Search Results: Titles starting with K from Furrowed Brow Books

Book Concern, 1950. First Edition. hardcover. [Lonnrot, Elias] and Johnson, Aili Kolehmainen (prose translator) : Kalevala: a Prose Translation From the Finnish. Hancock (MI) : Book Concern, 1950. Later stamp to the title page, Book Concern copyright 1951. No additional printings identified. Illustrations by Elizabeth Halvary and L.W. Leskinen; cover art by Ruthmary Koegler. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front board, stylized gilt autoharp and vegetation to front board. Light green topstain. Matte color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. [1-8], 9-278, [2]. Translator's preface and acknowl; contents; Proem, then L chaps, epilogue, glossary, and notes. B&w illus throughout. Condition notes: A solid copy of a delightful prose edition of this classic work of Finnish folkore, with the following flaws: several small chips and tears to unclipped, mylar-sheathed dustjacket with some loss of surface integrity to rear next to and running… Read More

Farcountry Press, 2019. First Edition. paperback. Dana, Trudy Kempton : The Kemptons: Adventures of a Montana Ranch Family, 1880-1964. Helena (MT) : Farcountry Press, 2019. First edition/first printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.125"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. Xviii pp prelim material, 286 numbered pp. Timeline, maps, numerous photos/illus scattered through text, index. Condition notes: a fine copy; spine creased; former owner has added a short/discreet (and entertaining) editorial comment to title page; else unmarked and clean, tight, light wear to wrappers. We personally inspect every book we offer.

University Press of Kentucky, 2004. Hardcover. Sehlinger, Peter J. : Kentucky's Last Cavalier: General William Preston, 1816-1887. Lexington (KY) : Kentucky Historical Society/University Press of Kentucky, 2004. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm H. Bound in publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color dj features portrait of subject on front. Plain white endpapers. xx pp prelim material, 309 numbered pp, seven blank following. B&w photos/maps, notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: Very nice, tight, square, unmarked copy, light wear to dj. A handsome, solid volume. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Pelican, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Bishop, Randy : Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and Preservation. Gretna (LA) : Pelican Publishing, 2012. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth, silver lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color dj features John Paul Strain's 'Raid on the L&N'. 368 numbered pp; maps, photos, illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: light wear to dj, no tears or chips; binding square and tight, no notes or highlighting. A fine copy to carry with you on your Kentucky excursions. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Signet, 1981. Mass Market Paperback. Mullen, John D. : Kierkegaard's Philosophy: Self-Deception and Cowardice in the Present Age. New York : Mentor, 1981. First paper edition/First impression. Mass market paperback. [i-xiv] prelim material, 1-176, [177-178] ads. Not ex library. No notes or highlighting, pages clean, binding tight/no spine crease, cover shows light wear. Pages tanned. We personally inspect every book we offer.

University of Oklahoma Press. hardcover. Venter, Bruce M. : Kill Jeff Davis: The Union Raid on Richmond, 1864 (Volume 51) (Campaigns and Commanders Series). Norman (OK) : University of Oklahoma Press, 2016. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's gray-blue paper boards, cream cloth spine, blue lettering to latter. Glossy color photographic dj. Plain gray-blue endpapers. Xxii pp prelim material, 356 numbered pp, plus six blank. List of illus/maps, author's preface; 16 chaps, appendix (Dalhgren papers). Notes, bibliography, index. Maps, b&w photos. Condition notes: a lovely, unmarked copy, light wear to dj (slight closed tear to tail forecorner). We personally inspect every book we offer.

Bobbs-Merrill, 1974. paperback. Benson, Larry Dean [ed] : King Arthur's Death: The Middle English Stanzaic Morte Arthur and Alliterative Morte Arthure (The Library of Literature No. 29). Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1974. Paperback first printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.875"/22.3cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color pictorial wrappers. [i-x], xi-xxxvi, [1-2], 3-257, [258-260]. Editor's preface, intro, on pronunciation, grammatical notes, versification and style, vocabulary, select bibliography; the works with printed marginal notes; glossary, text notes. Footnotes passim. Condition notes: moderate wear to wrappers and staining to edges, no spine crease. Price stamp and former owner's name to head first page, else unmarked. Quite solid. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Hippocampus Press. First Edition. paperback. Sidney-Fryer, Donald : A King Called Arthor and Other Morceaux. New York : Hippocampus Press, 2020. First edition. Print-on-demand (POD) copy. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. 404 numbered pp, plus four blank. Novel "A King Called Arthor", followed by a "Medley of Nonfiction" (various short essays considering H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, James Blish, et al); "Arthur Machen and King Arthur", plus an appendix on Clark Ashton Smith; acknowledgments/sources. Condition notes: light wear to wrappers, interior clean/unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Otava, 1977. Paperback. Aaltio, Maija Helliki : Korva Tarkkana. Helsinki : Otava, 1977. Finnish language listening comprehension exercises. Size is octavo (8vo). 8"/20cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color wrappers. 102 numbered pp, plus two w.o. numbers. Glossary, maps, tables. Condition notes: A fine, clean copy, former owner's name/date neatly written on title page, otherwise no notes or highlighting. A solidly built pb with moderate wear and rubbing. We personally inspect every book we offer.