Search Results: Authors starting with F from Archway Books

This is the history of the style of karate taught by of one of Okinawa's greatest living karate masters, Grandmaster Fusei Kise. The development of Suidi (Shuri-te) and Shorin-ryu are examined within the context of Ryukyuan history, and the great masters such as Kusanku, Toudi Sakugawa and Bushi Matsumura are seen in the political, cultural and economic background of their time. The history of Shorin-Ryu Matsumura in the 20th century is presented in two interviews with Master Hohan Soken that were not previously available in English. This history is brought up to the present day through interviews with Grandmaster Kise and his students throughout the world. It is a large format paperback, 8 ½ x 11 inches, 176 pages, limited to 1500 copies. There are over 100 photographs. First published in Okinawa in 2005, the English language edition was published in 2008.

Bound in contemporary paper boards, pages untrimmed, light foxing and soiling throughout; [8], 189 pages. Fischer (1771-1829) was a minor German critic and travel writer. In this work he presents 111 very short fables whose morals he applies directly to the contemporary European political situation. The vast majority of the fables have animal actors. A nice unsophisticated copy of an uncommon title of marginal importance. OCLC locates fewer than 15, none in the US.

Quarto, 9.25 x 10.75 inches (235 x 275 mm), quarter leather over cloth boards, expertly rebacked; xxvi, [1], 623, 148 pages; large folding map, 25.5 x 17.5 inches (648 x 445 mm); ex-library Sion College, London, with their stamp and their crest gilt-stamped on front board. Map heavily foxed, with offsetting to facing pages and small closed tear at upper right; otherwise very good condition with ample margins and clean and bright text.An early detailed account. "James Baillie Fraser left his native Scotland for India in 1813. After a short and unsuccessful stint working in a trading business in Calcutta, in 1821 Fraser accompanied Dr. Andrew Jukes of the East India Company on a diplomatic mission to Persia. Jukes died in Isfahan in late 1821, but Fraser continued the journey, visiting Tehran, Mashhad, Tabriz, and other cities before returning to London. This book is Fraser's account of his voyage through Khorasān, a historical region that includes parts of present-day Iran, Turkmenistan, and… Read More

Silk-screen on 17.5 x 15 inch sheet; "Tonight" scrawled in black marker across image; some light creasing, staple holes at corners. Tuesday, February 1, is undoubtedly 1977. At this time Leary was just out of prison and had embarked on a college lecture tour on space colonization entitled "The American Culture (1945-1985)."