Search Results: Titles starting with K from The Kelmscott Bookshop

New York: Harper and Row, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./contents bright & clean/351 pp. Middle East. MID/5152.

Beirut: Almassar, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good + in Very Good DJ. Hardcover. First Edition. In French. Inscribed by Joublatt's son, Walid Joumblatt: "To Congressman Shays /With all my respect and friendship/ W. Joumbatt 7/7/2007" Kamal Joumblatt was an important Lebanese political leader who headed the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War until he was assassinated in 1977. His son, Walid, is the Lebanese Druze leader. An admiring biography with b&w photographs throughout that document Joumblatt's life as an important world figure. Folio volume bound in black cloth with silver title to spine and blind stamped title and portrait on front cover. In very good plus condition. Pictorial dust jacket with red title to spine and front, which also has photograph of Joumblatt. Invery good condition with slight bumping and minor chips. Interior is in fine condition. 224 pages.

Berlin: Safari, n.d.. Hardcover. Very Good -. Hardcover. Very Good minus in grey cloth. Spine faded, foxing to both boards. Interior very good, with many black and white photographs. IN GERMAN Equestrian. EQU4/03271.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, no date. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. A facsimilie edition. Uncommon. Side-stapled green illustrated paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Rubbing to spine, else clean and bright. A full color reproduction of Kate Greenaway's alphabet with a letter on each page. A child (or two) are drawn sitting, leaning, or playing on each letter. Very cute. Unpaginated [32 pages.] Size: 2.5 x 2.25 inches. CHILD/010920.

Cornwells Heights, PA: Mother Katharine Drexel Guild, 1972. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Signed and inscribed by the author (Sister Duffy). "The life story of Katharine Drexel (1858 - 1955), foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People, spans a long period of time and covers eventful and far reaching developments in the history of the United States" (preface). Red, white, and blue paper wrappers with white title to spine and front panels. Rubbing to panels. Pen marking to front free endpaper. 434 pages. REL/071520.

Cornwells Heights, PA: Mother Katharine Drexel Guild, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the author (Sister Duffy). "The life story of Katharine Drexel (1858 - 1955), foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People, spans a long period of time and covers eventful and far reaching developments in the history of the United States" (preface). Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Wear and rubbing to boards. Inscriptions to both endpapers. Authors signature and inscription to title page. Small dampstain to top corners of first few pages. Clean overall. 434 pages. REL/071520.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1857. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Embossing to exterior. Minor rubbing and bumping. Minor browning to spine. Sporadic light foxing throughout. Text is bright. 339 pages. Literature. LIT708301.

Exeter, NH: The Colophon Bookshop, 1996. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. 8vo. Red and beige cloth backed blue paper wrappers with black title to front panel. Pristine interior with tight binding. 143 pp. MOR/030905.

Macmillan, 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Sir Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes (1895-1970) was an Australian army officer, politician, and Olympic athlete. He had a long career in both state and federal politics. He had a longstanding involvement with the Olympic movement and represented Australia in hurdling at the 1920 Summer Olympics. During the Second World War, he re-enlisted in the army and took part in the Malayan campaign. He was captured by the Japanese at the Battle of Singapore, and spent the next three years as a prisoner-of-war. This is a limited edition biography by his good friend, Frederick Howard. This is number 400 of 500 copies. Stamped as Surplus Library of Congress Duplicate. Brown/black cloth-covered boards with gilt box and gilt signature replica to front cover. Title in gilt to spine. Brown dust jacket with photo of Hughes to front panel and title in white to front and spine panels. Dust jacket has small open tears and bumping around edges. Library bookplate to front… Read More

India: Ramabai Mukti Mission, Undated. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Vg/spiral binding/wraps/illus. Religion. REL109141.

Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. One of 200 copies. Handwritten note about paper type and font used on colophon. This is the author's first volume of poems to appear in England with previous collections published in Canada. Fine in brick red cloth boards with copper title to spine. In grey dust jacket titled in black on spine and front cover. Spine and edges of jacket have faded to tan and there are a few short closed tears along the edges of the jacket. 47 pages. POE/112816.

Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. With numerous illustrations, plans, and maps. An examination of how to travel to the Far East by means of the Nicaragua Canal including studies of "the problem in all its varied bearings - mechanical, commecial, and political - made on the ground and in the study, and of general observation and travel to Nicaragua" (preface). Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor wear to corners and edges of boards, with heavier wear to top front corner. Bookplate of A.J. Tullock to front pastedown. Tullock (? - 1904) was an engineer from Illinois who later owned the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. Minor soiling and spots of foxing to fore-edge of textblock. Occasional spots of foxing to interior. A few of the fold out maps and illustrations have small creases to edges or corners. Pencil brackets to margins of a few pages. Browning from a laid in scrap of paper to page 303. Clean and bright… Read More

New York: Crosscurrents Press, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the USSR from 1953-1964, visited New York City from September 19 through October 13, 1960. He was acting as the Chairman of the Soviet delegation to the 15th session of the United Nations General Assembly. This documentary volume contains a complete collection of UN statements, all Soviet proposals to the UN during this session, other major addresses and news conferences given in New York, and a follow-up report delivered after Khrushchev's return to Moscow. Three pages of photographs, including with Fidel Castro. Octavo. Grey cloth-covered boards with gilt title to spine. Light pink dust jacket with pink title to front and spine panels, and a photograph of the UN assembly on front panel. Boards and dust jacket are somewhat faded, and jacket is price-clipped. Some foxing on front and rear endpapers, but pages are clean. 286 pages. RUSHIST4/5092.

Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Vg in wraps Periodicals. PER4/2262.

Guild Publishing, 1990. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated with color plates and line drawings throughout. 224 pages. South America. SAME/8052.

Frankfurt: Verlag Ullstein GmbH, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good + DJ. Hardcover. Folio. Klaus Fußmann (1938 - ) is an award winning contemporary German painter. Bound in beige cloth covered boards with brown title to spine. Pristine interior with 79 beautiful full color plates. Illustrated dust jacket with black and brown title to front panel and to white spine panel. Light rubbing and 2 small light spots of soiling to rear panel of dust jacket. In German and English. With index, 228 pages. ART/2143.

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Scarce. First edition of her first book for children, with 14 fantasy stories. A Presentation Copy, inscribed "Florence O'Gorman from Una Taylor" with the recipient's attractive bookplate on front pastedown. Una Taylor (1857-1922) was one of three daughters of the poet and dramatist Henry Taylor. The three daughters were also all writers. They had many illustrious family friends, including Carlyle, Steveson, and Tennyson. Una never married and lived with her sister Ida until her death. This book was written for children, but a contemporary critic at The Spectator wrote that her stories were "of a kind to be appreciated by the elders rather than the younger folk, although some are more appropriate than others. " The book is in the publisher's original bright blue cloth with gilt title, author, and illustration to front cover. Light bumping to corners. Large (but light) dampstain to rear board and minor bubbling to rear pastedown.… Read More

Towson, MD: The Robert V. McCurdy Company, 1964. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. Presented as a tenth annivarsary publication by the Robert V. McCurdy Company. SCARCE. 8vo. Beige and maroon patterned side stapled paper wrappers with maroon title to front wrapper. Pristine interior with photographic illustrations and fold out maps. 72 pages. MD/042315.

Denver: Allan R. Phillips, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Allan R. Phillips was Arizona's first resident professional ornithologist and contributed greatly to the establishment of ornithology in Arizona. He was also a somewhat controversial figure in the field and freely criticized his professional colleagues, their journals, and their designation of species. The descriptions include addressing what he believed were errors in previous descriptions. This books was self-published while he was with the Department of Zoology, Denver Museum of Natural History. It is the first part of a two-volume set, and is very scarce. Green cloth cover with silver title to front and spine. Octavo. Pages are clean and bright. Cover has very minor bumping. 259 pages, including index. NAT/061622.

1800. Very Good. 14 lines of script on both sides. Pages have been professionally mounted onto archival paper. Red and black ink with red, black, and gilt ruled borders. Minor chipping to edges and a small hole. 14 lines of text on each side. Size of original Koran leaf: about 10 x 6.5 inches (including tab). Full page: about 11.5 x 8.5 inches.