Search Results: Authors starting with K from Quill & Brush

New York: St. Martin's Press, (1988). First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Fine in dust jacket.

New York: St. Martin's Press, (1979). First edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Very good with top edges of pages slightly rumpled from dampness and some light bumping; in a price-clipped dust jacket with some edge rubbing and lower rear tip nicked.

Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. First edition. Two volumes. "Illustrated by upwards of 300 engravings, from sketches by the author." Folding map in each volume. Ex-library with typical markings on spine and endpapers. Cloth at spine ends chipped still a good, solid set.

New York: Random House, (1962). First edition. Adapted from the book DEATH OF A MAN by Lael Tucker Wertenbaker. Fine in lightly soiled dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs from the stage production starring Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, (1987). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in blue paperwraps with title handwritten on spine. Review copy, with publisher's letter to the Washington Post laid in. Scarce.

New York: Random House, (1937). First edition. Satirical political musical with score by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Illustrated with photographs from the original staged production. Hinges a little darkened, otherwise near fine in somewhat edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket with spine ends rubbed and nicked (affecting "Kaufman" at head of spine), rubbing and short tears to edges, and shallow 1" chip from bottom edge, rear panel. Still, a bright dust jacket; illustrated with a photo of George M. Cohan in the role of Roosevelt on front.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1937. First edition. "Music in America for psalmody to the present day, with Illustrations by Alajalov." Spine and edges sunned a bit but lettering readable; in a very good dust jacket with some edgewear and a few light foxed spots on back panel.

(Kansas City, MO): Andrews McMeel Publishing, (2018). First edition. A paperback original. "A highly personal collection documenting the early months of artist Julia Kaye's gender transition." From her popular webcomic, "Up and Out," which she used to "process her journey and help others with similar struggles realize they weren't alone." Oblong white paperwraps. Fine.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1935). First edition, later printing. Though the copyright page states 1935, the actually date of publication for this copy is 1938 per Farah [1938B]. The twelfth book in the series and ninth by Benson. Very good or better with spine ends softened and small bookshop blindstamp on front endpaper. In about very good dust jacket with flattened creasing to head of spine and general nicks and tears. An attractive copy.

Baltimore: Evergreen House, 1960. First edition. One of 200 copies printed as a keepsake for members in May, 1960. Includes a history of the founding of the group by Dorothy Miner and Elizabeth Baer and highlights from memorable meetings by Kent D. Currie; lists of officers and members, past and present; synopsis of meetings; and bylaws. Small 8vo imitation vellum-backed marbled boards; gilt-stamped spine; 33 pages; colophon leaf laid in. Near fine with light foxing to page edges.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927. First edition. Spine fading, otherwise very good in dust jacket with edge wear and chips on spine ends and corners.

New York: Survey Associates, Inc., 1926. First edition. October 1926 issue. Monthly supplement to the twice-monthly "Survey" magazine with a main focus on social welfare issues. Contains the first appearances of both woman's articles. Kelley was a steadfast champion of women and children. She was the first General Secretary of the National Consumers' League "chartered in 1899 by two of America's leading social reformers Jane Addams and Josephine Lowell.... Under the direction of ... Florence Kelley, the National Consumer's league exposed child labor and other scandalous working conditions. Kelley was to become one of the most influential and effective social reformers of the 20th century" (NCL website). Her article herein is billed as the first installment in her occasional series "Notes of Sixty Years." Mary Breckinridge, "The Nurse-on-Horseback," was founder of the Frontier Nursing Service established in 1925 to provide professional health care in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky. It… Read More

Dorchester, Mass: George A. Kelly, (1930). First edition. Self-published book of 9 poems celebrating police work with titles including "A Policeman's Duties," "The Vagrant," "The Traffic Cop," "I Am the Law," et al. According to the brief foreword, the poems were mostly written during a period when Kelly was working over-night on the "signal desk" due to an injury sustained in the line of duty. Stiff, blue paperwraps printed in black on front cover only; frontis photograph of Kelly in uniform. Covers aged, lightly soiled and rubbed;the occasional stain to margins; last few pages pulling from staples, otherwise quite good. OCLC locates only 2 other copies. Rare.

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2002. First edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs documenting the varied, wild and wonderful on-the-road lives of circus folk, primarily sideshow performers from the 1920s through the 1940s. Fine in near fine dust jacket with 1/4" chip to bottom edge rear panel.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1982). First American edition of this monumental tale that reminded us all how base we humans can be, and how heroic. Booker Award winner, published in London as SCHINDLER'S ARK. Basis for the movie of the same name. Fine in dust jacket with tiny chip at bottom of back panel and very minor wear on corners and spine ends.

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1962). First edition. "A Selection from President Kennedy's Public Statements from His Election through the 1961 Adjournment of Congress, Setting Forth The Goals of His Legislative Year." Very good with bookplate on front endpaper and small name sticker on pastedown under flap; in very good dust jacket with very minor wear on corners and spine ends.

New York: Viking Press, (1978). First edition of the author's third book, the second novel in his "Albany Cycle." One of our favorites, of his books. Fine in black dust jacket with minor rubbing on corners and spine ends and two short closed tears.

New York: The Dial Press, 1969. First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Fine in black cloth with one tiny spot on the front cover and two small spots of soiling on the rear endpapers, but inside otherwise clean. In a very good dust jacket that is somewhat rubbed and soiled, with minimal shelfwear to the edges and two inconspicuous closed tears along the spine which have been repaired with tape to the verso.

New York: Fleet Press Corporation, (1968). First edition. Written by Alex J. Goldman and containing numerous black-and-white photographs. Thin split in rear spine gutter, otherwise near fine in somewhat rubbed dust jacket with chipped tips and one small closed tear.

New York: Hyperion, (2005). First edition. SIGNED by Caroline Kennedy on the title page. A large assemblage of patriotic literature chosen by Ms. Kennedy. Fine in fine dust jacket.