Search Results: Titles starting with K from Palimpsest Scholarly Books

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.25", shows very light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Previous owner's name appears at top of title page. Pages are otherwise clean and bright. xx/419 pages."In this prizewinning new interpretation of Jewish mysticism, Moshe Idel emphasizes the need for a comparative and phenomenological approach to Kabbalah and its position in the history of religion. Idel provides fresh insights into the origins of Jewish mysticism, the relation between mystical and historical experience, and the impact of Jewish mysticism on western civilization.""Idel's book is studded with major insights, and innovative approaches to the entire history of Judaism, and mastery of it will be essential for all serious students of Jewish thought."―Arthur Green, New York Times Book Review"Moshe Idel's original, scholarly, and stimulating study of Kabbalah contains the promise of a masterwork."―Elie Wiesel"Moshe Idel's book can help the nonspecialized reader to reconsider the whole… Read More

Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 8.25", is bound in black wrappers, with printed paper label to front cover. Book exhibits light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and without markings. 392 pages."Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Education, Health, Nursing, and Arts Professions, New York University, 1985"

First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in black paper spine and boards, with stamped silver lettering to spine. Book is like new. Jacket is well preserved in mylar cover. xxiii/360 pages."Throughout his life, German philosopher Karl Jaspers (1883–1969) recorded his experiences and reflections in diaries and correspondence. This comprehensive biography is the first to explore these extensive and candid private writings that illuminate not only Jaspers' life and relationships but also the ideas he proposed in "Way to Wisdom," "The Question of German Guilt," and many other published works.Suzanne Kirkbright provides a sensitive and intimate portrait of the philosopher whose work on truth, personal integrity, and the capacity for communication contrasted acutely with the erosion of such values in Germany in his lifetime. She describes how Jaspers' Jewish wife, Gertrud, influenced his thinking, the loss in 1937 of his professorship at Heidelberg University, and his… Read More

Zhizn' zamechatel'nikh lyudei, 399. Volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.5", is bound in gray cloth spine and illustrated paper-covered boards, with stamped black and white lettering to spine. Book displays moderate wear, with minor smudging at top of rear cover. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and without markings. This work is illustrated with vignettes and b&w photographic plates. 204 pages.Work devoted to the life of Ustym Yakymovych Karmaliuk (1787-1835), a Ukrainian outlaw who fought against the Russian administration and became a folk hero to the commoners of Ukraine. He is often referred to as the "Ukrainian Robin Hood" and "the last haydamak".

Volume, measuring approximately 7" x 9.75", is bound in glossy paper-covered boards, with color reproduction of vase illustration on front cover. Book shows very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Previous owner's markings appear in the upper outside corner of front flyleaf. Pages are clean and bright. 257 pages.

Zhizn' zamechatel'nikh lyudei, 373. Translation by Yu. Kalugin, with translation of poems by A. Sipovich and an foreword by I. Terteryan. Volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.5", is bound in gray cloth spine and illustrated paper-covered boards, with stamped black and white lettering to spine. Book displays light shefwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and without markings. This work is illustrated with vignettes and b&w photographic plates. 236 pages.Russian-language biography of Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves (1848-1871), a Brazilian poet and playwright, famous for his abolitionist and republican poems. Brazilian author Jorge Amado (1912-2001) is considered one of the most important writers of 20th-century Latin American literature.

Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is bound in quarter red cloth and black cloth boards, with gilt and black lettering to spine. Book is like new. Dust jacket displays sunning to spine and minor scuff mark to rear spine edge. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. vii/277 pages.
"This work rescues from oblivion an important manuscript on Keats by one of the best scholar/critics of fiction of the previous generation. At her death Dorothy Van Ghent, author of the acclaimed "The English Novel: Form and Function," left a critical study of Keats's work that reflected, even in its fragmentary form, her career-long involvement with his life and poetry. Jeffrey Cane Robinson has revised, reordered, and edited this material, in places summarizing Van Ghent's notes and directions. The result is an outstanding contribution to Keats criticism.Focusing in new and thoroughgoing way on Keats's discussed in Greek myth, Professor Van Ghent finds the underlying coherence of both his poetry and his letters to be… Read More

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9.25", displays very light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. Rear cover offers portrait of the author.Poetry collection by this contemporary Romanian author. 139 pages.

Well-preserved volume is bound in dark blue cloth, with gilt spine lettering. 333 pages.

Revised edition. Volume is bound in blue leatherette with bright stamped gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Book is well preserved in transparent plastic cover. Entries appear in double columns. 1555 pages.

Author-signed first edition. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.75", shows light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. 320 pages.A historical novel by Russian writer, historian and journalist Semyon Reznik (b. 1938), the longtime editor of the important Soviet era biographical book series "Lives of Remarkable People" ("ЖЗЛ"), emigrated to the United States in 1982, where he became a radio personality and a writer for the Russian desk of the Voice of America.

Translation by Merrily P. Hansen of "Costumes et parures khmèrs d'après les devatâ d'Angkor-Vat" (Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire, 1927). Volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 8.75", is bound in original printed and illustrated wrappers. Book is like new. xii/99 pages."Author and artist Sappho Marchal was the daughter of the renowned French conservator of Angkor, Henri Marchal. She spent her early years in Cambodia surrounded by the magnificent monuments of the Khmers and produced the present study in 1927 at the age of 23. Her annotated line drawings capture the beauty and intricate detail of Khmer costumes and ornaments depicted on the apsara reliefs of Angkor Wat with even more clarity than film. This documentation is all the more valuable since many of these reliefs have severely deteriorated or disappeared. This first English edition of Marchal's work will serve as an essential record and guide for present-day visitors to the monument."

First printing. Oblong volume, measuring approximately 9" x 8.75", is bound in dark green cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is in fine condition, with solid binding, clean and bright interior. Profusely illustrated. Dust jacket shows light shelfwear, with small abrasion to spine panel. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xi/384 pages."The colorful and stylized kimono - the national garment of Japan - expresses not only Japanese esthetic sensibilities but the soul of Japan as well. Largely discarded by men a century ago in the name of modernity and efficiency, kimono is still worn by many women on formal occasions and by some women, such as geisha, in their daily work. Elegantly anachronistic, kimono still retains a powerful hold on the Japanese heart and mind.In this beautifully written and lavishly illustrated book, Liza Dalby, author of the highly acclaimed Geisha, traces the history of kimono - its uses, aesthetics, and social meanings - to explore Japanese culture. Drawing on a… Read More

First printing. Foreword by Charles Kaiser. Oblong volume, measuring approximately 10.25" x 10.5", is bound in dark gray cloth, with silver lettering to spine and front cover. Book is like new. Dust jacket shows light shelfwear. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xv/75 pages.
""Kings in Their Castles," a collective portrait of the gay urban community in America, offers a personal view of some of our leading artists, writers, filmmakers, composers, musicians, and designers. Among the celebrities Atwood photographs in their playful, revealing homes are Edward Albee, Todd Oldham, John Waters, Ross Bleckner, Joel Schumacher, Junior Vasquez, Michael Cunningham, Simon Doonan, Andrew Solomon, Ned Rorem, James Dale, David Del Tredici, Tommy Tune, John Ashbery, Edmund White, and John Bartlett. Atwood also documents the bohemians, beatniks, mavericks, and iconoclasts, an urban community that is slowly disappearing. Capturing whimsical, intimate moments of daily life and portraying the complexity and diversity… Read More

Volume is bound in light brown cloth, with bright stamped gilt lettering to spine. Binding is firm. Pages are clean and without markings. Dust jacket displays significant wear at edges, with minor loss at top/bottom of spine panel and at outside corners. Jacket is preserved in paper-backed mylar. 493 pages plus 32 pages of b&w photo illustrations. Textual illustrations.

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.5", displays light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and bright. Numerous textual illustrations. Text is in Hebrew. 206 pages.Biography of Israeli playwright and translator Nissim Aloni (1926-1998), who was recipient of the 1983 Bialik Prize for literature and the 1996 Israel Prize for stage arts – dramatics.

Large-format volume, measuring approximately 9.75" x 12", is bound in pictorial boards, with stamped black lettering to spine and front cover. Book is new. 255 pages."Exploring an intriguing aspect of the artist's work, this book examines Gustav Klimt's fascination with the ancient world. Gustav Klimt's 1907 publication of his illustrated edition of Lucian's ancient work "Dialogues of the Courtesans" was the first time he exhibited his erotic art to the public, and it led to his denouncement by censors disturbed by the work's graphic content. This volume revives Klimt's masterful book, which pairs his erotic drawings with Wiener Werkstätte design, and which arguably resulted in the Art Nouveau era's most beautiful book. Klimt and Antiquity also compares the red- and black figure Attic vases dating from the 5th century with Klimt's art. It presents Klimt's antiquity-inspired art as a dialogue between contemporary and ancient art, between genders, and between women's roles in times of antiquity and… Read More

Hardcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 8.75", displays mild shelfwear, with lightly bumped upper inside corner to rear cover. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Numerous textual illustrations. 460 pages.Russian-language history of Russian cinema outside the Soviet Union during the interwar period, with chapters devoted to Russian cinema in Europe and Hollywood, as well as portraits of actors and filmmakers.

First edition with editor Thomas Rietzschel's signed inscription. Volume, measuring approximately 7.25" x 10", is bound in gray paper spine and boards, with black and red lettering to spine. Reproduction of illustration appears on front cover. A few faint spots appear on top edge of text block. Book is otherwise in fine condition, with firm binding, clean and bright pages. With illustrations by Conrad Felixmuller. Dust jacket is well preserved in mylar cover. 307 pages.Inscription on verso of title page reads "Für Gesa, / mit allen guten Wünschen / von / Thomas, / Leipzig 14.9.85".This work collects the poetry, prose and letters of Walter Rheiner (1895-1925), a writer associated with German post-expressionism.

Afterword by Boris Shapiro. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 8", shows very light shelfwear. 88 pages.A collection of poems and short stories by mathematician and poet Irina Dobrushina (1928-2014), illustrated with her own artwork and graphic design.