Search Results: Authors starting with K from JWMah

NY: Schocken Books, 1971. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, slight darkening of spine, tight and square, Good only used copy; lacking the dust jacket. Vermilion cloth, 486pp, no illus. biblio, editors and tranlators, chronology. selected writings on Kafka. (1.8 JM LVR 201/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Lacking the Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Dover Publications, 1972. (USA) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, Fine. Wraps, 84pp, index, 175 B&W photo sand illus. Step-by-step techniques for using linoleum to make prints. (1.3 JM HOZ 401/3. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Toronto: Leo Feist Inc, 1925. (CAD) No markings, Fine. . 6 pp counting covers. Photo of Montreal Melody Kings to cover. (0.9 JM HOX 1/a3. Sheet Music. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Sheet Music.

NY: Leo Feist Inc, 1948. (USA) Owner's name and date to the first page, blind embossed stamp to cover, music store stamp, Very Good used copy. Paper cover, 6 pages including both covers. Illus cover featuring The Jolson Story. (1.0 JM HOX 1/a3. Sheet Music. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Sheet Music.

Philadelphia: Art Alliance Press, 1980. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in price-clipped Very Good dust jacket with touch of rubbing to edges of DJ and to spine extremities. Cloth, 55pp text, \Xii colour plates, 1-96 B&W plates. Susan Beth Kahn was born in 1924 in NYC. She graduated from Parsons School of Design and was a student of Moses Soyer. She paints peole in a representational style. This is the first full-length look at her work presenting more than 100 paintings. (3.0 JM LVR 206/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2000. (CAD) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with a bit of rubbing to top edge of Dj. Boards, x, 661pp, index, B&W photos throughout. Kalman is a well-known architectural historian and heritage consultant. A heavy book. (3.9 JM HOJ 302/a2. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Harry N Abrams, 2000. (USA) Presumed 1st edition, Ownership stamp to the corner of the end paper, no other markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Hardcover, 224pp, colour photos of people in indigenous costumes, ethnic clothing, protective outfits etc. This book is a personal and loosely anthropological photo essay full of costumes, clothes, faces, and cultures. The Tibors look at human dressing that is outside the realm of "fashion". For example, the uniform chapter groups together such unlikely companions as matadors, the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders, and Australian lifeguards.There are surprising and delightful images--a Russian military dog in full gas-mask regalia, a whole-body costume made of flowers, a tin can worn through an ear as jewelry. (2.1 JM HOZ 401/2. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Phaidon Press, 2014. (UK) 1st printing. No markings, Fine as New in Fine as New dust jacket. Boards, 320pp, index. Colour reproductions of cookbook pages from all kinds of cookbooks giving a survey of cookery books and an informative review. (3.0 JM LVR 201/b6. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Osaka Japan: Torataro Hayashi, 1909. (JPN) Meiji 42 (1909) The covers are soiled and have spots with some rubbing to edges and cover corner tips; the back cover hinges is stratig to detach, pages generally clean with some spots here and there, Fair used copy; no dust jacket. 10.75 x 7.75", grey cloth cover with blind embossed design, 384pp. The book maily consists of diagrams showing beams, and intricate eave structures with lines and notes for laying out the work and positioning the cuts with names translated as "Shiken Sumigen method" and "Eavesumi Genu Method". The text is entirely in Japanese and my tranlations of the title and author may be faulty (Please see photos). There is a B&W forntis portrait of Yoshida Kamaoka. Kameda Yoshiro authored a set of three woodblock-printed books on Japanese carpentry titled Kikujinjo Daikoshinhinagatadizen which were published in 1894.The fusion of craftsmanship and artistry in these books provides a glimpse into the rich… Read More

Spain: Iberoamericana / Vervuert, 2014. (SPN) Presumed first edition. No markings, Fine. Wraps, 525pp, index. The text is in Spanish. The book analyzes the Diatribe against Don Amor and is made up of two parts: a linguistic-semantic analysis of the two fields enunciated in the title ('damage' and 'deception') and a semantic-literary analysis of the selected fragment. The analyzes are complementary and show that the same structure underlies the semantic framework and the semiotic configuration of the text. (2.5 JM LVR 201/b2. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Hoboken NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2008. (USA) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the end paper, no othermarkings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Boards, 244pp, index, Musical illustrations. (2.0 JM HOJ 300/b1. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1987. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in price-clipped Fine dust jacket. Cloth, 410pp, index, 55 colour illus; 316 duo-tones. This is a well-illustrated history of the Arts & Crafts Movement in America with contributions by Eileen Boris, W, AScott Braznell, Robert Judson Clark, Edward S. Cooke Jr., Ellen Paul Denker, Bert Randall Denker, Robert Edwards, Jonathan L. Fairbanks, Sally Buchanan Kinsey, Gillian Moss, Cheryl Robertson, Susan Otis Thompson, Richard Guy Wilson and Catherine Zusy. The book examines decorative anrts and architecture and includes objects such as furniture, glass, silver, ceramics, textiles, books, wallpaper, and drawings. A heavy book. (4.8 JM HOZ 401/4. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1987. (JPN) 1st eidtion, No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 165pp, over 200 B&W and colour photos and illus. The sword, polishing, the Habaki, the scabbard. Includes printed booklets from a Japanese museum laid in; one booklet is in Japanese; the other in English: "Manual for Appreciting eht Japanese Sword from the Nippon Bijutsu Token Hozen Kyokai (The Japanese Sword Museum) (2.3 JM LVR 206/b4. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Quebec: Musee Du Quebec / Les Presses De L'Universite Laval, 1992. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. There is astmp to the leading edge of pages "Service de Presse", no other marking,s thus Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. Blue cloth with gold titles, 963pp, LXXX B&W plates of illustrations and photographs. This listing of Francophone artists, sculptors, printmakers, etc.is entirely in French. Each entry has a short biography and a indication of where the individual's major works are located (by museum or collection). (3.5 JM LVR 202/a2. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Stockholm: Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1920. (SWED) 9th edition. No markings, pages clean, sight rubbing to edges of leather corner pieces and spine, tiny chip to top edge of fornt cover, Very Good; no dust jacket. Three quarter brown leater over marbled boards, top edge gilt, 120pp. The text is in Swedish. Fridolin's visor and other poems are a collection of poems from 1898 by the Swedish writer Erik Axel Karlfeldt. It was Karlfeldt's second collection of poems. Erik Axel Karlfeldt was a Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him the Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously in 1931.(1.5 JM HOQ 101/a3. 9th. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery, 1982. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine. Stiff wraps, 56pp, colour and B&W photos of the works of this constructivist artist. (1.33 JM HOJ 302/2. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Exhibition Catalogue..

Burnaby BC: Select Editions, 2002. (CAD) 1st Canadian printing. No markings, Fine in about Fine dust jacket. Glossy boards,256pp, index. Lots of colour photos throughout showing ingredients and techniques with colour photos of prepared dishes. Kazuko is a leading food writer in Japan and Fukuoka is an expert on Japanese regional cookery.Recipes include Sashima Moriawase, Sumo Wrestler's Hot Pot, Kabocha Squash Cake, Tokyo style Ramen in soup. (4.5 JM LVR 201/b0. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Regina SK: University of Regina Press, 2012. (CAD) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: " Savour Life/ C.J. Katz/ Sep., 2012", no other markigns, Fine. Wraps with flaps, 204pp, index. Full-page colour photos of prepared dishes with smaller colour photos. This is a great treasury of distinctly western Canadian prairie recipes: Wild rice Acorn Squash; Bison Streaks with Mushroom Sauce; Pumpkin Raisin Cake. Foreword by Anita Stewart. A heavy book. (2.3 JM LVR 202/a2. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

NY: Hyperion, 1997. (USA) 1st printing, 1997. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and dated 1997, there is a 5 word recipe notation in pen to the front endpaper, otherwise Fine in unclipped Very Good dust jacket with soft creasing to lower part of front panel of Dj Boards, 224pp, index, colour illus by the author. Over 200 recipes for soups, side-by-side dishes, desserts, and tasty bites: Olive waffles; Golden rice pie with spinach filling; Coconut lemon grass soup; Green onion wanton strips. (2.9 JM HOQ 102/6. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Toronto: University of Toronto Press / the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History , 2005. (CAD) Presumed first edition. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Brown cloth, 359pp, index, B&W photos. Kaufamn was the first criminal lawyer to be appointed to the Quebec Court of Appeal. (2.1 JM HOJ 303/1. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".