Search Results: Titles starting with K from Borg Antiquarian

Denver, Colorado: The Ally Press, 1976. Third Printing. Wrappers. Very Fine. Robert Bly. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY to author Alice Howell that has been EMBELLISHED with two amorphous spiritualized entities drawn boldly by the AUTHOR on the translucent front endpaper, square 12mo ( 5" x 5"), beige ribbed paper wrappers with brown lettering on cover & Islamic calligraphy from "Religions of the East" by Anne Bancroft, 10 pages with interpretations of Kabir's words, Japan paper translucent tissue guards as endpapers, 16 pages of text + [2] endpapers. Kabir (ca.1400) was a Muslim strongly influenced by Sufi-and-Hindu religious ideas. He founded a sect to which more than a million Hindus in Northern India belong.<br/> <br/> Robert Bly (1926 - 2021) was an American poet, essayist, and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. He won the National Book Award in 1968 for The Light Around the Body. His book Iron John: A Book About Men (1990) became a long-running New… Read More

Ukraine / Russia: by the artist, 1965. original. watercolor on paper. Near Fine. Arkadi Soroka. Watercolor of Karl Mark on paper, unframed (4.7" x 3.9" / 11.9 x 9.9 cm), SIGNED in Cyrillic by Arkadi Soroka. Arkadi Soroka (1921-2010), Ukrainian/Russian artist is here working in a rather impressionistic Soviet Socialist Realist style. He worked mainly in Vinnitsa and participated in numerous exhibitions as a member of the Union of Ukrainian Artists. This is an appealing, even friendly small watercolor of the great social-economist, who sits invitingly on a park bench with hat beside him in what for this viewer is an unusual pose. Nice multi-tonal and impressionistic brushwork with a wee bit of pigment the artist has purposefully allowed to overlap into some of the margins. White matting tabs are present.

London: The Fabian Society and Allen & Unwin Limited, 1933. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good +. 8vo, red wrappers, 46 pages. A Very Scarce and important statement on Marx made during the depth of the Great Depression by theorist Harold Laski, a Fabian Socialist. Excellent condition internally and externally, though the red wrappers have faded somewhat over time.

New York: SeaStar Books, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. Fine/Near Fine. Michael Hague. ILLUSTRATED with an ORIGINAL SKETCH of a SCARY GHOST & SIGNED by the Author-Illustrator, small 4to (10 3/8" x 6 7/8"), black pictorial boards with colored depiction of young Kate being menaced by a ghost from a graveyard, illustrated throughout with reproductions of full color watercolors by Michael Hague, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) reproducing Hague's colorful cover art, pictorial endpapers, unpaginated [34] pages. SIGNED & ILLUSTRATED with a 3"+ SKELETAL GHOST by the brilliant Author-Illustrator, Michael Hague: one of the best and most facile of modern book illustrators. Me'thinks he rivals Arthur Rackham.<br/><br/>Closely adapting a folk-tale about a blood-drinking Irish ghost recorded by Jeremiah Curtin during the 19th century. <br/><br/>Though technically classified as a "Children's… Read More

New York: A Studio Book / The Viking Press, 1976. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. Kate Greenaway. Small 4to, orange cloth with gold lettering on spine,profusely illustrated by Kate Greenaway with B&W frontispiece, in-text B&W and full color pictures, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with little girl standing beside a pine tree by Greenaway, pale blue endpapers, 141, [142-144] pages. Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901) was an esteemed English Victorian artist and writer, known for her charming and much loved children's book illustrations. Her depictions of lovey children in imaginary 18th-century costumes in a Queen Anne style were extremely popular in England and internationally, sparking the Kate Greenaway style. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION overall for this EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATED STUDY: beautiful and a very useful reference.

Aurora: A Write Way Publishing Book, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), depicting a woman's face & eye with red script running across them by Robert Aulicino, 286 pages. Tom Micheltree is a high school English teacher who writes mysteries--this being his second. Here, researcher Paul Fischer plumbs mysteries surrounding the enormous inheritance left by wealthy spinsters Katie Baker and her two sisters who lived and died suspiciously in a mansion above Jacksonville, Oregon. SIGNED & in Very Fine Condition overall. Virtually, "As New." No remainder marks.

New York, N.Y.: New American Library / Penguin Random House, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, light blue cloth with gold letters on spine over light red boards, Brodart-protected dust jacket (unclipped), viii, [ix-x] + 305. Lisa Beazley is a corporate communications specialist-turned-author recently based in Singapore with her family. Her debut novel is about two sisters (one living in Singapore) who decide to communicate via letters for one year. INSCRIBED and in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! Witty and well-reviewed.

Toronto New York London Sydney: Bantam Books, 1982. Specially Bound & Signed First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine Slipcase [no dust jacket]. B&W photos; 2 maps. SIGNED by the former President on a special front endpaper, thick 8vo, deep blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with many B&W photos & maps of Camp David and Tehran, xiv, [xv-xvi] + 622 pages. Protected in a deep blue cloth-covered slipcase without lettering. Weight: 2 lbs. 14 oz. SIGNED & in SUPERIOR CONDITION internally & externally! Solid, tight, clean slipcase with ever-so-lightened border caused by shelving next to a somewhat smaller book. Gilt lettering on the cloth's spine has faded and slightly abraded. <br/> <br/> Insightful and heartfelt, this memoir is one of President Jimmy Carter's best career summations.<br/> <br/> James Earl Carter Jr. (born 1924) served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A Democrat, he… Read More

New York: Random House, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED 7 SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, white quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with clothspin, 530 pages + [2] About the Author + [2] About the Type. Ellen Baker (born 1975) is author of Keeping the House, which won the 2008 Great Lakes Book Award. It is a heartfelt treatment of a home-based family's reactions to World War II. An interesting character is Grace Anderson who works as a welder in a Wisconsin shipyard.<br/> <br/> SUPERIOR Condition: Tight, bright, clean copy. Bright, clean dust jacket (unclipped) with slight crimping to the spine's foot. No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York Toronto London Sydney Auckland: Bantam Books, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author facing the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine over gold boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped: $23.95) of a farm house at sunset by Jorge Matinez, 383 pages + [2] Glossary of Vietnam war terms. Laurie R. King (born 1952) is the New York Times bestselling author of 27 novels, including the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes series. She has won an Edgar (1994), Nero (1996), and Agatha (2015) awards, and--remarkably--holds an honorary doctorate in theology.<br /> <br /> EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects! A Kae Martinelli Mystery. Tight, bright and clean in a comparable unclipped dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York: Villard Books, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. B&W photos. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, thick 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over charcoal gray boards with device, illustrated with 32 pages of glossy photographs of Kennedy women & associates, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with B&W photos of the Kennedy's & their women, x, [xi-xx] Genealogical Tables + 933 pages + [2] About the Author + [2] About the Type. Weight: 3 lbs. 2 oz. Laurence Leamer (born 1941) is a best-selling author and journalist. Leamer is a former Ford Fellow in International Development at the University of Oregon and a former International Fellow at Columbia University. He is regarded as an expert on the Kennedy family. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects!

London: Clarke, Beeton, and Co, 1853. Second British Edition without Appendix. Blind- & gilt-stamped brown cloth. Very Good +/None. 8 engravings. Small 8vo, blind- & gilt-stamped dark olive publisher's cloth, 8 steel-cut illustrations, decorative green endpapers with advertisements, viii + 504 pages + [2:] free decorative endpaper with Clarke, Beeton, and Co. ads on recto & verso; rear pastedown continues the ads. Scarce British commentary with relevant documents by Harriet Beecher Stowe on her enormously influential novel. The second edition was published in the same year (1853) as the first but lacks an appendix. SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, clean copy with some shelf wear: rubbing mainly to the top and bottom of the spine & a bit to corners; cloth otherwise quite clean with little wear. Slight losses to top & trailing edges of front pastedown. Moderate uniform age-toning. Faded gold lettering on spine. Previous owner's handsome signature with flourish on verso of… Read More

Akron, Ohio New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1926. Early Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Frances Brundage. 8vo, brown textured cloth with black lettering on spine & front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Frances Brundage, illustrated with B&W frontispiece and several reproductions of Brundage drawings, 250 pages. RARE in this SUPERIOR CONDITION! A remarkable survival of an early illustrated edition of Stevenson's classic tale Kidnapped from Saalfield's "Every Child's Library." Spectacular condition given its age and audience. Tight and unmarked copy. Very slight wear to extremities of dj. Uniform and typical age-toning: the paper was quite acidic.

New York, N.Y.: DAW Books, Inc, 1985. Book Club Edition. Boards. Very Fine/Fine. 8vo, light blue boards with black stenciled lettering on spine, map of "Compact Space," archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) painting by David A. Cherry, 256 pages. Hugo, Prometheus, and Heinlein Award Winning Author! <br/> <br/> Carolyn Janice Cherry (born 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh [pronounced "Cherry"], is an American writer of bestselling speculative fiction.<br/> <br/> She is known for "world building", depicting fictional realms with great realism supported by vast research in history, language, psychology, and archeology.<br/> <br/> SUPERIOR COPY: tight, bright, clean in a crisp, bright, unclipped dust jacket with very slight wear. No previous owner or remainder markings.

U.S. & Ontario, Canada: MIRA, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the AUTHOR with a stick-figure SKETCH (apparently of herself) & SIGNED again on the title page, 8vo, light blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), 300 numbered pages, + [2] About the Author. New York Times Book Review: "A master of romantic suspense." A Sally Harrington Novel: 5th of 6 in the series. Coming home to California after testifying against a mafia boss, journalist Sally Harrington finds the mob is still after her when she goes to New York to help her uncle untangle his property ownership issues which have become embroiled with speculators and an attempted murder. Laura Van Wormer graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and has spent most of her life in publishing. She is the author of eleven previous novels. The… Read More

New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Emily Besstler Books / Atria Books, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author on a front endpaper, 8vo, red quarter cloth with bold silver lettering over gray boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a silvered Eifel Tower, ix, [x-xii] + 385 pages. EXCEPTIONAL SIGNED COPY: Tight, bright, very clean in comparable dj. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> Vincent Flynn (1966 - 2013) was an American author of political thriller novels surrounding the story of the fictional assassin Mitch Rapp.

New York: Random House, 1990. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"), black quarter cloth with copper lettering on spine over dark green boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) by Paul Bacon, map endpapers, [viii] + 372 pages + [2] About the Author. Weight: 1 lb. 10 oz. First in author's "Watson Trilogy," his brilliant series based on historical fact. Matthiessen's masterpiece brilliantly depicts the fortunes and misfortunes of Edgar J. Watson, a real-life entrepreneur and outlaw who appeared in the lawless Florida Everglades around the turn of the century with grand schemes to make a fortune. Watson was rumored to have killed outlaw Bell Starr.<br /> <br /> Peter Matthiessen (1927 - 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher, and environmental activist. A co-founder of The Paris Review, he won the… Read More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1994. First Edition. Cloth. Mint/Mint. illustrated. SIGNED, 8vo, burgundy cloth, 75 illustrations, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an Indian painting of the battle of the Little Big Horn, map endpapers, 320 pages. A New York Times Notable Book & Important Study.<br/> <br/> An exceptional volume SIGNED & in Mint condition: tight and bright!

New York London Toronto Sydney: Atria Books, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the AUTHOR, 8vo, green quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over green boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by the author, [x] + 324 pages. SIGNED by the Author on the title page. Julie Kramer is a journalist turned novelist. She writes a series of thrillers set in the desperate world of TV news. Julie has won the Daphne du Maurier Award for Mainstream Mystery/Suspense, RT Reviewer's Choice Award for Best First Mystery as well as the Minnesota Book Award.--Wikipedia EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally!

New York: Random House, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo, black quarter cloth with copper lettering on spine over dark green boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Paul Bacon, map endpapers, [viii] + 372 numbered pages + [2] About the Author. First in author's "Watson Trilogy," his brilliant series based on historical fact. Peter Matthiessen (1927 - 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher, and environmental activist. A co-founder of The Paris Review, he won the National Book Award in both fiction and nonfiction. Matthiessen's nonfiction featured nature and travel, notably The Snow Leopard (1978), Sand Rivers (1981); and American Indian issues and history, such as a detailed and controversial study of the Leonard Peltier case, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983). His fiction was adapted for film: the early story "Travelin' Man" was made into The Young One (1960) and the novel At Play in the… Read More