Search Results: Titles starting with K from Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1930. Preface by Brigadier-General D. A. MacFarlane. Pp. xiv+488, frontispiece and 10 plates, 13 maps (2 folding) plus 6 folding coloured maps in pocket at end (some lightly browned on margins and reverse), indices; med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt insignia to upper board, the cloth slightly marked, edges lightly worn, fore-corners and bottom edge of upper board near spine lightly bruised and slightly frayed; uncut and mostly unopened; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers and edges of leaves lightly browned; Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., London, n.d.[1930]. First edition. White p. 78; Sutcliffe 1/p. 160. *With loosely inserted printed presentation slip for the book from the Association of Lowland Scots, 1930, lightly foxed.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1959. His Life in China. His Life in China. Pp. [48], photographic illustrations, decorations printed in yellow & blue; wide post 4to; corner of boards slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse, the laminate lifting at a couple of points, backstrip slightly faded; small tear near top fore-corner of upper free endpaper, a couple of spots of foxing; Chatto & Windus, London, 1959. First U.K. edition? *Originally published in French.

London: HarperCollins, 2003. Pp. [vi]+184; dust wrapper; leaves lightly browned; HarperCollins, London, 2003. First edition. *Historical novel set in the last days of the Kaiser and the Nazis invasion of Holland during World War II.

London: Allen Lane, 1978. 21 March 1918: The First Day of the German Spring Offensive. Pp. 432, 12 plates, text illustrations, 7 text maps, 2 diagrams, appendices, bibliography, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges and flaps a trifle browned and foxed; endpapers lightly offset, top edges of leaves and endpapers slightly browned and foxed; Allen Lane, London, 1978. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his bookplate on upper pastedown.

Sydney: Random House Australia, 1995. Pp. xiv+316, 24 plates (8 coloured), discography, index; med. 8vo; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; text block slightly browned; Random House Australia, Sydney, 1995.First edition. *Inscribed and signed by Kamahl on the half- title page.

Sydney: N, 1989. Pp. [viii]+44, text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled; Currency Press,Sydney, 1989. Currency Plays series.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. Pp. xviii+340(last blank), full page illustrations; demy 8vo; white cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & yellow, slightly foxed; top edges yellow; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a couple of spots of foxing; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1965. First edition. *Author's first book: a collection of his writings and illustrations from the New York Herald Tribune and elsewhere. 'Tom Wolfe takes a sharp-eyed look at the American scene, and zeroes in on the new, exotic forms of status-seeking - social, cultural, and otherwise - that are flourishing across the country' [wrapper blurb].

Armidale, NSW: Fat Possum Press, 1980. Pp. 12, including wrappers, portrait illustration; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled and creased; Fat Possum Press, Armidale, New South Wales, 1980.

Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1979. [cover title]. Exhibition catalogue. Pp. [36], illustrated; narrow demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, inked annotation on verso of lower wrapper; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1979. *Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Victoria from 18 December 1979 to 3 February 1980.

Sydney: Oxford University Press, 1960. Pp. 32, text illustrations (a couple full page); pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed, the lower wrapper slightly soiled; damp stain to bottom edge of leaves; Oxford University Press, Sydney, 1960. Life in Australia series. Muir 4206.

Perth: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1992. Illustrated by Angela Leaney. Pp. 36(last blank), 13 full page coloured illustrations, full page black & white map, pronunciation glossary; small square 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled; Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Perth, 1992.First edition. White (Volume 3) 10719.

London: Blackie, 1961. Illustrated by Ian Ribbons. Pp. 190(last blank), text illustrations (a couple full page); cr. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; top edges red; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing; Blackie, London, 1961. First edition. Muir 6121.

London: Richard Bentley, 1856. Pp. xvi+368(last blank)+[4](advertisements), engraved frontispiece portrait and 1 plate with tissue guards, appendix, index; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, boards a trifle canted, edges lightly worn, the spine slightly soiled and lightly chipped at extremities, boards faintly soiled and rubbed, with small damp stain towards bottom edge of upper board; bookplate on upper pastedown, the hinges starting at a couple of points, bookseller's large ink stamp on half-title page and on blank verso of final index page, binder's ticket at foot of lower pastedown, verso of upper free endpaper slightly ink stained, occasional faint soiling; Richard Bentley, London, 1856. First edition. *With the signature of Robert Hoddle, first surveyor of the city of Melbourne, at head of title page.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1988. The Complete Facsimile Sketchbooks From the Arents Collections, The New York Public Library. Foreword by Bernard McTigue. Introduction by Rodney Engen. Pp. 96, illustrated in colour throughout; med. 8vo; yellow cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, slightly foxed; dust wrapper; endpapers and edges lightly foxed; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1988. First edition thus. *Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes was originally published in 1881. 'Now, after more than a century, the never-before-published complete facsimile pages of the artist's two sketchbooks, in which she predesigned her little masterpiece, are presented in a single volume' [wrapper blurb].

New York: The Viking Press, 1976. Pp. 144, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; small cr. 4to; orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges a trifle foxed; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; edges of leaves lightly foxed; The Viking Press, New York, 1976. First U.S. edition. *Contains a short biography, bibliography, and numerous selections from Greenaway's works, some previously unpublished.

London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1945. A comedy in three acts. Pp. 80; printed stiff paper wrappers with flap folds, a trifle marked, corners faintly bruised; outer leaves and edges foxed, the free endpapers faintly offset, a few leaves lightly creased; Constable, London, 1945. First edition. *The poet Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948) was best known for his verse dramas.

Sydney: The Wentworth Press, 1977. With four sketches and a poem now collected for the first time. Pp. 54, frontispiece portrait, full page illustrations, select checklist of first editions, references; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, slightly rubbed; half-title page faintly soiled; The Wentworth Press, Sydney, 1977. First edition, limited to 750 copies. *Tells of the encouragement given to Katherine Mansfield by Tom Mills, a New Zealand journalist, and Edwin Brady, editor of the Australian periodical, The Native Companion, in 1907, who published her first four pieces of professional writing.

London: Constable, 1959. With a Foreword by T. S. Eliot. Pp. xiv+162; demy 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in silver, a couple of light edge bruises; top edges navy; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and foxed, the backstrip faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges foxed; Constable, London, 1959. First edition. *Three previously unpublished essays: George Gissing; Katherine Mansfield; The Novels of Henry Williamson.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1959. and Other Stories. Pp. [x]+310(last blank); qr. cloth, spine lettered in black, patterned papered boards, top fore-corners and spine extremities slightly bruised; top edges pale green; dust wrapper; slightly soiled and rubbed, the backstrip faded; a little light soiling; Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1959. First edition. *Eleven stories (three previously unpublished) by the author of Shane.

New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2000. A True story of an Attempt to Circumnavigate Australia by Kayak. Pp. 412, 16 plates, pictorial title page, double page map, headpiece decorations; med. 8vo; fore-corners of boards lightly bruised, the spine a trifle creased at extremities; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly soiled;Forge Books, Tom Doherty Associates, New York, 2000. First edition..