Publicado por Bookmark Inc., Manila., 1977
Librería: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Unread copy. Binding firm, interior tanned but clean and unmarked. Introduction by Francisco Arcellana. Short stories of Manila and Mindoro with a central theme of the clash between city & sophisticated and rural & savage life. B/w illus. & photos. *** 209pp. *** Reprint.
Publicado por Bookmark Inc., Manila, Philippines.
Librería: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Book of poems and essays by this Philippine author; also, biographical sketches of Vidal, Jr. by Pura Santillan-Castrence and Jose Lardizabal; 91 pp. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Soft cover |.
Publicado por Manila Bookmark Inc, 1990
ISBN 10: 9711341107 ISBN 13: 9789711341107
Librería: Tweedside Books, PBFA, MELROSE, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Paperback first edition in very good condition. (Book ref 2773).
Publicado por Bookmark Inc., Manila, Philippines.
Librería: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. Cover spotted, bumped, o/w good in tattered dj; Introduction by Celso Al. Carunungan; seven plays: Conflict, Opisina Ng Gobierno, In Unity, Our Strange Ways, The Old Teacher, Three Is One, Blessed Are the Grafters; b/w photo plates; 222 pp. > DJ Poor | > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |.
Publicado por Manila, The Bookmark, Inc., 1963
Librería: Antiquariat Bookfarm, Löbnitz, Alemania
Hardcover. 428 p. Ex-library with signature on spine and stamps inside. Good condition. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 930.
Publicado por Makati, Metro Manila, Bookmark, Inc., 1986. [, 1986
ISBN 10: 9711340143 ISBN 13: 9789711340148
Librería: Reiner Books, Minneapolis, MN, Estados Unidos de America
Ejemplar firmado
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. ] Hardback, quarto, just over 8 1/2 x 11 inches, xii + 220 pages, VG+ in VG to VG+ dj (dj fitted w/ protective mylar sleeve). Book itself very clean, quite nice w/ only small bumps to the corners & heel of spine (no effects within the book). DJ clean & whole, mostly back panel (and spine) some background color fading (or even might be a varnish coat which seems also to be peeling with no effects to the printing). Title page has a neat, informative & somewhat lengthy inscription SIGNED and dated January 7, 1993, Pasig, Metro Manila by the author. Numerous photos both b&w and color + Glossary and Index. Due to size & weight Priority or International order will require additional shipping charges. RWR5 Traditional Crafts Skills Baskets Basketmaking. Inscribed by Author(s).
Publicado por Bookmark, Inc, Manila, 1992
ISBN 10: 9715690653 ISBN 13: 9789715690652
Librería: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. 85p., paperback, 7.5x7.5 inches, very good. Illustrated profusely with color photographs.
Publicado por Manila, Philippines: Bookmark Inc., 1986
Librería: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 220 pages. Published in 1986. Pioneering Monograph on subject, definitive in its own right, and as described by its leading authority. One of the best books on Philippine basketry and on ethnic arts and crafts ever published in the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. There is no ISBN. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Bookmark Manila: Oversize-volume format. Green hard boards with elaborate design embossed on cover and titles embossed on spine, as issued. Text by Robert F. Lane. Photographs by Jacinto Tee. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Manila, the Philippines to the highest standards. The production values are outstanding in every respect. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Robert F. Lane's "Philippine Basketry: An Appreciation". The sublime beauty and meticulous craftsmanship of Philippine baskets, showcased in all their glory. Lane discusses their traditions, processes, and techniques in loving detail. His text is lavishly supplemented with hundreds of black-and-white and color photographs of the objects themselves. One of the best books on its fascinating and infinitely rewarding subject, some of the most exquisite baskets in the world, this tribute to basket art is an unsurpassable classic. An absolute "must-have" title for ethnic basketry collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed, dated, placed, and inscribed in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "The natural materials of our environment are given a new life. Our lives are enhanced by the forms, colors, textures, and utility of baskets. On behalf of all our craftspeople, Robert F. Lane June, 1988 Intramuros, Manila". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. There is no recipient named. Robert F. Lane's handwriting is unusually refined and beautiful. This title is a great art monograph. This is the only such signed, dated, placed, and inscribed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp and bright. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of black-and-white and color plates. A fine collectible copy. Signed by Author.
Publicado por Manila, Philippines: Bookmark Inc., 1968
Librería: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 195 pages. Published in 1968. Retrospective collection of short stories. One of the finest short-story collections of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. There is no ISBN. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Kerima Polotan's "Stories". Written over a twenty-year period (between 1948 and 1968) : An arc of eleven, award-winning stories that begins with apprentice work then builds up, climactically, to masterwork. Selected and arranged by the author herself, the stories, while self-contained, trace and illuminate her development as a writer, from the lyrical evocation of adolescent female confusions in "This Door" and "The Trap" to the unsparing and un-sentimental dramatization of her place and destiny in "The Virgin" and "Cost Price", and finally to the intricate, luminous, and complex narratives of "The Sounds of Sunday" and "A Various Season". The comment by the American critic Edward M. Potoker that Polotan's theme is "pastoral virtue versus urban corruption" is simplistic and ultimately wrong. As she herself writes, Polotan is uncompromising about life, rural or urban: "I have often been accused of pattern-ing my fiction after true-to-life incidents, which is not quite the truth. Life, I am happy to say, has spared me nothing, and I have, in turn, given it no quarter. I have written for the simplest reason: It is what I can do, it is my life" (Kerima Polotan). Polotan's tough-minded yet generous writing exposes the mediocrity of contemporary writing for what it is: Sterile prose, undergraduate philosophizing, Marvel Comics fantasy-narratives. An absolute "must-have" title for Kerima Polotan collectors. This title is a great collection. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. It is the single most beautiful copy we have ever seen, and probably the last. A rare copy thus. The greatest Philippine writer in English of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER KERIMA POLOTAN TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). no.