Search Results: Authors starting with B from Independent Books

San Francisco: Cassandra Pub., 1978 63 pp.; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: red/white striped glossy wraps, black titles front/spine, black/reverse text back; v lt shelfwear, spine faded.

Portland: The Publications Board of Portland State University, 1972 Newspaper of the University of Portland, Oregon. The entire exterior of the paper is the Vietcong flag. Centerfold is a large fist held in defiance and the quote: It is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government and to provide new guards for their future security. 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: 11 numbered pp; newspaper. Pages: clean, toned/tanned, numerous small closed tears at fold points/page edges. This issue published during the height of the anti-war movement.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925 Grosset reprint of Lippincott original. A fictionalized and romantic story of John Wilkes Booth on the run, a world traveler. Condition notes - 320 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. tanned, tiny bookstore label pasted to ep, gift inscription penciled to ffep. Cover: med blue, dk blue titles front/spine; lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn. DJ: unclipped, double-sided, white w/ color artwork + purple titles front, black titles spine; substantial edge/shelfwear w/ overall toning, sm-med closed tears, 2-inch loss at tail, head chipped w/partial loss of title.

New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1921 175 numbered pp; HB. Pages: generally clean, bright, tight, frontis; eps smudged, t.e. dusty, f.e. a bit grubby. Cover: tan, green ornamentation front, black titles front/spine; v lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, cover stained and attempts to clean have left color somewhat uneven. The man who succeeded in business, kept his ethics, and "who still has time , and strength, and heart to turn around and tell others how they also can climb the rugged heights . . ."

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1948 277 numbered pp; HB. Generically inscribed and signed by Bach on ffep. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled; a.e. lt tanned, pencil erasure from ffep, mildly cocked. Cover: burgundy silk, dull and rubbed gilt titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, lt rubbing, numerous faint dampstains front, sm label to lower spine.

New York: Cosmopolis Press, 1924 252 pp. + 1; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled; a.e. tanned, t.e. dusty, eps foxed, PO info redacted ep, mildly cocked. Cover: black, decorative gold-veined Asian-themed red paster front, black titles front, red titles spine; moderate shelfwear, dampstained. 10 short stories.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990 220 numbered pp +1; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, photo frontis; pencil erasure ffep. Cover: gray boards, black backstrip, black titles front, silver titles spine; v lt shelfwear, edges a bit sunned, front b.e. crnr lt bumped. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, gray/green, tinted photo front, photos back, white/black titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear, spine faded. Western writers recall what it meant to grow up in the west.

Boston: Ginn & Company, Publishers, 1903 190 numbered pp +8 plates; HB. Special edition prepared for the Convention of the National Educational Association, July 6th to 10th , 1903. Pages: clean, bright, tight, sm frontis; cocked, a.e. tanned, t.e. dusty, PO info inked ffep, rear eps filled with ink notations of an interested visitor to Boston. Cover: gray, navy titles front, plain spine; modest shelfwear, extremities a bit worn. Of historical interest.

London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1921 A Collins Illustrated Pocket Classic. Condition notes: 498 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, t.e.g., burgundy eps, frontis; a.e. sunned, brief gift inscription inked to half title. Cover: flexible burgundy leather, gilt titles and ornamentation to spine; moderate edge/shelfwear, extrems worn, with corners rubbed and one-eighth of an inch of head missing, boards rubbed. A lovely period book.

London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1912 167 numbered pp +8; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, t.e.g., decorative eps, portrait frontis, ribbon marker; one p dog-eared, front eps wrinkled (manufacturer's defect). Cover: dk green, gilt ornamentation and titles spine; minimal shelfwear. 58 essays plus "A Fragment of an Essay of Fame" plus "On Death". A charming small volume. Giftable.

Bellingham: Pioneer Press (printer), 1970 1970 reprint of 1933 original. 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, xii chapters + period ads; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: white wraps, brown artwork front brown titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear, spine + extrems a bit sunned, tiny tear head.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907 221 pp.; HB. Ex-lib w/ stamps, pocket rear. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis w/tissue guard; a.e. tanned, t.e. lt dusty, a few intact hinge cracks, 1 illustration shaken, lain in, ffep missing. Cover: brown, cream/green paster front, gilt titles spine; moderate shelfwear, extremities somewhat worn.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1907 470 numbered pp + 48 pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, marbled edgestain, printed/map eps, ribbon marker; front hinge cracked (still tight), a.e. modestly tanned. Cover: flexible red boards, rounded corners, gilt titles front/spine; lt shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, v. lt soil front. Classic travel guide.

London: Karl Baedeker, 1882 The classic guide for the ages. Ex-library w/ stamp to front ep and pocket to ffep the only evidence. 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: 388 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, marbled edgestain, yellow front eps, map rear eps, money table frontis; a.e. sunned, a few dog-ears. Cover: flexible red, gilt titles front/spine, round corners; modest shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, w/nick to head, spine mildly sunned.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1907 551 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, marbled edgestain, printed/map eps, fold-out frontis detached and laid in; front hinge starting (still tight), a.e. modestly tanned. Cover: flexible red boards, rounded corners, gilt titles front/spine; lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, "1907" inked front. Classic travel guide.

London: KARL BAEDEKER, 1904 458+42 numbered pp.+54. maps. Pages: clean, bright, tight, marbled edgestain, ribbon markers, printed/map eps, tabular frontis; le Grand Hotel stickers stuck to p 159, last fold-out map in rear is in pieces/laid in, PO info neatly inked in one of the last fep, back hinge cracked (intact). Cover: red flexible boards, rounded crnrs, gilt titles /spine; lt shelfwear.

Wilmette: Bahá ʼ Í Publishing Trust, 1975 Baha'i literature. The Seven Valleys may be regarded as the summit of achievement in the realm of mystical composition, a profound essay. The Four Valleys is an epistle which sets forth four ways in which the Unseen is seen, the four stages of the human heart, and the four kinds of mystical wayfarers in quest of the Intended One, the Praiseworthy One, the Attracting One, the Beloved. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: [xiii], 65 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; top edge smudged, gift inscription inked to half title page, small red stain to same. Cover: matte rose wraps, silver titles front/spine; very light edge/shelfwear, spine and adjacent boards moderately sunned.

Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1907 A concise investigation of the religion of the ancient empire. 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. Ex-library reference with some, bit not all treatments (has redacted stamps + librarian pencil notes to gutter of dedication page). Condition notes: 113 numbered pp +1; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. modestly tanned, some bleeding from redactions. Cover: dk green, blindstamped ornamentation and titles front, gilt titles spine; modest shelfwear, extrems just wearing through, a bit more at head, 1.5-inch split to back joint.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948 237 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps, frontis; a.e. lt tanned, mildly cocked. Cover: red, navy artwork + titles front, reverse titles to navy spine block; lt shelfwear, extrems s bit worn, w/ head tattered, t.e. mildly faded. Riddles with wonderful and whimsical illustrations. Scarce.

London: Columbus Books, 1988 384 numbered pp; TPB. Several pages copied from book or magazine about Great Garbo laid in. Pages: clean, bright, tight; crnrs slightly thumbed. Cover: silver, b/w photos front/back, red titles front/spine; lt edge/shelfwear, crnrs and b.e. mildly thumbed. The glamorous costuming of the most glamorous people (then) on earth.