Search Results: Authors starting with K from Paul Johnson Fine Books

Atlantic - Little, Brown, 1968. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Stated First Edition. Sm 4to. Approx. 6 3/8" by 9 3/8." 404 pages. Black cloth with gold lettering and pink decoration on the spine. The unclipped jacket has two small stains to the front panel and a little rubbing to the rear panel, but still near fine. No wear or tears to the jacket. Her second book after "I Lost It at the Movies" published in 1965.

The World Publishing Company, 1955. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1955. Sm 4to. 767 pp. Light blue cloth with gilt titles. Limited "Stockade" edition, published for members of the Civil War Book Club. Signed by Kantor on the limitation page. Near fine book with a little fading to the top edges. Price-intact jacket ($5.00) is very good with light edgewear but no loss of material

The World Publishing Company, 1955. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. World Publishing Company: Cleveland, 1955. Signed limited edition. One of a thousand copies, five hundred of which were for private distribution. Linen covered boards with a blue spine. Burgandy slipcase. Near fine book with a little rubbing to the blue spine. Slipcase is very good with rubbing to the base and some wear to one corner and edges.

Harper & Row, 1984. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing, 1984. Fine copy in a fine jacket. Inscribed by the author to Dorothy Mitchum on 5/28/84. Ownership stamp on the front free endpaper, below the inscription: "From the Estate of Robert Mitchum, Santa Barbara, California." Additionally Dorothy's blind stamp is on the half-title page.

Harper & Row, 1985. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Harper & Row: New York, 1985. 8 vo. 188 pp. A fine book in a near fine jacket. Warmly inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Suzanne - I thought you'd enjoy this - it's kind of the heart of the Institute. I'll see your act in '86! Can hardly wait. My love - always. Jim Kavanaugh. Dec.18, '85." Kavanaugh, a poet, also ran the Kavanaugh Institute in which his Search Workshops provided 12 principles to transform your life. Laid in is a green trifold 8 1/2" by 11" poster for the Kavanaugh Institute promoting the "Search Workshop" on January 18 & 19, 1986.

Cassirer, 1962. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First English edition. 8vo. Approximately 5 1/2" by 8". 390 pp. Pale tan cloth with brown lettering to the spine. Moderate spotting to the front and rear panels, corners just bit curled - very good. Small ownership stamp at the top of the front free endpaper. A little toning to the jacket's edges; no tears or loss of material. A nice-looking copy.

Bantam, 1988. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. Advance Reading Copy. In the original shrink wrap - unopened. What makes this copy cool is that it retains. the special promotional "Butcher's Theater" knife/letter opener that has been cut into the front cover through the letter "A" of the word Theater. The knife is about 7 1/2", so it expends nearly the entire length of the book. Most of these knives have been lost over the years.

Walker, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Walker and Company, 1964. First American edition of Keneally's first novel. 8 vo. 220 pp. Burgundy cloth with silver lettering to the spine - near fine with toning to the text block. Price-intact jacket is near fine with a little wear to the bottom of the spine and a couple of creases at the bottom of the front panel. Signed by the author on the title page: "Tom Keneally '95.

Harper & Row, 1964. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first edition. Near fine in a near fine, price-clipped jacket. Edited by Allan Nevins with a foreword by the then current President, Lyndon Johnson.

Doubleday, 1967. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Stated first edition. Fine in a near fine jacket. Not price-clipped.

Putnam, 1973. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Spine has a faint crease. Jacket has light wear to the top of the spine. The 6th Bolitho book in the series.

Putnam, 1970. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition of the third Bolitho novel. Crease to spine, bump to top rear corner. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear.

Putnam, 1968. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Near fine (some rubbing to gilt on spine) in a near fine jacket which is not price-clipped. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Andre Deutsch, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. London: Andre Deutsch, 1967. Sm 8vo. 118 pp. Red cloth with silver lettering to the spine. White jacket printed in red, blue and black. The book has some spotting to the endpapers, else fine. The jacket has rubbing to the front flap fold and toning to the rear panel.

Portents, 1969. 1st Edition. . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Portents: New York City, 1969. A 10 by 14" broadside printed in black on white paper. Portrait of Kerouac by Robert LaVigne. Issued in November, 1969 as a memoriam after Jack's death. Near fine with the top right corner creased. Scarce. Ref: Charters A 26.

Grove Press/Evergreen Books, 1959. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Grove Press/Evergreen Books: New York, 1959. First softcover edition, published in the same year as the trade hardcover and the deluxe limited edition. Sm 8vo. 245 pp. Black, red, and grey wrappers. Kerouac's drawing of Doctor Sax on the half-title page. Evergreen Original E-160. Priced at $1.75. Very good with a small split at the bottom of the spine and front wrap. Light wear to the spine ends, faint writing of a name and address on the rear wrapper, and a faint "10" in ink on the top edge. Ref: Charters, A5b.

Grove Press, 1959. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Grove Press: New York, 1959. 8vo. 244 pp. Stated 3rd printing. Orange cloth with gold lettering to the spine. Unclipped jacket priced at $5.50, "GP-682" on the spine. Near fine in a near fine jacket. Light soiling to the top edge and a little rubbing to the front panel of the jacket.

Andre Deutsch, 1977. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Andre Deutsch: London, 1977. Sm 8vo. 217 pp. First UK edition. Reddish orange cloth with silver titles on the spine. Unclipped jacket has light fading to the spine else fine.

City Lights Books, 1961. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. City Lights Books: San Francisco, 1961. Sm 8vo. 184 pp. Blue and white wraps. Photo of Kerouac on the front cover by Robert Frank. Price of $2.50. First edition. 5,000 copies in the first printing. Very good with creasing to spine, 3 ink lines on the top edge, crease to bottom right corner of front cover, owner's name on the verso of the front wrapper, and rubbing. Ref: Charters A15.

Andre Deutsch, 1973. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Andre Deutsch: London, 1973. Sm 8vo. 242 pp. First Uniform edition. Combines Pic, Kerouac's last novel, and The Subterranneans, previously published in hardcover in the UK as a stand alone novel in 1960. Near fine in a near fine , price-clipped jacket. New price sticker of 2.95 is on the bottom of the front flap. Clean copy. Ref: Charters A3-f.