Search Results: Titles starting with K from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Great Falls, MT: KEIN Radio, 1975. Paperback. 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers, blue plastic spiral binding. 92pp. Very good. Small abrasion on front wrapper; top loop of spiral binding chipped. Probable sole printing of this listener-compiled collection.

Bochum, Germany: Studien verlag Dr. N. Brockmeyer, 1987. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff ivory printed wrappers. 202pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Minor soiling to outer wrappers (only), else internally tight and fine. Tight, nice 13th issue of this scholarly journal on Romanian language and literature, largely in German and part in French and Italian. Contributor Ioan Petru Culianu's copy, with an unsigned inscription to him in Italian in black ballpoint on the title page, possibly from editor Kemper, and a second pencilled note on following leaf. Culianu's article, in French, appears on pp. 38-49. Ioan Petru Culianu (or Couliano, 1950-91) was a controversial Romanian philosopher, essayist and historian of ideas, religion and culture; on May 21, 1991, he was murdered -- some say assassinated -- in a bathroom at the University of Chicago's Divinity School, likely because he proved a vocal critic of Romania's Communist post-Revolution regime in interviews and articles. Quite unusual.

Honolulu: Manoa Press, 2001. Hardcover. Illustrations by the author. Complete 2-volume set. Wide 12mo. Glazed pictorial paper over boards, blue cloth over boards slipcase with paper label. (30pp, 30pp). Full-page color illustrations, map. Fine/fine/near fine. Nonauthorial gift inscription on first volume front flyleaf. Superb and tight first edition of this Hawaiian folk tale -- first volume in English, the second volume in Hawaiian. Title page of the English volume is boldly signed and inscribed by the author/illustrator in black fineline: "To Malia and / Jack, / J Rumford." Title page of Hawaiian volume is signed by him. Surprisingly uncommon.

Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, 1999. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 336pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Front pastedown ownership signature. Pristine first edition.

Brooklyn: National Kagawa Co-ordinating Committee, 1936. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff grey wrappers. 121pp, (7pp). Near fine. A scarce first edition, tight and nice, of this account of the Japanese Christian activist, social reformer, peace and labor activist (1888-1960), featuring many essays by him about his trip to the Land of Lincoln and his thoughts about Lincoln but mainly about his various other humanitarian concerns, as well as essays by others about Kagawa's causes. A real Lincoln oddity, seldom seen. Given its eclectic nature, not in Monaghan.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923. Hardcover. Preface by Hilaire Beloc. 8vo. Orange cloth spine with paper label and pictorial paper over boards. xiii, 333pp. Very good. Boards edgeworn and a bit rubbed. Tight, quite nice early printing of this fantasy tale by ancient Chinese storyteller Kai Lung -- sequel to Braham's 1900 bestseller "The Wallet of Kai LUng." From the libraryof Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III (b. 1930) of Illinois.

Honolulu: Arizona Memorial Museum Association, 1989. Hardcover. Photographs by Wayne Levin. Small 4to. Black cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. (Ca. 100pp). Frontispiece, extensive illustrations. Fine/near fine. First edition of Number 91 in the "Bishop Special Publication" series, tight and bright. Extensive vintage and contemporary photographs illustrate this chronicle of the remote Hawaiian settlement where for generations victims of leprosy were sent into exile and from where the famed Father Damian ministered to them.

Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series, 1973. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff blue wrappers with circular blind-embossed tribal seal on front wrapper. 104pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations (some color), maps. Near fine. Spine ever-so-faintly sunned. First edition, tight and superb, of this volume in this exceptional series. Like all volumes in this series, it is limited to 15,000 numbered copies (this #372), this volume signed large and bold by the Kalispel tribal chairman, Louis Andrews.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pictorial paper over boards. vii, 61pp, (2pp). Frontispiece, 3 illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Bit of normal edgewear; ownership signature on front flyleaf. First edition of this volume in this humorist's "Cobb's America Guyed Books" series." "KANSAS," screams the pictorial front cover, "Shall we Civilize her or let her Civilize us?"

Lawrence, KS: G.W. Brown & Co., 20 December 1856 (Vol. 2, No. 22). Large folio (19" X 25"). Self-cover. Good plus. Mild sporadic age toning and occasional inoffensive foxing, with minor edgewear and slight soiling. Overall an attractive example of one of Kansas' first free-state newspapers, founded by the noted abolitionist GEORGE W. BROWN (1820-1915) in January 1855. He was associated with the New England Emigrant Aid Society, which is considered the town's founder. Brown was arrested by an irate pro-slavery mob led by the infamous sheriff, Samuel J. Jones, on May 21, 1856 and his offices trashed and burned. He spent four months in jail on high treason charges, later dismissed, and continued publishing his newspaper until December 17, 1859. This interesting issue is filled with countless newsworthy tidbits concerning the free-state versus slave-state issue and other anti-slavery matters. The leftmost column of the first page makes reference to the May 21, 1856 destruction of the… Read More

N.p.: Dialectica, 1980. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pale green wrappers. Pp. 17-59pp. Near fine. First separate printing, being an offprint from Volume 34, Number 1 of the leading, long-running (founded 1947) analytical philosophy quarterly (official journal of the European Society for Analytic Philosophy) published by Wiley-Blackwell in Hoboken, NY and edited in Switzerland. Iowa professor of philosophy, historian of philosophy and leading Kant authority Gram (1938-86) boldly inscribes and signs at top of front wrapper in black ink: "For Frank Hanlin, / Yes, it was all done here. / Moltke S. Gram." (Frank S. Hanlin,1924-82, was bibliographer and University of Iowa special collections director.) Quite unusual.

New York: Gallery Books, 1989. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth, dust jacket. 140pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (many color). Near fine/near fine. First U.S. edition, signed by Thompson and dated April 1989 on the half-title page.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1927. Hardcover. 24mo. Full green calf with spine gilt lettering and rules and intricate ornate front board rules and decoration, inner dentelles, slipcase. 135pp. All edges gilt. Marbled glossy endpapers. Very good/very good. Spine calf sunned to brown and a tad delicate; brown cloth and marbled paper-over-boards slipcase faintly edgeworn but strong. Later printing of this poem first published in 1880. "Translated and Adapted / By His Friend and Pupil / F.B. / (Sir Richard Francis Burton)" -- meaning Burton himself actually wrote this poem, taking a long-established Arabic verse form and making of it a kind of spiritual autobiography. Burton (1821-1890) was a legendary British explorer and soldier and influential writer and scholar.

Fitzgerald, GA: Olivant House, 1956. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff wrappers. (Ca. 50pp). Numerous line drawings (1 color). Very good. Handsome, tight copy of this unusual little literary magazine, a collaboration between Japanese artist Sawa and American poet Smith. Sawa inscribes the half-title page to noted American social protest poet and fine press publisher JOHN BEECHER (1904-80): "To mr / John Beecher, / Yours / Yu Sawa." Limited to 500 numbered copies (this #55). Errata slip tipped in. Though an American imprint, it was printed in Kyoto, Japan, and at the rear also bears the imprint of Onion Press in Tokyo. Both inside front and inside rear pastedowns and attached flyleaves consist of a highly decorative handmade rice paper with actual leaves incorporated into them. A choice copy of this unusual piece.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. Hardcover. Illustrations by Isabel Bate and Harold Black. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 371pp. Map, illustrations, line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with tine chips at extremetieis (more so at head of spine). Handsome, tight first edition of this volume in series editors Stephen Vincent Benet and Carl Carmer's "Rivers of America" series. The Kansas or "Kaw" River runs for about 150 miles east/west through Kansas.

New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1962. Hardcover. Drawings by Ben Shahn. Small 4to. Yellow pictorial paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 47pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/near fine. First edition. Whimsical Russian folk tale.

Cambridge: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1988. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxi, 274pp. Near fine/fine. Text block faintly age toned, per usual. Tight and superb first edition of this gathering of essays by a baker's dozen of economics, finance and political academics. William E. Brock (1930-2021), Tennessee representative and senator (1963-77) and Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Labor (1985-87), introduces it -- and at top of front flyleaf he boldly inscribes and signs in black fineline: "Bob / You are the best / example I know of / thoughtful, effective, decent / business leadership. I / thank you for that -- and / for your friendship. / With Vocal Respect / Bill Brock." Beneath this, editor Yochelson then inscribes and signs in black fineline "For Bob Malott / With deepest respect / and highest regard / John Yochelson / Jan 1988." Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a noted Chicago business leader, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and… Read More

Escanaba, MI: Five Corners Danforth Escanaba, 1991. Hardcover. Illustrations by Harry Nelson. 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. (35pp). Numerous color illustrations. Fine/near fine. First edition of this charming children's tale, signed boldly by Bengston on a preliminary biographical leaf below his portrait.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1966. Hardcover. Introduction by David Daiches. Illustrations by Clarke Hutton. Small 4to. Thick full gold brocade and gilt-lettered burgundy calf spine label, slipcase. xxiv, 542pp. Full-page color plates. Fine/near fine. One of the handsomest of the great many editions of Scott's wildly popular historical romance set in the 16th century and first published in 1821, the lush LEC edition bears rear colophon noting limitation of 1500 numbered copies (this #241) signed boldly by illustrator Hutton. Surprisingly, no film versions of this resulted, but the BBC released television miniseries in 1957 and again in 1967 and this unique extra-illustrated copy features on front flyleaf autograph additions from three of the stars from those adaptations, each on fine, matching, heavy stock 5" X 3" cards. Top to bottom: PAUL EDDINGTON (1927-95, plays lead Edmund Tressilian in 1957 version) signs boldly in black ballpoint, dating it 14 February 1982 at upper right; below this… Read More

N.p.: Cowles Magazines and Broadcasting, 1963. Paperback. Folio. Stiff color pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 50pp). Numerous illustrations (many color). Near fine. Full issue of this special focus issue of "Look" magazine, in unusually bright, clean, crisp condition.