Search Results: Authors starting with K from Bookfare

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937 36 plates; Hardback: blue patterned cloth elaborately decorated in black, map end-papers (different front and rear); Bookplate of the 'Library of the Church Hostel, Bangor'; Binding slanted, some wear to cloth, split to head of spine, g.

London: Blackie, 1958 WKH the pen-name of W. Kersley Holmes; Introduction by Sir William Robieson; Hardback: patterned boards decorated in black and red, blue end-papers, decorated title-page; Boards just a touch bowed, previous owner's name to front free end-paper, near fine in vg dustwrapper designed by James W. Murray.

First British Edition, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1936 Translated from the Czech by M. and R. Weatherall; Hardback: blue cloth decorated in red; Spine darkened, top board slightly bowed, a little dusty, vg+ in tatty dustwrapper.

London: The Sheldon Press, 1941 No. 11 of "The Christian News-Letter Books" edited by Alec R. Vidler, with an introduction by the editor; Hardback: beige boards decorated in green; Some signs of use, marks to spine and front pastedown, g+

Oxford: Pergamon Press , 1978 69 illustrations; "Enlarged and revised edition of the popular book describing insects that live in our homes"; Translated from the German by A.T. Sugar; Hardback: illustrated glazed boards, armorial bookplate (Macan) to front pastedown; Near fine.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1955 Translated from the German by Lionel Kochan; Hardback: red cloth decorated in gilt on spine; Slight signs of use, vg+ in less vg dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Sweden: Homage to the Classics Foundation, 1998 18 colour plates; Colour portrait of the artist; Introductions by Erland Josephson and James A. Mason; Hardback: glazed pictorial boards, black illustrated end-papers, square octavo; Small bruise to spine, printed on glossy paper which has stuck together in one or two places, resulting in slight damage to title-page spread (no loss), vg Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975 109 illustrations; Paperback; Wrappers somewhat dirtied, spine a little faded, g+

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1886 20 colour plates by the author; Hardback: quarter red cloth on glazed boards illustrated by the author, dark blue laid end-papers, landscape format; Probably the first edition of 1886, but a poor copy: lacking free end-papers, wear to baords especially at corners, several leaves creased and dirtied.

London: Constable, 1905 Tissue-guarded colour frontispiece and 9 other colour plates by George Wright; Hardback: red cloth decorated in gilt, with gilt illustration of roses to top board; Foxed, covers somewhat dirtied, vg- Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980 72 illustrations by John Ward; Hardback: sky blue cloth decorated in silver on spine; Small bruise to foot of spine, near fine in Ward illustrated dustjacket.

Chicago: J.B. Lippincott, 1941 284 illustrations; The third, revised, edition; Wide-ranging study of textiles and the textile industry; Hardback: blue cloth decorated in red; Binding a little slanted, some cover wear, especially round spine, letter 'N' inked on spine, mark to rear pastedown, previous owner's small stamp to front pastedown, vg-; If ordering from outside the UK, please be aware that this is a heavy book and may require extra postage charges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Faber, London, 1965 21 stories; Contributors include H.E. Bates, Elizabeth Bowen, Katharine Mansfield, Arthur Ransome, Eudora Welty, Henry Williamson , Saki and Dorothy L. Sayers; Hardback: bright green cloth, red lettering-piece, decorated in gilt on spine; Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown, else near fine in less fine dustwrapper missing a 3 inch piece from lower panel.

London: Picador, 2001 Hardback: purple cloth lettered in white on spine, purple end-papers; Fine in dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Heinemann, 1971 10 illustrations from photographs and 4 from cartoons; Introduction by the editor; Contributors include John Betjeman, Winston Churchill, Fitzroy Maclean, Diana Cooper and Isaiah Berlin; Hardback: sky blue cloth decorated in gilt on spine, top edge blue; Boards slightly bowed, vg+ in moderate dustwrapper; If ordering from outside the UK, please be aware that this is a heavy book and may require extra postage charges.

First Edition, Robert Ross, London, 1952 100 plates; Text commentary by John Scott Hughes; Hardback: blue cloth decorated in gilt, decorated title-page, large quarto; 2 small areas of damage to top half of spine, scratch to fore edge, vg in worn dustwrapper.

London: Macmillan, 1993 Map; Reprinted edition, with corrections; Hardback: black cloth lettered in gilt on spine; Boards slightly splayed, previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper, else near fine in dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Edinburgh: HMSO, 1993 168 illustrations; Edited by Kenneth Gibson of the National Library of Scotland; Hardback: blue cloth lettered in gilt, illustrated end-papers, large quarto; Minor signs of use, previous owner's name to half-title, near fine in slightly dirtied dustwrapper. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

1st Edition, Ernest Benn, London, 1924 62 illustrations by the author; Hardback: grey-green cloth lettered in gilt on spine, map end-papers; Covers very marked, especially spine, slight foxing otherwise internally near fine.

Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1989 Presentation Copy, inscribed on front free end-paper: "Ailsa and Stuart with warmest good wishes from Keith November 1989"; 123 illustrations; Hardback: blue cloth lettered in silver; Near fine in dustwrapper. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall