Search Results: Titles starting with K from Ariadne Books

London: The Trade Papers Publishing Company Ltd., 1911. First edition, 1911. Hardback. Oblong folio, xiv, unpaginated section of alphabets in 140 numbered plates. Introduction includes descriptive texts for the alphabets shown. Contemporary cloth binding with library stamp in gilt to front (Guildhall Library). Gilt to spine and top edge gilt. Book in good condition. Boards generally a little soiled and with some slight colour fade to exposed areas, occasional mark. Lower corners slightly bumped. Library bookplate to front pastedown with withdrawn stamp. Front free endpaper creased. Ink library stamp to title page and page versos. Lacking plate 139. Occasional short closed tears to margins. A very large and heavy book but no additional shipping costs to UK post codes.

London: Holp Shuppan/The Bodley Head, 1981. Facsimile edition. Softcover. As New/No dust jacket issued.. Kate Greenaway. Holp Shuppan/The Bodley Head, 1981. Condition: Near fine. Facsimile edition, reproduced from the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library. Four different card calendars for 1884 illustrated by Greenaway. The four cards come in an envelope printed with a Greenaway design in b&w to front and a printed postage stamp position. The cards are each approx 9.5" x 7.25". All contained in the issued slipcase which is in near fine condition.

London: Walker Books Ltd, 2001. First edition, 2001. Signed by the illustrator to the title page. Hardback. Unpaginated. Dustjacket. Based on a true story that took place over 500 years ago, this is the heroic tale of Katje the cat who performs a feat of extraordinary courage. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley's jewel-like paintings, it is a testament to ture loyalty, love and courage. a lovely copy. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket very good and unclipped. A little light edge wear only.

New York: Bantam Books, 2003. First edition, 2003. Hardback. 386pp. Dust jacket. Riveting, harrowing and unforgettable, "Keeping Watch" takes psychological suspense to its most dizzying heights. Laurie King is an absolute master of suspense. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket near fine and unclipped.

London: Harvill Secker, 2007. First British edition, 2007. Hardback. 328pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. When archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues that only a mother coud detect lead her to believe something more sinister took place. Book in good condition - small area of marking to upper region of ffep and some scuffing to board edges. Internally very clean. Jacket in near fine condition and unclipped.

New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2010. Paperback. Unpaginated. Full-page black and white mandala designs printed to the rectos of each page. Colouring mandalas is a perfect way to help children relax and focus, while also helping to foster a love of art. The repetitive designs within a cricle can be a tool for meditation, therapy, or simply an activity to fill a little time productively. The free=flowing arrangements of the mandalas have a calming effect and, after the mandala is completed, the finished work can become an instrument for further reflection. They are an ideal way to combine a love of colouring with some much-needed quiet time in our hectic world. Book in near fine condition. Previous owner's name to top corner of front free endpaper but otherwise clean, bright and unmarked internally. All of the mandalas are pristine.

London: William Heinemann, 2001. First edition, 2001. Signed by the author to the title page. Hardback. 342pp. Dust jacket. He's a barbaric killer, guilty of the most terrible crime. He abducted and tortured an innocent 17-year-old girl, raped her and left her to die. Yet when James Martin O'Donnell stood trial at Exeter Crown Court he was acquitted. And when Joanna Bartlett, a once brilliant but now jaded crime correspondent who covered the case two decades before, starts to delve into the past, she is forced to revisit not only the crime she can't bear to remember but also the maverick police detective she has forced herself to forget... Book in very good condition. Light toning to paper edges. Dust jacket very good. Unclipped. Slight edge wear and a faint crease to rear.

London: Fourth Estate, 2011. First edition. Hardback. As New/As New. Fourth Estate, London. First edition 2011. Book condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. King of the Badgers is a powerful study of the vital importance of individuality and the increasingly intrusive hand of political powers. Like its predecessor, it is another devastating - but frequently very funny - portrait of England from one of this country's finest novelists.

London: Nisbet & Co Ltd, 1920. Limited edition of 675 copies "printed for sale in the British Empire", this being copy number 67. Hardback. [12], 1 - 150, [2]. Ten tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece) each with a titled tissue guard. Quarter fine-grain ivory cloth (presumably designed to look like vellum) over paper covered boards. Sea-shell and waves design to upper board, gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Delightful illustrations by Dulac in his trademark Persian miniature style. Book in very good condition. Minor bumping to corners and some rubbing/wear to edges of boards - mainly to leading edge. Slight creasing to extremities of spine. Tissue guards all in place though slightly discoloured. Very clean internally. No jacket. Altogether a very nice copy.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1932. First edition, 1932. Hardback. 79pp. Illustrated upper board. Worn dust jacket. 38 kings and Queens in verse each accompanied by a full page colour illustration by Rosalind Thornecroft. Book in very good condition. Some discolouration to spine with a little wear at extremities. A little soiling/discolouration to boards. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Faint toning and very light spotting to endpapers. Very occasional and faint spotting here and there. Dust jacket poor. Unclipped but quiet a lot of loss. Spine completely absent and two halves consequently separated. Some evidence of earlier tape repairs. What remains of the jacket now in a protective sleeve.

London: Bantam Press, 1997. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Bantam Press, London, 1997. First edition. Book condition: near fine and unread. Dust jacket condition: near fine and unclipped. Only very minor traces of shelf wear around the edges. As the love affair at the heart of this novel gathers in passion and pace, Angela Lambert probes the hidden truths about one contemporary family. Two generations walk a dangerous tightrope between fidelity and parenthood, each guarding past and present secrets. In an astonishing climax all their private mysteries are finally revealed. The cycle goes on, the family will endure - but at a price.

London: Century, 2003. Hardback. 368pp. Dust jacket. Saturday night dates at the skating rink have been a tradition in the small town of Heartsdale for as long as anyone can remember. But when a teenage quarrel explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton, the town's paediatrician and medical examiner, finds herself entangled in a horrific tragedy. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket near fine and unclipped.

London: Hutchinson, 1992. First edition, 1992. Signed by the author on the title page with a dedication 'to Michael with best wishes'. Hardback. 345pp. Black cloth boards with gilt to spine. Dust jacket. When three people are discovered shot at Tancred House, Chief Inspector Wexford comes to believe there is a connection between two apparently unrelated crimes. Only the seventeen-year-old daughter of one of the victims survives to provide the most confusing of clues. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket near fine and unclipped.

London: Jonathan A. Pye, 2007. Spiral binding. Near fine/No dust jacket issued.. Jonathan A. Pye, London, 2007. Book condition: near fine. No jacket (as issued). Covers many different types of knee injury and treatments. Also discusses supplements and rehabilitation methods. Essential reading for anyone - but especially the athletic - who are plagued by knee problems.

London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to The Medici Society, 1914. Limited edition of 1,000 (copy no 106). First published in 'The Sketch Book' 1819. Reprinted in the Riccardi Press Books 1914. Hardback. vii, 54, [2], i pp. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to upper board and spine. No jacket. Book in good condition. Boards generally lightly soiled with some minor damp staining to leading edge of upper board. Internally clean and free of spotting.

London: Hutchinson, 1990. First edition. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket issued.. Hutchinson, London, 1990. First paperback edition. Book condition: good. Very minor shelf wear only. Slight tanning to paper. Binding very sound and spine uncreased. Ruth Fainlight's use of rhyme and assonance and her analytical gifts are revealed in this colection, with peoms about living in London and abroad, poems embodying reactions to works of art, and most of all, poems about the heart's affections. Ruth fainlight has an astonishing intensity and a lightness of touch.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1997. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1997. First edition. Book condition: near fine. Dust jacket condition: near fine & unclipped. With incisively observed characters and perfect prose, in Kowloon Tong Paul Theroux has created one of his very finest novels