Search Results: Authors starting with K from Goodbar Books

Unmarked pages. Edge-wear and some light yellowing to cover, as well as some general shelf-wear. Remains of former price sticker on inside front cover. Introduction by Klaus Mann. In Kafka's first but unfinished novel, the Statue of Liberty is described as holding a sword aloft. That image is implicit here in Gilda Kuhlman's cover design featuring a photograph by Rondal Partridge, but it appears Lady Liberty's violence is ultimately self-inflicted, her sword coming back to rive her in two. Really nice New Directions Paperbook with lots of Emlen Etting illustrations, which shamelessly bring out the book's gay subtext. 299 pp.

Signed and dated (1/24/19) by Kahn to the front flyleaf. Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Very little wear. 151 pp. Art.

Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. One instance of underlining to the text and a former owner name (sculptor Paulette Beale) in pencil to the title page. Some foxing to the edges and front matter and areas of sunning, soiling, and edge-wear to the covers. Includes B&W plates. 35 pp. Art.

Cover is beginning to tear away from saddle-stitched binding at the staples, but book remains sound and readable overall. Unmarked interior. A few areas of light soiling to areas of the covers.Fantastic collaged cover design by Nancy Azara. 82 pp. Crafts/Skills/Trades.

Volume I: Federal Government Records, Oklahoma Historical Society Records, Genealogical Society of Utah Listings. Tight, square spine. Former owner stamps to the edges and paste-downs. Areas of highlighting to the text. Gilt to spine and front board remains bright. There are a few small areas of former owner writing and stamping to the jacket, as well as some heavy edge-wear and a two-inch tear. 236 pp. Oversized.

No publication date listed, but looks to be mid-twentieth century. Saddle-stitched binding remains sound, although there is some rusting to the staples. Clean, unmarked interior. Former owner name in ink to the front cover. Some areas of light sunning, creasing, and edge-wear to the covers. Includes beautiful full-color plates. 32 pp. Natural History.

Tight, square spine. Includes lots of B&W figures and illustrations. Clean, unmarked interior. Former owner name to the inside front cover. There are several small areas of rubbing/sunning to the covers and spine, but only very minor shelf-wear otherwise. 318 pp. Crafts/Skills/Trades.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some small areas of very light creasing and soiling to the back cover, but very little wear overall. Lovely classical design to this study of the idiosyncratic inventor, the perfect framework to showcase both tension and Pythagorean unity in the way it contains the polyhedral illustrations of Fuller's futuristic concepts. Kenner, appropriately, also wrote an introduction to geodesic math, but was primarily a literary scholar who penned books about modernists including Joyce and Beckett (bizarrely, his oeuvre also includes an appreciation of Looney Tunes innovator Chuck Jones). He studied under Marshall McLuhan and dedicated his influential 1951 book, The Poetry of Ezra Pound, to the Canadian philosopher, who had introduced Kenner to Pound in 1948 while the poet was incarcerated at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, DC. Years later, Kenner would say of McLuhan, 'He could be awfully controlling.' 338 pp.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some bumped corners to the book, but light wear overall. Light edge-wear to the jacket, as well as some scuffing/scratching to its back. Jacket design by Phil Rose. A significant work of 1990s celebrity trash. Dennis Rodman's memoir made a splash with its provocative jacket photos (by John W. McDonough) and awkwardly adventurous typography (by Susan Maksuta and Bonni Leon-Berman). 257 pp.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Only very light shelf-wear. A charming UK edition of one of Kerouac's heftier novels (clocking in at 366 pages), featuring an uncredited cover depicting an Elton John–esque cherub wielding Old Glory and fountain pen. In Seymour Krim's intro, we first see an argument for the stream-of-consciousness innovator's canonization, and Kerouac's pseudonymous documentation of the nascent Beat era in this book is a delight: Allen Ginsberg is thinly disguised as Irwin Garden, author of 'Howling', and William S. Burroughs takes on the persona of Bull Hubbard, whose most notable work is Nude Breakfast. 366 pp. Mass-Market Paperbacks.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some small areas of light soiling, edge-wear and creasing to the covers. Intro by Gerald Nicosia. Cover design by Roy Colmer. Cover features a Bohemian coffee-house scene snapped by documentarian Burt Glinn (whose beat ranged from Warhol's Factory to Khruschchev's unprecedented visit to the US to the chaotic events of the Cuban revolution). 152 pp. Mass-Market Paperbacks.

Inscribed by Kerst and Gordon to Herb Wisner to the title page. Kerst: 'Herb– Thanks for your support. May the dragonflies (and birds) delight your days! Cary/Cary Kerst/Dec. 13, 2005/Eugene, OR.'. Gordon: 'Herb, Your support and the whole Board's help put this over the top. We are pleased with it. I hope you use this book to add to your enjoyment in the field. Steve/Seve Gordon/December 2005/Eugene, Oregon [with drawing of dragonfly]'. Spiral binding remains sound. Clean, unmarked interior. Only very minor shelf-wear. Jam-packed with beautiful full-color plates. 110 pp. Natural History.

Inscribed by King to the copyright page: 'Richard— Tis the moment for the moving forward. Live up to your own expectations and you will fill the cup. In love, Kai King'. Also includes a photocopied page of a handwritten transmitted text by King, as well as five pages of what appears to be channeled writing, dated 12/17/84, handwritten by King on the reverse of Arthur Court Designs letterhead and accompanied by a letter to 'Richard' from King saying that the channeling 'is a message I am told to share with you'. Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. There is a slight bulge to the front cover near the spine, where supplemental materials were inserted. No other notable wear. Includes B&W illustrations. 131 pp. Spirituality.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior except for a former owner name and phone number to the front flyleaf. Only very gentle wear to the book. Mylar-protected dust jacket has some subtle damp staining at the foot, but is in decent shape overall. Beautiful full buckram, green with green and still-bright gilt stamping to the spine. End-sheets are printed in green with images of the Great Smoky Mountains to the front and the Grand Tetons to the back (both drawn by King). Includes lots of nicely designed B&W figures and illustrations. 197 pp. Natural History.

Includes typed letter from the publisher to the author requesting recommendations for reviewers, which the author has responded to by hand, and signed 'Ken'. Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. No notable wear to the book. Jacket has a few areas of light rubbing and a chip and tear (both about 1/4 inch) to the back. 200 pp. Fiction.

'Reprinted from Bulletin of the Pacific Orchid Society of Hawaii Vol. 9, No. 3'. Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Unmarked interior. Some foxing to the last leaf. Some rubbing, sunning, and other light to moderate wear to the covers. Includes B&W plates. Natural History.

Tight, square spine. Former owner name to front flyleaf, but interior is else clean and unmarked. An area of heavy edge-wear to the back cover at the foot, but wear to book is else very light. Gilt to spine remains bright. Mylar-protected jacket has a few areas of rubbing, soiling, and edge-wear. Fantastic jacket by Jow Wehrle, Jr. 238 pp. Fiction.

Foreword by Glen E. Holt. Tight, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked pages. There is a subtle crease to the front cover, as well as some very minor edge-wear. Chapter titles include 'Pianos and Pirates', 'The Two Napoleons', 'Lovejoy Against Slavery', 'Pulitzer and the Press', 'The Millionaire Blacksmith', 'Under the Anheuser-Busch', 'Muses and Attendants', 'A Poor Back Yard', and more. 482 pp. History.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some light shelf-wear to the covers. Jam-packed with full-color and B&W reproductions of Cadmus's work. 144 pp. Art.

Spine is tight, but has a sag and some creasing. Pages are toned, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Some areas of soiling and creasing to the covers. Includes B&W illustrations. 671 pp. Crafts/Skills/Trades.