on to devotees. This book describes the initiation, the practices, and the vows. Laid in is a gift card. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: [vi], 78 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, minor annotation, tight. Cover: glossy white wraps, color artwork and navy titles front; very minor toning/soil, minimal edge/shelfwear.

Not Stated: Not Stated, 1991 Stapled spine. Celebration of Kalachakra, a series of Buddhist texts and a major practice lineage in Indian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: unnumbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; bottom corners thumbed. Cover: color artwork front, Mandala back, no titles; modest edge/shelfwear, front bottom corner thumbed and mildly creased, front top corner lacks tiny piece. Scarce.

Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1880 From The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States (Series II, Volume II) by Thomas Meehan and lithographed by Louis Prang (1880), comprising thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated descriptions of over 300 species. Lovely and colorful chromolithograph of the Dwarf Laurel, identified as Series II, Volume II, Plate 45. Toned and modestly foxed, as is the usual condition.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1932 464 numbered pp. Pages clean, bright, tight, photo frontis (Lhonak glacier, Dodang Peak); mildly cocked, PO info stamped ffep, gift inscription dated 1932 penciled ffep. Cover: black, gilt titles spine, moderat shelfwear, extrems worn, front boards discolored, rear joint split +-4".2 appendices, 46 illustrations.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. , Inc., 1957 187 numbered pp. Pages clean, bright, tight; t.e. faintly foxed and slightly wavy, ffep lt stained. Cover: black, artwork blindstamped front, gilt titles spine, minimal shelfwear. DJ: clipped, black, white artwork + green titles front/spine, black text back; modest edge/shelfwear, lt rubbing, sn closed tears, sm open tears w/crinkles back, head a bit tattered. 32 plates, 2 maps, 5 diagrams

Los Angeles: The Southwest Syndicate, 1931 Unnumbered; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative color eps, color frontis; text block just starting to loosen, PO name inked front ep, sticker scuff and sm piece of tape rear ep. Cover: full color cartoon illustration on paper over boards, pink/indigo titles front, plain spine; substantial shelfwear, extrems worn through, lacks 2/3 of spine covering, ring front, modestly rubbed. Filled with Conner's fabulous b/w and color illustrations of Koko the bear cub's worldwide adventures that lead him-where else?-back home

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977 343 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled, slightly cocked. Cover: med brown, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear, front top crnr hard bumped. DJ: clipped in Brodart, white, Ms. Quinlan's photo front, med brown titles front/spine, black text back; minimal edge/shelfwear, head just a bit tattered, v lt soil back. The family's story behind a landmark medical and legal case.

New York: Time Incorporated, 1963 Reprint of Oxford 1963 original. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Condition notes: 246 numbered pp +1; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. well foxed and mildly sunned. Cover: stiff red card wraps, white artwork front, black titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear.

Somerville: Wisdom Publications, 2016 Square orientation. With lively, engaging stories and exquisite portraits, this volume is sure to inspire. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: [xxi] numbered pp; TPB w/French flaps. Pages: clean, bright, tight, red eps, color frontis; slight page waviness and slight smudging to edges. Cover: very light green wraps, gold banner all surfaces, color artwork and white titles front, gilt titles spine; very light edge/shelfwear, tiny surface chip to front bottom edge slightly wavy.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901 Bulletin No. 26 of the Smithsonian Institute's Bureau of American Ethnology. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His stamp to the ffep and to the title p. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 259 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, photo frontis; a.e. barely tanned. Cover: olive silk, gilt titles spine; lt shelfwear, extrems modestly worn.

Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1955 Remarkably high production values for a small paperback. Numerous color plates on heavy paper, including several fold-outs. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 43 numbered plates +4; PB . Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; a.e. tanned. Cover: gray wraps w/ French flaps, color artwork front, black titles front/spine; v lt edge/shelfwear, spine and adjacent boards mildly sunned.

Savoie: Karma Ling Institute, 1993 From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 36 numbered pp of English text, plus album, plus Tibetan text; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, gold braided marker. Cover: red wraps, gilt device, border, and titles front, plain spine; minimal edge/shelfwear.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1966 Apparently set in 1575, the tragic story of the secret marriage of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and Amy, daughter of Sir Hugh Robsart. Romance, avarice, murder, it has it all. The Heritage Club's Sandglass for this title is laid in. Condition notes - 542 numbered pp; HB w/slipcase. Pages: clean, bright, tight, sm faint stain f.e. Cover: red, gilt artwork to front, gilt titles to spineblock; no shelfwear, tiny white speck to spine. Sturdy slipcase is gilt, extrems barely worn, a few dimples to one side. A nice copy indeed of this classic work. Giftable.

London; New York: J.M. Dent & Sons; E.P. Dutton & Co., 1917 One of the Everyman’s Library edited by Ernest Rhys, this is No. 135. Condition notes: (x), 476 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, t.e.g., decorative eps, elaborately decorated frontis and title page, rounded corners, ribbon marker; a.e. sunned. Cover: deep rose leather elaborate gilt ornamentation front/spine, gilt titles spine; v lt shelfwear, a bit of where to head/tail, several dimples to front f.e.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899 Vol. 1 - 147 pp. + 2, Vol. 2 - 135 pp. + 2; HB. Complete in 2 volumes. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; eps tined, a.e. tanned, remnant of bookplate vol 1 ep, vol 1 frontis shaken (laid in), all pp prior to title removed vol 2, b.e. vol 2 dampstained w/waviness. Cover: tan, brown/silver ornamentation all surfaces, gilt titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, vol 2 boards dampstained, both spines tanned, soil.

New York: Dial Press, 1949 192 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative photo eps, frontis; a.e. lt tanned, lt marks t.e. Cover: gray, color photo to glossy front paster, reverse titles front, blue titles spine; v lt shelfwear, tape across head . DJ: lacking, front flap taped to ep, back flap removed with tape scuffs to back ep. Info on the race in general, and on each winner from 1975 to 1948.