Search Results: Titles starting with K from Johnson Rare Books & Archives

Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. A middle-aged writer and Holocaust survivor explains to a friend why he cannot bring a child into a world that allows such horrors as the Holocaust. This is the third novel in a trilogy inspired in part by the author's experiences as a young Hungarian Jew in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. Kertesz (1929-2016) was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history." Octavo. Original blue paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with gilt titles. The publisher's press release is laid in. Some light foxing to the top edge; else fine in a fine dust jacket.

An archive of holographic letters written by members of a multi-generational show business family which found success on the stage and screen and behind the scenes from Broadway to Hollywood. The family patriarch was Bert Kalmar (born Albert Kalvarinsky, 1884 -1947), a successful lyricist who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He entered show business as a vaudeville magician and comedian and became a songwriter after a knee injury sidelined his stage career. In addition to yielding numerous hits for the Marx Brothers, his partnership with Harry Ruby was portrayed in the 1950 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical Three Little Words with Fred Astaire and Red Skelton. Before turning to songwriting, Kalmar was in a vaudeville act with Jessie Brown (1892-1985), whom he married in 1910. They had two children: Irving Bert Kalmar, Jr. (1913-97) and Margaret "Peggy" Kalmar (1928-64). Peggy married Robert Allison in 1950 and had no children. This archive contains more than 200 letters, mostly… Read More

Leavenworth: Crew & Bro, 1888. Hardcover. Good. Fifth Edition, Thirteenth Thousand. Octavo: 317 p. with advertisements at the front and rear. The original black cloth binding has been recased with the original spine laid down and some restoration to the gilt titles on the front panel. Holographic recipes ("Graham Pudding" and "Coffee Ice", for example) appear on several of the blank leaves inserted periodically within the text. Mild toning and occasional staining to the contents, with negligible creasing to the top corner of a small number of leaves. The boards are a bit rubbed along the extremities. Brown 1086. First published in 1874, and long believed to be the first cookbook published in Kansas, The Kansas Home Cook-Book was actually the second: it followed The Ladies Floral Calendar and Household Receipt Book (Lawrence, 1868). Both were part of what food historian Janice Bluestein Longone calls "the trickle of early books published in the 1860s and 1870s [that] quickly became a flood that… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Kant's lectures on anthropology, which formed the basis of his Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798), contain many observations on human nature, culture and psychology, and illuminate his distinctive approach to the human sciences. The essays in the present volume, written by an international team of leading Kant scholars, offers the first comprehensive scholarly assessment of these lectures, their philosophical importance, their evolution and their relation to Kant's critical philosophy." Octavo: xvi, 270 p. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with just a hint of edgewear.

Chicago: The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Limited to 1,000 copies. Signed and dated by Kara Walker on the title page. Artist's catalogue produced on the occasion of Walker's exhibition "Presenting Negro Scenes Drawn Upon my Passage through the South and Reconfigured for the Benefit of Enlightened Audiences Wherever Such may be Found, by Myself, Missus K.E.B. Walker, Colored". Reproduces both cut-outs and watercolors featured in the exhibition, along with a number of installation views, interspersed with a series of provocative texts from Walker (b.1969), exploring her "Inner Plantation". The recipient of a MacArthur fellowship, Walker (b.1969) is regarded as among the most prominent and acclaimed Black American artists working today. Quarto. Full cloth binding, with a gold-leaf oval motif on the front panel and decorative black stamping. Issued without a dust jacket. Minor scuffing to the gold motif, as is often the case; else very good… Read More

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 76 p. Postscript by Field-Marshall Earl Wavell, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., M.C. Nine illustrations and a drawing by Gino Severini. Second edition. From the library of William W. Clary (1888-1971), the prominent Southern California attorney whose renowned Oxford collection is housed at the Claremont Colleges, with his small bookplate to the front pastedown. Octavo. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. Internally crisp and clean. Mild browning to the extremities of the dust jacket; else near fine.

New York: Hillman-Curl, Inc, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Drawings by Fred L. Fox. New York: Hillman-Curl, Inc., 1940. First edition. A satire of Adolf Hitler and the rise of Nazi ideology published on the eve of World War II. This work was a collaboration between screenwriter William Conselman and his daughter Deirdre. Inscribed and dated in December 1939 (just prior to publication) by Deirdre Conselman on the front flyleaf. Small quarto. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Minor wear to the corners and tips. The dust jacket is browned and somewhat edgeworn, with a chip to the top corner of the front panel; otherwise very good.

New York: Random House, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Perelman takes aim at advertising, movies, radio, magazines, and other subjects in this collection of humorous essays. Octavo. Original tan cloth binding, with black and red stamping. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first American edition. A darkly compassionate satire of capitalism's constraints set in 1930s London. From the library of Emmy Award-winning screenwriter David Lloyd (1934-2009), with his name on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original dark green cloth binding, with silver and light green titles. Mild wear to the corners and tips. The dust jacket is a little rubbed, with a closed tear to the bottom of the front joint and front fold, respectively, and some creasing to the front panel; else very good.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Collector's Edition, signed by President Jimmy Carter. A volume in The Library of Presidents series, with a special introduction by Edmund S. Muskie, former United States Senator and Secretary of State during the Carter Administration, laid in. Octavo. Full gray leather binding, with elegant gilt stamping, two raised bands, decorative endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy.

Huntington, West Virginia: Standard Publications, Inc, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Edited by Ellis Christian Lenz. Frontispiece, with numerous textual photographs and illustrations. Huntington, West Virginia: Standard Publications, Inc., 1946. First edition. The author's second book about hunting rifles, preceded by Big Game Rifles and Cartridges (1936). Keith (1899-1984) discusses rifles and calibers for various hunting scenarios, including hunting in timber, long range stalking, and hunting dangerous game, as well as how to care for the rifle once the hunt is complete. Inscribed and dated by Keith on a prefatory blank leaf. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with silver and green stamping. A bit of foxing to the top edge, with some general minor edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Riling 2551.

A hand-drawn map entitled "A Plan of a Roman Barrow and Earth Works at White Heath in the Parish of Hollingbourne in the County of Kent Opened 26 July 1842 on the Estate of Charles Wykeham Martin, Esquire" which is signed Alfred Payer and dated August 1, 1842. White Heath is the site of a Saxon burial which was the subject of a major excavation in 1912. This 1842 map identifies the broken ground, hedge, building and road locations, along with the place where some artifacts were found. The drawing shows that two urns and a cup were excavated, as well as faint braces of earthworks. According to Volume 65 (1952) of Archaeologica Cantiana, a report about the findings at White Heath was presented to the British Archaeological Association in the proceedings of that society for 1847. It was reported that "Mr. Alfred Pryer exhibited coloured drawings of sixty five beads, discovered at White Heath, Hollingbourne, Kent, in excavating a spot where, a short time since, some Saxon weapons and skeletons were… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Sue Grafton on the title page. The author's first published novel, a work of mainstream fiction concerning a widow who lives "on the brink of poverty" with her children in a small Kentucky town. Grafton (1940-2017) followed this with The Lolly-Madonna War (1969) before beginning her Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet" mystery series. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. A tight, unread copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

London: Bantam Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Frederick Forsyth on the title page. A war-on-terror thriller from the Diamond Dagger Award-winning author. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American Edition, first printing. Review copy, with the publisher's press release laid in. Signed by Bernard Cornwell on the title page. An eccentric and reluctant aristocrat just wants to be left alone to be a sea-gypsy, but a theft from his ancestral home hauls him back to Britain and mayhem. This novel was published as Sea Lord in the United Kingdom. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American Edition, first printing. Signed by Ruth Rendell on the title page. Weaves together the ultimately deadly stories of Pup Yearman, who sold his soul to the devil, his unhappy older sister, and butcher-knife keeper Diarmit Bawne. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. $35.

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Signed, with an original drawing, by Audrey Wood and illustrator Don Wood on the front flyleaf. Despite please from his court, a fun-loving king refuses to get out of his bathtub to rule his kingdom. A Caldecott Honor book, colorfully illustrated throughout. Quarto. Original tan cloth binding, with gilt stamping. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.See this book and other children's books at the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, October 8-9 at the Seattle Center. For more information and tickets, visit: www.SeattleBookFair.com

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Inscribed by Mack Sennett on the front flyleaf. The father of American slapstick comedy in motion pictures, Canadian-American director and producer Mack Sennett (1880-1960) was an influential figure in the silent era of Hollywood film production who helped launch the careers of Fatty Arbuckle and Charlie Chaplin, among others. Octavo: 284 p. with 38 photographs and illustrations. Original black cloth binding, with red stamping. Ink stamp (Culver-Palms VFW) to the top edge of the front flyleaf. The dust jacket is a bit rubbed, with some mild sun fading along the spine; otherwise very good.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1897. Hardcover. Very good. An early printing. A picaresque novel, which became a short-lived musical comedy in 1979. A British author, Zangwill (1864-1926) was at the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century, and was a close associate of Theodor Herzl. Inscribed by Zangwill on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles and pictorial black stamping. Minor crease to the front flyleaf. Some general dust staining to the top edge. The spine is darkened a bit, with a bit of wear to the corners and tips, and occasional mild soiling; otherwise about very good.

New York: Boar's Head Books, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first translation of the entire cycle of Ubu plays: Ubu roi (1896; "King Turd"), Ubu enchaine (1900; "King Turd Enslaved") and Ubu cocu (1944; "Turd Cuckolded"). A dark metaphor for man in the modern age, King Turd is regarded as the first absurdist drama and an important influence on the Theatre of the Absurd school, which included such writers as Jean Genet, Samuel Beckett, and Eugene Ionesco. Translated by Beverley Keith and G. Legman. Octavo. Original orange cloth binding, with gilt titles. Neat pencil notation to the front flyleaf referencing Paul Bowles. The corners are a bit bumped. Some very mild wear to the dust jacket, which is especially bright. A very good copy.