Dimensions of Faith. Contemporary Prophetic Protestant Theology
by Kimmel, William, ed
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Spine bright. Contents clean and tight. 507 pp. Religion. REL/9192.
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An Aubrey Beardsley Lecture
by King, A.W., R.A. Walker (introduction and notes)
London: R.A. Walker, 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Number 183 of 500 copies with signature of publisher. Presentation copy inscribed by Walker to the journalist J. M Bulloch: "To J.M. Bulloch witht e regards of the pubisher and editor R.A. Walker 7 January 1925." An autograph letter from Walker to Bulloch is pasted dow to the... Read More
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The Flowering of Art Nouveau Graphics
by King, Julia
Salt Lake City, Utah: A Peregrine Smith Book Published by Gibbs Smith, 1990. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard Cover. Beautiful book that explores the international scope of Art Nouveau through its major artists of the time. In very good blue-green dust jacket with title, author, and Will Bradley peacock illustration on front cover and red title on white... Read More
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Two Years Ago 3 Volumes
by Kingsley, Charles
Cambridge: Macmillan and Company, 1857. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. In this novel Kingsley writes of the effects of the Crimean War on his doctor hero, and of the cholera epidemic and its surrounding issues of public health and sanitation - and public apathy that takes hold. A secondary plot focuses on denouncing slavery in the U.S.A.,... Read More
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Travels in West Africa. Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons
by Kingsley, Mary H.
New York: MacMillan and Co. Limited, 1897. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1862-1900) was an English explorer and ethnographic writer. She was the daughter of physician, traveller and writer George Kingsley. When both of her parents died in 1892, Kingsley received a modest inheritance. She decided to travel, and after a visit to the Canary Islands, she... Read More
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More Than a Prophet: An Appreciation of The Right Reverend Phillips Brooks, D.D. Given on December 10, 1933 in Trinity Church, Boston
by Kingsolving, Reverend Arthur B.
1933. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. 8vo. Bound into black paper wrappers. Interior is clean and bright. 16 pages. Massachusetts. MA/052915.
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Between Two Seas: The Creation of the Suez Canal
by Kinross, Lord
New York: William Morrow, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. The creation of the Suez Canal was a major diplomatic issue from the time that Napoleon first envisioned it in 1799 until it was finally started in 1858 and completed in 1869. Ferdinand de Lesseps (French) was the primary proponent of the canal, and although he pledged neutrality for... Read More
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Works. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling. 29 volumes
by Kipling, Rudyard
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. The Outward Bound Edition. Volumes 1 - 32; lacks volumes 11, 17, 20, and 33 - 36. This set was issued over many years, so it's no surprise that several are missing. An attractive set bound in three quarter dark brown leather over marbled paper covered boards with... Read More
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A bibliography of Edmund Blunden
by Kirkpatrick, B. J. With a personal introduction by Rupert Hart-Davis
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. Blunden (1896-1974) was a distinguished English poet, author and critic; one of the 16 Great War poets commemorated in the Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey; Professor of Poetry, Oxford University 1966-1968. Red cloth boards titled on spine in gilt. Fine in lightly rubbed cream dust jacket with black... Read More
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Animal Children: The Friends of the Forest and the Plain
by Kirkwood, Edith Brown, M. T. Ross [illustrator]
Chicago: P.F. Volland and Co, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good in very good box. Hardcover. Sixth edition. Very good in brown paper covered boards with black title and color illustration to front board. Chipping to foot of spine and minor wear to edges of boards. The head of the spine has been expertly restored. Decorative endpages and full color... Read More
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The Inevitable Success: A Biography of Herbert R. O'Conor
by Kirwin, Harry W.
Westminster, MD: The Newman Press, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Herbert R. O'Conor (1896-1960) was an Irish Catholic born in Baltimore. He received a law degree from the University of Maryland in 1920. Immediately after, he served as the assistant State's Attorney of Baltimore, and in 1923 he was elected State's Attorney of Baltimore City.... Read More
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The Inevitable Success: Herbert R. O'Conor
by Kirwin, Harry W.
Westminster: The Newman Press, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Herbert R. O'Conor (1896-1960) was an Irish Catholic born in Baltimore. He received a law degree from the University of Maryland in 1920. Immediately after, he served as the assistant State's Attorney of Baltimore, and in 1923 he was elected State's Attorney of Baltimore City. He served in that... Read More
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The Inevitable Success. A Biography of Herbert R. O'Conor
by Kirwin, Harry W.
Westminster, MD: The Newman Press, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Herbert R. O'Conor (1896-1960) was an Irish Catholic born in Baltimore. He received a law degree from the University of Maryland in 1920. Immediately after, he served as the assistant State's Attorney of Baltimore, and in 1923 he was elected State's Attorney of Baltimore City.... Read More
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Some Verses
by Kitcat, Mabel [Mabel Murray Hickson]
London: Ballantyne, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Scarce. Presentation copy, possibly from the author, inscribed "From one daughter to another 1911." English author Mabel Greenhow Kitcat also known as Mabel Murray Hickson (1859 - 1922) contributed short stories to many periodicals during the 1890s. She also wrote a short novel and some poetry. Bound in original... Read More
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Reflections on Thai Culture
by Klausner, William J.
Bangkok: Suksit Siam, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. VG green paper back cover; b&w photos; 332 pp. Thailand/Asia. ASIA/11122.
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Das Frauenbüchlein Des Ortolff Von Bayerland. Gedruckt vor 1500
by Klein, Von Gustav [Ortolff von Bayerland]
München: Druck und Verlag Carl Kuhn, 1910. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Facsimile reprint of the first known edition of this book on obstetrics from 1500. Bound in brown paper wrappers with black title to edge of spine. Covers and spine are browned and chipped. Browning to end papers. Several signatures are loose. Approximately 50 pages. GER/022099.
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Prinz Louis Ferdinand von Preussen
by Klessman, Eckart
Munich, 1974. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in fine dustjacket. In German. German History. GERHIS07/012400.
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Genesis
by Kliemann, Carl-Heinz; Johannes Calvin, preface
Berlin: Käthe Vogt Verlag, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 850 of 2000 copies. A handsome volume in German showcasing the color woodcuts of German artist Carl-Heinz Kliemann. Bound in dark blue cloth with light blue titling to spine and facsimile signature to front cover. Ina brown pictorial dust jacket with closed tears and crease along bottom edge... Read More
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Geschicte der Deutschen National-Literatur
by Kluge, Hermann [Kluges]; Prof. Dr. Reinhold Besser, Manfred Kluge, Prof. Dr. Otto Oertel
Altenburg: Oskar Bonde, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very Good in tan cloth with black lettering to front cover. Two owner names on front pastedown, else clean and bright interior. German Literature. 352 pages. GRL1/8231.
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History of the Bo Press. 2 Volumes
by [Bo Press Miniature Books] Pat Sweet and Tom Knechtel
Riverside, CA: Bo Press Miniature Books, 2021. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Pat Sweet describes herself as creating illuminated miniature books of curiosity, humor, and delight. She creates both miniature (under 3 inches) and macro-miniature (under 1 inch) books. This book is from a limited edition, which is signed by the artist. Number 24 of 30 variant copies. Each... Read More
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History of the Bo Press. 2 Volumes
by [Bo Press Miniature Books] Pat Sweet and Tom Knechtel
Riverside, CA: Bo Press Miniature Books, 2021. Fine. Number 21 of 30 variant copies. Each copy is in a different box, bound in papers to match the box. Pat Sweet describes herself as creating illuminated miniature books of curiosity, humor, and delight. She creates both miniature (under 3 inches) and macro-miniature (under 1 inch) books. This book is... Read More
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Saracenic and Norman Remains to Illustrate the Normans in Sicily
by Knight, Henry Gally
London: John Murray, 1840. Very Good. First edition of this impressively beautiful folio of thirty plates illustrating the author's theories about Norman architecture in Sicily. Henry Gally Knight (1786-1846) was a member of parliament, traveler, and writer. After early unsuccessful attempts to write poetry, he studied and wrote about architecture. He made tours of Sicily and Normandy to... Read More
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Lewis C. Tiffany, Rebel in Glass
by Koch, Robert
New York: Crown Publishers, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Very good in a very good, price clipped dust jacket. Some slight edgewear. Many illustrations, mostly in b&w. One section of color photos, and frontis is a double sided color plate. Ceramics and Glass. CER/7152.
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A List of Danteiana in American Libraries: Supplementing the Catalogue of the Cornell Collection
by Koch, Theodore Wesley (editor)
Boston: Ginn and Company for the Dante Society, 1901. First Edition. Paperback. Good. First Edition. Paperback. 1st edition. Good in light brown wraps. Chipping to spine and to wrappers. Minor soiling to wrappers. Text is clean and bright. Index, 67 pages. Literature. LIT411201.
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In the Maoriland Bush
by Koebel, W. H.
London: Stanley Paul & Co, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Not dated, circa 1911. Includes 36 illustrations in half-tone. A travelogue through New Zealand that discusses the bush and its people. Greyish blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and gilt illustration to front board. Dark blue crayon scribble to front board. Minor discoloration to edges of... Read More
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