Search Results: Titles starting with K from Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.

Syracuse, New York: Everson Museum of Art, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Like New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. The inaugural issue of this influential journal of art published by the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. Dark green printed wraps, emblazoned in bright and distinct gilt lettering of title. Contributions by Richard Zakin, Kenneth Trapp, Vickie Halper,Warren Mackenzie, Steven Inglis and Thomas Piche. Lots of illustrations in black-and-white. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 47 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: The Dial Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at title page, a stated First Edition, First Printing. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. From the publisher's blurb, "In the summer of '76, the Shulmans and the Melishes migrate to Kaaterskill, the tiny town in upstate New York where Orthodox Jews and Yankee year-rounders live side by side from June through August. Elizabeth Shulman, a devout follower of Rav Elijah Kirshner and the mother of five daughters, is restless. She needs a project of her own, outside her family and her cloistered community. Across the street, Andras Melish is drawn to Kaaterskill by his adoring older sisters, bound to him by their loss and wrenching escape from the Holocaust. Both comforted and crippled by his sisters' love, Andras cannot overcome the… Read More

New York: Shocken Books, 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of letters from Franz Kafka to his fiance, Felice Bauer the breakup with which allegedly spurred him on to write The Trial. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Two-tone, red paper over boards, oatmeal cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 121 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Shocken Books, 1974. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of letters from Franz Kafka to his fiance, Felice Bauer the breakup with which allegedly spurred him on to write The Trial. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean but for the gift inscription at first free endpaper, minimal rubbing to extremities. Two-tone, red paper over boards, oatmeal cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, price-clipped. 121 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at title page, and that rare novel that features illustrated (map) endpapers. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 470 [2] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Lefebre Gallery, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Square 12mo 7" - 7. Kalinowski. Uncommonly found in the trade, there being currently one additional copy available. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog, minor wear of covers. Three copies available, clean, unmarked text-block, and with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Square format, measuring 6 1/4" on a size, glossy black-and-white cover and illustrations interior, including in full color, with a short essay about the exhibit to honor Kalinowski by Alain Bosquet. Staple-bound, unpaginated, but 12 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, handsomely produced as per usual Franklin Library Limited Edition standards, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only the slightest shelf- and edge-wear. Featuring moire endpapers, bound-in silk ribbon bookmark, raised bands, all edges gilt, with two small circles of rubbing thereto, rich, colorful leather brown covers, classy gilt decoration to cover and spine. 313 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Delhi, India: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. From the personal library of Raymond A. Hare, whose black-and-white bookplate graces inside front flap, and apparently a presentation copy to Arthur Hare from Arthur [KROK illegible]. Stated First Edition of a just, due homage to the Kangra Valley painting tradition of the Rajput region of India. Bound simply but sturdily in tall quarto hardcover format in light brown buckram cloth, tips bruised but unbroken, blind-stamped title to cover and spine, a bit soiled along edges, text a bit wavy, but clean and bright of interior. Replete with 40 fine full-color Kangra Valley paintings, tissue-guarded and with printed captions. Decorated endpapers front and rear. Foreword by W.G. Archer, with an Introduction by M.S. Randhawa. A collection of still-vibrant painting reproductions delightful to look at.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards.… Read More

Paris, France: Galerie Charles Lienhard, 1962. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Karel Appel. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy covers, in quarto-size, staple-bound. Published in 1962 by the Galerie Charles Lienhard, featuring 38 plates, four being in color and with pictorial cover.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Paris: Galerie Charles Lienhard, 1959. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Karel Appel. German language art exhibit catalog, sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of glossy pictorial covers, staple-bound text-block, clean of interior, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Unpaginated, but roughly 20 pp. and complete with list of exhibitions, list of plates, quite colorful and sumptuously printed on high-gloss paper. Double-column texts, stark and arresting black-and-white photographic portrait of the artist at first free endpaper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1984. First American Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy of the First American Edition of the work published first in Germany in 1980, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound simply in burgundy colored buckram cloth. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. viii, 1-276 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Clayton, Victoria, Australia: Monash University Publishing, 2014. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Range of black-and-white photographs and illustrations. From the publisher's blurb, "n Indonesia, the legacy of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904) is celebrated on Kartini Day, every year on April 21. Around the world, Kartini is recognized as a major figure in the history of the advancement of women: a tireless and effective advocate of women's education and emancipation. However, this book is the first complete and unexpurgated collection of Kartini's published articles, memoranda, and correspondence ever published in any language. This collection reveals Kartini's importance as a pioneer of the Indonesian nationalist movement. Claiming, in her letters and petitions, her people's right to national autonomy well before… Read More

Washington, D.C: Bureau of American Ethnology, 1932. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #107. Simple printed wraps, signed twice by the previous owner, toned interior, else clean and tight, stapled pamphlet, with phonetic key, notes, and bibliography. 34 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1978. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Kate Greenaway. A fine and due homage to the lovely illustrations of Kate Greenaway, a beloved illustrator of children's and other books. Fine reprint of the 1884 original. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 62 pp. and with a list of illustrations at book's end.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Harry N Abrams, 1988. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Kate Greenaway. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy in reprint state, but based upon the 1881 original publication, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Fine-looking reproductions of her most beloved artistry. Introduction by Rodney Tengen, and a Foreword by Bernard McTigue. 95 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Ezra Meeker, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Author. First edition, signed by Meeker on the front endpaper. Decorative red cloth hardcover, light wear to spine ends and corners, light spotting to bottom edge of rear board and spine foot. Minor foxing to textblock, endpapers, and a few scattered margins; previous owner (possibly a relative of Meeker's) has her address label on the inside front cover. Interior otherwise clean, binding secure. Dust jacket lightly edgeworn and slightly rubbed/soiled, short tear to rear panel repaired with clear tape; in brodart cover. Black-and-white frontis of Meeker shaking hands with Calvin Coolidge, plus black-and-white illustrations throughout.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Published for the author, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An uncommonly handsomely produced little tome in short octavo hardcover format, and SIGNED by the author at first endpaper. Brick-red cloth covers, white lettering to cover and spine, tri-color illustration to front cover depicting the Oregon Trail and perhaps Mt. Hood. Illustrated paper dust jacket, protected in Brodart, fully intact, not price-clipped, but with chipping at spine head, minor nicks to spine foot. "The names of the actors in this romance are fictitious; but the characters are as the writer knew them", as the author/publisher writes. Ezra Meeker wrote this work at the age of 95. Plentiful drawings and even photographs of the Oregon Trail, including of river-crossings by floating one's "wagon-box," and a nice-looking map. He became Mayor of Puyallup, Washington. Meeker was an American pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail by ox-drawn wagon from the east… Read More

Hamburg, Germany: Kruse, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Katharina Bosse. Stiff glassine wrapper, tape-repaired, and with an additional short, closed tear, over a virtually As New condition pictorial cover, with a single small ding along upper top edge, to this arresting, provocative array of glossy, erotic photography. First edition, first printing. Photographs by Katharina Bosse. Texts (in English and German) by Neal Leach and Reinhold Misselbeck. 112 pp., with 157 full-color plates. Measures 12 1/2" x 9 1/4" in height and width, respectively. From the publisher: "The antinomian forces of the mundane and the bizarre find a delicate balance in Surface Tension, photographer Katharina Bosse's first monograph. This New York-based, German-born artist's work is a striking meditation on public space, private speculation, identity, and desire. Her cleverly surreal work consists of individual portraits as well as images of vacant… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Brilliantly bound in a dark teal cloth over boards, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine, quite fine. Clean, unmarked and tightly bound, though moderately toned of endpapers. Top-stained in blue, foxing to bottom edge. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Range of black-and-white photographs of the beloved New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923). Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xvi [2], 4-376, [1], ii-xvi pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Japan: Editions Treville, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Katsuya Terada. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Laid in are the original tariff tickets! Bright and shiny illustrated cut-out, open-ended sleeve, showing no appreciable wear, gift-quality condition inside and out. Katsuya Terada is a bright, well-known, influential Japanese artist who claims European influences such as Jean Giraud (a.k.a. Moebius). Probably best known as the character designer for the Japanese animated film Blood: The Last Vampire, but also for Iron Man and Hellboy and then also for films, video games and television series. His Wikipedia entry says that Terada is known for "a style of drawing, in which one draws a little everywhere, all the time, without thinking… Read More