Search Results: Authors starting with K from Gotcha By The Books

New York: Arco , 1981. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. profusely illustrated Tells the story of early coinage in the USA, with focus on the pioneers who set up private mints in gold-producing regions such as Southern Appalachia, California, Utah, Oregon and Colorado, thereby averting monetary crises in these areas; includes comprehensive illustrated appendices, one being a complete catalog of private gold coins listing every known issue, its date, denomination, edge characteristics, weight, rarity, etc; endpapers, prelims and text block foxed, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper rubbed, o.w. G-VG.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good in rubbed wraps. 4to. hand-tipped plates Catalogue for the exhibition of Artists Books from Kaldewey Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art Artist Books of the Kaldewey Press Thomas J. Watson Library September 6 - December 2 1988; texts by Eleanor M. Garvey and Gunnar Kaldewey; 14 hand-tipped plates of books giving titles, writer, illustrator, edition, binder, etc; works by Ashbery, Beckett, Celan, Neruda, and others; turquoise wraps printed to spine and with original title band; Very Good and clean throughout; wraps rubbed and foxed, worn strip to front, short closed tear and creases front edge.

Berlin: Galerie Feinschmiede, 1990. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good in rubbed wraps. 30 x 31cm. profusely illustrated Illustrated overview of Berlin designer Anderl Kammermeier's works between the years 1984-1990, being metal-based chairs, tables, lights, furniture, etc; b&w photo illustrations throughout; Very Good throughout; wraps a little rubbed, lightly curled at edges.

Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 2007. 1st paperback. paperback. Very Good tight clean copy. 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition of works by Kitty Kantilla, Ian Potter Centre April-Aug 2007 and AGNSW Dec 2007-Jan 2008; text by Judith Ryan, and with contributions by James Bennett, Felicity Green, Martin King, Una Rey, Margie West, and Pedro Wonaeamirri; colour illustrations throughout, including over 70 colour plates of Kitty Kantilla's paintings; includes exhibition checklist, select bibliography, artist profile, Tiwi chronology.

London: Thames and Hudson, 2008. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Major monograph on the life and work of Allan Kaprow, copiously illustrated in colour and b&w; edited by Eva Meyer-Hermann, Andrew Perchuk, and Stephanie Rosenthal, with texts by Paul Schimmel, Alex Potts, Glenn Phillips, Annette Leddy; Happenings, Time Pieces, The Allan Kaprow Papers, and more; Very Good tight and clean throughout, no dustwrapper (as issued).

Koln: Walther Konig, 2005. 1st thus. paperback. Very Good . 8vo. b&w and colour photo illustrations 2005 reprise of Allan Kaprow's happening 'Fluids' originally performed in 1967; being a photographic record of the happening on June 13 2005, in which three ice structures were built in front of Basel exhibition centre, on the roof of the car park opposite, and in the arcades of the Kunstmuseum Basel, all of which were then left to melt; mostly b&w photo illustrations, and with a central section in colour; includes a (folded) loose-inserted facsimile poster for the event (36.5 27cm); Very Good tight clean copy with no marks or flaws.

New York: M.L. D'Arc Gallery, 1976. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good . 4to. b&w illustrations Scarce; Allan Kaprow artists' book/performance art piece, being for four actors - two male two female - who must seek, give and/or deny attention to each other; b&w photo illustrations; Very Good clean tight copy, lightly rubbed to rear cover.

Budapest: Corvina Verlag/Magyar Helikon, no date. facsimile. paperback. Very Good in rubbed wraps. 4to. profusely illustrated Facsimile of the 1st Edition of Buch Neuer Kunstler, the book of constructivist art produced by Ludwig Kassak and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy in 1922; b&w illustrations throughout of work by Klee, Schlemmer, Oud, Doesburg, Tatlin, Archipenko, etc; text in German with no English translation; text block tanned, mild toning to edges of some pages, occasional light foxing, o.w. Very Good throughout; wraps rubbed and with some minor stains.

Tokyo: Galerie Tamenaga, 1972. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good . large square 8vo. colour and b&w plates Japanese-French exhibition catalogue for the Tamako Kataoka show featuring her celebrated paintings of Mt Fuji, Galerie Tamenaga Tokyo le 6-19 Janvier 1972, Galerie Tamenaga Osaka le 25 Janvier - le 4 Fevrier, Galerie Tamenaga Paris le 7 - le 31 Mars 1972; 4 full-page colour plates, 6 b&w plates; texts in Japanese and French (no English translation); introduction by Kiyoshi Tamenaga; Scarce.

Tokyo: Genko-sha Publishing, 1984. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 4to. profusely illustrated Very scarce - to my knowledge the first book on the work of Hibino Katsuhiko; colour illustrations throughout; texts in Japanese with no English translation; edited by Hiroko Tanaka; knock to foot of spine (with short closed tear lower lh corner front cover), o.w. Very Good.

Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin, 1991. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Second volume in a series of books on the great gardens of Kyoto with photographs by Mizuno Katsuhiko; featuring the gardens of many of the great temples such as Jishoji, Honen'in, Tofukuji, Kajuji, Sanboin, and many more; Very Good tight and clean in Very Good dustwrapper.

Barton Brownington Berlin: Something Else Press, 1973. 1st paperback. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Leon Katz's play/opera based on Gertrude Stein's novel The Making on Americans; late Something Else Press publication; top text block foxed, o.w. Very Good throughout; wraps very lightly rubbed.

Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1974. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 12mo. Heather McCallum cover design Collection of poems by Paul Kavanagh, being the University of Queensland Press Paperback Poets Second Series 2; the scarce hardbound edition - despite the series being named the 'Paperback Poets', the volumes were also published in more durable hardbound editiions, which they referred to as the 'library editions'; very minor tanning to endpapers, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly sunned to spine, o.w. VG.

London: Phaidon , 2002. 1st Edition. stiff card. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Illustrated survey of the work of On Kawara, with texts by Jonathan Watkins, Rene Denizot, Stuart Hameroff and Roger Penrose, and with selections of Kawara's own writings; copiously illustrated in colour and b&w; includes Chronology and Bibliography; a volume in the Phaidon Contemporary Artists series; printed stiff-card wraps with dustwrapper; Very Good and clean throughout in Very Good dw.

Brisbane: Queensland Community Press, 1983. Signed 1st Edition. paperback. Good-Very Good. 8vo. Queensland poet Laurie Keim's first collection, signed and with gift-inscription by Keim to reverse of front cover; medium foxing to half-title page, o.w. Good-Very Good throughout; wraps rubbed and with reading creases to spine.

Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1976. reprint. hardbound. both volumes Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrappers/Dustwrapper. 2 volumes 8vo. 2 volume set (complete) of Berriedale's comprehensive account of the whole of the religion and philosophy of the Vedic period in India; 29 chapters grouped under 5 main headings, Sources, God & Demons, Vedic Ritual, Spirits of the Dead, and Philosophy of the Veda; being vols 31 and 32 in the Harvard Oriental Series (edited by Charles Rockwell Lanman); both volumes Very Good throughout in lightly rubbed boards; dustwrappers for both volumes rubbed and heavily edgeworn, with significant loss to head and tail of spine vol 1, and loss to front flap vol 2.

London: Oxford University Press, 1964. reprint. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Study of the Sanskrit and Prakrit drama, referencing origins, development, dramatic theory, and dramatic practice; foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper rubbed and lightly edgeworn, price clipped, o.w. G-VG

Cambridge: Folio (Salt), 1998. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good . 8vo. Scarce collection of poems by Steve Kelen; minor mark to front cover, o.w. VG tight clean copy.

Canberra : Limestone Press, 1995. paperback. Very Good tight clean copy. 8vo. Scarce collection of poems by Stephen Kelen - as well as being a poet of note, Kelen also founded Glandular Press; publisher's details state 'Version 1.1 1995', being a reprint after the first print run sold out; this is VG+ tight clean copy.

Ha Noi (Hanoi): The Gioi Publishers, 1998. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good tight clean copy. 12mo. Collection of poems inspired by the cities and countryside of northern Vietnam, composed whilst Kelen was writer-in-residence in Hanoi.