Search Results: Authors starting with K from Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.

1986 Book is in generally very good condition. There is a dedication in pen on the front free end paper.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Edward Arnold, London, 1903 16 plates, contemporary 3/4 red calf, 1st edition, contains images of skiers. This is an especially attractive copy, beautifully bound about 1920 by Eric Wilfred Dickens, bookbinder, (born 24/9/1888) of 46 Mordaunt St. Stockwell, London. The spine has a leather label and five raised bands & is densely tooled in gilt. This copy was used as a sample of Mr Dickens bookbinding skill & was purchased by us directly from the bookbinders grandson in its original book cabinet.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1885 205 x 145. [x], 399 p. Chromo-lithographic frontispiece of H.M.S.Druid. 1 Plate and 16 text illustrations. Folding map of Newfoundland at rear (detached). Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt cartouche of rutting stags on upper cover. Upper hinge slightly weak. Prelims very slightly foxed. All corners and edges very slightly worn. With flourishing pencil ownership signature and bookplate/visiting card of Major C.M. Dobell, Royal Welch Fusiliers (1869-1954). Written by William Kennedy, a Royal Navy officer who eventually became the Commander-in-Chief of the Nore. This book explores Kennedy's time as the commander of the Druid and as senior officer on the Newfoundland Coast. Describing Haiti Kennedy says that he "had come amongst a race of people indulging in cannibalism, secret poisoners, sorcerer, ghouls, child-slayers, and serpent-worshippers.the immediate effect of Voudouxism has been disastrous to this… Read More

1812 12mo. Title in manuscript and the Book of Common Prayer in shorthand. ll edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Inner gilt dentelles. Faded ink, cracked hinges, headband loose. 7 x 11 cm. Contemporary straight-grained burgundy morocco, gilt, upper cover with contrasting black morocco oval inlay with author's initials within floral scrolling border & lower cover with date within identical hand-tooled decoration in gilt (rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities). George Kirkby Junior (1773-1857) was the owner of the Kentish Gazette along with Charles Petman Rouse, and James Lawrence. James Hervey (1714-1758), Calvinist Anglican divine (and former Oxford Methodist), following several minor clerical appointments in 1740 he became the curate of Bideford, North Devon, where he started work on the drafts of his famous Meditations and Reflections. The latter works appeared in 1745-1746, to be followed in 1747 by his Contemplation upon the night and other works. His popular Meditations Among the… Read More

Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, 1998 This book is in very good condition with minimal signs of wear and very slight bumping at the bottom of the cover.. Hardcover. Very Good.

[Roto-Sadaq, Geneva for] Editions du Seul Album Petite Planete 1 & Photography Magazine, France & London, 1956 First Edition. 192 printed pages of full-page duotone photographic illustrations. The 14 page, staple-bound, satirical, promotional, pamphlet bookmark -attached by the original short length of black cord- is present (some mild creasing at bottom and slight toning). 22.5 x 28.5 cm. Original blackcloth. Gold lettering on spine (slightly faded) and on upper cover. Very slightly worn at head of spine, but overall in very good condition. One of the most scarce, most important, & most sought after titles in photographic literature of the late twentieth century, it is regarded as one of the most influential and groundbreaking photo-books. Published in 1956, its visual energy captured the rough-and-tumble streets of New York, a city Klein once described as "the world capital of anguish", like no photo-book had done before or since. Robert Capa famously declared that if your… Read More

John Murray, 1898 8 plates, title page foxed, contemporary 3/4 green morocco, spine faded. This is an especially attractive copy, beautifully bound about 1920 by Eric Wilfred Dickens, bookbinder, (born 24/9/1888) of 46 Mordaunt St. Stockwell, London. The spine has a leather label and five raised bands & is densely tooled in gilt. This copy was used as a sample of Mr Dickens bookbinding skill & was purchased by us directly from the bookbinders grandson in its original book cabinet.. Hardcover. Very Good.