![Le Pavillon des Caractères Tracés: Petit Vocabulaire Chinois [Cover title: "Short Chinese Vocabulary"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/569/043/1511043569.0.m.jpg)
Le Pavillon des Caractères Tracés: Petit Vocabulaire Chinois [Cover title: "Short Chinese Vocabulary"]
by Alain Mc Kenzie
Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1970. Very Good. [Paris]: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1970. First Edition. Tall, narrow octavo (24cm.); publisher's decorative white card wrappers printed in red and black, French flaps; 270pp.; Chinese text printed in red throughout, text in English and French printed in black. Light wear and dustiness, faint spine crease, else Very Good and sound.
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![Personal Narrative of a Journey From India to England, by Bussorah, Bagdad, the Ruins of Babylon, Curdistan, the Court of Persia, the Western Shore of the Caspian Sea, Astrakhan, Nishney Novogorod, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh, in the Year 1824. [Two volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/766/484/1513484766.0.m.jpg)
Personal Narrative of a Journey From India to England, by Bussorah, Bagdad, the Ruins of Babylon, Curdistan, the Court of Persia, the Western Shore of the Caspian Sea, Astrakhan, Nishney Novogorod, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh, in the Year 1824. [Two volumes]
by George Keppel
London: Henry Colburn, 1827. Very Good. London: Henry Colburn, 1827. Second Edition. Two octavo volumes. 336 pp. 326 pp. + 10 pp. publisher's advertisements. Two hand-colored frontispieces, plate of Tauk Kisra, eight in-text woodcuts, and folding map of the author's route from Bussorah to Kizliar on the Borders of the Desert of Astrakhan with route in red. Bound... Read More
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Negro Poets and Their Poems
by Robert T. Kerlin
Washington, DC: Associated Publishers, Inc, 1923. Very Good. Washington, DC: Associated Publishers, Inc., 1923. First Edition. Octavo. 285pp. Frontispiece; photographs. Green cloth stamped in gilt; no dust jacket. Light wear to edges and joints; corners bumped; gilt dulled; stains to front and rear. Rear hinge starting but binding holding. Minor smudges to interior, else unmarked; a Very Good... Read More
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From Art to Theatre: Form and Convention in the Renaissance
by George R. Kernodle
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1944. Very Good/Very Good. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1944. First Edition. Octavo; ix + 255pp, including bibliography and index. Sixty-two B&W primary source documentary illustrations, some full page, others embedded in text. Brown dust jacket with curtained proscenium outline on front panel. Royal blue boards. Gilt spine lettering. Top of text-block stained... Read More
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The Scripture of the Golden Eternity
by Jack Kerouac
New York: Totem Press, 1960. Very Good. New York: Totem Press, 1960. Third Printing. Octavo (20cm); [23]pp. Publisher’s illustrated wrapper with 95¢ price intact. Wrapper shows some toning with more significant foxing to front panel; faint toning and foxing to rear panel. Wrapper verso shows some foxing and toning; especially to front panel. Textblock toned; interior pages show... Read More
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The Subterraneans
by Jack Kerouac
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1958. Very Good. New York: Grove Press, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Mass market paperback (16cm); 126pp. Publisher's illustrated wrapper with 35¢ price intact. Wrapper shows minor bumping to edges and corners; significant scratch to front panel but does not obstruct text. Spine a bit cocked but unbroken. Textblock toned; interior pages slightly... Read More
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![If the Dead Rise Not [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/457/863/1663863457.0.m.jpg)
If the Dead Rise Not [Signed]
by Philip Kerr
London: Quercus, 2009. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Quercus, 2009. First Edition. Large octavo (24 cm); 455pp. Black clothbound boards with silver stamping to spine wrapped in publisher's illustrated dust jacket with price intact (£17.99). Jacket has light bumping and scuffing to extremities. Board spine ends and corners lightly bumped with minor white spots to fore-edge of boards from... Read More
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March Violets
by Philip Kerr
London: Viking, 1989. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Viking, 1989. First UK Edition. Octavo (22 cm); 245pp. Maroon cloth boards with gilt stamping to spine wrapped in publishers illustrated dust jacket with price intact ($17.95/£11.95). Maroon endsheets. Jacket gently scuffed, rubbed, and scratched with minor creasing to edges and flaps. Board corners and spine ends lightly bumped... Read More
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![Prague Fatale [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/450/806/1662806450.0.m.jpg)
Prague Fatale [Signed]
by Philip Kerr
London: Quercus, 2011. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Quercus, 2011. First Edition. Large octavo (24 cm); 439pp. Boards full bound in black cloth with silver stamping in publisher's pictorial dust jacket with price intact (£17.99). Jacket gently bumped and rubbed at extremities. Board spine ends lightly bumped with white transfer from verso of jacket to board fore-edges. Pages clean.... Read More
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Mastry
by Kerry James Marshall; Helen Molesworth [ed.]
New York: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago et al. / Skira Rizzoli, 2017. Very Good +. New York: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago et al. / Skira Rizzoli, 2017. Fourth Printing. Quarto. 289 p. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Grey cloth stamped in black with mounted color illustration to front. Illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket, presumably... Read More
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Clock Without Hands
by Gerald Kersh
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1949. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1949. First Edition. 12mo (19 cm); 249pp. Boards full bound in black cloth with silver stamping to spine wrapped in publisher's dust jacket with price intact (9s6d). Jacket generally creased and dust soiled with toning and minor scratches to panels. Spine ends bumped and... Read More
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The Dead Look On
by Gerald Kersh
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1943. Very Good +/Very Good. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1943. First Edition. 12mo (19 cm); 150pp. Black cloth-bound boards with silver stamping to spine in publisher's cream dust jacket with price intact (7s. 6d.) Jacket gently foxed and rubbed with minor chips and tears as well as light soiling and sunning to spine. Boards... Read More
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Walther: A German Legend
by Manfred Kersten
Long Beach, CA: Safari Press Inc, 2001. Near Fine/Near Fine. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press Inc., 2001. First Edition. Square quarto. 400 pp. Color and b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Light rubbing to edges of unclipped dust jacket with a couple surface scratches. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Near... Read More
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The Development of American Citizenship, 1608-1870
by James H. Kettner
Williamsburg, VA / Chapel Hill, NC: Institute of Early American History and Culture / University of North Carolina Press, 1978. Very Good/Very Good. Williamsburg, VA / Chapel Hill, NC: Institute of Early American History and Culture / University of North Carolina Press, [1978]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in blue and yellow dust jacket; xi,[1],391pp. Light shelf... Read More
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![A Book for Boston in which are gathered essays, stories, and poems by divers hands especially written in honor of the city upon the occasion of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its incorporation, the twentieth day of September anno domini sixteen hundred and thirty [Inscribed and Signed by Mayor White]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/178/565/1715565178.0.m.jpg)
A Book for Boston in which are gathered essays, stories, and poems by divers hands especially written in honor of the city upon the occasion of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its incorporation, the twentieth day of September anno domini sixteen hundred and thirty [Inscribed and Signed by Mayor White]
by Kevin H. White [mayor]; Archibald MacLeish [foreword]; Julia Child [contr.]
Boston: David R. Godine, 1980. Very Good/Very Good. [Boston]: David R. Godine, [1980]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's cloth in price-clipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; viii,216pp.; illus. throughout. Moderate shelf wear and dust-soil, top textblock edge quite foxed; overall Very Good, internally clean and sound. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by Kevin H. White, the Mayor... Read More
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![Letters from a Senator's Wife [The Author's Copy, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/978/530/1603530978.0.m.jpg)
Letters from a Senator's Wife [The Author's Copy, Signed]
by Frances Parkinson Keyes
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1924. Very Good/Very Good. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1924. First Edition with "1" to final page. Octavo; publisher's boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 339pp.; black and white photographs throughout. Dust jacket chipped and creased along edges; general spotting and rubbing. Boards show light wear and fading to edges; bumped at corners; light... Read More
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![Arab Contemporaries: The Role of Personalities in Politics [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/984/971/1673971984.0.m.jpg)
Arab Contemporaries: The Role of Personalities in Politics [Signed]
by Majid Khadduri
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973. Very Good/Very Good. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973. First Edition. Inscribed by Khadduri at front free endpaper with inscription, "To my friend David Calleo with warmest regards and good wishes, Majid Khadduri." Octavo. 255pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Olive boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket scuffed and rubbed with... Read More
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![The Ape's Wife and Other Stories [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/639/872/1446872639.0.m.0.jpg)
The Ape's Wife and Other Stories [Signed]
by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2013. Near Fine/Near Fine. Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2013. Limited First Edition of 600 copies signed by Kiernan on limitation page, this being #155. Octavo. 279 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown leather boards lettered in gilt. Dust jacket gently rubbed at crown and corners. Sturdy and square in boards, and pages clean and... Read More
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![Dear Sweet Filthy World [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/156/873/1446873156.0.m.jpg)
Dear Sweet Filthy World [Signed]
by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2017. Fine/Near Fine. Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2017. Limited First Edition of 600 copies signed by Kiernan on limitation page, this being #65. Octavo. 297 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black leather boards lettered in silver. Lacks The Aubergine Alphabet companion chapbook. Dust jacket gently rubbed at extremities. Sturdy and square in boards, and pages... Read More
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![Granville Massachusetts to Ohio: A Story of the Migration and Settlement [Signed and Inscribed to Victor H. Kramer]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/135/241/1475241135.0.m.jpg)
Granville Massachusetts to Ohio: A Story of the Migration and Settlement [Signed and Inscribed to Victor H. Kramer]
by Horace King
Granville: The Granville Sentinel Publishing Company, 1989. Very Good/Very Good. Granville, OH: The Granville Sentinel Publishing Company, 1989. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Signed by the author to noted antitrust-turned-public-interest attorney and law professor Victor H. Kramer and his wife Solveig, with inscription "To: Victor Kramer who taught me to sail, then we were shipwrecked with me at... Read More
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Mystery de Luxe
by Rufus King
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. Very Good. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. First Edition with "GHD" symbol on copyright page. Octavo; publisher's yellow-orange cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black; 304pp. Light shelf wear to cloth margins, spine a bit foxed and titling starting to flake, dust-soil to boards, most heavily to rear... Read More
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Trials of a Staff-Officer
by Charles King
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1896. Very Good +. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1896. Reprint. Octavo. 214 pp. + publisher's advertisements. Dark blue cloth boards stamped in black and gilt. Light shelfwear to boards and corners slightly bumped. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked. Overall an attractive copy of a... Read More
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Fix the Toys
by Dorothy N. King
N.p.: Dorothy N. Werblow, 1950. Very Good-. N.p.: Dorothy K. Werblow, 1950. First Edition. Oblong octavo (17.5x24cm.); publisher's spiral-bound pictorial boards; [28]pp.; color illus. throughout, mounted envelope to one page containing eight toy pieces (complete). Biopredation affecting surface of boards and internal leaves, some spotting throughout, ownership address typed twice on title page, else a Good to Very... Read More
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Holiday Homicide
by Rufus King
New York: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1940. Very Good. New York: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth, yellow topstain; [8],275pp. Moderate wear to cloth margins with brief exposure at corners, spine a bit toned, light spotting to topstain, endpapers darkened, else a Very Good, sound copy. ... Read More
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Valcour Meets Murder: A Lieutenant Valcour Mystery
by Rufus King
Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1932. Very Good. Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company, [1932]. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth stamped in red, red topstain, map endpapers; xi,[1],306pp. Light wear to cloth margins, spine and upper cover unevenly sunned, spine a bit cocked, else a Very Good, sound... Read More
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