Search Results: Titles starting with N from Independent Books

Washington: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFACE, 1984 276 numbered pp.+ 35. HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, altitude correction table laid in (has sm stain). Cover: orange cardboard boards, black fabric backstrip, black titles/text front/back, orange titles spine; v lt shelfwear, sm scuff front, a few sm dampstains and shallow scratch front, supplier's stamp front.

Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 2007 Offers intimate counsel on how to conduct one's life and how to construct social policies to reflect Buddhist ideals. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 283 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects. Cover: glossy tan wraps, color photo and indigo/brown titles front, white/indigo titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear.

Toppenish: Yakima Indian Nation, 1975 GBC binding. A funding application for the preservation and publication of the photographic record of the Yakima Indian Nation. Laid in is a copy of a letter from Watson Totus, Chairman of the Confederated Tribes and Bands the Yakima Indian Nation asking for funding of the project. Condition notes: 25 numbered pp + photos + fold-out map; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; waviness to bottom edge of Pages. Cover: laminated white wraps, historic photo + black titles front, plain spine; v lt edge/shelfwear.

Berkeley: University of California, 1976 Paper presented at the third annual meeting of the Canadian Ethnology Society, it is marked Draft: please do not quote. This is the photocopied paper, stapled through the corner. 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 front. On page 12, Dr. Suttles has penciled an entire paragraph he suggests be added to the paper. Condition notes: stapled to the corner, 13 numbered pp +2; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. sunned.

Olympia: Washington State Retired Teachers Association, 1991 Apparent first edition, with no additional printings noted. A Washington State Centennial project, researches the names of pre-college schools that are both distinctive and of historical interest. 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: (x), 174 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: orange, b/w photo + b/w titles front, black titles spine; modest edge/shelfwear, lt rubbing, sm faint pen swipe front. Of historical interest.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940 No. 13 of the Judy Bolton series. Dale Meredith, has given birth to Judy Irene Meredith in New York City. At Dale's request, Judy travels to the city to help the Merediths find a good nursemaid. Irene shares a room at the hospital with Jane Merrit, who also has a new baby girl. In the confusion of checking out of the hospital, the babies somehow become switched without anybody noticing. Refers to The Spirit of Fog Island on front flap of DJ, refers to The Black Cat's Clue opposite the table of contents, refers to the Cherry Ames Mountaineer Nurse on back of DJ. Condition notes: (vii), 216 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, brown topstain, decorative cream/brown eps, frontis; sm stain to preliminaries. Cover: rose tweed, black artwork and titles front, black titles spine; v lt shelfwear, extrems barely worn. DJ: clipped in Brodart, color artwork and green/white titles front, white spine with black titles; modest edge/shelfwear w/ loss to head… Read More

Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1926 Girl’s adventure series No. 3712. Condition notes: 235 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, tanned, tight, frontis; PO name inked to ffep, front hinge cracking. Cover: deep rose, black titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, extrems moderately worn. DJ: unclipped, yellow, boy/girls/landscape color artwork + black titles front/spine; lt edge/shelfwear w/ head a tiny bit tattered, a few tiny closed tears. A nice copy.

In Chinese, circa 1930. Fold out color map. 153 pp of text + several appendices.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippencott & Co., 1863 348 numbered pp (vol 1); 372 numbered pp (vol 2); HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, marbled edgestain, frontis w/tissue guard; a.e. lt tanned, front hinge cracked, several other intact cracks. Cover: full leather, brown carved boards, gilt titles spine; moderate shelfwear, front joint starting to crack, extremities a bit worn. Nice copy of a classic. Will leather dress at your request.

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 1182 pp.; TPB. Ex-library w/ stamps to cover and a.e. Pages: generally clean, bright, tight; tape to front hinge, a.e. a little grubby. Cover: green wraps, black title/text front/spine; moderately edgeworn, a few creases, tape repairs to spine. Huge fold-out table of drug-related crime statistics in excellent shape.

New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1975 Stapled spine. Prospectus for the 112 volume set. 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: 23 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, printed eps, printed on cream paper. Cover: green wraps, b/w artwork and titles front; v lt edge/shelfwear, mailing label to back.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945 399 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled; a.e. lt tanned, gift inscription inked ffep. Cover: tan linen, gilt titles to orange front/spine blocks; v lt shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, b/w photo and reverse/black titles to red blocks front/spine, photo/black text back; lt edge/shelfwear, spine moderately faded. The ummigrant history of America; a book whose time has come again, perhaps?

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1981 495 numbered pp +1; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, photo frontis. Cover: tan, copper titles spine; minimal shelfwear, shallow bump front join near head. DJ: unclipped, blue, flag front, gilt titles front, white titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear. 422 illustration, including 390 plates in full color. Impressive, very heavy.

National Geographic Society 336 numbered pp; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, gray eps, photo frontis; no defects. Cover: black, gilt titles front/spine; v lt shelfwear, b.e. faded. DJ: unclipped, glossy teal, photos front/back, reverse titles/text all surfaces; modest, 1-1/2" closed tear front, crinkles, ragged 1/2" chip to head, a few other sm chips, lt rubbing. Heavy.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1935 788 numbered pp. HB w/o DJ (as issued). Pages: Clean, bright, tight, edges speckled (not foxed), eps brown. Cover embossed brown cloth of leaves, the globe, and an airplane, with gilt raised lettering to cover and spine. Compilation of 6 months of the magazine. A heavy, handsome, and impressive volume.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1934 794 numbered pp. HB w/o DJ (as issued). Pages: Clean, bright, tight, edges speckled (not foxed), eps brown. Cover embossed brown cloth of leaves, the globe, and an airplane, with gilt raised lettering to cover and spine. Compilation of 6 months of the magazine. A heavy, handsome, and impressive volume.

Boston: Chapple Pub. Co., 1907 Unnumbered pp. + ads; TPB. Covers yapped so tattered. Great period ads, illustrations, and photos. On the Night Train, Every-day Heroes, For the Sake of Science, more. Of historical interest.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1937 848 numbered pp. HB w/o DJ (as issued). Pages: Clean, bright, tight, edges speckled (not foxed), eps brown. Cover embossed brown cloth of leaves, the globe, and an airplane, with gilt raised lettering to cover and spine. Compilation of 6 months of the magazine. A heavy, handsome, and impressive volume.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1937 794 numbered pp. HB w/o DJ (as issued). Pages: Clean, bright, tight, edges speckled (not foxed), eps brown. Cover embossed brown cloth of leaves, the globe, and an airplane, with gilt raised lettering to cover and spine; back lower croner bumped. Compilation of 6 months of the magazine. A heavy, handsome, and impressive volume.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1931 774 numbered pp. HB w/o DJ (as issued). Pages: Bright, tight, generally clean, edges speckled (not foxed), eps brown; owner info inked to fep, ink marks to top and front edges. Cover embossed brown cloth of leaves, the globe, and an airplane, with gilt raised lettering to cover and spine. Compilation of 6 months of the magazine. A heavy, handsome, and impressive volume.