Search Results: Titles starting with K from Sparrow's Bookshop

HarperCollins Publishers, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition. Jacket is slightly scuffed, with mild wear and crinkling at top edges. Glassine coating is bubbled at borders of embossed title lettering on front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Boards are slightly bumped at the top corner of front board and spine ends are softened. Bronze gilt title lettering on spine is clear and unfaded. Binding is tight but slightly bowed at top. Hinges are secure.

Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1972. Paperback. Very good/N/A. A summary study of Srila Vyasadeva's Srimad-Bhagavatam, tenth canto. Fifth printing. All pages are bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and free of any reading creases. Minor rubbing and shelf wear to covers.

Oxford University Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. First edition, second printing. No dust jacket. All pages are clean and binding tight. Moderate rubbing and scuff marks on boards.

Doubleday Anchor Books, 1967. Paperback. Very good/N/A. First printing. Modern Studies in Philosophy series. Pages are unmarked and binding is firm. Covers have very minimal shelfware and a little sunning along the spine.

New York University Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition. Jacket has a few small tears at edges, with minor soiling at gutters. Pages have some underlining in light pencil on several pages and previous owner stamp in blue ink on front endpaper. Boards are firm and even with little shelf wear. Spine is tight and square aside from slight softening at top and tail edges. Hinges are secure.

International Publishers, 1943. Paperback. Very good/N/A. Pages are tanned but unmarked. Binding is tight with partial loosening at front cover. Covers have light discoloration to edges and spine is sunned. Light creasing to front corners.

Time Incorporated, 1963. Paperback. Good/N/A. Time Reading Program Special Edition. Pages and covers are bright and unmarked aside from a handful of pages with minor underlining or margin markings. The top outer corner of most pages show wrinkling from prior water damage (as pictured). Binding is tight, but there is a slight lean to spine. Bottom left corner of back cover creased. Else minor shelf wear.

St. Martin's Press, 1998. Paperback. Very good/N/A. First printing of this edition. Previous bookstore's price tag on back cover. Mild shelf wear to covers. Binding is tight and spine is square. All pages clean and unmarked though tanned.

The Daily Telegraph, No date given. Hardcover. Good/None. Assumed printed late 19th century. Quarter bound in leather and marbled paper with a gilt top edge. Pages are faded and spotted, but unmarked, aside from previous owner's inscription on first page. Binding and front hinge are loose. Heavy wear and rubbing to leather on cover, especially at corners and spine ends.

Ampersand Associates, 1987. Paperback. Good/N/A. The essential companion to Umberto Eco's historical fiction masterpiece, The Name of the Rose. The authors of this volume aim to clear up any misunderstandings and attempt to demystify many of the esoteric and intricate passages within the book. They also translate any foreign language references and attribute sources. Mild shelf wear around the edges with creases, small tears and bumps to corners and spine ends. Spine is straight. All pages are clean and unmarked. Binding weakening a bit near front of book with bottom 1/4 or so of first several pages separated from binding.

Washington Square Press, 1962. Paperback. Good/N/A. Third printing of this edition. With illustrations by Andre Le Blanc. Some chipping, creases and bumps around edges of book, especially at the corners. Tanning pages that are clean and unmarked. Tight binding with square spine.

Writers and Readers Publishing, 1996. Paperback. Very good/N/A. Pages are clean and unmarked and binding is tight. Cover has some rubbing, scratches, and indentations.

The Mysterious Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Signed. First edition, signed by the author. Jacket protected in archival cover. No markings other than author's signature. Binding is firm but spine has a significant slant. Minor shelf wear.

The Modern Library, no date given. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Copyright 1928, assumed printed circa 1950. Jacket is lightly scuffed and shelfworn, with mild chipping to corners and spine ends. Foldover to front inner flap is frayed. Pages are clean and unmarked aside from previous owner's signature in blue ink on front endpaper. Boards are very mildly edgeworn with slight softening to spine ends, but otherwise firm and even. Binding is starting at hinges but otherwise secure.

Groset & Dunlap, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/poor/None. First edition and the novelization of the 1933 RKO film. Housed in a new facsimile dust jacket. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in dark brown with black topstain; lacking the rare original dust jacket. Boards and spine are heavily worn and grubby. This book has seen some love. All pages are clean and unmarked aside from three "Books Inc Rental Library" stamps on front endpaper and page one. Photoplay endpapers with a large area of scuffing on front endpaper. Binding becoming very loose with both hinges cracked and front hinge crudely repaired with tape between the first three pages. Page 7/8 has completely separated from binding, but is still included. The rest of the textblock is firm. Heavy edge wear and fraying to boards and spine, sunning to spine and back joint cracked and peeling but still firmly attached. A readable copy.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable/None. First edition and the novelization of the 1933 RKO film. Bound in publisher's green cloth with title stamped in brown to front board and spine. Former circulating library copy with library stamp to front endpaper, pouch pasted to back endpaper and checkout dates on last page of text. Inner jacket flaps also pasted to endpapers, although the rest of the jacket is missing. Heavy rubbing and soiling to boards, scuffing and fraying along board edges and spine ends. Binding remains secure, although spine is starting to loosen from backing and both hinges are cracked with webbing visible.

William Collins, 2019. Paperback. Very good/N/A. Unmarked pages and tight binding. Spine creases and rubbing to cover.

Bethany Fellowship Inc Publishers, 1974. Hardcover. Very good/Acceptable. Revised edition. Aside from four pages with highlighting, all pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and square. Heavy edge wear on jacket with multiple small tears and chipping at spine ends. Appears to be a long tear along spine that was repaired with clear tape on both inside and outside of jacket. Light sun-fading to spine as well.

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First edition. Jacket protected in mylar. All page clean, binding firm and square. Very minor shelf wear to jacket and a small bit of edge scuffing. One 1/2 inch tear along top edge front cover. One board corner bumped, otherwise corners and spine ends are sharp. A bright copy.

Meredith Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First edition. Pages are unmarked and binding is firm. Boards are slightly discolored around edges. Jacket has one medium and two small rips. Some color transfer on back and sunning on spine.