Search Results: Authors starting with R from Independent Books

New York: Privately printed for Rarity Press, Inc., 1932 Two volumes in one book. 377 numbered pp (Vol 1); 350 numbered pp (Vol 2); HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; a.e. tanned, PO info inked and typed to eps, remnant of decorative bookplate front ep. Cover: magenta, silver artwork front, silver titles spine; v lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, front joint darkened, spine sunned. Marvelous W. Heath Robinson illustrations.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Buddhist Society, 1972 Stapled spine. A teaching that takes the traditional form of Lam-Rim, or Steps of the Path, handed down over the centuries by Indian and Tibetan gurus. Folded b/w illustration in rear. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 56 numbered pp; PB; mild sunning spine, front top corner creased. About fine minus.

Ithaca: Ithaca Zen Center, Inc. and Rinzai-ji, 1976 Stapled spine. Premiere issue of this journal, includes the following: What is Zen? What is Buddhism? To the Followers of the Way, Buddhism Behind Bars: Prison Zen Practice, more. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 43 numbered pp; PB. White wraps, foxed.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1942 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 name inked to the ffep. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 324 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, burgundy topstain, f.e. deckled, burgundy map eps, portrait frontis; a.e. sunned, t.e. spattered. Cover: gray woven, brown/navy portrait front, brown/navy ornamentation and titles spine; lt shelfwear, spine slightly sunned, several sm dk stains to spine and front edge, med stain to back front edge. A handsome book.

Ottowa: Canada Department of Mines, 1915 Canada Geological Survey Museum Bulletin No. 16, Anthropological Series 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. His stamp to the cover and first p. Condition notes: (i), 51 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; a.e. sunned, corners a bit thumbed. Cover: yellow-green wraps, black titles front/spine; moderate edge/shelfwear, toned all over, erasure ghosts front, Po name faintly inked to front.

New York: Bell Publishing Company, Inc., 1956 This myth is one of the most imaginative, the Trickster is cruel, obscene, and possessed of a voracious appetite that he is never allowed to satiate. 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: 211 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. barely tanned. Cover: yellow, black titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, brown/orange w/ same titles front/spine; moderate edge/shelfwear, well rubbed, sm closed tears, 1 w/ crinkles, shallow chip back.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1932 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. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 432 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. tanned. Cover: olive buckram, gilt titles to black spineblock; moderate shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, overall soil, sm dk stain front, spine sunned.

New York: North-South Books, 1994 Unnumbered; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, red eps, color frontis; no defects. Cover: orange/yellow glazed paper w/ color artwork front/back, black titles front/spine; no shelfwear . DJ: unclipped in Brodart, same as book; no edge/shelfwear.

Victoria: British Columbia Ministry of the Environment, 1982 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. Condition notes: 127 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. mildly sunned Cover: tan wraps, black artwork and titles front, plain spine; lt edge/shelfwear, spine and edges mildly sunned.

Not Stated: Self Published, 1983 Unbound undergraduate thesis paper integrating work in linguistics, anthropology, and music, this paper transcribes and analyzes four Northwest Coast Indian songs. Binder clip to the corner of a loose-leaf document. 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: unnumbered pp.

Boston: Branden Publishing Company, 1993 307 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Briefly inscribed and signed by Rain on ffep. Pages: clean, bright, tight; specks t.e., faint sm smudge at top of f.e. Cover: med blue, gilt titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear, front t.e. crnr bumped, several sm v faint stains back extrems. DJ: unclipped, glossy Japanese wave block print all surfaces, blue/white titles front, blue titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear. "The Water book is a wild but literate ride through the world of water: fact, fiction, lyricism, exultation, humor, and a cast of characters guaranteed never to have been seen before on the printed page."

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1993 352 numbered pgs. HB w/DJ. Pages: Clean, bright, tight, no defects. Cover: 3/4 teal paper, beige cloth spine, green lettering to spine; 1/8" moisture stain to front. DJ: unclipped in Broadart, no defects. Excpt for cover stain, as-new. A book regarding the "disciplined, beautiful and unessential activity" of fly fishing.

New York: Avon Books, 1990 314 numbered pp; TPB. ARC of a paperback original that was issued as a MMPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. lt tanned, faint stain f.e., cocked, thumbed. Cover: red wraps, black titles/text all surfaces; moderate shelfwear, extrems worn, crnrs thumbed, slight soil.

New York: Beech Tree Books (William Morrow), 1987 239 numbered pp; HB w/ DJ. Publisher's review slip front (beneath Brodart). Pages: clean, bright, tight, lavender eps; no defects. Cover: lavender boards, blue backstrip, silver titles spine; v lt shelfwear, edges slightly faded. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, pastel + black artwork + white titles front, white/black titles/text spine/back; minimal edge/shelfwear, tiny hole spine. This is a trade edition HB issued for review purposes.

Washington: Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1996 464 pp.; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; a few edge smudges. Cover: orange, color artwork front, black titles front and spine; backstrip crease, modestly rubbed, crease and small closed tear front.

London: Tiger Books International, 1998 Narrates the fascinating tale of the gompas (monasteries) of India, Nepal, and Tibet, their emergence, their structure, the life within, their art and architecture, and their role in society. Includes breathtaking and rare pictures of the most remote and fascinating monasteries of the Himalaya. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 93 numbered pp +3; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps, color frontis; no defects. Cover: glossy yellow paper over boards, color photo front, black titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, same as book; very light edge/shelfwear, spine slightly sunned. A very nice copy indeed.

Kanhangad: Anantashram, 1971 Joyous wisdom from a joyous master. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: [v], 117 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; all edges sunned. Cover: white wraps in protective plastic sleeve, photo front, pink titles front/spine, facsimile inscription to back cover; very light edge/shelfwear, slight offsetting on back cover from inscription.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2020 Companion to the exhibition of the same name at the British Museum in 2020. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 320 numbered pp; HB no DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, red eps; no defects. Cover: Matte black paper over boards, color photo front, red/gilt titles front/spine; minimal, very light rubbing. Impressive, heavy.

San Francisco: Twowindows Press, 1968 29 Copies; 34 pp.; TPB. A Limited edition of 725--700 in wraps--on Curtis Rag. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects. Cover: blue-gray wraps, taupe artwork front, taupe titles front/spine; no shelfwear. A collection of 33 poems.

Garden City: GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., 1932 151 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, orange topstain, orange eps; light spatter t.e. Cover: black orange artwork front orange blocks with reverse titles front/spine; light shelfwear, head/heel/corners curved, two surface scuffs back. The hands and careers of 75 famous people, including actors, scientists, politicians, industrialists, artists/writers, even Ghandi!