Search Results: Titles starting with K from Antiquates Ltd

London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1924. Limited edition, number 131 of 200 copies signed by the author. xv, [1], 306pp, [2]. With a half-title. Original publisher's tan cloth-backed grey paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, printed paper dust-wrapper. Very slight chipping to dustwrapper, light browning to endpapers, else clean and crisp. A signed, limited edition of the second book in Ernest Bramah's (1868-1942) Kai Lung series, first printed in 1922. . 8vo.

London: The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned. An abridged edition of Allen's classic fantasy novel Thuggee cult and Mesmerism, edited by journalist William Thomas Stead (1849-1912); number 59 in the "Review of Review's" Masterpiece Library, Penny Popular Novels series. . 8vo.

[Stuttgart]: Seewald, [1965]. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to half-title. The first edition of Miksche's innovative treatise on probable future Western defence policies. Ferdinand Otto Miksche (1904-1992), Austrian-born army officer and military theorist. Miksche joined the Czechoslovakian Army in 1927. A veteran of the Spanish Civil War, during which he served with the International Brigades on the side of the Republicans, he held various positions with the Allied Forces during the Second World War. He saw action in France in 1940 and was later attached to Free French forces, serving on the personal staff of General Charles De Gaulle. After the war he was appointed Czechoslovakian Military Attaché for both France & Belgium, but when the communist regime took power in 1948 he… Read More

[Stuttgart]: Seewald, [1965]. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription from the author to his daughter and her husband. The first edition of Miksche's innovative treatise on probable future Western defence policies. Ferdinand Otto Miksche (1904-1992) Austrian-born army officer and military theorist. Miksche joined the Czechoslovakian Army in 1927. A veteran of the Spanish Civil War, during which he served with the International Brigades on the side of the Republicans, he held various positions with the Allied Forces during the Second World War. He saw action in France in 1940 and was later attached to Free French forces, serving on the personal staff of General Charles De Gaulle. After the war he was appointed Czechoslovakian Military Attaché for both France & Belgium, but when the communist… Read More

[Stuttgart]: Seewald, [1965]. 258pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to spine, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper lightly marked and creased. Internally clean and crisp. The first edition of Miksche's innovative treatise on probable future Western defence policies. Ferdinand Otto Miksche (1904-1992), Austrian-born army officer and military theorist. Miksche joined the Czechoslovakian Army in 1927. A veteran of the Spanish Civil War, during which he served with the International Brigades on the side of the Republicans, he held various positions with the Allied Forces during the Second World War. He saw action in France in 1940 and was later attached to Free French forces, serving on the personal staff of General Charles De Gaulle. After the war he was appointed Czechoslovakian Military Attaché for both France & Belgium, but when the communist regime took power in 1948, he accepted a commission in the French Army. In 1950, he… Read More

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1923. xv, [1], 124pp, [2]. With a portrait frontispiece. Title in red and black. Bound by Belgian binder Jules Karel Van West (1889-1968) in contemporary brown half-morocco, marbled boards, contrasting green morocco lettering pieces, T.E.G. Marbled endpapers. Later inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. Original publisher's paper lettering-pieces pasted to stubs at rear. A fine copy. A finely bound American edition, produced by Mosher, of British Arabist and explorer Richard Francis Burton's (1821-1890) long poem, a pseudo- translation containing a distillation of Sufi thought. Composed in 1857, the work was not published until 1880, in a run likely consisting of no more than 200 copies. Though neglected upon release, The Kasidah became quite popular after Burton's death, going through many editions and long remaining in print. . 8vo.

London: Ward, Lock & Bowden, [s.d., c. 1875] iv, 341pp, [1]. Bound by Mudie in contemporary green half-morocco, marbled boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. A handsomely bound copy of an early edition of Scottish author George John Whyte-Meville’s (1821-1878) sporting novel, set in the West Country during the eighteenth century, notable for its vivid stag-hunting scenes. . New edition. 8vo.

London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1895. xiv, 357pp, [1]. With two portrait engravings from photographs, one as frontispiece and one plate, depicting Mary Anne Keeley and Fanny Stirling respectively, and a further 16 plates of black and white illustrations. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt device and lettering, decorated endpapers. Lightly rubbed, slight loss to foot of spine with spots of soiling in places. Bookplate of R.G.E. Sandback to FEP. Occasional ink annotation to margins. With three ALSs affixed to recto of FFEP addressed to Punch editor F. C. Burnand (1836-1917) from Mary Anne Keeley (1805-1899). The Keeley's were a family of actors and comic performers comprised of matriarch Mary Anne (1805-1899), her husband Robert (1793-1869), and their two children. They all played to critical and commercial success, appearing in a wide variety of stage shows from the farcical through the tragic at such esteemed establishments as Covent Garden and the Theatre Royal. . First edition. 8vo.

[Arbroath?]: [s.n.], [s.d., c.1874] Single leaf broadside. Numerous early vertical and horizontal folds. A trifle creased, manuscript title to verso. James Keith (1849-1921). He was the inventor of numerous hydraulic heating, ventilating, and other appliances, and amongst the earliest of these inventions was the apparatus for the manufacture of mineral oil gas. He was also the originator of the modern type of sectional boiler for hot-water heating. He was one of the pioneers of the system of high-pressure gas-lighting, and in addition to his foundry in Arbroath the firm had works at Holloway, London, with offices at Farringdon Avenue. . Dimensions 270 x 430 mm.

London: Hutchinson & Co., [1940]. 255, [1], 24pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Rubbed and soiled, edges spotted, dustwrapper worn and marked, with significant loss. Contemporary pencilled ownership inscription of Captain R. Ford to recto of FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. The first edition of Henry Cornelius O'Callaghan Prittie, 5th Baron Dunalley's (1877-1948) autobiography detailing his service in the British Army during the First World War. . First edition. 8vo.

[London]: Andre Deutsch, [1994]. 240pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. Bookplate of George Lowe to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FFEP: 'For my good friends Mary and George Lowe, with whom I have been privileged to share a different kind of magic. Thank you for your interest and support. Best Wishes, Pat'. The first edition of Patrick Belshaw's (b. 1936) group biography of his four 'uncles': Charles Lovett, Ted Shread, W. J. H. Sprott, and E. M. Forster. From the library of New Zealand-born mountaineer George Lowe (1924-2013), a member of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition, the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Everest, and the first confirmed to have succeeded when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit on 29th May. The day prior, Lowe had led an advance guard, wielding an ice axe with legendary skill, to cut a path into the Lhotse Face to the… Read More

New-York: Sunday-School Union, [s.d., c.1840] 40pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, gilt. Extremities rubbed. Endpapers marked, later inked/pencilled ownership inscription to FEP, without RFEP. An apparently unrecorded edition of a retelling for Sunday School attendees of the tale of Jeshoash, eighth king of Judah; commonly attributed to American Methodist Episcopal theologian Daniel Parish Kidder (1815-1891). . 16mo.

London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1850. [8], 78pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Insect damage to head of initial three leaves. Ink inscription to verso of FFEP: 'To Robert Roy Esq. / with the kind regards / of the Translator / Theodore Martin / 17 January 1850'. The first edition of Scottish poet and biographer Theodore Martin's (1816-1909) translation into English of Kong Renés datter (1845), a Danish romantic drama by Henrik Hertz (1797- 1870). . First edition. 8vo.

London: Printed for T. Becket, 1778. [8], 98pp, [2]. With a half-title. Later buff wrappers. The first edition of playwright and actor Arthur Murphy's (1727-1805) popular comedy, based on Destouches' Irresolu, which had debuted at Covent Garden in February 1777, with an epilogue by David Garrick. ESTC T45411.. First edition. 8vo.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1930. Limited edition of 100 copies. xxix, [1], 180pp, [2]. With a half-title and a portrait frontispiece. Uncut and unopened. Bound for the publisher by Riviere & Son in red crushed morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, T.E.G. Minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, internally clean and crisp. A handsomely bound, limited edition, of five philosophical tales ('The Tree of Knowledge', 'Loneliness', 'Bona Mors', 'An Impression of Westminster' and 'A Ligurian Paradise') by William Arkwright (1857-1925), primarily remembered as the author of highly regarded manual on hunting dogs, The Pointer and His Predecessors (1906). . 8vo.

London: Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, [1833]. 308pp. With an engraved presentation plate, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 14 engraved plates. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. An attractively bound anthology of prose and verse, including contributions by Agnes Strickland, Letitia Landon, and, most notably, two short stories by Mary Shelley, billed as 'the Author of Frankenstein; 'The Brother and Sister, an Italian Tale' and 'The Invisible Girl, a Tale'. The former, set in Siena, is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet; indeed the opening lines reference the Bard directly: 'It is well known that the hatred borne by one family against another, and the strife of parties, which often led to bloodshed in the Italian cities during the middle ages, so vividly described by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet, was not confined to the Montecchi and… Read More

London: Printed for J. Harris and Son, 1820. viii, 172pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed, some surface loss to bumped corners. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, slight loss to lower corner of leaf N5, very occasional spotting. Maria Elizabeth Budden (c.1780-1832), popular Regency children's author, who at her zenith wrote more than a book a year for her publisher John Harris. First printed in 1814, in her prefatory remarks Budden describes her work as 'a concise and simple elucidation of the several articles of daily use and daily consumption'. Structured as a conversation between children and a truly encyclopaedic mother, the subjects discussed are as diverse as silk, amber, rum, spermaceti, and paper. Moon 78 (3).. Third edition. 12mo.

London: Printed for the Author...and Sold by T. Cooper, 1737. [3], 51pp, [1]. Without half-title. Later marbled paper wraps. Light wear to extremities. Ink inscription to head of title; 'This is a Gift of Will Norton's', ink inscription to head of drop-title; 'Will Sorimer 1744', spots of dust-soiling and foxing throughout. The second play of bookseller and writer, Robert Dodsley (1704-1764), The King and the Miller of Mansfield received much applause on its debut at Drury Lane. The work sees protagonist Henry II realise that he is no more then a 'common man' and thus resolves to aid the plight of the lower classes, raising simple miller John Cockle to knighthood. Sir John Cockle at Court, a comic sequel of the following year, would continue his misadventures. ESTC locates only four copies at two British libraries of this variant edition with the catchword with- to p.11; BL and Oxford. Seven further copies are recorded in North America; Cornell, Folger, Harvard, Indiana,… Read More

London: The Sheldon Press, 1922. [2] viii, 88pp, with frontispiece and three further illustrative plates inserted. Original publisher's illustrated boards with the corresponding design on the dustwrapper. Minor foxing to all edges, internally bright and clean; a fine copy in the rare dustwrapper. Pencil ownership to front flap, repeated with 'xmas 1925' to FFEP. A collection of short stories retold by Rosetta Baskerville, collected by her over some years while living in Uganda. The preface explains the collection is in part inspired by 'Engero za Baganda', 1901, written by Katikkiro Prime Minister) Apollo Kagwa (1864-1927), published 1901 in Lugandan, though out of print by the time Baskerville's adaptations were published. . First edition. 8vo.

London: Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, [1925]. 205pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's gilt-tooled purple cloth. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and bumped, loss and chipping to head of sunned spine. Inked inscription to foot of frontispiece: 'To His Royal Highness the Prince Arthur of Connaught from his most devoted Paola Ostheim Saxony Weimar'. The first edition of a selection of letters written by King Konstantínos I of the Hellenes to Paola, Princess of Saxe-Weimar during the years 1912 to 1923. This copy was presented by the former wife of Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (later styled Count Ostheim) (1886-1964), Italian stage actress Wanda Paola Lottero (d. 1963), to governor-general of South Africa and grandson of Queen Victoria, Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938). Following her divorce from Prince Hermann in 1911, Wanda gained notoriety for her short-lived affair with King Konstantínos I. . First edition. 8vo.