Search Results: Authors starting with K from R. Siedlecki Vintage Books

New York: Doubleday, 1995. [1995] Hardcover with Gilt Lettering on Backstrip (spine) and Illustrated Dustjacket. Illustrated maps as Part of Text, 606 pages. Comprehensive Index and Bibliography. Second printing, but very collectible. Condition of hardcover: A very insignificant bump to one corner of binding, else overall Fine. Text is clear and very readable. Book kept in temperature-controlled room. Dustjacket: Bump to one corner, creases to same flap and top of spine panel, else overall Near Fine. This is the powerful and timely message of Donald Kagan's groundbreaking study of the origins of humanity's greatest and most destructive wars. Kagan has laid side by side the dramatic stories of four mammoth wars, and one near-disaster - the Cuban Missile Crisis. A wonderful, insightful look at destructive, killing wars, under the umbrella quote "Peace Does Not Preserve Itself." Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the… Read More

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1976. [1976] Full Leather-Bound Fine Binding Hardcover, 897 pages. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN 1956. THIS IS NOT A FACSIMILE, A TRADE BOOK, OR A BOOK-ON-DEMAND. THIS IS THE 1976 FINE BINDING BY FRANKLIN LIBRARY. Beautiful top grain cowhide binding features gilt designs and lettering, five ridges on back (spine). Edges gilded and cover ornamentation are genuine gold. The fabric endsheets were dyed and moiréed. Satin ribbon book mark, bound in. The acid-free book paper is a special "1854" Medium Cream paper. Franklin Library is no longer in business, so all leather-bound books by this publisher are collectible. Condition: Some scratches and rubbing to gilt on edges (mostly from shelving and handling), else overall Near Fine. The book was shelved in a temperature-controlled cabinet. Free of the smoke smell of a cigarette or cigar smoker. This novel is about the Civil War's notorious Andersonville Prison in Georgia. The story became a… Read More

South Coventry, Conn.: Hank Keene Incorporated, 1936. [1936] Booklet, first edition. SIGNED BY Hank Keene ON FIRST PAGE. 36 numbered pages; one leaf [not paginated] laid in, which includes a letter from the author. About 6¾-inches wide x 9¾-inches tall. Condition: Lightly age darken; two staple holes at top of first cover (with impressions on several pages from those staples); short closed tear to top cover; minor wrinkling of binding from use; pages lightly toned; else overall Very Good. Free of smelly old humidity stains and the smoke smell of a cigarette or cigar smoker. Stored in temperature-controlled bookcase. Vintage music/songbook of original mountain, cowboy, hillbilly, country, and folk songs with guitar chords. Songs include When I Hold Your Hand, When the Roses Bloom in Old Kentucky, I'll Love You Best of All, The Mountain Gal, My Home in the West Virginia Hills, and Up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Highly collectible, especially signed by Hank Keene. Note: We are a… Read More

Alexandria, Virginia: Action Publications, 1944. 1944. Booklet, photos/illustrations throughout, 31 pages. Condition: Light creases to cover, periodic minor foxing to pages, else overall Very Good. Text is clear, photos and illustrations are vivid. Book kept in temperature-controlled room. Free of the smell of smoke from a cigarette or cigar smoker. This is the picture story of America's greatest tragedy, according to the publisher. Here is the straightforward story of the tragedy about Lincoln, his assassin John Wilkes Booth, and the crime at Ford's Theater. Photos in this publication were obtained through the cooperation of the Lincoln Museum, operated by the National Park Service, in the former Ford's Theater building in Washington, D.C. They range from illustrations of the shooting and Booth's escape, to a photograph of the hanging of Mary Eugenia Surratt, Lewis Payne, David E. Herold, and George Atzerodt. Very insightful, factual, and historical. Note: We are a well-established,… Read More

United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2006. [2006, 2nd printing the same year] Black hardcover, gold lettering, 360 pages including General Index. No dustjacket. This is not the cheaper paperback reprint. Condition: Other than very two minor bumps to top cover extremity from shelving, the book is Like New. It has been stored in a temperature-controlled room; there are no smoke smells from cigarettes or cigars, or humidity spots. Pages are clear, clean, very readable. Christians traditionally think of Satan as Lucifer, God's enemy, who rebelled against Him out of pride and then caused Adam and Eve to sin. But, as the author shows, this portrayal is not Biblical but a scenario invented by the early Fathers of the Church which became the "New Biography of Satan." An excellent, well-written, insightful book that will get you thinking. A collectible book. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books… Read More

Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1997. [1997] Publisher's Paperback, vintage photos, 180 pages including Index and Common Melungeon and Related Surnames sections at end. This work is the revised, corrected edition. This is the story of early explorers seeing dark-skinned, brown- and blue-eyed, and European-featured people living in cabins, tilling the land, smelting silver, practicing Christianity, and, most of all claiming to be "Portyghee." They were eventually driven off their lands and denied voting rights, education, and the right to judicial process. This is the unbelievable story of these proud people. A historical, educational story that is hard to believe. Condition of book: Fine. Free of the smell of smoke from a cigarette or cigar smoker. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. .… Read More

New York & London: Frederick Keppel & Co., 1905. 1905 hardcover (cloth covered, apparently handmade), reprinted eight months after the first edition during the same year. 20 pages (some blank, and several black & white plates along with text). Size: About 3½-inches wide x 6-inches high. Frontispiece of Park Row. Condition: Some wear, light age darkening, else overall Very Good. Text is very readable, plates of buildings ("sky scrapers") and street scenes are clear and vivid. This is the story and etchings of a noted artist of his time, Joseph Pennell, who was 45-years-old at the time of this publication. The etchings of Pennell are "instinct with the quality . . . with crispness in their execution and a lightness and gaiety in their arrangement as pictures." He has been called "the ablest painter-etcher now living and working." Etchings include the Trinity Building, the Four-Story House, the Stock Exchange, the Bank of Metropolis, the Times Building,… Read More

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1969. [1969] First American Edition hardcover, dustjacket. Full color illustrations throughout, 85 pages plus bios on p. 86. Condition: Hardcover: Light wear, age darkening of cloth; offsets on endpapers (mostly from dustjacket); gift inscription on blank page facing half-title; light aging; humidity marks to edges; overall Very Good. Text is clear, readable. Illustrations vivid. Dustjacket: Scrape/abrasion on first panel (affecting part of one letter in title); light age/handling wear; spine panel lightly sunned; minor shelving chips to extremities; faint old humidity marks; first flap price clipped (because it was a gift book); else overall Good Plus. Protected in Mylar cover. This beautiful, full color book combines fascinating lore and wonderful illustrations to re-create the gardens and meadows of Elizabethan England. Vintage and beautiful. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of… Read More

Savannah, Georgia: Kilbourne, Elizabeth Evans, 1999. [1999-2003] SET OF FIVE HARDCOVERS COVERING SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS (FROM GEORGIA GAZETTE), REPRODUCED IN BOOK FORM. Volume I covers, 1763-1770; Volume II, 1774-1785; Volume III, 1786-1792; Volume IV, 1793-1799; Volume V, 1800-1806. Total Pages: 2,600. FIRST EDITION. The articles contain information about deaths, marriages, legal notices, sheriff's sales, elections, jury lists, and other information of value to journalists, genealogists, historians, scholars, librarians, authors, researchers, teachers, and lovers of Savannah, Georgia. The articles are arranged in chronological sequence. Indexes address the names of people. The books were published 1999-2003. A wonderful, scarce source of information in a book set. Condition of bindings: Periodic scuffs/rubbing from book shelving; light, virtually insignificant bumps to corners and extremities on several volumes from usage (heavy books). A history scholar and author has highlighted… Read More

Great Britain: Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 1997, 1997. [1997] Hardcover and Dustjacket. First published in 1830 (now rare), republished in this edition by Leo Cooper; 176 pages including comprehensive Index. Condition of hardcover: lightly toned on top edge, else Fine. Dustjacket is Fine, like-New. Book never read by collector. He kept this book and others in a temperature-controlled book case. Book in gift-giving condition. This classic account of life on campaign in the Walcheren, Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns between 1809 and 1815 is reproduced as it was published in 1830, only with a reset in a contemporary style. The author, Captain John Kincaid of the 95th Regiment, later to be honored in recognition of its magnificent service under Wellington as a separate corps within the Army, The Rifle Brigade, brings to life the trials of war. Kincaid focuses on his own experiences and the activities of his beloved regiment and the Light Division, of which the 95th formed so important a part. It is a… Read More

Boston: Brown and Company/University Press, 1899. 1899. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION HARDCOVER, 137 PAGES. Blue decorative binding, gilt on top edge, uncut fore-edge and bottom edges. Frontispiece of Kipling (Dec. 30, 1865-Jan. 18, 1936) with tissue overlay. Introduction by G.B.T. Condition of binding: Wear to binding, scattered stains, darken backstrip (spine), short tears/shelving wear at top/foot of backstrip. Endpapers: Lightly speckled/foxing with breaking down of paper (same, plus light age toning on some pages). Two pages chipped in one corner. Overall, Fair condition. However, hinges/joints holding tight; text is clear, readable. This is a scarce, unauthorized first American edition of America Notes, a collection of seven essays Kipling wrote in 1891 after his first tour of America. He visited several locations starting with San Francisco. During his trip he met Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens). American Notes includes sections on American Politics, The Yellowstone, Chicago, and America'… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1897. 1897] AMERICAN ISSUE HARDCOVER. Deep blue binding, gold designs and lettering on backstrip (spine), the author's name in-blind on top cover, blue tint to top edge, deckled fore-edge, 322 pages, 19 illustrations including frontispiece. No dustjacket. This is a relatively plain binding by Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York, thus a reprint [The London 1897 first edition was published by Macmillan Company with 22 illustrations, published a month after the American first edition published by Century Company.] "Captains Courageous" was original published in serial form by McClure's Magazine, November 1896-May 1897 with 25 illustrations and in Pearson's Magazine (1896-April 1897) with 41 illustrations. This is a fascinating novel by Kipling (1865-1936), published during his years in the United States. He never adapted to the American style of living, so he returned to England in 1889. Condition of book: Light wear to… Read More

Norfolk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2001. [2001] FIRST EDITION, FULL LEATHER FINE HARDCOVER SIGNED BY SUMNER REDSTONE. Black genuine hardcover features beautiful gilt designs and gilt lettering, limited edition, 322 pages. THIS IS THE FULL LEATHER BINDING BY EASTON PRESS -- NOT A CHEAP COMPOSITE LEATHER OR THE CLOTH TRADE EDITION. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity SIGNED BY SUMNER REDSTONE. SIGNED and NUMBERED (this is No. 723 of only 1,100 copies). Redstone also signed the Certificate of Authenticity. So, he signed twice. Sophisticated binding has five raised ridges on spine. Lettering, designs stamped with gorgeous accents of 22kt. gold - a hallmark of fine bookmaking. This beautifully bound genuine leather binding was hand selected from individually tanned hides. Textured and shaded, acid-neutral paper won't turn yellow over time. Pages are Smyth-sewn into binding for permanence (not glued like ordinary books). Endpapers are beautiful satin moiré, specially dyed for the… Read More

Osceola, Wisconsin, USA: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2003. [2003] Quality paperback. Illustrations and photos (black and white and in color), cutaway artwork, 48 pages. Condition: Overall Near Fine. Book kept in temperature controlled room --- free of smelly humidity stains and the smell of a smoker. This beautifully written and illustrated book discusses the creation of a Confederate ironclad fleet --- a miracle in ingenuity, improvisation, and logistics. Designers adapted existing vessels or created new ones from the keel up with the sole purpose of breaking the navel stranglehold on their nascent county. This book explains how these vessels worked, how they were constructed, how they were manned, and how they were fought. Excellent, historical book. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We ship promptly.. Quality… Read More

Charlottesville, Virginia: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Inc., 1965. [1965] Pamphlet, 32 pages. Black and white illustrations and photos. This is the edition published by The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, authored by Theodore Fred Kuper. Introduction by Claude G. Bowers. About 5-1/8-inches wide x 6¾-inches high. Condition: Faint age toning to binding; else overall Very Good Plus. Binding tight. Free of stickers, bookplates, writing in text, or page tears. Stored in a temperature-controlled environment - no smelly humidity stains or the smell of a smoker. Text is clear and readable, photos/illustrations are in fine condition. No one can understand Americanism, as Lincoln understood it, and be ignorant of the Jefferson who was its prophet and moulder. This booklet presents a graphic overview of Jefferson's life which will be an incentive to a more intensive study of the man who belongs with the comparatively few immortals. Here is a wonderful, concise presentation of the… Read More

Harrisburg, PA: J.H. Kurzenknabe & Sons, 1891. 1891. First Edition hardcover, 7½ wide x 6-inches high, 192 pages. Pictorial ¼ leather/paper binding with advertising on back cover listing musical publications offered by the publisher. Condition: Heavy wear to binding: Shelf wear and wear to extremities; pieces worn away from top/foot of spine (head and footbands); chips/abrasions; age darken; corners showing. Edges darken from age, wear. Bookplate of Christ Reformed Church, No. 67 copy of the book (writing above plate states Class No. 1). Cracked at gutter, at page 3. Pages lightly age toned, periodic foxing, yet all pages are clear and readable. Else overall Fair condition. This book was the property of the Christ Reformed Church, Sharpsburg. Maryland. Fascinating book contains music, words, and full arrangement for the Sunday School Orchestra, a pioneering effort by the authors and publisher. At the time, orchestras were being rapidly introduced in many schools, requiring full… Read More