OBSERVATIONS ON THE THREE FIRST VOLUMES OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH POETRY. IN A FAMILIAR LETTER TO THE AUTHOR
by [Joseph Ritson, or Richardson]
London: J. Stockale; R. Faulder, 1782. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good+ binding. Ritson's first book, in which he attacks Thomas Warton's History of English Poetry in such vitriolic tones -- Warton is a preternder, a cheater and a liar -- as to cause quite a contretemps in late 18th century English literary circles. One assumes this... Read More
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[BOUND TO SIZE] OBSERVATIONS ON THE THREE FIRST VOLUMES OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH POETRY. IN A FAMILIAR LETTER TO THE AUTHOR
by [Joseph Ritson, or Richardson]
London: J. Stockdale; R. Faulder, 1782. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good+ binding. 8vo.; in an attractive later binding of red half-goat over marbled boards with raised bands, with morocco label lettered vertically; with marbled endpapers; [2], 49, [1] pages.~~A note on this rather interesting binding: we assume that the binder was charged with binding a group of... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] VOTING IN THE FIELD. A FORGOTTEN CHAPTER OF THE CIVIL WAR
by Josiah H. Benton, Jr.
Boston: Privately Printed, 1915. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto, in plum colored paper-covered boards back in black buckram with titling in gilt to the spine; vi, 332 pages, including the Index; with 14 unnumbered leaves of plates, including a map as frontispiece, and portraits; the corners are bumped; the boards have some staining, and the... Read More
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[ARCHITECTURE; DESIGN] THE SIMPLE HOME
by Charles Keeler
San Francisco: Smith Elder and Company, 1904. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. First edition of Keeler's important book which was a kind of manifesto for the view that houses should be designed which were integrated with nature and "infused with the art spirit." This is considered his most significant book (see Ed Henry; Shelly Ridout... Read More
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DECORATIVE HARDWARE SINCE 1893
by Keeler
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Keeler Brass Company, 1988. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A photographic illustrated trade catalog for the Keeler Brass Company from 1893 to 1988. Mainly brass knobs and handles for furniture and cabinets. Gray cloth with gilt lettering. Slight foxing to the edges of the textblock. Very Good binding.
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[RELIGION] CROSS, CRESCENT, AND SWORD. THE JUSTIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF WAR IN WESTERN AND ISLAMIC TRADITION
by James Turner Johnson; John Kelsay
New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo; in the publisher’s blue cloth; xviii, 236 pages; there are previous onwer’s light penciled annotations throughout.~~This book examines the topics of the relationship between Western and Islamic religious and cultural traditions on war, peace and the conduct of statecraft. The book peruses the justification of... Read More
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S LOST FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, 1967-1969. AN AMERICAN EMBASSY PERSPECTIVE
by Kenneth N. Skoug, Jr.
Westport, Connecticut | London: Praeger, 1999. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A First Printing copy of Skoug's Czechoslovakia's Lost Fight for Freedom, 1967-1969, An American Embassy Perspective. With no marks of any kind. Spots of gumminess to the edges of the textblock. A Very Good copy. Green cloth with lettering in gilt. Very Good binding. ... Read More
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THE GRITNY PEOPLE
by Emmet Kenney
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. A novel of period African-American life, with quite heavy doses of "dialect" throughout. There is a name on the front pastedown and an inscription -- "to a gentleman from Santa Clause, 1927" -- on the first blank. The dustjacket... Read More
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[SIGNED] [ILLUSTRATED] A BIRTHDAY BOOK
by Rockwell Kent
New York: Random House, 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. In pictorial cloth with silk endsheets; unpaginated; a touch of loss to the top and bottom of the spine; a bit of wear to the edges.~~Limited to 1850 copies printed by the Pynson Printers of which this is number 249 signed by Rockwell Kent on... Read More
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[RICHMOND] [ALBUM] GUIDE BOOK OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND
by Louise Nurney Kernodle
Richmond, VA: Central Publishing Company, 1930. 7 ¾” x 5 ¼” soft cover is a 4th edition of Richmond writer Louise Nurney Kernodle’s Guide Book, published by her husband’s company, the large Central Publishing Co. on Broad Street. First published in 1914, it contains views and a map of the city as well as discriptions and maps of battlefields... Read More
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[PHILOSOPHY] AFTER AQUINAS VERSIONS OF THOMISM
by Fergus Kerr
Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2002. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo; in pictorial boards; viii, 254 pages including the Index; corners lightly bumped; pencil annotations throughout. ~~From the blurb on the back “ Written by a leading theologian, this new account of the writings of Thomas Aquinas and their interpretation by modern commentators reflects the major revival of interest... Read More
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[LITERATURE] [NOIR] SIROCCO
by Joseph Kessell
New York: Random House, 1947. First Edition. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher's red cloth with the publisher's logo and a flourish and titling in black, with dustjacket; [2], 3-175 pages;~there are no ownership marks in the book; the dustjacket still as the price of $2.50 on the top corner; rear flap with a... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] DIRECTIONS FOR THE GARDINER AT SAYS-COURT BUT WHICH MAY BE OF USE FOR OTHER GARDENS
by John Evelyn | John Keynes
London: Nonesuch Press, 1932. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo; in marbled paper covered boards; with a green morocco spine label; 109 pages; in a bright orange dust jacket; jacket has a handful of closed tears and a few small chips to t he edges. ~~Limited to 625 copies of which this is... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] MEMOIRS FOR MY GRANDSON
by John Evelyn | Preface and Notes by Geoffrey Keynes
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First Edition. 24mo; Printed on Auvergne hand-made paper, which took so well to the ~Fell types it became the standard stock Nonesuch books set in those types; bound in limp natural parchment, ruled in blind, with yapp fore-edges; the spine is titled in gil; housed in a worn publisher’s slipcase~~One of 1250 first edition... Read More
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[PHILOSOPHY] AQUINAS, ARISTOTLE, AND THE PROMISE OF THE COMMON GOOD
by Mary M. Keys
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo; in blue paper covered boards; xii, 255 pages including the Index; a bit of wear to the jacket otherwise fine.~~from the front flap “Examining the relationship between personal and common goods, and the relation of virtue and law to both, Mary M. Keys show... Read More
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BRITISH POWER IN THE PUNJAB. 1839-1858
by N. M. Khilnani
New York: Asia Publishing House, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. This copy with some toning to the endpapers; otherwise a clean copy with no ownership or other marks of any kind. the dustjacket is bright and is now protected with a new mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust... Read More
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HISTORY OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS INFANTRY: WHICH WAS RECRUITED IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PA., 1862-1863 (ARMY OF THE POTOMAC SERIES)
by W. R. Kiefer
Baltimore, Maryland: Butternut and Blue, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A pristine copy with no marks of any kind. Fine binding.
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OLGETHORPE COUNTY, GEORGIA NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS. VOLUME XIII. 1891
by Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne
Savannah, Georgia: Self-published, 2013. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Evidence of bookplate removal to the front pastedown; otherwise a clean copy. 533 pages, including the index. No marks of any kind. Very Good+ binding.
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[ALS TIPPED] THE GOLDEN HOUSE. A NOVEL
by Charles Dudley Warner | Eleanor Kilham
New York: Harper & Brother, Printers & Publishers, 1895. First Edition. Three Quarters Leather. Good binding. Signed. 8vo; (7 1/2" x 5 1/8") rebound in 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards, with gilt rule to the edges; 346 pages, with frontispiece and other illustrations throughout; the front hinge has been very discreetly reinforced.~~Tipped in is an ALS from... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] GRAPHIC SAYINGS [DELUXE COPY]
by David Kindersley
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Skelton's Press | Kindersley and Skelton, 1972. Near Fine binding. Oblong quarto; in printed champagne colored silk boards backed in burgundy colored morocco with titling in gilt, with the publisher's mylar wrapper and housed in a printed paper-covered slipcase; 20 double leaves, chiefly illustrations; printed on different colored paper stock, with an extra suite of 16... Read More
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THE COMPLETE CURIOUS MR. TARRANT
by C. Daly King
Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2003. First Edition. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. The Trevis Tarrant stories, some of which are published in this collection for the first time. A lovely clean copy. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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THE SOUTHERN STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED. DIVISION IV. (VOLUME FOUR ONLY)
by [Edward King]
[Blackie & Son], 1875. Hard Cover. Good binding. Division IV only of Edward King's The Southern States of America, Described and Illustrated. Publication information taken from the publisher's cloth binding. Frontispiece and in text illustrations. Scattered foxing, and shelfwear. The hinges have been reinforced by a conservator using Japanese tissue. Red cloth with gilt and black lettering and... Read More
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[FANTASY] THE STEPHEN KING COMPANION
by George Beahm {Editor] | [Stephen King]
Kansas City, MO: Andrews and McMeel Publishing, 1995. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Signed. 8vo.; in cream colored cloth with titling in silver, and housed in a plastic slipcase; xx, [xxi-xxii], 311 pages, with black and white photographic illsutration; with a color illustration tipped onto the half-title page.~~Signed limited edtion; numbered as PC, with boards covered... Read More
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[JAPANESE NEEDLEWORK] THE EMBROIDERED FUKUSA OF KOMBUIN
by Ken Kirihata
Kyoto-shi: Shikosha, 1992. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Folio; in the publisher's boards covered in orange silk; and housed in the publisher's blue cloth slipcase with titling in gilt to the spine [Japanese]; v, [vi], 147 pages; the book and slipcase are housed in the original cardboard shipping box with a large pastedown label.~~This is a beautiful fresh copy,... Read More
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[PART 31] ATLAS TO ACCOMPANY THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES. PLATE CLI PARTS OF ILLINOIS, INDIANA, OHIO AND KENTUCKY. PLATE CLII PARTS OF MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. PLATE CLIII PARTS OF MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. PLATE CLIV PARTS OF ARKANSAS, TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI. PLATE CLV PARTS OF ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI
by Hon. Daniel S. Lamont [Secretary of War]; Maj. George B. Davis; Leslie J. Perry; Joseph W. Kirkley
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. Five folded lithographic sheets, 46.5 cm x 72 cm. Short tears to the plates, and fair amount of chipping to the paper covers, not affecting the illustrations or text. Measuring about 48 x 40 cm, folded.
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