Search Results: Authors starting with K from Gilt Edge Books

New York: The Modern Library 1964 Last copyright showing. Definitive Edition translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. Revised and with additional materials translated by E.M. Butler. This book offers ten chapters, two Appendices: (1) The Unfinished chapters.... (2) The passages deleted by the authors. This is followed with "Postscript by Max Brod".... To the First Edition (1925).... To the Second Edition (1935).... To the Third Edition (1946). The book concludes with a 'translator's note' and a short bio of Kafka's life. Illustrated chapter headings. Bright green cloth boards, gilt title print to spine. The familiar Modern Library decorated endpapers. A smart, clean book.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1984. Ballantine Movie Tie-In. Screenplay by Gloria Katz & Willard Huyck. Story by George Lucas. A Steven Spielberg Film. The time is 1935. Through a series of misadventures in Shanghai.... and a narrow escape from death.... Indiana Jones finds himself in a remote village in India. A mysterious old shaman tells him his arrival has been forseen.... and that he and his companions are destined to save the villagers. So begins the most daring and dangerous quest of Indiana Jones' career. Cover art and insert supplied by Lucasfilm Ltd. The insert provides eight pages (in color) taken from the film. A sound copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Boston - Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1974. This is Henry Kissinger up close, a brilliant treatment of the most celebrated and controversial diplomat of our time by two of television's most distinguished news analysts. Their shrewdly incisive work gives us a penetrating portrait of his life and career from his early years in an increasingly hostile Germany, his emigration, family, education and brilliant early career ar Harvard and his progression, through four presidencies, from the fringes of government power to its very center. It is a masterful study of a singular personality and of the world events that he helped shape. 577 pp including index. Two b/w photo sections and a list of illustrations. Black cloth boards with gilt and red print to front board and spine. No ownership markings. Price-intact dust jacket. An exceptional copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. .Fascinating and improbable facts about the ways of mammals,birds,reptiles and amphibians, fishes, insects and other invertebrates. Divided into sections on vertebrates and invertebrates, organized by class and family, Animal Life and Lore is arranged both for quick reference and casual reading. Matther Kalmenoff of the American Musuem of Natural History identifies in striking portraits of more than a 100 individual kinds of animals, many of which are displayed in their natural surroundings. 388 pp includes preface, list of illustrations and index. Name to ffep. Illustrated price-clipped dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: The Viking Press 1971 Book Club Edition. Kanin shares his vision of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, individually and as a team. They were one couple everyone knew of but no one really knew anything about. What kept these two - so opposite in taste and technique - so fiercely together for twenty-seven years? Black boards with gilt decoration to front board and gilt print to spine. No ownership markings. Illustrated dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

New York: Harper Business/Harper Collins Publishers, 1996. In "Jamming" Kao shows how high-performance companies around the world have learned the lessons of creativity to leap ahead of their obsolete competitors. It shows business leaders, managers and entrepereneurs how to take their companies to an entirely new level of success and growth by fostering an environment that will anticipate tomorrow's needs. Create or fail. Introduction, ten important chapters, epilogue and index provided. John Kao has taught business creativity and entrepreneurship at both Harvard Business School and Stanford University. A bright clean copy in a price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Warner Books, 1987. Author's third book. A masterpiece of intrigue. A shattering work that explores the very limits of loyality and courage, patriotism and erotic love, it will lead you step by chilling step to a shocking and unforgettable climax. Price-intact illustrated wrap-around dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Newton, Abbot, Devon: Readers Union, 1976. Reprint. What started as a simple wager between two starlords soon took on galactic implications. All Colonel Bogaert had to do was stay alive on the wildly primitive planet Avida. That seemed simple enough.... at least in the beginning. No owner markings in this book.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Shapolsky Publishers Inc, 1989. Most observers agree that Senator Edward M. Kennedy could have become the President of USA. But his destiny was shattered near a small bridge on an island named Chappaquiddick where Mary Jo Kopechne met her death. The author Ken Kappel discovered powerful new factual evidence that has never been made available to the American people. Readers will find this book most disturbing. Is it here that we find the truth? Was this tragic story a cover-up? The contents provide an Introduction, Foreword, Three parts - Part I: The Record.... Part II; The Hidden Facts.... Part III: Final Statements, Appendices, Bibliography, Section of Photographs and Index . A bright clean book in a price-intact dust jacket.. ISBN: 0-944007-64-3. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Mary Jo Kopechne + Chappaquiddick Island + Senator Edward M Kennedy + United States Politics + Mary Jo Kopechne Edward Kennedy Scandal + Unsolved Mystery USA. Catalogs: True Crime.

New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1960. Published under license of Thomas Allan Limited, Toronto. " This book is unique in that it brings a portrait of Canada as seen through the eyes and lens of Canada's greatest photographer, Yousuf Karsh, together with the rich verbal description of Canada's greatest publicist, John Fisher." Over 150 photographs, many in b/w others in full-page colour.Beige textured boards.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, 1994. Dr. Yvonne Kason... Family physician and psychotherapist; Assistant Professor, Dept of Family and Community Medicine and founder and director of the Spiritual Emergence Research and Referral Clinic. Teri Degler... Author and part of a team researching inspired creativity and paranormal states of conciousness. From mystical visions and near-death episodes to psychic and Kundalini awakenings and inspired creativity, 'A Farther Shore' looks at a range of exceptional experiences using case histories of people Dr. Kason has assisted. Remainder mark to bottom edge of book. Light bruising to two corners. This copy remains bright, square and clean in a price-intact illustrated dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Scribner, 2009. Kathy Reichs, producer of the Fox television hit Bones, returns with a spectacular novel featuring America's favorite forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan. Author's twelfth novel with the character of Temperance Brennan. Kathy Reichs has a formidable way of incorporating science with character and plot. An entertaining read. A bright, immaculate copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2000. The latest entry in the delightfully engaging and suspenseful Callahan Garrity Mystery Series. Callahan has her hands full for St Patrick's Day with a crime spree that hits close to home - and close to her heart. An exciting, heartwarming story filled with lively, unforgrttable characters. Witty and entertaining, it is the best Callahan Garrity outing yet, a tension-riddled mystery that probes the depths of corruption, friendship and betrayal. An immaculate book in a price-intact dust jacket. The condition would please any collector.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Bantam Books, 1991. Author's First Book. "Sign Off" depicts a new corporate America, one in which the bond of trust between company and employee has been broken for good, and in a denouement both humorous and suspenseful, it shows how one man regains the self-respect he lost in becoming part of the new regime. A fresh square copy.. ISBN: 0-553-07123-8. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Modern Firsts Corporate America-Fiction. Catalogs: Modern Firsts.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1987. Author's second book - a story of murder, manhunt, and psychological suspense that is darker, richer, scarier - in every way more thrilling than the first. A serial killer is loose, a professional photographer taking a "sentimental journey" around the country, murdering as he goes and recording the deaths for his private collection. With him is a college girl he has kidnapped to be his biographer, his "Boswell" and whom he has terrorized into submission...Grey boards - black cloth spine with bold title lettering - matching grey endpapers. Small light-coloured stain to bottom edge. A clean, square copy in a bright very good jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: Allen Lane, 1983. M.M. Kaye has blended mystery, romance and an exotic setting into a masterpiece of suspense reminiscent of the best classic mysteries. Book shows a slant. It remains clean and bright in its bright scenic pictorial, price-intact dust jacket. This book was first published under the title" Later Than You Think" in 1958. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1982. In his powerful new novel, Elia Kazan takes up the life of the young Greek from Anatolia whose early years he chronicled in his first and highly acclaimed novel 'America, America' giving us the story of a man caught between two worlds and fighting to make a place for himself within them. Stavros Topouzoglou has worked for a decade to bring his family to America. He greets his brothers and sisters and aged mother at the dock and suddenly is caught between two powerful and opposing influences. On one side is his family drawing him back to the ways of the old country, in the other the golden possibilities of the new world. Black boards, wine cloth spine with gilt print. No ownership markings. Tape residue to front and rear fep's. Price-intact illustrated dust jacket. A very nice solid copy.. First Edition Stated. Half-Leather. Near Fine/Very Good.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972. Author's first novel. She uses North Borneo for its setting - that part of the world she devoted so much of her life and from where the settings of her non-fiction work took place. The background is Southeast Asia from 1936 to 1951, a period during which social attitudes began a revolutionary change....'Beloved Exiles' is filled with drama and compassion - a remarkable novel. Beautifully decorated boards and dust jacket - a similar motif. A bright, square book in a price-clipped dust jacket. A handsome copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. North Borneo Fictional Novel + 1936-1951 North Borneo Fiction + NOISBN. Catalogs: Literature.

Toronto: Stoddart, 1986. 383 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos and cartoons by MacPherson, Franklin, Peterson. Wiocks, Reidford and Donato. Davey has been the heart and soul of the Liberal Party for the past twenty-five years. He has run more national election campaigns than anyone in North america. In this fascinating mix of autobiography and expose, he takes us right into the heart of a modern political party. Small 2 inch split on feps, light bump to top corners.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Bantam Books, 1992. An Alex Delaware novel. Set in the old money bastion of San Labrador, a high-security enclave where Los Angeles's ultra privileged live behind high wall, safe from prying eyes, but safety is just an illusion... Blue boards, white cloth spine with black print. A very nice copy.. BCE. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.