Authors starting with K from Amanda Willis Rare Books

Jonathan Cape, London, 1980. First edition.Book price-clipped dust wapper illustrated by Don Tregartha near fine, black boards, silver title to spine; the author's second novel and the first using a pseudonym; 8vo.... more information

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Barrie and Jenkins, London, 1989. A 50th Anniversary collection, first edition. Book near fine, dust wrapper illustrated with photograph by Bert HARDY near fine, foreword by Sir Tom Hopkinson; black and white photographs, many portraits and WW2; 4to.... more information

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NY, Barnes and Noble, 2003 First edition, first edition, book and DW as new, a history of the bookplate, some famous for the artists who designed them, others for the book owners who commissioned them.... more information

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The Grolier Club, New York, 1999. First edition; xxx;110pp; dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine and front board; erratum slipped in; two essays, the first covering the century up to WW2, the second bringing us to the end of the century; one hundred beautiful and important books illustrated in black and white or colour; book as new; 4to.... more information

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University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2007. First edition; xix; 305pp; black boards, silver title to spine, dust wrapper has tiny rip to upper corner; illustrated; 4to.... more information

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Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1982. First edition; book and dust wrapper near fine, black boards, gilt title to spine; winner of 1982 Booker Prize; published in the US as "Schindler's List" which was also the title given to the film; 8vo.... more information

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New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1956, First edition. Book NF, no DW., grey cloth, gilt spine lettering on black ground, grey lines, book plate on front paste down, illustrated with B&W plates and maps, winner of the Francis Parkman, Bancroft and Pulitzer in History Prizes and the National Book Award in non-fiction.... more information

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Thames and Hudson, London, 1984. First edition. Book and dust wrapper near fine, pale blue boards, silver title to spine; 224 illustrations of which 39 in colour; 4to.... more information

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G.P.Putnam's Sons, New York, 1924. First edition, second issue, book VG, beige buckram with title and illustration of a boat on rolling waves on front board and rubbed title, maps on endpapers, no DW, frontispiece engraving, title vignette, engravings, full plate and within text, headpieces, maps; presentation dedication in ink; 4to.... more information

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Duell, Sloane and Pearce, New York, 1940. First edition, second issue, book VG, beige pictorial buckram, title in black lettering on spine and board, illustrated title; ten full page drawings, headpieces and drawings within text; presentation inscription to Bob Paulson, SIGNED by the author, a book about America.... more information

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Duell, Sloane and Pearce, New York, 1940. First edition, book VG, beige pictorial buckram, title in black lettering on spine and board, DW has small tear to edge; illustrated title; ten full page drawings, headpieces and drawings within text; bookplate designed by Kent pasted in; two texual errors are the repetition of the same engraving on pp. 145 and 159 and on page 22:23 "Davis Head Inn" should read "Deer's Head Inn"; promotional leaflet from William Edwin Rudge slipped in; boo... more information

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Leo Hart, Rochester, 1931. Limited edition of 1250 SIGNED copies of which this is no. 442; 80pp; printed on Hand and Arrows paper, typography by Will Ransom; quarter bound dark brown calf over pale yellow linen; gilt title to spine, pages uncut, some unopened; housed within original slip-case; illustrated title; others in black and black within text; publisher's notice slipped in; from the library of Marie-Louise and Samuel Rosenthal with their bookplate; 4to.... more information

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Leo Hart, Rochester, New York, 1934. Trade edition; 80pp; brown cloth with illustrative gilt title to upper cover; dust wrapper; top edge coloured, others uncut; illustration in brown within text; gift inscription; small 4to.... more information

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Grossman, Viking, New York, 1974. First US edition. Book very good, pale grey boards, dust wrapper; 126 black and white plates; edited by Nicolas Ducrot; 4to.... more information

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Booking International, Paris, 1993. First edition, book and DW fine, black boards, silver titles, square quarto, text in French, B&W photographs.... more information

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Printed for the Nonesuch Press, London, 1931. Limited edition of 750 copies, this one being un-numbered; xix; 135pp; grey paper over blue boards, title label to spine, dust wrapper; top edge coloured, others uncut, pages unopened; frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; ownership name of David Garnett; 8vo.... more information

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Columbus Books, London, 1982. First edition. 111pp; book near fine, illustrated card wraps; sketches and photographs in colour; tall 4to.(370mm x 270mm).... more information

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John W. Parker, London, 1848. First edition. xxiii; 271pp. 4pp. adverts. Book very good, grey cloth slightly marked, faded title label to spine, corners knocked, yellow endpapers; booksellers label to front pastedown; preface by the Revd. F.D. Maurice; decorated head pieces; the author's first book; Woolf 3810; 12mo.... more information

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London, Macmillan, 1916. First edition, book VG, no DW., one knocked corner, slightly scuffed spine edges., v, 222pp, 4pp. adverts., blue cloth, gilt lettering, blind-stamped decoration on front cover., previous owners name on FEP.... more information

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Garden City, Doubleday Page and Company, 1922. First thus, book VG, scuffing on spine edges, no DW., slight colour discolouration to lower cover, hinge loose, decorated EPs., 12 full-page colour illustrations by Gleeson, many B&W illustrations by the author, a nice copy.... more information

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