Search Results: Authors starting with K from Pages Past Books

Fine Watson-Guptill NY 1984 1st US softcover 4to, 80pp, 130+ illustrations, 62 color plates. Foreword by Wendon Blake. 24 step-by-step demonstrations.

VG/VG condition Simon & schuster NY 1974 1st hardcover 8vo, 224 pages, many illustrations and 32 color plates, index, sources. Dustjacket with light edgewear at top front including 1/2" closed tear. Bright and nice in Brodart protective cover.

VG+/ no dustjacket illus by author Little Brown Boston (1966) 1st hardcover 4to, 349pp, Intro by Walter Muir Whitehill. "Diary of an artist's love affair with New England. " Black and white illustrations.

Good+/Good condition Harper NY 1933 1st edition hardcover 8vo, 352 pages, pictorial endpapers. Novel of English family which takes up the roving life of gypsies. Circulating library/store stamp on endpaper, half title, and top edge. Dustjacket with some chipping to top edge. Protected by Brodart. Small shallow bookworm tunnel near top edge.

fine/near fine alfred a knopf ny 1996 1st american hardcover 8vo, 348 pages, index, b+w photos, maps. '...a tour of every major fortification and scene of battle in north america..." dustjacket price clipped o/w fine/fine.

VG/no dustjacket GP Putnam's NY 1971 1st American hardcover 4to, 286 pages, index, bibliography, color and b+w illustrations. Solid clean copy.

Good+/no dustjacket Tom O'Sullivan illus Grosset & Dunlap NY 1977 1st thus hardcover 4to, 62 pages, b+w illustrations by O'Sullivan, color pictorial covers. Extremities rubbed. Solid clean copy.

NF/NF Viking NY 1987 1st hardcover 8vo, 244 pages. Nice tight bright clean copy with dustjacket in protective cover.

Good+ condition Lee & Shepard Boston (1873, 1901) early reprint hardcover 12mo, 224 pages + ads, b+w illustrations, pictorial cover. A young man overcomes circumstances and an ill temper. Title page indicates part of the Whispering Pines series. Spine indicates American Boys series. Ads at rear of book for several boys' series list this title as #37 in American Boys series. Owner's name inside front cover and on rear endpaper. Light rubbing and soiling with a shallow chip to cloth at spine head. Tight solid copy with pictorial front showing 2 boys in early baseball and football uniforms.

VG/G+ Viking Press NY 1983 1st hardcover 8vo, 402 pages, b+w photos, map, index. Light soiling at top page edge. Dustjacket price clipped with rubbing and a crease at front. Solid and otherwise clean with dj in protective cover.

VG/G Heritage Press NY 1948 1st hardcover 4to, 107+ pages, foreword by Thomas Craven, color and b+w plates and decorations, tipped in frontis photo. Bibliography. Dustjacket spine chipped at bottom 5 3/4" with light edgewear and shallow chip at spine head. Dustjacket in protective cover. Solid clean copy.

X-Lib o/w Good/no dustjacket Catholic Literary Guild Ozone Park (1941) 1st assumed hardcover 8vo, 232 pages. X-Lib with pocket removed from endpaper. Front endpaper reads "Presented to Colonial Book Shop by the author-for the Living Library"

G+ to VG, no dj India John Murray London 1911 1st (scarce) Hardbound 8vo, 214 pp + ad, maps + illustrations, index, top edge gilt, gilt titling and cover decoration Content inlcudes Autumn Crisis of 1910, policy of the Amir, Mekran Field Force, Tribal Responsibility vs Fanaticism etc. Clipped to the top of the title page is a small note reading "Book on N.W.-Frontier by General Staff-Ask Major Whitworth - Simla, Gates to India - Holdich" The paper clip has left a rust stain at the top of the first few pages; the front endpaper is trimmed at the top 3/8"; there is browning/foxing inside the covers; the covers have light extremity wear; there is a small chip at the spine base. The book is solid and otherwise clean.

VG+/VG+ Hubert Sieben photos Doubleday Garden City 1969 1st hardcover 8vo, 284 pages, index, photos. Dustjacket price clipped. Clean solid bright copy.

Very Good with just light edgewear Anchor/Doubleday Garden City 1980 reprint softcover Large 8vo, 419 pages, b+w illustrations, trade paperback. Originally published as "Baseball I Gave You All The Best Years Of My Life."

VG-/VG- Cooper-Hewitt Museum 1982 hardcover 4to, 128 pages, color and b+w photos, index, glossary, reading list. Part of the Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques. Endpapers foxed and dustjacket white lightly soiled.

VG/VG McGraw-Hill NY 1966 1st ed hardcover 8vo, 351 pages, b+w pictures, maps and charts. Story of Philip IV of Spain and the women who influenced his life. 1966 gift inscription on half title page. Light edgewear to dustjacket. Clean bright copy in protective cover.

VG-condition/no dustjacket Doubleday Garden City (1964) reprint hardcover 4to, 183+ pages, color and b+w illustrations, index, notes. Artists whose works are landmarks in the history of painting, beginning with Giotto in the 14th century and ending with Cezanne in the late 19th century. Some light corner wear. Solid, clean copy.

VG/VG-/G+ condition Simon & Schuster NY 1958 6th printing hardcover 8vo, 374 pages, with both issue dustjackets. Book was issued with 2 dustjackets; one with an illustration from the author's painting and the 2nd a plain dj. The plain dj has light edgewear and a 1" closed tear at bottom front. The illustrated dj has some edgewear and light chipping with a 1" closed tear at front bottom. Bright in Brodart protective cover.

Good/no dustjacket Estelle Duval paintings Thomas Nelson & sons NY (1927) early printing hardcover 4to, unpaginated, color illustrations, decorated endpapers, paste on pictorial cover. Easter 1929 gift inscription front endpaper. 14 birds in color with a rhyme, their song and description. Covers worn and rubbed. Solid clean copy.