Search Results: Authors starting with K from THE FAMILY ALBUM

J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart. Ca: 1877., 1877 pp. viii, 421 + Ninety Full Page Wood Engraved Plates, after paintings by Woldemar Kaden. 351 woodcut text illustrations. Folio. 390 mm. Text in German. The wonderful wood engravings were executed mainly by Adolf Closs (1840-1894). The artwork in the text was by: G(ustav) Bauernfeind; A[nton] Braith; Alexander Calame; Arthur Calame; L(udwig) Dill; Andr E. Disen; Th[emistokles] v[on] Eckenbrecher; G. Franz; K(onrad) Grob; C(arl) Haberlin; G. Herdtle; H. Herdtle; A(lbert) Hertel; E(rnst) Heyn; C(arl) Jungheim; A. Kindler; K(arl) Kroner; Diethelm Meyer; Franz Meyerheim; Paul Meyerheim; W[ilhelm] Riefstahl; R[aphael] Ritz; C. Roux; Matthias Schmid; Ad[olf] Schroedter; Fr[iedrich] Specht; B[enjamin] Vautier; Joh[ann Heinrich] Zugel; and others. ** The publisher's leather and cloth binding is magnificent. The front board is leather mounted to cloth. Brilliantly decorated with the Swiss coat-of-arms in gold gilt; elaborately framed in red, black, and gilt. The… Read More

Schocken Books, New York: (1978)., 1978 pp. x, 250. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket. Second printing. Hardbound. Very good. The etymology of Jewish names in a concise dictionary format. Useful reference. GENEALOGY 2 0.0. Hardcover.

Columbia University Press, New York: 1950., 1950 87p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, slightly soiled. Coldwar/Economics 1 0.0. Hardcover.

Dunod, Paris: 1952., 1952 pp. xv, 251. 12mo. Board covers. XLib. (Franklin Institute Library). Illustrated. Nice copy of this early French study of jet airplane engines. SPACE/7 0.0.

Childs & Peterson, Philadelphia: 1857., 1857 Two volumes. pp. 464, (4) [Favorable reviews of the book from prominent men and newspapers - the reviews continue in Vol. II]; 467. Frontis, half titles and numerous steel engravings. Profusely illustrated with text wood engravings. Foxed. 8vo. 231 mm. Original full brown cloth binding, worn. Manuscript ownerships of Bean & Owen, March 31, 1859. "Aside from its importance as a key in the literature of the of the disappearance of Sir John Franklin, Kane's narrative, with its valuable geographic and scientific information, is one of the great books of Arctic exploration and the search for the Northwest Passage. It contains much information about the Eskimos. Kane, was a U.S. Navy physician who organized the voyage, discovered the ice-free Kennedy Channel and laid the foundation for scientific study of the Arctic. Arctic Bibliography 8373; Sabin 37001; Hoyer 'Groenlandica' 213. Rarely found in such decent condition. **PRICE JUST… Read More

Random House, New York: 1978., 1978 288p. Original cloth backed paper boards. Dust Jacket. Typed book review. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 1 0.0. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

(E. H. Rhoads, Reading, PA: )., 1896 pp. 272, (2) [Index]. Two thousand and fifty one engravings with German and English words. Includes English words with their definitions. Also a vocabulary of English and German words used in conversation and useful information. Publisher's advertising label on front paste down. Ruled in black throughout. Old tape reinforcement on gutter of title page and fly leaves. 4to. 280 mm. Original full red cloth binding. Front board embossed and decorated in gold and black. Rear board has same design embossed in blind. Very good PA 01A TOP 0.0. Hardcover.

Coward-McCann, Inc., New York: (1943)., 1943 92p. Inked ownership of Robert C. Latimer. 8vo. Original full tan cloth binding. WWII 3 0.0. Hardcover.

St. John's Abbey Press, Collegeville, Minnesota: 1962., 1962 Two Volumes. XLib. Double column. Small 4to. Original full gray buckram bindings, soiled. Compiled for the Library Science Section of the American Benedictine Academy. Second edition. Hardbound. Very good. RELIGION BOX 7 0.0. Hardcover.

n.p: 1921., 1921 28p. Mimeograph transcript. 8vo. Original full paper wraps, worn and stained. Lacks ties. Original stories written by children and printed in 1921. Unique? CPHAM/W71C1 0.0. Soft cover.

Shiloni Publishers, New York: 1953., 1953 pp. xii, 192. Penciled notations on paste down. Tall 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, gold stamped, worn. First American edition. Coldwar/Economics 7 0.0. F.. Hardcover.

Macmillan Company, New York: 1946., 1946 386p. Numerous photographs and drawings. XLib. 4to. Original full blue cloth binding. Original dust jacket, very worn with loss. AIR/1 0.0. Hardcover.

Pitman Publishing Corporation, New York, Toronto and London: (1949)., 1949 pp. xiii, 477. Illustrated with numerous photographs, drawings and charts. XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, worn. Hardbound. Quite scarce and significant. SPACE/5 0.0. Hardcover.

The Chelsea Press, Atlantic City, NJ: ()., 1979 Unpaginated. Photograph on each page. Oblong 8vo. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps. Special Gift Edition introducing the Boardwalk Regency Hotel Casino. Reproduction of photographs taken by Lida Hall, a resident of Atlantic City. Very good. W103 RtStack x2 0.0. Soft cover.

Bonanza Books, New York: (1990)., 1990 pp. xvi, 141, (13) [Custer Chronology]. Profusely illustrated with photographs of George Armstrong Custer. Edges foxed. 4to. Original full brown cloth binding, spine lettered in gold. Original dust jacket. First published in 1985. Hardbound. Very good. A wonderful record of the flamboyant Custer. LOC W16 0.0. Hardcover.

Viking, New York: ()., 1991 pp. xiii, 305. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Folio. 310 mm. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Original priced dust jacket, very slight chipping at extremities. Hardbound. Very good+. Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) was a Scottish photographer who moved to the United States in 1856. He is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, and the execution of the conspirators in Lincoln's assassination. W101 0.0. Hardcover.

Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Allentown: 1946., 1946 pp. 83-153. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. This volume also includes: Graeff, Arthur D. THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS IN ONTARIO CANADA. pp. 1-80. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XI. BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE USE THE ABE 'ASK THE BOOKSELLER A QUESTION' FUNCTION TO CONFIRM AVAILABILITY Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 1986., 1986 134 p. 8vo. Uncut. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Original priced dust jacket, very slightly soiled. A novel set in the tobacco growing country of Pennsylvania. PA 18. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

The Penn Publishing Co., Philadelphia: 1927., 1927 294 p. + Color Frontis and Full page plates. Age stained. Front hinge cracked. Large 8vo. Original worn cloth binding. Front board lettered in gold with a color plate pasted on board and ruled in gold. A well read copy. PA 23. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Good.

(Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA: 1998)., 1998 29 p. Illustrated. 4to. 280 mm. Original printed wraps. Condition - AS NEW. Duplicates of this work (originally from the author's collection) are available at this same low price. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 35 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine.