Search Results: Titles starting with K from Brillig Books

Tokyo/Kyoto/Palo Alto: Kodansha International Ltd./Tankosh, 1972. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, blue cloth covered boards with yellow title and spine titles. 207 pp. including index, glossary, Notes on Utensils, and list of recipes. Generously illlustrated throughout with 96 full color, full page photographs by Muneori Kuzunishi and Yoshiro Matsuda, of ensembles of the dishes described in each chapter showing the exquisite presentation for which Kaiseki is famous. Kaiseki is a vegetarian, seasonal and highly decorative cuisine developed for serving connected to Cha No Yu or the tea ceremony. Each dish is meant to be in accord with the season in which it is prepared and served as well as being presented in a manner also in accord with the seasons. The gorgeous presentations in the photographs show that Kaiseki presentation is of the highest art and makes the usual punctiliously decorative Japanese food serving look like servings in a school cafeteria. Also… Read More

York PA: Fischer Bruder Verlag, 1882. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth covered boards with blindstamped decorative corners and rules and gilt title. 187pp. Frontispiece engraving. Introduction by H.L. Fischer. A very scarce and important collection of authentic Pennsylvania Dutch folk songs transcribed in the original dialect. Introduction in German. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked, unblemished volume with bright gilt title. A remarkably well-preserved copy of the first edition which is scarce in any condition. Fine..

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. Book. Illus. by A.C. Scott. Fine. Cloth. Second printing. Octavo, purple cloth covered boards. 313 pp. including glossary of japanese terms for the theatre and index. Illustrated by the author with color frontispiece, five plates and numerous in text line drawings. A detailed description of the traditional popular drama of Kabuki from actor's techniques to music, dance, costuming, stage settings and scenery. Laid in is an 11 page theatre program for the Bunraku Puppet Show presented by Bunraku Kyokai in June, 1964 at the Misukoshi Theatre, Tokyo with photograph of a warrior in costume and mask on front cover. The program is stapled wraps and fine. The book is very tight and clean internally unmarked except for a discreet prior owner name on ffep corner. Dust jacket has two small sticker shadows and very slight fading to spine. Near fine in very good dust jacket..

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 1999. Book. New. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. NEW BOOK. Small octavo, (5.5" X 8"), black cloth covered boards with silver spine titles. 100pp. A collection of short stories by National Book Critics Award winner and MacArthur fellow Johnathan Lethem in collaboration with Carter Scholz. The book is SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS LIMITED AND NUMBERED 115/600 A tight, clean. fresh unread volume in a crisp, clean, glossy, sharp, unclipped dust jacket. BRAND NEW BOOK..

Washington, DC: Washington Law Book Co., 1941. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Thick royal octavo, original navy blue textured cloth covered boards with gilt title and spine titles. 751pp. Foldout color frontispiece diagram. An exhaustive comparative study of systems of trial laws trials and sentences in various countries from ancient to modern times with analysis of over 100 specific cases. Wigmore was one of the most important American legal theorists of the twentieth century. This volume in beautiful condition, very tight, very bright gilt and fresh cloth and clean undamaged interior. Custom printed bookplate on pastedown and a faint short ex-library stamp at bottom of pastedown, else fine. A very near fine copy..

Hamburg, Germany: Hoffmann und Campe Verlag, (, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Quarto, brown cloth covered boards. 287pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color photographs. An detailed and comprehensive scholarly biography of one of the twentieth century's most important conductors, Karl Bohm. TEXT IN GERMAN. Complete discography, (including films). Brief typed birthday gift inscription to "Dr. Mellon" (William Larimer Mellon, Jr.) tipped onto ffep. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Lorena, TX: Iron Bridge Press, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Quarto (10.75" X 10.25"), illustrated black and grey glazed paper coverred boards, matching the dust jacket. 204 pp. including selected biblliography, selected group exhibitions, selected solo exhibitions, slecteted awards and honors selcted public collections, gallery representations and chronology. Published concurrently with the Karl Umlauf Retrospective Eshibition at Baylor University's Martinn Museum of Art, Art Gallery and Art Center Waco. Generously illustrated throughout with color and black and whiite, reproductions of the artist's paintings, bas-reliefs, and assemblages along with black and white photographs of the artist throughout his career and in his studio. A tight, clean fresh, unmarked, unblemished and apparently unread volume, in a tight, crisp, sharp, fresh, glossy and unclipped dust jacket. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Virtually AS NEW..

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1941. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. Octavo, green cloth covered boards. 268pp. including index plus colophon. Map endpapers. With 22 illustrations and a reproduced map. A facsimile reprint (stated on rear dust jacket flap). Fine in very good plus to near fine dust jacket with minor dusting, else fine..

Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo, blue photo-illustrated cloth covered boards matching the dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. 301 pp. including index. Illustrated with black and white potographs and a ap of the college in 1974. SIGNED and INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on ffep. A tight, fresh, clean, unmarked and unblemished volume in a tight, crisp, clean dust jacket with very minor edgewear and a few very small closed edgeteas. Fine in very good plus dust jacket..

New York: Atria Books, 2003. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First printing, quarto, white cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 144 pp. including index. 61 color and 38 black and white full page photographs of nudes. A tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, tight, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Reston, VA: Reston Publishing Co, 1979 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. Octavo, green textured paper covered boards. 259pp. including index. A study of the science of movement (kinematics) applied especially to automation and production lines. Illustrated with line drawings, charts and graphs. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket with just a touch of minor edgewear. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1973. Book. Illus. by Maurice Sendak. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, maroon cloth covered boards. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with color pictures by Maurice Sendak. Based on a folk tale by the german Grimm Brothers. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume with a light bump to spine top, else fine, in a clean, tight, crisp, sharp dust jacket with little specks of white rubbing at the corners and a slightly faded spine. Near fine in near fine dust jacket..

Chicago: F.C. Smedley & C0, 1893. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. Very thick octavo, brown cloth covered boarrds elaborately decorated in gilt and black on front cover with angel and trumpet and on spine titles. 570 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with full page plates and in-text engravings. A classic gathering of the addresses, essays and anecdotes of the "wise men" of America at the turn of the century. From celebrity preachers to writers and politicians. A very tight, clean, volume with bright gilt and decoration and unmarked interior. Neat copperplate signature at rear free endpaper, slight 1/8" split at top of spine edge, else fine. A great copy. Near fine..

Tokyo: Kodansha, 1976. Book. Fine. Photoillustrated Softcover. First Edition. Tall small folio, (10.25" x 12.75"). Colorfully photo-illustrated stiff self wraps (trade paperback). 28pp. plus regional guide/map. Generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs of finished pieces plus details of glazes and firing techniques and diagrams and maps of kilns. An excellent detailed sort guide to the renowned wares of the kilns of Kiseto, Setoguro. TEXT IN JAPANESE. A very tight, clean, fresh, stiff, square, crisp, stiff, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE.

London: Academy Editions, (1972). Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. F. First Edition. Quarto, livid purple photo-illustrated black stiff wraps, (paperback). A paperback original. 90pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A pictorial survey of tasteless or outre art and images in advertising, film, painting, literature, photography etc. A great romp through dizzyingly bad taste with a strong emphasis on the erotic. A very tight, clean, bright, unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. If you hold it at an angle to the light you can see a slight wrinkle indicating a latent crease on the back panel, else fine and perfect. Very near fine. Virtually AS NEW..

NY: Leon Amiel, (1974). Book. As New. Soft cover. F. First Edition. Small square octavo, (16cm.X 18 cm.) raspberry red cloth covered boards. 36pp. text and 90 full page full color plates. A beautiful little book production with vibrant color plates and touching on every aspect of Klee's work. Fine in fine dust jacket. A fresh unread copy in a crisp, sharp and brilliatn dust jacket. AS NEW..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Book. Fine. Soft cover. F. First Edition. Tall narrow octavo, colorfully illustrated stiff card wraps. 478pp. including appendices with marks, price guide, list of manufacturers etc. 351 American and foreign, antique and collectible toys illustrated with color photograph and a page to each item with detailed commentary on the collectible attributes of the piece. A very clean, tight, fresh and unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. An excellent copy..

NY: Simon and Schuster, (1995). Book. As New. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Thick octavo, purple cloth spine over purple paper covered boards. 607pp. including index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A memoir by one of America's leading classical composers, authors, diarist and polemicist for gay rights. Includes remeniscences of Capote, Bernstein, Cocteau, James Baldwi, Virgil Thomson, Francis Poulenc among many others. A beautiful, tight, fresh and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, brilliant dust jacket. Fine, pristine and AS NEW..

NY: Alfred Knopf, 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, green cloth covered boards. 171pp. Frontispiece photograph of Hamsun and three illustrations. Discreet prior owner signature and date else fine. A very attractive copy..

New York: Stein and Day, (1965) Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, putty colored cloth spine over rose paper covered boards. 171pp. including References. Translated and with an introduction by Alex Comfort. The lesser known Indian manual of love from the medieval period. A very tight, fresh and unread volume in a crisp, sharp dust jacket with just a hint of dusting. Fine in very near fine dust jacket..