Search Results: Authors starting with K from Warwick Books

Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, 2004. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Softcover four-page pamphlet in illustrated paper wrappers. Privately printed by Andre Chaves of the Clinker Press for the combined meeting of the Zamorano and the Roxburghe Club in 2004. The text is taken from Kafka and begins, "My grandfather used to say: Life is astoundingly short." The excerpt has been translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. 8vo. Four pages. Fine condition.

Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art//Haus der Kunst, 2013. Hardcover. Near Fine. Heavy cardboard covers on this catalogue published to accompany a 2013 exhibition of the same name at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Geffen Contemporary, in Los Angeles and the Haus der Kunst in Munich. No dust jacket, as published. Spine is lightly soiled, else Fine condition. Includes essays by various critics, many photos, an annotated checklist of the exhibition, an annotated chronology, and a selected bibliography. Square 4to. 263 pp. Heavy--may require additional postage for priority mail or shipments outside the U.S.

Huntington Beach, CA: Huntington Valley Press, 2000. First Edition. Spiral bound. Near Fine. Softcover in spiral binding. Clean, crisp pages, with slight overall wear. Labeled tabs for different sections. A color picture introduces each section. Northern Indian cuisine. 8vo. 100 pp.

Princeton, NJ: The Pyne Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. Fine condition. This is the 1972 reprint of the 1927 manufacturer's catalog for German toymaker Kammer & Reinhardt. Information is given in English, German, Spanish, and French. Coleman in her introduction calls the catalogue "a Rosetta Stone for dolldom." All plates in black and white. Name stamp of previous owner on front endpage. Large 4to. 67 pp.

Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Two hardcover volumes in stamped brown cloth boards. First editions. Titles in gilt on spine. Sturdy binding on both volumes, wear to edges and especially corner tips. "Illustrated by upward of three hundred engravings from sketches by the author." Light spotting to some pages. Tissue guards to engravings. Volume 1 has a two-page Glossary of Arctic Terms and a tipped-in folding map of Grinnell Land. (Grinnell Land is the central section of Ellesmere Island in the northernmost part of Nunavut territory in Canada. It was named for Henry Grinnell, a shipping magnate from New York, who helped finance two expeditions in the 1850s to search for Franklin's lost expedition.) Volume 2 has a tipped-in folding map of the mean monthly isothermal lines in Baffin Bay. 8vo. 464 pp. and 467 pp. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U.S. The 1996 Lakeside Press edition--same title, same text--is in Fine, unread… Read More

Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of hardcover edition. Book is As New, as is unclipped dust jacket. A beautiful copy with color plates throughout. Tall 4to. 179 pp.

London: A. Strahan and Bell and Daldy, 1867. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two-volume history of officers' lives in India in the 19th century by a leading British military historian. First edition. Half- leather decorative binding with Florentined pattern on boards and text-block edges. Five raised bands on spine. Gilt title set against dark green leather background. Light rubbing to edges but overall in Near Fine condition. Tight binding and clean pages. Bookplate of British writer Henry Crossley Irwin ("The Garden of India") in both books. 8vo. 489; 502 pp.

Tokyo: Hinoki Shoten, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Fine condition. Dedication to "Leonard" from indecipherable, in English scrawl and Japanese lettering. Illustrated. 16mo. 303 pp.

New York: Lane & Scott, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small hardcover in red boards with gold border to front and back boards. All edges gilt. First edition. Very good condition. Light wear to corners. Some soiling of text pages. Two illustrations. 16mo. 270 pp.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book is crisp and clean, as is dust jacket. Two pages were formerly dog-eared. An investigation of the Book of Martyrs's compilation, printing, publication, illustration, and reception. Illustrated. 8vo. 352 pp. including bibliography and index.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Dust jacket is fresh and bright. Illustrated with photos. 8vo. 233 pp. including index. In protective Mylar. 484.

New York: Viking Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine condition, crisp and clean. Tips spine top of Jacket have a touch of wear. No other marks or mars. Price on flap is $18.95. With illustrations by David Palladini. Printed by Haddon Craftsmen, Scranton, Pennsylvania. In protective Mylar. 8vo. 326 pp.

London: Guinness, Button Holdings Ltd, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover folio in red boards with title in gilt. Volume 1. Eight full-page color plates plus many in black and white. Fine condition, As New. No dust jacket. Illustrations researched by P.W. Kingsland and drawn by Peter Henville and Malcolm MacGregor. From the estate of Donald Skinner, Canadian military collector extraordinaire.

London: J.M. Dent, 1963. First thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. Edition of 1963, illustrated with four color plates and line drawings in the text by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Book is crisp and clean, as is dust jacket, with price intact at bottom of front flap. Decorative endpapers are repeated on the cloth boards. Stories about Greek legends concerning Perseus, the Argonauts, Theseus, and others, written in 1856. Small 8vo. 210 pp. plus 4 pages listing other titles in the series. In protective Mylar.

Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright, with a touch of wear at corners. With Rojankovsky's beautiful color illustrations and decorative endpapers. Large 8vo. Unpaginated. In protective Mylar. A fine copy.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Hardcover in illustrated boards. First edition, first printing (September 1902). Book is in fair condition. The pages are clean and unmarked, with no foxing or tanning. Tips of boards are worn and spine is wobbly. There was an attempt to fix it with brown tape at the rear inner spine. Splits at joints both front and back. Cover color is faded. Spine is worn but present. Lovely inked Christmas message dated 1902 on front free endpage. No dust jacket. Black-and-white illustrations by Kipling all present. Large 8vo. 249 pp.

London: Frederick Muller, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in shiny navy boards. No dust jacket. First printing of first edition. SIGNED by Arthur L. Kipling on a small plate tipped in on title page. Book is in Fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos. Laid in are several color illustrations, clipped from magazines, next to the page of the appropriate head-dress. One such magazine page left some color behind on the edges of the front free endpage, the book's only flaw. 4to. 233 pp. including index. Heavy--five pounds to ship; will require additional postage for shipping priority or outside the U.S.

New York: The Greystone Press, 1951. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover in quarter-cloth boards and Florentined paper. An appealing tiny edition of Kipling ballads. Light wear at corner tips, else fine condition. 119 pp. 32mo.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. SIGNED by Joseph Kittinger on front free endpage "Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Captain, USAF). Also on the front free endpage is a bookplate dedicated to "Orland Wilcox" presented by the Sierra Engineering, a company involved with American aerospace achievement. Book is in Fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. A few faint spots on top edge. Unclipped dust jacket (original price intact) is fresh and bright, Fine condition with one tiny closed tear. Illustrated with photos. 8vo. 249 pp. including index. In protective Mylar.

New York: HarperCollins (Harper Collins) / Katherine Tegen Books, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of contemporary reprint of book first published in miniature form in 1963. SIGNED on front free endpage "From Hilary Knight." Book is As New, crisp, clean, and unread, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is also As New, fresh and bright. Illustrated throughout with Knight's whimsical art. 4to. Unpaginated. In protective Mylar.