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Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company. Very Good-. 1956. First English Edition. Softcover. Stated first English edition, September 1956. A portfolio of the art of Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815), known for his work in of the Torii school of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings. Many of his works feature beautiful women, Kabuki actors, as well as many shunga (erotic) pieces. The artworks are presented in both black & white and color; many of which fold out. 46 plates, 32 in full color. Text rendered into English by Thomas Kaasa, from the original Japanese text of Sei-Ichiro Takahashi. --- A softcover edition, with French flaps. Volume 8 in the series: "Kodansha Library of Japanese Art". --- Volume is sound and remains tightly-bound, but with age-toning to leaves and covers & with some creasing to spine.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall) .
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Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815) (Kodansha Library of Japanese Art, Vol. 8)
by KAASA, Thomas (English text); TAKAHASHI, Sei-Ichiro (original Japanese text)
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Selected Stories of Franz Kafka (Modern Library #283.1)
by KAFKA, Franz
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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Fair in Good dust jacket. [c.1969-1970]. Hardcover. 0394602838 . Franz Kafka (1883-1924) is famous for his surreal storytelling style, but he didn't achieve fame until after his death at age 40. This Modern Library reprint collection of 15 of his stories includes 'The Metamorphosis'. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir, and with an introduction by Philip Rahv. --- In Toledano spine 14 in blue cloth-look paper-covered boards / titling & decorations stamped in silver on spine / ml logo blindstamped to front cover / blank endpapers. Volume bears 1952 date but likely published c.1969-70. Jacket style o, verso is blank. ML #283.1. --- Interior leaves severely tanned due to use of acidic papers, remainder rubberstamping to textblock lower edge and with creases to corners of some leaves, otherwise a tightly-bound, clean and unmarked copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with foxing and little soiling but remaining intact;…
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The Trial: Definitive Edition (Modern Library #318.1)
by KAFKA, Franz
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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good in Good+ dust jacket. [c.1963]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of Kafka's acclaimed novel, which tells the absurdist tale of a bank clerk who is arrested on unspecified charges by an unspecified authority and put on trial for that unknown crime. This English language version with an appendix in which Kafka friend and literary executor Max Brod has restored certain passages which were written by the author but which were not included in the original text of the novel. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. Revised, and with additional materials translated by E. M. Butler. Illustrated by George Salter. --- In rather scarce Toledano spine 9 / green cloth / gilt titling & decorations on spine / blindstamped oval torchbearer on cover / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style j, verso advertises 415 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1963 (1956 date appears in book). ML #318.1. --- Interior with frequent inked…
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Selected Stories Of Franz Kakfa (Modern Library #283.1)
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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1955]. Hardcover. This Modern Library edition includes 15 stories by the master of the genre, Franz Kafka. Includes his "The Metamorphosis", "In the Penal Colony", "The Great Wall of China" and 12 others. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, and with introduction by Philip Rahv. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / faded green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso advertises 372 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1955 (though 1952 date appears in book). ML #283.1. --- With adhesive residue to front & rear endpapers, speckles to front panel, general age-toning to leaves and penciling to at least one leaf; otherwise a tightly-bound, sound copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with chafing and small tears to extremities, else bright, intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo 7" -…
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The Boys of Summer
by KAHN, Roger
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New York: Harper & Row. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. BCE. Hardcover. A full-sized book club edition of Roger Kahn's work, which details the players and events of the 1950s-era Brooklyn Dodgers, in one of the best-loved baseball-themed books. With two sections of b&w photos. A small trove of newsclips about Dodger players (mostly obits) is laid in. -§- Covers in tan and grey full cloth, with author facsimile signature on cover & titling on spine, both in silver. With two sections of b&w photos. Jacket with photo of facade of Ebbets Field on the cover. -§- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy. Dust jacket with creases to back panel, light scuffing to front and back panels, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xxii, 442 pages .
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The American West and the Nazi East: A Comparative and Interpretive Perspective
by KAKEL III, Carroll P.
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Basingstoke, England / New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Fine. 2014. Softcover. 1349324663 . A softcover edition of the earlier hardcover issuance. In this work, the author attempts to advance arguments that the Holocaust perpetrated by the Nazis is roughly equivalent to American westward expansion at the expense of native Indian tribes. With a few black & white illustrations and a pair of maps. --- In gold wraps with similar images of an American wagon train and a German covered wagon convoy to front panel. --- A bright, clean, newish copy lacking noticeable damages.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xi, 299 pages .
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Social Problems: A Situational-Value Approach
by KANE, John J.
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Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. Stated second printing. A look at various social problem areas; with a few diagrams and an index. --- In full textured green paper-covered boards. --- Clean, bright, firm copy but with inked signature & five phone numbers on front paste-down; and a few inkings here and there. Lacks a dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xv, 428 pages .
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The Good German: A Novel
by KANON, Joseph
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New York: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0805064222 . Stated first edition. This work is set in the post-war Berlin of 1945. Amidst the desolation and aftermath of wartime corruption, an American reporter investigates the murder of an American soldier. With maps of Greater Berlin to endpapers. --- In tan and brown paper-covered boards with titling in gilt to spine. Dust jacket features Marion Ettlinger photographic portrait of the author to back flap. --- With a tiny remainder mark to textblock lower edge, otherwise a bright, tightly-bound, sound copy. Unclipped jacket with a little rubbing, otherwise bright and damage-free.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (10), 482 pages .
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Critique of Pure Reason (Modern Library #297.1)
by KANT, Immanuel
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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good- with no dust jacket. [c.1963-67]. Hardcover. An abridged edition of Immanuel Kant's daunting philosophical work, which was translated and abridged by Norman Kemp Smith, who also provides an introduction. Includes a facsimile of Kant's original 1781 title page. --- In Toledano spine 11 / rust cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / grey Kent endpapers / volume lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1963-67 (though 1958 date appears in book). ML #297.1. --- With prior owner's boldly-written signature to front free endpaper, slightly warped front board and cover corner bumps, else a clean, tightly-bound copy.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xviii, (13), 12-335 pages .
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Spirit Lake
by KANTOR, MacKinlay
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Cleveland, Ohio: The World Publishing Company. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper. Compelling historical fiction account of the 1857 massacre of settlers at Spirit Lake, Iowa in the frontier west by the Pulitzer-prize winning author of 'Andersonville'. --- In full dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped titling on cover & spine. Publisher's red topstain. With notes and map of the Spirit Lake area at rear of the volume. Jacket features Tim Kantor photo of his father. --- With light fraying to cover cloth and a white soiled spot on spine; else a firm, bright copy. Jacket with rubbing, especially at spine and crease points, bears original $6.95 flap price and in removable archival mylar protector.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 957 pages; Signed by Author .
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Dickens: A Biography
by KAPLAN, Fred
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New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0688043410 . Fourth printing of the author's hefty biography of Charles Dickens, the great English novelist famous for "A Tale of Two Cities", "Great Expectations", "A Christmas Carol" and so many other great works. With a section of black & white photos. With extensive endnotes and index. --- In buff paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket features drawing of Dickens on cover. --- With slight smudge to cover and prior owner's sticker to front paste-down, else a bright, clean, firm copy. Unclipped jacket with slight rubbing but otherwise bright and lacking damages.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall) ; 608 pages .
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Walt Whitman: A Life (First Edition Society series)
by KAPLAN, Justin
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Leather. Stated First Edition (preceding the Simon and Schuster trade edition). A deluxe copy of Justin Kaplan's biography of the American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892). With two sections of black & white photos, showing people, scenes and things from Whitman's life. Justin Kaplan produced several biographies of notable people, and was general editor of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. --- In black full bonded leather covers with gilt ornamentation stamped on front, back and spine; three raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Interior with grey silk moire endpapers with matching sewn in satin ribbon placemarker. Issued as part of the publisher's First Edition Society series. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. --- A newish, tightly-bound, unmarked copy but with small scratches to textblock fore-edge gilding and a few small indentations to back cover…
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Eastward to Tartary : Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
by KAPLAN, Robert D.
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New York: Vintage. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2001. Trade Paper. 0375705767 . A clean, bright, unmarked copy. Author shares insights from his travels from Vienna through Romania and eastward through the Levant and ending at the former republics of the southern Soviet Union. With an attractive, useful map. Indexed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 364 pages .
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The Nabokov-Wilson Letters: Correspondence Between Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson, 1940-1971
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New York: Harper Colophon Books. Very Good. 1980. Softcover. 0060907533 . A collection of letters exchanged between the Russian-born novelist Vladimir Nabokov and the American literary critic Edmund Wilson. The letters showcase the two lively intellects as they discussed literature, language and other interesting topics. A back panel blurb compares the two: "Nabokov, a butterfly (equipped with stinger) [in contrast] to Wilson's bulldog." Edited, annotated and with an introductory essay by Simon Karlinsky. --- In stiff tan wraps with small black & white photographic portraits of the two men to back panel. --- A well-preserved copy, though with a couple minor cover corner creases.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; ix, 346 pages .
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Hieroglyphs: The Writing of Ancient Egypt
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New York: Atheneum. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0689501765 . 4th printing. An examination of the ancient means of communication, as used by the early Egyptians. With many photos and drawings. In full black cloth-covered boards with titling in silver on spine. --- A bright, firm, clean copy. Jacket with retailer's sticker on flap & slight rubbing; else nice.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages .
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On the Couch Great American Stories About Therapy
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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0871136627 . An offbeat work featuring noted writers' takes on therapy. Edited by Kates. With large red remainder mark lower edge, marks on front pastedown, first front free endpaper is torn and is nearly detached from vol, else clean and tight. Dust jacket has price clipped flap, cover scuffing; otherwise clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 387 pages .
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Spell Land, the Story of a Sussex Farm
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New York: E.P. Dutton & Company. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1926. Hardcover. In orange cloth-covered boards with triangular illustration on cover. Interior with pencilings at front free endpaper and a few soiled spots. Dust jacket has adhered (possibly glued) to front and back covers, with chifing and light chipping at extremities. A scarce copy of a novel set in Sussex. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages .
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Wonder Stories from Nature: A Silent Reader for Upper Grades
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Chicago: Hall & McCreary Company. Good+. 1932. Softcover. A description of the life habits of all manner of animals, intended to be read by children in school who are working on their reading speed and on their comprehension. With numerous black & white illustrations by the authors. --- In tan stapled wraps with images of animals in a checkerboard design to front cover. --- A tear to lower spine area of the book has been taped, and with prior owner's signature in pencil to inside front cover, else a well-preserved copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; 128 pages .
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Australia and the Pacific Islands: A Natural History (The Continents We Live On series)
by KEAST, Allen
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New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. A pictorial tour of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands (including Tahiti,and Hawaii), with 249 photos, 106 of which are in color and including several maps. The emphasis here is on wildlife; also with information about plant life, topography and climate of these areas. With color endpaper maps. Text by Allen Keast and with a foreword by Alan Moorehead. An entry in publisher's "The Continents We Live On" series. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped outline of Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia to front cover; gilt spine titling. Color images of a group of kangaroos and of a Pacific atoll to front panel of dust jacket. --- With a little soiling to cloth, else a tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Unclipped dust jacket with chipping and tears along edges (some tape-repaired). Wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item,…
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John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley: Complete Poetical Works (With the Explanatory Notes of Shelley's Poems by Mrs. Shelley) (Modern Library Giant #4.1)
by KEATS, John; SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe
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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket. [c.1944]. Hardcover. A Modern Library Giant edition offering the complete poetical output of these two great English poets. Really two volumes in one, the works of John Keats are presented first, then those of Percy Bysshe Shelley in this colossal volume. With the explanatory notes of Shelley's poems by Mrs. Shelley [Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]. In red dust jacket with images of the two poets on cover. --- In Toledano spine G5 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green cover & spine blocks / plain GA style endpapers / jacket style Gd / verso advertises 358 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1951 (no publication date appears in book). ML #G4.1. --- With age-toning to leaves and New York bookseller label to rear paste-down, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Unpriced, unclipped dust jacket with severely sunned spine (making titling barely readable), and a few mild creases; otherwise…
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