Search Results: Authors starting with K from Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences | Printed by the Trident Press Ltd., 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 32. 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of the subject. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new. Corresponds to OCLC #500048276. Prefatory matter in English, else, text chiefly in Ukrainian. Not found in Peel.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: North Winnipeg Credit Union Society | Trident Press Ltd., 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. vi, 160; vi, 160. 8vo. Illustrated, laminated, card covers. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, charts, tables, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws, extremities and contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding. Appears unread; as new. Exceedingly rare in commerce, our offering being the only extant copy available at time of cataloguing. At time of cataloguing, not found in Peel. Text in English and Ukrainian with Ukrainian text on inverted pages. Ukrainian Title: Zoloty i u vile kredytovoï kooperatyvy pivnichnoho vinnipegu, 1943-1993 : khronika 50 rokiv kooperatyvnoï sluz h by ukraïns ki hromadi.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Vydanni a "Kooperatyvnoï hromady" u Vinnipegu, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 112. 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Textured yellow card covers. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables, et al. No detectable flaws, contents and extremities without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine. Appears unread; as new. Exceedigly rare in commerce, our offering being the only extant copy available at time of cataloguing. Corresponds to OCLC #54490205. Text chiefly in Ukrainian. Title in Ukrainian: "20-richchi a Kooperatyvnoï hromady u Vinnipegu, 1949-1969 : korotka istorii a "Kooperatyvnoï hromady" ta ukraïns kykh kooperatyv u Vinnipegu do kint s i a 1969 roku".

[Vancouer, British Columbia]: The National Association of Japanese Canadians, N.D.. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. pp. 16. 4to., measuring 9" x 11". Pictorial, twice-stapled, card covers. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, charts, tables, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, stapled, binding. Not to be confused with a similarly titled but entirley separate publication, 'Justice in Our Time: The Japanese Canadian Redress Settlement'.

Toronto: George J. McLeod Limited, Publishers, 1974. Eighteenth Printing. Softcover. pp. 164. Small 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated stiff card covers held with plastic spiral binding. Wonderful selection of hundreds of recipes including sections on: Mennonite Dishes, Breads & Rolls, Cookies, Cakes, Frosting & Fillings, Cookies, Soups, Salads, Meats, Casseroles, Pies, Puddings, Pancakes & Waffles, Jams, Pickles, Canning, Candies & Drinks. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked. A lovely copy of a beloved classic. Near fine.

Asunción, Pargauay: Weisenheim am Berg Agape Verlag, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 397. 8vo. Many black-and-white maps, photographs, potraits, illustrations, et al. Light crease to spine, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+

Brooklyn, New York: Zone Books, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 182. 8vo. Black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white illustrations. No detectable flaws with extremities and contents entirely without blemish; fine and housed in fine dustjacket. Appears unread; as new. "Since the middle of the eighteenth century, political thinkers of all kinds radical and reactionary, professional and amateur have been complaining about “bureaucracy.” But what, exactly, is all this complaining about? The Demon of Writing is a critical history and theory of one of the most ubiquitous, least understood forms of media: paperwork. States rely on records to tax and spend, protect and serve, discipline and punish. But time and again this paperwork proves to be unreliable. Examining episodes from the story of a clerk who lost his job and then his mind in the French Revolution to Roland BarthesÂ’s brief stint as a university administrator, the book reveals the powers,… Read More

Franklin Center, Pennyslvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Limited Edition. Leather Bound. As New. pp. 341. 8vo. Bound in fine textured gray leather over boards, featuring elaborate gilt lettering, rules and ornamentation to the spine and boards; four raised bands to spine, five compartments, textured black silk moire endpapers, like silk ribbon-marker, all edges gilt. Beautifully haunting black-and-white wood-cut illustrations throughout. Entirely without blemish to the extremities, and contents. Appears unread; as new. A most handsome presentation indeed. Not to be mistaken with some earlier, and later printings which are not bound in real leather but a leather substitute (faux leathrette). "This limited edition of The Trial is published exclusively for subscribers to The Franklin Library collection The 100 Greatest Books of All Time."

London: The Independent, 2007. Banned Books Series. Hardcover. pp. 117. Slim 12mo. Near fine in very good+ lightly rubbed dustjacket.

New York: Warner Books, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xi, 280. 8vo. Publisher's quarter-ivory cloth over like boards, teal lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in near fine, unclipped, dustjacket. Overall, very good+, to, near fine. "Reveals the alarming frequency with which murders and other violent crimes are being traced to groups of devil-worshipping men, women, and children and explores the threat posed by satanic followers."

Toronto: Inanna Publications and Education Inc., 2008. First edition. Softcover. As New. pp. 387. 8vo. No detectable flaws, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Appears unread, as new.

Standoff, Alberta, Canada: Indian News Media Society, [1981]. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 16. 4to., measuring 8.5" x 11". Strikingly illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers bearing a black-and-white photographic image of various Indigenous leaders participating in what appears to be a peace pipe ceremony with the British Parliament featuring prominently in the background. Richly illustrated with additional black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations and facsimiles. No detectable flaws, remains exceptionally well-preserved. Corresponds to OCLC #25445974 & #243483557. At time of cataloguing not found in BAC/LAC. Outlines the position of Alberta Indians regarding the repatriation of the Canadian constitution. Includes brief outline of legal aspects of the treaties, official statements of federal and provincial governments' positions and copy of petition presented to the British Prime Minister.

New York: Freedomways, 1970. Reprint. Stapled Wraps. pp. 64. Small 8vo., measuring 6" x 9". Bright red illustrated stapled card covers, black-and-white lettering. Lightest rubbing to the covers, faint tide-mark to the margins of the last two pages else, very good+. "This article is reprinted from Volume 10, Numbers 1,2,3, 1970 of Freedomways, A Quarterly Review of the Freedom Movement."

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Buschelen Mowatt Fine Art, Limited, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 39. Slim 4to. Stiff laminated card covers. Replete with black-and-white, and colour photographs, photographic reproductions, illustrations. Appears unread; as new. Limited Edition of 1500 Copies.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Kali Shiva AIDS Services, March, 2009. Second Printing. Spiral Bound. pp. 240. Square 8vo., measuring 7" x 8.5". Illustrated card covers held with black plastic spiral binding, map endpapers. Rich with many black-and-white, and colour maps, photographs, illustrations, collage-art, et al. Sections include: "The Body"; "Nutrition"; "Using Condoms for Safer Sex"; "Drugs"; "Rehab"; "Mental Health", et al. Lightest rubbing to the covers, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked. Overall, very good+. Fourth Edition.

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada: Editions des Plaines, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 61. 12mo., measuring 22 cm. Pictorial covers. Black-and-white drawings, and illustrations. Near fine. Text in an African dialect of French. "La poésie de Tchitala Nyota Kamba est mouvement. Mouvement répété, infini, fluide, poésie-chant au rythme soutenu et envoûtant qui dessine un cheminement, mais est aussi et surtout un appel incessant au retour, inexorable."

Toronto and New York: Ukrainian Historical Association, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xviii, 265. Royal 8vo. Publisher's black cloth over boards, silver lettering to the spine. Rich with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables, et al. No detectable flaws, extremities and contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked page and firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in near fine dustacket. Appears unread.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Dundurn Press, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 302. 8vo. Illustrated covers. Rich with black-and-white photographs, and portraits. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine.

Milwaukee, WI: The Settlement Cook Book Company, 1951. Thirtieth Edition. Hardcover. pp. xlvi, 624. Small 8vo., measuring 5.5" x 7.25". Publisher's illustrated ivory cloth over boards, yellow endpapers, all maroon edges. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of the author, Mrs. Kander. An exceptionally well-preserved copy of this venerable American cookery title with only the slightest edgewear apparent to the extremities, contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine. See Margaret Cook's: "America's Charitable Cooks", p. 268., where the author states: "The Settlement Cook Book has probably been the most successful of fund-raising cookery books. All of the proceeds for the past 70 years have been donated to Milwaukee charities, including the original Settlement House for immigrants, the nursery school at Milwaukee State Teachers College, child care centers of Milwaukee, camps for under-privileged children, the Jewish Vocational… Read More

New York: Lamb Publishing Co. | The Colonia Press, 1900. Revised Edition. Hardcover. pp. xxv, 480. Royal 8vo. Dark green cloth over boards with gilt rules and lettering to spine and front board. Steel engraving frontispiece of Kant accompanied with original tissue-guard; two photo-engravings and a facsimile photographic reproduction all accompanied with their original tissue-guards. Light bumping to spine ends, contents bright, clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+.