Search Results: Authors starting with K from Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller

New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co, 1917. Ephemera no binding. Very good +. Egbert Van ALSTYNE. 13 1/2" x 10 1/2"; 3, [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for "Don't Try To Steal The Sweetheart Of A Soldier" on rear wrapper; very good plus.

Akron, Ohio and New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1938. Second Edition. Wraps. Very good +. Elvy KALEP. [CHILDREN] [AERONOTICS] [PICTURE BOOK]. Forward by Amelia EARHART. Elvy KALEP, illustrator. Second issue. 4to (12 7/16" x 9 7/16"); [16]pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper; "Approved by United Airlines" printed on the front wrapper in a shield logo; two staple binding; 17 pages of color illustration with text; creasing to bottom corner, light soiling to bottom corner and some pages, hand-soiling to wrapper; very good plus. OCLC locates this edition in 10 libraries, 8 of them in the U.S. First published in 1936, this edition was published in 1938, the year after Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean (July 2, 1937). A photo and facsimile signature from Amelia Earhart accompany her Forward. The author, Elvy Kalep (1899-1989) was Estonia's first female aviator, as well as an artist and children's author. Charming and fanciful illustrations of flying babies with short stories that… Read More

Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 2001. Cloth. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing. 4to; 159 [1]pp; green cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; green endpapers; color photographic illustrations throughout on glazed paper; unclipped color dust jacket; fine in fine dj. ISBN 0-89272-482-X. A lovely pictorial book of plants in Maine for anyone who loves gardens.

New York: Rae D. Henkle Co. Inc., Publishers, 1928. First Edition. Boards. Near fine/near fine. First edition. 12mo; viii, 182pp; orange stamped title and author on yellow board; light age-toning of paper, light darkening of boards at upper and lower edges; unclipped dark yellow dust jacket with a quote from Booth Tarkington on the front, light chipping to upper and lower edges; near fine in near fine dj. Humorous writing with a definite Jazz Age sensibility. Dust jacket names Mr. Kelly as "one of the country's best-loved humorist-philosophers".

New York: Island Press, 1950. Wraps. Very good. Luman P. KELSEY. [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Copyright 1944. SIGNED by AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Second edition. Small 4to; [46]pp; pink stiff wrapper, black lettering and portrait on front, two staple binding; signed on title page; hand-lettered text within a border, b&w illustrations every page; light damp staining to wrapper not extending into text, sunning, curling of bottom corner; very good. The story of a young boy who lived in the Virgin Islands with his parents. One gusty day, the wind lifts him onto a piece of metal roof and off he sails across the island for adventures! Luman Pierre Kelsey (1906-1961) was a sculptor, ceramicist, and photographer. As a ceramicist, he produced pottery for the WPA Federal Arts Project.

New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company, 1915. Boards. Very good +. A.E. KENNEDY. [CHILDREN] [ANIMALS]. A.E. KENNEDY [Albert Ernest], illustrator. 8vo (10 ¾" x 8 3/8"); 32pp; color pictorial boards, two dogs running on the front and a sitting dog on the rear; red cloth shelf-back; 3 color plates on glazed paper; black line drawings in text; light creasing to boards, 1" separation of title page at foot of fold, age-toning of paper; very good plus. Only located in 4 OCLC libraries. The adventures of a dog named Towser. Previously printed in The Evening Sun newspaper of New York, and reprinted as a book with permission.

Boston: Thompson Brown Company, 1908. Cloth. Very good +. Ada BUDELL. [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Ada BUDELL, illustrator. First edition thus. 12mo; 128 [1]pp; tan cloth over board, vignette of a boy with books printed in color on front; color illustrated frontispiece and one additional plate; b&w illustrations in text; light fraying to head of spine, darkening of spine from hands, light shelf soiling to top edge; very good plus. A story of the things found in a little boy's pocket, with anthropomorphic illustrations accompanying the tale. The author, Sara Beaumont Kennedy (1859-1920), was an American writer and newspaper editor, who was active in the American suffrage movement.

New York: Irving Berlin Inc., 799 Seventh Avenue, 1938. Ephemera no binding. Very good. 12 1/16" x 9 1/16"; 5 [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for Irving Berlin Inc. Folio of Worlds Favorite Songs on rear wrapper; very good.

Gladbach [Germany]: U. Riffarth, 1879. Cloth. Very good +. 16mo (4 7/16" x 2 7/8"); 526 pp; purple velvet over board, brass banded edge; hand-painted scene on raised oval badge (porcelain?); four applied brass ornaments to front corners; brass clasp; all edges gilt & gauffered; glazed ribbed white endpapers; engraved frontispiece with tissue guard; color lithographed title page with applied gilt; light rubbing to spine with some lost velvet nap, light scratching to badge, light soiling to eps and fly leaves, vertical crease to ffep, calling card with inscription taped in; very good plus. Beautifully bound Roman Catholic prayer and devotional book printed in the German language. Purple velvet laid over boards with brass-banded edges, four applied brass ornaments to the front corners, and cinched together with a brass clasp.  A scene of Christ holding a child and a book hand-painted on an oval badge and applied to the front board.  All edges are gilt and decoratively gauffered.  The frontispiece is… Read More

Munchen-Gladbach [Germany]: U. Riffarth, 1879. Boards. Very good +. 4 7/16" x 2 7/8"; 526pp; purple velvet over board, brass banded edges; hand-painted scene of Christ holding a child and a book on a raised oval badge [porcelain?]; four applied brass ornaments to front corners; brass clasp; all edges gilt & gauffered; glazed ribbed white endpapers; engraved frontispiece with tissue guard; color lithographed title page with applied gilt; light rubbing to spine with some lost velvet nap, light scratching to hand-painted badge, light soiling to eps and fly leaves, vertical crease to ffep, calling card with inscription taped in to ffep; very good plus. Beautifully bound Roman Catholic prayer book in German. Unusual hand-painted badge onlay.

Eau Claire, Wisconsin: E.M. Hale and Company, 1943. Revised Edition. Wraps. Near fine. Theresa KALAB. Theresa KALAB, illustrator. 4to; 96pp; stiff pictorial color printed wrapper, vignette of two children reading on front; three staple binding; illustrations every page; binding tight and book unused; light shelf soiling to wrapper; near fine. Teacher's instructional book for preparing students to begin reading. Illustrations throughout in both black and white and color. Still useful today.

Jersey City, N.J.: Star Publishing Company, 1893. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition. 8vo; 488pp; silver and brown stamped vignette to mustard-colored cloth over beveled board; blue floral endpapers; color illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard; b&w illustrated plates; light shelf-wear to boards, small scrape to ffep, age-toning to paper, lightly shaken; very good. Poetry, lectures, and recitations, along with information on Vocal Culture, Gesturing, and Physical Culture. Illustrations of how to stand and move to be effective and dramatic in public speech.

New York: Edward B. Marks Corp, 1930. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Chas E. KING, music.. 12 1/8" x 9 1/8"; 5, [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for Radio City Albums for Piano on rear wrapper; very good.

Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, 1942. First edition thus. Boards. Near fine/very good +. F. Rojankovsky. [RACIST BLACK CHARICATURE] [RACIST LANGUAGE]. F. ROJANKOVSKY, illustrator. First edition thus. 8vo; [26]pp; color pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers in black and yellow; color pictorial title page; illustrations throughout, both in b&w and color; light edge scuffing of boards; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, edge creasing and small closed tears, spine sunned; near fine in very good plus dj. The classic Kipling story of the Ethiopian sandy-colored leopard and how the leopard got his spots. Racist caricatures and language, as well as a racist story line.

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1926. First Edition. Boards. Very good +. Donald MAXWELL. First edition. 8vo; xiv [i], 94pp [2]; gilt-stamped title, author and illustrator to front board on royal blue buckram; 24 color half-tone illustrations tipped in; heavy cream-colored stock; bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown; scuffing to head & tail of spine with small tear to head, glue burn to ffep; very good plus. Lacking dust jacket. Beautiful illustrations to accompany some of Kipling's most popular verse.

Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, 1942. First edition thus. Boards. Near fine/very good +. F. ROJANKOVSKY, illustrator. First edition thus. 8vo; [26]pp; color pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers in black and yellow; color pictorial title page; illustrations throughout, both in b&w and color; light edge scuffing of boards; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, edge creasing and small closed tears; near fine in very good plus dj. The classic Kipling story of the curious elephant, the crocodile, and how he got a long trunk. Lively illustrations by Russian immigrant and Caldecott Award winner and illustrator Feodor Rojankovsky (1891-1970).

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. Cloth. Very good. 12mo; 209, [1] + [6]pp publisher's ads; gilt-stamped green-grey metallic thread cloth; upper edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom deckle; gift inscription to ffep; sunning to rear board, age-toning to paper; very good. Collection of Kipling's poetry, including 18 Barrack-Room Ballads.

New York: Sloan and Pearce, 1946. Pictorial boards. Very good. Dette. First American edition. 4to; [24pp]; quarter bound red cloth with color illustrated paper over board; color illustrations; printed verso only; light scuffing to cover and corners bumped, one closed tear at page top edge, light soiling to cover; very good minus. Adventures of a young boy and his nurse in his dreams. They visiting a king, the island of Jamaica, the Sahara Desert, China and Russia, and comment on each culture and the appearance of the ethnic groups they meet there.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1913. Boards. Very good. 8vo; 114pp; printed paper over board with corner decorations, title, author, and content description to front cover, title to spine; illustrated with black and white photographs; sunning to cover, back cover still pale pink, glue burns to endpapers; very good.

London: The Office of "The Girl's Own Paper & Woman's Magazine, 1916. Very good. Fourth impression. 8vo; 113pp [114-118]; includes 10pp advertising; pink printed paper over boards with corner decoration, title, author, and content description to front cover, title to spine; illustrated with black and white photographs as well as needlework charts; endpapers are advertisments; sunning to cover, scuffing to bottom edge with fraying especially at spine, light damp staining to some bottom pages; very good.