Search Results: Titles starting with K from Classic Books and Ephemera

S.l.: Amerikanischen Kriegsinformationsamt, 1945. Paperback. Good. [32] p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Contains photographs taken at five liberated concentration camps: Buchenwald, Belsen, Gardelegen, Nordhausen, and Ohrdruf. "This small but important book was distributed in Germany by the American War Information Unit at the end of the World War II in order to convey to the civilian population the enormity of the crimes committed by the Nazis in the name of the German people. Thus this book, which is not much more than a pamphlet, may represent the single most significant use of photography as a witness in the medium`s history". -- Gerry Badger. In German. In Good Condition: rubbed with loss at corners and edges; one vertical crease throughout; closed 7-cm. tear from fore-edge of one leaf; several closed tears of 1 cm. or less; otherwise, clean and solid.

Philadelphia: Printed by W. Young and J. M'Culloch, 1788. Hardcover. Good +. xii [sic], [3], 18-388 p.; 21 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: "Gib's Contemplas." "I. A View of the Covenant of Works . . . II. A View of the Covenant of Grace . . . III. A View of the Absolute and Immediate Dependence of All Things on God . . . ." Early American Imprints, 1st Series (Evans), 21114. Error in paging: page x misnumbered xii. Subscribers names, pp. [385]-388, including Samuel Culbertson and James Culbertson of Letterkenny, Franklin County, Pa. Former owner Joseph Culbertson's name is written on endpapers, blank leaf preceding title page, blank page facing Appendix, and title page. Joseph Culbertson served as sheriff of the county from 1826 to 1829. Dickinson College Library stamp on front fixed endpaper; 5-digit number written at lower edge of first page of Preface;… Read More

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada: Lethbridge Herald, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. Second Impression (The James Muir Edition) July 1954. [4], 178 p.: illustrations, map; 23 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Spine title: Indian Chiefs. Cover title: Blackfoot Confederacy: Ancient and Modern. The Kainai Nation, or Blood Tribe, is a First Nations band government in southern Alberta, Canada. Includes information about the Blackfoot language and a chronology starting in 1810. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: corners rubbed; clean and tight.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. [10], 245, [1] p.; 22 cm. Black cover with gilt spine title. Dust jacket with jacket art by Jill Bauman. Stated First Edition. Former owner's embossed stamp on half title page. Kalifornia is a brilliant satire "on the future of media and popular culture," even more accurate in the 21st century than when it was published. Book is in Very Good Condition: upper page edges slightly soiled; gouge at lower edge of front board under dust jacket; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: edges slightly rubbed; clean and bright.

Waltham Saint Lawrence, Eng: Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 68, [2] p.; 20 cm. Original pale yellow paper over boards with yellow cloth spine; printed paper spine label. Lacking the dustjacket but with custom mylar cover. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: Mary Greenacre. Chanticleer, 5. First edition of first work of fiction by Havelock Ellis. In Very Good Condition: cloth spine soiled; pale green paper over boards largely faded to beige; a few pages carelessly opened; spine label intact; pages are clean and bright.

Gloucester, Mass: Rockport Publishers, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 208 p.: color illustrations, plans; 31 cm. Green cover with white spine title. Green endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Gift inscription on front free endpaper from Herb McLaughlin. New design and construction by Herb McLaughlin (1934-2015) and his firm, KMD, from 1968 through 2000. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority international. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright.

Cincinnati, Ohio: Kargon Extracting Co, 1906. Good. 13 x 18 cm. Printed on one side in red and black within a red border. "A valuable soothing, healing and cleansing tonic" for the kidneys. The "prescription" called for Kargon Compound to be mixed with extract of dandelion and compound syrup of sarsaparilla. A 1912 report stated that it was made up of buchu, potassium acetate, glycerol, and alcohol. Scarce. In Good Condition: creased and lightly soiled; starting to separate at edges of two folds; minor chipping.

London: Hutchinson and Co, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Printed by William Brendon and Son, Plymouth. viii, 352 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary half polished green calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title and authors in second and third compartments. Green-and-white cloth over boards. Top page edges gilt. "Works by the same authors" on half title verso. No date of publication, but Hutchinson and Co. published the first edition in 1904. Front free endpaper inscribed and signed by the authors: "With best wishes, from Ellen Thorneycroft Felkin & Alfred Laurence Felkin." Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860-1929) was a successful poet and novelist. In 1903 she married Alfred Laurence Felkin (1856-1942); together this wrote this love story published the following year. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; spine is sunned but gilt is still bright; fore-edges are slightly soiled; pages are clean and tight.

Philadelphia: Daniel J. McGarrigan Entertainment Bureau, 1930. Near Fine. [4] p.: portrait; 25 cm. Daniel J. McGarrigan was a Philadelphia musician who was active as early as 1910 and into the 1940s, leading sing-alongs at organization banquets. His orchestra was dubbed the "Serpents Hips" at a football banquet at Ursinus College in 1924. This booklet contains the lyrics to 19 songs and would have been distributed at one such event. There is no date of publication but the address shown is on Walnut St. in Philadelphia. Prior to 1923 he is shown at other addresses in the city; it is not known when he moved to Walnut St. One of the songs, Betty Co-Ed, was copyrighted in 1930. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: creased; clean and solid.

Battle Creek, Mich: W.K. Kellogg, 1909. Paperback. Very Good +. [10] card p.: color illustrations; 21 cm. Wrappers included in page count. Wrapper title. Patented 1907; copyright 1909. "580" -- on back wrapper. Advertisement on back wrapper includes 4-line verse about Corn Flakes with an illustration of children dancing around an over-size box of the cereal and an illustration of a boy with a box of cereal in a cart being pulled by a giant rooster. Two interior leaves are split into 6 horizontal sections what allow the reader to change the illustrations on the 3 other pages of the animals. With short nursery rhymes, some of which mention Kellogg's Corn Flakes. A moveable children's book published by Kellogg to promote the cereal Corn Flakes. Initially issued in 1907 as an in-store promotion; in 1909 it was changed to a premium mail-in offer, which Kellogg continued with changes in illustration until 1937. Later editions feature an advertisement on the back wrapper with the… Read More

Boston: Samuel H. Parker, 1839. Hardcover. Fair. "Parker's Edition, revised and corrected, with a general preface, an introduction to each novel, and notes, historical and illustrative, by the Author." Two volumes in one, each with a title page: x, [1], 4-280, 264 p., 2 leaves of engraved plates (frontispieces); 19 cm. Contemporary half calf with five spine compartments between wide raised bands. Gilt-tooled series, volume, and title information in second, third, and fourth compartments; gilt-tooled decoration on bands and at tail. Grey cloth over boards. Waverley Novels volumes 21 and 22. Bookseller's label on front fixed endpaper of A. McLean, bookseller and binder, New York. A faint note about the binding on the first title page. In Fair Condition: front board is detached with first frontispiece and title page; lacking 3 cm. at head of spine; edges are rubbed; lacking front free endpaper; each frontispiece has left a shadow on facing title page; otherwise, pages are clean… Read More

Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1981. Paperback. Very Good. 88 p.: illustrations; 25 x 30 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Exhibition catalog of work by American sculptor and photographer Kenneth Snelson (1927-2016). In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. Hard Cover. Very Good. [6], 147, [5] p.: frontispiece, 2 leaves of plates, 1 in-text illustration; 16 cm. Contemporary polished calf spine extending one third of the way across the boards; green silk over the rest of the boards with a cardinal stamped in red and black on the front board. Black morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title. Top page edges gilt. Green and gilt floral endpapers. Publisher's catalog on four pages following text. Inscription on blank leaf following front free endpaper: S. Elizabeth Weidman, Xmas '97. Although dated 1894, this was apparently issued in 1896, as the list of the author's works following the text includes the sequel to this, Aftermath, published in 1896. This is the classic work by James Lane Allen (1849-1925), featuring a romance set in his native Kentucky before the Civil War. In Very Good Condition: edges and corners are rubbed; silk is slightly rubbed; fixed front endpaper has small scrape near top… Read More

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1973. Paperback. Very Good +. 30, [6] p.: illustations; 18 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Orange free endpapers. Number Twelve in the Yes! Capra Chapbook Series. Gifford's journal entires on visiting Lowell, Mass., with photographs by Marshall Clements of various buildings associated with Jack Kerouac. This is not one of the signed limited edition copies. In Very Good+ Condition: cover is lightly soiled; internally clean and bright.

Philadelphia: W.W. Walker, 1841. Hardcover. Very Good. Copyrighted 1835. 193 p.; 16 cm. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between double gilt rules. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Key to Rose." Small yellow bookseller's label on front fixed endpaper for John B. Perry, Philadelphia. In Very Good Condition: front joint starting; old stain along upper edges of both boards; corners rubbed; pages are clean and tight.

New York: Major & Knapp, 1865. Good. 1 sheet 18 x 12 cm. "The Major & Knapp Eng. Mf'g. & Lith. Co. 449 Broadway, NY." -- lower left-hand corner. This was apparently from a section of the 1865 Manual titled Murray Hill, as that title runs above the image. Shows a two-and-a-half-story frame house with trees surrounded by three-story brick buldings. In Good Condition: old dampstain along lower edge and left side.

Mulgrave, Australia: Images Publishing Group, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 175, [1] p.: color illustrations; 26 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket repeating cover design. "From recreational parks in Japan, and daycare centers in Manhattan, to simple residential furniture and play equipment, this book examines the work of over thirty world-leading architects and designers. Each has created outstanding environments or facilities that place the needs of children first." -- dust jacket. Scarce. Book is in Fine Conditon: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed; clean and bright.

New York: Permabooks, 1959. Paperback. Very Good -. First printing of the Permabook edition Aug. 1959. [10], 181, [1] p.; 16 cm. Paperback with cover art by Darcy. An 87th Precinct novel. "M 4150." Publisher's advertisements on first 2 pages and final page. In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; slightly cocked; lower back corner creased; pages lightly browning; clean and solid.

London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good -. xiv, 338 p.: in-text formulas and drawings; 23 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Michael Wade. Contains essays on body movement and human commnication, some previously published and others published here for the first time. Book is in Near Fine Condition: slightly shaken; clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; closed tears of 5 cm. or less from lower edge; closed 1-cm. tear along front joint; chipping at head of spine; clean and bright.

Lausanne, Switz: Foetisch Frères, 1952. Paperback. Good +. Music by Arthur Honegger; English version by Edward Agate. 1 vocal score for chorus only (40 p.); 27 cm. Paper covers. E.C. Schirmer Music Co., Boston, listed as sole U.S. selling agent on front cover. Contains the 1923 concert version for solo voices (SAT) and chorus (SSATB); orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano. Contains choral parts only (#3, 4, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, and 27). In Good+ Condition: old repair to tail of spine; covers slightly soiled and creased; pencilled notations throughout.