Search Results: Authors starting with K from Thorn Books

Guben (Prussia): F. Fechner, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Thin oblong 4to. Gray paper over boards with a decorative paste-on printed in black, red, yello , green and blue. 23pp. Several short children's stories, each with a large handcolored illustration. Rear board and spine appear later than the front over; woodcut bookplate of Marjorie Moonon the front paste down. Traces of soil and age spotting, some creasing to the upper board, else a very good copy and quite scarce: only one institutional copy located.

n.p.: n.p., 1920. Stiff card. Very good. An original pen and ink sketch by Edward Winsor Kemble produced for "The Youth's Companion", an early 20th century juvenile journal. The sketch 6½ by 8½ inches and with printer's marks along the bottom. Titled in pencil: "De Ox and de Frog". On the reverse is a sticker noting that the sketch has been published by The Youth's Companion as well as a notation, "Original Art". The Tale of the Ox and the Frog appears in AEsop, also in La Fontaine and possibly in Uncle Ned's Old Tales Retold. It describes a mother frog inflating herself to the point of bursting (and in some versions beyond that point) as she imitates the size of an ox. And indeed in Kemble's sketch we se a large chested female frog standing over a mushroom table addressing two frog-children. Cropped closely on the sides just touching the image else this is in very nice condition.

New-York: Harper and Brothers, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes. 12mo. xii, (13)-405; xii, (11)-406pp. Black T-grain cloth, spine title and vignette in gilt; upper and lower boards blocked in blind. Illustrated with four full-page plates as well as a folding map showing the route of the first Sante Fe Expedition through Texas and parts of Mexico and the United States. Texblock and illustrations lightly foxed and paper toned from age. Volume I has a bookplate of a Vermont library (no other library markings) with a discard notice dated 1940. The map has a closed stress tear across one of the panels else is in very nice condition. Volume 1 is second state with '1845' at base of spine; Volune 2 is first state. Wagner-Camp 110; Howes, K-75. .

London: T. and J. Allman, 1823. Hardcover. Very good. Thin 4to. viii, 57 pp. Fifth edition, "considerably improved". Engraved frontispiece and nine plates of chess boards; two diagrams in text. Contemporary half leather, spine in gilt; pebble-grain cloth sides. Spine a tad sunned, some light rubbing else this is a very good copy. The engraved plates have offset to the facing pages and there is a bit of light staining to the textblock. The plates illustrated the march and mode of the various pieces as well as the opening of the game. General maxims, Laws of Chess, Observations and values of the pieces are followed by examples of openings, mates ands situations for 60 games. .

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 12mo. 289, (3)pp. Cream-colored paper spine, printed paper label, blue paper boards. Frontispiece, and with facsimiles of Austen's works. One of 875 copies, of which this is No. 783. A fine copy. The original dustwrapper is present, a little finger-soiled and somewhat rough along the top, else is in very good condition. Nonesuch Bibliography, 64.

London: Robt. Riviere & SOn, 1928. Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated. Finely bound in red calf, sumptuously gilt on the spine and both boards, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, by Riviere.

East Aurora: Roycroft, 1899. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Oblong 8vo. One of 920 numbered copies signed by Elbert Hubbard; this is copy No. 755. Nicely bound in full orange morocco, title in blind on the spine, and the binding signed 'Denny'. In a custom clamshell case of buckram with the embossed leather title in blind and gilt from the original binding. A fine copy. .

Tokyo: The Sanseido Co., Ltd. 1933, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. (18), 284,(2)pp. Cloth spine printed in black; pictorial cloth boards; pictorial end papers. Illustrated by Hiroshi Yoshida, Beisai Kubota and Shoshun Otake. Color frontispiece. Spine lightly sunned and with light wear on the sine tips, else this is a very good copy. With the ownership name of Bettie Parsons on the front paste down. Inscribed by the author on the reverse of the front free endpaper, "In memory of our college days...." .

Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Thick 8vo. xiv, (15)-802, iv pp. Green textured cloth blocked in black and gilt on the spine and upper board. Map of Southern States as well as many illustrations throughout by J. Wells Champney. Travel in Louisiana, Texas, Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. Light wear to the corners and some rubbing to the cloth else a near fine copy. Rader, South of Forty, 2170. Howes K-149. .

New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Black cloth spine printed in red and gold; yellowpaper over boards; yellow endpapers, A fine copy. Stated first edition. The dustwrapper is price-clipped else fine. Laid in are two newspaper articles on King's march, as well as a copy of Don Wolfe's poem, "Dear Coretta...." .

New York: King's Handbooks, 1897. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. 96pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs of the Exchange, Wall Street, and prominent men of the era. Green ribbed cloth printed in black and gilt. First and last pages on brittle yellow paper. The tit is overprinted raising the number of portraits to 1961. Front hinge repaired, the brittle title page is rough along the edges, binding is also rubbed, else this is aivery good copy. .

New York: Orange Judd Company, 1882. Hardcover. Very good. New edition. 12mo. 226pp plus 3pp of index, Publisher's cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and gilt vignette with black decoration on the upper board, the decoration motif repeated in blind on the lower board. Brown coated endpapers. Illustrated with engravings, many full page. Small closed tear to the title page, some staining and age-toning to the text block, binding rubbed especially at the edges; else a very good copy. Samuel Kingan's copy, with his signature and "Bought in Pittsburg (sic) April 10 1884" on a preliminary blank. Kingan was born in Pittsburgh, educated at the University of Michigan and in 1891 came to Tucson where he established his law practice (Kingan & Dick, later Kingan & Wright.) Kingan was one of the 5 Pima County members of the Arizona Constitutional Convention in 1910. Laid in are two bills of lading. The first, stamped Ogden, Sept. 16, 1890, consisted of books and other items to be transported to Mrs. Bee Kingan… Read More

London: John W. Parker, 1848. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Author's first book. Black victorian cloth, paper label. Neatly rebacked in matching cloth (not quite as sunned as the original) with original spine laid-on. Original yellow endpapers retained. Label and original spine soiled and chipped else a very good copy in modern victorian cloth jacket, paper label, imitating the original binding. Laid in is a small folder wdried flowers and the inscription: "From Charles Kingsley's ground(?)/7 June 97/.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. iv,248,(ii),100,pp. Two works bound in one Contemporary full calf binding; spine in six compartments with raised bands, tooled in blind with gilt lines; the upper board blocked in gilt with a prize notice with leaf borders: "Praemium Ingenii Artibus Liberalibus Feliciter Dediti in Academia Glasguensi". Marbled endpapers. Only a trace of wear else a very good copy.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. iv,248,(ii),100,(ii),202pp. 32pp. publisher catalogue. Three works bound in one, the last titled at its beginning, England and Wales". Original greenish-brown T-grain cloth blocked in blind on the boards and with gilt spine titles. coated endpapers. Hinges neatly and nearly invisibly mended, head and tail of the spine worn, light wear to the edges and corners, else a very good copy.

NY: Harper & Row, 1952. Early Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good plus. Maurice Sendak. An early printing of the first edition, with 'Grr-r-r' on p. 23. Black cloth spine, printed paper boards. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Slight old staining affecting the page edges else in very good condition. Dustwrapper is price-clippd with some old staining else is in very good condition. It lists 'Where the Wild Things Are' (1964) on the rear flap. Inscribed by Sendak on the front free endpaper, "With love, from Maurice Sendak,". Hanrahan A-4.