Search Results: Titles starting with K from Keel Row Books

London; Blackie & Son Ltd., 1896., 1896. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 392 pp. Twelve illustrations Ralph Peacock & a Plan. Advertisements to rear. Book Condition: Very Good. Original decorative green cloth with bevelled edges & gilt titles; knight in armour illustrations to spine and upper board. No dust-jacket (as issued). Surface rubbing/minor wear to corners & edges and to spine. Textblock slightly cracked; inner front hinge weak. Lacks ffep; minor foxing to endpapers.

London; Churchman Publishing Co. Ltd, 1934., 1934. Hard Cover. Biography of Canon Percival Young Knight. Original green cloth with black-stamped titles. No publishing date given - c. 1934. Minor foxing to page edges & endpapers. Rear endpapers have had paper reinforcing sheet pasted tidily over. Portrait frontispiece plus plate of Ryhope Parish Church. No inscriptions.

London; George Bell, 1853., 1853. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 12 mo. 200 pp. 16 pp., publisher's catalogue to rear. 6 plates with tissue guards, of which 3 in colour including frontispiece of "Krelli his wife and counsellor"; hand-coloured fold-out map. Publisher's salmon pink cloth with blind foliate border to boards, and gilt titles to spine and upper board. Edges sprinkled red; canary yellow endpapers. Cover cloth sunned particularly to spine; rear board lightly soiled with small black stain at joint. Edges a little rubbed; minor bump to edge of upper board. Scattered light foxing mainly to prelims otherwise a clean bright copy; no annotation or inscriptions. Autobiographical account of the life and travels of a missionary cleric in South Africa in the mid nineteenth century, with much lively descriptive detail of the country and its inhabitants. Merriman (1809-82) eventually became Bishop of Grahamstown and was defeated in a series of court cases regarding the status of the Church of Southern… Read More

London; Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1932., 1932. Hard Cover. INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo, pp. xvi, 420. 60 photographic illustrations including frontispiece; folding map to rear. Publishers' black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Covers lightly scuffed with creases to spine tips. Gift inscribed in year of publication to front pastedown: "Memento of a wonderful trip, Eric Sept 1932" to which has been added "Beauman" in a different hand. Scattered foxing mainly to textblock edge and prelims; small pink diamond shaped stamp to ffep. A Very Good copy. Eric Bentley Beauman (1891- 1989) was a member of the Kamet expedition in 1931 along with leader of the party, Author F.S. Smythe. An experienced mountaineer, he was a founder member of the RAF, a Wing Commander and member of the Alpine Club and is naturally mentioned numerous times throughout the volume.

New Haven & London; Yale University Press, 1995., 1995. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Square quarto, pp. xx, 291, [1]. Illustrated throughout in both colour and black-and-white. Publishers' royal blue cloth with bronze titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket featuring "Motley Life". Binding and contents clean and bright, with no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket a touch sunned to spine, with with surface scuffs and small nick at upper rear fold. A Near Fine copy in a very good jacket. An entirely new interpretation of Kandinsky's art, examining how his ethnic Russian heritage influenced his work throughout his career including references to Shamanism and folklore. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs may be requested for overseas delivery.

London; Folio Society, 2009 & 2010., 2009. Hard Cover. Matching set, with "Tinker, Tailor" printed in 2009 and the others both in 2010. All FIRST THUS. Octavo, pp. [8], 339; x, [4], 500; v, [3], 366. 9, 11 and 9 plates per volumes respectively including frontispieces, all by Tim Laing. Grey cloth with silver titles to spine and silhouette motifs in brown and terracotta to spine and upper board, housed in plain grey paper-covered slipcases. Miniscule dent to lower edge of lower board of "Smiley's People" otherwise volumes Fine. Small scuffed area to single face of slipcase of "Tinker Tailor", and slipcase edge slightly faded to "Honourable Schoolboy". Overall a Fine set in Near Fine slipcases. Award winning Smiley trilogy by the master of cold war espionage fiction, following the texts of the first editions. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

[Luton]; Karrier Motors Ltd., 1960., 1960. Mass Market Paperback. Softcover, landscape quarto, unpaginated: pp. [4]. Black and blue illustrations. Stapled pictorial thin card wraps. A clean, bright copy: Near Fine Condition. 1960 dealer's brochure for the Karrier 'Bantam'. Illustrated with blue and white images of this versatile commercial vehicle, with technical specifications and engine options.

London; Harper Collins Children's Books, 2017., 2017. Hard Cover. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp. 32. Lavishly illustrated throughout by the Author. Publisher's laminated pictorial boards in an unclipped pictorial jacket. A clean, bright copy; single unobtrusive crease to ffep. SIGNED by the AUTHOR to the title page. A Fine copy in like jacket. A captivating tale (!) of Katinka the cat and her unusual tail, by the much-loved author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the Mog series.

Hungary; Corvina Press, 1975., 1975. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Ocatvo, pp. 372, [2]. Publishers' grey cloth with white titles to spine and HL motif (Hungarian Library) to upper board, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket designed by Maria Hodosi. Upper corner of upper board slightly bruised and tidy ownership inscription to ffep, otherwise clean and bright. Jacket lightly surface scuffed with minor nicks & creases to edge. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Hungarian Utopian novel about the travels of a modern Gulliver, translated into English by Inez Kemenes & Fred Macnicol.

Woodbridge; Boydell Press, 2011., 2011. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. x, 222. Bound in publisher's pale green pictorial boards. A clean, bright copy with no annotations or inscriptions; very slight scuff to upper board. Near Fine condition. Number 13 in the Regions and Regionalism in History series. Charting the history of the Keelmen of the Tyne from the early seventeenth century through to nineteenth century, this work is indispensable for social historians, labour historians and maritime historians alike.

Melbourne; London; Toronto; William Heinemann Ltd. 1951., 1951. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Small octavo, pp. 212. Bound in the publishers burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. In the unclipped original illustrated dust-jacket. Dust-jacket has some miniscule nicks to edges and creases parallel to spine, unclipped vivid and bright. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust-jacket. Pulpy whodunnit beginning with a murder at a barn dance in the close-knit town of Saxon. By classic crime writer Timothy Fuller.

London; Kelly & Co. Ltd., 1897., 1897. Hard Cover. FIRST THUS. Royal octavo, pp. xx, 680, 48 advertisements. Large folding County Map and Plan of Newcastle; numerous illustrations to adverts. Publishers' scarlet cloth with gilt titles to spine, gilt crest to upper board and decoration in blind to boards. Spine scuffed at tips and very slightly sunned; a couple of unobtrusive small stains to upper board otherwise cover cloth clean and bright. Scattered light foxing, mainly to text-block edge; free endpapers toned; no annotation or inscriptions; both Map and Plan slightly mis-folded with associated creasing. A Very Good copy. Full directory of towns and villages detailing Principal Seats, Private Residents and Trades. Heavyweight, so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London; Oxford University Press, 1910., 1910. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp. xv, [1], 847. Frontispiece with tissue guard and 46 further plates. Prize binding of full polished dark blue calf, with 5 raised bands, scarlet label with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to compartments; gilt border to boards and board edges with gilt armorial of Brighouse Technical & Evening Schools to upper board and in blind border to dentelles. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Spine is lightly rubbed with minor loss to spine tips; prize bookplate to pdep and light foxing to prelims. A clean, neat copy; Very Good condition. Fanciful novel blending historical fact and fiction, creating intrigue in the court of Elizabeth I, in a handsome prize binding.

London; Oxford University Press, 1897., 1897. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp. xiii, [1], 473. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Full polished royal blue calf, with 5 raised bands, scarlet label with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to compartments; gilt border to boards and board edges with gilt armorial of The Harrobden School, Middlesex to upper board. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Small area of surface loss 1.3 cm x 4 mm approx.) to joint; prize bookplate to front paste-down. A neat, bright copy; Very Good condition. Fanciful novel blending historical fact and fiction, creating intrigue in the court of Elizabeth I, in a handsome prize binding.

Longfield, Kent; Brewery History Society, 2011., 2011. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST EDITION. Softcover quarto, pp. vi, 276. Illustrated throughout in both colour and black-and-white. Pictorial card wraps. An as-new Fine copy; no annotation or inscriptions. A historical directory of Kent Brewers including those in the parts of the historic country now in Greater London from 1293-2011, including many small brewers. Scarce.

The Netherlands; Europen Ceramic Work Centre, 2009., 2009. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST EDITION. Both Dutch and English text. Softcover quarto, pp. 261, [3]. Illustrated throughout in colour. Slight indentation to front cover and light creasing at lower corner (leaves and cover) otherwise a clean bright copy; no annotation or inscriptions. Near Fine. Catalogue of the five-year ekwc Dutch design project. Scarce.

London; Secker & Warburg, 1961., 1961. Hard Cover. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Octavo, pp. 183, [1]. Publishers' midnight blue cloth with silver titles to spine. Unclipped pictorial dust-jacket designed by Anthony Maitland. Text-block edge slightly foxed otherwise a clean copy; no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket sunned to spine and partially toned, with a few minor creases. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Novel with themes of fear, impotence and sexual incompatibility, told in the form of diary entries that each half of a couple keep, by the award-winning Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizaki. The 1960 film "Odd Obsession" was based upon the story, winning a special prize at the Cannes Film Festival that year.

London; Secker & Warburg, 2000-2002., 2000. Mass Market Paperback. Softcover octavo, pp. lvii, [1], 600; xxx, 483; xxxi, [1], 575; xxxix, [1], 544; xxxvii, [1], 380; xxxix, [1], 388; xxix, [1], 534; xxix, [1], 502; xxxv, [1], 547; xxxiii, [1], 539; xxxi, [1], 585. Line maps in 2 volumes. Publisher's card wraps with orange 'O' to upper wraps and white and yellow titles to spines and upper wraps. All volumes similar condition with light sunning to spines and light rubbing to spine tips, except 'Facing Unpleasant Facts' which also has small area of rubbing and surface loss to upper wrap. Very Good condition. Spanning Orwell's entire life from 1903 to 1950, these volumes are a comprehensive collection of Orwell's letters, diaries, notebooks, essays and broadcasts. Essential reading for any Orwell enthusiast. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London; Heinemann, 1962., 1962. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. [8], 254. Bound in scarlet cloth, black blocked spine label with gilt titles. With the original scarlet and sage green pictorial unclipped dustjacket. Unclipped dustjacket toned to verso and edges, with minor loss to spinetips and corners. Toning and discolouration to spine. Overall a Very Good copy in a Very Good dust-jacket. Powell's sixth novel in his critically acclaimed roman-fleuve series, A Dance to the Music of Time.

London; George G Harrap, 1939., 1939. Softcover. FIRST THUS. Octavo. 38 pp. Colour frontispiece, vignette to title page and12 black-and-white illustrations in text, all by Arthur Rackham. Book Condition: Very Good. Pictorial white card covers; illustrated endpapers. A few nicks & creases to cover edges with some fingermarking to rear, bumped corners and 1-inch spli at upper front joint, otherwise a clean bright copy. Minor light foxing mainly to prelims and textblock edge. Complete with original printed envelope (just larger than the book) featuring holly-leaf motif in red and green and printed Christmas card (approx 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches) featuring Father Christmas with a sack of presents over the holly-leaf motif and printed "WITH ALL GOOD WISHES FOR XMAS AND THE NEW YEAR From", with dotted line below for donor to insert their name (left blank). Envelope rubbed with minor wear to short closed edge with a little light surface soiling; Christmas Card near-fine. Rare with card and envelope.