Search Results: Titles starting with S from Independent Books

Los Altos: Publishing Services Center, 1986 213 pp.; HB. Inscribed, signed and dated by author on title page. Publication slip tipped in title pg. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps, frontis; light ink smudge title pg. Cover: red, reverse titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927 151 numbered pp. HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled; a.e. modestly tanned. Cover: dk green, gilt signature front, gilt titles spine; v light shelfwear, head/heel worn.

Munich: C.H. Beck'sche, 1927 In German. Complete in 3 volumes. 560 (vol 1); 602 (vol 2), and 580 (vol 3) numbere pp. All HB w/DJ and slipcases. From the collection of David Wight Prall, Professor of aesthetics and philosophy at Berkeley and Harvard, his bookplate pasted to front eps. Pages: clean, bright, tight, green topstain; a.e. slightly tanned. Covers: black, gilt titles fronts, gilt titles and ornamentation spines; minimal wear. DJs: unclipped, kraft paper w/ black titles and ornamentation sme as book; a few smal chips, closed tears, stains, and edges lightly tanned, but generally quite nice. Slipcases: gray cardboard, same as DJs, generally in VG (-) condition: tanned, tears, a few stains, rubbed. Impressive, heavy. A system of aesthetics, including the basis of aesthetics; aesthetic reason and shapes; and art, philosophy, and metaphysics.

Brussells: La Sabena, 1968 Primarily in English, French, and Dutch. An international advertising magazine primarily about India, in several languages. How the world saw India in 1968. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 120 numbered pp; PB w/ French flaps. Pages: clean, bright, tight; PO bookplate pasted to front ep. Cover: black wraps, colorful peacock mosaic front, blue titles spine; modest edge/shelfwear.

Dresden, 1928 pages 34-40 pp. + 7; TPB. In German "Saxon Opera House". Stapled spine. Pages: clean, bright, tight, printed eps; no defects. Cover: lt brown, green titles front, green ad back; lt shelfwear, sticker residue back, med whitish spot front. Program for the 1928 Dresden Opera.

Toronto: Bantam Books, 1988 341 numbered pp +2; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, gray eps; no defects. Cover: rose boards, dk rose backstrip, silver titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, blue, navy titles front, navy/white titles spine, photo back; minimal edge/shelfwear. The facts behind this sweeping Sackett literary legacy: glossary of characters; maps; cover art; Sackett family tree and genealogy.

Pates Manor: Perennial Books Ltd., 1986 Wide in scope, covering Hindu, Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, and far Eastern sacred art. Succeeds remarkably in conveying the distinctive qualities characteristic of each, while at the same time emphasizing their unity of principle. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 160 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; all edges very mildly sunned. Cover: glossy tan, color artwork and red/green, titles front, red/black titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear.

Not Stated: Tibetan Nyingmapa Meditation Center, 1970 Limited first edition of 500 copies. Companion to the exhibition of the same nine name at the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1970. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 11 numbered pp plus plates of paintings, plus plates of sculpture; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, small frontis; all edges sunned, preliminary photo of Tibetan artwork inserted twice (manufacturer's defect). Cover: matte green wraps, orange artwork plus titles front, plain spine; modest edge/shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, edges, spine and boards near spine is faded.

New Delhi: Roli & Janssen BV, 2011 Square orientation. Lavishly and beautifully illustrated, introduces the gem-like iridescence of colors representing the archetypal Buddhist images of good and evil. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 135 numbered pp +1; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, gold-bronze eps, color frontis; no defects. Cover: glossy black and illustrated paper over boards, peach titles front/spine; very light shelfwear, corners bumped some slightly some modestly. DJ: unclipped, same as book, very mild edge/shelfwear.

Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1988 128 pp.; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects. Cover: tan wraps w/flaps, photos front/back, brick/teal titles front/spine, black text back; v lt shelfwear, lt rubbing. Large format, lovely, thought-provoking.

Urbana-Champaign: Krannert Art Museum/University Of Illinois Press, 1991 Companion to the exhibition of the same name at the Krannert Art Museum in 1990 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1991. The pantheistic effect of great mountains, which is experienced by many people in different cultures, was undoubtedly one of the basic elements of the Chinese mountain cult. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: [vii] numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative orange eps. Cover: Matte medium blue, color mountain artwork front, white titles front/spine; very light edge/shelfwear, extrems slightly worn spine mildly concave. A very nice copy. Heavy.

Boston: Shambhala, 1995 The 29 pieces presented herein celebrate the sacred peaks prose, poetry, travelogues, historical and spiritual text, art, and photographs. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 149 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects. Cover: glossy black wraps, lovely mountainous artwork and cream/red titles front, white titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear.

New York: International Center of Photography, 1990 63 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, purple eps, photo frontis; crnrs mildly thumbed. Cover: white wraps, photo front/back, reverse/black titles front, black titles spine; lt edge/shelfwear, crnrs a bit thumbed, red pen mark front. The ultimate bird's-eye view.

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.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998 Companion to the landmark exhibit of the same name, which included more than 60 of the finest extant Tibetan works of museums and private collections around the world. Except as presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1998-1999. Lavishly illustrated. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: [xiii], 225 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, large color frontis; no defects. Cover: glossy steel blue wraps, French flaps, color artwork and white titles front, orange/white titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear, front bottom corner barely bumped, back mildly rubbed. Heavy.

San Francisco: Twowindows Press, 1978 27 numbered pp +1; PB. One of an edition of "a little over 126" on Wookey Hole mold-made paper. Sewn spine. Cream wraps with gilt silkscreened art and black titles front. No defects. Story of love and garbage disposal maintenance. Printed by Don Gray.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1993 All aspects of ships are covered in these pages: the early glory of ships under sail, the inexorable replacement of wood by iron and then by steel and steam, the trills and dangers of the last grain races, the challenge of constructing the world’s largest war and pleasure ships, the intimate appeal of small craft. Condition notes: 192 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, lt tan eps, large photo frontis; PO bookplate to ffep. Cover: deep rose, blindstamped titles front, silver titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, b/w historic photos front/back, black/red titles front, black titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear.

NEW YORK: CROWN PUBLISHERS INC., 1979 240 numbered pp.+5. HBw/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative photo eps, photo frontis. Cover: gray, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: clipped, photo of deck and map all surfaces, reverse/blue titles front, reverse/black titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear, spine mildly faded.

Bruges: Biblica, 1962 We should like to state clearly that ours is not designed to be a casual mass book which one picks up and takes off to church without a preview. We present a volume which calls for a serious study of every mass before its celebration. Prepared by a missal commission of St. Andrew's Abbey. Several lovely full page color art reproductions. Condition notes: [xvi], 1535 numbered pp + 1; HB no DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, blue eps, frontis, printed in brown and black ink on India paper, 2 ribbon markers; a.e. mildly sunned, hinge cracked at half title with crash showing, price sticker to front paste down, gift inscription inked to third free end page. Cover: black leather, device blind stamped front, gilt titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, front cover and first to preliminaries loose but intact.

New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1963 Title continues: A Simplified and Continuous Arrangement of the Mass for All Sundays and Feast Days with a Treasury of Prayers. In presenting this New Sunday Missal, it is the fervent prayer of the editors that it will encourage a more active and zealous participation in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Include several color illustrations. Condition notes: 1279 numbered pp + 19; HB no DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, red edgestain, brown decorative and printed eps, large color frontis, printed on India paper, ribbon marker; narrowband completing from stain to fore edge to the first few pages. Cover: black leather, device blind stamped and red titles to front, gilt titles spine, five false bands; minimal shelfwear.