Search Results: Titles starting with K from Wykeham Books

Callwey, München, first edition, 1984. Cloth, black cover illustration, large square 4to, 29 cm,. 292 pp, over 365 ills, some in colour. From the blurb: "Der Bildband soll kein kunsthistorisches Werk sein, sondern ein Beitrag zur historischen Volks- kunde und Kulturgeschichte des Spätmittelalters, der die Buchmalereien in den Kalendarien der Stundenbücher nicht nach ihrer künstlerischen Qualität, sondern nach ihrer volkskundlichen Realität wertet. Dem Laien wird auf anschauliche Weise die Welt des Mittelalters nahegebracht. Für den Fach- wissenschaftler stellt das Buch in dem umfangrei- chen Bildteil und seiner wissenschaftlichen Doku- mentation ein unentbehrliches Kompendium der historischen Ikonographie dar. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

Servei General d'Informacio de Muntanya, Sabadell, first edition, 1996. Illustrated card wrappers, large 8vo,. 117 pp, 10 maps in pocket at end. Text in Catalan, Spanish, English, French and German. A bibliographical index of topographical maps and sketches of the Karakorum mountains. Includes some 200 maps with scales up to 1 : 1,000,000. With a general index and a graphic index, Wrappers a little creased, otherwise Very Good. Inscription on the half-title.

Verlag Bruno Hessling, Berlin, first edition, 1977. Cloth, black cover title, large 4to, 31 cm,. 183 pp, 43 ills, plans. A valuable catalogue with very detailed descriptions. Includes sections on "Pattern Books and designs" and "Elevations and Views".From a bookseller's advertisement: "The 'Berlin Catalogue' has long been one of the few really indispensable reference books for whoever was interested in the earlier illustrated books on architecture, perspective, decoration, gardens, fortification, fireworks and a host of more or less related subjects. The collection the catalogue described suffered heavy losses during World War II, but has since been brought up to strength again..As a pilot venture for an eventual re-styling of the whole catalogue, Dr Fischer has re-catalogued one particular section of the library's collection: the English books on architecture and decoration, pattern books, cottage books and the like. She described about 125 titles published… Read More

Verlag Bruno Hessling, Berlin, first edition, 1977. Cloth, black cover title, large 4to, 31 cm,. 183 pp, 43 ills, plans. A valuable catalogue with very detailed descriptions. Includes sections on "Pattern Books and designs" and "Elevations and Views".From a bookseller's advertisement: "The 'Berlin Catalogue' has long been one of the few really indispensable reference books for whoever was interested in the earlier illustrated books on architecture, perspective, decoration, gardens, fortification, fireworks and a host of more or less related subjects. The collection the catalogue described suffered heavy losses during World War II, but has since been brought up to strength again..As a pilot venture for an eventual re-styling of the whole catalogue, Dr Fischer has re-catalogued one particular section of the library's collection: the English books on architecture and decoration, pattern books, cottage books and the like. She described about 125 titles published… Read More

Staatliche Museen (Kunstbibliothek), Berlin, first edition, 1966. Laminated wrappers, 8vo, 24 cm,. 68 pp, 2 colour ills and 33 black-and-white ills. 94 entries. Rear wrapper slightly creased, otherwise Very Good.

Levin & Munksgaard, København, first edition, 1931. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 27 cm,. 160 pp. 836 entries. The first part only of a 6-part catalogue. Wrappers duststained and slightly chipped, otherwise a Good unopened copy.

Verlag Bruno Hessling, Berlin, first edition, 1977. Cloth, black cover title, large 4to, 31 cm,. 183 pp, 43 ills, plans. A valuable catalogue with very detailed descriptions. Includes sections on "Pattern Books and designs" and "Elevations and Views".From a bookseller's advertisement: "The 'Berlin Catalogue' has long been one of the few really indispensable reference books for whoever was interested in the earlier illustrated books on architecture, perspective, decoration, gardens, fortification, fireworks and a host of more or less related subjects. The collection the catalogue described suffered heavy losses during World War II, but has since been brought up to strength again..As a pilot venture for an eventual re-styling of the whole catalogue, Dr Fischer has re-catalogued one particular section of the library's collection: the English books on architecture and decoration, pattern books, cottage books and the like. She described about 125 titles published… Read More

Hacker Art Books, New York, 1963 reprint of 1896-1905 first edition. 2 vols, cloth, 4to,. xvi 645 + [xii], 840 pp. The Lipperheide catalogue is among the most important costume bibliographies. This work lists over 5,000 titles in subject order. There is a subject index as well as an author index. Complete collations of the text, as well as the illustrations, are provided. Besides costume books of various countries and periods, the Lipperhiede catalogue includes works on hygiene, aesthetics, laws relating to clothing, criticism of various periods, and caricature. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpapers, Corners a trifle bumped, otherwise Very Good.

Burt Franklin, New York, 1958 reprint of the 1936-1939 edition. 2 vols, cloth, 8vo, 27 cm,. xv, 398 + xv, 399-782, [2] pp, ills. 5435 entries. A larger format reprint than the later Martino one. "Indispensable for reference work with prints, decorative arts, and early architectural books...A classified bibliography of ornamental prints (5,435 entries), primarily in series form, which comprised the decorative arts collection of the Berlin State Library and its predecessors. This library was largely destroyed in World War II. Divided into nine general categories: (1) General collections; (2) Handicrafts; (3) Architecture; (4) Interior decoration; (5) Plastic arts; (6) Nature; (7) Symbolical works; (8) Painting; (9) Calligraphy and printing arts." - Arntzen & Rainwater. Good.

Maurizio Martino Publisher, Storrs-Mansfield, undated reprint [c.1996?] of the Hacker Art Books 1963 reprint of the 1896-1905 first edition. Reprint "strictly limited to 150 copies". 2 vols, cloth, 8vo,. xxi, xvi, 645 + xii, 840 pp, over 500 ills. Over 5064 entries. The Lipperheide catalogue is among the most important costume bibliographies. This work lists over 5,000 titles in subject order. There is a subject index as well as an author index. Complete collations of the text, as well as the illustrations, are provided. Besides costume books of various countries and periods, the Lipperhiede catalogue includes works on hygiene, aesthetics, laws relating to clothing, criticism of various periods, and caricature. Top edges a trfle spotted,otherwise Fine. Volume 1 Has a publisher's label concealing the imprint at the foot of the title-page.

Macdonald, London, first edition, 1981. Cloth, small 4to,. 240 pp, numerous ills. From the blurb: "Most people think of Kate Greenaway as a style rather than as a person. Her name evokes idealised yet saucy children, dressed in a consciously old-fashioned manner, posed with care as though for a classical frieze and painted in delicate pastel colours. Looking at her work now it seems the quintessence of Victorian innocence as respectable Victorians wished to see it.Yet, behind this charming, though stylised work was its creator, the real Kate Greenaway - an ambitious, vulnerable, emotionally tormented woman. Her poignant, often tragic story is told here in full for the first time in this, the first authorised biography for over seventy-five years. Born in 1846 in London's East End, the daughter of a skilled wood engraver, Kate was, from the first, a child of strong, sometimes morbid feelings, a deeply sensitive solitary to whom daydreams and the romantic - even the bloodthirsty - spelled… Read More

A. & C. Black Ltd, London, first edition, 1905. Decorated cloth, top edge gilt, decorative endpapers, small 4to, 23 cm,. xix, [1], 300, [4] pp, [79] leaves of plates, some colour with tissue-guards with captions. From the preface : "Apart from her work, full record of which is made in the following pages, there was in the life of Kate Greenaway one outstanding feature - her friendship with John Ruskin. ... It is therefore our first duty and pleasure to put on record our great indebtedness to [Ruskin's executors] for their liberality in allowing us to make copious extracts from Ruskin's side of the vigorous correspondence which was carried on between him and Kate Greenaway for so many years. .. From Kate Greenaway's side of the correspondence abundant drafts have also been made, for they reveal the writer's character and method of thought better than any independent estimate could do... A word must be said concerning the illustrations. The published works of Kate Greenaway… Read More

Academy Editions, London, second impression, 1976. Cloth, folio, 30 cm,. 68 pp, over 90 illustrations in black-and-white and colour. A short introduction (pp5-8) followed byplates of Greenaway's work. Covers slightly marked, a trifle worn at one corner, Good.

University of Toronto Press, Toronto, first edition, 1949. Cloth, 8vo,. lxxxi, 210 pp. Approximately 1,250 entries. Still the standard bibliography of Keats' writings. giving full bibliographic descriptions for his separate, selected, and collected poems, letters, and prose; contributions to periodicals; and contributions to anthologies. Entries include title-page transcriptions, collations, physical descriptions, and contents. In addition MacGillivray describes a wide range of secondary materials including contemporary reviews and early notices, translations of Keats's works, biographical and critical works, and fiction and drama about Keats. Ex-library copy with a label on the front pastedown endpaper, perforated stamp on the title-page, other stamps on the verso of the title-page, gilt call number on spine. Covers slightly soiled, contents age-toned, in remains of the dustwrapper.

C. Johnson, London, published on behalf of the Keats Shelley Memorial Association, fourth edition, 1970. Cloth, 8vo,. 75 pp, 10 ills. From the blurb: "Most of these studies by distinguished writers were specially written for this book, while the rest have been carefully chosen from among the less familiar writings and translations of the past. They have been skilfully grouped around the central theme of Keats and Shelley and their association with Rome. In this city there is a fitting memorial to the two young poets linked by destiny to each other and to Rome and an account of this memorial forms an important part of the book, the story of its survival during the war being not least among the epics of the Italian campaign." Contents include: Compiler's foreword, by Neville Rogers; The Keats-Shelley house, Rome:1909, by Lord Rennell of Rodd; The memorial stands: June 1944, by A C Sedgwick; Keats, Shelley and Rome: 1816-22, by Neville Rogers; The Protestant cemetery: 1889, by Gabriele… Read More

Kelly, Drye & Warren, New York, first edition, 1985. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. xv, 246 pp, [20] leaves of plates. An ex-library copy with a white ink callnumber on the spine, library bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper (overstamped withdrawn), stamps on the half-title, title-page and on the final text page, otherwise Very Good.

Kelly's Directories Ltd, London, 15th edition, 1939. Cloth covers with glt-and black-blocked lettering and decoration, 8vo,. 31, xvii, [1], 456, [3] pp. folding colour map. From the introduction: "Every Parish in the County is included in the book, which, though primarily a Directory, is also in some measure a gazetteer, giving as it does a topographical account of every Town, Parish, Village and Township, and descriptions of the principal buildings and objects of interest. Full information is given as to the County Council; the Hundreds and County Court Districts ; the Cathedral ; the Churches, with the value of the Livings and the names of the Patrons and Incumbents ; the Chief Landowners, with details as to the Principal Seats; the Hospitals; the Acreage, Soils and Crops ; the Markets and Fairs ; the means of Conveyance by Railway, Road, etc. The Map of the County has been specially revised for this Edition, and is coloured so as to show the Parliamentary Divisions, and the first and… Read More

Blackwell's Rare Books, Oxford , bookseller's catalogue, n.d.. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo, 21 cm,. 48 pp. 88 items. Fine.

Kendall Whaling Museum, Sharon, first edition, 1965. Cloth, gilt cover title and illustration, 4to, 29 cm. xiii, 137 pp, colour frontispiece and 162 chiefly black-and-white ills. 162 entries. Fine.

Elmete Press, Collingham, first edition, 1988. Limited first edition of 485 copies. Cloth, 8vo, slipcased, 27 cm,. 125 pp, ills. Complete with a folder containing facsimile reproductions of three chapbooks: The Silver penny, for the amusement and instruction of good children; The House that Jack built : to which is added Some account of Jack Jingle; The Cries of York, for the amusement of young children. Copy No. 485 (of 485). Fine in Very Good slipcase.