Search Results: Authors starting with K from Denton Island Books

Marvel Comics, 2006. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library)/Good. An ex-library copy,remains of removed borrowing sheet on flyleaf, library sticker on title page, clean glossy pages;creasing to upper edge of jacket. This deluxe hardcover collects "Ultimate X-Men Volume 9-11", plus a hefty helping of DVD-style extras! In "The Tempest", the death of one of their own leaves the remaining X-Men struggling to deal with the loss. And even before a moment of silence can pass, the mysterious Mr. Sinister arrives, intent on giving the X-Men a lot more to mourn! In "Cry Wolf", Gambit's back, but where's he been - and what does he want? The Fenris twins threaten to expose the Ragin' Cajun's past sins - and they are legion - unless he obeys them. But with Rogue on the other side, to whom will Remy finally lend his loyalty? And what decision does Rogue make that will affect her budding relationship with Bobby Drake, Iceman? And in "The Most Dangerous… Read More

Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd, 2006. Softcover. Fine Condition. Inscribed by Author. SIGNED by the author, and inscribed "With Best Wishes" Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, slight wear to covers. This book is a moving testimony to a world that no longer exists. It recreates the richness of life in a Jewish shtetl before the German invasion without sentimentality. It documents the savage destruction of this Jewish world with the aid of documents, photographs, and family memoirs, and includes stories of extraordinary bravery and survival. --Dr Joanna Newman, Executive Director, London Jewish Cultural Centre 287 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Inscribed by Author. Inventory No: dscf11834. .

Macdonald, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Clean unmarked pages, age spotting to top edge, light handling wear to jacket. Scarce life-story of the famed cellist. 314 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: dscf11109. .

Eel Pie Publishing, 1981. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Light surface wear/creasing to covers,light age spotting to upper text block, pages lightly age toned at the edges. Scarce life-story of the famed cellist. 320 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: dscf11093. .

Sunspelt, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition. In as new condition, clean bright and unmarked. What delicacies can be made from spelt? This book brings you recipes for all occasions! Take advantage of fresh ingredients! This book is a fresh and up-to-date version of Finnish super food. The recipes are collected from esteemed Finnish professional chefs and renowned foodies. 185 pages. Quantity Available: 1. ISBN/EAN: 9789529358168. Inventory No: dscf9405. . 9789529358168

Verso Books, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. A Very Good copy-clean, bright and tight. Crisp, unmarked pages, pressure mark to lower edge front board, great looking jacket with only light shelfwear.Brilliant revisionist account of the origins of the Egyptian Revolution. 340 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Politics & Government; ISBN/EAN: 9781844679614. Inventory No: dscf4336. .

William Collins, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. An excellent copy, in as new condition. Very clean, bright, appears to be unread. "This well-paced, vividly detailed narrative reveals the machine surrounding the Jobsian ghost at Apple and brings the company’s high-flying mythology down to earth’ Publishers Weekly 384 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 750 grams. Category: Business, Finance & Marketing; ISBN/EAN: 9780007467129. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: dscf5642. . 9780007467129

Contemporary Books, Lincolnwood, Illinois, U.S.A, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Notes on Broadway: Conversations with the Great Songwriters. Al Kasha. 1985. Hardcover, 334 pages, illustrated. A very clean, bright, well-preserved copy. Unmarked pages, very lightly age tanned at the edges, clean jacket with slight shelfwear, browning to flap edges. Revealing interviews with twentyfive of Broadway's best songwriters-Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Marvin Hamlisch, Tim Rice and more. Lavishly illustrated with 135 photos drawn from the songwriters' personal files. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Music; ISBN: 0809251620. ISBN/EAN: 9780809251629. Inventory No: DSCF3391. .

Da Capo Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Clean unmarked pages, slight creasing to upper edge of jacket. In The Struggle with the Angel, Jean-Paul Kauffmann -- a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award for his The Black Room at Longwood -- wrestles with good and evil. His muse is The Struggle of Jacob with the Angel, a Delacroix painting in Paris's Saint-Sulpice. In this painting, Delacroix, a narrative artist of the mid 19th century, portrayed one of the most enigmatic episodes in Genesis. It was said to be his "spiritual testimony," and it took him eight years to complete. In the manner of an intuitive detective, Kauffmann investigates the painting and the church that houses it. Stroke by meticulous stroke, he uncovers the painting's deeper meaning the struggle with God for the artist and for himself, as he attempts to put his own troubled past into perspective. Color photos and illustrations accompany this meditation on humanity's struggles with… Read More

Berghahn Books, 2012. Hardcover. As New. A clean unmarked copy in as new condition. Even though the chapters were originally published separately, they fit well together and complement each other well... The book gives a thorough and solid overview not only of the European welfare state concept in itself but also sets it in an international context by including the United States and the former Soviet Union. - Isabelle Kürschner, Hanns-Seidel-Foundation 400 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; ISBN/EAN: 9780857454768. Inventory No: dscf10997. . 9780857454768

Norton & Company, 2000. First thus. Softcover. Good +/No Dust Jacket. A GOOD+ copy, with light cover creasing and edgewear, clean unmarked pages. Engrossing and entertaining biography of an extraordinary ship as well as a detailed portrait of gunboat diplomacy in the nineteenth century. 336 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Ships & the Sea; ISBN/EAN: 9780393320244. Inventory No: dscf5035. .

ACC Art Books, 2021. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, slight 1" scratch on rear board. Published to coincide with the RSN’s 150th anniversary, this book tells the story of the RSN from its founding in 1872 to the current day. It highlights key people, royal and other special commissions, the changing fortunes of the school as fashions changed and the approach to teaching hand embroidery, as well as bringing attention to the role and position of the RSN historically and today, associating with everyone from society ladies and theatre impresarios in the late 19th century to working with fashion designers Patrick Grant, Nicholas Oakwell and Alexander McQueen, and architects in the 21st century. Fully illustrated. 224 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Crafts & Hobbies; ISBN/EAN: 9781788841627. Inventory No: dscf11711. . 9781788841627

Pelham Books, 1973. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. SIGNED by the author,with an inscription to the previous owner. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, clean bright jacket. This is a superbly detailed, highly informative book. It has excellent drawings and interesting facts on both the British Heavy Horses and the parts of the Harness and Harness Decoration. It also tells you what the pieces of the harness are called and what and how and what they are used for. It even has illustrations of the formations in which a team of three or four Heavy Horses are harness together (Reader review) 216 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Inventory No: dscf11824. .

Focal Press, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Clean, bright, looks to be unread, almost as new. 280 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Photography; ISBN/EAN: 9780240812588. Inventory No: dscf8447. . 9780240812588

Airlife Publishing, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Internally clean and bright; small crease to inner front flap, slight creasing to top of spine. A nicely kept copy, almost as new. Good history of the first version of the Hornet. Covers not just technical details and operational history, but the internal (Navy Department) and external politics surrounding the development of the system. Of interest to the aviation buff, Navy buff, aerospace engineer and anyone interested in the complex politics of the military-industrial complex. 231 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Aviation; ISBN/EAN: 9781853102264. Inventory No: dscf9466. . 9781853102264

Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Title:GEORGE GERSHWIN: A biography. Harrap, 1987. First edition, first printing. Hardback, in jacket. 180 pages. Catalogue of works, index. Author:Alan Kendall. Condition: VERY GOOD+ . The bright, glossy jacket features Gershwin's self-portrait, and shows only light edgewear, plus slight yellowing to the edges of the inner flaps. Some small, shallow knock marks to the rear. Pages are still crisp, clean, and bright. An attractively designed book, with illustrated endpapers, and an art deco theme at the commencement of each chapter. About the book: "Alan Kendall has written an absorbing biography which evokes not only the man and his music but also the time in which he lived" Illustrated with black and white photographs. A good, accessible introduction to Gershwin. All our books are securely packed, and dispatched without delay. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0876636636. ISBN/EAN: 9780876636633. Inventory No:… Read More

Royal Academy of Arts, 2011. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Small stain on lower closed text block, 2" roughened narrow strip to edge of flyleaf, contents otherwise clean bright and unmarked. Sumptuously illustrated with drawings, pastels, paintings, prints and sculpture, as well as photographs taken by the artist and his contemporaries, and samples of filmfromthe period, this beautiful book follows the development of Degas’s ballet imagery. The renowned Degas scholars Richard Kendall and Jill Devonyar examine the artist’s innovative approach to the subject, fromhis documentarymode of the early 1870s to the sensuous and expressivemanner of his late work. Parallel advances in photography and early filmare also explored, placing Degas’s lifelong engagement with the figure inmovement in a contemporary context. 280 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; ISBN/EAN: 9781905711680. Inventory No: dscf10845. . 9781905711680

First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Title:The Fear. Cassell Australia, 1965. First edition, first printing. Hardback, in illustrated jacket. 229 pages. Author:Thomas Keneally.Condition: BOOK:NEAR FINE. Black, cloth covered boards, white titles to spine. Square and tight, with no loose pages. One or two light markings to the endpapers. Very feint page edge tanning. All the pages are clean, with no annotations or markings. Certainly very well preserved. JACKET:VERY GOOD+. Not price clipped, no price shown. Now protected by a clear, removeable cover. The front flap shows wear along its length, where it folds around the upper board, with bumping to the upper corner, and a half-inch closed tear to the lower front corner. Otherwise clean and unmarked after 44 years. Illustration by Ben Shearer. About the book:Perhaps most well-known as the Booker Prize winning author of Schindler's Ark, Australian born Keneally has said that he would like to be able to disown his first two novels,… Read More

Skyhorse, 2022. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; clean bright jacket. A well kept copy. This is not just another political book. The Real Anthony Fauci details how Fauci, Gates, and their cohorts use their control of media outlets—both conservative and liberal leaning, scientific journals, key government and quasi-governmental agencies, global intelligence agencies, and influential scientists and physicians to flood the public with fearful propaganda about COVID-19 virulence and pathogenesis, and to muzzle debate and ruthlessly censor dissent. 480 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; ISBN/EAN: 9781510766808. Inventory No: dscf11773. . 9781510766808

Smithsonian, 1997. Softcover. Good Condition. Clean and bright internally, noticeable age spotting to closed page block, small stained area to lower closed page block. 441 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; ISBN/EAN: 9781560987291. Inventory No: dscf10536. . 9781560987291