Search Results: Authors starting with K from Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio

New York: Gunnar A. Kaldewey, n.d.. Original edition. About fine.. 24 cm; 120 pages. 100 entries. In purple illustrated wraps.

New York: Horizon Press, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Warmly inscribed to the author's colleague at the New School for Social Research, Issai Hosiosky. Inscribed by the author

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961. First American. Cloth. Very Good. 23cm; 393 pages. Maps. Translation by F. D. Morrow of Das Alte Aegypten.

New York: Cadillac Publishing, 1941. Very Good. 21 cm. 80 pages. Illustrated throughout. Stapled wraps. Insert tab A into slot B.

London: A. and C. Black, 1909 . Very good. 20 cm; viii, 87 pages, color frontispiece, and eleven other color plates, ads. Bound in blindstamped green cloth with color plate applied. Endleaves yellowed, but little other wear and no blemish to covers or text. Old bookplate. Intended for juvenile readers.

London: Privately printed, 1993. Original edition. Very Good. 21 cm; pamphlet in stapled wraps. 23,[1] pages. Inscribed by Frank Herrmann. Introduction by Lord John Kerr. Frank Herrmann told me that he himself wrote the piece signed by Kerr, along with "every last word" of the entire pamphlet.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First American edition. Very Good. 23 cm; xii, 403 pages. In original blue cloth, original dust jacket. 2.5 sq.cm chip in dust jacket at head of spine, price clipped, otherwise minor frays, preserved in mylar. Binding and pages effectively pristine. Old bookplate on pastedown. Reference: PMM 423. Keynes's magnum opus, the basis of Keynesian economics, and of Western economic policy through the latter stages of the Great Depression toward the end of the 20th century. A fundamental text.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1907. Ex-Library. Cloth. Good. 26cm; 480 pages with 100 illustrations. Condition: Good enough. Scuffed, with shelf mark on spine and pastedowns, but sound and entire. A good reference copy.

Philadelphia: P. Blackiston's son, 1926. Third edition. Cloth. Good. 470 pages. Numerous wood-engraved illustrations. Shelf-worn copy of this popular textbook.

Paris and Copenhagen: A. Morancé, etc. , 1935-38. First edition, inscribed.. About fine, while dust jackets are good to very good.. 4 volumes, 29 cm. Each volume warmly inscribed by Kjersmeier to Guillaume de Hondt, distinguished 20th century collector of African and Oceanic art, who contributed materially to the work. Volume 1: Afrique occidentale française (41 pages and 64 photo halftone plates; erratum slip tipped in at end); volume 2: Guinée portugaise, Sierra-Leone, Libéria, Côte d'Or, Togo, Dahomey et Nigéria (30 pages and 58 photo halftone plates); volume 3: Congo belge (42 pages and 56 plates); volume 4: Cameroun, Afrique équatoriale française, Angola, Tanganyika, Rhodésie (29 pages and 42 plates). All four volumes bound in printed boards with original illustrated dust jackets. Dust jackets somewhat tanned along spines, with slight fraying at heads and tails; volume 2 dust jacket splitting along joint; all volumes otherwise remarkably fresh and well-preserved. One of the… Read More

New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1878. First edition. Good. 23cm; xv, [1], 408 pages. Frontispiece and three full-page plates. Wood-engraved illustrations in text. Errata slip bound in at end. Bound in original green cloth. Frayed at crown and heel, joints beginning to split. Yet sound and entire. Early gift inscription. Some foxing at endleaves.

New York: Society of Iconophiles, 1910. First edition. Very Good. 26 cm; 63, [5] pages, engraved frontispiece, engraved title page, and four engraved half-page illustrations by Francis S. King. Bound in original 1/4 pebbled morocco over café-au-lait paper-covered boards. Title and seal of the Society of Iconophiles stamped in gilt on both boards. Title and date in gilt on spine. Slipcase not present. Covers are sound and entire, if a little smudged, especially on lower board. Spine ends expertly restored. Printed at the Gillis Press on British hand-made stock. One of 106 copies.

Basel: J. Decker, 1796. Very Good. 22cm; 2 volumes only (of 4). v. 1. ...Depuis la Paix de Westphalie en 1648, jusqu'aux traités d'Utrecht et de la Barriere en 1715 -- v. 2. Depuis la Triple-Alliance en 1717 jusqu'à la Paix de Fontainebleau en 1785. x, 352 [2]; [2], 301, [1] pages (last blank). Bound in original publisher's marbled stiff wraps, untrimmed, with manuscript title labels. These two volumes contain the treaties of the South and West of Europe (Spain, Portugal, France, Great Britain, Holland, Germany, Italian States--the other volumes cover the North and East) from the Peace of Westphalia (1648) to the Treaty of Fontainebleau (1785). The texts of the various treaties are introduced by analyses of the causes of the particular wars, including the American War of Independence.

New York: Museum of the City of New York, 1963. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. 28 cm; 63 pages, with one color and 61 half-tone plates. Color illustration on wraps. A bit worn. Features an interview with the artist by Ralph R. Miller.

Copenhagen: La Glyptotèque Ny Carlsberg, 1948; 1956. Original editions. Fine. Publications de la Glyptotèque, volumes 1 and 6. Two volumes bound together. 23 cm; xliii, 78 pages and 97 plates; 81 pages and xc plates. Bound in sturdy blue cloth. Original wraps bound in.

London: Printed for the [United] Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel Among the Heathen by W. M'Dowall, 1814. First edition. 22cm; 83 pages, folding engraved map. Bound in recent polished calf ruled in gilt on both boards and tooled at each corner. A bit sun-drenched on spine. Reference: AB 8996. Fine condition. The son of a Warsaw baker, Benjamin Kohlmeister apprenticed as a cabinetmaker before wandering into the Moravian congregation at Dresden. In 1790, he was sent to Labrador where he served a 12-year residence at Okak, the Moravians' northernmost station. After a hiatus in Europe, he returned to Okak in 1810 with Georg Kmoch. Accompanied by 15 Inuit, the pair traveled north from the settlement to Cape Chidley , the Ungava Bay, and as far north as the Koksoak River scoping out sites for settlement. The volume offered here is the account of that voyage. In 1818, Kohlmeister became the general superintendent of the mission, headquartered at Nain.

Basel and Zurich: Georg & Co; Gebrûder Fretz, 1920. First edition. Very Good. Quarto. vi, 128 pages. 24 tables, 28 color lithographic plates, 8 text figures (one folding). In vellum-covered boards with original printed wraps mounted. Old institutional blind stamp and ink stamp on front free endpaper.

Baltimore: Williams and WIlkins, 1951. Second edition. Good. 24 cm; 1116 pages. Clothbound. Some wear at crown and heel, but still in good, sturdy condition.

Glocester: R. Raikes for Thomas Jeffrys, 1764. First English language edition. Quarto (27 cm); [8], vii, [8]-280, [8] pages, [8] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps. Bound in full speckled calf outlined in gilt; red title label titled in gilt; spine in six compartments defined in gilt. Fore-edge stained red, faded. Joints and hinges reinforced, corner and edges renewed. Old commercial marks in pencil on front pastedown, along with old printed catalog entry. Old tears at corners of folding maps admirably repaired. Occasional paper blemishes; closed tear at S2; light even toning throughout. A very good copy! References: Arctic Bib. 9264; Sabin 38301; Tourville 2532; Howes K-265. The first English edition of Krasheninnikov’s 1755 scientific description of Kamchatka, largely based on the notes of Georg Steller. Krasheninnikov abandoned the Great Northern Expedition to avoid becoming Steller’s assistant, but was able to make use of his notes for this first scientific account of… Read More

New York: Dial Press, 1924. First American. Original Cloth, no dj. Very Good. 349 pages. Blue cloth, somewhat toned on spine with title faded, but a fresh and uncompromised copy. Owner's stamp on front free endpaper.