Search Results: Authors starting with K from Quaker Hill Books

Westport, CTWestport, CT: , 1941 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A wonderful letter to Martha Graham offering congratulations for her perfomace. In part: " The radiant memory of your 'premiere' las shone upon me during the work-crammed days since we spent that magical evening breathlessly watching you and triumphing with you.".

Edna Porter. New York, 1931. Presentation. Orig. cloth. Excellent - some minor wear at edges. small 8vo., Presentation copy inscribed by Keller and Porteron ffep. A very lovely item..

Concord, 1898. Original blue cloth, 325 pages, illustrated with photographs and rosters. A very interesting regimental history with a thorough chronological list of engagements. In excellent condition, tight and sound with only some very light shelf wear.. First Edition. 8vo..

Lakeside Press. Chicago: 1930. Very fine. Rockwell Kent proofs. Folio., Gray wraps with exposed spine threads, tipped-in reproductions of title pages or sample pages for each volume. This prospectus includes Melville's "Moby Dick", a 3-volume edition with 275 illustrations by Kent. Other titles included Poe, "Tales", Dana, "Two Years Before the Mast", and Thoreau, "Walden". Volume is laid into morocco and cloth book-sty le case included with trial proofs of several title pages and ilustrations by Kent. Also included are a group of 4 ALsS from Frances Kent, wife of Rockwell 3 TLsS from Rockwell Kent containing excellent content regarding "Moby Dick". This is a magnificen t archive from one of the greatest illusrators of all time..

Edinburgh and London:: William Blackwood and Sons,, 1863. Profusely illustrated with maps, charts and plans. This fine set is beautifully bound in 3/4 crimson moroco over light red cloth , with gold decorations and lettering on a raised spine; t.e.g..Spines uniformly a bit faded and some very scattered foxing internally. Small book label to front pastedown.. First Edition. 3/4 Crimson Morocco Gilt. Near Fine. 8vo.. 8 Volumes..

LondonLondon: Macmillian & Co. 1899 First Edition. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth embossed with circular, gold elephand seal and gold lettering on spine. T.E.G., no jacket present. Fine..

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co.,, 1920. No. 188 of 375 copies numbered and signed by Kipling. Very modeate wear and light soiling to covers. "He must go—go—go away from here! On the other side the world he’s overdue. ’Send your road is clear before you when the old Springfret comes o’er you, And the Red Gods call for you!". Limited Edition. Excellent.

Allahabad,Allahabad,: A.H. Wheeler & Co. 3/4 Brown Morocco. Very Good. 8vo. (ca.1888) This is the Allahabad first edition with the original wraps bound in at the rear. Beautifully bound in later brown morocco with gilt decorations and lettering on the spine. Pages lightly age toned but othrwise a lovely copy..

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle London, 1890. First English. edition. Pictorial. Good. Some minor chipping, binding rubbed and soiled. 8vo., Bound with "In Black and White", "The City of Dreadful Night", all First English editions in original wraps..

NewYork,: Doubleday, Doran & Co.,, 1930. This in No. 264 of 537 copies. A beautiful set of Kipling's poems bound in the publishers full white vellum, red paper labels and elephant and swastika seal on front boards, fore-edge untrimmed, t.e.g.. SIGNED BY KIPLING on the limitation page. A few small spots to the boards otherwise an exceedingly clean, bright and fresh set.. By the Author. Signed Limited Edition. Publisher's Off-White Vellum. Near Fine. 4to.. 3 Volumes.

London,: Macmillan and Co., 1902. Magnificently bound by Bayntun in full deep red morocco, spine in six compartments gilt, onlay pictorial decoration of elephant and palm tree to the front board, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Custom red cloth slipcase. A truly fine book.. First Edition. Full Red Morocco. Fine/.. Illus. by By the Author.. 8vo..

London: Longman & Green, Original green, pictorial wrappers rebound in a contemporary 3/4, dark blue morocco binding with raised spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers; t.e.g.. A lovely copy with very light wear and age toning. The sequel to "The New Arabian Nights" this book contains a series of remarkable stories in which the protagonists encounter several characters who may or may not be conspirators in a bombing plot on behalf of Irish independence. The characters weave intriguing and troubling tales of their histories. The chapters stand alone as adventures, but the whole is tied together nicely in the end. Stevenson manages to tell tales of murderous Mormons, crazed Voodoo practitioners, and wayward Bohemian princes, among others.. First Edition. 3/4 Morocco Over Wraps. Excellent. Small 8vo..

London, 1927. Signed Limited Edition. 1/4 vellum. Excellent - small tear on spine of dw, slipcase soiled. Mounted color plates. 4to., Limited edition, 1 of 500 SIGNED BY KIPLING. Illustrated by Donald Maxwell..

Philadelphia, 1906. 787pp., profusely illustrated with photographs, rosters, maps etc.. Folding map of principle campaigns laid in pouch in rear. A pristine copy of a rare and excellent regimental history full of highly interesting materia from wartime correspondence and personal recollections.. First Edition. Original Green Cloth. Fine. 8vo..

New York, 1873. First Edition. Orig.cloth. Excellent. Sketches. small 8vo., Including an account of the Battle of Chapin's Farm, Sept. 29-30, 1864. A highly interesting rare Civil War battle story..