Search Results: Authors starting with A from Kama’aina Collection

Philadelphia : THE ROWFANT CLUB, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. None. Number 68 of a limited run of 289 copies printed February of 1928. Color frontis., and reproductions of title-pages from books in the Author's library. Thin 4to, marbled cloth. Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1928. Limited First Edition. Fine copy, in the original box, which has minor damage. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. Not a jacket, but a box. Corners split, otherwise fine condition

Boston: D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Excellent. Of the five hundred and eighty-five copies of this Hand-made Paper Edition, this is copy number 465 (with the author’s signature). None 17 etchings are featured in this limited edition rum printed on hand made paper. There is a simple slipcase for the volume. The paper is handmade. The binding and condition are very good. Wonderful copy of this book. . Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Various. None. None Cloth and gilt cover, top page edge also gilt. Some wear top and bottom of spine. 6.75 x 8.25 x 1.25 inches. Pages printed on the right side only. Beveled boards, gilt on three page sides. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 2HR

Paris: Librairie De L. Hachette Et Ce, 1861. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Good. Gustave Dore. Mary Cummings Sauyer From her Father Christmas 1881 as well as an old booksellers note about the edition . None Full Blue Leather Covers with Black leather spine Binding with Gilt and designs on 5 banded spine. Gilt on There page edges, still very bright and shiny. Inscription on page after endpapers. Two thin leather straps on each side of spine from old repair to strengthen covers that were likely separating. Inside covers you can see the beginning of the separation. Old repair. Tiny original booksellers sticker inside from cover: Carl Schoenhof Forien Books, Boston, Tremont Street 146. Foxing on a number of pages. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine. Gustave Dore. None. J. Stafford Fiske Striking Deep Blue Cover and Spine with gilt text and floral illustrations. Papers are gilt of three sides. Crisp white pages and clean illustrations. A beautiful Edition. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

Switzerland: Rizzoli, 1977. Softcover . Good. None. None Some scuffs and light soils on exterior. A handbook overviewing an exhibition celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Utamaro, with many illustrations. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos.

London : Joseph Thomas , 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Tony Johannot . None. Joseph Thomas Translated and with preface by Joseph Thomas. First printing of this translated illustrated edition. Marbled page ends on three sides. Rebound with new endpapers. Glued illustration on front piece. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 2HR

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New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. None. None Limited Edition. In two volumes. Illustrations by Maurice Leloir. Copy 10 of a total edition of 750. Initial pages foxed, otherwise clean. Binding tight with some wear on the cover folds. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

New York and Boston : H. M. CALDWELL CO, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Eva from Hanna Christmas 1907. 19 full-page b/w illustrations. Unpaginated, pages clean and clear. White endpapers, with previous owner's inscription on ffep. White cloth cover with colour illustration. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos.

London : Edward Moxon and Co., 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. GUSTAVE DORE . Bookplate for: Joseph W. Drexel, Josephine W. Drexel. None Folio 16"" x 12.5"", Complete with 37 tissue protected plates. Pages and plates range from very modest to moderate foxing but not heavy, first edition of the Dore Illustrations. Covers and spine have been professionally strengthened with a matching red leather underpayment - see photos- pages gilt on three sides and still shines and bright. Overall a very handsome first edition. ——Joseph William Drexel was a partner in the firm of Drexel, Morgan and Company; tired of battling the brusque J. P. Morgan, Joseph retired from the business and devoted his life to philanthropic and civic organizations.——He owned a 200-acre farm near New York City, where people without work were housed, clothed, fed, and taught agriculture until they could find a job. He owned a large tract of land in Maryland, which was developed into Klej Grange, a planned community, where… Read More

Boston: James R. Osgood And Company, 1884. No. Hardcover. Very good +. A.V.S. Anthony Supervisor of illustrations and engraving. None. None Beautifully tooled cover, sine, and back. Gilt on spine as well as three page edges. Leathers is tooled and gilt where it folds to the inside of the covers and is matched with an exceptional marbled endpapers. This is an impressive binding. Originally published in 1847. ""The poem tells the story of an heroic princess who forswears the world of men and founds a women's university where men are forbidden to enter."" Pages are clean and bright, same with the illustrations. Binding is tight and clean. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos

New York: Cassell, Petter, And Galpin, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Gustave Dore. None. None 12.5 x 17 x .5 inches volume with original leather, impressed and highly gilt cover, spine, and back. Spine has begun to crack. Some pages have foxing, most are clean. Oversized book with large illustrations and covers.Tennyson Elaine King Arthur Lancelot Guinevere Idylls of King DORE Art Elaine was one of the preeminent characters in Arthurian Legend, alongside figures such as Sir Lancelot, Guinevere, Merlin, and King Arthur himself. She most prominently appears in Thomas Malory s Death of Arthur , but also appears in Alfred Tennyson s Idylls of the King . Tennyson s poem of Elaine is best illustrated by Gustave Dore in this 19th-century edition. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

London: George Rutledge and Soms, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Gustave Dore . None. None 12.5 x 17 x .5 inches volume with rebound binding using the original leather, impressed and highly gilt cover, spine, and back. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

Paris: Librarie De L. Hachette Et C, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Gustave Dore . None. Pier-Angelo Fiorentino Large in-folio bound in full red cloth covered boards, title in on spine. frontispiece, title, iv + 194 pages + 1 white sheet. 75 plates out of text and under scrolls captioned by Gustave Doré. French translation by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino accompanied by the Italian text. Rare. Foxing present. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

Berlin: W. Moeler, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Gustave Dore. None. Wilhelm Krieger with a word from Dr. Rarl Loitte 11.75 x 15.25 x 2.5 inches volume. DANTE ALIGHIERI'S GOTTLICHE KOMODIE, Scarce complete two-volume set of Dante Allighieri's Divine Comedy, with 135 beautiful full-page woodcut illustrations by Gustav Dore. No date provided, but only other copy available states 1870, as do catalog records. Three Divine Comedy books in two folio volumes, with a total of 515 pages and measuring 12"" x 15"". Ornate gilt-decorated dark red full leather boards, with gilt on all sides. All engravings retain their original tissue papers. In very good condition: both volumes have minor shelfwear; mild wear to edges and corners; numbers on spines, but no other library markings present; binding is tight; interior is otherwise clean and unmarked save normal occasional age-toning.Rebound using original covers and spine. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for… Read More

London: Cassell, Petter, And Galpin, -. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Gustave Dore. None. By Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A. Insect holes along spine, upper spine pulling away from book, original covers with gilt floral design and rules. Beautiful marbled endpapers. Moderate foxing throughout. Front and back endpaper gutter reinforced. Insect damage along edge inside front and back covers. 11.75 x 14.75 x 2.25 inches volume. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

New York: Crown Publishers, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Various . None. None Clean pages with some slight toning at page edges. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

London: Paul Elek, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Various. None. None Clean pages with some slight toning at page edges. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR Small tears in the jacket and toning on the reverse, some shelf wear.