Authors starting with K from John Michael Lang Fine Books

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. Hardcover First edition Octavo. 210pp. VG+ in a VG+ dust jacket. Kaiko was the winer Japan's two highest literary awards, the Akutagawa and the Mainichi. ... more information

Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1956. Hardback First Tuttle edition 7.5" x 4.5". 133pp. Patterned paper covered boards with a brown cloth spine, with the original slipcase. Okakura Kakuzo's ruminations on the aesthetic and spiritual meanings of tea. ... more information

Bombay: Vakil & Sons (Private) Ltd., 1961. Paperback 9.5" x 7". 12pp., plus 24 plates. Blue paperback with mounted color cover illustration. Some edge wear, rubbing at corners, else near fine condition. A series of 24 mostly black and white miniature portraits dating from 17th and 18th century India; includes an introduction with detailed background information on each illustration. From the Allahabad Museum's collections. ... more information

Independence Square, PA: The American Philosophical Society, 1993. Paperback 10" x 6.75". 114pp. Yellow illustrated paperback. Fine condition. Black and white drawings by Doris Tischler. ... more information

New York: Modern Age Books, Inc., 1937. Hardcover 7.5" x 5.25". 183pp., plus ads. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Erasure on front paste down endpaper, else near fine condition. Mary McCarthy's first book, ghostwritten by her for the eminent radio news commentator. ... more information

(Grosse Pointe Farms, MI): Privately Published, 1939. Paperback First edition 8.5" x 5.5". 120pp. Spiral bound pictorial wrappers. Illustrated after b&w drawings and photographs. Very good with minimal wear to wrappers, writing in pencil inside back cover. A comprehensive descriptive listing of numerous patterns dating from pre-Civil War years up to the the turn of the century. ... more information

Amsterdam and New York: North Holland Publishing Company and Interscience Publishers Inc., 1959. Hardcover 9.5" x 6". 567pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and cover design. Very mild rubbing, else a nearly fine copy. No dust wrapper. Kluyver was an important microbiologist who showed that life on earth would not be possible without microbes. This volume includes a fairly detailed biography, reprints some of his most important papers, and includes a bibliography of the scientist's writing.... more information

Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1956. Hardback 8.75" x 5.5". 552pp. Red cloth. With some light soiling to the boards and light internal soiling, bookseller's label. Generally a nice VG+ condition copy. With three maps including one fold - out, a frontis portrait of Franklin, and five other full page plates, as well as numerous engraved illustrations in the text. "New edition." ... more information

New York : Viking Studio Books, 1990. Hardcover First edition 7" x 11". 100pp. Near fine in a vg jacket with a 2" closed tear on the front panel. With many picturesque color photographs. ... more information

Lund, Sweden: Tulimuld Press, 1951. Paperback 8.75" x 7". 78pp. Illustrated wrappers. Mild soiling, else VG+ condition. With illustrations by Endel Koks. Verse by the highly regarded Estonian poet. ... more information

New York: Brentano's, 1891. Hardback 10" x 8.25". 69pp. Beige, red and black illustrated cloth, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. Mild soiling, else near fine condition; a quite bright copy. With much of Baby's data neatly filled in the blanks. This book is also interesting in that it features a phrenological chart at the back, with lists of faculties, remarks on the 'science', and an illustration of a head and its various sections. The phrenological section's fields are ... more information

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1985. Hardcover 7.25" x 4.5". 289pp., with index. Bound in full beige flexible morocco leather with gilt lettering and cover illustration. All edges gilt. Fine condition. With many illustrations after drawings by Susan L. Kaplan. This volume is one of the nicely bound 'Collector's Lifetime Edition' of the Fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the Roger Tory Peterson guides. Sponsored by the National Audubon Society and the National Wildlife F... more information

Mission Hill, SD: The Homestead Publishers, 1984. Hardback 10.25" x 7.25". 162pp. Beige cloth covered hardback with cover device. Fine condition. Signed by the author on the first leaf. Illustrated with black and white photographs. ... more information

Armour, South Dakota: Douglas County Historical Society, 1983. Hardback 9" x 6". 198pp. Green cloth. Fine condition. A good history of the South Dakota county, first organized by the Dakota Territorial Legislature in 1873. This volume includes much on early white settlers and pioneers, the railroad, area politics, the cattle trade and ranching, prominent citizens, etc. ... more information

London: Novello & Co. Ltd., 1956. Hardcover First edition 8.25" x 5.5". 268pp. Blue cloth hardback with gilt lettering, in dust jacket. Ownership signature, else fine condition in a near fine dust wrapper. With lyrics and music to uncommon folk music from Denamrk, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Englan, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Turkey, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Poland, U.S.S.R., etc. ... more information

Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company, 1994. 11" x 8.5". 118pp. Black cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; the jacket is nice but has a small chip at the bottom of the spine. A good California history, with much on the church, notable personalities such as Bret Harte, the evacuation of the Chinese, and more. With many black & white photo illustrations. ... more information

Tokyo, Japan: Japan Publications, Inc., 1974. Paperback First American edition Very Good 10" x 7.25". 95pp. Glossy paperback. Fine condition. Four black and white photographs, one at the beginning of each section. Features 59 hand-drawn figures which complement the detailed instructions on caring for and training the Bonsai. The author established the Japan Bonsai Association in 1965. ... more information

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2002. Hardcover 11.25" x 8.75". 478pp. Wine colored cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Fine condition. Also the author of Eighty Silent Film Stars" Biographies and Filmographies, the author died just as he completed the initial research on this book. His son, John Katchmer, completed the editing and formatting of the manuscript. Wherever possible the author has included black and white photographs along with the biographical entry. For ... more information

Bridgeport, Connecticut: Co-operative Publishing Co., 1921. Hardcover 7.25" x 4.75". 389pp. Green cloth hardback with gilt lettering in dust wrapper. Fine, bright condition; the jacket has some edge wear and chipping. Mr. Katzoff seems to think he knows all the secrets to perfect health, including avoiding tight lacing, cutting out tea and coffee, etc. He covers doctors, music as an aid to health, medical ethics, Ben Franklin's health rules, smoking and alcohol, and much more. ... more information

Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company, 1960. Hardback 11" x 8.5". 376pp. Green buckram. Ownership inscription, one short ink note on the acknowledgement page, mild rubbing, else near fine condition. A detailed reference work with much on firearm characteristics, accoutrements, gunsmiths, etc. Includes a bibliography. With many illustrations. ... more information