Search Results: Authors starting with K from Knickerbocker Books

Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1980. FINE four-volume set in Near Fine custom leatherette folding case with leather ties. #37 of 500 Limited Edition. A deluxe facsimile of the Lemgo 2-volume edition of 1777 / 79, prepared by Christian Wilhelm Dohm from Kaempfer's original manuscript, complete with folded plates. Also, the folio of B/W botanical plates "Icones Selectae Plantarum, quas in Japonia Collegit et Delineavit Engelbertus Kaempfer" edited by Joseph Banks (London, 1791). A fourth volume of commentary, includes the bibliographical discussion of works on Japan before Kaempfer, by Johann Caspar Scheuchzer; new essays on Kaempfer's role in the European Enlightenment; a printing history of his work on Japan; and a view of Kaempfer from the perspective of Japanese studies. Numerous illustrations and plates (many folding). Books bound in three quarter-leather and marbled boards. Four volumes, 8° and 4°, all in original tissue wrappers, all Fine in Near Fine, slightly shelf… Read More

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Editora Jose Olympio, 1996. In Portuguese. The diary of Frida Kahlo "an intimate self portrait." NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. A fresh, clean and sturdy copy. Hardcover binding of thick boards covered in bright red cloth, gilt lettered on spine and gilt decoration on front. Marbled endpapers. The only marking is a rubber stamped "Received in production department Oct 11 1996" on half-title page. No other markings, cover and pages bright and fine. Binding and hinges firm and intact. French-fold color jacket is clean and complete, slightly shelf rubbed but no tears, chips or creases. Introduction by Carlos Fuentes, Commentary by Sarah M. Lowe, translated to Portuguese by Mario Pontes. Full-color reproduction of Kahlo's handwritten diary, including color art, covering the years 1944-54, containing poems, thoughts and dreams, reflections on her tumultuous relationship with Diego Rivera. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2". 296 pages. First Thus. Hardcover. Near… Read More

Oak Park, IL: Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation, 1982. 1982 softcover. NEAR FINE. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked copy. Pages fresh and fine, firmly staple bound into two-color pictorial stiff paper wrapper. Slight rubbing to wrapper spine ends and corner tips, otherwise fine. Oak Park was Frank Lloyd Wright's home from 1889 to 1909. He used his house and studio as experimental models in developing the unique residential American architecture that became known as Prairie Style. This 7-1/2 x 7-1/2" 28-page (plus cover) booklet, illustrated throughout with black & white photos as well as architectural layouts, provides a concise chronological history of the modifications made to the original home between 1889 and 1909 and from 1911 to 1974.. Wrappers. Near Fine.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1982 1982 Edition published in association with Galerie St. Etienne. FINE in VERY GOOD+ price intact dust jacket. Clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound in pebbled ivory boards with light gray cloth spine. Pages and cover clean and unworn. Unclipped color illustrated jacket is clean and bright, lightly shelf worn, with small nick to front flap fold, no tears or chips. In a clear archival protector. Hinges and binding firm and straight. 9-3/4 x 11"; 160 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+. 4to.

New York: Random House, 2005 2005 Stated First Edition, First Printing. Fine in Near Fine, price-intact, dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Hardcover, black paper over boards, is fresh and unworn. Dust jacket, price intact, has slight rubbing and some creasing along edges but is otherwise clean and fine. Binding tight, boards and spine straight. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2"; 431 pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Stockholm: Bokforlaget Trevi, 1987. AUTHOR INSCRIBED 1987 Edition. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. The book is inscribed, in English by Ms. Karhola-Wettergren, in blue ballpoint, on the front free endpaper, "To Chuck with thanks for our interesting business relationship and for warm friendship - from Lil." Laid into the book is a personal note to Chuck, also in English and signed "Lil" handwritten on a printed personalized notecard of "Lil och Arvo Karhola." There is reference in the note that indicates that a Charles A. Lee was "Chuck." Lil Karhola-Wettergren was a successful business woman, daughter of Hugo Drangel, a Swedish industrialist in the paper industry. In 1944 Dragnel designed a disposable paper diaper. His daughter continued this work in the 1950s. The book is in Swedish, the title in English would roughly translate to "Raised in a Man's World." Other than the inscription this is clean, unmarked copy. Pages are fresh and fine, bound in… Read More

New York: International Center of Photography, 1976 Exhibition catalog to accompany the fall 1976 show at the Center. VERY GOOD soft cover bound in white paper wrapper, blind embossed title on front. Internally fine - pages clean, totally unmarked. The wrapper is lightly toned along spine and edges and there are a few small spots on front panel. Binding firm. B&W photos spanning over 40 years of Feininger's career (1928 - 1975). 8-1/4 x 10-3/8"; 68 pages. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979 Stated First Edition, First Printing. VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD+ price-intact dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and firmly bound hardcover. Top and bottom page edges lightly foxed or toned, pages otherwise fresh and fine. Blue cloth hardcover is lightly toned and rubbed along edges, otherwise very good. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, no tears or chips, a few light spottings, spine slightly faded. Price intact on front flap. Binding firm. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2"; ix + 346 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good+.

New York: John Lane, 1910 ...from his works, letters and conversations. This Volume starts with continuation of Book IV. "In Exile" 1831-1848. With engraved portrait frontis. Internally a near fine copy (unmarked and some pages still uncut) in blue cloth binding that is clean but worn along edges. The spine is darkened and the cloth is chipped and frayed at base of spine. Binding is very good, book sits squarely in cover and the hinges are intact. 5-3/4 x 9"; 304 text pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Zurich, Switzerland: Atrium Verlag, 1950. 1950 printing of 1938 edition. VERY GOOD hardcover in FAIR dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages and color plates near fine. Hardcover of color pictorial paper over boards with yellow cloth spine strip, title stamped in orange on spine. Cloth worn at spine ends and small stains to corners of front cover but overall cover is very good, artwork bright and attractive. Binding and hinges firm and straight. Jacket is worn with most of spine paper perished, large chip and creasing at bottom of back panel, tearing along flap folds and toning along left and top edges of front panel. Illustration on front of jacket is in very good condition and back cover illustration also bright. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. 10 full-page color plates - one of which is a 2-page spread. Charming black & white drawings in text. Artwork by Walter Frier. Printed in Austria. 8 x 10-1/2". 48 pages plus plates. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair.… Read More

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1974. 1974 Stated First Edition, First Printing. FINE in NEAR FINE, unclipped, dust jacket. No writing or markings and tightly bound in grey cloth hardcover. Pages clean and crisp. Dust jacket clean and complete with no tears or chips - a bit of light surface rubbing. Several black & white illustrations in text. The Christiana resistance ranks with Nat Turner as one of the major episodes in black American history. 6 x 9". viii + 359 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Minneapolis, MN: Fairview Press, 1996. Stated First Printing, October 1996, with '1' in printing line. BOLDLY INSCRIBED by KEESHAN in blue felt tip on half title page: "To Ruth - Love - + Happy Birthday! Captain Kangaroo, B J Keeshan. 10-03-96." NEAR FINE. A clean, otherwise unmarked, and tightly bound soft cover. Pages clean and fine & firmly bound in clean, color pictorial paper cover with folded flaps. Cover is clean with price intact; slightly shelf rubbed but no tears, chips or creases. Binding secure, no creasing to spine, no splits. A fascinating autobiography of Captain Kangaroo, with his Treasure House friends (yes, Mr. Green Jeans, Mr. Moose, Bunny Rabbit, Grandfather Clock, Dancing Bear, and of course Tom Terrific and Wonder Dog, Mighty Manfred, and many others). Generously illustrated with black and white photos. 9 x 12"; 208 pages. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to.

Darien, CT: The Educational Publishing Corp., 1958 1958 First Edition. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. A late 1950s "back to basics" approach to education, still relevant and useful for today's educators. Dr. Keliher was an professor and a teacher trainer at New York University. Eleanor Roosevelt contributed the Foreword. This is a crisp, clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages fine and blue cloth hardcover is fresh with only slight edge rub. Red dust jacket is clean and complete - spine color faded and light edge wear (rubbing, short closed tear, small creases). Binding tight, hinges strong. 5 x 8-1/4"; 148 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

London: Dennis Dobson, 1977 1977 First Edition. Near Fine in Very Good price intact dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages crisp and fine. Hardcover of tan paper covered boards is lightly edge rubbed. Unclipped illustrated jacket, printed on orange paper, is overall clean, slight rubbing to back panel, spine a bit color faded. There is some edgewear: a short closed tear and associated crease at top of front panel and small creases along top of back panel. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding and hinges firm and intact. Hans Keller (1919-85) renowned musicologist, music critic and individualist; inventor of Wordless Functional Analysis and perpetrator of the infamous 1961 'Piotr Zak' musical prank. In the Preface to this work Keller warns that 1984 quickly approaches. The best defense against an Orwellian world? "Thinkers of the World, Disunite!" Five essays and 12-pages of B&W sketches, "The Prague Sketchbook," by Milein… Read More

New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1967 1967. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. A clean, unmarked, and firmly bound copy in dark red hardcover, gilt stamped on front and spine. Pages fine; cover is fresh and bright. Jacket is clean though slightly toned and shelf-rubbed; light edgewear, one short closed edge tear and a few scratches and one small tear to middle of spine. Binding and hinges tight and intact. A critical study of Alfonso X, el Sabio (Alfonso the Wise) asserts that he was the composer of some, possibly all, of the 'Cantigas de Sana Maria' as well as 'Cantigas Profanas.' No. 12 in the Twayne's World Author Series. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4"; 198 pages . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

Utica, NY: Central New York Community Arts Council, 1972. 1972 First Ed. VERY GOOD softcover. A clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound copy. Bound in pictorial stiff paper cover which is clean with some scuffing at spine fold and color fade to edges - no chips, creases or tears and binding secure - no splits or cracks. A well-designed and generously illustrated historical tour of the area surroundiing Utica, New York - approximately Little Falls to the east, Lyons Falls to the north, Oneida and Camden tothe west and Bridgewater to the south. A map of the area is printed on the inside of the back cover. 7 x 8"; 120 pages. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good.

Irvington, New York, U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 1993 1993 Columbia Univ. Press. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages fresh and fine. Bound in black hardcover which is also clean and unworn. Dust jacket clean with no tears or chips - light rubbing to back panel. Binding firm and tight, book straight. The effect of literature on our perception of the English country house, especially as political and social reality has moved away from the "great good places" of our imaginations. Illustrated with 36 b/w photos. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4"' xiii + 210 pages plus illustrations.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979 1979, printing unstated. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. A fresh, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound hardcover. Top edge has very light specks of foxing but otherwise pages are crisp and fine. Cover, tan and green cloth wit gilt spine lettering, is clean and unworn. Jacket also clean; top edge of flaps slightly toned, light edge rubbing and a few light scuff marks to the rear panel. but no tears, creases or chips. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding tight, hinges firm, boards and spine straight. Kemp investigates the highly complex relationship between poet and region and how Frost's attempt to portray himself as the "Yankee farmer poet" affected his poetry. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4" xiii + 273 pages. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. 2003 First Printing. FINE in FINE price-intact dust jacket. A fresh, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy in unclipped jacket. Mid-western farm life in the mid-twentieth century is delightfully portrayed for young readers, in both paint and prose, by Mr. Stark. Color illustrations throughout. A fine, unread copy. 8-3/4 x 10-3/4". 32 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Stark, Ken. 4to.

San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999 1999 Stated First Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE, price intact, dust jacket. A fresh, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound hardcover. Pages crisp and fine. Yellow and green hardcover slightly rubbed at spine ends, otherwise fine. Unclipped dust jacket slightly edge rubbed but clean with no tears., chips or creases. Binding and hinges very tight - apparently an unread copy. Uncommon in near fine condition. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2"; xii + 242 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.