Search Results: Authors starting with K from Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

N: The World's Work, 1959. Illustrated by Arthur Marokvia. Pp. 252+[3](advertisements), title page vignette, text illustrations; fore-corners of boards bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, the top fore-corners creased, date stamp at foot of back panel; bookseller's sticker on upper free endpaper, edges of leaves a trifle foxed, top fore-corner of last few leaves faintly foxed; The World's Work, 1959. First U.K. edition. *Winner of the 1958 German Children's Book Prize.

London: Putnam & Co, 1960. Pp. 256(last blank); boards lightly mottled; dust wrapper, internally foxed; scattered light foxing of leaves; Putnam, London, 1960. First edition. *Autobiography of a clergyman's daughter whose unsatisfactory jobs as puppeteer, leadscraper, waitress, wife, typist, firewoman and "psychologist" led to her "job" as a prostitute.

Sydney: Random House Australia, 1995. Pp. xiv+316, 24 plates (8 coloured), discography, index; med. 8vo; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; text block slightly browned; Random House Australia, Sydney, 1995.First edition. *Inscribed and signed by Kamahl on the half- title page.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. The Secret War against Hitler. Pp. 174(last blank), coloured and black & white text illustrations (some full page), bibliography; med. 8vo; pictorial laminated boards; Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010. First edition. *Pulp history.

New York: Four Winds Press, 1970. Pictures by Emily A. McCully. Pp. [36], illustrated in colour throughout; f'cap. 4to; pictorial papered boards; Four Winds Press, New York, 1970..

Mahway, New Jersey: Lawrence Erbaum Associates, Publishers, 2006. Foreword by Michael A. Peters. Pp. xlviii+308, text figures and tables, notes, references, indices; small med. 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards, top fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, small stain to top edge of a couple of leaves; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, Mahway, New Jersey, 2006. First edition. *'Examines the social, cultural, and political implications of the shift from the traditional forms and functions of print-based libraries to the delivery of online information in educational contexts' [cover blurb.

London: Allen Lane, 2007. Translated from the Polish by Klara Glowczewska. Pp. viii+276(last blank), endpaper map; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in white, fore-corners of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, fore-corners of front panel bruised; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper free endpaper, leaves slightly browned; Allen Lane/Penguin Books, London, 2007. First U.K. edition..

Dromana, Vic: Loch Haven, 1991. Pp. xii+198. text illustrations, full page map, genealogical table, glossary; demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Loch Haven, Dromana, 1991. First edition. *Based on diaries written by Georgina Oswin from 1881 to 1910. 'With enthusiastic contributions by her four lively daughters, Georgina Oswin recalls by-gone days on the family's holding on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula - days when bacon was pickled by hand, diphtheria was treated by home-made potions and provisions which couldn't be grown or made were collected by horse or bullock team' [wrapper blurb].

London: N, 1983. Pp. xiv+752, illustrated, chronology, cast of principal characters, notes, index; med. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; cream papered boards, lightly foxed, bottom edge of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn, quite foxed on reverse, crease at top of front flap; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves quite foxed; Century Publishing, London, 1983. First edition. *The first complete account of Vietnam at war; a companion to the television series.

Sydney: N, 1984. . Pictures by Suzy Soboslay. Cover by Margo Lanagan. Pp. viii+82, text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a trifle soiled; small rust mark near top edge of first two leaves; Token Press, Sydney, 1984.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. Translated from the original German by James Kirkup. Illustrated by Horst Lemke. Pp. 186, text illustrations; cr. 8vo; printed pale green paper wrappers, a trifle sprung; review slip laid on half-title page (causing a little wrinkling),small damp stain to bottom fore-corner of leaves; Jonathan Cape, London, 1969. Uncorrected proof copy. *By the author of Emil and the Detectives. A sequel to The Little Man, originally published in German in 1967.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. Translated from the original German by James Kirkup. Illustrated by Horst Lemke. Pp. 160(last blank), text illustrations; cr. 8vo; printed pale green paper wrappers, faitnly creased, edges a trifle rubbed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1966. Uncorrected proof copy. *'The hero of this new story by the author of Emil and the Detectives is called Maxie Pichelsteiner. He sleeps in a matchbox and is ... two inches, high' [publisher's blurb].

London: Collins & Harvill Press, 1976. Pp. 224(last blank), 4 plates, historical notes; demy 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, lower edges slightly worn; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Collins & Harvill Press, London, 1976. First edition. *An autobiography of Edita Zukermanova (later Katona) who worked undercover in Occupied France for French Naval Intelligence. She adopted the code name Marianne Chabot and was an highly successful agent. She was awarded the Croix de Guerre avec palme.

Melbourne: Black Dog Books, 2001. Illustrated by Mitch Vane. Pp. 60, pictorial title page plus numerous text illustrations (some full page); post 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Black Dog Books, Melbourne, 2001. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by both author and illustrator, to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin. The Little Lunch series became the basis for a television series first broadcast on the ABC in 2015.

N: N, 1999. Ancestral Wisdom and Healing Traditions in Fiji. Pp. [xiv]+414(last blank), 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations and decorations, full page map, glossary, bibliography, index; pictorial paper wrappers, slightly sprung, edges a trifle rubbed; Park Street Press, Rochester, Vermont, 1999. Paperback edition. *First published in 1993.

Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1993. A story of healing and transformation in Fiji. Pp. [xiv]+414(last blank), 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations and decorations, full page map, appendices, glossary, index; qr. natural linen, spine lettered in green, grey papered boards, a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1993. First edition. A Merloyd Lawrence book.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003. Pp. xxiv+418, 8 plates, 2 double page maps, occasional text illustrations, sources and notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2003. First U.K. edition. *First published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2003 as The Battle for Rome. 'The Pope, the Resistance and the German Occupation of Rome' [wrapper blurb].

London: Severn House, 1980. Pp. 304; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Severn House, London, 1980. First U.K. edition. *Horror novel.

Blackrock, Co Dublin: The Columba Press, 2002. Selected and introduced by Tom Stack. Pp. 240(last blank), notes, index; demy 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; The Columba Press, Blackrock, Co Dublin, 2002. First edition. *'In Patrick Kavanagh's extant work of published poems, which number 253, no few than 138 of these include explicitly religious themes, images or allusions. This means that references to Christian faith, in one way or another, make their appearances in more than half of all his poetic writing' [wrapper blurb].

London: Chatto & Windus, 1982. Pp. 88(last blank); demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle canted, with bottom fore-corner of upper board and top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, with a couple of tiny chips to top edges of flaps; Chatto & Windus, London, 1982. First edition. *Poems chosen by Kavanagh from his five collections published between 1959 and 1979.