Search Results: Authors starting with B from KM Books

Manitoba: Published for Gallery 1.1.1., School of Art, 1984. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. no noticeable defects except penciled in dealers price on ffep.

Self-Counsel Press, 1994. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. new looking but extensive yellow highlighting

Paris: Librairie Floury, 1930. 1st Edition . Card. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Raoul Dufy. Limited edition with original etched frontis "Amphitrite" (sea goddess and wife of Poseidon) signed in the plate by Dufy. Edition size unstated but believed it to be 1200. This copy numbered 612. Original pochoir card covers designed by the artist. A notoriously fragile binding, where in many copies the spine is missing resulting in owners rebinding the book without the spine. Covers are on card and typically begin to fall apart, normally at the spine. This cover has been restored by a professional bookbinder using acid-free materials with most of the spine remaining. Pages are uncut and show toning around the edges as is typical for this book. Size/Overweight may increase postal charges.

Blandford Pr, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. very minor shelf wear; price sticker on back cover.

Germany: BENTELI CATALOGUE EDITION, 1987. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book is clean and tight with minor shelf wear and minor abrasions that top and bottom of spine. Oversize and overweight.

U.S.A.: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1984. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Edgar Degas. Interior clean and bright; binding tight; defects are former dealers pencil marks first page, mild shelf wear, creases and a rip Mark on spine, mild bumps. Oversize and overweight.

New York, NY: Dover Publications, 1985. Soft cover. Near Fine. Karl Blossfeldt.

New York, NY: Dover Publications, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. Karl Blossfeldt. signs of wear on cover with pencil notes in books

Brno, Czech Republic: K.V.U. Alsem, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová . Svédové pred Brnem : Kniha drevorytu [The Swedes Besiege Brno: A Book of Woodcuts] As new except for ex libris of prominent Czech composer, Frantisek Pícha (Pichy). The colophon at the back of the book indicates a print run of 100 copies with 10 on handmade paper and 90 on Chamois Special paper. This copy is on the Chamois Special paper. The colophon also states it was printed letterpress ie which suggests that it was printed from the woodblocks. -Printed French-fold with the fore edge tinted black. Leaves unopened, as designed. -Quarto [26.5 x 19.5 cm] in a linen type cloth -gilt-stamped title on spine -bound-in red silk ribbon marker -Half-title page; title page; pages numbered 5 through 19 of text in Czech; 36 prints unpaginated; two pages listing title of each print. -Story documents the failed… Read More

London: The Studio Publications, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In tan colored cloth; very minor bump bottom of spine; contents clean and binding tight. Dust jacket in plastic protective cover; some chips tears and creasing.

Canada: Porcupine's Quill, 1990. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gerard Brender a Brandis. Near new with price sticker back cover.

Boston MA: Bullfinch Press (Little, Brown and Co) , 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. Brassaï. images by duotone

Silent Books, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Forty Nudes, an anthology of wood engravings selected by Simon Brett. Bookstores price label on back cover and penciled notation with dealers price inside front cover otherwise near new.

U.S.A.: Arco Pub, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book without noticeable defects; dust jacket price clipped with some shelf wear and minor fluttering on edges.

U.S.A.: Invisible Publishing, 2021. Soft cover. As New. Bertram Brooker. Originally published in 1936, this edition features a new introduction by poet and academic Gregory Betts (editor of The Wrong World: Bertram Brooker's Stories and Essays). A good mystery written in the style of the 1930s but it should also be read in the context of Art and the Group of Seven. Brooker is considered a member and the first Canadian to exhibit abstract art. Several of the Group were followers of Theosophy and the cult leader appears to be based on Madam Blavatsky. A Mortimer Hood Mystery written under the pseudonym of Huxley Herne. From the cover: A first-rate detective novel that explores media's manipulation of a gullible public. A cult leader announces a miracle will take place and she will rise to heaven. A medium prophesies the date, publicity gets to work, and all of America hums with anticipation. On the appointed day, she disappears and scientist Mortimer Hood, there to verify the miracle, must… Read More

Tyler Smith & Clint Clemens, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Sergio Bustamante. El Mexico de Sergio Bustamante (The Mexico of Sergio Bustamante). Unpaginated (48pp). Text in Spanish. Many color photographs illustrations. magic realism Book near fine with very little wear to corners or edges. Dust jacket has wear to top and bottom of spine and corners as well as some wear to the front edge; 1 1/2" closed tear at top of spine. Some rippling to the cover.

San Francisco: Genuart Company, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Steinhardt, Jakob. 26 pages of text and reproductions of 446 woodcuts. Book near fine with bottom corners slight bump. Dust jacket very good with short tears and light general wear; price clipped. In protective mylar cover. Size/Overweight charges may apply.