Search Results: Authors starting with V from Independent Books

New York: Orion Books, 1988 258 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Inscribed and signed by Glines on ffep. Also signed by Crew No. 15's (Plane No. 40-2267) Engineer, Edward J. Saylor on ffep and on his in-text photo. Pages: clean, bright, tight; several sm marks to f.e. Cover: black boards, red backstrip, yellow titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, white w/red Japanese sun front, photos rear, black /yellow titles front, black titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear.". . .the complete account of one of the biggest gambles and one of the most harrowing stories of courage and self-sacrifice to come out of World War II."

Tokyo: Vaccari's Language Institute, 1960 In English and Japanese. Although small, this dictionary contains all the words used in ordinary daily conversation. It also gives the translation of Japanese words in Roman characters as well as their corresponding Japanese script. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 449 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, on India paper, all edges gilt, rounded. Cover: flexible salmon cloth, gilt sunburst and titles front/spine; light shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, slight soil.

Tokyo: Vaccari's Language Institute, 1970 In English and Japanese. Equipped with the necessary material to converse on any practical subject in correct Japanese as spoken in 1970. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: [v], 498 numbered pp plus ads; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; all edges mildly sunned. Cover: flexible dark green cloth, silver titles spine; very light shelfwear, extrems barely worn, half-inch damp stain front. DJ: unclipped, glossy all of orange sunburst and black titles front/spine; moderate edge/software, several closed tears, head tattered, moderate size chip to tail, front flap creased.

u: Vaccari's Language Institute, 1963 Represents the fundamental characters on which the Chinese-Japanese written language is based in their original form, there gradual alterations, and lastly as they are written at present. Each character is illustrated with notes and interesting information that give life to them and render their shape and meaning an unforgettable picture. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: [xv], 264 numbered pp plus appendix regarding Works on Japanese by Mr. and Mrs. Oreste Vaccari; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, ivory, stop, tight; all edges sunned, top edge dusty, PO name inked to first free end page. Cover: red cloth, dull gilt devices and titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, extrems a bit worn. DJ: clipped, white, red sunned device and black titles front/spine; substantial edge/shelfwear with large chips, creases, loss to head, enclosed in an old-style mylar protective jacket.

Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1971 121 pp.; TPB. Early printings limited: 1st printing was 1,000; 2nd printing was 2,000. Author's name misspelled on front cover. Pages: clean, bright, tight, a few internal spots of foxing. Cover: red wraps, black/white artwork front, reverse/black titles front; lt shelf/edgewear, PO info inked front. Tales from the countryside, many of them fairly ghoulish.

FIRENZE: Editoriale Olimpia, 1974 96 pp. In Italian.

New York: The Viking Press, 1938 561 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, brown topstain, frontis; a.e. lt tanned/foxed, PO name inked ffep, last 3 pp covered w/ ink and pencil notes, front hinge cracked (still intact). Cover: ,brown, red titles front, dull gilt titles spine; v lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, spine well tanned.

Paris: La Renaissance Du Livre, 1931 189 numbered pgs + 22. PB. In French. Pages: clean, ivory, somewhat loose, many uncut, al edges deckled; bookplate to inside front cover, hinge separations and page disbinding starting in a few locations, thoiugh all intact. Cover: brown wraps, with black text to all surfaces; several small edge tears, 1/4" chip across spine tail edge, some creases. From the collection of David Wight Prall.

New York and Antwerp: Rubin Museum of Art and BAI, 2013 Devoted to a series of 54 miniature paintings related to Sarvavid Vairocana, the All-knowing Buddha. It reveals a meditation process that is rarely depicted. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 176 numbered pp; HB no DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, pale yellow eps. Cover: color artwork and white titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear, bottom corners bumped.

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1978 461 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. lt grubby. Cover: red, gilt titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear, 2 sm nicks front t.e. DJ: unclipped, black, red/yellow/white titles/text front, yellow titles spine, photo + black/red text back; modest edge/shelfwear w/ v sm chips/closed tears, v lt soil back, dampstain to back b.e. How to devise a personalized money management, in plain language.

Boston: Shambhala, 1991 Graphic novel. Portrays the legendary exploits of Tibetan Buddhism's most renowned saint. Full of intrigue, disaster, and amazing feats, it is the heroic story of a man who transforms from an avenging black magician into a supremely powerful Yogi, pointing the way to self-knowledge and liberation. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 78 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: glossy blue wraps, heroic/ecstatic artwork front, red titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear.

A collection of papers and information on the Central Sahara, from the library of Dr. Dirk H. van der Elst, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Cal State Fresno and author of Culture as Given, Culture as Choice. Included "Ecology of the Central Sahara (van der Elst); Some Problems of human Physiological Adaptation to Hot Deserts (van der Elst); Economic Patterns in the Central Sahara (author not stated); The External Trade if the Central Saharan Region (J.A. Mead II); Indigenous Political Systems of the Central Sahara (J.P. Dolian); Political Organization in the Central Sahara (M.A. Tessler); Pre-Colonial and Central Sahara: A Historical Summary (I. Kimambo); Kinship and Marriage Among Peoples of the Sahara (D. Bentendley); and a separate appendix from an unidentified work entitled "Veils and Functionalism". From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast… Read More

New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2001 206 numbered pp; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, brick eps; a.e. lt tanned. Cover: tan, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear, front t.e. crnr bumped, b.e. faded. DJ: unclipped, gray/brick, color artwork front, white text all surfaces; minimal edge/shelfwear. "Why on earth did they build that?" Includes, among others, Machu Picchu, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Tower of Babel . . .

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1926 Burt reprint of Scribner original. The first novel in the Philo Vance series, it became a bestseller. Condition notes - 348 numbered pp +6; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; a.e. tanned, front hinge cracked (intact)PO name and Christmas label to ffep, w/label offsetting to ep. Cover: dk green, dull gilt titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, spine sunned.

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1928 113 pp.; HB. From the collection of David Wight Prall, Professor of aesthetics and philosophy at Berkeley and Harvard, his bookplate pasted to ep, his owner info inked to ffep. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, eps and topstain orange, f.e. deckled; a.e. lightly tanned. Cover: black paper over boards w/ orange spine and corners, gilt artwork stamped to cover, gilt titles spine; light soil to cloth. A lovely copy of a scarce title in giftable condition.

New York: The Viking Press, 1938 BOMC, w/ book description laid in as well as a pamphlet describing Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. This book sets down Franklin's complete life ". . .as Franklin might have written it had he ever completed the famous Autobiography. Much of the material has never before been presented to the general public." Condition notes - 845 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, red topstain; a.e. tanned, 2 PO info inked to ffep. Cover: brown, gilt titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, orange/black, Franklin front, yellow titles front/spine, black text back; modest edge/shelfwear w/ corners worn, several sm closed tears, messy chip to front head. Heavy.

Not Stated: The Literary Guild of America, 1932 20 volumes; HBs. Not dated, but van Doren was with the Literary Guild from 1926 to 1934, so within that range. Library of Congress indicates ca. 1932. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled, decorative blue eps, 10 of the 20 volumes have blue topstain, small frontis; a.e. med tanned, PO names inked to either ep or ffep of each volume. Cover: med blue, silver logo (an art deco eagle) front/spine, and silver ruling/titles spine; light to modest shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, spines sunned. Some volumes have additional modest defects: small dampstains or other stains, specks, or tiny tears. Overall, Very Good to Very Good (-) condition. Includes: The Brothers Karamazov, Notre Dame de Paris, Thais, Tales (Poe), Henry Esmond, Fathers and Sons, Wuthering Heights, Nana, Madame Bovary, Pride and Prejudice, The Three Musketeers, Sapho, David Copperfield, Four Plays (Ibsen), The Return of the Native, Confessions (St. Augustine), Travels (Marco Polo),… Read More

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1925 87 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, b.e. deckled; t.e. dusty, eps and edges tanned. Cover: dk blue, logo blindstamped front, gilt titles spine, head and heel rounded, slight shelfwear. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, cream w/ sepia subject photo front, brown titles and text all surfaces; tanned, edges and points worn, 1/4" chip across bottom of spine, tear to bottom of spine, numerous small closed tears, fragile. We have a substantial Cabell collection.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908 121 numbered pp +1; HB. "Published in October." Pages: clean, bright, tight, t.e.g., b.e./f.e. deckled, color frontis w/ captioned tissue guard; a.e. tanned, a few smudges, PO info inked front ep and ffep dampstain rear ep and pencil notes rear eps. Cover: olive silk, gilt titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, stains all surfaces, spine somewhat faded. From an early New York Times (11/08) review, it would seem the play was not well-received: ". . .its psychology is in several places so defective that its most impressive scenes are open to impeachment when considered as other than spectacle." Mee-oow!

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1961 369 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; eps foxed, a.e. lt tanned, front hinge cracked, but still tight and intact. Cover: green decorative paper over boards, black cloth backstrip, white titles spine; lt shelfwear, a.e. sunned, head/tail curved. "reveals something of the majesty of the westward movement of the American people as they grappled to win and hold the first great West beyond the Appalachians."