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New York: Grossman Publishers, 1972 255 numbered pp (+1); HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, black topstain, black eps; a scattered flecks to f.e. of several pp. Cover: olive, silver/black titles spine; minimal shelfwear.

The Hague: Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts, 1971 99 numbered pp; TPB. In English. A collection of 11 essays on Japanese art. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. lt tanned. Cover: white wraps w/ French flaps, color artwork front/back, black titles front/spine; minimal edge shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, lt toned, sm faint mark to front neart tail. "May this volume help to strengthen the cultural bonds which have connected Japan and the Netherlands for centuries, and my it contribute to serious study and enjoyment of Japanese art in many parts of the world."

Healdsburg: Naturegraph Company, 1963 Stapled spine. Shows that the psychic knowledge of the Great Indian Holy Men of the days before the white conquest went far deeper than just a premonition of the great spiritual event that was to appear and regenerate their people, that sometimes their spiritual insight gave them knowledge of actual dates and signs by which the new light of the Great Being could be recognized. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 15 numbered pp; PB; minimal wear. Scarce. About fine.

Rhinebeck: Monkfish Book Publishing, 2010 Demystifies the most influential women present at the dawn of Islam and introduces Muhammad's wives. Here we see them, beautiful in their humanity, wily and wise, giving love advice, thwarting a rival's marriage, serving the poor, saving a vital peace treaty. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Warmly inscribed to Elliott, signed and dated by the author on the half title page. Condition notes: [xvii], 172 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; ghost to front edge. Cover: matte gold wraps, gray-purple/red titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear.

Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1963 This is the 11th printing of the Tuttle edition of this classic. The book continues to be passed from hand to hand, always with the previous reader's warm assurance that here is to be found a key to an understanding of Eastern ideas, a key that transcends the title of the book. Condition notes: (xvii), 133 numbered pp; HB w/ slipcase. Pages: clean, bright, tight, lt green eps, portrait frontis; a.e. mildly toned. Cover: patterned cream paper over boards, brown cloth backstrip, black titles to front/spine pasters; minimal shelfwear, spine and its paster modestly sunned. Slipcase: covered in paper matching book + olive rice paper, titles to front paster; modest edge/shelfwear with edges starting, edges sunned, and shallow scratches to paster.

New York: L.H. Frank & Co., 1950 61 numbered pp.; TPB. In English and Hebrew. Pages: clean, bright, tight; t.e. lightly tanned. Cover: mustard wraps, brown artwork and front; minimal shelfwear, v lt soil.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1973 357 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, gray-green eps, frontis; both hinges loose, but intact. Cover: gray-green paper over boards, linen backstrip, gilt signature front, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, light rubbing, 1-3/4" razor cut to spine, internally archivally repaired. Huge, impressive retrospective.

Not Stated: Not Stated, 1000 In English and Tibetan Familiarizes the student with the vocabulary most often encountered in oral and written Dharma. Not an exposition of Dharma. Includes suggested possible translation... From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. His stamp to title page Condition notes: 29 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; all edges mildly sunned. Cover: medium orange construction paper read GBC binding, then artwork and titles front; modest edge/shelfwear, small chips to top joints, several small creases, lower half of front cover separating from GBC.

Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 1974 Stapled spine. In this book, the four teachings which motivative (sic) religious practice and the attributes of the Three Jewels are explained. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 27 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; all edges sunned, top corners thumbed, narrow pen swipe to title page. Cover: purple wraps, indigo device and titles front; modest edge/shelfwear, extrems moderately worn, especially spine top corner thumbed and bumped.

Albuquerque and Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989 A catalogue of the Proctor Stafford collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Condition notes - 180 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, tan eps, multiple photo frontis. Cover: glossy dk green wraps, color photo front, copper titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear w/slight rubbing. Hundred of b/w and color photos. A very nice copy.

Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856 Volume 1 of 2 only. Not a record of the scientific nature of the Second Grinnell Expedition, but rather a recounting of the more adventurous elements of that expedition, meant for reading by the general public. Includes a fold-out at the Preface, and numerous steel engravings, some in-page and some full page hors texte w/ tissue guards. Condition notes - 464 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, portrait frontis w/ tissue guard; a.e. well sunned/foxed, period gift inscription dated 1888 inked to ffep, both hinges tape reinforced. Cover: marbles boards w/ leather backstrip and tips, 4 raised bands (3 remain) gilt titles spine; substantial shelfwear, w/ extrems worn through, joints split w/ prior tape marks, lacks lower 2.5 inches of spine covering. Internals great, exterior rough.

London: G. Bell and Sons, Limited, 1910 In English. Translated from the original German by J.M.D. Meiklejohn. Kant’s first critique. Condition notes: (xlii), 517 numbered pp +32 pp ads; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; ad pages toned, t.e. dusty. Cover: olive, gilt device and titles spine; v lt shelfwear, sm holes to back t.e. A very nice copy indeed.

New York : American Socialist Quarterly, 1937 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: stapled spine, 22 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. sunned. Cover: white wraps, black titles front; modest edge/shelfwear, spine + extrems well sunned, sm teat to tail.

Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1946 Condition notes - 210 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a few spots of foxing to t.e., price label to ffep. Cover: green, burgundy artwork front, burgundy titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear. In great shape - someone bought this w/ high hopes, but obviously never made it to Italy.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980 432 pp. HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, eps brown; small faint stain to bottom edge. small marker mark to sfep. Cover: brown paper over board w/ brown cloth spine, gilt titles front and spine; no defects. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, sepia subject photo to frontw/reverse text, cream spine w/ brown text, b/w author phtot and black text to back, tiny closed tear top front. , 1/2" closed tear to head, v. faint damstain top back corner.

Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2009 Offers a welcome palliative to all the harsh rhetoric that customarily surrounds the Tibet-China conundrum. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: [xxi], 453 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects. Cover: glossy brick wraps, green tinted color artwork and white titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear.

Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1976 Catalogue No. R72-124/1976-6. A bibliography on the American Indian tribal court system for distribution to native peoples and others in their consideration of alternative models to adjudication. Social Science Notes No. 6. 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: stapled spine, (iv), 59 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: blue wraps, white artwork + white/red titles front; minimal edge/shelfwear.

Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1976 Landscape orientation. Examines the means by which the Chinese have secured political power, the extensive changes wrought on the Tibetan economy, the effects of the Han colonization and the imposition of military dominance, and the suppression of Tibet's age-old Buddhist culture. Also considers the strategic implications of the buildup in Tibet of Chinese military might. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many; his name neatly inked to the first free end page. Condition notes: [viii], 114 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, printed on cream paper, photo frontis, map eps; top and front edge well foxed, a smattering foxing to first and last few pages. Cover: brick cloth, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear, small lump to front for (manufacturer's defect). DJ: unclipped, cream W/sepia photograph front/spine, brown/brick titles front, brown titles spine; modest edge/shelfwear, foxing… Read More

Peak Media, Inc., 1990 On the cover are the first women to serve in the Idaho Legislature (during the Fifth Session 1898-1899): Mary Wright, Kootenai County; Hattie Nobel, Boise County; and Clara Pamelia Campbell, Ada County.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990 398 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; original price faintly stamped ffep, v lt stain be. Cover: charcoal, gilt titles spine; v lt shelfwear, a few specks of color loss back. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, black, orange artwork front, orange/reverse titles/text all surfaces.