Search Results: Authors starting with N from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

New York: N.Y. Literary Classics of the United States, 1996. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Nabokov, Vladimir. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xxvi, 249 pages. Later printing. Fine in fine jacket.

Rio de Janeiro: Livraria J. Leite, 1943. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 87,(7) pages. A Conservação das nossas Bibliotecas e Arquivos. Preface by Professor Arthur Neiva. Text in Portuguese. About insects which can damage books and how to eradicate them. Illustrated.

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing Co, 2002. cloth. Japan. 8vo. cloth. xv+(i), 832 pages. 2 volumes bound in 1. Facsimile edition of the set originally published by Edward Goldston, London, 1928 and Karl W. Hiersemann, Leipzig (Besterman 3245, Sheehy {1986} DE256), listing 9575 books, pamphlets, and periodical articles. Being a Classified List of the Literature Issued in European Languages Since the Publication of Fr. Von Wencksterns "Bibliography of the Japanese Empire," Up to the Year 1926. This bibliography brings together works dealing with Japan in a wide variety of subjects, primarily in the German, English and French languages, as well as Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, the Scandinavian languages and Russian.

Bloomington: The Lilly Library, 1992. stiff paper wrappers. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 90 pages. A catalogue for the exhibition held at the Lilly Library in 1992 which commemorated the five hundredth anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas. The books and manuscripts that made this exhibition are from the collections formed by J. K. Lilly, Jr., Bernardo Mendel, and Charles R. Boxer.

Jena: Eugen Diederichs, 1914. stiff paper wrappers. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 30, (2) pages. Written in German. WIth an introduction. An essay on literature in various periods and places in Germany. Minor wear at extremities.

New York: Facts on File, 1993. cloth. 4to. cloth. (vi), 412 pages. First edition. Produced with the assistance of Judith S. Baughman. Over 125 authors are included. Each author entry contains a biography of the author, books authored, locations of archives if any, biographies written and critical studies.

(Dover): Delaware Heritage Press, 2007. cloth, dust jacket. Du Pont IV, Pierre S.. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 175 pages. First edition. Oral History Series, No.5. With a one page "thanks" from du Pont. Illustrated. Fine in fine jacket.

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2002. cloth. Art. 8vo. cloth. (iv),xviii,1088; (iv),viii,1121+(1); (iv),iv,1143+(1); (iv),1155+(1); (vi),436+(index) iv,109+(1) pages. 5 volumes. A reprint of the original edition, published by George Franz, München, 1858-79 (Arntzen & Rainwater, Guide to the Literature of Art History, E58). The standard work on artists' monograms, illustrated with more than 30,000 facsimiles. An indispensable tool to identify artists who signed themselves only by their monogram or similar devices. Thousands of these artists were also book illustrators, hence this work's importance for books as well as fine art in general. Nagler begins by giving an exact facsimile of the monogram, followed by the artist's name, a biographical sketch, list of works, and books illustrated by him. This edition also includes an index of artists' names at the end of the fifth volume.

New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. cloth spine with paper sides, dust jacket. Hofmann, Mark W.. 8vo. cloth spine with paper sides, dust jacket. xi, 458+(1) pages. Book Club Edition. Fine in near fine jacket. Another of the books published on this subject, written by two graduates of the Harvard Law School. This book also contains some details unmentioned in the other two main accounts - for instance more details of Steve Christensen's autopsy are given. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books.

New York: George Braziller, 1977. hardcover, dust jacket. Illuminated Manuscripts. 4to. hardcover, dust jacket. 158 pages. Lovely facsimile edition. Near fine.

Austin: Eakin Press, The, 1997. cloth, dust jacket. Texas. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 547 pages. First edition. Scarce. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.

[Calcutta]: Dialogue Four, 1968. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. First edition. Published when the author was 21. Lightly soiled.

[Calcutta]: Dialogue Publications, 1971. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 56 pages. First edition. Lightly rubbed, otherwise fine.

New York: Mayflower Books, 1979. cloth, dust jacket. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 119 pages. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated including a number in color.

Jerusalem: Jerusalem Post Press, 1966. paper wrappers. oblong small 8vo. paper wrappers. (28) pages. Reprint of first edition. Illustrated history of these famous scrolls. Ink ownership stamp in corner of cover, else a near fine copy.

Roma (Rome), Italy: Per Il Falco, 1666. full vellum-covered boards, red leather spine label with gilt. square 8vo. full vellum-covered boards, red leather spine label with gilt. (22), 3-546 pages, 15 engraved plates. Second edition, the first printed in the prior year of 1665. British Library, Catalog of Seventeenth Century Italian Books, vol. 2 p 608; Olschki for the ed. dated 1666. Very minor soiling / yellowing to the vellum boards. Foxing and toning to the textblock. The fourth plate has been professionally repaired. Lacking the front free endpaper. An excellent, well-preserved copy. Illustrated with 15 plates, which makes it complete, and numerous illustrations in the text. The images depict plans and maps of the city and surroundings, monuments and artistic works covered by the discussion; on page 21, woodcuts in the text depicting coins and buildings; nice big floral woodcut tailpieces. The work also includes the "Discourse of Ottavio Falconieri around the Pyramid of Caius Cestius, and the… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1984. quarter cloth, boards, dust jacket. Detective Fiction. small 8vo. quarter cloth, boards, dust jacket. (vi), 253 pages. First edition. A Jack Journey novel. J. Journey, who writes on "historical crime and ancient felons," also collects crime books. A few months ago, he paid for a library amassed by a French police inspector, but it hasn't been delivered yet, and now the antiquarian dealer calls to say that it is no longer available, the refund is in the mail. Journey, who wants the books already paid for, decides to visit the dealer for a little confrontation, but when he arrives he finds that someone else has already confronted the dealer...with a sharp implement. So, what was in that collection, anyway? Fine in near fine jacket.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 354 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Lightly soiled, else a fine copy. Illustrated by Soglow.

Oxford, England: Counterpoint Publications, 1947. stiff paper wrappers, label on front wrapper. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, label on front wrapper. 8 pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies (Horne 332-3). Designed by Nash shortly before he died on July 11, 1946. One color and four black and white illustrations. Titles of pictures on inside back wrapper. Wrappers lightly soiled and bent at top fore-edge.

Oxford, England: Counterpoint Publications, 1947. stiff paper wrappers, label on front wrapper. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, label on front wrapper. 8 pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies (Horne 332-3). Designed by Nash shortly before he died on July 11, 1946. One color and four black and white illustrations. Label on front wrapper with picture of Nash courtesy of the Manchester Guardian. Titles of pictures on inside back wrapper. Wrappers lightly soiled. Front wrapper bent along fore-edge.