Search Results: Authors starting with K from THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY

EXPLORATIONS IN SCIENCE, Viking, 1953, first edition, near fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with 2 closed tears. The future of science in many areas is discussed.

SONGS FROM THE SLUMS, Cokesbury Press 1935, first edition, fine in near fine dust-wrapper with the slightest of wear.

NATURGESETZLICHE GRUNDLAGEN DER REINEN ETHIK - DES SITTLICH-GUTENDER WELTGERECHTIGKEIT, Geulah Press (Tel-Aviv, Israel), 1952, first edition, corner tips gently bumped, else just about a vg copy. INSCRIBED by the author near the time of publication to one of the worlds foremost scientific historians George Sarton. TLS from Kahan to Sarton also laid in with Sarton's bookplate on the f.p.d.

Laugh and Grow Rich, Grant Richards, 1923,first edition, f.e.p. neatly excised, a few scattered faint stains to the covers, else a vg copy in the publishers original cloth binding.

ERICH KAHLER, Van Vechten Press, 1951, first edition, some fading to the spine and covers, slight wear to the head of the spine, else fine in somewhat worn glassine dust-wrapper. Kahler was a renowned mid-twentieth-century European-American literary scholar and essayist. Testimonies within from those who knew him by John Berryman, Herman Broch, Albert Einstein, Ben Shahn, Thomas Mann and others including Eleanor Wolff, the co-editor of this volume, who has also SIGNED this copy. 1/350 copies.

TISSUE IMMUNITY, C. Thomas, 1936, first edition, a near fine copy in a worn dust-wrapper.

SELECTED SPEECHES, The Office of The President, 1959, first edition, fine in near dust-wrapper save for 2 closed tears to the rear dust-wrapper panel at the folds with some associated creasing and a small piece lifted from upper quadrant of the rear dust-wrapper panel not effecting any artwork nor text. SIGNED by the author. Very scarce thus.

AIR BABIES, Saalfield, 1938, evidence of sticker removal at the upper fore edge corner of the front cover, some wear to a small area near the center of the spine, else a vg+ copy in full color pictorial wraps with full color interior illustrations by Elvy Kalep as well. Forward by Amelia Earhart. #2207.

100,000,000 GUINEA PIGS - DANGERS IN EVERYDAY FOODS, DRUGS AND COSMETICS, Vanguard, 1932, first edition, just about fine in vg dust-wrapper save for triangular chip missing from upper right corner of the rear dust-wrapper panel which extends to the upper left corner of the dust-wrapper spine (but does not affect the lettering of either). A fine first printing of this often printed whistle-blowing muckraking scandal as offered here is quite scarce.

GRANDMA MOSES, Abrams, 1973, first edition, fine ln like dust-wrapper with 253 illustrations including 135 in full color plus 1203 documentary illustrations to the Catalogue of the Works.

GENEALOGIES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS A BIBLIOGRAPHY, Magna Carta Book Company, 1972, two volumes, a near fine set. Only 1,866 pages listing 20,414 references !!! This edition updates the earlier 1910 & 1919 book editions as well as the 1954 micro-card edition. A keystone volume for those interested in genealogical research.

THE SUN QUEEN, Kaner Publishing, 1946, first edition, a bright near fine copy in a vg+ dust-wrapper with some slight wear. Interplanetary warfare.

BORN YESTERDAY, Viking, 1946, first edition, vg+ in vg dust-wrapper with some light chipping to the dust-wrapper spine. A book which seems to be resurrected and filmed every decade. A near classic.

THE KANSAS MAGAZINE, VOL. III, JANUARY TO JUNE, 1873, Kansas Magazine Publishing, 1873, first edition, wear and scuffing to the corner tips and spine extremities, else a tight near vg copy with some foxing to the near fine contents. Formally John James Ingalls own copy, one of the first Kansas state senators and later, 18 year senator to the U.S. Congress as well as contributor to this very volume.

ANDERSONVILLE, World Publishing Company, 1955, first edition, just about fine in near vg slipcase with some wear and tear. Of 1,000 specially bound and SIGNED copies, this is 1/500 offered for sale. PULITZER PRIZE winner.

DON'T TOUCH ME, Random House, 1951, first edition, a vg+/near fine copy in bright near vg pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and chipping. INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication. A Korean War novel.

MIRACLES OF RARE DEVICE, Wayne State University Press, 1972, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. The poet's sense of self in nineteenth century poetry.

BIG GAME ANGLERS' PARADISE, Liveright, 1937,first edition, slight fraying to the base of the spine, else a vg/vg+ copy. Profusely illustrated with maps and photos, including one of Ernest Hemingway with several pages mentioning his accomplishments as well as several pages noting those of Zane Grey as well. A complete, non-technical narrative-treatise on salt water gamefishes and angling in Florida and elsewhere with comprehensive biographies of twenty prominent deep sea and coastal marine gladiators.

SOMETHING OF A HERO, Knopf, 1941, first edition, fine in near fine dust-wrapper save for a tiny chip gone from the rear dust-wrapper panel. The authors first novel.

THE SPIRITS BOOK CONTAINING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SPIRITIST DOCTRINE ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL; THE NATURE OF THE SPIRITS AND THEIR RELATIONS WITH MEN; THE MORAL LAW; THE PRESENT LIFE, THE FUTURE LIFE, AND THE DESTINY OF THE HUMAN RACE ACCORDING TO THE TEACHINGS OF SPIRITS OF HIGH DEGREE,TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE VARIOUS MEDIUMS, COLLECTED AND SET IN ORDER, Trubner & Co., 1875, first English edition, some light spotting to the covers and light wear to the head of the spine, else a tight vg copy.