Search Results: Titles starting with K from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

NY: Oxford Universtiy Press, 1956.. 1956.. Good. - 8vo, black cloth (bumped with slight wear at head & tail of spine); titled in red on spine with kanji in blind on front cover; in color pictorial red dw (stained & torn with pieces out from edges). xxiii, [i] & 296pp. (some marginal lines in ink; owner's name in Kanji on front endpaper). Several photographic illustrations. Good in a fair dw. <p>First edition.

New York: George Braziller, (1954).. (1954).. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is soiled & chipped with the spine & extremities darkened. 26 pages, [1] leaf & 70 reproductions of prints by Kaethe Kollwitz in black & white, many of them full-page. The top edge is very slightly soiled. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>Second printing.

(Paris): Editions du seuil, (1968).. (1968).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The wraps are rubbed with a light crease to the bottom corner of the front cover. 188 & [2] pages plus 2-page publisher's catalog. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. Good. <p>An account of Kafka's life with numerous quotations from his journals, letters and other writings. The text is translated into French by Alain Huriot.

Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1952., 1952.. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 12-1/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], three quarters reddish brown calf & decorative boards titled in gilt between raised bands on the spine. The binding is bumped and the spine & the corners of the covers are rubbed. The head of the spine & the top corner of the front cover are lightly chipped. Half-title, title, [iv] & 806 pages. Illustrated with color plates & a black & white portrait frontispiece. Also with full-page & textual illustrations and vignettes in black & white. The bottom page corners are lightly bumped. There is a tiny stain to the fore-edge. There is a small area of rubbing to the margin of the illustration on page 23 with a tiny piece out, which has been partially repaired with tape on the verso. Very good First edition.A collection of Krohg's artwork, journalism and other writings, edited by Johan Borgen. The text is in Norwegian.Christian Krohg [1852-1925] was a Norwegian painter, illustrator,… Read More

New York: Hudson Hills Press, Inc., (1979)., (1979).. Very good. - Small folio [12-3/4 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide], pictorial tan buckram with an illustration in black on the front cover in a dust wrapper. There is foxing & light soiling to the edges of the dust jacket's front panel. 172 pages. Profusely illustrated with 48 tipped-in color plates & black-and-white illustrations. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>First American edition.<p>Written in collaboration with Jean K. Benjamin.

New York: Rizzoli, (1986)., (1986).. Fine. - Quarto, 11-3/8 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide. Black cloth titled in red on the spine and in blind on the front cover, in a color pictorial white dust wrapper. The top corners of the dust jacket are very lightly bumped. 160 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white throughout. Near fine. First edition.Laid in at the front is an 8-page exhibition catalog titled "Kandinsky in Paris: 1934-1944" published by the Solomon R.Guggenheim Foundation for the 1985 New York, Houston and Vienna exhibitions.

New York: The National Museum of Art / The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, [1981-1985]., [1981-1985].. Very good. - One folio brochure ("Kandinsky: The Improvisations"), 17 inches high by 11 inches wide, bound in printed softcover self-wraps. Together with two quarto brochures ("Kandinsky in Munich" and "Kandinsky in Paris"), 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide, bound in stapled color pictorial white wraps. Folded in half, the 6-page "Kandinsky: The Improvisations" brochure is illustrated with textual black & white illustrations. The corners of this brochure are lightly creased. Each of the other 2 brochures consist of 8 pages, including the covers, with contents illustrated in black & white. There is a light horizontal crease through the center of each with minor creases to the corners and bumping to the bottom edge of the Munich brochure. Very good.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, (1934).. (1934).. Good. - Octavo, red cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped. The dust jacket is lightly soiled with its spine & extremities darkened & with 3 small stains to the front flap. The head & tail of the jacket spine are chipped. 464 pages. 48 black-and-white photographic plates. There is a small ink stain to the fore-edge & some tiny gray marks to the top edge. Good. <p>Later printing.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., (1967).. (1967).. Good. - Octavo, pictorial wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed with the bottom corners lightly creased. x & 115 pages. Illustrated in black & white. The bottom page corners are lightly creased. Good. <p>Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., (1963).. (1963).. Very good. - Octavo, pictorial wraps. The rear wrap is rubbed & the corners of the front wrap are very lightly creased. vii, [ii] & 102 pages. The inside wraps & the last page are lightly foxed. Illustrated in black & white. Very good. <p>Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology.

New York: Marisa Del Re Gallery, 1991.. 1991.. Very good. - Quarto [11-1/2 inches square], softcover. The contents are bound between printed black-and-white cover sheets with black metal rings. The cover sheets are bumped & lightly soiled & the corners of the rear cover sheet are chipped. Unpaginated with some pages printed on black stock. Full-page color photographic portrait of the artist & 9 full-page reproductions of his works in black & white and color. The page corners are bumped & there is some light rubbing to the black stock. Very good. <p>Catalog for an exhibition shown at the Marisa Del Re Gallery in New York City from March 7 to April 6, 1991. The text includes an essay by Rudi Fuchs.

Stockholm: Bokforlaget Aldus/Bonniers, (1965).. (1965).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped with the spine & extremities darkened & with the head of the spine lightly chipped. The rear cover is creased. 368 plus 7-page publisher's catalog. The bottom corners of the first 30 pages are lightly bumped, else the contents are very good. <p>Karin Boye [1900-1941] was a Swedish poet and novelist best known for her poems and her novel "Kallocain" inspired by her visit to the Soviet Union in 1928 and her visit to Germany during the rise of the Nazis. The novel was filmed in Sweden in 1981. Until 1930, Boye was a member of the Swedish Clarte League, a socialist group. Together with Erik Mesterton and Josef Riwkin, she founded the poetry magazine Spektrum in 1931, and she was a member of the Swedish literary institution Samfundet De Nio from 1931 until her death.<p>The text is in Swedish.

(Heidelberg): Edition Braus, (2008)., (2008).. Very good. - Quarto, 11-3/4 inches high by 10 inches wide. Charcoal gray boards titled in white on the front cover and the spine, in a pictorial black & charcoal dust wrapper, stunningly illustrated in black & white on the front panel. The dust jacket is very lightly scuffed. The corners of the covers are lightly bumped. 216 pages, with profuse black & white and color illustrations of Karin Szekessy's photographs. Near fine. <p>First edition.<p>The German photographer Karin Szekessy was born in Essen in 1938. She was married to the German artist Paul Wunderlich from 1971 until his death in 2010.<p>The text is in German.

Munchen, Paris, London: Schirmer / Mosel, 1999.. 1999.. Fine. - Folio, 13-1/4 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide. Gray boards titled in green on the front cover and the spine, in a pictorial white dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly soiled. 101 & [3] pages, with profuse full-page illustrations of Blossfeldt's black & white photographs. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. <p>Karl Blossfeldt [1865-1932] took thousands of photographs of plants over a period or more than thirty years, using them in the classes he taught for students of industrial design and demonstrating that some of the best solutions in the field of industrial design had already been anticipated in nature. The text is printed in German.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 13 Winter Street, 1859.. 1859.. Fair. - Small octavo, red cloth titled in gilt with profuse decorations in gilt on the spine & in gilt on the front cover with decorations in blind on both covers. The covers are bumped & soiled with a few small stains. There is a tear to the lower half of the spine & a piece out of the cloth at the mid-section, & the head & tail are chipped. 104 pages plus 2-page publisher's catalog. 4 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. The hinges are cracked. The front endpaper is creased & chipped & there is a tear to the rear endpaper. There is scattered staining & soiling, including to the plates. Good only.

Berlin: Dietz Verlag, 1953.. 1953.. Good. - Quarto, gray cloth titled in red. Spine & extremities darkened; covers bumped, soiled & stained. 147 pp. plus colophon. Sepia-toned portrait frontispiece & full-page & textual illustrations, including folding facsimiles of newspaper pages. The rear hinge is cracked; the margins of some illustrations are darkened. Good. <p>A useful collection of facsimiles, documents and portraits.

Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, (1976)., (1976).. Good. - Quarto, 12 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in red cloth titled in silver on the spine, in a photographically illustrated price-clipped dust wrapper. The corners of the covers are bumped. The corners of the dust jacket and head & tail of its spine are chipped. There is lighter chipping to the edges with a tear to the bottom edge of the jacket's front panel. 202, [2] pages, profusely illustrated with black & white photographic plates. The top corners of several pages are bumped. Very good in a good dust wrapper. First American edition.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1924).. (1924).. Good. - Octavo, decorative blue & cream boards backed with navy blue cloth. The boards are bumped with the paper chipped at the corners. The spine is somewhat darkened. 135 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with 12 black-and- white plates, including a frontispiece, from wood engravings by Wilfred Jones. Good. <p>Number 1758 of an edition limited to 2,000 numbered copies printed by Pynson Printers. <p>Haji Abdu is purportedly the Iranian author of this long verse poem setting out a "higher law" derived from various religions of the East and West. However, Richard Burton has long been thought to be the author of the Kasidah rather than its translator and editor.

Yakutsk: Ministerstvo kultury i dukhovnogo razvitii a Respublliki Sakha, 2005., 2005.. Very good.. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wrappers. The tail of the dust jacket spine is torn & there is a small piece out of the head. The top edges of the panels are slightly creased. 112 pages. Color illustrations. Very good. "Catalog of the Tungus Collection of V. N. Vasilev". The Tungus are located in Siberia and the items pictured are decorative objects of everyday use. The text is in Russian.Rare. WorldCat locates one copy.

Berlin: Liebheit & Thiesen, 1914.. 1914.. Good. - Small quarto, blue cloth. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed. 233 pp. The page edges are slightly darkened. Ex-library with numerals on the title page & a label on the spine. Good. <p>There is a small thumb-hole in the center section of the fore-edge which appears to have been created by the publishers.