Search Results: Authors starting with K from Modern Rare

New York City, NY: Arcade Publishing, 2011. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Arcade Publishing, 2011. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 210 pages. The author's eighth book to be translated into English. One of the greatest novels of our time. Special "Collector's Edition" of 1500 copies. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the regular trade edition. They have the same ISBN. The Limited Edition sold out shortly after publication and is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Arcade: Regular-sized volume format. Red cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on the cover and spine and photographic reproduction of Samuel Beckett neatly pasted in front, as issued. Text by Ismail Kadare. Printed on 100 gsm Chinese Yulong Cream paper, with cream ribbon marker. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in an elegant collectible format, Ismail… Read more

New York City, NY: Da Capo Press, 2002. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Da Capo Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 134 pages. Collection of end-of-life interviews. One of the most important books on film in our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication and on the occasion of the first anniversary of her death. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Pauline Kael's and Francis David's "Afterglow: A Last Conversation With Pauline Kael". Her final views on cinephilia or what she herself preferred to call "movie love", portions of which originally appeared in The New Yorker Magazine. Whether one liked her or not (and there were many people in both camps), Pauline Kael was, indisputably, and for better or for… Read more

Rochester, New York: Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1989. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Rochester, New York: Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1989. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 35 pages. Collection of photographs with accompanying narratives. Described as image-and-text "ensembles", the collection is one of the most beautiful such books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Tamarra Kaida: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and narratives by Tamarra Kaida. Afterword by Susan E. Cohen. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Tamarra Kaida's "Tremors From The Faultline". Ensembles, which consist of a… Read more

Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 1998. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 205 pages. The author's debut collection of short stories. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only by a small fine press. The First Edition is now scarce. It is in pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine. The back features blurbs by David Foster Wallace, Stuart Dybek, and Robey Wilson. Printed on thick archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Ken Kalfus' "Thirst". Short stories "to give to people who piss and moan about the unpromising future of American fiction". "Ken Kalfus is an important writer in every… Read more

New York City, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 237 pages. The author's second novel. Now considered a contemporary cult classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Ken Kalfus' "A Disorder Peculiar To The Country". Joins an exponentially growing number of literary works inspired by 9/11, and is worthy of the best among them thus far. "Like their country, Marshall and Joyce Harriman, a Brooklyn Heights couple, are at war. They are one year into an impossibly bitter divorce, and their hatred for one another has acquired the intensity of something historic, tribal, and ethnic. When Joyce watches the destruction of The World… Read more

New York City, NY: Milkweed Editions, 1999. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Milkweed Editions, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 289 pages. The author's second collection of fiction, consisting of a novella and six short stories. One of Ken Kalfus' finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Ken Kalfus's "PU-239". Selected as the best short story collection of the year 1999 by Salon Magazine. Inspired by his extensive travels across post-Soviet Russia between 1994 and 1998. "It's exhilarating to discover a young writer of so much range and so little self-consciousness about exploring it". An absolute "must-have" title for Ken Kalfus collectors. <b><i> This title is a… Read more

Tokyo, Japan: Osiris Publishing Company Limited, 2001. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. Tokyo, Japan: Osiris Publishing Company Limited, 2001. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 102 pages. Collection of architectural, cityscape, and place photographs. One of the most important photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Osamu Kanemura and Yukimasa Okumura: Oversize-volume format. Glossy silver hard boards with black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Osamu Kanemura. They are all presented "bleed". Text by Arata Isozaki, the great Japanese architect and city planner, appended at the end. Printed in duotone from separations by Hiroshi Aida on glossy stock paper (interleaved with three silver… Read more

San Francisco, CA: GSP Recordings, 1991. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. San Francisco, CA: GSP Recordings, 1991. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 1 pages. Rare William Kanengiser collectible item. A pristine copy of his "Rondo Alla Turca: Brouwer Mozart Handel Head" CD recording with GSP Recordings, signed by William Kanengiser. One of William Kanengiser's finest achievements. It is one of the most important CD recordings of our time. The first release of the CD. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent releases, particularly the Japanese Edition. The first release is now scarce. Presents William Kanengiser's "Rondo All Turca". Brilliant transcriptions of less well-known repertorie by a contemporary Master Performer. "If you love classical guitar, you've been faced with the dilemma that every disc seems to hold the same selections. There are only about 25 selections… Read more

New York City, NY: Broadway Books, 1998. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Broadway Books, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 409 pages. The author's second novel. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Joseph Kanon's "The Prodigal Spy". Offers a glimpse at Cold War espionage, a very personal story about the effects of McCarthyism, and the paranoia that it spawned. "Once again, Kanon effortlessly weaves together history and fiction in prose that is thick with period details. The real achievement of the book, though, is the author's strong sense of his narrative center, Nick Kotlar" (Publisher's blurb). "Young Nick tries to make sense of the masses of reporters who have gathered outside his house. Though… Read more

New York City, NY: Harcourt Brace, 1982. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Harcourt Brace, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 152 pages. The author's second book to be translated into English. One of the greatest journalistic accounts of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Ryszard Kapuscinski's "Shah of Shahs" in a felicitous English translation. A masterpiece of reportage and analytical writing at the same time. The best account ever written on the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1980, it shows that every ideology is a necessary distortion of the truth. Every ideologue, whether conservative or liberal, Right or Left, knows that the real enemy is not the opposing side,… Read more

New York City, NY: Harcourt Brace, 1987. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Harcourt Brace, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 136 pages. The author's third book to be translated into English. One of the greatest journalistic accounts of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Ryszard Kapuscinski's "Another Day of Life" in a felicitous English translation. A classic account of a country torn apart by its newly-won freedom, told with masterly command of atmosphere and national mood by the author of "The Emperor" (1978) and "Shah of Shahs" (1982) . In 1975, Angola disintegrated into total chaos. Everyone who could hurriedly left the former colony. As… Read more

Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon (DG) , 2013. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon (DG) , 2013. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 1 pages. Rare Milos Karadaglic collectible item. A pristine copy of his CD Recording with Deutsche Grammophon, signed by Milos Karadaglic. The very first release on CD. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent releases, particularly the Japanese Edition. The first release is now scarce. Presents Milos Karadaglic's "Latino Gold". From the beloved guitarist known to his fans simply as "Milos": His innovative and deeply moving foray into Latin America and what "Latinity" really means, spiritually more than just geographically. "His horizons seem limitless" (Adam Sweeting) . "The guitar needs a renaissance. There isn't a more accessible or beautiful instrument, and I want to bring it to a… Read more

Baarn, Netherlands: Mercury Classics, 2016. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Baarn, Netherlands: Mercury Classics, 2016. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 1 pages. Rare Milos Karadaglic collectible item. A pristine copy of his CD Recording with Mercury Classics, signed by Milos Karadaglic. The very first release on CD. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent releases, particularly the Japanese Edition. The first release is now scarce. Presents Milos Karadaglic's "Blackbird: The Beatles Album". From the beloved guitarist known to his fans simply as "Milos": His thrilling, inventive, and affecting foray into popular music, THE pop music of the 20th century. "Innovative new arrangements of songs by the Beatles, collaborating with celebrated artists from the pop, jazz, classical, and world music fields, including Tori Amos, Anoushka Shankar, Gregory Porter, Sergio Assad, and… Read more

Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon (DG) , 2011. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon (DG) , 2011. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 1 pages. Rare Milos Karadaglic collectible item. A pristine copy of his CD Debut Recording with Deutsche Grammophon, signed by Milos Karadaglic. The very first release on CD. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent releases, particularly the Japanese Edition. The first release is now scarce. Presents Milos Karadaglic's "Mediterraneo". The stunning, now-classic "breakthrough" recording by the beloved guitarist known to his fans simply as "Milos". "Listening to the debut album by guitarist Milos Karadaglic, you find yourself wondering where on earth the classical guitar has been lately. As he moves from haunting compositions by Tarrega, Albeniz, and Granados to the more abstract shapes of Carlo… Read more

Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon (DG) , 2014. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon (DG) , 2014. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 1 pages. Rare Milos Karadaglic collectible item. A pristine copy of his CD Recording with Deutsche Grammophon, signed by Milos Karadaglic. The very first release on CD. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent releases, particularly the Japanese Edition. The first release is now scarce. Presents Milos Karadaglic's "Aranjuez". That is, Joaquin Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez", the greatest guitar concerto of the 20th century. Coupled with other lesser-known (though no less perfect) music by Rodrigo, plus transcriptions of works by Manuel de Falla. You cannot be considered a serious guitarist unless you can play "Aranjuez" - and leave your personal stamp on it, as your great predecessors in Julian… Read more

Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon (DG) , 2013. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon (DG) , 2013. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 1 pages. Rare Milos Karadaglic collectible item. A pristine copy of his CD Recording with Deutsche Grammophon, signed by Milos Karadaglic. The very first release on CD. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent releases, particularly the Japanese Edition. The first release is now scarce. Presents Milos Karadaglic's "Cancion". From the beloved guitarist known to his fans simply as "Milos": Further explorations, deploying his by-now-formidable technique, into Latin America and what "Latinity" really means, spiritually more than just geographically. "The Prince of Guitar: Troubadour, balladeer, jongleur, lyric minstrel" (Grady Harp) . "The guitar needs a renaissance. There isn't a more… Read more

Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon (DG) , 2012. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon (DG) , 2012. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 1 pages. Rare Milos Karadaglic collectible item. A pristine copy of his CD Recording with Deutsche Grammophon, signed by Milos Karadaglic. The very first release on CD. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent releases, particularly the Japanese Edition. The first release is now scarce. Presents Milos Karadaglic's "Pasion". The brilliant follow-up to his now-iconic debut, passionate interpretations of classic as well as contemporary guitar music from the beloved guitarist known to his fans simply as "Milos". "Lovers of the classical guitar have a new hero in the young Montenegrin Milos Karadaglic, whose artistry is so compelling that it should win many new admirers. His playing is lithe, subtle of timbre, and… Read more

Mexico City, Mexico: Epic Grupo Publishers, 1998. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Mexico City, Mexico: Epic Grupo Publishers, 1998. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. Unpaginated. Retrospective Monograph. One of the most beautiful books on the art of Noe Katz. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Monograph is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Noe Katz: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Art by Noe Katz. Essay by Luis Martin Lozano in both the Spanish original and felicitous English translation. The piece is one of the most illuminating Introductions to Noe Katz's recognizable-yet-unclassifiable art. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Mexico to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in a lovely collectible format, "Noe Katz:… Read more

Ontario, Canada: Mira Books, 2004. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Ontario, Canada: Mira Books, 2004. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 317 pages. The author's fifth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. Uncorrected Proof. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only for the exclusive use of the publisher and author. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Text by Alex Kava. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Alex Kava's "One False Move". Often compared to her fellow writer Patricia Cornwell. Alex Kava continues her exploration of the tenuous line between Good and Evil, and how easily the good person can commit an evil act (and vice versa) in one moment of desperation, in this case, a bank robbery that ends in four innocent people being killed. An absolute "must-have"… Read more

Ontario, Canada: Mira Books, 2001. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Ontario, Canada: Mira Books, 2001. Softcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 402 pages. The author's second novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. Uncorrected Proof. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover oriignal only for the exclsuive use of the publisher and author. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Text by Alex Kava. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Alex Kava's "Split Second". A cat-and-mouse game between a criminal and his victim which exposes how the "fine line between Good and Evil can be crossed in a split second". An absolute "must-have" title for Alex Kava collectors. <b><i>This copy of the Uncorrected Proof is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title… Read more