Search Results: Titles starting with K from Scraps of American History

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., 1943. Book Club. Hardcover. Good/fair. 359 pages. A subtly humorous look at the effects of women upon men through the life of a "dangerous woman." Dark blue cloth binding with gilt titles and bands on spine, red top edge. Some edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, a little fading of cloth, former owner's name on front free end paper, interior pages tanned, binding tight. Brown dust jacket with black and white titles on front cover and spine has large chips in edges and spine cover, smaller chips and short tears along edges, fading, stains, tanning, lightly clipped.

Redlands, California: Roland C. Hartman, 1950. First printing. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. 181 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. Industrial methods of keeping egg laying chickens that led to factory farming of eggs. Olive green cloth binding with bolt black titles on front cover and spine. Spine a little cocked, some fading to edges of cover and spine, a little spotting of cover, light shelf wear with bumped corners and spine ends, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Measures 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches.

New York: Mercury Publications, Inc. / Lawrence E. Spivak, 1946. Reprint. Paperback. Good/No jacket. 127 pages, complete and unabridged. A young man finds himself taking the fall for murder when his aunt's fiance turns up with a bullet in his head. Blue-green wraps with blue and white titles on front cover and black titles on spine. Some stainign of cover, light edge wear, spine darkened, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, light creases, interior pages tanned with a little spotting, small section of pages creased at top corner, binding tight. Trade paperback, measures 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 524 pages with index; illustrated with black and white photo sections. The eventful life of the passionate king who came out of exile to win the hearts of his subjects. Green cloth binding with gilt titles and decorations on spine, maps on blue end papers. Very little wear to cover, small wrinkles in base of spine, minor dent in upper edge of front cover, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Illustrated green dust jacket with white and gold titles shows some edge wear with curling at edges, remains of old sticker and spotting on front cover, short tear at fold of back cover, light crease in inner front fold, a little tanning of inner folds, not price clipped.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 445 pages. A romantic account of the life of Robert Carr, a favorite courtier of King James VI. Black cloth binding with red titles on front cover and spine, red top edge. Covers a bit scuffed and faded with spotting, most of color of spine titles chipped away, some edge wear, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, interior pages a little tanned with some spotting, binding tight.

Toronto, Canada: Ortoprint, 1969. Not stated. Vintage paperback. Good/No jacket. 100 pages with index. A collection of poetry in Estonian. Green illustrated wraps with black titles on front cover, green titles on spine. Chip in leading edge of front cover, some edge wear to cover, corner and spine ends bumped, spotting and stains, tanning of back cover, gift inscriptions on half title, some tanning of interior pages, binding tight.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/fair. 340 pgs. A working girl tells it like it is from behind her typewriter in this entertaining novel made into a movie with Ginger Rogers. Orange cloth with black titles on front cover and spine, black top edge. Some minor edge wear to cover, top edge of cover darkened with a few spots and a stain, mostly on back cover, interior pages tanned at edges, former owner's name in pencil on front free end paper, binding tight. Yellow dust jacket illustrated with photo of Ginger Rogers as Kitty Foyle with blue titles is somewhat soiled and stained with a little spotting, has inch long tears at either end of spine on front and back cover edge, smaller tears at folds with wear along fold edges, chips and spots on front and back covers, small tears along back cover edges. Measures 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches.