Search Results: Titles starting with K from Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.

New York : E. Steiger & Co., and London: George Philip & Son., 1900 Numbers 0ne & two, Gifts one to six. v, 144 printed pages. Profusely illustrated throughout. Owner's contemporary ownership signature on front paste-down endpaper. 16 x 22 cm. Original grey green cloth with black lettering. Spine somewhat age-toned. Covers slightly stained and corners slightly bumped. Front cover lettering a tiny bit worn in places. Binding a little loose with a split down one of the gatherings. These are the first two in a series of at least ten numbers that have been reprinted & this edition is possibly a 1900 reprint, priced 4/6 on the front cover. Maria Kraus-Boelte (1836-1918), educational reformer, was one of a remarkable group of German immigrants who played a major role in creating both the kindergarten and the profession of kindergarten teaching in the United States. The early history of the kindergarten recognises the contributions of Kraus-Boelte, Friedrich Froebel, Susan Elizabeth Blow,… Read More

London : Macmillan & Co.,, 1900 1st edition, 2nd reprint. [4], 278 printed pages with 2 pages of publisher's adverts at the back. 12 full-page line illustrations in circular borders by J.L.K. [John Lockwood Kipling]. Decorated, lily pad pattern endpapers. All edges yellow. Printed bookplate of John and Maggie Phillips on front free endpaper. Pages evenly toned. Completely clean copy with no notes or handwriting throughout. 10 x 14 cm. Original pale green cloth. Spine with gilt lettering and single lily pad motif in olive green. Boards with repeat lily pad pattern, in fine condition. Binding covered in bespoke, vellum, professionally hand-drawn and hand-painted upper cover featuring a bugler from a Second Boer War line regiment, dressed in khaki service dress uniform (introduced by the British Army for use in the field from the early 1900s, following the experiences of a number of imperial wars and conflicts, including the Second Boer War, 11 October 1899 31 May 1902. Numerous khaki drill… Read More

Robert Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street., 1789 Engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on later linen, very slight wear at corners. Map of England and Wales showing roads, cities, market towns, counties and distances. Includes explanation and references to the counties in upper left corner. 53.7 x 44.3 cm., slipcase in poor state, faded, slightly stained and worn marbled paper covers; but still remaining intact. Robert Sayer (17251794) was a leading publisher and seller of prints, maps and maritime charts in Georgian Britain. He was based near the Golden Buck on Fleet Street in London.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good.

Lauenburg [Germany] gedruckt in der Berenbergschen Buchdruckerey, 1798 [32], 264, 34, [16] printed pages. All edges gilt. New endpapers with offsetting from first and last printed pages. Bright and clean copy, free from obvious defects. 11 x 18 cm. Contemporary German or English binding of silver-wire, satin thread and silk embroidered binding, rebacked preserving contemporary front and back boards. Upper board with central Royal cypher of George iii, with four sequin and silver star corners and scrolling silk border with leaves in alternating light and darker greens and berries on stems, all on rubbed and slightly worn horizontal silver satin thread ground. Back board with vignette of silver thread and silk woven basket with foliage of different green leaves surrounding brilliant pink flower and overflowing with trail of daisies, all resting lopsidedly on leafy flourishing branch above vibrant and verdant background. Similar to the front board, with four sequin and silver star corners and scrolling… Read More

Circa 1904. 384,128,477,120,[29] printed pages (slightly age-toned). All edges gilt over red. Previous owner's ink inscription on front free endpaper. 69 x 90mm. Contemporary brown calf with "Knowledge in a Nutshell" on front cover in blind and titles of the books in gilt on spine (some vertical crazing, upper hinge cracked inside and beginning to feel loose, opening slightly at the bottom). Rounded corners. George Henry James & Co were makers of fancy de luxe cases and leather goods at 14,Newgate Street, London EC and, from c.1903, 48 Old Bailey, London. Provenance: William Usher Crookshank, from Johnstounburn, East Lothian -son of Chichester de Windt Crookshank M.P. Garbett, 17. Welsh, 4167. Welsh only locates Bryce edition - James edition unrecorded. The last three books have Bryce as the publisher & it is the first book that has a James imprint. This is a rare and unrecorded variant imprint of a classic David Bryce publication.

Pax Forlag, Oslo, 2008 Uncommon title in near fine condition; an unread copy. Architect and interior designer Kristin Jarmund started her own architectural office in 1985. The book presents a variety of works from this office, for example. Råholt middle school in Hobart and the new Norwegian Embassy in Nepal. Complete biography, list of competitions and prizes, projects and buildings, and employees in the period 1987-2008. Parallel text in English and Norwegian.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Gomer Press, Llandysul, 2001 102 printed pages. Signed by Kyffin Williams in blue ink & in a flowing hand, on the front free endpaper. Loosely inserted two colour illustrated folding card leaflets for Kyffin Williams exhibitions at the Thackeray Gallery in 1991. 22 x 26.5 cm. Original black cloth. Spine with silver lettering. Dustwrapper near fine/fine condition. Sir Kyffin Williams was a Welsh painter best known for his depictions of the Welsh countryside, shepherds and their sheepdogs, livestock, and small villages. Williams paintings are primarily made with impasto palette knife marks and few brushstrokes, employing a limited palette consisting of gray and subtle greens that emanate the color found in the rocks and foliage of Wales. Born on May 9, 1918 in Llangefni, United Kingdom, he went on to study at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, also spending time painting in the Welsh settlement of Y Wladfa in Patagonia, Argentina in 1968, thanks to the Winston Churchill Fellowship. Today,… Read More