Mine Own People
by Rudyard Kipling
New York: Lovell, Coryell & Company, 1891. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1891 1st American edition. VG-, with light soiling at the panels and spine. Neat former owner name at front pastedown, first blank and title page. 12mo, 268 pgs. Housed in a handsome custom-made box, with folding chemise.
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Songs from Books
by Rudyard Kipling
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. The 1912 1st edition, preceding the British edition by 1 year. Tight and VG+ in its dark cloth, with bright gilt-titling and blindstamping along the front panel. And in a perfectly serviceable, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light creasing and wear along the spine ends, light... Read More
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Stalky & Cie
by Rudyard Kipling
Paris: Librairie Delagrave, 1938. 3/4 leather. Near Fine. E. Carlegle. #90 of 100 copies (within the larger limitation of 1,210 copies) of this handsome 1938 French edition of Kipling's "Stalky & Co."). Bound in 3/4 pebbled green morocco over marbled boards. 3 raised bands, bright gilt-tilting and lovely Art Deco gilt-tooling along the spine. Matching marbled endsheets and... Read More
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Sur le Mur de la Ville ("On the City Wall")
by Rudyard Kipling
Paris: Librairie Delagrave, 1938. 3/4 leather. Near Fine. Georges Leroux. #90 of 100 copies (within the larger limitation of 1,210 copies) of this handsome 1938 French edition of Kipling's "On the City Wall"). Bound in 3/4 pebbled green morocco over marbled boards. 3 raised bands, bright gilt-tilting and lovely Art Deco gilt-tooling along the spine. Matching marbled endsheets... Read More
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Limits and Renewals
by Rudyard Kipling
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1932. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1932 stated 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine (with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with very, very lighty staining along the spine. Thick octavo, 371 pgs. Housed in a custom-made... Read More
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The Acid Eaters
by Rolf Kirby
New York: An Olympic Foto-Reader (B.B. Sales Co.), 1968. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. 1968 novelization--with over 60 photographs--of wild, orgiastic, LSD-fueled weekend for a club of bikers and their women. A bright, clean, Near Fine copy in its original pictorial wrappers. One very small and neat publisher's gash running thru the book along the top edge. 16mo,... Read More
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The Butterflies and Moths of Europe
by W.F. Kirby
Cassell and Co, 1903. Hardcover. 1903. A bright, well-preserved, VG+ copy. Half leather over marbled boards. 5 raised bands and hand-tooled gilt-lettering on spine. Thick quarto, 431 pgs. With 55 sumptuous color plates.
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Kyogen Costumes: Suo (Jackets) and Kataginu (Shoulder-Wings)
by Introduction and Captions by Ken Kirihata
London: Thames and Hudson, 1980. Cloth. Near Fine. The 1980 1st English language edition. Folio, tight and Near Fine in its oatmeal cloth. Inconspicuous remainder mark at the bottom-edge, otherwise clean as could be. And in an all-but-immaculate example of the printed cardboard slipcase.
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Woman's Home Companion Cook Book (In Dustjacket)
by Edited by Dorothy Kirk
New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1951. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. An especially clean, tight copy of the 1951 edition. Solid and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with several tiny closed tears along the upper edges. Thick octavo, internally clean as could be, with no writing or markings of any kind. Handsome and very... Read More
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The First Book of Gardening
by Virginia Kirkus
New York, 1956. Pictorial boards. Very Good +/Very Good. Helene Carter. A very impressive copy of the 1956 stated 1st edition of this lovely title in the wonderful "First Book of" chilfdren's series. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($1.95), VG dustjacket, with mild soiling and offsetting at the panels. Still though very presentable.... Read More
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One Day in Ancient Rome
by G.B. Kirtland
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Jerome Snyder. A lovely copy of the 1961 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout by Jerome Snyder.
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Picturing Quantum Processes: A First Course in Quantum Theory and Diagrammatic Reasoning
by Bob Coecke and Aleks Kissinger
Cambridge University Press, 2017. Laminate boards. Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of the 2017 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its pictorial laminate boards. Thick octavo, 827 pgs. all told.
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Unemployment: The Cause and a Remedy
by Arthur Kitson
London: Cecil Palmer, 1921. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. The 1921 stated 1st edition, IN ITS VERY UNCOMMON DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG (former owner bookplate at the front free endpaper, offsetting along the front pastedown) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine crown. 12mo, Kitson (1859-1937), a British monetary theorist and inventor, would... Read More
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Neasden Control Centre
by Robert Klanten
Berlin: Die Gestalten Verlag, 2003. Original wraps. Near Fine. Stephen Smith, Marcus Diamond, Ross Holden and Matt Ward. Interesting 2003 monograph mostly on the work of British artist Stephen Smith. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Tall quarto, crisp color plates thruout.
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Everything Else...
by Daniel L. Klauck
Washington, D.C.: King Publications, 1976. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY DANIEL KLAUCK TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent literary critic and one-time editor of Ramparty Magazine. VG in itspictorial wrappers, with vety light soiling at the rear panel. Octavo, 78 pgs. #67 of "One Hundred Reserved Copies Specially Prepared" Signed by Author.
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On Modern Art
by Paul Klee
London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1948. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1948 1st English language --and 1st UK-- edition. Clean and VG in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with chipping (including 2" of loss) at the spine crown and along the panel edges --and light soiling to the panels. Still though, a presentable copy. Oblong octavo, 55 pgs.... Read More
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Before Dawn on Bluff Road: Selected New Jersey Poems AND Hollyhocks in the Fog: Selected San Francisco Poems
by August Kleinzahler
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. Boards. Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED BY AUGUST KLEINZAHLER on the front free endpaper. A pristine copy to boot of the 2017 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Includes both the poetry collections "Before Dawn on Bluff Road" AND (on the reverse side) "Hollyhocks in the Fog
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A Calendar of Airs
by August Kleinzahler
Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1978. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The 1978 1st edition of August Kleinzahler's second published book. Solid and VG in its blue pictorial wrappers, with very light offseting at the rear panel. Octavo, 60 pgs.
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Die Basilika San Francesco in Assissi (Vol.II {of III})
by Beda Kleinschmidt
Berlin: Verlag Fur Kunstwissenschaft, 1926. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1926 1st edition of this exhaustive study of the Basilica at St. Francis of Assissi. Vol. II of 3 volumes, each volume complete unto itself. Bound in a beautifully and lavishly gilt-decorated navy-blue cloth. Light scuffing at the rear panel, intermittent foxing to the text (none... Read More
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Woody Guthrie: A Life
by Joe Klein
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR JOE KLEIN on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of this handsome 1980 hardback. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo, the first book published by the important political journalist and author Joe Klein (Primary Colors,... Read More
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Queueing Systems, Volume 1: Theory
by Leonard Kleinrock
New York: John Wiley, 1975. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A crisp, clean copy of the 1975 1st edition. VG in a bright, VG dustjacket with one small and unobtrusive closed tear along the bottom edge of the front panel. Thick octavo, 417 pgs.
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What Would You Do If..
by Leonore Klein
New York: William R. Scott, 1956. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good -. Leonard Kessler. INSCRIBED BY THE BOOK'S ILLUSTRATOR LEONARD KESSLER (AND INCLUDING AN ORIGINAL DRAWING) on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1956 1st edition. Tight and VG (with light soiling to the front panel) in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with spotting at... Read More
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If I Had My Way
by Norma Klein
New York: Pantheon Books, 1974. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ray Cruz. INSCRIBED BY NORMA KLEIN TO AUTHOR ERICA JONG AND HER HUSBAND ALLAN on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1974 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, nicely illustrated throughout in rich color... Read More
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Tokio
by William Klein
Hamburg: Nannen-Verlag, 1965. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY WILLIAM KLEIN TO CURATOR ANDREW ROTH on the half-title. A very impressive copy to boot of the 1965 1st German edition, published out of Hamburg. Tight and Near Fine (tiny former owner inscription at the first blank endpaper) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of... Read More
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Moskau
by William Klein
Hamburg: Nannen-Verlag, 1965. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY WILLIAM KLEIN TO CURATOR ANDREW ROTH on the half-title. A very impressive copy to boot of the 1965 1st German edition, published out of Hamburg. Tight and Near Fine (tiny former owner inscription at the first blank endpaper) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of... Read More
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