Search Results: Authors starting with K from Uncommon Works

New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2012. First Separate Edition. Boards. As new/as new. Rowling's first book wirtten for adults, in a fine first American edition simultaneously published in the UK. As new in a fine dust jacket. Complete number line and stated first edition. Black paper-covered boards with LB embossed on cover and gold foil title stamping on spine. 503 pp. Octavo, 6 x 9 & 1/2 inches tall. So look, here's the thing: This. Is. Not. A. Children's. Book. If you're looking for what made Harry Potter magical – Wizards! Spells! Flying Broomsticks! -- you're not going to find it. If you're looking for what makes JK Rowling magical – emotion, heart – you will. ... [The] ability to bring her characters to their emotional life was a hallmark of the Harry Potter series – it didn't become a global phenomenon just because it was an exciting adventure, but because there was a real heart to it, characters who had both strengths and weaknesses, who… Read More

New York: Scholastic / Arthur A. Levine, 2005. First American Edition, 1st Printing. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. Mary GrandPré. A fine first printing of the first American Edition in a fine dust jacket. Black quarter-cloth over purple diamond patterned boards. Full number line 1-10. Green endpapers. Full wrap around dust jacket with Mary GrandPré illustration. Stated first edition which meets all points of issue for the first American edition. 652 pp. Octavo, 6 & 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches tall.

New York: Scholastic / Arthur A. Levine, 2003. First American Edition, 1st Printing. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. Mary GrandPré. A fine first printing of the first American Edition in a fine dust jacket. Grey quarter-cloth over blue diamond patterned boards. Full number line 1-10. Full wrap around dust jacket with Mary GrandPré illustration. Stated first edition which meets all points of issue for the first American edition. 870 pp. Octavo, 6 & 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches tall.

New York: Scholastic / Arthur A. Levine, 2005. First American Edition, 1st Printing. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. Mary GrandPré. A fine first printing of the first American Edition in a fine dust jacket. Yellow quarter-cloth over green diamond patterned boards. Full number line 1-10. Red endpapers. Full wrap around dust jacket with Mary GrandPré illustration. Stated first edition which meets all points of issue for the first American edition. 759 pp. Octavo, 6 & 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches tall.

Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/none as issued. About fine, first edition, first printing. Brown, mustard and white cloth boards. Binding is sturdy, square and tight. Previous owner's name stamped neatly on top edge, otherwise as new. No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated with formulas, b/w photos, graphs, and drawings. xiv, 468 [2] pp. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches tall. This collection of papers describes the evolutionary path of stars of various masses. Observational data and theoretical modeling of the stellar atmosphere and the stellar interior and their interaction are presented, covering chemical peculiarities, mass loss, and explosion, all of which are strongly related to the hydrodynamic evolution of the interior. In particular the supernova SN 1987 A is discussed for the first time in detail, including the underground neutrino observations and the detection of X-rays from the supernova. The study of its progenitor, a B 3 supergiant, was… Read More

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982. Third Printing. Hardcover. Near fine. Very good+ third printing. Olive green cloth boards. Head and tail of spine folded and mildly rubbed. White endpapers. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Edges toned, interior pages clean and bright. Alll foldouts present. Heavily illustrated with drawings, plates, maps, tables, figures. 334 pp. including index.

Salt Lake City, Utah: Western Printing Company, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Leatherette. Very Good +. A very-good+ /near fine, signed, first edition Author's signature dated 1930 on first blank leaf. Green pictorial limp leatherette cover with green and gilt stamping of a pioneer wagon, and author's name embossed at foot of cover. Minor shelfwear at corners, head and tail of spine, and along spine edges where the book has ben opened and read. Western map endpapers. Pages show only the mildest toning. Binding is sturdy and sound. No tears, no soiling. Charles Kelly's first book, interesting for California and American history and the opening of the West, including the Donner Party tragedy. 2 previous owner's signatures on title page. The previous owner's signature is CF Hartmeyer, "a grandson of the last member of the Donner party to be rescued." (p 145) 178 pp. plus index. Octavo, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall. [Howes K59, Flake-Draper 4565, Paher K1020].

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. Very good first edition, as stated. Orange cloth boards, silver title stamping on cover and spine. Pages clean and bright. Binding solid. Corners rubbed. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. IlIustrated with maps, charts, graphs, and drawings. 338 pp. including index. Large octavo, 7 x 10 inches tall.

Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2003. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Neal McPheeters. A fine, signed limited edition in a near fine clamshell slipcase. Signed by Jack Ketchum on the limitation page, "O" of 26 lettered copies. As new [I opened the publishers plastic wrap myself]. Burgundy clamshell slipcase with a small dent in the rear edge. Fine dust jacket. Burgundy cloth binding. Traycased Lettered Edition of 52 signed and lettered copies bound in leather clamshell with a satin ribbon page marker. 100 pp. Octavo. There's another writer here tonight who writes under the name of Jack Ketchum and he has also written what may be the best book of his career, a long novella called The Crossings. Have you read it?"— Stephen King, from his 2003 National Book Awards Acceptance SpeechThe Crossingsby Jack KetchumAbout the Book:It's the Arizona Territory. The year, 1848. The year the Mexican War ended. Fate and blazing pistols have… Read More

Skellefteå : C.F [Carl Fredrik] Carlberg, 1864. Reprint. Leather bound. Good +. A good plus reprint of The Psalmbbok from Carlberg in 1864. Rebound quarter leather over calf boards with remnants of two clasps, and large X blindstamping on cover. Missing first free endpapers. Binding is sturdy and square. Previous owner's inscription of front pastedown. Dampstain to fore edge and title page, not affecting remaining text or pages Text in fraktur Swedish. 620, 340 pp Twelvemo, 5 x 7 1/2 inches tall.

New York: Scribner, 2002. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Mark Stutzman. A fine book club edition in a fine dust jacket. Black paper boards. White endpapers. "0302" appears below the barcode on the back cover. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 459 pp. Octavo. This volume is a collection of 14 short stories written by Stephen King. These tales that include the much-touted Internet-download phenomenon, "Riding the Bullet"; "The Little Sisters of Eluria," a Dark Tower prequel; the novella-length title story; and "L.T's Theory of Pets," King's personal favorite within the group, which was previously available only in audio. Not only do the action-based plots and engaging narratives hold up well within the realm of King's work, but tales like the 1996 O. Henry Award-winning Nathaniel Hawthorne homage, "The Man in the Black Suit," show us King at his literary best. An added bonus for fans is King's… Read More

New York: Viking , 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. A near fine first edition, first state in a fine dust jacket. Black quarter cloth under black paper boards. SK in gold on front cover, title in gold on spine. Orange endpapers. Binding square and sturdy. DJ shows $22.95 US price. Complete number line. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 763 pp. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall. A double-double Whopper hot from the grill of "America's literary boogeyman," as he puts it in his introduction: four sizzling horror novellas sandwiched within the theme of "Time. . .and the corrosive effects it can have on the human heart." Sure, they're dripping with excess wordage and high-calorie sentiment, but cut away the fat and there's still more steak here than in any other horror book of the year. The premium cut sits on top: "The Langoliers," whose wildly original premise--that a group of airline passengers… Read More

New York: Scribner, 2020. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. A fine (as new) first edition, first printing in a very near fine dustjacket. Rust paper boards over black quarter-cloth. Gilt title-stamping on spine. First Scribner hardcover edition, 2020, and complete number line on copyright page. Unclipped dust jacket showing miniscule tear at foot. 448 pp. Octavo. The master of supernatural disaster returns with four horror-laced novellas.The protagonist of the title story, Holly Gibney, is by King’s own admission one of his most beloved characters, a “quirky walk-on” who quickly found herself at the center of some very unpleasant goings-on in End of Watch, Mr. Mercedes, and The Outsider. The insect-licious proceedings of the last are revisited, most yuckily, while some of King’s favorite conceits turn up: What happens if the dead are never really dead but instead show up generation after generation, occupying different bodies but most certainly… Read More

New York: Viking Press, 1982. Book Club Edition. Boards. Near fine/fine. A very near fine Book Club Edition in a near fine dust jacket. Black paper boards. Gilt title stamping on spine. White endpapers. No price on jacket, 0882 on front flap. Small tape reinforcement on inside of jacket at rear flap edge. 508 pp. Octavo. Four novellas from Stephen King bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters. This gripping collection begins with "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption," in which an unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge--the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption. Next is "Apt Pupil," the inspiration for the film of the same name about top high school student Todd Bowden and his obsession with the dark and deadly past of an older man in town. In "The Body," four rambunctious young boys plunge through the facade of a… Read More

New York: Scribner, 2013. First Trade Edition. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. First Trade Edition, as stated, published after the limited edition. Complete number line 1-10. Fine in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Binding strong and square., uclipped. Hardcover, Octavo. Sequel to "The Shining.""He-e-e-e-r-e’s Danny!Before an alcoholic can begin recovery, by some lights, he or she has to hit bottom. Dan Torrance, the alcoholic son of the very dangerously alcoholic father who came to no good in King’s famed 1977 novel The Shining, finds his rock bottom very near, if not exactly at, the scarifying image of an infant reaching for a baggie of blow. The drugs, the booze, the one-night stands, the excruciating chain of failures: all trace back to the bad doings at the Overlook Hotel (don’t go into Room 217) and all those voices in poor Dan’s head, which speak to (and because of) a very special talent he has. That “shining” is a matter of more than… Read More

New York: Scribner, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. Stated first edition with complete number line. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Blue paper boards under black quarter cloth. "1114 on rear of dust jacket. 403 pp. Octavo.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. Reprint. 1/4 cloth. Very good/very good. A very good reprint after limited Scream/Press edition. Trade edition in black paper boards under black quarter cloth spine. Boards have some denting. ISBN shows "X", CIP data. King's fascimile signature in gold foil on cover, and title in gold foil stamping on spine. White endpapers. Dust jacket shows rubbing (see photo) but no tears or fraying. Very good dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 512 pp. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall.

New York: Viking Penguin, 1996. Book Club Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good +/fine. A very good plus Book Club edition in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Complete number line 1-10. "First published by Viking Penguin..." on copyright page. Blue paper boards over beige quarter cloth spine. Dust stains on edges. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 690 pp. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall. If the publishing industry named a Person of the Year, this year's winner would be Stephen King. Not only is he writing the first modern novel to be serialized in book form (The Green Mile), but with the publication on Sept. 24 of The Regulators (Dutton; Forecasts, June 17) and Desperation, he becomes the first bestselling author--maybe the first author ever--to issue three new major novels in one calendar year. And there's more. With this astonishing work, King again proves himself the premier literary barometer of our cultural clime. For if The Regulators is a work of… Read More

New York: Scribner, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Very good +/near fine. A very good plus first edition 576 pp. (First Scribner hardcover edition May 2018) with full number line. Grey paper boards over black quarter cloth. Dust staining to foredge. Binding is solid and square. First section of book printed on beige paper with the remaining pages in white paper. Fold at crown of book and browning along rear spine edge about 2 1/2"' from top of book. In a near fine dust jacket showing a crease on rear flap. Jacket now protected in a clear archival cover. 576 pp. Octavo. Horrormeister King (End of Watch, 2016, etc.) serves up a juicy tale that plays at the forefront of our current phobias, setting a police procedural among the creepiest depths of the supernatural.If you’re a little squeamish about worms, you’re really not going to like them after accompanying King through his latest bit of mayhem. Early on, Ralph Anderson, a detective in the leafy… Read More

New York: New American Library, 1984. Book Club Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good/very good. A very good original, contemporary book club edition in a very good dust jacket. Red cloth boards under black quarter cloth with red foil title stamping on spine. Bachman photo and dedication to bachman's wife, as in the first. Inked note on rear endpaper and a slight red stain on front endaper. Short tear to head of jacket and some wear on fore eedges of flap. Otherwise clean and bright. 309 pp. Octavo.