Search Results: Titles starting with K from Yesterday's Muse Books

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 7x5x1. First edition. No jacket. Spine toned and creased, half-inch tear to spine head, spine slightly cocked, ink name on front free endpaper. 1915 Hard Cover. 409 pp. "K. is a crime novel by the American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958) set in post-Victorian era Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which has been a part of the city of Pittsburgh since 1907. The novel tells the story of Sidney, who takes in a boarder with the initial K. and whose presence leads to mystery.

Mechanicsburg: Milford House, 2021. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 96x12x144. 1st printing. Faint edge wear. 2021 Trade Paperback. When financial executive Bob Vanags takes a job at ominous Turaida Bank in Latvia, he hopes to learn of his heritage and to fight economic fraud in Eastern Europe. Instead, Bob finds himself pulled into a world of political intrigue, blackmail, and murder.

New York: The Dial Press, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x10. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Edges of boards very faintly toned. 1998 Hard Cover. 324 pp. "In the summer of '76, the Shulmans and the Melishes migrate to Kaaterskill, the tiny town in upstate New York where Orthodox Jews and Yankee year-rounders live side by side from June through August. Elizabeth Shulman, a devout follower of Rav Elijah Kirshner and the mother of five daughters, is restless. She needs a project of her own, outside her family and her cloistered community. Across the street, Andras Melish is drawn to Kaaterskill by his adoring older sisters, bound to him by their loss and wrenching escape from the Holocaust. Both comforted and crippled by his sisters' love, Andras cannot overcome the ambivalence he feels toward his children and his own beautiful wife. At the top of the hill, Rav Kirshner is coming to the end of his life, and he struggles to… Read More

York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc, 1991. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Reprint. First English translation. Ink name. 1991 Trade Paperback. viii, 76 pp. The author uses a question and answer format to provide basic background information for the study of Kabbals. Includes history, doctrines, anthropology, magical methods, talismans, and shows the growth and change within the movement.

UK: Sutton Publishing, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Former library copy - usual marks. 1999 Hard Cover. xi, 244 pp. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, this biography examines the complex personality of Germany's last emperor. Born in 1859, the eldest grandchild of Queen Victoria, Prince Wilhelm was torn between two cultures - that of the Prussian Junker and that of the English liberal gentleman.

New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed chips, tears and creases.Hauntingly pro-German gift note, bookplate on front free endpaper, gilt band on spine rubbed. 1926 Hard Cover. ix, 304 pp. Published three years before the outbreak of World War II. MR. BENSON has the English gift of telling a familiar story in an acceptable way. His experienced hand allows him to lead his narrative almost effortlessly through the tangle of Court and diplomatic history stretching from 1855 to beyond 1918; and his unerring taste avoids the garish and theatrical effects which Emil Ludwig chose as the main accents of his work on the same theme. Like Ludwig, Mr. Benson has composed a biographical portrait from a series of anecdotes and episodes drawn from a very scattered field — ranging from intimate letters and memoirs to out-and-out diplomatic history. The diplomatic episodes at times make a very confused pattern, as… Read More

New York: Anchor Books, 2004. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x7. A few minor stains on page ridges, ink stamp on blurb page. 2004 Trade Paperback. 191 pp. "Mma Precious Ramotswe is content. Her business is well established with many satisfied customers, and in her mid-thirties (“the finest age to be”) she has a house, two adopted children, a fine fiancé. But, as always, there are troubles. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has not set the date for their marriage. Her able assistant, Mma Makutsi, wants a husband. And worse, a rival detective agency has opened in town—an agency that does not have the gentle approach to business that Mma Ramotswe's does. But, of course, Precious will manage these things, as she always does, with her uncanny insight and her good heart.

New York: Osprey, 2001. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 7x0x9. Korolkov, V. Second printing. Edge wear. 2001 Soft Cover. 96 pp. Osprey's study of the Mongols' invasion of Russia. In 1221, Genghiz, Great Khan of the Mongols, ordered an armed reconnaissance expedition into Russia commanded by Sübodei Bahadur and Jebei Noyon 'The Arrow'. The consequences for the history of Europe were incalculable. The decisive Mongol victory at Kalka River, opened up vast regions of Russia and Eastern Europe to Mongol conquest. Genghiz ordered his victorious army to return eastwards, delaying the final cataclysm by a few years. Genghiz died in 1227, but within 10 years his son Ögedei ordered a return to Russia to complete the conquest. This title details the events of the dramatic Kalka River campaign.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Jones, George H. First edition. Small blemish to rear board corner. 1978 Full-Leather. 315, [4] pp. Full red leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations by George H. Jones. A pre/post-apocalyptic focused on the leader of a religious cult who may cause the downfall of civilization. Vidal discusses over-population, feminism, bisexuality, and birth control in the novel, which takes its title from the Hindu goddess who ushers in the end of the fourth and final era of the life cycle.

Bombay: D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co, 1963. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 0x0x0. Reprint. Jacket rubbed with some chips. Pencil notes on last page. Related pamphlet laid in. 1963 Hard Cover. 132 pp. Includes 96 photographs of masterpieces of erotic sculpture of the Indian sub-continent. CONTENTS: Preface; Origins and Comparisons; The Early Centuries; Interpretations: Oneness, Bliss, Temptation, Innocence, Protection, Attraction, Education, Yoga and Tantra; The Classical Period and Later Centuries; Notes to Plates; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

New York: Dorset Press, 1986. 5th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 88x12x136. Fifth printing. Top edge of jacket stained. 1986 Hard Cover. 252 pp. This work of philosophy, psychology, Hindu dogma, and sexual customs and techniques is so important in its influence on Indian civilization that it remains the indispensable key to its understanding.--jacket

New York: Osprey, 2011. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 7x0x9. Palmer, Ian. First edition. Bottom corner dog-eared. 2011 Soft Cover. 48 pp. The destruction of much of the remainder of the Japanese fleet and its air arm in the later half of 1944 left the Japanese Home Islands vulnerable to attack by US naval and air forces. In desperation, the Imperial Japanese Navy proposed using “special attack” formations, or suicide attacks. These initially consisted of crude improvisations of conventional aircraft fitted with high-explosive bombs that could be crashed into US warships. Called “Divine Wind” (Kamikaze), the special attack formations first saw action in 1944, and became the scourge of the US fleet in the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945. In view of the success of these attacks, the Japanese armed forces began to develop an entire range of new special attack weapons. This book will begin by examining the initial… Read More

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. Reprint. Front cover creased. 2002 Trade Paperback. 428 pp. Why did almost one thousand highly educated "student soldiers" volunteer to serve in Japan's tokkotai (kamikaze) operations near the end of World War II, even though Japan was losing the war' In this fascinating study of the role of symbolism and aesthetics in totalitarian ideology, Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney shows how the state manipulated the time-honored Japanese symbol of the cherry blossom to convince people that it was their honor to "die like beautiful falling cherry petals" for the emperor.

New York: Osprey Publishing, 2005. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 9x7x0. Hook, Adam. First printing. Covers faintly toned, remainder mark. 2005 Soft Cover. 64 pp. The Kampfflieger are relatively unknown within aviation circles, although many of them had careers as distinguished as those of their fighter-pilot counterparts. The men of the bomber crews did not enjoy the luxury of combat tours – they flew until they died or became unfit for combat duty. This book studies the attitudes, beliefs and motivation of the average crewman, following him through recruitment and training to experience on campaign in western Europe, Africa and the Russian front, detailing the exploits and trials of the famous Ju 87 'Stuka' dive-bomber crews and their own crucial part in Germany's war effort.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Signed by author. 2nd printing. Signed by author with inscription, "For Jean Coventry, with best wishes, thousands of them! From Tom Wolfe." Jacket edges bumped, front jacket flap creased. Boards lightly soiled. 1965 Hard Cover. xvii, 339 pp. In his first book, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (1965) Wolfe introduces us to the sixties, to extravagant new styles of life that had nothing to do with the "elite" culture of the past.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. First edition. A couple creases on front jacket flap corners, 1/2 inch closed tear on front jacket corner, boards faintly smudged, top edge faintly foxed. 1965 Hard Cover. xvii, 339 pp. First book by the author who coined the terms 'statusphere,' 'the right stuff,' 'radical chic,' 'the Me Decade,' and 'good ol' boy.' Wolfe introduces us to the sixties, to extravagant new styles of life that had nothing to do with the 'elite' culture of the past.

Kirksville, Missouri: Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on title page without inscription. No jacket. Top page ridge lightly foxed, ink name on front paste-down endpaper. 1995 Hard Cover. 143 pp. KANGAROO PAWS: POEMS WRITTEN IN AUSTRALIA deals vividly and dramatically with Australian culture and with many historical figures. Themes include ecological matters, the Aborigines, the history of discovery and settlement of the country, the outback and other places. The literary history is addressed with poems dealing with several Australian writers, comparing them with Americans such as Jack Kerouac and Nelson Algren.

Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. 6th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. 2008 6th printing. Faint crease on front wrapper. 2005 Trade Paperback. xiv, 195 pp. This lucid survey takes readers on a thought-provoking tour through the life and work of Immanuel Kant, offering an excellent introduction to the broad range of Kant's philosophical thought, and providing an exposition of Kant's major philosophical works, including the Critique of Pure Reason. Topics covered include Kant's theory of empirical cognition, his doctrine of transcendental idealism, and his theory of the limits of reason.

Berlin: Verlag von Reichl & Co, 1909. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Spine faded, a few small spots and scuffs. 1909 Hard Cover. 216, [6] pp. German text. An overview of the life and philosophy of German philosopher Immanuel Kant, an important figure in the Enlightenment, and a leading thinker in the field of transcendental idealism.

Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1881. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Small chip on spine, owner's stamp on front free endpaper. 1881 Hard Cover. xii, 402 pp. Green cloth boards. CONTENTS: The Problem and Method of the Critique of Pure Reason--Mr. Balfour's Criticism of the Transcendental Method; The A Priori Conditions of Perception--Mr. Sidgwick's View of the Refutation of Idealism; The A Priori Conditions of Knowledge in General--The Categories and Schemata; Realtions of Metaphysics and Psychology--Examination of G. H. Lewes's Theory of Knowledge; The Principles of Judgment--Dr. Stirling's Interpretation; Proof of the Principles of Judgment; Objections to Kant's Proofs of Substantiality and Causality Examined; The Metaphysic of Nature; Comparison of the Critical and Empirical Conceptions of Nature; The Distinction of Noumena and Phenomena in Kant and Spencer; Imperfect Development of Kant's Theory of Knowledge; Examination of Kant's… Read More