Search Results: Authors starting with K from Cat's Cradle Books

Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Square, tight binding and hinges. Text pages clean and bright. Some writing on ffep. Paper over boards is edge rubbed. DJ edge rubbed with light overall shelf wear. Examination of Western images of the Islamic Orient. Discussion ranges from the 12th to the 20th century, but the emphasis is on Victorian artists and adventurers who devised the cult of Orientalism in the 19th century. 8.75" (21 cm) tall; 166 pages.

Beograd: Institut za Pedagogiju i Andragogiju Filozofskog Fakulteta, 1992. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Signed by author with inscription on half title page. Book is in the Croatian language. Sound binding. Clean (except for p. 135, on which two words are written) but age-darkened pages. Wraps have light handling wear. ; Essays on leisure activities. Biblioteka Andragoske Studije; Vol. 5; 6.75" tall; 162 pages; Signed by Author.

Beograd: Zavod za Udzbenike i Nastavna Sredstva, Katedra za Andragogiju Filozofskog Fakulteta u Beogradu, 1989. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Serbian language. Square, sound binding. Clean, slightly off-white pages. Wraps have light handling wear. ; Signed by author with brief inscription on half title page. Scholarly study of leisure activities and education by author in former Yugoslavia. ; Andragoska biblioteka; 9.0" tall; 414 pages; Signed by Author.

São Paolo: Estação Liberdade, 1997. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Brazilian language. Sound binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light overall handling wear. ; Examination of the writing of Ukrainian-born Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector (1920-1977). Portuguese Edition; 8.25" tall; 148 pages.

New York: Harper & Row, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is clean. DJ has light overall shelf wear. ; History of criminal investigations undertaken by the Postal Inspection Service of the USPS. 8.25" tall; 321 pages; Re#.

San Francisco: Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, 1976. Softcover. Good+ with no dust jacket. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have small tear at top of spine, general light shelf wear and soiling. ; Historical vignettes of San Francisco in the late 19th and 20th centuries. ; 9.25" tall; 117 pages.

New York: Orange Judd Company, 1904. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Second Edition. Exlibrary markings with occasional pencil marks and several dog-eared pages. Sound binding and hinges. Pages lightly tanned. Illustrated in black and white. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed, scuffed, wih heavier wear at top and bottom of spine and at corners. Gilt lettering bright on front, spine. ; Detailed account of cultivating, harvesting, and marketing ginseng. Ginseng-related ads in back of book following p. 144. ; Ex-Library; 7.25" tall; 144 pages.

New York: John Franklin Music Co, 1915. Ephemera. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sheet music. General light handling wear and soiling, edge wear, tanning. ; As sung by the Hawaiian Octette in Charles Dillingham's production Stop! Look! Listen! with Gaby Deslys. ; Black and white plates; 10.5 x 13.75 inches; 6 pages.

Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Book is in the Dutch language. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean and bright pages. Black cloth over boards is clean without wear. DJ has general shelf wear, scuffing, creasing. Dutch-language translation of the Sanskrit Abhijnanasakuntala, important ancient Indian drama by Kalidasa (circa 4th-5th century CE). 8.75" (22 cm) tall; 150 pages.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Second Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Small amount of writing on ffep. Pages clean, off-white. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has light edge rubbing. ; Critical analysis of the sonnets of 16th century English poet Sir Philip Sidney. ; 8.5" tall; 195 pages.

Madison, Wisconsin: University Extension, University of Wisconsin, 1967. Softcover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, off-white pages. Wrappers are soiled, foxed with handling wear. ; Contents: Logan, Cultural patterns and institutions: will suburbia support or ignore them? Lewis, Is today's downtown the cultural center of the metropolis? Lu, Urban cultural centers or cultural urban centers? Brewer, Planning a setting for urban cultural life. Rockwell, Cultural centers in suburbia. Lewis, Environmental awareness. Fitch, For the theatrical experience, an architecture of truth. Foldouts of urban art centers. Poetry. Siegel, Paul Taylor's minipiece. Roditi, Variation on the theme of celestial harmony. Gladfelter, Ginsberg, censorship, Milwaukee. Reviews. Notes and discussion. ; 10.0" tall; 166 pages.

London, UK: Iliffe Books, 1969. Hard Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Sound binding and hinges. Pages have some underlined passages, light reading wear. Paper over boards is lightly shelf worn. Illustrated. ; Contents: The Luminous Properties of Phosphors and Luminescent Screens, Testing Methods; Radiation Measurements and the Photometry of Phosphors and Luminescent Screens; The Spectrophotometry of Phosphors; Colour Measurements of Phosphors and Luminescent Screens; Measurement of the Afterglow of Phosphors; Measurements of the Electro-Optical Parameters of Luminescent Screens. Ex-Library; 8.25" tall; 204 pages.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, off-white pages. Cloth over boards is lightly edge rubbed. DJ has minor edge wear, light tanning and overall light shelf wear. ; Contents: The permanence of modernism. Skeptical doubts. Artistic space. New roles for intellectuals. Transference. Freedom and order. ; 8.25" tall; 338 pages.

Lund, Sweden: Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv AB, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Book is in the Estonian language. Sound binding. Writing on title page. Paper over boards is clean with slight edge rubbing. DJ slightly tanned with light overall soiling and handling wear. ; Fiction by Estonian poet and novelist Bernard Kangro (1910-1994). 7.00" tall; 316 pages.

Garden City, New York: Fireside Theater, 1973. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Book Club Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, off-white pages. Paper over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has light edge rubbing and light overall shelf wear. ; Comedy by American playwright Garson Kanin (1912-1999). ; Book Club Edition; 8.5" tall; 146 pages.

Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Alan M. Meckler, 1981. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Square, tight binding, clean and bright pages, no evidence of reading wear. Wraps have slight edge rubbing, some water spotting, and foxing. Articles: Kenneth Kann, "Reconstructing the History of a Community"; Marcelino A. Foronda Jr., "Oral History in the Philippines: Trends and Prospects"; Dale E. Treleven, "Oral History, Audio Technology and the TAPE System." Book and equipment reviews, other regular features. 9.0" (23 cm) tall; 80 pages.

Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.: Regents of the University of California, 1980. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, slightly tanned pages with typescript font. Wraps have previous owner's name at top front with general light handling wear. ; Contents: Wood, The Pursuit of Pueblo Status: Land Retention and Autonomy for Community Indians in Eighteenth-Century Colonial Mexico. Zickefoose, Women and the Socialist Party of America, 1900-1915. Ellis, Alcibiades and the Battle of Cyzicus. Haskett, Santiago de la Paz: Anatomy of a Sixteenth-Century Caribbean Sugar Estate. Book reviews. Special features. Acknowledgements. ; 8.5" tall; 92 pages.

Aurora, Ill: Scholarly Publishing Company, 1980. Hard Cover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed, front board very slightly bowed. DJ has general light shelf wear. Survey of various Chinese frontiers in history and in the late 20th century. 9.25" (23 cm) tall; 382 pages.

Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 1956. Softcover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Sound binding. Clean, tanned pages. Wrappers have handling wear, overall light soiling, shelf wear. ; Study of personality and psychological traits of individuals in Hutterite society. ; Ex-Library; 9.0" tall; 116 pages.

Teaneck, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1975. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers are clean with light shelf wear. ; Contents: Thornbury, The significance of dreams in The Dream Songs. Stillman, Swift in Wonderland: the language of dream in the Journal to Stella. Mitchell and Wright, Duke Ferdinand's lycanthropy as a disguise motive in Webster's The Duchess of Malfi. Roy, Sexual paradox in The Changeling. ; 10.0" tall; 40 pages.