Search Results: Titles starting with K from Great Expectations Rare Books

The Old City Jerusalem, Israel: Press of the Research Centre of Kabbalah, 1988. Trade paperback. 219 pages. Bibliographic References; Glossary of Kabbalistic Terminology, Index. Text in English, printed in the USA. Eighth printing. An opening to the portals of Jewish Mysticism [half-title]. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good. . Reprint. Softcover. Very Good.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Benjamin Blom, Inc, 1965. Hardcover, beige cloth, no dust-jacket. 385pp., Bibliography, Index. Extensively illustrated with full page photographs and color frontispiece. Image from frontis repeated on inside front cover, slightly damaged at margins [not affecting image]. Front free endpaper covered with some type of rubbing or transfer in red [appears to be some sort of synbol or logo]. Originally published by MacMillan in 1925, this re-issue by Blom is first printing thus. A sound copy. Text block is solid, very clean, and tightly bound. Covers are sound and clean, with mild darkening to cloth at spine. A very good copy of a scarce title on Japanese theatre. N.B. This is a very heavy book, domectic Priiority and International order will require extra poatage. . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Sotheby's [London], 1990. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback, perfect bound. 37 pages. Auction Catalog for Sotheby's London sale Wingfield Digby (Kakiemon Porcelain from the Collection of Mrs. Cornelia Wingfield Digby and the late George Wingfield Digby); date Thursday 7 June, 1990. 44 lots of fine Kakiemon porcelain. Each lot is described and an auction estimate given in English pounds. Illustrated throughout with magnificent color photographs. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine. .

Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Kitab Al-Arabi (Arab Book House) Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large trade paperback bound in boldly colored pictorial wrappers. Text entirely in Arabic. 397 pages. Illustrated with line drawings throughout the text. Edited by Asham Abu Al-Nasr. A mid twentieth century reprint edition, no date of publication given, though there is a note that this is a special edition derived from a manuscript copy. "Kalila and Dimna comprises a collection of moral fables and fables about birds and animals, Kalila and Dimna being the names of two foxes." The present story is actually the third iteration, the story having originated in India and later translated and added to, in Persian, until Al Manfaluti translated it into Arabic in the sixth century, further altering it. From then it was translated into Hebrew in the thirteenth century. The tale has be translated into Ethiopian, Malay, Mongolian, Greek, and many European… Read More

New York: Barnes and Noble, 1995. Hardcover in dust-jacket. 252pp., Foreword by Santha Rama Rau. Complete and unexpurgated. From the rear dust-jacket panel--"Long forbidden, this unsurpassed guide to erotic love is still shocking after 15 centuries". No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, crisp copy. Excellent, essentially as new book.. Reprint. Cloth Spine Over Boards. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 1959, 1959. Cloth sans dustjacket. Illustrated. A monograph on the beginnings, rise and progress of the medical profession in Kansas. Near fine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1933. . Cloth sans dustjacket. Illustrated with map endpapers and photographs. Travel in the Soviet Union of the 1930's. Cloth quite age soiled and dingy. Interior clean. Good.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1970. Hardcover, red cloth with spine lettered in gold. 160pp., Bibliography. Extensively illustrated with photographs and battle maps. First edition, stated first printing. Housed in customized dust-jacket consisting of front and rear panels of the soft-cover edition laid down on white backing and protected by reinforced mylar covers, "Kasserine Baptism of Fire' printed on spine in bold block letters. Mylar covers pasted to inside covers. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, unmarked copy with no writing, underlining or marginalia. Dust-jacket well executed and attractive. Very good+ in a very good wrapper. A title in Ballantine's illustrated History of World War II. Scans on request.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. Cloth in non price-clipped dustjacket. Illustrated with photographs. The story of Isherwood's parents and the Edwardian summer that ended with his father's death in WWI. Dustjacket spine sunned and accetate covers peeling, else near fine in good jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1892. Small 12mo, green cloth ruled in gold, with small cameo head in white on front board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with an etching by A.M. Turner. Mild shelf-wear to rear board. A nice, tight, very good copy.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Center Street, 2010. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 257 pages. Boldly signed by author on title-page. First edition, first printing. Evidence of moisture to top edge, affecting margins but not text and visible on top edge mostly at spine. Dust-jacket adhered to boards at upper front and rear panels. Still a square, tight and not unattractive copy, signed by author. Fair in a good dust-jacket. See scans. .

Syracuse, NY: Everson Museum of Art, 1986. Large quarto perfect bound softcover. 102 pages. Exhibition Catalogue illustrated with numerous black and white prints and 8 pages of color plates. Includes an historical introduction to the Shin Hanga movement and a focus on its two most prominent exponents: Kawase Hasui and Hiroshi Yoshida. First edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good+. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: The British Museum Press/Japan Society, 2002. Large oversize softbound copy, perfect bound in stiff pictorial wrappers. Essays by John T. Carpenter, Kawai Masatomo, Tsuji Nobuo, Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, Nagasaki Iwao, Yasumura Toshinobu, Timothy Clark, and Tamamushi Satoko. 304pp., Bibliography, Index and Glossary. Illustrated with 250 images in color and 50 in monochrome. No signs of previous ownership-no name, no book-plate, no highlighting or writing internally. All pages present and firmly attached. A solidly bound, quality publication that was printed to accompany an exhibition at the Japan Society Gallery, New York, from 17 October to 31 December 2002, and a similar exhibition in London. A fine exhibition catalog.. First Edition. Stiff Wraps. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Great Britain: Parapress, 1993. Hardcover, dark blue cloth in original non price-cliopped pictorial dust-jacket. 180pp., Illustrated with photograpgs First edition. Mild crease at botton of initial pages, hardly noticeable, presumed binder error. A factual account of the bomb and mine disposal work undertaken during the Falkland conflict, set against the backdrop of the larger war. A very clean, square, fresh copy. A very fine copy in an as new dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1982. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, bound in genuine gray leather with real 22 kt gold decoration. 662 pages. All edges gilt, silk ribbon markers sewn-in, raised spine. Index. Special eight page pamphlet containing a special introduction by Edmund S. Muskie, from The Library of the Presidents, laid-in loose. Illustrated with black and white photographs. First edition thus, special collector's edition signed by President Jimmy Carter. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and near like new copy. Very mild lose to git stamping on rear cover, common with this edition. Near fine. .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Blue cloth stamped with white lettering, sans dustjacket. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Cloth slightly dusty, else very good.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Smithmark Publishers, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format quarto, laminated boards in publisher's glossy dust-jacket sharing the same cover art. 128 pages. Illustrated on every page with full color captioned photographs and a large double page map by Giancarlo Gellona. First American edition. A pictorial survey of Kenya, its scenery and its people. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. Media mail only. .

New York: Dodd Mead, 1988. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 240pp., First edition, first printing. No previous ownership marks. An unread, very clean, squiare, crisp copy in an excellent dust-jacket. As new in a very fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. As New/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Emerson Books Inc., 1952. Hardcover, tan cloth lettered in brown, no dust-jacket. 237 pages. Index. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Second edition. No previous ownership marks. A solid, lightly worn reading copy. Good. . Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, 1990. Large quarto paperback. 147pp., Bibliographic References, Bibliography. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Combat Studies Institute, Research Survey No. 7. First edition. A precis of the battles fought for control of the Sinai by both Israeli and Egyptian forces and the evolution of strategic thinking which resulted. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.