Search Results: Titles starting with K from Renaissance Books

East Horsley: Magna Press. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. (1992). First Edition. Hardcover. 0951942301 . No previous owner's signatures, stamps or labels. Some bruising at tail end of spine. Some ripples to paper on rear board where a price sticker has been removed. Overall a nice copy of this title. ; 96 pages. Green illustrated boards. Page dimensions: 296 x 208mm. Illustrated. Contents: Introduction; Technical appraisal by Bob Jones; As it was in the beginning; The cars; Unallocated performances; The summary today; Engine numbers; Registration numbers; Index of personalities. .

Runanga: Kiwi Association of Sea Kayakers (NZ). Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. (2003). Softcover. 0958358508 . Previous owner's rubber names stamp on front endpaper. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 2006 third edition. [2], 1-2, [2], 3-146 page. Plastic comb binding. Page dimensions: 297 x 210mm. Illustrated. Contents: KASK Aims & Objectives; Brief History of Sea Kayaking in New Zealand; Kayak, Paddle & Equipment; Techniques & Skills; The Elements; Trips & Expeditions; Places to Go; Resources. .

Auckland: Penguin Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1990). Softcover. 0143019457 . Spine faded. Crease to corner of rear cover. Price sticker on rear cover. ; 334, [2 (blank)] pages + plates. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. "This is a history of New Zealand from a Maori perspective, encompassing the period since the origins of the Maori people. The book argues that the past 150 years have been an endless strugle by the Maori's for social justice, equality and self-determination." .

Lahore, Pakistan: Sang-e-Meel Publications. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. (2001). Hardcover. 969350738X . A 2001 facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1896. [16], 656 pages. The preliminary leaves are incorrectly numbered xxix-xxxix. Folding map not present in this edition. Illustrations are not clearly reproduced. Illustrated papered boards. Page dimensions: 212 x 135mm. Illustrated by A. D. McCormick. "In the year 1888, in company with Colonel Durand, C.B., then a young cavalry captain, I was travelling through the Astor Valley of Kashmir to Gilgit. On one memorable occasion we had made a double march. The track was extremely arduous, and the waning light found us tired and jaded, and still some distance from camp." - from the Preface. .

Otago: Kai Tahu Runanga Ki Otago. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1995). First Edition. 4-ring binder. No signatures. ; xii, 197 pages. Four-ring stationery binding. Illustrated. "For a range of reasons Ngai Tahu are justified in their deep suspicion of the Conservation Act and the Resource Management Act." - from the foreword. "The Natural Resources Management Plan represents an overarching natural resources planning document for the Otago region. It identifies Kai Tahu ki Otago values, issues and objectives." - from the introduction.; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Dunedin: Stone, Son & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1919. First Edition. Softcover. Wrappers worn and creased, with small tears to margins. Owner's signature "Mary Helen Wardrop 28/11/19".; 44 pages. Blue printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 219 x 137mm. Illustrated. New Zealand regional history, Kaikorai School, Rosyln, Dunedin. + 3 others: (2) "Order of Service to be observed at the Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of the Kaikorai School Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Arch. On Saturday, 29th October A.D. 1921; A.L.5921 at 3 o'clock p.m." 4 pages. With two contemporary newspaper clippings. (3) "Ceremony of Unveiling - The Kaikorai School Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Arch - By His Excellency Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa [. . .] Sunday, 12 February, 1922, at 3 o'clock p.m." 4 pages. (4) "Centennial Dinner - Kaikorai School - 1868 - 1968". 4 pages. 22 autographs on "Autographs" page. .

Dunedin. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Some minor creasing.; [4] pages, including the covers. Page dimensions: 230 x 153mm. Programme for the Opening Ceremony of this Dunedin high school. In attendance was His Excellency the Viscount Cobham, Governor General of New Zealand. Ground plan of the school buildings on rear of programme. ; 8vo .

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1889. Hardcover. Some offsetting to endpapers. Ex-libris label. Tiny 1/16" chip to cloth at head of spine. Minor darkening to cloth spine and boards.; Second edition (reissue of the first edition). xii, 219 pages + frontis. Maroon cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated. Ex-Libris label on front pastedown, "Dr. Corrie McLachlan." Selected Contents: "Our Arrival In The New Country; A Chat About Auckland; My First Railway Journey; A Sale By Auction; The Faithless Mary Ann; A Colonial Ball; Kaipara Fish; Godwit Shooting; A Maori Wedding." ; 8vo .

Petone: Highgate / Price Milburn. Fair in Fair dust jacket. (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. 0705514021 . Ex-library, Invercargill Public Library. Dust wrapper in chipped plastic jacket with adhesive edges, and taped to endpapers. A rough reading or working copy. Complete. ; 175 pages. Large format hardcover book. Page dimensions: 288 x 212mm. ; 4to .

Petone: Highgate / Price Milburn. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. 0705514021 . Previous owner's signature. No tears or chips to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in mylar cover.; 175 pages. Large format hardcover book. Page dimensions: 288 x 212mm. ; 4to .

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Front inner hinge broken. Previous owner's handwritten paper name label on front endpaper "Anthony Arnold Easter 1897". Moderate rubbing and flecking to cloth boards. ; [2], x, [4], 132 pages + 6 b&w plates (including frontispiece). Green cloth boards with decorative gilt title on front board. Page dimensions: 221 x 136mm. Selected contents: Our Antipodean Colonies; Sheep and Sheep-Runs; Australian Trees; Droughts; Kangaroos and Kangaroo-Hunting; Australian Aboriginals; The Expedition of Burke and Wills; Maori Men and women; Cattle-Stealing; Timber-Cutting; The New Zealand Flax-Plant; New Zealand Trees. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall A642]; 8vo .

London: Hodder and Stoughton. Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1946. First Cheap Edition. Hardcover. First "Black Jacket" edition. 344 pages + 8 plates on 4 leaves. Dimensions: 7 1/8" by 4 3/4". Front free endpaper torn out. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. A few 1/2" and smaller tears in edges of dust wrapper. 1/8" chips at head of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. The author's first book on the Himalayas. ; 12mo .

Masterton: Masterton Printing Co.. Poor in Fair dust jacket. (1957). First Edition. Softcover. Owner's inscription. Water damage and crinkling to leaves. Dust wrapper rubbed and worn with tears and chips. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. A good reading copy. ; 168 pages. Green papered boards. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 218mm x 123mm. "It is January on Kapiti. The birds and insects are at the zenith of their glory. Songs are resounding from every tree. Every flowering plant and shrub abounds with flying insects; some beautiful, some homely, but all happy and busy and rejoicing." - the opening sentences. ; 8vo .

Karachi: Oxford University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Small chips to margins of dust wrapper. Foxing to dust wrapper. Some bruising to spine cloth. Some staining to boards. Foxing and dust stains to page edges. Small knock to page edges. Some foxing and staining to endpapers. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xvi, 258 pages + frontispiece + plates. Maroon cloth boards. Page dimensions: 227 x 138mm. This copy has a "With the Compliments of the Secretary" slip from the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry loosely included. ; 8vo .

London: Constable and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. One volume only (lacking the portfolio volume) . Xvii, (1) , 469 pages + frontis + 25 plates with printed tissue guards + 5 double plates + 2 colour plates. Green cloth covers with blind-stamped border on front board. 3/8" chip in spine cloth. Water fleck damage to cloth surface of spine and rear board, with patchy loss of spine colour. Cloth rubbed at edges of spine and boards. Binding shaky. Gutters cracked internally. Hinges loose. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally pages clean and white. Light foxing to half title page and title page. No signatures. ; 4to .

London and Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1905. Hardcover. Some marginalia. Spine faded. Some fading and marks to boards. Split to gutter between pages 48 and 49. "Every thought of man upon being evolved passes into the inner world, and becomes an active entity by associating itself, coalescing we might term it, with an elemental - that is to say, with one of the semi-intelligent forces of the kingdoms." - page 5. ; Third edition. 77, [3 (blank)] pages. Brown cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 154 x 117mm. .

Berkeley: University of California Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. 0520046005 . No signatures. Some fading to dust-jacket spine. Small 3/8" tear at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; xv, [1], 204, [1] pages. Red boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 228 x 150mm. "The literary tradition of Japan has been deeply influenced by the Buddhism that held intellectual and religious sway there for so many centuries. William R. LaFleur explains this influence, and in the process provides a new definitino of 'medieval' in Japanese history." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Preface; Major Eras of Japanese History; 'Floating Phrases and Fictive Utterances': The Rise and Fall of Symbols; In and Out the Rokudo: Kyokai and the Formation of Medieval Japan; Inns and Hermitages: The Structure of Impermanence; Symbol and Yugen: Shunzei's Use of Tendai Buddhism; Chomei as… Read More

Srinagar. Fair with no dust jacket. 1938. Second Edition. Soft Cover. No signatures. Title page missing. 3/4" x 1/2" chip missing at tail of spine. Rubbing and wear to wrappers. Front wrapper coming apart from card wrapper. ; [iv], 95 pages + frontis + plates + advertisements + one folding map at rear. Card wrappers. Page dimensions: 180mm x 120mm. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Lahore, Pakistan: Sang-e-Meel Publications. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. (1999). Hardcover. 969350738X . Highlighting on a few pages. Some abrasions along front joint of spine.; A 1999 facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1875. xix, [1], 419, [1 (blank)] pages. Illustrated papered boards. Page dimensions: 211 x 135mm. "I venture to offer a plain account of the journey and experiences of the embassy to Kashghar in 1873-74, with such matters of interest regarding the people and the country as our opportunities enabled us to obtain." - page xix. Includes account of the Hemis Gompa near Leh, Ladakh. .

Auckland: Penguin Books. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. (2001). First Edition. Softcover. 0143018051 . No signatures. Some rubbing to corners of wrappers.; 320 pages + plates. Biography of New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield. "Katya, Katoushka, Kissienka and Katerina were just some of the names that Katherine used at the height of her Russian pose, when she wore Russian dress, smoked Russian cigarettes, attended Russian concerts and embarked on a literary love affair with Chekhove that changed her writing - and her life." - from blurb on rear wrapper. ; 8vo .