Search Results: Titles starting with K from The Sensible Magpie

Reading, PA: Published by the Author, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. FABULOUS early visual dictionary, bi-lingual in English and German, self-published in the late nineteenth-century. Quarto measuring 8 in. x 11 in. Red cloth-covered boards, with black lettering and an elaborate bright gilt design to front board. Same design reproduced, in blind, on rear board. 247 pp. total. A few stray marks on an otherwise near-fine set of bright red boards. Begins with English and German (Fraktur) pronouncing dictionaries, followed by 171 pp. with 12 detailed drawings (except the first page, which has only 11), each within an arched border, measuring 1.75 in. x 1.75 in., totalling 2051. 46-page secion of full definitions, arranged by page number; Alphabetical List of Important Inventions; Vocabulary of Words Necessary to be Known in English and German Conversation, divided by topic -- for example, phrases necessary when dealing with Hotel personnel, the Laundress, etc. etc.; German Proverbs; and finally,… Read More

New York: Philosophical Library, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Mild edgewear to extremities. Bottom spinecap gently folded under. Dustjacket good. Jacket is scuffed with front panel worn on folds and edges. Now Mylar protected. Gilt lettering debossed to spine of black, cloth-covered boards. Clean, tight, bright. 84 pp. A reconstruction of Kant's early views on the nature of time against the background of scientific and philosophical ideas prevalent in the 18th Century.

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Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine. Wilwerding, Walter J.. Very slightly rubbed corners and spine caps. A very tiny spot to rear board. Debossed black lettering to spine and front board, and black border to full color paste-on illustration on front board. Soft, satiny midnight blue cloth-covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Very clean, tight, bright. No markings. With 12 illustrations, some in full color. 242 pp. "The soft south wind and warm sun of early spring had melted the ice and snow, started the sap running in the trees, and brought forth the first signs of tender green buds. As if by magic the forest folk had responded to this first call of spring. Again the woods were filled with life and activity after the long, cold months of winter. Old Mother Grizzly knew the time had come for her to shake herself from her long winter nap and start her wee, woolly cub on his journey in life."

NEW YORK: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968 . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Stated FIRST EDITION with "B" variant binding (trimmed smooth bottom edge). From author's foreward--"Of all my novels this bright brute is the gayest." Set in Berlin in the late 1920s, it features a love triangle in which the woman in question plots to kill her husband so she can be with his nephew. 272 pp. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Orange topstain, deckle edge. Some light rubbing to edges. Some very light foxing to fore edge. Rear board very lightly cocked. DJ archivally protected. Price sticker to front DJ flap. Some very light soiling to front DJ panel, spine.

London: Oxford University Press, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine. Occasional uncut page. Black lettering debossed to tan cloth spine of grey boards. Clean, tight, bright. Unpaginated. A witty comedy! The Malone Society is a British-based text publication. Edmond Malone (1741 - 1812), was an English scholar dedicated to the study of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama. It publishes editions of plays from manuscript, facsimile editions of printed and manuscript plays of the period, and editions of original documents relating to English theatre and drama.

Boston, Mass: Estes and Lauriat, 1892. Hardcover. Good Plus . Bound in dark brown boards, with stamped gold and black letter design to front board and spine, and illiustration of a canoe laying on the shore to front cover. Pictorial endpapers featuring Fernando Cortes, and Mor Tezu Ma. Fully illustrated with black and white images of varying sizes throughout book, some full page illustrations. Corners slightly nudged. Minor shelf wear to extremities. Some staining to edges of endpapers, and creasing near hinge of endpapers. Hinges started but still solidly intact. Bright copy. 240 pp. Other titles by Fred A. Ober in the Knockabout Club Series include: The Knockabout Club in the Everglades; The Knockabout Club in the Antilles; The Knockabout Club in Spain; The Knockabout Club in North Africa; The Knockabout Club on the Spanish Main. C.A. Stephens wrote: The Knockabout club in The Woods; The Knockabout Club Alongshore; The Knockabout Club in the Tropics.

Sydney, Australia: Angus and Robertson, [1959] 1961. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo, Navy blue cloth boards, bright and sharp corners but for one tiny nudge to front bottom. A wee bit of fading to title on spine. 199 pp. text, followed by bibliography and glossary of surfing terms. Illustrated throughout, with black and white photographs and diagrams. "...for the first time in history, a book on surfing has been produced that combines an A.B.C. for the beginner and an invaluable aid for the expert..." Chapters include 1) A Short History of Surfing; 2) Beaches and the Surf; 3) Surf Knowledge and How to Use it; 4) Equipment in the Surf; 5) The Surf Carnival; 6) Training for Competitive Surfing.

Honolulu: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage of Korea, 2010. Paperback. NEAR FINE. Slight bumps to corners, a very slight edgewear. White lettering to spine and black front cover, with glossy peony designs to both covers. Very clean, tight, bright. Full of gorgeous photographs mostly in full color. No markings. Privately owned. 456 pp with appendix and abstracts. In both English and Korean languages. "This catalogue presents the results of a survey conducted in 2004 and 2005 as part of the Institute's research initiative on Korean cultural works preserved in foreign institutions. It is divided into two sections: "Plates" and "Catalogue of Works". The Plates section contains color photographs of representative 316 objects, while the Catalogue of Works section contains photos and scholarly explanations of 715 objects, covering all major cultural properties surveyed. This catalogue includes information of the serial number, title, date, dimensions… Read More

Berlin: L. Heimann, 1873. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Second expanded edition of 1869 first edition. Handsome boards of mottled/marbled design with dark green reinforcements to spine and corners. Gilt lettering to spine.

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very mild shelfwear to extremities. Dustjacket very good. Lightly scuffed cover. Mild edgewear to jacket. Frontispiece : The 'gathering house.' Mola artist unknown. Photograph by David Stark. With 16 pp black and white photographs and illustrations. Clean, tight, bright. 260 pp with guide to pronounciation, notes, references, Texas Linguistics Series. A complete ethnography of a society's ways of speaking.