Search Results: Authors starting with K from Carpe Diem Fine Books

London: Elsevier, 1987. 1st. Hard Cover. Fine copy w/ Review slip tipped in. Octavo;xii, 416 pages. Proceedings of a Japan-US joint seminar, Tokyo, 1986.

Portland OR: Klamath County Historical Society, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; color frontis, 488pp (including a General History Index and a Family History Index); profuse photo illustrations. Map front endpapers, 'Family Record' and 'Family Tree' rear endpapers. Occasional light yellow text highlighting, else a Fine copy in green leatherette lettered in gold with historic scene blind embossed in gold to front cover.

San Francisco, CA: Privately printed for members of the Chit Chat Club, 1951. Limited Edition to 25 copies. Original boards. Fine. 8v0. 25pp. Frontispiece of Bret Harte (SIGNED in pencil) by William H. Wilke. Foreword by Carl Wheat. Original cloth backed marbled boards; printed paper label mounted to front cover. #1 of 25 copies. INSCRIBED at colophon "Bishop Edward L. Parsons/With the esteem of/Edgar M. Kahn/December 1951." Designed and printed by Haywood H. Hunt, San Francisco.

San Francisco: Black Vine Press, 1942. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by author, Edgar M. Kahn. First edition; 1 of 200 copies. Unpaginated, [61]pp. Quarter black cloth under paper covered boards; gilt titles to the spine; fore edge deckled. Minor wear to spine ends, otherwise edges neat and clean. Near fine. "We have collaborated and compiled, and with reverence have attempted to preserve a picturesque part of San Francisco's history which has contributed so much to the romance and tradition of the city and the state" - Edgar M. Kahn. Includes works by noted authors Charles Camp, George Lyman, Francis Farquhar, George Dawson, Charl Wheat, Oscar Lewis and many more. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Los Angeles: Winding Way Publishing, 2002. Collector's Special Limited First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Pastel Impressions 33pp; Oil Impressions 37pp. Color plates. Fine condition. S. Burkett Kaiser, Signature Member of the California Art Club, is a contemporary American impressionist painter. Sharon studied with the renowned Russian master Sergei Bongart and is best known as a colorist. She paints lively impressionist landscapes and still life. Her lush and vibrant plein air and studio paintings are included in public and private collections internationally.

New York: Published by German Kali Works, Nd. Original wrappers. ca. 1903. Small 8vo. 46 pp. Photographic plates. Color illustrated staplebound wrappers. A very good copy (lower corner tip lacking; light general wear; chipping along upper front edge & first 3 pages). Uncommon pamphlet providing background information on various types of soil as well as fertilizers/manure and their application to specific crops grown in the tropics.

New York: Comet Press / Max Kalish / M. A. Kallis, 1938. First Edition Limited to 500 copies. 4to. 43 full-page photographic plates; Index. Foreword by Emily Genauer; Editing And Design by M. A. Kallis; Photography by Paul Hexter. Tan linen cloth covered boards with title label on front cover; publisher's photograph illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in very good dustjacket (wear and chips to spine ends and front edges; wear to extremities). Max Kalish (1891 - 1945) was American sculptor born in Valozhyn, Belarus, and best known for his sculptures of laborers. Washington, D.C. publisher Willard M. Kiplinger commissioned Kalish to create fifty portrait statuettes of prominent figures in World War II era politics, arts and sciences. His "Labor Sculpture" presents, in large part, a collection of photographs of these statues of workers. Most of those statutes were in a Social realism style. Critic Emily Genauer wrote in 1938, "It is the workmen who dominate the American scene, and who have become as… Read More

New York: Springer, 1972. 1st. Hardcover. Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; (xvi), 426 pages.

Santa Barbara, CA: Arpel Graphics, Inc, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED (over a drawing of a huge wave curling over a tiny surfer) "Life is a wave,/Your attitude is your surfboard./Drew Kampion." Original blue cloth with gilt stamping to front cover and spine in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy, as new. This book celebrates ocean waves in over 100 spectacular color photos illuminated by a description of the life cycle of waves, anecdotes from sailors, surfers, canoeists and others, excerpts from literature pertaining to waves, a metaphysical interpretation of waves (by P.D. Ouspensky), and an explanatory photographers' index to the gallery. Kampion was formerly editor of Surfer Magazine and contributing editor of Surfing Magazine. In 2008 he became the first writer inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame. A cult classic.

Los Angeles: General Publishing Group, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author "To ***/Life is a wave, enjoy the ride! Drew". Below is a drawing of a huge wave towering over a tiny surfer with the inscription 'Your attitude is your surfboard! Enjoy". First Edition. Oblong Quarto. 216 pages. Profusely illustrated with color photographic reproductions. Foreword by legendary surf filmmaker (The Endless Summer) Bruce Brown. As new in dust jacket; a great gift for the surfer! A beautiful book featuring Kampion's unique commentary (former editor of 'Surfer,' Surfing' and ' WindSurf' magazines) along with hundreds of photographs of surfing and the lifestyle surrounding it (many from the author's private collection and never before published). In 2008 he became the first writer inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame. Picks up where the classic 'The Book of Waves' left off!

Moncalieri: Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sul Viaggio in Italia, 2013. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; [viii], 1275-1810pp. First Edition, Near Fine copy in Italian.

Chicago: Cudahy Library, Loyola University, 1945. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Mr. Terrence Halloran, with congratulations on a big work well done/my blessing, Charles F. Buddy, Bishop of San Diego." Laid in is Bishop Buddy's calling card with a personal note to Halloran regarding his wife's illness. 8vo. 333pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. A near fine copy with light wear. front hinge lightly cracked). The biography of Cornelius Shyne, a Jesuit priest from the late 1800s to his death in 1943. Charles Francis Buddy (1887 - 1966) served as Bishop of San Diego from 1936 until his death in 1966. He was a builder, creating 150 new parishes, 30 mission chapels, 75 elementary schools, and a diocesan newspaper for the rapidly expanding Catholic population. Emphasizing the historic Catholic connections of the city, Bishop Buddy restored Mission San Diego de Alcalá, and invested heavily in Mission Style architecture. He built a higher education complex, now the University of San Diego, that included a… Read More

Writer/director Kanin has warmly INSCRIBED each book to his longtime friend McCallister. 'Cast of Characters: Stories of Broadway and Hollywood,' First Edition. "This one is for my personal Lon - with thanks for his trenchant perceptions and warm understanding and welcome encouragement across the many years. And affection. Garson. Beverly Hills" 'Remembering Mr. Maugham,' Second Printing. "14 July 67. This one is for Lon - in all friendship and with every good wish. Garson. Beverly Hills" 'It Takes a Long Time to Become Young,' First Berkeley Edition. "17.iv.82. Dear Lon - HB! Garson" Accompanied by five typed 'thank you' letters (1969-1971), each on Kanin's letterhead and SIGNED by Kanin.

Tientsin: La Librairie Francaise, 1925. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 8vo. xxvii, 401 pp. Three large folding maps at rear. Black & white illustrations. Publisher's tan cloth with black lettering. A very good copy (bumping & light wear to extremities; some rippling & soiling to covers). Karamisheff, was  a Russian explorer and author of articles "Western China and Mongolia as an Import and Export Market" published by "The Far Eastern Times" in the early part of the 20th century. Here is his classic study of economic possibilities of the markets of Western China and Mongolia..." based on material collected during a long and minute investigation... by Russian merchants and by well known and responsible Russian explorers in those regions, such as professors Bogolepoff & Pozdneef, Messrs. Przevalsky and Maiski, the Moscow Commercial Expedition, and others." - Foreword.Karamisheff, was  a Russian explorer and author of articles "Western China and Mongolia as an Import and Export Market" published… Read More

Estonia: Tartu Art Museum, 2005. 1st. As Nerw in dust jacket. Octavo; 303 pages. Catalog of an exhibition at Tartu Art Museum, 08. 10. 2004-01. 05. 2005. Parallel text in English.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries, 2015. First Edition. Complete in three volumes, each SIGNED by James Karman. Volume One, 1890 - 1930; Volume Two, 1931 - 1939; and Volume Three 1940 - 1962. Large 8vo. Various paginations. Illustrations; Preface; Index. Cloth in dustjackets. A fine set. Karman's monumental work on the lives of Robinson and Una Jeffers as revealed through their letters written between 1890 and 1962. In addition to the letters written between 1890 and 1930, Volume One includes a substantial introduction to Jeffers' life and work. Topics of special interest include the evolution of Robinson and Una's relationship (which involved the breakup of her first marriage), their move to Carmel, the building of Tor House and Hawk Tower, Jeffers' maturation as a poet, the couple's widening circle of friends, and their first trip together to the British Isles. Volume Two includes letters written between 1931 - 1939, revealing a turning point for Robinson Jeffers, both in his career as a… Read More

London: Pergamon Press, 1959. 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good (name blackewd out on front pastedown) in original blue cloth stamped in gold.. Octavos; vii, 1-562 pages and viii, 564-1144 pages.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1949. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. lx, 544pp. 233 black & white plates. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering and illustration on upper board, gilt lettering on spine. Spine and upper front board edge sunned else a near fine copy. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.. Published for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

San Francisco: W & IM Dubois, 1974. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 28 pp (single-sided). 8 illustrations. INSCRIBED "To my friend ***/with best wishes from John W. Winkler." Stiff pale grey stapled with a reproduction of an etching depicting Chinatown in San Francisco. A fine copy. Catalogue for the exhibition at california Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, November 16 to December 15, 1974. Winkler is considered one of the finest of the early twentieth century American etchers. Includes history and background of Winkler and his work; broken into detailed sections: The Etchings of San Francisco Chinatowon, San Francisco Wharves, San Francisco Hills, East San Francisco Bay, France & London; The Pen and Ink Drawings of France; The Pencil Drawings of France and Sierra Nevada and Its Trees; Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Tokyo, Japan: Syonen Syasin Sinbun Sya, 1963. First Edition. Gift inscription from Henry Miller with his Pacific Palisades, CA address and in his hand "Happy reading! Uri - I think this is great stuff, for kids or grownups, don't you? HM." Small 4to. 31, [1] pp. Text in Japanese and English. Illustrations. Edited by T. Matumoto; Translated by Y. KatagiriRust color cloth with black & green lettering. Small piece of tape inside front cover; light general wear with board corner tips and spine end showing; a very good copy of a surprisingly uncommon book of children's poetry. Includes 12 poems written by Japanese school children which are "fresh and surprising...while the world is still full of old, sentimantal lyrics, and mere descriptions of everyday life.