Search Results: Authors starting with K from Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA

New York: Pantheon Books, Inc, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Good. E. McKnight Kauffer (dust jacket). Large 8vo. Pp. 700. Notes, bibliography, index. Black cloth, titles stamped in gilt in blue panel on the spine. Spine ends just a touch rubbed, boards crisp and binding tight, leaves crisp and bright. In the two-color Kauffer illustrated dust jacket, $5.00 price intact on front flap. Dime-size scuff to top right of front panel. Jacket edges rubbed and age toned, fold between rear panel and spine nearly separated, spine darkened and ends chipped. "This book is an attempt to write history as the biography of man and from it to gain a view of the future of man." Divided into two sections: the Formation of the Human Individual and the Formation of the Human Collective. With a jacket blurb from his friend and Institute for Advanced Study colleague Albert Einstein. The E. McKnight Kauffer dust jacket is slightly outside his usual style of the era, presenting a classical… Read More

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1963. Revised Edition Seventh Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. William Wilke. Large 8vo. Pp. xvi, 134. Frontis. two-color illustration. With additional Wilke illustrations at chapter heads, b&w photo reproductions and a route plan. With references. Gray cloth, two-color title cartouche printed on the cover, endpaper maps by Wilke. Signed by the author with fountain pen on blank preliminary recto, ballpoint gift inscription verso dated Nov. 1964. Boards clean and square, leaves crisp and bright, binding tight. In the two color illustrated dust jacket, unclipped: minimal toning to the head edge, spine ends and corners gently rubbed. "An informal narrative" first published in 1940, this revised edition in 1944.

New York: Renaissance Editions, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white and color reproductions of artwork. Bound in full red cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. In the illustrated dust jacket that has a US quarter-size chip on the rear panel. Laid in is a typed letter, signed, from the Housing Investment Corporation (John Yates) gifting the book to US Senator Warren G. Magnuson, (to his address at the Shoreham) and inviting him to an exhibit of the Puerto Rican artists. Filled with works and poetry by Puerto Rican artists. Dust jacket is now housed in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

New York: Alliance Book Corporation and Longmans, Green & Co, 1931. First American Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Ernst Reichl (dust jacket design). 8vo. Pp. 275, [1]. Translated by Wills Thomas. Bound in coral cloth with black border, a vignette of a gold ring stamped in gilt on the front board, gilt lettering on spine. A bright, fresh copy in the dust jacket that has a slight chip at bottom of rear panel. Scarce in the dust jacket, exquisitely designed by Ernst Reichl. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Los Angeles: Bruce Kalberg, 1983. First Printing. Stapled Tabloid. Very Good. Lane Smith. Tabloid newsprint magazine measures 11" x 13.5". Unpaginated. Cover printed in four color. Laden with black-and-white photography. Old crease from being folded in half, now mellowed; slight age-toning. Recognizing that new-music enthusiasts hungered for images of scenesters, editor-publisher Kalberg loaded NO MAG with scads of photos, many shot by himself. The layout was dynamic and enhanced by Lane Smith's splotchy ink drawings, a la Ralph Steadman.This issue is firmly rooted in the post-punk LA underground, with a big spread on Tex and the Horseheads, a photo tribute to Chris Morris and the Circle Jerks, Steve-O and the Vandals, and an ad for an upcoming Mentors show at the Cathay de Grande, etc.Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

(San Francisco): (Bread and Wine Press), 1960. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. Near Fine. Fred W. McDarrah (cover photo). Small 8vo. Pp. 23. Photo-illustrated wraps, saddle-stapled. Very slight age-toning on near spine on rear cover. A scarce issue of the journal that proved a harbinger of the mimeograph little magazine movement. The Kerouac contribution is two excerpts from Book of Dreams; the Ginsberg poem is "On Visions;" David Rafael Wang's poem is "Proclamation: From a Sick Bourgeois." This copy is notably fresh, with sharp corners, shiny staples.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Paul Davis (dust jacket design). 8vo. Pp. 155. Bound in orange cloth with black lettering stamped on spine. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket, designed by Paul Davis, with small spots on rear panel, as well as a scuff from decal removal. Original price of $3.95 intact on front flap. A Cock Robin Mystery featuring Inspector McGregor. The dust jacket design is a marvel of photo-manipulation, with a headless bespoke-suited figure sitting on a Thonet cafe chair holding a heater. Dust jacket is now preserved within a clear, removable archival sleeve.

New York City: Midmarch Arts Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pp. xv; 460. Frontis. illustration. Illustrated throughout with b&w photos of representative works, and several plates of color photos. Bound in full black cloth with silver lettering stamped on spine. A fresh copy, with no detracting qualities. Inscribed to a prominent Seattle art collector and subject of a chapter herein: "For -- -- / deepest affection and admiration always / Matthew". Collects reviews dedicated to and interviews with Seattle-area artists, Ries Niemi, C. L. Utley, J. Steensma, Sheila Klein, Lisa Buchanan, Cris Bruch, David C. Kane, Doris Chase, Fay Jones, Alfredo Arreguin are covered, among many others. Kangas properly cites the Rosco Louie Gallery, operated by Larry Reid and Tracey Rowland, as a vital catalyst, launching the careers of Peter Santino, George Chacona, Sheila Klein, and Ries Niemi, to name a few. Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival protector.

New York City: Midmarch Arts Press, 2008. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Fine. 8vo. Pp. x; 410. Frontis. illustration. Illustrated throughout with b&w photos of representative works, and seven plates of color photos. Stiff printed wraps. A bookmark advertising a Fay Jones exhibit (2013) at the University of Washington Suzzallo Library is laid-in. Collects reviews dedicated to 113 artists. Among the Seattle-area artists, Ries Niemi, C. L. Utley, J. Steensma, Sheila Klein, Lisa Buchanan, Cris Bruch, David C. Kane, Doris Chase, Fay Jones, Alfredo Arreguin are covered, among many others.

NP: NP, 1948. First Edition. Stiff Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. Unpaginated. German language. Sage green art paper covers, titles printed in black, saddle stapled, letterpress printed on textured leaves. Edges rubbed, cover color faded around the perimeter, light stains. Leaves bright and unmarked. Twenty poems written on scraps of paper while the German art historian, poet and translator was imprisoned at the Terezín concentration camp where she died in April 1945.A handsome, dignified production. OCLC identifies 10 institutional copies worldwide. Scarce on the market. Now protected in a clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good+. 8vo. Pp. 279. Black cloth, titles stamped in red on the spine. Spine ends crimped and edges rubbed, boards and binding otherwise crisp and tight, leaf edges faintly age toned. In the dust jacket printed in black and blood red with price $3.50 intact on the front flap. Jacket rubbed, edges crimped and short closed tears, chips to spine ends, edges age toned, light foxing to back panel. "A novel of youth in the jungles of New York...The story behind the headlines." East Side kids Lenny the orthodox Jew, Juan the Puerto Rican, and Joe the Pole join the Panthers to have a home. Karney grew up on the East Side and was a gang member himself. Dust jacket preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Steve Chapiro, John Rombola. 8vo. Pp. 206. Half yellow cloth over black boards, titles printed in blue on the spine, yellow endpapers. Fore edge untrimmed. Shadow of transparent tape adhesive on boards and endpapers, small stains to a few leaves. In the illustrated dust jacket, flap price of $4.50 intact. Jacket with a few short closed tears, a couple light stains on rear panel. The New York art critic, dealer and gallery owner was a catalyst in promoting Pop Art in the 1960s. His only published novel takes place in that milieu. Jacket painting by Lichtenstein, lettering by Rombola, back cover author photo by Chapiro screened by Warhol. Increasingly scarce. Dust jacket preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.

NP: (Caves Book Co.) (Pirated Copy), ND. Pirated edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. viii; 124. Illustrated with b&w photos of 112 furniture examples. Intertextual block print reproductions. Bound in green cloth with silver lettering stamped on spine.Former owner name in ink on front pastedown. Slight fading to edges of binding; dust jacket with a US-quarter size chip on front panel, closed 2" tear. On the title page Kates is identified as "Curator of Oriental Art, The Brooklyn Museum," but no publication data is presented, other than a bookseller tag on rear free-endpaper ("Caves Book Co."): thus, a pirated copy, even though the Dover edition is referenced on the dust jacket's rear panel. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

Tokyo: Gakubundo [Gabundo], 1969. Shohan [Limited Edition]. Near Fine/Chemise and Box Very Good. Hokusai. Large 4to. Pp. [285] Lavishly illustrated with 27 color plates, some folding. Other brush drawings with rice-paper tissue guards. Original morocco-backed cloth, gilt characters stamped on spine. Edition limited to 800 copies. In the orange cloth chemise with purple silk ties. Gilt-stamped lettering on spine has partially flaked; chemise shows very slight wear and soiling. Withal, a presentable, well-preserved copy. In the publisher's box with printed wood veneer title label on lid top panel and side panels. An uncommon publication, with the last recorded auction sale in the West at Sothebys London, 1977. Scarce.

[Seattle]: Grey Spider Press [for] Elliott Bay Book Company and Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers, 1993. Limited Edition. Single Sheet Printed Recto. Near Fine. Single poem printed recto on heavy stock measuring 8.25 x 18 inches. Illustrated with a linocut by Jules Remedios Faye. Corners sharp; withal, a bright copy. Signed by Kaufman in ink. Edition limited to 100 unnumbered copies. A bright, presentable copy of Kaufman's poem, issued on the occasion of a reading by the poet at Elliott Bay Book Company. Vibrantly printed by Chris Stern and Jules Remedios Faye at their renowned Grey Spider Press. Scarce. Broadside is now housed in a removable, clear, archival sleeve with acid-free backing.

Tokyo / New York / San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio. Pp. 260. Double title page with photo. Illustrated with more than 400 black & white photo reproductions, floor plans and elevation diagrams. With glossary and index. Brown cloth, titles stamped in white on the spine, endpaper maps: leaf edges lightly spotted, else crisp and bright; binding tight. In the color illustrated dust jacket with price intact on the front flap: very light scuffs and soiling. The result of fifty years studying Japanese folk architecture, with drawings and photos by the author. Sections on Basic Features, Structure, and Styles, including how styles and regional variations developed.Jacket preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1929. First Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Good+. 8vo. Pp. 273. Bound in black textured cloth with gilt lettering within a blindstamp title box on front board and spine. Partially unopened. Two bookseller tags on rear pastedown, both Strawbridge & Clothier. In the illustrated dust jacket, priceclipped, that's rubbed, with edge-wear and light chips at head and tail of spine. First published by Lippincott, 1914, under the title, Three Furlongers. The color illustrated jacket by "HR" presents a handsome art-deco motif of waves crossed by a gilt swath of lightning bolt. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Kentfield, California: The Allen Press, 1972. Limited Edition. Loose Leaves in Fabriano-paper Folio within a Silk-Covered Clamshell Box. Fine/Clamshell Box, Fine. 4to (8.5 x 13 inches). Pp. 79. Loose leaves in a bright yellow Fabriano wrapper, title printed in orange. Colophon features a woodcut world map, 1472, presented here 500 years later. In the robin's-egg blue silk clamshell box, printed title label on the front panel, interior lined with bright orange silk. Designed and published by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. One of 140 copies. In pop culture, Kazantzakis is perhaps best known for his novel Zorba the Greek, which was successfully adapted to stage and screen. Christopher Columbus was published posthumously, in 1969, being one of a couple plays brought to print by the author's widow, Helen. Columbus is partially set at the court of Queen Isabella and involves Captain Alonso and Captain Juan, among the dramatis personae. Kazantzakis was born on Crete and is buried there, above Heraklion. An… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958. Second Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good+. Nicholas Hadji-Kyriaco Ghika, Miriam Woods (dust jacket). 8vo. Pp. xxxviii, 824. Illustrated with Ghika line drawings. Introduction, synopsis and notes by the translator. Dark blue cloth, titles and rules on the spine, titles and decorations on the cover, stamped in gilt. Spine titles somewhat dulled, edges a tad age toned, owner name in pencil on ffep. In the three-color illustrated dust jacket with price $10 intact on the front flap. Dust jacket is a bit rubbed, with edge-wear, and a closed tear at spine head continuing onto the rear panel. Gold background color retains brilliance. Former owner name in pencil on the front free endpaper ("D. J. Lobrano") is that of Dorothy Lobrano Guth, goddaughter of E. B. White, longtime New Yorker staffer and editor of The Letters of E. B. White. First published in Greek in 1938, this epic poem's translation into English was made in close collaboration with the… Read More

First Modern Library Edition. 12mo. Pp. 302, [7]. The last unnumbered pages present a catalog of Modern Library titles. Bound in taupe cloth with title and publisher's device in gilt on front cover and spine. Dampstain to lower spine and, less so, upper spine (please see photo. Price-clipped dust jacket a trifle rubbed. TOLEDANO 301.1.Dedicated to both his agent, Dorothy Olding, and his editor at the New Yorker, Gus Lobrano, Salinger's second book is presented here in the first Modern Library edition. Alfred Kazin's copy, with his signature ("A. Kazin") in pencil on the half-title. Kazin contributed underscoring and marginalia throughout, the latter being mostly hash-marks, with a comment or two.Following this collection, Salinger's output was tantamount to logorrhea, unchecked by his editor, William Shawn, following the death of Gus Lobrano, the uncredited New Yorker editor who created Salinger.We don't know if Kazin reviewed Nine Stories, but he was forthright in criticizing Salinger's subsequent… Read More