Search Results: Authors starting with K from Arabesque Books

Tokyo, Japan: Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 1967. First Edition . Pictorial Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 129 pages. Illustrated in color and in black and white. Protected in mylar. Text in Japanese and English by Ryo Yanagi and Elise Grilli. No previous owner's names or marks. A nice copy of a scarce book.

Tokyo, Japan: Kadokawa Publishing Co., (1959), 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio. Volume 6. 7 laid-in color plates, 64 pages of black and white plates, 66 pages in Japanese, 16 pages in English entitled Kegon Engi. Bound in silver cloth covered boards. Minor wear on the binding with 2" of fraying along the spine, but otherwise very solid.

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, (1937), 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Thick 8vo. pp. xiv, [2], 1-400. Illustrated. Maps. Fold-out Maps. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve, not price clipped. Dust jacket has some edge and corner wear and a 5" by 3/4" closed tear along the top of the rear panel. Gift inscription from 1947 on the front free end paper, no other marks. Binding and interior of book in very clean, attractive condition. A handsome copy.

New York: Greenwood Press, (1991), 1991. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. pp. xlii, [3], 2-92, [2]. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Book protected in new mylar. No marks or former owner's names. In like new condition.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. pp. lxi, [4], lxvii-lxx, [2], 3-415, viii (index). Frontispiece. Four maps. First Borzoi Edition. First published in 1863. Edited with an introduction by John A. Scott. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve, not price clipped. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear and the slightest of light tanning on the rear panel. Binding and interior of book are square, tight, and very clean with no marks except a previous owner's name on the front free end paper. The famous English actress's fascinating account of life among the slaves and slaveholders of a cotton-and-rice plantation in the ante-bellum South. A handsome, classic, quality book.

Boston: Branden Publishing Company, (1992), 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. pp. iii, 355. Illustrated. Enclosed is an unattached book plate signed by the authors stating that this is number 607 of 1000 copies. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. An excellent copy with no former owner's names or marks, very clean and solid. A gift quality copy.

Savannah, Georgia: The Beehive Press, (1973), 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. pp. xviii, 167. Illustrated. Dust jacket is protected in a mylar sleeve. From the dust jacket flap, "Contains complete interviews with eighteen slaves, plus selections from the reminiscences of fifty further slaves. During the 1930's the last former slaves were disappearing from the American scene. These men and women were the last living witnesses to slavery in the United States, and this was the final opportunity to learn from them what slavery was really, intimately like. Field workers of the Federal Writers' Project were dispatched to ask them about plantation life, etc."

New York: Abbeville Press, (1995), 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Oblong Folio. 215 pages. Illustrated in full color, some illustrations fold out. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve, not price clipped. No previous owner's names or marks. A beautiful, tight, square, like new, gift quality copy.

Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to. pp. xii, [3], 2-146. Illustrated. Dust jacket protected in new mylar, not price clipped. Dust jacket has minor edge wear and a very light damp stain on spine. Binding and book are in very clean, solid, tight condition. No former owner's names or marks. New Orleans' architecture. An attractive copy.

Kansas City, Missouri: The Lowell Press, (1976), 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Square 8vo. pp. viii, [2], 117. Illustrated in color. Map end papers. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve. Signed on the half title, "With best wishes, Dean Krakel II". Beautiful, full color photos on every page. No previous owner's names or marks. Not price clipped. From the dust jacket, "A compelling portrait of the elk, a species that has been driven to final sanctuaries by the rush of civilization. Set in the majestic splendor of Wyoming's rugged Teton mountains, Season of the Elk is a poignant chapter from the saga of our vanishing wilderness and a captivating wildlife documentary on America's last great elk herds." A scarce signed copy of a gift quality book.

New York: Harry Winston, Inc. and the Gemological Institute of America, (1984), 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Large 4to. pp. xi, [5], 3-206 including notes and bibliography. Ronald Winston, Editor. Illustrated with stunning color photography. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve, price clipped. Signed by the author, "Atlanta, February 1986, With all best wishes, Laurence Krashes". Not inscribed to any individual. Laurence Krashes worked for Harry Winston in New York for over 12 years. From the dust jacket, "Over the years, Mr. Winston purchased and had fashioned some of the finest rough diamonds ever discovered, including the Jonker, the Niarchos, the Taylor-Burton, the Winston, the Star of Independence, and the Star of Sierra Leone. He also handled such famous historical diamonds as the Idol's Eye, the Arcots, the Nepal, The Briolette, the Indore Pearshapes, and the Eugenie Blue. He is perhaps best known for donating the notorious Hope… Read More

Norfolk/Virginia Beach: Donning Company, (1986), 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to, (11 1/4" tall). 296 pages. Illustrated. Illustrated end papers. Dust jacket protected in a new mylar sleeve. A book plate has been added to the front free end paper which is signed by the author and notes that this is number 577 of a special edition. No previous owner's names or marks. A very clean, solid, square, attractive copy. Gift quality.