Authors starting with K from TBCL The Book Collector's Library

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989., 1989 First Edition of the author's first novel Signed on the title page in both English and Chinese. 8vo. 340 pp. Near fine in 1/4 black and gold cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine, blind embossed black 'trickster' on the front panel. In a fine pictorial dustwrapper. Kingston's third book, her first novel after her widely acclaimed autobiographical, Chinamen and The Woman Warrior, both winners of the National Book Critic’s Circle Awar... more information

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New York: The Vanguard Press, 1946 First American Edition. 8vo.,98 pp. Drawings by Leslie Sherman. Translated from the German by A.L. Lloyd. Publisher's black cloth lettered in brown at the spine & upper cover. A very good or better copy [minor soiling at the lower extremities of the boards] in a very nice, bright dustwrapper showing minimal use; a few tiny closed tears. An uncommon title. . 1st Edition. ... more information

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Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1915 Kafka, Franz. DIE VERWANDLUNG [The Metamorphosis]. Leipzig; Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1915. First edition. 8vo., 73 pp + 5 pp of advertisements at rear. Original buff pictorial outer wrapper printed in red and black on the upper cover with Ottomar Starke’s famous illustration of a man recoiling in horror; the outer wrapper over plain red paper covers. An essentially near fine, excellent copy showing minimal use of this Kafka masterpiece often cited as one of the seminal works ... more information

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New York: Samuel Curl, 1947 First Edition of the author's first mystery introducing New York City 'private eye' Johnny Liddell. A very good or better copy in blue cloth, red titles to the spine and front board in a very good or better bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 271 pp. . 1st Edition. ... more information

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Toronto: Lester, Orpen & Dennys, 1985 First Edition Signed by Kapica on the half-title page. A fine copy in the publisher's beige cloth covered boards, copper lettering on the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper showing one minute tear on the top of the back panel. 8vo. 297 pp. O ne hundred years of Canadian readers' contributions to the op-ed page, often with mercilessly funny results.. 1st Edition. ... more information

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Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978 First Edition of these iconic images of famous Canadians, Inscribed by Yousuf Karsh in the year of publication on the half-title page to author Hugh MacLennan, whose photograph appears on pp. 106. "For Hugh MacLennan, With fond remembrances and the admiration of Yousuf Karsh, Nov. 7, 1978." A fine copy in silver cloth, silver titles, in a fine pictorial dustwrapper with some very minimal use. 4to. 203 pp. An exceptional association copy. Hugh MacLennan (1... more information

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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1933., 1933 First UK edition. 8vo. Black boards with orange paper spine label very fine & sharp in a fine dw with two tiny chip. An outstanding copy of the first musical to ever win a Pullitzer Prize.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

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New York: Random House, 1967 A significant presentation. First Edition. 8vo., 313pp. Very good or better in a near fine, fresh dustwrapper. This outstanding copy inscribed on the front free endpaper to the woman who inspired this work: "To Mabel Frohlich / who is the model / for my heroine. / Sue Kaufman". As there is no formal printed dedicatee, this particular presentation comes about as close to the mark as we're going to get. Basis for the 1970 Frank Perry film of the same name starring ... more information

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London: Titan Books, 1987. First Edition Limited to 250 copies Signed by all twenty-eight science fiction story contributors, authors and illustrators, including the Editor. A fine copy in gray cloth, black titles to the spine in gray cloth slipcase. 8vo. 256 pp. A superb Science Fiction collection and production from the retail mecca of this genre, Forbidden Planet, featuring Brian Aldiss, Iain Banks, Ian Gibson, Michael Moorcock et al.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾&qu... more information

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New York: Pocket Books, (1994)., 1994 First Edition. Near square crown 8vo., pp. 388. Black cloth backed, tan paper covered boards. A fine copy in dustwrapper with advance blurbs by Conroy on the front flap & Siddons, Flagg & Bush on the back panel.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

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London: Colins, 1975., 1975 First UK edition. 8vo, pp. 352. A near fine copy in a bright dustwrapper of the scarce English edition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

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Toronto: Ryerson, 1967 Kearns, Lionel. POINTING. Toronto: Ryerson, (1967). First Edition. 8vo., 58 pp. A fine copy in dustwrapper of this handsome Ryerson production. $65.00 . 1st Edition. ... more information

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New York: Dutton, 1930 First Edition of this classic Harry Stephen Keeler 'webwork' mystery. A fine copy in a custom red leather binding by Louis Forest, raised bands, gilt titles, spider's web to the front board, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. in a red and black marbled paper covered slipcase. Pronzini & Muller, 1001 Midnights. . 1st Edition. ... more information

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Toronto: Harper Collins Canada, 1994 Presentation Copy of the First Canadian Edition. 8vo, pp. 252. A fine, fresh copy in like dustwrapper. Warmly inscribed by Kelly on the title page. Excellent.. 1st Edition. ... more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956., 1956 First edition. Sq. 8vo. Purple Decorated wrappers. Spine a bit curled, covers a bit shabby, contents very good - overall an about very good example.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. ... more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, (1951)., 1951 First edition of Kelly's first book & the first Pogo title. Brown Decorated wrappers. A very good example, neat name on ffe, mild foxing to eps as usual due to acidic cover stock.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. ... more information

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London: First UK Edition. 8vo. Fine / Fine. Lovely & scarce.. 1st Edition. ... more information

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Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1933 First Edition of poet Leo Kennedy's (one of the 'Montreal Poets' with Frank Scott, A.M. Klein, and A.J.M. Smith), first book, Signed by him on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in black cloth, printed paper label to the spine and front board, in the cellophane dustwrapper that has some chips and tears. 8vo. 58 pp. Black and white frontispiece of a painting of Leo Kennedy by Ernst Neumann. Many pages uncut. . 1st Edition. ... more information

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London: Heinemann, (1972)., 1972 First Edition. An engaging and historic memoir by the author, recalling his tenure at Leonard and Virginia Woolf's, Hogarth Press. 4to. 86 pp. With a magnificent pull-out floor plan of the Hogarth Press, printed in black and red, at the rear of the book. A fine copy in nubby beige cloth, gilt titles on black, in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with just a hint of use, depicting a youthful Leonard Woolf and Kennedy. Sterling black and white line drawings of Virginia and... more information

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New York: William Morrow, 1965 First Edition of Michael Kenyon's first book. A fine copy in 1/4 black cloth over mustard paper covered boards, silver titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with just a hint of fade at the spine and edges. 8vo. 254 pp. A bright, fresh copy of this well-received debut mystery.. 1st Edition. ... more information

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