Search Results: Authors starting with K from Nooks Of Books

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Schocken Books, Incorporated, 1983. Near Fine in pictorial boards, as issued. There are a couple of shallow creases in the spine, otherwise flawless. Lavishly illustrated by Henri Galeron. First Printing thus.<br><br>Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. X03-D.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Illus. by Galeron, Henri (illustrator).

New York: Ecco, 2006. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Textured black boards. The spine is stamped in metallic blue. 237pps. First Printing. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is very mildly rubbed and faintly sunned; the original price (24.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. <br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. 41-A.. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition. Hardcover.

New York: St. Martin's [1979]. Very Good+ in a Very Good- dustjacket. Bound in full brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 207pps. There is a bump with a corresponding small tear to the bottom of the rear board. Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a 2" closed tear and a 1/2" tear with an attendant small chip at the bottom of the front panel; also, there is light general rubbing wear along the edges. The original price is intact. ".Toby Peters is a private detective with sore feet, a bad back, and a tendency to bruise easily. He lives on a strict diet of hot dogs, tacos, shredded wheat, and disaster, and spends most of his time at the wrong end of a gun. Peters has a reputation for keeping his mouth shut.so when a young billionaire named Howard Hughes finds a spy at his dinner party, he wants Peters on the job. 'The Howard Hughes Affair' enters that classic land of the private eye,… Read More

NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1975. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Bound in full green cloth. The spine is stamped in blue. Octavo. 263pps. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends, otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is very lightly rubbed; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price (8.95) is intact. An excellent, collector's-quality copy. ".Have you ever wished you could live your childhood over with the knowledge you now possess? Have you ever wished you could become a superior man with sexual and mental and physical powers surpassing everyone else's? Edward Berner, middle-aged husband and father, advertising executive on the downhill side of his career, got both wishes. He could win the girl of his dreams, he could wreck the bookies, he could dazzle the advertising world. All women would be his for the plucking, and no one would be able to… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 432pps. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the the half-title page and a small, faint soil-mark on the bottom of the textblock. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is essentially as new; the original price (7.95 net) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of the true first edition (U.K., preceding all others) and basis for the film 'Schindler's List.' ".During the Holocaust at the German concentration camp near Plaszow, thousands of Jews lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis. More than a thousand others would have been counted among the dead if not for a womanizing, heavydrinking, German-Catholic industrialist and Nazi Party member named Oskar Schindler. One of the most remarkable narratives of the Holocaust, Schindler's List masterfully recreates the daring exploits of Schindler, who… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1982. [1982]. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Olive boards quarterbound in gold cloth. The spine is stamped in black. Quarto. Olive endpapers. 400pps. A previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the ffep., otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a slightly sunfaded spine and light rubbing wear at the extremities; the original price (16.95) is intact. A very nice, presentable copy. ".The remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who, confronted with the horror of the extermination camps, gambled his life and fortune to rescue 1,300 Jews from the gas chambers. Working with the actual testimony of Schindler's Jews, Thomas Keneally artfully depicts the courage and shrewdness of an unlikely savior, a man who is a flawed mixture of hedonism and decency… Read More

New York: Augustin, 1938. Very Good in tan cloth. No dustjacket. Quarto. 40 pages of text plus 28 full-page, full-color plates by Edwin Earle. Externally, there are a few small soil-marks, particularly on the rear board. The tips and spine-ends have light rubbing wear. As is common with this title, there is a bit of darkening around the perimeters of the pastedowns; this is due, it would seem, to the glue used in production. The pages of the text are slightly yellowed, though the plates -- on a superior, gloss-coated stock -- are quite bright. All pages are clean; no previous ownership markings. The binding is sound and square with all pages and plates intact. This is an association copy, SIGNED and dedicated by the author to Harry Hoijer, an esteemed professor and anthropologist working in the West and Southwest. Overall, a nice copy of a scarce book. "...The dances of the Pueblo Indians have attracted visitors from all parts of the world. These dances are the most elaborate and colorful… Read More

New York: The Dial Press, 1969. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 278pps. Stated first printing. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has touches of rubbing, shallow chipping at the spine-ends, and a small, fully closed tear at the top of the front panel; the original price is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of the author's first novel. Kennedy went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for 'Ironweed,' the third book in his Albany cycle. ".Ostensibly (and very, but only, ostensibly), this novel is about a newspaper strike in a medium-sized American city -- a strike of such long and futile duration that were the striking guildsmen to accept the latest offer of the paper's management they would be worse off than they… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 2002. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Brown boards with a black, gilt-stamped backstrip. 293pps. A flawless collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact. SIGNED and dated (2/10/02) by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. "...The first novel from William Kennedy in more than five years and universally acclaimed as his most powerful work since the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ironweed, Roscoe shows Kennedy at his very best. It's V-J Day, the war is over, and Roscoe Conway, after twenty-six years as the second in command of Albany's notorious political machine, decides to quit politics forever. But there's no way out, and only his Machiavellian imagination can help him cope with the erupting disasters. Every step leads back to the past -- to the early loss of his true love, the takeover of city hall, the… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1983. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Black and gray boards. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. 227pps. The board-edges are mildly rubbed and there is dustspotting, faint, to the closed page-edges and endpapers. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has touches of crinkling at the tips and a crease in the rear flap; the original price (14.75) is intact. A nice, collector's-quality copy of this highly-regarded novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.<br><br><font color=#003366><b> "By 1938, Francis Phelan, whose gift of gab has always broken his fall, is a stumblebum, sleeping in missions and hobo jungles, and picking up day labor as a gravedigger, an occupation that draws him back to an Albany frozen in memory. Francis and Helen, his faithful co-conspirator in survival, shuffle their ragtag way along the wetly shimmering streets of their big… Read More

New York: Putnam, 1969. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt. Octavo. 'Map of the Mediterranean' endpapers. 320pps. Much of the gilt has been rubbed from the spine. Also, a previous owner has written his name on the ffep. Otherwise clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has modest rubbing wear at the extremities and a 1/4" closed tear at the top of the front panel; the original price is intact. A nice copy of Kent's second book. ".It is June of the year 1793 when Captain Richard Bolitho of the Royal Navy arrives at Gibraltar to take command of Hyperion, a seventy-four-gun ship of the line, and sail her in Britain's struggle against the rising might of Revolutionary France. Bolitho sails to join Lord Hood and partake in the monarchist-inspired occupation of Toulon. Beneath the… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Hutchinson, 1983. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Light blue boards. The spine is gilt-stamped. Map endpapers. 284pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear; the textblock is immaculate. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is flawless. The original price of 7.95 (U.K.) is intact on the front flap. SIGNED by the author -- without dedication or inscription -- on the title-page. ".In the spring of 1802 Richard Bolitho is summoned to the Admirality in London and given his orders for a difficult and, to him, distasteful task. Even an advanced promotion to vice-admiral to make him one of the youngest ever appointed does not compensate for his sudden and thankless mission. Bolitho and his wife are expecting their first child, and for once he is loathe to quit the land for the demands of duty. The Peace of Amiens, signed a few weeks earlier, is already showing signs of strain as the old enemies wrangle over the return of colonial… Read More

New York: Putnam's, 1974. Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is gilt-stamped. 'Frigate Undine' endpapers. 320pps. Stated First American Edition. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text and the boards are immaculate; no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has touches of wear to the extremities; there are 3 closed tears and a couple of creases at the bottom of the rear panel. The original price is intact.<br><br> "Spithead, 1784. His majesty's Frigate Undine sets sail for India and the seas beyond. Europe may be at peace-but in colonial waters the promises of statesmen count for little and the bloody struggle for supremacy still goes on. Richard Bolitho would have cause to remember his admirals words: 'The task I am giving you would be better handled by a squadron.'." <br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and… Read More

New York: Viking. (2005). As New in an As New dustjacket. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, if equally fine; the original price is intact. "...Inside the church of a Benedictine monastery on Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint who, legend claims, was a mermaid before her conversion. When Jessie is summoned home to the island to cope with her eccentric mother's seemingly inexplicable act of violence, she is living a conventional life with her husband, Hugh, a life 'molded to the smallest space possible.' Jessie loves Hugh, but once there, she finds herself drawn to Brother Thomas, a monk who is soon to take his final vows. Amid a rich community of unforgettable island women and the exotic beauty of marshlands, tidal creeks, and majestic egrets, Jessie grapples with the… Read More

New York: Viking. (2005). As New in an As New dustjacket. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, if equally fine; the original price is intact. "...Inside the church of a Benedictine monastery on Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint who, legend claims, was a mermaid before her conversion. When Jessie is summoned home to the island to cope with her eccentric mother's seemingly inexplicable act of violence, she is living a conventional life with her husband, Hugh, a life 'molded to the smallest space possible.' Jessie loves Hugh, but once there, she finds herself drawn to Brother Thomas, a monk who is soon to take his final vows. Amid a rich community of unforgettable island women and the exotic beauty of marshlands, tidal creeks, and majestic egrets, Jessie grapples with the… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1992. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Brown boards quarterbound in brown cloth. The spine is gilt-stamped. Bright red endpapers. 261pps. There is mild bumping to the upper tips, otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has touches of crinkling at the upper tips; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title page.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "P.I. Kat becomes bartender Kate as she explores the mystery surrounding the death of Deidre Durkin, the bar owner's wife. Charmed by her boss's sexy, lopsided smile and touched by his palpable grief, Kat learns that many people in town wonder if Matt Durkin killed Deidre, although the cops closed the case as a robbery/murder."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all… Read More

Illinois: Shaw Publishers, 1976. Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Patterned brown boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Brown endpapers. 89pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar-sleeve, is lightly rubbed, has a 1/4" closed tear at the top of the front panel, and a 2" closed tear at the top of the rear panel; these flaws have been repaired with non-acidic archival tape. No chipping. The original price is intact. "...Clyde S. Kilby spins his remembrance of a summer's close personal acquaintance with J. R. R. Tolkien into an intimate portrait of the writer whose mythic universe has kindled the imagination of a vast audience. Here Kilby not only provides a rich diversity of clues to the content of that looked-for magnum opus, 'The Silmarillion' but elaborates on Tolkien's personal and literary relationships with his contemporaries, C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams..."… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1988. [1988]. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Light brown boards quarterbound in beige cloth. The spine is stamped in brown. Octavo. 232pps. There is mild bumping to the tips and touches of dustspotting to the fore-edge (only). Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is lightly rubbed; the original price (16.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A nice, collector's-quality copy of the author's first novel.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "...Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1989. [1989]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Bound in full beige cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. Beige endpapers. 244pps. There is a small pencil-erasure of price in the upper corner of the ffep., otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a slight touch of crinkling at the head of the spine; the original price (16.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of Kingsolver's second book, a collection of short stories. ".Fulfilling the promise of her highly praised and beloved first novel, Barbara Kingsolver gives us a rich and emotionally resonant collection of twelve stories. In 'Homeland,' she has spread her characters over a wide landscape: northern California, the urban Southwest, the hills of eastern Kentucky, the rural Midwest,… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1988. [1988]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Light brown boards quarterbound in beige cloth. The spine is stamped in brown. Octavo. 232pps. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is also as new; the original price (16.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. This is a Review Copy, and all review materials (placard, black-and-white photo, and review slip) are laid in. The author's first novel. ".Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old… Read More