portola press (73 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.35.

Paperback. Etat : New. Jones, Jamie Nicole (illustrateur).

Etat : New. In.

Paperback or Softback. Etat : New. The Zoo of Impossible Animals: Into the Underzoo 0.81. Book.

Etat : Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Oversized paperback. 159 pgs. 70 illustrations by the author. Very good+ oversized softcover copy.

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A best-selling introduction to homeopathy for the general public that is also used as a first-year text in many homeopathic schools, Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy provides an in-depth and exciting account of the history, philosophy, and experience of homeopathic medicine. At the core of Impossible Cure is the amazing story of how the author's son was cured of autism with homeopathy. It also includes dozens of other testimonials of homeopathic cure, for a variety of physical, mental, and emotional conditions. Impossible Cure will serve as an invaluable guide to anyone interested in learning more about this intriguing form of health care.It has won endorsements from leading experts in alternative health care, including: Larry Dossey, MD (executive editor, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, and author of Healing Words); Bernard Rimland, PhD (director, Autism Research Institute); Wayne Jonas, MD (director, Samueli Institute, and former director, Office of Alternative Medicine, NIH); Michael Castleman (author of The New Healing Herbs and other consumer health books); Louis Klein, RSHom (president, Luminos Homeopathic Courses); and Richard Pitt, CCH, RSHom(NA) (director, Pacific Academy of Homeopathy). About the author: Amy Lansky received her doctorate in computer science from Stanford University in 1983. After many years working at various Silicon Valley research institutions, she made an unusual career move -- she became a student, writer, and promoter of homeopathic medicine. This was prompted by the miraculous cure of her son's autism with homeopathy. She serves on the board of the National Center for Homeopathy and has been active in the national health freedom movement. She is dedicated to helping others -- especially families with autistic children -- discover the curative powers of homeopathy. A best-selling introduction to homeopathy for the general public that is also used as a first-year text in many homeopathic schools, Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy provides an in-depth and exciting account of the history, philosophy, and experience of homeopathic medicine. At the core of Impossible Cure is the amazing story of how the author's son was cured of autism with homeopathy. It also includes dozens of other testimonials of homeopathic cure, for a variety of physical, mental, and emotional conditions. Impossible Cure will serve as an invaluable guide to anyone interested in learning more about this intriguing form of health care. It has won endorsements from leading experts in alternative health care, including: Larry Dossey, MD (executive editor, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, and author of Healing Words); Bernard Rimland, PhD (director, Autism Research Institute); Wayne Jonas, MD (director, Samueli Institute, and former director, Office of Alternative Medicine, NIH); Michael Castleman (author of The New Healing Herbs and other consumer health books); Louis Klein, RSHom (president, Luminos Homeopathic Courses); and Richard Pitt, CCH, RSHom(NA) (director, Pacific Academy of Homeopathy). About the author: Amy Lansky received her doctorate in computer science from Stanford University in 1983. After many years working at various Silicon Valley research institutions, she made an unusual career move — she became a student, writer, and promoter of homeopathic medicine. This was prompted by the miraculous cure of her son's autism with homeopathy. She serves on the board of the National Center for Homeopathy and has been active in the national health freedom movement. She is dedicated to helping others — especially families with autistic children — discover the curative powers of homeopathy. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Pages have scattered pencil marks, mostly single checkmarks and occasional underlinings; hard cover and dust jacket show some softening and crimping at spine ends and top corners, otherwise sound. xv, 317pp. incl. index.

1st edition stiff wrappers Near Fine small quarto (58)pp., col & b/w pls.,

First Edition. Quarto; iii, 159pp. A Fine copy; laid in is a printed card announcing the book's publication. Inscribed 'Best to Jim Pilatos, fellow artist. Howard Brodie '97' on ffep. James Pilatos (1932-2006) was an animator for Walt Disney Studios. He was the husband of artist Jane Goode.

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The true first and unabridged edition, issued in wrappers only. This copy was Jerome Klinkowitz's copy, signed by Klinkowitz inside the front cover and featuring his marginalia throughout. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers.

Soft cover. Etat : Very good. No jacket. Inscribed by Howard Brodie on front page. Cover is lightly rubbed and cover corners are bumped and worn. Spine is sunned, but text is legible. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.

PAPERBACK, fresh copy, appears unused. CARNOCHAN, W. B. The young Gouverneur Morris: two essays. Portola Valley, Calif.: Galloway Hills Press, 2013, 44pp., . Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816. - Stanford historian whose family traced back to Gouverneur Morris. - Includes: A Spirit of Adventurous Esperiment: Gouverneur Morris's Commencement Orations at King's College - Revolution and the Ideology of Friendship: Gouverneur Morris, John Jay, and Peter Van Schaack.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Signed under author's name on both title pages, with additional inscription at top right of first title page: "To: Edith Thanks for your support Alan" Book has modest scratching, moderate peeling at edges and corners. Otherwise, binding is tight, pages are clean and crisp with no visible markings. Overall a very attractive signed copy.

Paperback. Etat : Fine. Signed by author under title on title page with additional inscription at top right: "To Edith Thanks! Alan" Book has very light cornerwear but is otherwise as new. Binding is tight, pages are crisp and glossy. Overall book is clean with no visible markings or damage.

Paperback. Etat : Very good +. Limited Edition. SIGNED. 75pp. Octavo [22 cm] Handcrafted stiff blue card wraps. With nine hand-pulled woodcuts by the author. Number 36 in an edition limited to 50. In addition to being a poet, Browning is also a book printer and designer, and the founder of Twin Elephants Press. This copy is inscribed by the author on the title page: "To____ in hope that some of these please her. Stephen Browning.".

Paperback. Etat : Very good. Limited Edition. 72pp. Octavo [22 cm] Stiff wraps. The cover is a linocut cum cordage, on Arches Lavis Fidelis paper. The covers are a bit bowed. Number 18 in an edition limited to 50 copies.

Paper Back. Etat : Fine. 4th & 1st. 2vol.set: 139&91pp.; SCs burnt yellow w/blk.&lt.brwn.w/blk.; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. "How to Communicate Under Pressure: Dealing Effectively with Difficult People" "Staying on Track Under Pressure: The Art of Strategic Listening & Observation".

Softcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Trade paperback original. About fine in pictorial printed wrappers. (A few light traces of shelf-wear to edges of covers. ) True first printing of the underground hit book. Reprinted by Delacorte.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition.

Etat : Very good. Limited Edition. Octavo [22 cm] White, red, and black illustrated wraps with rough-cut edges. The wraps have sporadic areas of minor soiling, and there are 5 small stains on the front wrap of volume 4. The first volume is a second edition. Volumes 1, 3, and 4 are all listed as number 18 in an edition of 50. Volume 2 is number 31 in an edition of 50. In addition to being a poet, Browning is also a book printer and designer, and the founder of Twin Elephants Press.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. The book is in excellent condition!

Hardcover. Etat : Fine in Fine Custom Box. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Classic horror, fantasy, noir, fable, tragedy, sci-fi, fairy tales, and Americana find their way into this four volume collection ofliterary erotica. This four volume collection contains 12 stories with 16 full page illustrations, including Authors' Notes with historical context following each tale. The authors use erotic scenes as a fresh way to explore familiar character arcs and thematic elements, taking great care to present each tale in the idiom and voice of the original author when possible, so that each story might work on its own terms. The original stories were conceived in a patriarchal, hetero-normative context, but by shining an egalitarian light on each of them, unexpected dynamics emerge between these famous characters creating erotic scenes that will appeal to the modern reader. Volume I: The Dark Deed The Time Machine The Very Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde The Lost Entry of Frankenstein's Monster Volume II: Manners & Merrymaking The Emperor's New Clothes Wendy & Peter Pan Cinderella & the Great Ball Volume III: The Upper Hand The Bard & the Ell-Maid of Sherwood Forest The Private Dick Another Adventure for Tom Sawyer Volume IV: The Mortal Transcends Pygmalion, Cynisca, & Galatea An Unusual Request The Story of Not-So-Little Sanjay Typefaces used are Eric Gill's Joanna and Perpetua. The books are printed on Arches Rives Lightweight Paper using Hanco Raven Black Ink on a Vandercook Universal III.Limited and deluxe bindings by Amy Borezo. [publisher's statement]. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, leather spine in burgundy, brown, green, and purple with blanks, hand-marbled paper endpages, leather headbands, gilt lettering and decorative elements, hand colored frontispieces; housed in a telescoping box in green cloth with an acrylic window to show the spines. 12mo. 77, 77, 79, 91pp. Illus. (Colored and b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 8 of 25. Second suite of plates in brown cave paper folder.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Hardcover. Number 14 of 25 deluxe copies of this four volume collection. There were also 100 copies printed for the standard edition. First Bite Press was founded by Stephanie K. Dolin to produce fine press books with original erotic and romantic writing. Dolin writes on her press website: "First Bite Press publishes limited edition books in a genre of fiction that is currently not being produced by fine press printers. Romance novels, including those with "steamy" scenes, are the highest grossing genre in fiction. illustrators. Beautiful, high-quality, hand made books to showcase the author's stories are rare. As a result, what we often lack in fine press books is the fun and exciting exploration of the human condition and imagination through intimate experiences. It seems a natural fit for the tactile experience of reading a handmade book. After a successful career in the legal technology field, Dolin turned her attention to learning the skills necessary to publish, design, and produce limited edition books. With her work at First Bite Press, she wants to create beautiful books where all of the components of a book from the content to the sewing of the bindings, coalesces into a pleasurable, thoughtful experience for the reader." Each of the four volumes in this beautiful and intriguing set has a different title and three stories taken from classic fairy tales and literature. In their introduction the authors write: "Unlike much erotic or fan fiction that concludes with happily ever after, in these stories we let classic horror, fantasy, noir, fable, tragedy, sci-fi, fairy tales.maintain their organic integrity." Thus the stories include their versions of The Time Machine, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, Wendy and Peter Pan, Cinderella, Tom Sawyer, and Pygmalion among others. Volume I is titled "The Dark Deed;" Volume II is titled "Manners & Merrymaking;" Volume III is 'The Upper Hand;" Volume IV is "The Mortal Transcends." This deluxe set includes the four volumes each with a hand painted frontispiece, different colored leather spine, leather headbands, and decorative stamping and titling on their brown covers. The collection is housed in an elegant green cloth covered telescoping box with an acrylic window to show the spines. Details include handmarbled papers and a portfolio of five hand printed erotic illustrations that is not included in the standard edition. Printed on Rives Lightweight paper using Perpetua and Joanna Typefaces. In fine condition. Volumes measure 3.5 x 6.25 inches. Volumes I-III each have 77 pages; Volume IV has 91 pages. PRI/073024.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Hardcover. Number 9 of 100 standard copies of this four volume collection.There were also 25 copies in the deluxe edition. First Bite Press was founded by Stephanie K. Dolin to produce fine press books with original erotic and romantic writing. Dolin writes on her press website: "First Bite Press publishes limited edition books in a genre of fiction that is currently not being produced by fine press printers. Romance novels, including those with "steamy" scenes, are the highest grossing genre in fiction. illustrators. Beautiful, high-quality, hand made books to showcase the author's stories are rare. As a result, what we often lack in fine press books is the fun and exciting exploration of the human condition and imagination through intimate experiences. It seems a natural fit for the tactile experience of reading a handmade book. After a successful career in the legal technology field, Dolin turned her attention to learning the skills necessary to publish, design, and produce limited edition books. With her work at First Bite Press, she wants to create beautiful books where all of the components of a book from the content to the sewing of the bindings, coalesces into a pleasurable, thoughtful experience for the reader." Each of the four volumes in this beautiful and intriguing set has a different title and three stories taken from classic fairy tales and literature. In their introduction the authors write: "Unlike much erotic or fan fiction that concludes with happily ever after, in these stories we let classic horror, fantasy, noir, fable, tragedy, sci-fi, fairy tales.maintain their organic integrity." Thus the stories include their versions of The Time Machine, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, Wendy and Peter Pan, Cinderella, Tom Sawyer, and Pygmalion among others. Volume I is titled "The Dark Deed;" Volume II is titled "Manners & Merrymaking;" Volume III is 'The Upper Hand;" Volume IV is "The Mortal Transcends." This standaard set includes the four volumes each with a different colored cloth binding wiith gilt titling to spine. The collection is housed in purple stiff paper slipcase. Printed on Rives Lightweight paper using Perpetua and Joanna Typefaces. In fine condition. Volumes measure 3.5 x 6.25 inches. Volumes I-III each have 77 pages; Volume IV has 91 pages. PRI/031524.

Unknown Binding. Etat : Like New. Slender trade paperback looks unread showing light rub Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Newspaper. Three issues of the tabloid format newspaper, all with horizontal fold, paper evenly toned, otherwise very good. Issues present are vol. 3 no. 1 of Drumbeat, followed by vol. 3 nos. 3 and 4 after the name changed to Screaming Eagle. Printed in cooperation with Oakland's Intertribal Friendship House. Includes articles on cultural and political events (Stanford Powwow, American Indian Music Festival, protests against construction at a burial ground, and much more).

Etat : Good Clean Cond. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Illus with b/w Photos (illustrateur). 96 pages. Paperback : soft cover edition in good plus condition, a typical used book with slight wear to edges and spine. Some minor bumping or creases. Overall good / nice copy of this scarce title. Excellent reading on the subject. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand for yourself. Or would make an ideal gift for the fan / reader in your life. Reading is one of the great pleasures in life. Book.