Search Results: Authors starting with K from Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)

The Hague, P. Gosse & J. Neaulme. 1729. folio, 35.5cm, The First Edition in French, in Two Volumes, lii,217,[1]; & 76,67-313,[1],36,39-73,[1],73-96pp., engraved title vignettes, engraved headpiece on first page of dedication, extra engraved title to vol. I, and with 45 engraved plates and maps, mostly folding; titles printed in red and black (rubricated), in contemporary full calf, real raised bands, gilt decorations and borders in the panels, new endpapers; neat early repair to the head of spine on vol. I , some damp staining to extra title; leaves of vol. I were guarded long ago, causing browning at gutter edge; pl. IV trimmed to neatline, pl. VII trimmed to neatline and laid down, and pl. VIII (large folding map of Japan) trimmed at head affecting upper portion of running title but not the map image itself; vol. II is extremely clean, an attractive set in contemporary binding. (cgc). Brunet III: 638. Cox I- p333. Cordier Japonica, 416. "Kaempfer was a well-known German physician and naturalist… Read More

New York. Schocken Books. [1947]. 12mo, 19cm, 127p., publisher's orange cloth, gilt spine and cover titles, spine slight sunned, very good to fine (Lt.ds). ~ German and English text on opposite pages. Fafka was was a major influence in 20th. "Parables" contains a series of musings about mythical and religious figures, such as Poseidon and Abraham, with commentary about the events of their lives. Our favorite "Robinson Crusoe

New York. The Grolier Club. 2007. 8vo. 23cm, 62p., title printed in red and black, with 28 illustrations including frontis (some colour), black cloth with Grolier Club logo in gilt on the cover, gilt spine titles, as new (gar). ~ Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, March 21 - May 25, 2007. Political cartoons selected from Mr. Kahn's collection of 5000.

London. Jonathan Cape. 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 19cm, first English edition, 224p., green cloth, gilt spine titles, damp stain on the rear cover for-edge, very good (internally fine) (Lt. ~ Two of the best known works of Finnish novelist & short story writer, Aino Kallas (1878-1956): Barbara von Tisenhusen and The Rector of Reigi.

Toronto. McClelland and Stewart. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1976. 4to. 31cm, 192p., 18 illustrations, 62 colour plates, 146 monochrome photographs, bibliography, index, blue cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket (s15.9).

Toronto. University of Toronto Press. 1983. 21cm, 216p., hundreds of illustations from photographs, printed wraps, very good. (On). The Offical Guidebook of the Ottawa Society of Architects.

Toronto, New York, Oxford. Oxford University Press. 1994. Hardcover. sm4to, 25cm, 933p. in 2 volumes, with 859 plates and illustrations, notes, glossary, general index, grey cloth, as new in as new jackets (HoL-38894).

Ottawa. National Museum of Man Mercury Series. 1979, 1979. Soft cover. 28cm, x,159p., appendix, notes, glossary, references, stiff printed wraps, a fine copy (ds7).

Washington. U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office. 1955. Soft cover. 4to, 26.5cm, 32p., 3p.labels, 14 maps, bibliography, quarter cloth backed printed wraps, very good (Ads). - Ice topography is described for possible aircraft landing areas especially under annually recurring conditions. Annual glacial ice distribution is discussed.

Philadelphia. Childs & Peterson. & Boston. Phillips, Sampson & Co.... 1857. 8vo. 23cm, in 2 volumes, 464 & 467pp., with 2 folding maps, 20 steel-engraved plates & c.280 wood engraved plates and illustrations, in the original elaborately blind pictorial and decorated light brown cloth, gilt spine titles, plates foxed, expertly restored, a very good set. (Ar). A.B. 8373. Contains an account of the organization and course of the expedition based on "passages of Kane's journal of interest to the general reader": the voyage to Smith Sound, the wintering at Rensselaer Harbor on the north-west coast of Greenland, the making of observations, sledge journeys, explorations, surveys, etc.; notes upon the Inhuits, flora and fauna, Humboldt and other glaciers, ice, etc.; the abandonment of the Advance and the party's return to Upernavik in small boats. Robert Peary apparently read this account repeatedly, to gain inspiration for his own efforts.

Philadelphia. Childs & Peterson et al. 1857. Hardcover. 22cm, in two volumes, 464 & 467pp. with 2 folding maps, 20 steel-engraved plates & c.280 wood engraved illustrations, in the original extra blind and blind pictorial stamped cloth, gilt titles, a matched set, very good. (ads) A.B. 8373. The expedition purpose was to search for Franklin and make scientific observations in the region north of Smith Sound. There is a good account of the voyage to Smith Sound, and of the winter on the north-west coast of Greenland, including extensive notes on the flora and fauna, eskimos, glaciers; and the story of the final abandonment of the Advance', with the party's return to Upernivik in small boats.

Ottawa. National Gallery of Canada. 1971-72. 4to. 26x 28cm, colour frontis portrait (Kane self-portrait), catalogue, 26 reproductions in black & white, text & titles in English & French, colour illustrated card covers, fine. (HoL). ~ The catalogue includes 171 entries but laid-in are three pages of 35 additional paintings of Paul Kane in the exhibition. This list of extra paintings is usually missing from the catalogue.

London. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. 1859. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 21.5cm, The First Edition, xvii,[1],455p., appendix, with folding coloured frontis map and 8 full colour lithographed plates, 13 woodcut text illustrations, rebound in half calf over marbled boards, with leather label, wanting the half title, the map is wrinkled, the text has some smudge marks, or dust soiling, the plates have some occasional smudges on the margins, but are good clear impressions with vibrant hand colouring, good to very good. (cgc) Lande 1258. T.P.L. 2911. Peel 212. Sabin 37007. Howes K-7. Field 811. Graff 2262. Strathern 290. Wagner-Camp 332:1. The son of an Irish immigrant to Toronto, Kane became one of Canada's most famous nineteenth century painters. After four years studying art in Europe, he returned to paint North American Indians. It was a time of cultivated interest in primitive societies and Kane's paintings somewhat romanticize his subjects. They are, however, an eloquent record of… Read More

Helsinki. Edita. 2001. Hardcover. 27.5cm, 272p., colour illustrationsfrom photographs, illustrated paper over boards (hardcover), a fine copy.(ads).

Bombay. Popular Prakashan. 1993. 21.5cm, xiv,251p., maps, black cloth with gilt titles, a fine copy in very good jacket. (Mt).

Geneva. Nagel Publishers. 1968. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. sq8vo. 23cm, 259p., with 181 illustrations including 122 in colour, notes, chronology, bibliography, index, mapped endpapers, original grey pebbled cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket (tr). ~ An archaelogical study of Cyprus by the Director of the Cyprus Department of Antiquities.

London: Bickers and Son. 1878, 1878. Hardcover. Folio. 34.5cm, xi,373p., with 60 full page plates illustrations with tissue guards and 365 illustrations from wood engravings, In the original elaborately decorated green cloth, black and gilt stamped borders, decorations, block titles and pictorial illustrations on the spine and upper cover, bevelled boards, some early and late slight foxed, expertly restored, a fine copy (tgc).

Saskatoon. Parkland Publishing. 2001. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Oblong. 21.5x28cm, 128p., colour illustrations from photographs, cloth, silver spine titles, a fine copy in fine jacket. (wst).

Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1979. Hardcover. 4to. 30cm, in 4 volumes, various paginations, index, dark blue cloth, gilt titles on front & spine, a very good fine sound set (ref). ~ A massive bibliography of almost 25,000 entries representing the bibliographic, classifying, and annotative work of more than twenty compilers. Vol. I: Art of the Native Americans, architecture, decorative arts, design, sculpture, art of the West. Vol.2: Painting and graphic arts. Vol. 3: Photography, film, theater, dance, music, serials and periodicals. Vol. 4: Index.

Toronto, London, Buffalo.Univerity of Toronto Press. 1978. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Sm. Folio. 30.5x 24cm, reprint, 203p.,with 79 portrait plates, silver cloth, introduction printed on greystock, previous owner's signature, a fine copy in fine jacket. (agc) Includes portraits of Margaret Atwood, Marius Barbeau, Pierre Berton,Billy Bishop, John G. Diefenbaker, Glenn Gould, Vincent Massey, PierreTrudeau, and many others.