Search Results: Authors starting with A from Knickerbocker Books

London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1957. 1957 First Edition. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. Pages clean and supple; the only marking to book is a rubber stamped identification on title page of the American distributor of the book. Bound in orange red hardcover, title stamped in black on spine. Cover lightly edge rubbed, otherwise fine. Binding and hinges firm, intact and straight. Jacket is clean; front flap price clipped, edges lightly worn with a few small creases and short closed tears and there is some scuffing to the rear panel near outer edge. Four authors have contributed practical advice and easy-to-follow instructions for the novice modeler, from tools and equipment to hull construction, construction and design of speedboats, period ships, sail boats. racing models, twin-float hulls and other sea craft. Clear line illustrations and diagrams throughout plus 8 black & white photographic plates. 7-1/4 x 9-7/8". 80 pages plus photos. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Houston, TX: Ineri Publishing for Station Museum, 2004. Copyright 2003; published 2004. NEAR FINE in FINE dust jacket. Catalog for May-October 2003 exhibit of contemporary artwork by artists living in the West Bank, Gaza and parts of Israel. A powerful and remarkably varied collection. Color reproductions throughout plus 3 poems and 5 essays. A clean, totally unmarked copy bound in black hardcover with red, green and white lettering on front is slightly rubbed at base of spine. Jacket is clean and complete; no tears or chips - and in a clear protector. Binding firm, hinges intact, boards and spine straight. A beautiful copy of an important book. 11-1/4 x 8-3/4" (oblong); 94 pages. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - Oblong.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1987. 1987 Edition, printing unstated. FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. Clean, crisp and tightly bound. No markings and light green-gray cloth cover is fresh and unworn - faint rub to foot of spine, otherwise fine. Dust Jacket is clean, lightly rubbed at edges but no tears or chips. Old price sticker on back panel. Foreword by Margaret Mead. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2". xvii + 239 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Eugene, OR and Austin, TX: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art . University of Texas Press, 2010. Softcover Catalog published in connection with the 2010 exhibition shown in Oregon and Virginia. NEAR FINE. A clean, unmarked and tight copy, bound in color pictorial soft cover with deep folded flaps. The front cover has light surface shelf rub, all else fine. The photographs Sam Abell and his colleague Torben Ulrik Nissen document one of Earth's remaining natural ecosystems, the headwaters of the Amazon in Peru and Bolivia. The color photographs are magical. Foreword by Jill Hartz and introductory essay "A Day in the Amazon" by Abell. A beautifully designed and produced volume. 9-3/4 x 11-1/4"; 96 pages. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

New York: W W Norton & Company, 1985 Stated First (Paperback) Edition. NEAR FINE. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages crisp and clean. Pictorial paper cover lightly edge toned but no tears, creases or chips. Binding firm - no creasing to cover spine. A generously illustrated history with B&W photos and drawings throughout. 8-1/2 x 10"; 256 pages. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Chatsworth, California: Windsor Publications, Inc., 1990 1990 Windsor Publications. Stated First Edition. A large-format, colorfully illustrated snapshot of New York State's Westchester County - with historical perspective and detailing the county's development as a thriving business, commercial and cultural center. FINE in FINE, unclipped dust jacket. No writing, bookplates or other markings. Bound in ivory cloth hardcover with gilt lettering front and spine - fresh and unworn. Dust jacket has minor rubbing at edges but is clean and complete with no tears or chips, flaps intact. Binding tight. 9-1/4 x 12-1/4"; 224 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Chicago: Adams Press, 1989. 1989, Adams Press. FINE in FINE dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy. Hardcover bound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering front and spine - cover is fresh and unworn. Dust jacket unclipped, flaps intact, clean with no tears or chips. Binding firm, hinges tight. B/W illustrations interspersed. 5-1/2 x 8-3/4"; 175 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Basic Photo One / Morgan & Morgan, Inc., Publishers, 1970. 1970 Stated First Revised Edition. NEAR FINE in GOOD+ price intact dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in bright red cloth hardcover, gilt stamped on front and spine. Pages fine. Cover fresh and clean, gilt titles on spine and front bright, edges slightly shelf-rubbed. Binding and hinges tight, intact and straight. Black and white pictorial jacket, $12.00 price intact on front flap, is clean though there is a large chip and some tearing/creasing from top edge of back panel. Illustrated with black and white photos and several diagrams. 7-1/4 x 10"; 304 pages. First Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good+.

Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, 1974. 1981 Second Printing. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD+ price-intact dust jacket. Clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound. Pages fine. Hardcover, gray cloth over boards with black cloth spine, is near fine: front thumb-edge corners are bumped and bottom edge of rear board lightly shelf-soiled. Silver stamping front and spine. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed with edge of soiling along front spine fold. Jacket edges lightly rubbed, 1" closed tear at bottom front flap fold and a couple tiny closed edge tears, creasing to front corners. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding and hinges tight; boards and spine straight. Printed endpapers fine. 17-1/4 x 14" (oblong); 128 pages. A heavy book, will require additional postage for priority or international mailing.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Folio.

Francestown, NH: The Golden Quill Press, 1971. 1971. Printing unstated, presumed First. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE price-intact dust jacket. A handful of light marginal pencil markings scattered in the book, easily erasable. One leaf toward the rear has a heavy paper-clip dent. Otherwise pages fine. Bound in bright blue hardcover with gilt circle on front, gilt spine lettering. Cover is fresh and unworn. Dust jacket clean and complete, lightly edge toned, tiny closed tear to rear flap fold, no chips or creases. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding tight. A collection of poetry by space scientist and author of "Space Flight: Satellites, Spaceships, Space Stations, and Space Travel." Adams' work was influenced by his travels to Nepal and Ceylon and by close Hindu and Buddhist friendships. Jacket illustration is by Maria Cooper Janis , daughter of film legend Gary Cooper, and wife of pianist Byron Janis. 5-1/2 x 7-7/8"; 80 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read More

New York: Holiday House, 1997. 1997 Stated First Edition. (There is a [B] printed at bottom of copyright page, possibly indicating second printing.) NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE price-intact jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages fine, firmly bound in green hard cover with blue cloth spine. The dust jacket has a vertical crease to the front flap and there are a few light rub marks to the back of the jacket, otherwise jacket is clean and fresh. Binding and hinges tight and straight. A wonderful introduction for young readers to this great man, beautifully illustrated by Robert Casilla in full color. 10 x 8-1/4" (oblong). 32 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Casilla, Robert. Small 4to.

New York: Spanierman Gallery, LLC, 2002 2002 catalog to accompany the June 6 - July 6 exhibit at New York City's Spanierman Gallery. NEAR FINE hardcover with 34 color plates, illustrated essay by William C. Agee, and a chronology of James Daugherty's life. Pages crisp and fine - no writing, bookplates or other markings. Bound in colorful hardcover, printed paper over boards. Cover is very lightly shelf rubbed but otherwise fine. Binding tight and straight. Gallery price list laid in. 9 x 10-3/4"; 55 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

1929: Random House 1929 Limited Edition of 475 copies. A title in the Random House series "The Poetry Quartos." VERY GOOD. A clean, unmarked copy, pages fresh and fine. Bound in salmon colored paper wrapper with title and illustration on front (illustration printed black with blue hand-colored highlights). Wrapper is clean and fresh - there is a short bend at spine near the top of the booklet with a tiny tear to wrapper and pages resulting. Also 2 tiny closed tears to top of wrapper at spine. 6-1/4 x 9-7/8"; 4 pages plus wrapper. Limited Edition. Wrappers. Very Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. 1986 First UK Edition. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound hardcover. A collection of eight stories united by themes of sleeping and waking, dreams and bedtime. Striking illustrations by Jan Pienkowski in black & white silhouette design; also several illustrations in color, including the endpapers. Pages crisp and fine. Bound in red hardcover with gilt decoration on front and gilt spine lettering. Light creasing to spine ends, otherwise cover is fine. Jacket is clean with light edgewear and a tiny chip and light crease at the front top edge. Front flap price-clipped. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding tight, hinges strong, boards and spine straight. 6-3/4 x 10". 128 pages. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Pienkowski, Jan.

Bangkok, Thailand: Three Pagoda Press, 1995. Scarce 1995 Bangkok Edition (in English). Paperback. VERY GOOD copy - clean and firmly bound. The only marking is a symbol in Chinese characters stamped to upper corner of half title page. Bottom corner of this leaf has been torn off. All else fine, color collage design printed on paper cover - cover is fresh and unworn. Binding tight, no creasing to spine, no splits or cracks. The escapades of Jim Tully, a world traveler who drifts from one lost cause to another, here embroiled in dangerous intrigues in Bangkok, Burma and Cambodia. 5 x 8"; 261 pp. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1961 1961 Edition. VERY GOOD+ in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. A clean, firmly bound copy in green cloth hardcover binding, gilt titled on spine. Tasteful bookplate affixed to front pasted endpaper - no other markings. Pages clean and near fine; cover clean and bright - slightly edge rubbed with some white showing to board edges. Lightly edge rubbed, unclipped jacket has small scuff on front, small chip from bottom edge of rear panel; spine slightly color faded. No tears or chips. Binding and hinges firm and intact. Translated from the Russian by Elizabeth and Serge Sobelevitch. 6-1/4 x 9-3/4"; xv + 322 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Near FIne. 8vo.

Geneve: Skira, 1966. 1966, Skira. NEAR FINE large format hardcover, without jacket. Internally near fine: bright, clean, and totally unmarked. Bright red silk cover with gilt lettering on front and spine has wear at foot of spine with some short tears, one in the front hinge about 1/2". Binding is very good, hinges intact, no splits or cracks in book block. 120 plates (more than half in color) meticulously printed and tipped into position; all in fine condition. There ar 4 fold-out pages. 10-1/2 x 13"; 256 pages. A heavy book (over 6 lbs.) requiring additional postage for expeditied, priority or international shipping. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2008. 2008 Stated First Edition; First Printing with full number line. FINE in NEAR FINE price-intact dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Albert across the front endpapers, in black felt-tip with an illustration of sun, clouds and rain above the character named Sir Real: "Love thy planet! Sir Real" and "Best -Michael Albert 2011." A clean, crisp and firmly bound copy. Pages fresh and fine. Bound in unworn color illustrated hardcover (graphics matching the jacket). Unclipped jacket is clean and bright; 2 short closed tears, one at top, the other the bottom of the spine. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Iconic advertising characters and typefaces combine to provide readers fascinating perspectives in Michael Albert's colorful and brilliantly conceived collages. Laid into the book is a large postcard with artwork by Albert. Postcard is clean, no writing, never mailed. 8-3/4 x 11-1/2". 48 pages. Signed by Author/Artist. First Edition. Hard… Read More

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1976. 1976 First Printing with full printing number line. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD price intact dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Hardcover of black boards with green cloth spine is very slightly edge rubbed, otherwise fine. Unclipped jacket is clean and bright - top edge rubbed with tiny chips at top of spine. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding and hinges tight, intact and straight. Includes six short works plus Letters from Alcott to her Publisher. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2". 320 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Amherst, MA: National Yiddish Book Center, 1999. 1999 reissue of Harkavy's American Letter Writer. FINE softcover - clean, crisp and firmly bound. No markings, soiling, tears, creases or chips. A title in the Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library. 6 x 9". 315 pages. Paperback. Fine.