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  • Kahn, Roger:  Good Enough to Dream.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 red cloth and paper covered boards with a remainder spray on the bottom edge. In a very near fine dust jacket with the ghost of a small price sticker on the upper corner of the front panel. A biography of the author's one year experience with the Utica Blue Sox.
    TB07518  $8.40




  • Kalman, James M. and C. Meade Patterson:  A Pictorial History of U. S. Single Shot Martial Pistols.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, n.d.. First Edition, Limited Edition. Very near fine in brown and tan buckram cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with gilt decorations on the front board. There are modest spots of foxing on the lower edges of the boards. In a fair to good price clipped dust jacket with numerous tears and chips around the edges. An oblong quarto measuring 11" tall by 14" deep unpaginated but containing 44 full color plates. Signed by both the artist and the author of the text and this copy is numbered 2,154 out of only 2,500 copies printed.
    TB18672  $35.00



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    Kane, Elisha Kent:  Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55 [2 vols].  Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. First Edition. Both volumes in this two volume set are in very good- condition in original, brown cloth covered boards with blind embossing on the boards and gilt text stampings on the spines. The cloth for both volumes show rubbing and wear to the spines with the cloth worn through at the heads and heels of the spines and there are a number of chips to the cloth on the spine of volume II. Both are octavos measuring 8 3/4" by 5 3/4" with the engraved title pages and frontispieces showing foxing. The rest of the text is essentially free of any foxing or tanning. The binding, hinges and joints are all tight and strong. "Illustrated with up to 300 engravings from sketches by the author." [from the title page] Both volumes contain the fold out maps. The map for volume I is located at the front of the book and the map for the second volume faces page 428. Both maps are in fine condition.
    TB27176  $175.00




  • Kane, Elisha Kent:  Arctic Explorations.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1996. First thus. Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text & decorations with a gilt top edge. The Lakeside Classic release of 1996. Contained within the publisher's original shrink-wrap protection. Initially published in 1856 by Childs and Peterson of Philadelphia. The book became a best seller in its time and then fell into relative obscurity by the turn of the century. It is the story of the second Grinnell Expedition in search of the famous Franklin Expedition which was lost without a trace in 1845 while in search of the Northwest Passage.
    TB16433  $20.00




  • Kantor, MacKinlay:  Happy Land.  New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1943. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt band decorations and gilt text stamping on the spine. In a very good dust jacket with rubbing and light wear to the edges of the panels and spine ends. This is one of a special limited run of 1,250 copies produced for the friends of the author and publisher in December, 1942.
    TB07992  $29.40




  • Kantor, MacKinlay:  Again The Bugle.  New York: The American Weekly, 1958. Limited Edition Reprint. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with light blue text on the spine and front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" tall by 6 1/2". Without a dust jacket as issued. 22 pages with full page illustrations by Robert Shore. A special limited edition reprint.
    TB23289  $20.00




  • Kantor, MacKinlay:  Lobo.  New York: World Publishing Co., 1957. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light brown linen covered boards with a black sketch of a dog on the front board & a prior owner's stamp on the 1st FEP. In a near fine dust jacket with two tiny stains on the front panel. The true story of a dog who adopted this Pulitzer Prize winning author while he was in Spain.
    TB08420  $12.25



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    Kapp, Friedrich:  The Life of Frederick William Von Steuben Major General In The Revolutionary Army.  New York: Mason Brothers, 1859. Second Edition. An ex-library copy in good condition in its original dark cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine. A 12mo of 7 7/8 by 5 1/4 inches with the cloth at the head of the spine heavily worn and the cloth at the upper edge of the boards chewed by mice. The front hinge is broke and the rear hinge is cracked, but the front and rear boards are holding. There is an early library book plate on the front paste down and a penciled call number on the front free end page. 735 pages including an index, appendix and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of von Steuben from an engraving. With an introduction by George Bancroft. The first edition was published in Germany in 1858. (Gephart, 14491)
    TB32889  $50.00




  • Kappel-Smith, Diana:  Desert Time.  Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1992. Second Printing. Near fine in pink and tan paper covered boards. In a very good dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with two tape repaired closed tears at the upper fore corner of the front panel. "A Journey Through the American Southwest" which records the events of a 25,000 mile trip through the deserts from Oregon and Idaho south to the Mexican border.
    TB16474  $7.00



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    Karamanski, Theodore J.:  Fur Trade and Exploration Opening the Far Northwest 1821-1852.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1983. First Edition, First printing. Fine in yellow cloth covered boards with bold brown text stamping on the spine with a prior owner's embossed seal on the first free end page. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with the spine area slightly faded. 330 pages including an index, bibliography, notes, text with several illustrations and photographs.
    TB26601  $35.00



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    Kauffman, Henry J.:  The Pennsylvania Kentucky Rifle.  Harrisburg, Penn.: Stackpole Books, c. 1960. Reprint, Thrid Printing. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and on the front board. A quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/2". In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with the spine area faded. 374 pages including an index, glossary, biographies of gun makers and text. Illustrated throughout with line drawings and black and white photographs and reproductions of original invoices, and advertisements.
    TB26553  $60.00




  • Keckley, Elizabeth:  Behind the Scenes.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1998. First thus. Fine in decorated dark brown cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge. Still in publisher's original shrink-wrap. Without a dust jacket as issued. Also sub-titled: Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House. Edited by Frances Smith Foster. The original publication of this book appeared in 1868 and created quite a stir. This is the 96th book in the Lakeside Classics series which started in 1903.
    TB15252  $20.00



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    Keillor, Garrison:  Leaving Home.  New York: Viking, 1987. Signed, limited first edition. Fine in medium green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the author's gilt initials on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued, however, the book is contained within a near fine cloth covered slip case with only hints of fading around the edges. This copy is identified ad number 1,374 out of only 1,500 copies printed and sold and signed by the author on the tipped-in second free end page. 244 pages of text.
    TB20067  $60.00




  • Keillor, Garrison:  Happy to be Here.  New York: Atheneum, 1982. First Edition, First printing. Near Fine, gift inscription on FFEP, else fine. In a near fine price clipped dust jacket. Author's first book.
    TB01810  $22.05




  • Keillor, Garrison:  The Sandy Bottom Orchestra.  New York: Hyperion Books, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine jacket with a deeply price clipped flap. Co-authored with Jenny Lind Nilsson, Garrison's wife. A book for young adults.
    TB05382  $21.00




  • Kellerman, Faye:  Sancturary.  New York: Wm. Morrow and Co., 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The eighth Peter Decker and Rina Lasarus mystery.
    TB05053  $5.00




  • Kelly, J. Frederick:  Early Connecticut Meetinghouses Being an Account of the Church Edifices Built Before 1830 Based Chiefly upon Town and Parish Records.  New York: Columbia University Press, 1948. First Edition, First printing. Both volumes in this two volume set are in near fine condition in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines and across the upper edges of the front boards. Without dust jackets as issued; however, the books are contained in a very good paper covered and illustrated slip case with little if any wear. Both volumes are quartos measuring 12 by 9 inches and both volumes have a slight musty odor. Volume I contains 332 pages and volume II contains 360 pages including an index. Both are heavily illustrated with black and white photographs some with photographic details such as doors and windows augmented with floor plans and sketches of truss work. A handsome, clean and tight set with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Extremely uncommon. (Roos, 649)
    TB33194  $275.00



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    Kelly, Luther S., Edited by Milo M. Quaife:  "Yellowstone Kelly" The Memoirs of Luther S. Kelly.  New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926. First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 1/8 inches with a Christmas 1928 gift inscription on the first free end page. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chipping across the upper edge of the spine area which is also tanned with several small stains. 268 pages including an index, text and illustrated with photographs and reproductions of early art works one of which is by Charles Russel. With a forward dated March 1, 1921 by Nelson A. Miles, Lieutenant-General, U.S.A. who employed Yellostone Kelly as his chief scout. With his ability to speak the Sioux language Kelly was an invaluable aid to the Army in its campaigns against the plains Indians. Following his initial discharge from the Army in 1868 Kelly spent many years as a hunter and trapper in the Yellowstone region learning the trails and geography in Wyoming and Montana. Very uncommon in jacket.
    TB32732  $225.00



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    Kelly, William W.:  Ellen Glasgow A Bibliography.  Charlottsville: The Bibliographic Society of the University of Virginia, (1964). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in maroon cloth covered boards with printed, paper labels on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches. Without a dust jacket. 330 pages including an index. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Glasgow.
    TB29849  $15.00



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    Kendrick, John:  The Voyage of Sutil and Mexicana 1792 The Last Spanish exploration of the Northwest Coast of America.  Spokane, Washington: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped printed dust jacket. One of only 1,052 copies printed. Volume XVI in the Northwest Historical Series. 260 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with frontispiece portraits, maps and reproductions of earlier works of art. (Clark & Brunet 159)
    TB29494  $70.00




  • Keneally, Thomas:  The Place Where Souls Are Born.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02985  $17.50



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    Keneally, Thomas:  Searching for Schindler.  New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday Publishing, (c2007). First Edition, First Printing. Very good in 1/4 black cloth and yellow paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches with a remainder dot on the lower edge of the text block and with the first 58 pages damaged by humidity causing slight wavy feel to the pages, but there is no staining or discoloration. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with very modest soiling to the panels. 272 pages of text and illustrated with 16 pages of plates from color and black and white photographs. The story behind the making of the author's award winning book: Schindler's List.
    TB32160  $15.00




  • Keneally, Thomas:  Woman of the Inner Sea.  London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02700  $12.25




  • Keneally, Thomas:  To Asmara.  New York: Warner Books, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Near fine. In a near fine dust jacket.
    TB02874  $9.80




  • Keneally, Thomas:  A Family Madness.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, with remainder mark on bottom edge. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02962  $9.80



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    Kennedy, John F.:  Profiles in Courage.  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Reprint of July, 1957. Very good+ in 1/4 black cloth and blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with what looks to be a paint stain of 1/4 by 1 inch long at the upper edge of the front board and minor foxing to the rear end sheets due to a reaction with the glues used in binding. In a good, unclipped ($3.95) dust jacket with numerous chips of varying depths around the edges of the panels and with heavy rubbing to the fold to the front flap. Signed and inscribed by John F. Kennedy on the first free end page and dated "1959". Laid-in at the front of the book is a typewritten note from the family indicating the circumstances of how the prior owner met then Senator Kennedy at a book signing event in 1959. 266 pages containing an index, text and a section of images from earlier works of art and from black and white photographs. Senator Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize for biography for this title in 1957. The code on the copyright page of "J-H" indicates the book was printed in July of 1957.
    TB32241  $5000.00




  • Kennedy, Robert F.:  The Enemy Within.  New York: Harper Brothers, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in gray-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket. Tipped-in at the front of the book is a signed and handwritten letter by Robert Kennedy on his personal New York address letterhead. 338 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with a section of black and white images from photographs.
    TB33484  $1500.00



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    Kennedy, William:  Ironweed.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1999. Collector's Edition. Fine in full light brown leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 9" tall by 5 3/4" without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page. Laid in is the publisher's note card describing this title and the author. 227 pages of text. Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB24403  $125.00




  • Kennedy, Robert F.:  The Pursuit of Justice.  New York: Harper & Row, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and yellow paper covered boards with silver and gilt text on the spine and a facsimile of Kennedy's signature in silver on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches. In a near fine. unclipped dust jacket with very light wear to the ends of the spine area. Edited by Theodore J. Lowi 148 pages of text containing the "dedications and beliefs of Mr. Kennedy are put on the record - together with a personal credo and review". (from the dust jacket.)
    TB33492  $50.00




  • Kennedy, Robert F.:  Just Friends And Brave Enemies.  New York: Harper & Row Publishers, (1962). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with bold, gilt text on the spine and a facsimile of the author's signature on the front board in gilt. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/4 inches. In a very near fine, price clipped dust jacket with very light wear to the ends of the spine area. 211 pages including an index and text. Essentially a travelogue of Kennedy's 30,000 mile around the world tour in 1962.
    TB33493  $40.00




  • Kennedy, Robert F.:  To Seek a Newer World.  Garden City: Doubleday, 1967. First Edition, First printing. Very good, slight fading at spine ends. In a very good dust jacket 3/4' chip at spine hinge & ends worn.
    TB02093  $35.00




  • Kennedy, William:  Very Old Bones.  New York: Viking, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with prior owner's name on the first free end paper. In a near fine dust jacket.
    TB02128  $12.25




  • Kennedy, William:  The Flaming Corsage.  New York: The Viking Press, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. The author's fourth book, Ironweed, won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
    TB04926  $12.25




  • Kennedy, William:  The Ink Truck.  New York: Viking, 1984. Reprint. Near fine, remainder mark on EP. In a fine dust jacket. Republication of the author's first book.
    TB02170  $7.35




  • Kenney, John Tarrant:  The Hitchcock Chair.  New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light orange cloth covered boards with green text stamping on the spine with a prior owner's name on the 1st FEP & FFEP In a very good+ dust jacket with very light rubbing and wear at the ends of the spine area and at the corners but no chips or tears. "The story of a Connecticut Yankee - L. Hitchcock of Hitchcocksville - and an account of the Restoration of his 19th century Manufactory." 339 pages including an index, bibliography, appendixies, text and photographs throughout.
    TB10117  $35.00




  • Kennon, Bob:  From the Pecos to the Powder: A Cowboy's Autobiorgraphy.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with modest spotting stains on the end papers and a stain to the spine area. In a very good+ dust jacket with a dampstained rear jacket panel and 1" tear to the base of the spine area. A autobiography as told to Ramon F. Adams by Bob Kennon who believed that he was one of the last living riders of the long trail from Texas to Montana. With illustrations by Joe Beeler.
    TB06236  $20.00



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    Keno, Leigh, and Leslie Keno:  Hidden Treasures Searching for Masterpieces of American Furniture.  New York: Warner Books, 2000. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with dark blue paper end papers with the remnants of a prior owner's address label at the upper edge of the first free end page. In a near find dust jacket with the original price intact on the front flap with only hints of rubbing and creasing at the upper edge of the spine area. 304 pages of text illustrated with fine color photographs.
    TB22850  $20.00



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    Kent, Rockwell:  N by E.  New York: Random House, 1930. Signed limited first edition. Fine in decorated light blue cloth covered boards with a silver colored stamping of a compass rose on the front board and text and decorations stamped on the spine. This binding is absolutely unblemished! In its original plain blue dust jacket in very good condition with tanning to the spine area and a few closed tears all of which have been repaired with archival tape on the verso side of the jacket. Both the book and its dust jacket are contained within the original, very good+ dark blue, paper covered slip case which shows minor wear at its opening and one chip from the paper covering of 3/4" by 1/2". As noted on the rear page of text this copy has been numbered 572 out of only 900 copies printed. It is also signed on that page by the author. With extensive wood block illustrations by the author. The paper employed in the text is a special watermarked paper by Pynson Printers and completed in the month of November, 1930. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28455  $600.00



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    Kent, Rockwell:  Later Bookplates & Marks of Rockwell Kent.  New York: Pynson Printers, 1937. First Edition, Signed Limited Edition. Fine in orange cloth covered boards with two gilt starts and "RK" on the spine and the title and illustration of a fist on top of an open book on the front board all in gilt. A12mo of 7 by 5 inches with a prior owner's name neatly written at the top of the first free end page. In a very near fine dust jacket with a black stain (printer's ink?) on half of the rear fold to the rear panel (see photo) which did not bleed through to the rear board; and, with the limitation number handwritten at the base of the spine. One of only 1,250 signed and numbered copies printed with this copy numbered 889 and signed by Kent on the second to last page of the text. The prospectus for this printing of four doubled pages is laid-in at the front of this copy. 83 doubled pages followed by the limitation page. Illustrated throughout by 85 examples of bookplates and marks by Rockwell Kent printed in multiple colors. An eight page preface (v-xii) written by Kent precedes the illustrations.
    TB33204  $325.00




  • Kent, Alexander:  Command a King's Ship.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with light wear to the ends of the spine area and with the price intact on the front flap. The fifth volume in the Richard Bolitho series. The dust jacket for the American version is not as attractive as that of its British counterpart. The American version gives the appearance of a more antique painting rich with the patina of age
    TB10970  $15.00




  • Kent, Alexander:  The Inshore Squadron.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a date on the 1st FEP and a roll to the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with a number of short closed tears to the lower edges of the spine area and the front panle with the price intact. The 12th in the Bolitho series.
    TB10673  $10.00




  • Kenton, Edna:  Simon Kenton His Life and Period 1755-1836.  Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930. First Edition, First printing. Good+ in black cloth covered boards with faded blue-green text on the spine and an embossed gilt profile of Simon Kenton on the front board. The front hinge is cracked and the rear hinge is starting, the cloth at the head of the spine at the rear joint is rubbed and worn. Despite the damage to the hinges the binding remains tight. This is the extremely scarce first edition of Edna Kenton's biography of Simon Kenton, whose role in the settlement of the Ohio River Valley was made famous by Allan Eckert in his award winning book, The Frontiersmen, which was the first volume in the Winning of America Series. 352 pages including an index, bibliography, text and illustrated with halftone plates, maps and facsimiles of signatures of early pioneers of Kentucky.
    TB17267  $250.00



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    Kerouac, Jack:  On The Road.  New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Second Printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with white text on the spine and front board. An octavo measuring 8 by 5 3/8 inches with a prior owner's name and date at the upper edge of the first free end page. In a very good-, unclipped ($3.95) dust jacket with a one inch deep chip across the upper edge of the spine area; small chips from the lower edge of the same; two areas over the fold to the front flap which are worn through; and, small chips from the fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. 310 pages of text. The copyright page states "Second Printing September, 1957" and the front flap of the jacket states "second . printing".
    TB32613  $575.00



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    Ketchum, Richard M.:  The Battle For Bunker Hill.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine with map end sheets. An octavo measuring 8 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches with very light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area and at the fold to the front flap. 232 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps and photographic reproductions of contemporary works of art. A very tight, clean and collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. A very uncommon book difficult to find in first edition in collectible condition.
    TB33107  $65.00



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    Ketchum, Richard M.:  Decisive Day The Battle for Bunker Hill.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Book of the Month Club Printing. Very near fine in textured, red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/8" by 5 1/2" with crimping of the cloth at the heel of the spine and with light rubbing over the same. In a very good+ dust jacket with the "Book Club Edition" slug at the lower corner of the front flap and with two very short, inconsequential, closed tears at the upper edge of the spine area. 282 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps and photographic reproductions of contemporary works of art. This revised edition add a new forward and is "an expanded and fully illustrated edition of The Battle For Bunker Hill". The original, first edition was published by American Heritage in 1962.
    TB23462  $15.00




  • Ketchum, William C., Jr.:  The Catalog of American Collectibles.  New York: Mayflower Books, Inc., 1979. . Near fine in paper covered boards with dark brown text stamping on the spine and front board with very light shelf wear. In a very good+ dust jacket with a 1" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel and fading to the spine area and outside edges of the front panel. "A fully illustrated guide to styles and prices." 320 pages containing an index, text and photographs by John Garetti.
    TB12161  $10.50



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    Khayyam, Omar:  The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam Rendered into English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald.  Garden City, NY: Garden City Books, 1952. Book of the Month Club Reprint. Fine in highly decorated tan cloth covered boards with a gilt on red title block on the spine with a green floral motif which extends across the front board with gilt borders. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6 1/2" with illustrated end sheets and the top edge of the text block gilt with the ghost of a prior owner's book plate on the front free end page. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is enclosed in a very good- paper covered slip case with the upper rear edge heavily worn. 197 pages of verse. Illustrated with drawings by Edmund Dulac. A very attractive book in a highly decorated binding.
    TB26254  $30.00




  • Kidder, Tracy:  Among Schoolchildren.  New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First Edtion. Fine In a fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page.
    TB02961  $17.50




  • Kilmeade, Brian, and Don Yaeger:  Thomas Jefferson And The Tripoli Pirates The Forgotten War That Changed American History.  New York: Sentinel, (2015). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 white and blue-green paper covered boards with red text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 9/16 by 5 7/8 inches with map end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 238 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps, battle plans and a section of black and white and color reproductions of earlier works of art.
    TB28555  $25.00



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    Kilmer, Jayce:  Trees.  New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 orange cloth and decorated paper covered boards with a printed title on the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 7/8 by 4 3/4 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page. In a very good+ unclipped (no price) dust jacket with a number of very, shallow small chips and closed tears around its edges of which all closed tears have been reinforced with archival tape on its verso side. Unpaginated, but containing 14 leaves each illustrated with color images by E. MacKinstry.
    TB31276  $250.00



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    Kilpatrick, James J.:  The Foxes' Union And Other Stretchers, Tall Tales, And Discursive Reminiscences of Happy Years in Scrabble, Virginia.  McLean, Virginia: EPM Publications, Inc., (1977). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in medium brown cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. with a short closed tear at the upper edge of the spine area. Signed, inscribed to "Fran and John" in 1977 in "Scrabble, VA" by the author on the first free end page. The author is most famous for being a nationally syndicated political commentator. 174 pages of text. Illustrated with humorous line drawings by Jeff MacNelly.
    TB27410  $20.00




  • Kimbrough, Emily:  Pleasure by the Busload.  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in decorated yellow cloth and black paper covered boards with a gift inscription and date on the fly title page. In a very good+ dust jacket with a price clipped front flap and minimal wear and rubbing at the corners & a 1/4" closed tear at the upper edge of the spine area at the fold to the rear panel. With illustrations by Mircea Vasiliu. A chroncle of a trip through Portugal in a VW Microbus.
    TB12154  $10.50



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    Kime, Wayne R. (Editor):  The Powder River Expedition Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in glossy black paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with gray end sheets. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. An octavo measuring 9" tall by 6" deep containing 206 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with maps and reproductions of contemporary works of art. The handwritten journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge (from 1876 to 1877) are here published for the first time. Together these journals provide a first person, highly detailed account of General George Cook's Powder River Expedition against the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians.
    TB22816  $30.00




  • King, Thomas:  Green Grass, Running Water.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. First Edition. Fine with very faint dust staining to the top edge in black cloth and blue paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author's second novel.
    TB01696  $30.00



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    King, Clarence:  The Half-Share Man Peter Folger of Nantucket Grandfather of Benjamin Franklin.  Nantucket, Mass.: Poets Corner Press and Nantucket Historical Trust, (1972). First Edition. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with black text on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with the front hinge broken, but professionally repaired with Japanese tissue. And, with a small 1/16 inch hole to the cloth on the spine. Without a dust jacket and perhaps as issued. 135 pages of text including an index. An historical novel.
    TB33252  $25.00



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    King, Dean, and John B. Hattendorf:  Harbors and High Seas.  New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1996. First Edition. Fine in black and blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 7 1/2 inches. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Written by Dean King with John B. Hattendorf. Contains maps, illustrations and information relating to all of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. 219 pages of text and illustrated throughout with maps and images of earlier works of art. The sub-title reads: An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Bian.
    TB32634  $200.00



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    Kingston, W. H. G. [William Henry Giles]:  Snow-Shoes And Canoes Early Days Of A Fur-Trader In the Hudson's Bay Territory.  Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1877. First Edition. Very good+ in red-brown cloth covered boards with beveled edges, with gilt text and decorations on the spine and black text and gilt illustration on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches with gilt edges to the text block. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly rubbed and there is an early prior owner's name in pencil and date on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 336 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 plates from engravings. William Henry Giles Kingston (1814-1880) was a British writer of boys adventure series titles. (Wikipedia)
    TB31001  $250.00



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    Kinney, Kay:  Glass Craft Designing, Forming, Decorating.  Philadelphia: Chilton Books, (1962). First Edition. Very good in light blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 1/4" by 7" with mild dust staining to the top edge of the text block and slight fading to the cloth on the spine. Without a dust jacket. 178 pages including an index and a glossary. Illustrated with black and white and color photographs throughout.
    TB25800  $15.00



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    Kinnison, H. B.:  The New England Flood of November, 1927.  Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1929. . Very good+ in printed paper wraps over a stapled binding. Without a dust jacket as issued. A Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 636-C consisting of pages 45 to 100 followed by a fold- out map contained within the pocket at the rear of the book. This multi-color map is in perfect condition. The book is further illustrated with two sections of black and white photographs.
    TB28970  $35.00




  • Kinsella, W. P.:  Go the Distance.  Dallas: SMU Press, 1995. First SMU Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Originally published in 1988 under the title of The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt. Baseball short stories.
    TB04143  $30.00




  • Kinsella, W. P.:  Red Wolf, Red Wolf.  Toronto: Collins Publishers, 1987. First Canadian. Near fine, with remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02071  $28.00




  • Kinsella, W. P.:  The Iowa Baseball Confederacy.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First Amer. Edt.. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket with the ends of the spine area lightly wrinkled, else fine.
    TB03155  $28.00




  • Kinsella, W. P.:  Box Socials.  New York: Ballantine Books, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 light blue cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page with "Go the distance".
    TB01906  $26.95




  • Kinsella, W. P.:  Dance Me Outside.  Boston: David R. Godine, Pub, 1986. First U.S. Edition. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket with slight rubbing to the front panel. Author's First Book which was orig. pub. in Canada in 1977
    TB02490  $24.50




  • Kinsella, W. P.:  The Dixon Cornbelt League.  New York: HarperCollins Pub, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03974  $21.00



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    Kinsella, W. P.:  Magic Time.  Toronto: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1998. First Edition, First printing. Fine in ivory paper covered boards with copper colored text stamped on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" tall by 5 3/8" deep. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a faint dampness stains on the verso side of the jacket has created a faint stain to the lower edge of the rear panel on the recto side of the dust jacket. 230 pages of text. This is the first Canadian edition which preceded the first American edition published in 2001 by Voyageur Press.
    TB23275  $20.00




  • Kinsella, W. P.:  Brother Frank's Gospel Hour.  Dallas: SMU Press, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Kinsella's newest book. A collection of short stories.
    TB04136  $17.50




  • Kinsella, W. P.:  Box Socials.  New York: Ballantine Books, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02314  $17.15




  • Kinsella, W. P.:  Red Wolf, Red Wolf.  Toronto: Collins Publishers, 1987. First Canadian. Fine In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the first free end paper.
    TB01341  $14.00



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    Kinzie, Mrs. John H.:  Wau-Bun The "Early Day" in the North-West.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1932. First thus. Very good+ in decorated red cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and front board and a gilt top edge to the text block. The gilt text on the spine is slightly faded. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. Without a dust jacket as issued. A Lakeside Classic issued in 1932. The original publication of this book was printed in 1856 with a number of editions printed thereafter. 609 pages including an index. An excellent copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32980  $65.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  The Works of Rudyard Kipling (27 Volumes).  Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913 to 1926. Seven Seas Edition, Limited Edition. All 27 volumes of this complete set are in fine to near fine condition in 1/2 tan, linen cloth and light gray paper covered boards with printed, paper title labels on the spines. Printed in red and black on title pages and first pages of stories and poems. A significant number of pages in each volume are unopened. Each volume is a small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with the top edges trimmed and all others untrimmed; a few of the volumes show minor losses to the paper title labels; and, bent board tips. There are red silk placeholders sewn in at the heads of the spines. With the exception of volumes 24 and 25, each volume's limitation page is filled in with the set number. All pages are of handmade paper and watermarked with "R K" in the forward margins. Without dust jackets as issued. This production was limited to 1,050 sets all of which were signed by Rudyard Kipling in volume I. This set is identified as number 647. Laid-in at the front of volume II is an announcement, printed in red and black, from the publisher reading: "Whereas the Seven Seas edition of the works of Rudyard Kipling is limited to one thousand and fifty copies, this is to certify that the subscriptions having been entered in the order of their receipt _______ has secured the right to set no. 647. Volume I of which bearing Mr. Kipling's signature will appear early in 1914; volumes II-V being published during November and December, 1913 Doubleday, Page & Company". An extremely clean and handsome set with no prior ownership markings of any kind other than an occasional rough opening of a few pages which can be identified by errant edges at the top edges of the text blocks. Only one volume is illustrated (volume XVI) with 22 plates and multiple vignettes by the author. The last three volumes have green paper covered boards instead of the gray paper used for the majority of the volumes. (Richards, D15, p583)
    TB33203  $1800.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  The Seven Seas.  London: Methuen And Co., 1896. First Edition. Near fine in dark green morocco with five, real raised bands on the spine with gilt text in two compartment and a gilt embossed design on the front board with gilt text of the title and author's name with a double gilt border. The edges of the text block are gilt. A 12mo of 7 1/8 by 4 3/8 inches with inconsequential small spots of foxing to the end sheets and the front joint is beginning to split with a 1/4 inch closed tear. Without a dust jacket and perhaps as issued. One of only 150 copies printed on hand-made paper. 230 pages of text followed by a publisher's catalog dated "October, 1896" of 39 pages. A collection of 52 poems the last 18 of which come from Barrack-Room Ballads. A beautiful copy in an elaborate binding with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (David Alan Richards, A93)
    TB33245  $225.00




  • Kipling, Rudyard:  The Brushwood Boy.  New York: Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899. First Edition (separate edition). Very good+ in its original green cloth covered boards with slightly tarnished gilt text on the spine and with bold gilt text, black designs and silver colored crescent moon and stars on the front board. A small octavo of 7 5/8 by 5 inches with decorated end sheets fore and aft. There is a gift inscription at the upper fore edge of the fly title page with a date of "May 8, 1899". The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn of it color as is the cloth at the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket if it ever had one. 119 pages of text and illustrated with a color frontispiece printed in orange and black and 16 full-page, black and white plates printed on recto only with many vignettes throughout and floral page decorations all by Orson Lowell and American illustrator (1871-1956). What is interesting about this copy is the date of the gift inscription of :"May 8, 1899". This title was not copyrighted until November 22, 1899 according to David Alan Richard's in-depth bibliography: Rudyard Kipling Bibliography.. (Richards, Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography, A149)
    TB33463  $200.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  Captains Courageous A Story of the Grand Banks.  New York: The Century Co., 1897. First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with red, black and gilt decorations on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with the spine tanned and with minor rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the lower tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 323 pages of text with all 21 of the illustrated black and white plates present as called for in the table of contents within this copy. A very presentable, collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32117  $175.00




  • Kipling, Rudyard:  Gunga Din and Other Ballads.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1992. Collectors Edition. Fine in full, red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spines, gilt text and decorations in the compartments and extensive gilt tooling on both boards. The edges of the text block are gilt, the end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6 1/2". 507 pages of text with illustrations by Alan Phillips. A clean, tight and handsome copy with no names, dates or prior owner book plates.
    TB26219  $125.00




  • Kipling, Rudyard:  The Day's Work.  New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898. First Edition. Very good in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with the same on the front board to include a Viking ship under sail. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 1/4 inches with the first blank end sheet has been removed and rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the corners of the spine and to the tips of the boards. The upper fore tip has been bumped. The last 12 leaves have an ink stain in the lower margins at the extreme edge of the pages. Without a dust jacket. 431 pages of text. A collection of twelve short stories Illustrated with a frontispiece by W. D. Stevens and five plates by various artists. A very handsome and clean copy. (Richards, Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography, A115)
    TB33467  $75.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  Soldier Tales.  London: Macmillan And Co., Ltd., 1900. Reprint of 1900. Very good+ in 3/4 red calk and pink cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with two black leather labels with gilt text and gilt decorations in the compartments. The end sheets are marbled paper and the top edge of the text block is gilt. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with the leather worn through over the tips of the boards and the leather is rubbed at the head and heel of the spine. 172 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 20 plates and small engraved vignettes at the head of each story. A collection of seven short stories including: With The Main Guard, The Drums of the Fore and Aft, The Man Who Was, The Courting of Dinah Shadd, The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney, The Taking of Lungungpen and The Madness of Private Ortheris.
    TB30613  $60.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  Tales of East and West.  Avon, Conn.: The Limited Editions Club, 1976. Limited Edition. Fine in green and purple cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt decorations around the author's initials on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 8". Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a fine, paper covered slip case. One of only 2,000 copies printed with this copy identified as number 435 and signed by the illustrator, Charles Raymond. Selections by Bernard Bergonzi. 375 pages of text and illustrated with line drawings and color lithographs by Charles Raymond. A very tight, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28072  $50.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  The Five Nations.  New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903. First Edition. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and a black design of a Viking ship under sail on the spine with a larger version of the same repeated on the front board together with embossed black borders. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 1/4 inches with light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a tiny, prior owner's signature and date of "1903" on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. 215 pages containing a collection of 53 poems. (David Alan Richards, Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography, A191)
    TB30767  $50.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  Abaft the Funnel.  New York: B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in its original dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board on top of embossed cover and spine with the recesses in black with the silhouette of a sailing ship. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and with light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. The book lacked a jacket until the third printing. 360 pages of text. A collection of 31 short stories. This copy is the unauthorized US printing of one of Kipling's earlier works. The first authorized US edition was was published by Doubleday Page & Company in 1909. (Richards; A227 & A232)
    TB31533  $30.00



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    Kipling, Rudyard:  Two Forewords.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc., 1935. First Edition, Limited Edition. Very near fine in 1/4 black cloth and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with foxing to the paste downs due to a reaction with the glue used in binding. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a good, paper covered slip case which is worn at the opening edges and around all joints. One of only 950 copies printed. All of the pages in this edition are unopened as the text appears only on the rectos or versos. 31 pages of text. (Richards, A428)
    TB30610  $25.00




  • Kipling, Rudyard:  Plain Tales From The Hills.  New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1930. Reprint of 1930. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with black text and decorations on the spine and with gilt text and black embossed decorations on the front board. to include a Viking ship under sail. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 1/4 inches. Without a dust jacket. 320 pages of text. A collection of forty-three short stories
    TB33469  $25.00



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    Kirkpatrick, B. J.:  A Bibliography of Virginia Woolf.  Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1980. Third Edition. Fine in maroon cloth covered boards with with gilt text stamped on the spine. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with two short closed tears at the base of the spine area and one at the upper edge of the same. 268 pages including an index and text.
    TB32437  $40.00



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    Kirme, Kaalu:  Eesti Nahkehistoo.  Tallinn, Kunst, Estonia: Kirjastus, 1973. . Fine in tan cloth covered boards with red text embossed on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10" by 8" with an insignificant bump to the lower, fore corner of the front board. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with several small chips from the ends of the spine area and from the fore corners of the panels. 180 pages of text in Estonian. Illustrated with 151 black and white photographs and 6 color plates.
    TB26620  $65.00



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    Kittredge, William:  The Last Best Place A Montana Anthology.  Missoula: The Montana Historical Society Press, 1988. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 light green and dark cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Co-edited by William Kittredge and Annick Smith. "The Last Best Place is a guided tour of Montana's literary history, a tour that takes readers to familiar and unfamiliar places. It included the great texts and definitive writers - Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Charlie Russell, Wallace Stegner, Dororthy Johnson, A. B. Guthrie, Jr." A review copy with the publisher's materials laid-in. A collection of over 230 stories, poems, reminiscences and reports written by 150 men and women by and about Montana. 1,182 pages with woodcut illustrations.
    TB19029  $225.00




  • Kittredge, William:  Montana Spaces.  New York: Nick Lyons Books, 1988. First Edition. Fine in black cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine jacket with an unclipped price on the flap. Essays and photographs in celebration of Montana by Thomas McGuane, David Quammen, Wallace Stegner, Gretel Ehrlich, Tim Cahill, Alston Chase and others. With photographs by John Smart. 189 pages of text and photographs.
    TB10257  $75.00




  • Kittredge, William:  Who Owns the West?.  San Francisco: Mercury House, 1996. First Edition. Fine in wraps not printed in a hardbound format. as issued. Three essays with both a prologue and an epilogue dealing with the West of the past and the West of the future. The author is on the faculty of the University of Montana.
    TB05663  $65.00




  • Kittredge, William:  Hole in the Sky.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Well reviewed by Louise Erdrich, Tom McGuane, Annie Dillard, Ivan Doig and James Welch. A memoir of a family's conquest of land in The Great Basin.
    TB04038  $40.00




  • Kittredge, William:  The Nature of Generosity.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 brick red cloth and orange paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. A collection of essays which is a continuation of the author's previous book: A Hole In The Sky. 276 pages of text.
    TB18270  $25.00




  • Klevar, Harvey L.:  Erskin Caldwell: A Biography.  Knoxville: University of Tennessee P, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Very good with library stamp on top edge, pocket removed from rear FEP, and jacket glued to end papers. Otherwise tight, clean & nice. In a near fine dust jacket but glued to the end papers of the book. A 483 page (with index) biography of Erskin Caldwell with pictures through out.
    TB05138  $24.50



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    Knapp, Lewis G.:  In Pursuit of Paradise History of the Towns of Stratford, Connecticut.  West Kennebunk, Maine: Phoenix Publishing, (1989). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and off white cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text on the front board. A small quarto of 11 by 8 3/8 inches with mild spots of dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and with a 3/4 inch closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel. One of only 4,000 copies printed. 359 pages including an index. Illustrated throughout from earlier works of art and from black and white photographs.
    TB31006  $50.00



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    Knesebeck, Herta v. d. Else Wenz-Vietor: Weihnachten.  Gerhard Stalling: Oldenburger, 1932. 222. Tausent. Very good+ in 1/4 red cloth and illustrated paper covered boards. A quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches with wear and rubbing to the paper and tips of the boards. The hinges and joints are tight and strong and the contents show no damage. Without a dust jacket. The text is entirely in German. Unpaginated, but containing 15 pages of text and illustrations by Else Wenz-Vietor.
    TB30352  $40.00



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    Knickerbocker Magazine:  The Knickerbocker Gallery A Testimonial To the Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine.  New York: Samuel Hueston , 1855. First Edition. Near fine in full, dark brown leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text on black leather in one of the compartments and blind embossed binder's devices in the other compartment. The boards are fully embossed in blind. The end sheets are marbled and the edges of the text block are gilt with a placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with foxing to the verso of the marbled end sheets. There is an early prior owner's book plate (Emily P. Robeson) on the front paste down and the signature in ink of a second prior owner (Mr. W. Avery) at the top of the second free end page. The frontispiece, engraved title page and printed title page all have mild foxing as do the majority of the plates. Overall, a very handsome and clean copy with the binding tight, the joints and hinges very sound and strong. 505 pages of text. Illustrated "with forty-eight portraits on steel, from original pictures engraved expressly for this work". The portraits of authors and poets separate the 55 contributions of letters, essays, poems and short stories.
    TB33113  $300.00




  • Knowles, John:  The Private Life of Axie Reed.  New York: E P Dutton, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB01914  $14.00




  • Knowles, John:  Indian Summer.  New York: Random House, 1966. First Edition, First printing. Fine In a near fine dust jacket.
    TB00305  $7.00



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    Knox, Dudley W., Captain:  Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars With The Barbary Powers Volumes I through VII Naval Operations Including Diplomatic Background from 1785 Through 1807.  Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1939-1945. First Edition. This complete set of all seven volumes are all in fine condition in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spines. Each is a thick, small quarto of 9 1/8 by 5 3/4 inches. None have any damage or notations or any prior ownership markings of any kind. Volume I contains 718 pages including an index with illustrations one fold-out plan of fortifications of Algiers and two fold-out maps. Volume II contains 598 pages including an index, illustrations and five fold-out maps. Volume III contains 639 pages including an index with illustrations and with four fold-out maps. Volume IV contains 587 pages including an index with plates and three fold-out maps. Volume V contains 639 pages including an index and with illustrations to include a facsimile,a fold-out table of movements of naval vessels in the Mediterranean, two maps (one of which folds-out) and 9 plates as called for. Volume VI contains 708 pages to include an index and is illustrated with 9 plates as called for and one fold-out map of the Mediterranean Sea. Volume VII, although not numbered as such and titled: Register of Officer Personnel United States Navy and Maine Corps and Ships' Data 1801-1807 contains 86 pages of text and the rear pocket contains XX fold-out line drawings (plates). Laid-in at the front of this volume is a ten page (page 281 to290) article by James G. Lydon titled: Barbary Pirates And Colonial New Yorkers. Due to the size and weigh of this set we must charge shipping at cost and it can not be shipped overseas.
    TB33244  $750.00



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    Knox, Dudley W., Captain:  Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars With The Barbary Powers Volumes I through V Naval Operations Including Diplomatic Background from 1785 Through April 1805.  Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1939-1944. First Edition. A five volume, ex-library set all in very good+ to near fine conditions in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spines. The library call numbers have been deleted from the spines. There are library plates with "withdrawn" stamps on the front paste downs, and with embossed, punch-through stamps of the library on the title pages and pockets and date due pages adhered to the rear end pages. Volume I contains 718 pages including an index with illustrations one fold-out plan of fortifications of Algiers and two fold-out maps. Volume II contains 598 pages including an index, illustrations and five fold-out maps. Volume III contains 639 pages including an index with illustrations and with four fold-out maps. Volume IV contains 587 pages including an index with plates and three fold-out maps. Volume V contains 639 pages including an index with illustrations and three maps, two of which fold-out, and a fold-out table. Due to the size and weigh of this set we must charge shipping at cost and it can not be shipped overseas.
    TB29229  $400.00



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    Koch, Ronald P.:  Dress Clothing of the Plains Indians.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1977). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in bright red-orange cloth covered boards with metallic blue and copper colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with a 3" long black ink mark in the hinge area between the front paste down and free end page. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. The 140th volume in The Civilization of the American Indian Series. 219 pages including an index, chapter notes, text and illustrated with drawings and photographs in both color and black and white.
    TB30114  $45.00




  • Koestler, Arthur:  Reflections On Hanging.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957. First Edition, First printing. Very good- in black cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2" with a prior owner's name on the front paste down and on the first free end page and with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the corners of the spine. Without its issued dust jacket. 231 pages including an index, a list of references and sources and text. An examination of capital punishment by way of hanging in England.
    TB23560  $30.00



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    Koke, Richard J.:  Accomplice In Treason Joshua Hett Smith and the Arnold Conspiracy.  New York: New York Historical Society, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with white and red text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10" by 7" with the facsimile signature of Joshua H. Smith on the front board. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 325 pages of text including an index, bibliography, appendices and chapter notes. Illustrated with map end sheets, reproductions of contemporary works of art, photographs.
    TB26775  $70.00



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    Koslow, Tony:  The Silent Deep The Discovery, Ecology and Conservation of the Deep Sea.  Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, (2007). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with bold silver colored text on the spine. ;A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 270 pages including an index, glossary, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a section of plates from color photographs.
    TB30876  $25.00



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    Kotker, Norman, and Jane Sugden Editor:  New England Past Photographs 1880-1915.  New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (1981). First Edition. Fine in navy blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with the blind embossed title on the front board. A small quarto of 11 by 10 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 63 pages of text followed by an unpaginated section containing over 200 images from black and white photographs. A very fine, tight, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32051  $35.00




  • Kraenzel, Carl Frederick:  The Great plains in Transition.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955. First Edition. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gift inscriptions on the first free end paper, otherwise fine. In a very good+ dust jacket with light wear and rubbing at the upper edge of the spine area and at the fold to the front flap and with a 3/4" closed tear at the upper edge of the rear panel. 427 pages containing an index, bibliographic notes and text. The author, a Montana resident, examines the history and physical evolution of the Great Plains from Texas to Montana.
    TB13497  $45.00



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    Krakauer, Jon:  Into Thin Air.  New York: Villard Books, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine, in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and the author's initials on the front board. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. This contributing writer to Outside magazine has won praise for his previous book: Into The Wild and has had two best sellers to his credit. This title was made into a recent movie. A clean, tight and bright copy with no names, dates, notations or prior owner book plates.
    TB25677  $50.00




  • Kramer, Frederick A.:  Building The Independent Subway.  New York: Quadrant Press, Inc., 1990. First Edition. Very good in heavy, stiff, printed, wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/2" with a 1" chip from the fore edge of the front panel. Without a dust jacket as issued. 81 pages of text and photographs detailing the history of the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. "The Technology and Intense Struggle of New York City's Most Gigantic Venture".
    TB25582  $30.00




  • Kraulis, J. A.:  The Rocky Mountains Crest of a Continent.  New York: Facts on File Publications, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. Without a dust jacket. 200 pages including an appendix, text by John Gault and illustrated by beautiful full color photography by J. A. Kraulis.
    TB17783  $6.00



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    Kraus, Joe W.:  Copeland & Day 69 Cornhill, Boston 1893-1899.  Philadelphia: George S. MacManus Co., 1979. First Edition. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 7 3/8 inches with a gift inscription on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. One of only 500 copies issued. 179 pages including an index and text listing and describing 108 titles published by Copeland & Day. Illustrated with black and white images of publisher's devices and images of front covers of books.
    TB29727  $25.00



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    Krey, August C.:  The First Crusade The Accounts Of Eye-Witnesses And Participants.  Mansfield Centre, Conn.: Martino Publishing, 2006. Facsimile Reprint. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6 3/4". Without a dust jacket as issued. 299 pages including chapter notes and text. A facsimile reprint of the author's first printing of this title in 1921 by the Princeton University Press.
    TB27399  $70.00




  • Krutch, Joseph Wood:  The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch.  New York: William Morrow & Co., 1969. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a 3/4" closed tear at the upper edge of the rear panel at the fold and with light rubbing on the front panel. A collection of 34 essays and stories selected and edited by the author.
    TB07207  $24.50



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    Kunhardt, C. P.:  Small Yachts Their Design And Construction.  New York: Forest And Stream Publishing Company, 1885. First Edition. Very good+ in decorated brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt and black text and an illustration of a yawl on the front cover with black roped borders. A folio of 14 1/2 by 10 3/4 inches with a gift inscription on the front paste down together with two stamped prior owner's names and with three written prior owner's names on the title page. Numerous torn pages throughout the text block have been professionally mended with archival tape with the majority placed on the verso side of each page. It must be noted that the paper used to carry the print, illustrations and plates for this title are now extremely brittle. As a result, few copies of this publication remain. Of interest is the gift inscription on the front paste down which notes the fact that this copy was given to "Bror Tamm by Francis L. Herreshoff of Bristol, R.I. 1925". The title page bears the signatures of three of its first owners: William S. Eaton, Jr (Sept. 28, 1885), F. L. Herreshoff (1924) and Bror Tamm (1925). Bror Tamm (1890-1981) was a famous boat builder and naval architect from the greater Boston area. He had a close friendship with Francis L. Herreshoff. 369 pages including an appendix and text. Illustrated with 63 plates and numerous line drawings within the text.
    TB31418  $600.00




  • Kuralt, Charles:  Charles Kuralt's America.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03144  $17.50




  • Kuralt, Charles:  A Life on the Road.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine Fine with two identical dust jackets
    TB01283  $5.25




  • Kurismmootil, K. C. Joseph:  Heaven and Hell on Earth: An Appreciation of Five Novels of Graham Greene.  Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1982. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. With a prior owner's name written on the upper edge of the first free end page Without the original dust jacket. A biography of the writer Graham Greene. 242 pages of text .
    TB17607  $5.00



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    Kurutz, Gary F.:  The California Gold Rush: A descriptive Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets Covering the Years 1848-1853..  San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition. Fine in royal blue buckram cloth with a large gilt on black title label on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 3/8 by 6 3/4 inches containing 771 pages including an index, a list of references consulted with 705 titles. Without its issued plain white dust jacket. One of only 1,000 copies printed.
    TB27350  $150.00






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