Search Results: Authors starting with K from DuBois Rare Books

Mito, Japan: Art Tower Mito, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Near Fine. 79 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm. 4to. Softcover. Photo-illustrated wraps. Volume 2 only of a 2 volume set. Book Condition: Virtually imperceptible soiling to panels else fine. A sharp copy. Catalog published to accompany an exhibition at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, that took place August 7-November 3, 1999. Curated by Eriko Osaka the exhibition marked the first retrospective fpr painter "Charles Rosenthal" who was, to put it simply, fictional, non-existent, no such person. Text in English and Japanese.

New York: Abrams, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. 357 pages illustrations (mostly color) 31 x 35 cm. Oblong folio. Wheat colored cloth and teal colored paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Book Condition: Some spotting to the cloth binding near the spine, spine ends gently pushed, one corner bonked. Interior fine as are the magnificient profusion of illustrations. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +; a nick to the spine and along the edges once or twice with some wear to the extremities. A solid copy; not to be confused with the far more common reprint issued in 1984.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Settlement Cookbook Co, 1940. Twenty Third Edition "Enlarged and Revised". Hardcover. Very Good. 623 pp. Including Alphabetical and Classified Index with tabs. Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards, black lettering & decorations to spine and front cover. Book Condition: Lightly soiled covers, endpapers a bit grotty and toned around edges where glued, previous owner's bookplate (which we do not consider a defect at all) with some penciled notes on the rear paste-down. Pages are remarkably clean and unmarred. Hinges nicely re-glued. No dust jacket. A nice copy of a true classic with thousands of recipes that have stood the test of time.

np, nd. Loose_leaf. Near Fine. 8.25" x 11" sheet typing paper; original typescript excerpt signed. Condition: two horitzontal folds else fine. Original typescript of the final stanza (stanza 9) of Kantor's famous poem: "Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg", signed by Mackinlay Kantor (most likely typed by Kantor himself though that cannot be established) . Provenance: purchased at auction from large collection. From Wikipedia: MacKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel, "Andersonville". He also wrote the novel "Gettysburg", set during the Civil War. Kantor's poem, "Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg" published in 1933, memorializes Lincoln's November, 1863 visit to the ceremonies dedicating the new Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, where he (Lincoln) gave "a few appropriate remarks" that live on in history as the Gettysburg… Read more

New York: Karma, 2011. Limited Edition (unnumbered edition of 2 copies only). Hardcover. About Fine. 390pp. 28cm. Tall 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's glossy white paper over boards, black lettering to spine and covers. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, bonk to top edge of lower cover else fine; interior bright and unmarked, pristine. Dust Jacket Condition: none issued. A sharp copy. With 390 full page plates, each with bibliographic listing information including price for material featured in each of the 390 entries. An extraordinary resource from an important gallery, bookseller and publisher. From the paragraph printed on the spine: "KARMA is a bookstore, gallery and publisher specializing in artist publications, located in the West Village of New York City. In addition to its own titles, Karma stocks periodicals, artworks, artists' editions, rare and out-of-print items and other in-print titles by noted publishers." Provenance of this piece: purchased from Karma personally (with receipt… Read more

Jackson (Mississippi): University Press of Mississippi, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Near Fine. xxix, 171 p. ; 23 cm. Softcover. Perfectbound photo-illustrated wraps. Book Condition: Superficial shelf wear; interior unmarked, pristine. Series Title: Conversations with filmmakers series. Responsibility: Stanley Kaufman.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Very Good -. 30 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Softcover. Perfectbound wraps. Book condition: spine and edges abraded, covers creased; rounded corners; binding sound with no splitting along spine-the usual fatal flaw...interior unmarked and unmarred. A rare first printing, Introductory series to the modern arts, 3.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Very Good. 32 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Softcover. Perfectbound wraps. Book condition: spine and edges abraded, covers creased; rounded corners; binding sound with no splitting along spine-the usual fatal flaw...interior unmarked and unmarred. A rare first printing, "A companion and supplement to a booklet issued earlier by the Museum of Modern Art, What is modern design?" "Introductory series to the modern arts, 4."

London: Bloomsbury, 1989. First English language edition. Wraps. Very Good. 237 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Tall 4to. Softcover. Perfectbound glossy wraps. Book Condition: Mild shelf wear with crease to lower corner of front panel and turned upper corner to rear panel; interior bright and unmarked. "A collection of writings by Elia Kazan, co-founder of the Actors Studio, producer of plays by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller and director of "On the Waterfront", "East of Eden" and "Splendour in the Grass"." Translation of: Une odyssée Américaine. By Elia Kazan ; edited by Michel Ciment.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 295pp.

New York: Viking, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 337pp. 23cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original quarter-cloth and paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: trivial sign of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: top edge curled with a faint splash to front panel upper edge. Warmly inscribed by the great man himself. OCLC Number: 473102242 Description: 337 sider.

Austin, Tex: University of Texas, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. xvii, 334 p. : illus. ; 28 cm. Tall 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original tan cloth over boards, silver spine lettering and decoration to front cover. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. None of the ex-library, previous owner, reprint status, patterns of wear that seem to define the majority of offerings of this title. A sharp copy; with a pristine text-block. All 6 plates, the map, the 6 tables and the 114 figures are collated and perfect.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1973. First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 278 pages illustrations (some color) 24 cm. Square 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards, white lettering to cover and spine. Book Condition: Spine ends pushed else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Superficial shelf wear, extremities have a few nicks and one closed tear with some loss at top edge of front panel. Very Good.

New York: The Viking Press, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. About Fine/About Fine. 289pp.

Chicago: Paul Theobald, 1944. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Missing. 228 pp. 4to. Blue cloth over boards with silver spine lettering. First Edition of a classic that has gone on to over a dozen printings. Not a beach read. As far as we can tell, this book both formalized a movement that was in progress and pushed it forward at the same time. Maybe. Copiously illustrated with diagrams, reproductions of contemporary art works, photographs, advertisements, and visual examples garnered from popular culture. Book Condition: Very lightly scuffed, spine ends show minor fraying else fine. Dust Jacket missing.

Guilford, Surrey: Circle Press, 1979. First Edition. Perspex and Plywood. Very Near Fine/Very Near Fine. 2 v., [6] loose plates, 1 board : ill. facsimiles. ; 45 x 35 cm.. Consists of: 1. Continuity Book 2. Notebook (facsimile), 3. Loose title-page. 4. Six large photo-offset plates (in folders). and 5. The practical homemade computer (powered by the elastic membrane of the title). When packed repacked correctly (an impressive exercise in it's own right) these elements fit together snugly in a large compartmented rectangular plywood and perspex container, a container way too elegant to be referred to as just a box. Edition is limited to 300 copies, each signed by the artist. Designed by the artist in collaboration with Jack Shirreff, the master craftsman of 107 Workshop where the work was produced. Condition of all elements: Very near fine. A mind boggling artist's book bristling with energy, pushing at the boundaries of the book arts genre. "When stretched, elasticized cloth contains energy. Only the… Read more

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1999. First UK Edition (true first edition), First Printing with full number line. Hardcover. About Fine/About Fine.

Boston: S.E. Cassino, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. vii, 558 pages, including index, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm. 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original 3/4 crushed green morocco and cloth over boards, raised bands stamped with gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapapers and leading edges. Errata tipped in after index. Book Condition: Portion of backstrip cracked and loose, wear exposing boards in several places, including corners and along the hinges. Interior fresh and unmarred, binding very sound, covers firmly attached. Very Good. Scarce in any condition. Illustrated by 273 woodcuts and 25 full page plates.

Boston: S.E. Cassino, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. viii, 535 pages, including index, 42 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm. 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original 3/4 crushed green morocco and cloth over boards, raised bands stamped with gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapapers and leading edges. Book Condition: Portion of backstrip cracked and loose for most of the length of the hinge to upper cover, wear exposing boards in several places, including corners and along the hinges. Interior fresh and unmarred, binding very sound, covers firmly attached. Very Good. Scarce in any condition. Illustrated by 244 woodcuts and 42 full page plates.

Boston: S.E. Cassino, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xi, 478 pages, including index, 53 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm. 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original 3/4 crushed green morocco and cloth over boards, raised bands stamped with gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapapers and leading edges. Book Condition: Wear exposing boards in several places, including corners and along the hinges. Interior fresh and unmarred, binding very sound, covers firmly attached. Very Good. Scarce in any condition. Illustrated by 271 woodcuts and 53 full page plates.