Search Results: Authors starting with K from Sanctuary Books

Gottingen: Bandenhoef und Ruprecht, 1800. Hardcover. Very Good+. Contemporary half morocco and marbled paper, gilt-stamped lettering in two spine labels, gilt-stamped ornament at spine tips; 12mo (100 x 170 mm); pp. [32], 624, plus 12 folded plates tipped onto stubs at rear. Boards and spine a bit scuffed; spine lettering a little faded. Except for a library stamp on title-p., text block is clean and unmarked. An excellent copy of what's become a rather uncommon text book. Kaestner (1719-1800) was a noted academic, mathematician, and epigrammist, and a great influence on a number of his students at the Universities of Leipzig and Gottingen (including Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Johann Tobias Mayer, Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes, Farkas Bolyai, and Georg Klügel).

New York: Van Vechten Press, 1951. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of a total edition of 350. Full blue morocco binding by Suzanne Schrag; housed in clamshell box (also by Schrag). With dedicatory essays by John Berryman, Herman Broch, Albert Einstein, Ben Shahn, Thomas Mann, and others.

Evanston, Illinois: Holtzman Press, 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by the author. Excellent copy in slipcase.

Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann Verlag, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 80 pp., 6.25 x 8.75”. With 124 pp. of German text and 83 black and white illustrations (mostly one per page) featuring pioneers associated with the modern Hungarian art including: Valerie Denes, Alexander Galimberti, Aurél Bernáth, Béla Kádár, Bertalan Pór, Wilhelm Huszár, László Moholy-Nagy, Alfréd Forbát, Ludwig Kassák, Ladislaus Peri, Alexander Bortnyik and many others. Title pages and book design by László Moholy-Nagy, Bauhaus, Dessau. Kállai, a Hungarian art historian was a colleague of Kandinsky, editor of the Bauhaus journal and contributed to a variety of German and Hungarian avant-garde periodicals while publishing extensively throughout the 1920s. A good linen hardcover with mild soiling, a sunned spine and a vertical split along the entire spine cloth; however not affecting the binding or interior… Read More

Edinburgh: W. Strahan, 1778. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good . 4 volumes. Complete. 8vo. Contemporary leather, red spine labels. Previous owner's stamp in volume one; front hinge starting, cracking along spine. A nice set overall of Kame's principal work of social thought, now scarce on the market.

Edinburgh: John Bell, 1782. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good . 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine crudely repaired. pp. xi [xii blank], 419 [420 blank]. With elaborate bookplate of Erasmus Hall to front pastedown. Two later stamps of Erasmus Hall High School Library on front flyleaf.

New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., with his bookplate on the front paste-down, and inscribed by the author: "This one is for Mary Lee and Doug with love and happy memories." Fairbanks (1909-2000) was an iconic American actor from Hollywood’s Golden Era (his credits include “Gunga Din”), and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. Kanin wrote and directed numerous plays and films -- and this is his first novel. A nice association copy. Cloth, NF, in VG DJ with some light soiling and wear along the edges.

Arbor House, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Inscribed by Kanin to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and his wife, Mary Lee. Fairbanks (1909-2000) was an iconic American actor from Hollywood’s Golden Era (his credits include “Gunga Din”), and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. Kanin wrote and directed numerous plays and films. Gilt-stamped cloth; illustrated dust jacket. Corners just a little bumped, else fine. Dust jacket faintly tanned; a few small closed tears or chips along the edges. A nice association copy.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., with his bookplate and address label on the front paste-down. Inscribed by Kanin to Fairbanks and his wife, Mary Lee. Fairbanks (1909-2000) was an iconic American actor from Hollywood’s Golden Era (his credits include “Gunga Din”), and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. Kanin wrote and directed numerous plays and films. Cloth-backed paper over boards, gently rubbed at spine tips and corners. In lightly rubbed dust jacket, with small chips at spine tips and corners.

Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1818. Hardcover. Good. Funfte Auflage (fifth printing). Contemporary marbled boards (spine worn and chipped). pp. 285. Extensive listings in pencil of different editions of Kant on front and rear endpapers. Armorial bookplate of Charles D. M. Drake. A good copy.

Buenos Aires: Dorrego, 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. Original wraps; pp. 399, [1]. Light scuffing and a few tiny chips along joints and edges of covers. An historical novel based on the life of Dmitrii Ivanovich, Grand Duke of Vladimir and Moscow, 1350-1389.

Paris, 1937. Paperback. Very Good+. Original wraps, printed in red and black; 8vo; pp. 120, many of them unopened. A bit age-toned throughout; a few small, very faint spots of soiling on covers. The author's first book.

Viking, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Green cloth; illustrated dust jacket.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Black cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; illustrated dust jacket. Book is fine, in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Julian Barnes's first novel, writing under a pseudonym.

Leningrad: Zhizn'iskusstva, 1926. Paperback. Good+. Original illustrated wraps, front cover by Evgenii Selukha; pp. [192]. Covers darkened; spine torn and chipped; text block browned and brittle. Library records indicate that the earliest publication by the author is 1926, so this is his first or second book. Kaverin's sister was married to Yu Tynaianov, a formalist, and an important Russian literary critic, who contributed to Kaverin's career.

Moscow and Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1928. Paperback. Very Good. Original wraps, printed in black and red; pp. 80. Some light rubbing along edges of covers, else fine. A nice copy of the author's fourth collection of poems.

Moscow and Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1928. Paperback. Very Good. Original wraps, printed in black and red; pp. 80. Covers and text block a bit foxed; spine tips and corners lightly chipped; ownership signature along bottom edge of title-page. A nice copy of the author's fourth collection of poems.

London: Printed for Captain Wilson..., 1788. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Tree calf, handsomely rebacked, with gilt-stamped ornate rules and details on spine, gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label; 4to (9.5 x 12 inches); pp. xxvii, [1] (directions to the binder), 378, plus frontis., folding map, and 12 plates (one of which is folding). Spine, corners, and edges of boards a bit scuffed. Some off-setting of the plates onto facing pages, some interesting marginalia (see below), and a little worming in the gutter; otherwise, text block is nice and clean, with side margins. Armorial bookplates of John Thurlow Dering (front paste-down) and Sir Samuel Hoare, Baronet (FFEP). Ticket of "Pigge Binder, Lynn" on front paste-down. A feather has been laid-in at pp. 364-5, marking the beginning of "A Vocabulary of the Pelew Language," and a lengthy manuscript addition across the bottom margins of both pages -- an early hand, and trimmed close along the bottom edge, it… Read More

Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1824. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 2 volumes. 8vo (230 x 146 mm). Half-titles, folding map and 15 engraved plates. Publisher’s purple cloth boards, a bit worn and faded; foxing throughout, but still a solid set. “Almost a cyclopedia of material, relating to the Indians of the explored territory. Nothing escaped the attention of the gentlemen who accompanied the expedition; and their statements regarding the customs, character, and numbers of the Sioux and Chippeway tribes, are among the most valuable we have of those people.” Field 949. Sabin 37137.

Weltevreden: G. Kolff & Co., n.d. (likely c. 1920). Hardcover. Good+. Cloth-backed paper over boards; 8vo; pp. [4], 57, [2]. Rear board and last two leaves detached; front board dented and soiled; contemporary ownership signature on FFEP, otherwise text is clean and unmarked. A nice reading copy, or candidate for repair. Sold as is. Uncommon; none found on the marketplace, and OCLC locates 8 copies.