SALAMINA
by Kent, Rockwell. (Ross, Arthur Leonard). Ubbelohde, Otto (bookplate design)
NY: Harcourt Brace, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition in first state dustjacket. Ownership copy of attorney Arthur Leonard Ross (d. 1975) who was a friend of Emma Goldman and represented the literary estates of Fred Harris and the like. With Ross' printed bookplate drawn by German artist Otto Ubbelohde and engraved by Botho Schmidt.... Read More
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VOYAGING SOUTHEARD FROM THE STRAIGHT OF MAGELLAN
by Kent, Rockwell. Canfield, Dorothy (introduction by)
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. First edition, pictorial cover printed in black on light tan, linen-backed boards, decorated endpapers. xv + 184, gte. Bottom corners slightly worn , firmly bound, no PONs or inscriptions. A collectable copy.
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THE DOLL NAMED SILVIO
by Kernan, Michael. Parker, Robert Andrew (illustrator)
Didymus Press, 2007. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Fine. A fine copy, published in a limited number of 100 copies, this the Artist's Proof signed initialed "A.P." and signed by Parker on teh colophon. Laid-in is a fine copy of the 4-page prospectus for the publication. THE collectible copy.
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THE DHARMA BUMS
by Kerouac, Jack
NY: Viking, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A solid copy of the first edition in an original, clipped dustjacket that shows surface wear, is modestly edgeworn and has a small triangular piece missing at spine head. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus. BEATS.
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Choreography by George Balanchine: A Catalogue of Works
by Kerstein, Lincoln (preface by)
New York: Eakins Press Foundation, 1983. First Edition. Beige Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. Beige cloth, in an acetone dustjacket, in a cardboard publisher's slipcase. Yellowed spine, in a very good slipcase with closed tears to corners of open end. Internals as new. This catalogue covers every known work staged or choreographed by Balanchine, including ballets, opera dances, operettas, movies,... Read More
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The American Shooter's Manual, comprising Such Plain and Simple Rules, as are necessary to introduce the inexperienced into a Full Knowledge of all that relates to the Dog, and the Correct Use of the Gun; also a description of the Game of This Country, By a Gentleman of Philadelphia County
by (Kester, Jesse K.)
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Carey, 1827. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. First edition, second issue with "ribbon": corrected on page 253. 8vo, xii, (13)-249,(1),(3) advertisements, with three engraved plates, including frontispiece. Rebinding copy, in original or old calf front cover detached, ffe torn, front leaves (through x) sprung, foxed throughout, but all original elemets present. HUNTING SPORTS DOGS SHOOTING.... Read More
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Hank Ketcham : The Merchant of Dennis
by Ketcham, Hank
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Abbeville Press, Incorporated, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine +. signed and inscribed on the half title "Warmest regards to _____ and ___-/My Connecticut Yankee pals from 'way back!/Hank/10-27-95/Pebble Beach", half title has paperclip impression, top edge of dw spine tape repaired, else fine.
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Homage to Adana
by Kherdian, David
Mount Horeb WI: Perishable Press, 1970. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited to 120 press-numbered copies, this numbered 49. 8vo. Blue-grey cloth-backed boards, red=leather corners, gilt-pressedspien titles. Palatino hand-aset type omnhand-made Shadwell paper. Unpagina ted (approx. 20). Title page drawing by Robert Totten. Elegant poetry from Armenian-American poet dedicated to the memory of his father born in... Read More
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THE ROAD YUBA CITY: A JOURNEY INTO THE JUAN CORONA MURDERS
by Kidder, Tracy
NY: Doubleday, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Kidder's first book, inscribed by him on title page. Near fine all around in unclipped dustjacket.
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Vigils
by Kilmer, Aline
NY George H. Doran 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good paper-backed boards w/ title pastedown, cloth spine. Laid-in are five typewritten poems presumably authored by Kilmer: Week End, Release, Diagonasl, Ignis Fatuus, and Escape, as this title was found along w/ Candles That Burm (see our other listing for that title) which contains two holographic poems... Read More
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Candles That Burn
by Kilmer, Aline
NY George H. Doran 1919 0. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Near fine paper-backed boards, pastedowns front and spine. On ffe is holiographic poem - presumably unpublished - entitled "Things" dedicated to Sara King Loomis (from prominent Connect icut family) of five, 3-line stanzas signed by Kilmer and dated May 13, 1919. Another poem, laid-in on single sheet... Read More
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THE COMPLETE LYRICS OF COLE PORTER
by Kimball, Robert. Updike, John (intro). Drake, Alfred (ownership copy)
NY: Knopf, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Presentation copy from author Kimball to Broadway baritone legend Alfred Drake, who originated the role of Petruchio in the Porter's KISS ME KATE. Inscribed by Kimball "with admiration and warm regards" on the ffe.
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THE TRANSFIGURATION OF MISS PHILURA
by Kingsley, Florence Morse
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1911. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. Richardson , Rome K (decorative covers). Brown, Ethel Pennewill (text decorations and illust). Remarkably well-conserved, as new copy still in publisher'sgift box. Elaborate mixed element floral cover design by Richardson K. Rome on green cloth. Text illustrtaions and decorations by Ethel Pennewill Brown. 8vo, gte, sides... Read More
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Thoughts Occasioned by the Most Insignificant of All Human Events
by Kinnell, Galway
Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1982. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. No. 54/150 numbered copies signed by author.
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WHAT A KINGDOM IT WAS
by Kinnell, Galway
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in near fine dw. A collectibel copy.
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THERE ARE THINGS I TELL TO NO ONE
by Kinnell, Galway
NY: NADJA, 1979. First Edition Limited. Soft cover. As New. One of 26 lettered copies, this Q. Signed by Kinnell on colophon and by publisher Carol Sturm and pressman Douglas Wolf on added sheet at rear.
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TEAR
by Kinsella, Thomas
Cambridge MA: Pym-Randall Press, 1969. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Fine copy, as new really. Limited edition, 200 numbered copies, this copy "G" of the 26 lettered copies, and uncommon thus, signed by Kinsella on limitation colophon. Orange stiff covers, string sewn.
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Tear
by Kinsella, Thomas
Cambridge: Pym-Randall Press, 1969. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. No. 74/200 copies signed by author. Yellow edition.
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Tear
by Kinsella, Thomas
Cambridge: Pym-Randall Press, 1969. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Letter g/26 lettered copies signed by author. Orange suppressed edition.
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TEAR
by Kinsella, Thomas
Cambridge MA: Pym-Randall Press, 1969. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Fine copy, as new really. Limited edition, 200 numbered copies, this number 74, signed by Kinsella on limitation colophon. Gold stiff covers, string sewn.
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SONGS OF THE SEA FROM RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE
by Kipling, Rudyard. Maxwell, Donald (illustrator)
London: Macmillan and Co, 1927. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. VG+. One of five hundred large paper copies, and signed by Kipling.Vellum spine with gilt title, and light blue paper over boards. Some wear to front cover, internals fine.
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Selected Works of Rudyard Kipling (Mine Own People, Phantom Rickshaw, Plain Tales from the Hill, Soldiers ThreeThe Light that Failed and Back Room Ballads) (Salesman's Dummy)
by Kipling, Rudyard
Boston: Desmond Publishing Co, 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Salesman's dummy for the six volume set, sold by subscription. With frontispiece portrait, title page, 5 photogravure plates w/tissue guards and about 10 pages of text with some duotones. Though title page is for Soldiers Three, the elements in the book appear to be from it and the... Read More
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SHINE
by Kipniss, Robert
Rhinebeck, NY: Four Directions Press, 2017. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New. A heartwarming novella from the celebrated artist, inspired by locales in Queens where the artist grew up. SHINE is the story of an almost 12 year-old shoe-shine boy living with his crippled father in Corona, an impoverished, mostly Italian, outlying part of Queens in 1942. When his... Read More
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Fertighasuer: Montagebauweisen, Industriemabiges Bauen
by Kistenmacher, Gustav
Tubingen: Ernst Wasmuth, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 184 pages, illustrated w/ b&w photos, plans, drawings in pictorial dw.
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THE NIGHT SIDE OF EUROPE AS SEEN BY A BROADWAYITE ABROAD
by Kitchen, Karl K. Roth, Herb (illustrations by)
Cleveland: The David Gibson Company, 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good -. Scarce memoir/ travelogue of a New Yorker gallivanting to all the swell places that swell people recreate in the capitals of Europe. Paper-backed boards with gilt titles and pictorial pastedown in color, 8vo, 196p. Spine a wee shaken, and worn about edges, most noticeably for a short... Read More
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