The Life of a South African Tribe (2 Vols.)
by Henri A. Junod
Neuchatel (Switzerland), 1912. Hardcover. 1912 1st editions, 2 vols. IN THE VERY UNCOMMON DUSTJACKETS. VG+ in the original pictorial green cloth with gilt-lettering on front panels and spines. And in bright, VG, fragile dustjackets with a bit of chipping to the spine crowns and the foot of the spine of Vol. 1. Octavos, 1,074 pgs. all told. Vol. 1:... Read More
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Gerhard Richter Paintings 1962-1985
by Jurgen Harten, Ed
Cologne, Germany: DuMont Buchverlag, 1986. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. Beautiful copy of the 1986 catalogue raisonne and exhibition of Gerhard Richter's paintings, 1962 thru 1985. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine pictorial dustjacket. Tall quarto, 402 pgs., dual text (in both German and English). Vivid black-and-white and color reproductions thruout.
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The Vietnam Photo Book
by Mark Jury
New York: Vintage Books (Random House), 1986. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. The 1986 1st re-issue (and 1st paperback edition) of Mark Jury's seminal work in Vietnam photography. Bright and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with light creasing at the lower-tip. Quarto, crisp, very moving black-and-white photographs throughout.
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The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
New York: Epstein & Carroll, 1961. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A sharp, well-preserved copy of the 1961 stated 2nd printing. Solid and VG+ (with bright, unrubbed lettering at the spine) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with light age-toning along the panel edges and very light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 256 pgs., nicely illustrated... Read More
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Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (Volume 6)
by J.W. Emsley et al, Eds
Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1971. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A very sharp copy o the 1971 1st edition, Volume 6. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with just the sdlightest trace of rubbing at the panels. Octavo, 186 pgs.
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Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (Vol. 8)
by J.W. Emsley et al, Eds
Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1972. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The 1972 1st edition, Vol. 8. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light wear to the spine crown. Octavo, 279 pgs.
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Touch:Ritual:Magnetic North
by J Wozencroft, Ed
London: M Harding, 1985. Original wraps. Fine. Issue #5 of the 1980s British underground magazine "Touch". This issue, called "Ritual", also includes the 90 minute cassette, called "Magnetic North". The magazine is clean and Fine in its pictorial wrappers and the cassette is in pristine condition. Both the cassette and magazine are housed in a pictorial cardboard envelope,... Read More
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Byzantiumand the Early Islamic Conquests
by Walter E. Kaegi
Cambridge University Press, 1992. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1992 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 313 pgs.
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Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1946. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Leslie Sherman. A very presentable copy of the 1946 stated 2nd American printing, translated from its original German by A.L. Lloyd. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($2.75), VG dustjacket, with very light chipping and creasin --and several tiny closed tears-- along the panel... Read More
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Parables
by Franz Kafka
New York: Schocken Books, 1947. Cloth. A sharp copy of the 1947 1st American edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. 12mo, 127 pgs., much of the material appearing in English for the first time.
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The Castle (In Dustjacket)
by Franz Kafka
London: Secker & Warburg, 1942. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good -. A very serviceable copy of the 1942 3rd edition of the English language printings, translated from its original German by Willa and Edwin Muir. Solid and VG in its light-blue cloth. And in a bright, price-intact, VG- example of the uncommon dustjacket, with light chipping along the spine... Read More
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One Family
by Vardi Kahana
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2007. Collectible; Fine. First Edition. 2007 catalogue from the June-September exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum. Tight and Near Fine in its suede panels, with blindstamped titling in English and Hebrew. Quarto, stirring black-and-white family portraits thruout. Text in English, Hebrew (and Italian).
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Design in Art and Industry
by Ely Jacques Kahn
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Cloth. Very Good. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ELY KAHN on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1935 1st edition (with both the Scribner 'A' and the colophon at the copyright page). Tight and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with rubbing along the spine and light scuffing to the panels.... Read More
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Economic Diplomacy and the Origins of the Second World War: Germany, Britain, France, and Eastern Europe 1930-1939
by David E. Kaiser
Princeton University Press, 1980. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1980 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, easily Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo, internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind.
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Japanese Sword Dictionary: Emperor Kajiwara Holds the Sword (In Slipcase)
by Kajiwara Kotoken, Kajiwara Fukumatsu
Fukuoka City, Japan: Kajiwara Kotojo Company, 1989. Cloth. Near Fine. A tight, very presentable copy of the 1989 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Thick, dense folio, hundreds of crisp black-and-white illustrations (with a small number in color), each generously captioned. Text exclusively in Japanese, with not a... Read More
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Artes Visuales Del Uruguay De La Piedra a La Computadora/Visual Arts of Uruguay from the Stone to the Computer (2 Vols.)
by Angel Kalenberg
Montevideo, Uruguay: Testoni Studios Ediciones, 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine. 2001 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes and pictorial slipcase. Both volumes bright and clean and Near Fine. Folios, 447 pgs. all told, nicely-reproduced color plates thruout.
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Chronograph to Complication: The Art & Technology of Accurate Timing
by Bertram Kalisher
Hewlett, NY: Kalbe Press, 2007. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 2007 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, 232 pgs.
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Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey (Signed by 5 of the Book's Principals)
by Maira Kalman
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. Pictorial boards. Fine/Fine. Maira Kalman. A WONDERFUL ONE-OF-A-KIND COPY OF THE 2002 STATED 1ST IMPRESSION: SIGNED NOT ONLY BY THE AUTHOR MARIA KALMAN BUT ALSO BY 4 OF THE CREW MEMBERS ON THE JOHN J. HARVEY THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001. SIGNED BY "JESSICA THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER", SIGNED BY "TOM THE... Read More
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The Tintinnabulations of Boos and Applause
by David Kalugin
London: Villiers Publications, 1964. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. 1964 1st edition, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with several very small closed tears along the panel edges. Octavo, 50 pgs. Former owner bookplate inconspicuously affixed to dj's rear inner flap. Signed by Author.... Read More
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Flats: Modern Developments in Apartment House Construction
by H. Kamenka
London: Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1947. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A handsome copy of the uncommon 1947 1st edition of this impressive post-War examination of "modern developments in apartment house construction". Solid and VG+ (offsetting at the endsheets and pastedowns) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with one closed tear along the front panel's top-edge, just a... Read More
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Menage a Trois
by William Kane
Gardena, CA: Ember Library Books, 1965. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A sharp copy of the 1965 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its wonderful lurid covers. with one very small crease at the front panel and just a bit of light soiling to the rear panel. Pocket-sized, #EL 308. "Secret Sin Forged Their Pact of Shame!" (From... Read More
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Tracy and Hepburn: An Intimate Memoir
by Garson Kanin
New York: The Viking Press, 1971. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A handsome copy of the 1971 1st edition, SIGNED BY GARSON KANIN IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 307 pgs. Signed by Author.
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Critique of the Power of Judgment (In Dustjacket)
by Immanuel Kant
Cambridge University Press, 2000. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy of the 2000 1st thus, part of the formidable "Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant". Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, translated and edited by Paul Geyer and Eric Matthews. (From the dustjacket rear flap: "This entirely new translation of Kant's masterpiece follows the... Read More
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Correspondence (In Dustjacket)
by Immanuel Kant
Cambridge University Press, 1999. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy of the 1999 1st thus, part of the formidable "Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant". Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, translated and edited by Arnulf Zweig. (From the dustjacket front flap: "This is the most complete English edition of Kant's correspondence that has... Read More
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Lectures on Logic (In Dustjacket)
by Immanuel Kant
Cambridge University Press, 1992. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1992 1st thus, part of the formidable "Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant". Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light scuffing at the front panel. Octavo, translated and edited by J. Michael... Read More
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