Search Results: Authors starting with K from Lux Mentis, Booksellers

Loket, Czech Republic: Jarmila Jelena Sobota, 2013. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Inside of the box, hidden under the book, is an insect cast in acrylic resin. The insect depicts the author's idea of "Metamorphosis" of a man changing into a bug. There are different types of insects used in this edition with each book utilizing one of the insects listed below: Heterometrus spinifer Malaysian forest scorpion Rhomborrhina gigantea (Green) Scarab beetles Prosopocoilus astacoides Beetle of the Family Lucanidae Prosopocoilus astacoides Beetle of the Family Lucanidae Prosopocoilus astacoides Beetle of the Family Lucanidae Brachypelma klaasi Mexican pink tarantula Vespa mandarinia Asian giant hornet This is what the maker of the Insects cast in acrylic resin says about his work: "The insects cast in acrylic resin are fascinating specimens of the insect kingdom. Creepy scorpions, luscious colors of the Green Rose Chafer, in such detail that you… Read More

Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1921. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. "The first comprehensive treatise on hand surgery, and the classic work on tendon and bursal hand spaces relevant to management of hand infections." Kanavel's "monograph on Infections of the Hand became a classic of American surgical literature. Beyond that, it did more to awaken the surgical conscience to the anatomic intricacies of hand surgery than did almost any other single contribution" (Bick, Source Books of Orthopaedics, 2d ed., p. 411). Boyes, Shoulders of Giants, pp. 170-72. Orr 823. Overall, a very handsome copy of a rather uncommon treatise. Light shelf/edge wear, upper tips gently bumped, ownership signature at ffep, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements, burgundy endpages, frontispiece. 8vo. 500pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Index.

New York: The Gargoyle Press, 1934. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good [textblock Fine]. Second Edition. Hardcover. Interestingly, the edition was bound in printed cloth boards that varied by copy...we've not seen two bound in the same cloth. Includes, eg, A Governess Lectures On the Art of Spanking; Home Discipline; A Woman's Revenge. Light shelf/edge wear, moderate toning to spine, ffep top corner clipped, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Color floral cloth boards, frontispiece. 8vo. 205pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

New York: The Gargoyle Press, 1934. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good [Textblock Fine]. Second Edition. Hardcover. Interestingly, the edition was bound in printed cloth boards that varied by copy...we've not seen two bound in the same cloth. Includes, eg, A Governess Lectures On the Art of Spanking; Home Discipline; A Woman's Revenge. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning to spine, ffep top corner clipped, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Color floral cloth boards, frontispiece. 8vo. 205pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Three silver gelatin prints reproducing pen and ink fetish sketches laid in.

Washington DC: Smithsonian, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ as Issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Signature of ownership by noted Harvard professor of entomology. Minor shelf wear, light toning to spine and boards, owner signature on front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Color pictorial boards, frontispiece. 4to. 125pp plus 2pp Index. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Index.

West Burke, VT: Janus Press, 1988. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. "Designed by Claire Van Vliet ... The spine paper can slip out of the front cover so the book can accordion out. ... This copy for Alexander Dzilvelis [printed inscription]" (colophon) The first quilt-inspired book from Janus Press. Limited to 150 copies. Chronicle Books published a trade edition in 1993, and Van Vliet altered and augmented its pages to create a new limited edition in 2004. Very scarce, in this edition. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Limited edition of 150 copies. Laid in bag with prospectus and various cut shapes. Signed by Margaret Kaufman, and Claire Van Vliet; accompanied by prospectus with pieces of paper and cloth enclosed in plastic bag.

London: Reeves and Turner, 1898. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Good+ (Fine textblock). No DJ as Issued. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Though in need of repair, it is a lovely binding by Rivière. Light shelf wear, rear spine shows splits at head and heel, front board split completely at spine, bottom tips through, bookplates on front endpages, else tight, bright and unmarred. Halfbound, navy leather spine and tips, five raised bands, blue cloth boards, marbled endpages, top edge gilt, frontispiece. Small 8vo. 597pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co, 1899. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good+. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Letters were apparently taken from Keats Grandfather. Overall, a handsome copy. Minor shelf/edge wear, light rubbing to hinges, light toning at spine, small crease at ffep, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Unsigned full leather fine binding, five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorative elements, marbled endpages, tissueguards, aeg. 8vo. 473pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index[es].

New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1854. Disbound Plates. Very Good to Fine. Disbound Plates. $20 each or the entire collection for $250. Hand colored floral plates. Most are clean, a handful have light foxing.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear, bottom corners very gently bumped, spine lightly sun toned, very subtle stain in upper corner of front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green pebbled cloth boards, navy ink lettering, color pastedown on front board, top of text block stained burgundy, frontispiece. 12mo. 264pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Touch of shelf/edge wear, spine lightly sun toned, owner inscription on front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Orange pebbled cloth boards, black ink lettering, color pastedown on front board, color pictorial boards, top of text block stained indigo, frontispiece. 12mo. 208pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1967. First Edition. Very Good+. First Edition. An iconic poster, signed by Kelley in the lower left in gold ink. Minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. 14x20"

San Francisco, CA, 1968. First Printing. Near Fine.. First Printing. Uncut sheet for show at the Carousel Ballroom. Three handbills and four postcards in one sheet, signed by Kelley. An extremely unusual item. Very minor edge wear, else bright and clean. 22.5"x26.5". Illus. (colored plates). Signed by the artist.

Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene, 1978. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ.. Second Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author to Jacqui Sadler, and early and vocal advocate of the sport (and wife of J. Sadler). From the library of noted architect and writer on architecture, J. Sadler. Sadler was prone to marginalia and laying in clippings and ephemera related to a given book's subject. The presence of marginal notes or marks will be noted above and are absent if not so noted. Owner inscription at front pastedown, underline at copyright page, inscription by author on half-title, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows underline at flap, else bright and clean. Small 8vo. 182pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Glossary. Index.

Baltimore, MD: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1937. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Reprints of classic texts, with English translations where necessary. Includes biographic notes and bibliographies. "Many doctors are not interested in medical history, that is, in medical history as it has been served to them up to the present time. This is a sad and unnatural state of affairs. Our debt to the past was thus expressed by Claude Bernard: "We stand upon the intellectual shoulders of those medical giants of bygone days and, because of the help they afford us, we are able to see a little more clearly than they were able to do." Medical Classics aims to awaken the interest of all medical workers in the historical side of their profession. The work will be useful, not merely ornamental." [from "A Preface Concerning Aims and Policy" in V1N1]. Light shelf/edge wear, overlapped wraps rumpled at edges, light toning to spines, else tight, bright, and unmarred.… Read More

New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. "...Operative Gynecology [is] often considered to be Kelly's finest works in clinical medicine" [Heirs of Hippocrates]. Moderate shelf/edge wear (focused at head and tale), small pull at the head, tips through, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound. brown leather spine and tips, brown pebbled cloth boards, speckled red staining at text block edges. Small 4to. 662pp plates and adverts. Illus (b/w plates). Index.

Northampton, MA: Dan Kelm, 2018. Limited Edition. Fine in Fine Case. Limited Edition. The creation of Templum Elementorum (Sanctuary of the Elements) was initiated by an invitation in 1995 to produce a book for the Smithsonian Institution Library exhibition Science and the Artist's Book. Inspired by Biringuccio's De la pirotechnia (On working with fire), first published in 1540, Templum Elementorum is a stylized version of the alchemical furnace known as the Tower of Athanor, as pictured in Biringuccio's book. "Athanor" refers to the "undying" fire which is achieved by the use of the self-feeding fuel hopper at the center of the furnace. Kelm created a book sculpture comprised of four glass cylinders and metal bindings — one for each of the elements. Together they represent a furnace within which the four alchemical elements are operating — earth bath, water bath, air furnace, and fire box. Colors, symbols, words, and metals contained on the cylinders and in the bindings all correspond to… Read More

VigodaPress, 2014. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Printing as revolution. "A special English language edition of three classic texts of the Polish underground of the 1970s and 1980s: "A Pompous Song," by Jan Krzysztof Kelus, "Our Free Roller Press," by Jan Walc, and "The Practical Printer," by enen /Witold uczywo/. While letterpress printed on a fancy paper and hand bound, the design of this book evokes primitive underground publications. The edition is limited to 350 numbered copies." (from the press). Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed kraft paper wraps, black ink lettering. 8vo. 62pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf, 1813. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ [Textblock Very Good+]. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, minor sporadic foxing at preliminaries, chip at head and tail of binding, else tight, bright and unmarred. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering. Small 8vo. 60pp.

HamburgerVampire, 2014. First Printing. Loose Cards. Fine. First Printing. Loose Cards. Artist Zebadiah Keneally's unique Tarot deck as used in his performance of Hamburger Vampire. An 'appropriated deck', Keneally went through a tarot deck and executed a drawing 'in response' to each card...creating this deck. Bright and clean. Printed cards; matching box. 5x3.5" np. Illus. (b/w plates).