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Inyamyaing: Vipassana Association , 1962 Stapled spine. A photocopy of the original booklet. This paper was to read to &representatives from Israel in 1981 by Thray Sithu U Ba Khin. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 57 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, toned, generally tight; edges toned, corners thumbed. Cover: white wraps, black device and titles front; moderate edge/shelfwear, extrems toned, spine and adjacent boards wrinkled.
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The Real Values of True Buddhist Meditation
by U Ba Khin, Thray Sithu
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What Buddhism Is
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Rangoon: Vipassana Research Association, 1951 Stapled spine. Several lectures given by Thray Sithu U Ba Khin, president of the Vipassana Association, founder of the International Mediation Center of Burma. Includes an original of this pamphlet, and a photocopy of it. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 19 numbered pp +2; PB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; faint damp stain to front edge of title page. Cover: tan wraps, black device and titles front; moderate edge/shelfwear, small damp stain to front bottom edge, rested staples, half inch tear to head along spine, sunning to back board. Of historic and religious interest.
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Plains Indian Studies : A Collection of Essays in Honor of John C. Ewers and Waldo R. Wedel
by Ubelaker, Douglas H.; Herman J. Viola (editrors)
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Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982 No. 30 of the Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology series, includes 16 studies. 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. Condition notes: (iii), 218 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; edges slightly sunned. Cover: pink artwork, pink and white titles front, white titles spine; lt edge/shelfwear, spine sunned, front b.e. corner creased.
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"Bureaucracy" and "Rationality" in Weber's Organization Theory : An Empirical Study [from the American Sociological Review, Vol. 24, December 1959]
by Udy, Stanley H.
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Indianapolis: The American Sociological Review (reprinted By Bobbs-Merrill), 1959 Reprint No. 297 by Bobbs-Merrill of an article in American Sociological Review. 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: 791-795 numbered pp; PB. Blue wraps, stapled spine.
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Die gute alte Zeit Zeichnungen von Karl Spitzweg
by Uhde-Bernans, Hermann
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Munich: Holbein, 1913 50 numbered plates; HB. In German. Pages: clean, bright, tight, gold eps, frontis; lacks ffep, t.e. tanned, front hinge sprung. Cover: brown-gray paper over boards, green/brown ornamentation + black/reverse artwork front, brown titles front/spine; substantial shelfwear, extrems well worn, spine torn/tattered. Head/tail have large chips, med lt colored stain front. Fifty sketches by Karl Spitzweg was a German romanticist painter and poet, one of the more important representatives of the Biedermeier era.
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Law and Order [SIGNED]
by Uhnak, Dorothy
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973 Remaindered. The inter-generational story of a family of New York Irish police. Signed by Uhnak on ffep. Condition notes - 512 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. lt tanned and foxed, spatter to f.e., reminder swipe to b.e. Cover: navy, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear, t.e. mildly sunned. DJ: unclipped, glossy navy, gilt/orange title front/spine, author photo back; v lt edge/shelfwear, two sm crescent impressions front.
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Utamro and Hiroshige: from the Honolulu Academy of Arts, from the James Michener Collection
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Not Stated: Not Stated, 1975 unnumbered pp; TPB. In Japanese and English. For the exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts from the James Michener collection. Pages: clean, bright, tight, yellow eps, frontis; a.e. lt tanned. Cover: teal/white wraps, color artwork + pink titles front/spine, color artwork back; modest edge/shelfwear, spine creased, sm ink stain spine. 150 plates, several in color.
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Americans on Everest: The Official Account of the Ascent Led By Norman G. Dyhrenfurth [SIGNED]
by Ullman, James Ramsey, et al
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippencott Company, 1964 429 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Signed by Everest summiteer Lute Jerstad and inscribed and signed by Jim Whittaker (first American to summit Everest) on half title. Pages: clean, bright, tight, red topstain, decorative eps (color rendering of Everest/Lohtse massive). Cover: navy, blue/white titles spine; minimal shelfwear, front b.e. crnr hard bumped, top board slightly bowed. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, color photo all surfaces, white/red titles front/spine, black test back; modest edge/shelfwear w/ tiny to small closed tears, sm chips, ink mark front. Signed by 2 of the world's greatest mountaineers. A great addition to your collection.
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Self Defense for Women : Combato
by Underwood, Corporal William J.
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New York: Avalon Press, Inc., 1944 93 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, portrait frontis; eps toned/spotted, a.e. lt tanned. Cover: red, silver, titles front, plain spine; lt shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, tiny wear spot front. "A science designed to enable a relatively small person to meet a stronger assailant on equal if not better-than-equal terms." How to deal with simple nuisances, serious but not deadly situations, and those that are deadly serious. Hand-to-hand combat for gals. Of historical interest.
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I Am Papa Snap and These Are My Favorite No Such Stories
by Ungerer, Tomi
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New York: Harper & Row, 1971 Unnumbered numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, green eps, frontis; no defects. Cover: olive, black artwork front, black titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: clipped w' additional square clipped out, white w/ black front, color artwork front, black titles/text all surfaces; lt edge/shelfwear. "Burt Pike" printed to back f.e.
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Infant Care (Bureau Publication No. 8)
by United States Department of Labor, Children's Bureau
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Japan: U.S. Department of Labor, 1945 236 pp. + 1; TPB. In Japanese. Bureau Publication No. 8. Stamp of an oil-burning lamp affixed to last page (in a place designated for such a stamp). Pages: clean, ivory, tight; a.e. tanned. Cover: cream wraps, black artwork front/back, black titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, spine and edges worn, back lower joint cracked 1", front corners creased or missing, a bit of grubbiness/light stains. Scarce in Japanese. Of historical interest. Prepared under the direction of Katharine F. Lenroot, Chief.
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Documents: Affidavits & Statements as Submitted in the Case of Ralph E. Ladue . . .
by United States War Department, Adjutant General's Office
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Privately Published, 1933 52 pp.; HB. Compilation of facsimilie documents (none bear original signatures) for the awarding of the Distinguished Service Cross to Ralph E. Ladue for his service during WW I. Pages: clean, bright, tight, t.e. and b.e. deckled, t.e. uncut, lovely paper with private watermark; hinge starting at pp 20-21. Cover: red, white, and blue leather, notitles or text.; scuffed and worn along spine edges, but fully intact, a little tanning to white leather.
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year Ending June 30, 1890
by United States War Department, Adjutant General's Office
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Washington D.C: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1891 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. Also from the library of Harlan I. Smith, his stamp to several locations. Condition notes: 811 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, some loose and laid in; a.e tanned, hinges sprung front and back and cracked in several other locations. Cover: black, v dull gilt titles spine; moderate to substantial shelfwear. Includes numerous illustrations, many of birds, some of them fold-outs. Heavy. Rough.
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Cavalog: USS Cavalier APA 37: July 1953-April 1954
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Monrovia: The Yearbook House, 1954 136 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative map front eps, frontis; eps and a.e. slightly tanned. Cover: padded gray boards, embossed artwork + white titles front, plain spine; lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, front joint mildly creased, lt sm stain back. Cruise book for the USS Cavalier. Editoed by D.A. Bishop.
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Submission of Recorded Presidential Conversations to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives by President Richard Nixon
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Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office (printer), 1974 1,308 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. tanned, b.e. soiled, a few crnrs creased. Cover: med blue, black titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, faded, scuff/a bit of soil front, shallow crease front. The actual transcripts submitted to Congress by Nixon, not the later compilation. Heavy.
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Marry Me
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Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1976 For members of the First Edition Society. Condition notes: 347 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, a.e.g., green moire eps, frontis, ribbon marker. Cover: olive leather, gilt ornamentation all surfaces, 5 raised bands + gilt titles spine; no shelfwear. A nice copy indeed.
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Pan-Germanism
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1913 314 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. tanned. Cover: navy, gilt titles spine; modest shelfwear, extremities a bit worn, dampstain, head and t.e.
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Aquatic Insects of California : With Keys to North American Genera and California Species
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1956 A general introduction to aquatic etymology and detailed treatments of the biology and classification of each group of aquatic insects. Condition notes: 5085 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. lt tanned. Cover: turquoise, silver artwork + titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, turquoise/lt gray, black artwork + black/turquoise titles front/spine; moderate edge/shelfwear w/ tiny closed tears, sm chip to tail, spine sunned w/dampstain.
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An Introduction to Buddhist Meditation for Results
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Bangkok: Tipitaka Study Center, 2003 The first part of this book discloses simple techniques of practicing tranquil meditation designed especially for beginners in overcoming suffering and attaining higher happiness and tranquility. The second part deals with the most unique and effective methods of accumulating and developing insight wisdom through insight meditation practice with its ultimate aims of eradicating the defilements of mind leading eventually to the attainment of perpetual happiness (Nibbana). From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: [xxx], 383 numbered pp +1; MMPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: glossy green wraps, red/white/yellow titles front, red/indigo titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear. Unread or very gently read.
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All American
by Uzzle, Burk
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St. Davids: St. David's Books, Inc., 1984 94 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects Cover: white w/ black titles to front and spine; t.e. and f.e. lightly tanned, v. light stain to bottomedge. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, white w/ b/w photos front and back, red and black titles frotn and spine; overall v. light wear, 1/8" closed tear top back. 94 b/w photos of Americana from the Philadelphia Museum's "All American" exhibit. Scarce title, impressive book in fabulous condition.
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