Search Results: Authors starting with K from Blue Sky Rare Books

Capizon Publishing. Paperback. Fine. Paperback, fine, about as new.

Oxford University Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fine copy, printed boards, no jacket as printed.

Grove Press, Inc,, 1956. Paperback. Very Good. Contents free of all markings, some minor staining and wear to the paper covers. A no-fuss rrading copy.

Tokyo: Tokumashoten Company Ltd, 1964. first edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Book near fine in DJ that is VG+ (couple of small nicks) in original plastic wrap. Very nice copy. Presentation of koshirae for those who would seek to make or assemble appropriate mountings for swords. Combined Japanese and English text addressing the history of sword mountings and describing the examples shown - many Juyo and Juyo Bijutsuhin included. English translation makes the book very accessible. 74 b&w examples and 17 hand-laid color plates, each captioned in both languages, all tissue guards present. 141 pages, 7º x 10º" hardcover. Nice copy of a very rare book.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A basic very good copy with a little cocking and fraying where the cloth yaps (folds over) the spine texblock, corners worn and showing a bit. Faint contemporary prize inscription on the half title, contents otherwise clean. xxiv, 282 pp. + adverts, all edges gilt. Frontis-piece and 81 illustrations by J. Whistler, F. Walker, John Tenniel, J. D. Watson, W. Small, F. Sandys, G. J. Pinwell, T. Morten, M. J. Lawless, and many others.

New York: Random House, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. near fine. Spectacular hand-colored edition of Candide (1 of 95), issued to celebrate the inauguration of Bennett Cerf's new company, Random House. The logo for Random House, used to this day, comes from the final illustration in the book, by Rockwell Kent, depicting an idealized country home filled with the ideas of the Enlightenment. No slipcase. A beautiful book. 4to, handsomely rebound in 1/2 tan morocco over the original patterned cloth (which is very fresh). New York: Random House, 1928. A near fine copy with just a couple of minor spots in the margins, no bumps or tears. See photos.

Viking, 1997. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book and DJ near fine. DJ in mylar. Nice book.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1999. First Edition. New Hardcover without DJ, as issued. The hardcover was intended for libraries only.

Brill, 2011. Hardcover. Near fine. A couple of neat pencil marks, else fine This is one of those nice Brill print-on-demand books that look much nice than the usual print-on-demand. No jacket, as issue.

Lund Humphries, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Book and jacket as new, jacket in protective mylar wrap.

Berlin and New York: Walter De Gruyter, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Fine paperback, free of all markings. English language edition.

Twayne, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+/Near Fine. Book with some pencil marks in it, DJ is near fine in mylar.

London: Macmillan and Company, 1915. Very Good +/very good. A strong VG++ copy in a custom green cloth chemise (some spotting to the chemise) with the book title stamped in gold on the top board This is the Macmillan edition in tan wraps with the French flag on the top cover POS (neat and period) on top of title page, otherwise tight and free of all markings Nice copy in a durable chemise

Tokyo: Kodansha, 1957. first edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1957. Very Good. Red-orange cloth, silver gilt titling. Silvered page edges. Text in English & Japanese. 24 tipped-in colour-reporductions of woodcuts. Large 4to - up to 12" tall. Strong VG or VG+ copy with some wear to the cloth boards, small corner bumps, binding solid. Charming book.

Dodd, Mead & Compan, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 298pp. Quarto [29.5 cm] 1/4 white cloth with peach colored paper over boards, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a pictorial paper title label. A very nice copy with the usual paper loss to the extremities. Contents very clean, solidly Very Good.

Doubleday, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/near fine. Book near fine, signed by both editors (but not Horton or Moyers). Jacket is Very Good -- a bit wrinkled and worn.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. Very solid VG or VG+ copy, some color loss to the spine, otherwise clean and tight. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7æ" - 9æ" tall. Forword by Lt. Col.E. F. Strange, C.B.E. of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Profusely illustrated by half-tone and collotype plates. Nice copy.

State University of New York Pres, 2008. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Paperback, fine -- as new.

Tokyo: Kodansha, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. As new copy, book and slipcase as new. Book comes in the original shipping carton that has some spotting and shelwear. Number 222 of 300 copies. this is from the deluxe 11 volume edition, not the trade of 10.

Paris: Paraguay Press , 2014. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 16pp, string-sewn, fine condition. "Die Toilette borrows from her books: I Love Dick (1997)....[and others]" SLOB 05A