Search Results: Authors starting with K from Bygone Books

Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. LIKE NEW/VG+. 1st edition [stated], INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR [PAT KANE] on the half-title page; foreword by Charles F. Montgomery; introduction by Derek de Solla Proce. 4to, red cloth with black titles, 207 pages, glossary, annotated bibliography. NEAR FINE book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: jacket has slight yellowing to white, slight edgewear and a slight fading to the red titles on the spine. A very nice copy of this important resource on American clocks.

NY: NY: Appleton-Century, 1965., 1965. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st edition, with LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR LAID-IN. 332p. bibliography, frontispiece, maroon cloth. VG+/VG+: owner name in pencil; DJ: lite edgewear, slight toning.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1950. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Reprint edition [BOMC, originally published 1950, copyright renewed 1978], 427 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliiography. VERY GOOD+ book in a VERY GOOD+ jacket: book has faint spotting to top page edge; jacket has a small open tear on rear panel - appears unread, just this minor shelfwear. Eleanor of Aquitaine [1122? - 1204] "was the very center of of the rich culture and clashing politics of the twelfth century - she was the Queen of France as the wife of Louis VII, and later married Henry Plantagenet who became Henry II of England." [from the jacket]

NY: Stein and Day, 1981. First American edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 0812827619 1st Am edition [First published in 1981], 8vo, tan boards with burgundy cloth backstrip, 232 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: slight edgewear to book and jacket; jacket has slight yellowing and scuffing to white on rear panel. Frances Burney d'Arblay [1752-1840], one the the early women novel writers "before Jane Austen" who spanned the 18th and 19th centuries - Dr. Johnson said of her, "Miss Burney is a real wonder; " her life alone is a page-turner. Noted for Evelina, Cecilia, Camilla, and The Wanderer, and her letters and diaries.

NY:: Cobblehill / Dutton, 1997. Hardcover. Collectible; NF/NF. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title page, stated 1st edition (but number line starts with "2".) 8vo, teal boards, 139pp. NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket.

NY: Cobblehill Books / Dutton, 1991. Hardcover. NF/VG+. Bowman, Leslie W.. 3rd hardcover printing, 12mo, blue boards, 79p, b/w illus. NEAR FINE book / VERY GOOD- jacket: jacket has a 2" closed tear at rear fold w/ a few creases, otherwise book and jacket are like new. Story of a Vermont farm boy during World War I.

Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1972. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. VG+. Reprint edition, first published in The Anchor Books edition in 1963. 8vo, salmon cloth, 339 pages. VERY GOOD+ / no jacket: light rubbing to corners, spine lightly sunned, otherwise appears unread. These stories, selected by Randall Jarrell with an introduction, include 14 of the short works that Kipling, most noted for his works set in India, wrote about the English in England. Included is his famous story "The Janeites" about a group of war-weary men who come to admire the works of Jane Austen... indeed it is this story that gave the real Janeites their name (though it was George Sainstbury who first coined the term, though he spelled it "Janites").

Maplewood, NJ: Hammond, Inc., 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st edition (no printing statement), small 4to, navy cloth, 93 pages, color and b/w illustrations, glossary, bibliography. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: like new, jacket is clipped at the top, but price is at the bottom unclipped. Offers brief profiles of famous circus personalities such as P. T. Barnum and the Ringling Brothers, Tom Thumb, Clyde Beatty, Annie Oakley, and various clowns, as well as a short history of the origins of the circus. Portraits and classic circus posters from many sources add to the enjoyment.

Union City, Tennessee: Pioneer Press., 1974. Soft cover. VG+. Reprint ed. 4to, illustrated stapled wraps, 53 pages, b/w illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD+ : slight wear.

Union City, Tennessee: Pioneer Press, 1974. Soft cover. VG+. 4to, stapled illustrated wraps, 61 pages, b/w illus. VERY GOOD+ : minor wear.

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1914. Hardcover. G+. No edition statement, printed at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh. 8vo, brown paper-backed boards / olive green backstrip, 396 pp, 30 b&w plates. Condition is GOOD+ / no jacket: boards are rubbed, esp. at corners, spine head and tail have small tears, front hinge sl. loose (webbing just exposed at ttile page), pages are clean excepting a few pages that have faint foxing. Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741 - 1821), known mostly as Mrs.Thrale, was a good friend and correspondent of Dr. Johnson.

NY: Rizzoli International Publications, 1989. First American edition . Hardcover. NF/NF. 1st Am edition; originally published in France as "Dentelles" by Editions Adam Biro, Paris in 1988. Quarto, deep red cloth, 192 pages, 180 illustrations (92 in colour), select bibliography. Condition is NEAR FINE book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: an owner gift card is taped to front endpaper, otherwise book is like new; jacket has slight edgewear. A lovely copy of a lovely book...

Chevy Chase, MD: National Story League, 1935. Soft cover. Very Good. Lloyd Dotterer (cover). 8vo, stapled wraps, b/w illustration on front cover by Lloyd Dotterer, 12 pages, bibliography on last page lists stories for certain occasions and where the stories can be found. Condition: VERY GOOD with slight toning to covers at bottom edge, erased penciled owner's name on front cover. Stories and articles included are by Florence Weld Danielson, Julia A. Mills, E. S. Peterson, Cora Baker Halbert, Lindsey Gilfillan, and one by author / illustrator Kurt Wiese on "How I Work."