Search Results: Titles starting with K from James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.

N.p: n.p, 1998. First Edition. Paperbound, 11 3/4” x 8 3/4”. Four page color brochure presenting hand-painted color photographs by K.C. Kauffman. With essays by art critic and curator, Karen Chambers, “Making the Invisible Visible” and by author and art historian, Irina Costache. Fine in printed wrappers.

New York: St. Martin’s Press , 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Signed and inscribed by Gene Brewer to film’s the film’s credited script supervisor on the film version of the novel starring Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges. Inscribed: “To Karen ____. with thanks and my best wishes, Gene Brewer, 11-20-00.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Further details about the film association upon request.

Lyon: Galerie J.L.J. Bertin, 1984. First Edition. Paperbound, 9 1/4” x 11 3/4”. Text in French. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Kacem Noua. With an introductory essay by Bernard Ceysson. Fine in printed wrappers.

San Francisco: City Lights, 1961. Early printing. Paperbound. Signed by the author, Allen Ginsberg, on the title page with an original ink drawing by him of a skull and crossbones crowned with a glowing halo. Fine fresh copy in printed wrappers.

Leipzig: Hesse & Becker Verlag, 1933. Second printing of the Author’s First Book. Signed presentation copy inscribed by the author, Leni Riefenstahl in German, which reads: “Ich moechte Ihnen, lieber _____, mit diesem Brief aus meiner Jugendzeit eine kleine Freude bereiten. Leni Riefenstahl. Munchen, 29.8.70.” Riefenstahl’s memoirs of making her early mountain films. Illustrated with 155 photographs.Front hinge cracked, else a very good lightly used copy without dust jacket.

New York: Galerie St. Etienne, 1984. First Edition. Paperbound, 9” x 7 3/4”. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of paintings by folk artist, John Kane. With an essay by Jane Kallir. Fine in printed wrappers.

London: Martin Secker, 1923. First Edition. Slightly shaken and lightly dust soiled copy with a few tiny tears to the cloth at the top of the spine and a partial split to the cloth along the front outer hinge and a 1/2” indentation with a 1/4” tear at the top edge of the rear board near the spine without dust jacket.

New York: Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1992. First Edition. Paperbound, 7” x 6 1/2”. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of paintings by Karel Appel. Fine in printed wrappers.

Boston: Little Brown, 1992. First Edition. From the library of the great film director Billy Wilder, signed and inscribed by the author / photographer Yousuf Karsh: “For Billy Wilder, whose portrait graces this book. Yousuf Karsh.” Laid in is a note written by Billy Wilder with Mr. Karsh’s address in Canada. On page 135 is Karsh’s photographic portrait of Mr. Wilder, with the following caption: “Billy Wilder, Film Director. On the long shelf holding his leather-bound movie scripts and six Oscars spanning a fifty-year career as writer-director-producer, the Winged Victory bronze presented to him by the ‘divine director Rene Clair’ was especially meaningful.” Oversized art book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A collection of Karsh’s photograph portraits of American artists, authors, newsmakers, and celebrities, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Cesar Chavez, Martha Graham, Al Hirschfeld (who contributed a caricature drawing of Karsh on page 10), Jasper Johns, Billie Jean King, Jessye… Read More

New York: Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1988. First Edition. Paperbound, 8 1/2” x 10 1/4”. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibit of paintings by Katherine Porter. Fine in printed wrappers.

New York: Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1990. First Edition. Paperbound, 8 1/2” x 10 1/4”. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibit of paintings by Katherine Porter. Fine in printed wrappers.

N.p: n.p, 1998. First Edition. Paperbound, 11 3/4” x 8 3/4”. Four page color brochure presenting paintings by Katherine Kean. With an essay by New York-based art critic, Gerrit Henry. Fine in printed wrappers.

Santa Clara, CA: Triton Museum of Art, 1992. First Edition. Paperbound, 8 1/2” x 11”. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of paintings by Katherine Levin-Lau. With an introductory essay by Preston Metcalf. Near fine copy with a touch of edge wear in printed wrappers.

New York: Alexander F. Milliken, 1983. First Edition. Paperbound, 8 1/2” x 11”. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibit of sculptural art works by Kazuma Oshita. Fine in printed wrappers.

New York: Orion Press, 1962. First Edition. Signed by actor Ben Kingsley who played Edmund Kean in a solo play of the same name on Broadway in 1983. Illustrated. Near fine copy with the barest suggestion of edge wear in a lightly used dust jacket with some dust soiling, minor rubbing, and some small chips and tears. The biography of the English stage actor, Edmund Kean (1787 - 1833), who is regarded as one of the greatest actors who ever lived, known for his brilliant interpretations of Shakespeare’s works, including Richard III, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear. Ben Kingsley has enjoyed a dynamic and diverse career as an actor, appearing in such acclaimed films as Schindler’s List, Sexy Beast, House of Sand and Fog, Oliver Twist, Searching for Bobby Fischer, and Gandhi for which he won an Oscar in 1982 for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the New Year's Eve Honors List in 2001.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1946. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from S.J. Perelman to noted composer and songwriter Vernon Duke at the time of their collaboration on a Broadway musical. Inscribed: “To Vernon - A la recherche du temps perdu and in anticipation of things to come, and also in memory of many rugged campaigns and bivouacs. Ever, Sid Perelman, November 5, 1946”. Some very minor and light waviness to the bottom edge, else very good in a very internally repaired dust jacket a few small chips. Duke and Perelman collaborated on the famous failed 1946 musical, Sweet Bye and Bye. The show, with music and lyrics by Vernon Duke ("April in Paris," "Autumn in New York") and Ogden Nash and book by S.J. Perelman and Al Hirschfeld.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Pencil ownership signature. A used and cocked copy with some rubbing to cloth in a worn and used dust jacket with internal repairs and which also has old style black tape externally reinforcing the top and bottom edges approximately 3/8” wide. Charlie Chan novel.

Santa Barbara, CA: Sullivan Goss, 2006. First Edition. Paperbound, folded, 8 1/4” x 8 1/4”. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of sculptural works by Ken Bortolazzo. With an essay by Nancy Clare Caponi. Fine in printed wrappers.

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1982. First Edition. Paperbound, 9” x 8 1/2”. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of paintings by Ken Hendrickson. With an introductory essay by Kathleen M. Monaghan. Fine copy in printed wrappers.

Richmond, VA: Marsh Art Gallery / University of Richmond Museums, 1999. First Edition. Paperbound, 8 1/2” x 10”. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of paintings and art works by Kendall Shaw. With a foreword and essay by Richard Waller. Fine in printed wrappers.