Authors starting with K from Rulon-Miller Books

Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons. 1906. 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. lxxxix, [3], 336, [3]; ix, [1], 396, [2]; viii, [2], 385, [2]; 162 illus. and maps throughout, including 16 folding maps and facsimiles; very good, sound set in orig. red cloth gilt. Standard history of Japan first published in 2 folio volumes, 1727, and not reprinted in full until the present edition. "Its chief interest lies in its account of an abortive attempt to revive the English trade with Japan which had ceased since 1623-24" (pu... more information

Austin: University of Texas Press. [1991]. First American edition, 4to, pp. 230; profusely illustrated; original cloth, dust-jacket; fine. ... more information

London: Rodney Philipps & Co.,. 1949. First English edition, slim 4to, pp. [154]; over 216 black and white photos of Picasso's sculpture incl. a portrait of the artist; original black cloth backed paper covered boards; bookplate, library markings on spine, worn at extremities, corners bumped, slightly soiled; else very good. Text includes a discussion of how Cubism was intended to bring measurability back to art after having surrendered it to the Impressionists. ... more information

Kjobenhavn: G.E.C. Gad. 1890. First edition, 8vo, viii & 240pp., original printed wrappers, presentation copy from the author to George Stephens; fine. Study of Shakespeare's contemporaries and his influence on them. From the library of George Stephens. ... more information

New York: Oxford Univ. Press. [1987]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 268; fine copy in the jacket. Study of Johnson's literary activity from his arrival in London in 1737 to his decision to attempt his Dictionary, in 1746. ... more information

Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co.; Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. 1856. First edition, the uncommon Chicago issue; 8vo, 2 vols., pp. 464 & 467pp., engraved portrait and vignette half-title in each volume, 4 maps, 2 folding, 18 beautifully engraved plates and approximately 265 other engraved illustrations in the text; publisher's half calf, red and black morocco labels on spine; tops of spines chipped, binding scuffed, else a good copy, internally clean. Under the auspices of the U.S. Navy, Kane set out... more information

Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson. 1856. First edition, 8vo, 2 vols., pp. 464 & 467 pp., engraved portrait and vignette half-title in each volume, 4 maps, 2 folding, 18 beautifully engraved plates and approximately 265 other engraved illustrations in the text; orig. brown cloth gilt; spine ends and extremities rubbed and slightly cracked, some foxing, else very good. Under the auspices of the U.S. Navy, Kane set out in search of Franklin, who had not been heard from since 1847, to explore, and to make... more information

Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson. 1856. First edition, 8vo, 2 vols., pp. 464 & 467 pp., engraved portrait and vignette half-title in each volume, 4 maps, 2 folding, 18 beautifully engraved plates and approximately 265 other engraved illustrations in the text; orig. brown cloth gilt; vol. I slightly askew and with one small break at the top of the spine, else about fine. Under the auspices of the U.S. Navy, Kane set out in search of Franklin, who had not been heard from since 1847, to explore, and to ... more information

At sea: Thursday, June 9, 1921: to August 26. 1921. 16 issue in all of the ship's newspaper, including the first 12 (Volume I, no. 1 to volume I, no. 12) which were printed while the Kansas was on its was to the Azores and Christiania, Norway, the ship's first ports of call on a European cruise. The last issues (nos. 33, 34, 37, and 38) were printed later that year near Haiti and the Bahamas. Some staining, creasing, and previous folds. Good or better. Issues contain headlines of world news from the... more information

Edinburgh [et al.]: Thomas Clark [et al.]. 1836. First edition of this translation, 8vo, pp. cxviii, [2], 378, [1] errata; original boards, rebacked, old printed label on spine laid down; wear at edges, occasional spotting, old rubberstamp on verso of title-p.; good and sound, or better. Includes the first English translation of Metaphysik der Sitten (1797) and the second English translation of Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten (1785). ... more information

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. [1974]. First edition, 4to, pp. 148, [1]; illustrated throughout; near fine in original pictorial wrappers. ... more information

New York: Prentice-Hall. 1950. First edition, 4to, x & 169pp., illus., drawings, tables and type specimens displayed in text, plus a glossary of terms. Useful text on the preparations for getting "the best possible product from the printer." Fine copy in orig. cloth. ... more information

Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. [1996]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xviii, 641; fine in original red cloth gilt, dust- jacket with a tiny tear and light creasing at foot of spine. The first line-by-line study of the Holy Rule written in English. Contains a massive bibliography of current scholarship on the Rule. ... more information

Stanford: University Press. [2001]. First edition, square 4to, pp. [10], 164, [2]; beautifully illustrated throughout with black & white photographs; fine copy in a fine jacket. ... more information

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1983. First edition. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ... more information

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. [c1963]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 160; 4 illustrations; a fine unread copy in fine dustjacket. ... more information

[New York]: Richard Kaufman & Alan Greenberg. [1985]. First edition, 4to, pp. [12], 370, [1]; frontispiece portrait, illustrations throughout by the author; fine in original black cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in red, matching slipcase. Roth was considered by Dai Vernon to be the "greatest coin manipulator in the world." ... more information

Westport CT: Greenwood Press. 1984]. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xvi, 467; [8], [470]-1027, [1]; original red cloth stamped in gold and gray; fine. ... more information

Delhi: Vikas Publishing House. [1976]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], x, [2], 148; 22 illus. n rectos and versos of 4 plates, 4 maps; very good copy in original dust-jacket. Reminiscences of the author's 34 years of service in India and Tibet, including Arunachal Pradesh and Lhasa. ... more information

Bombay: Independent Information CentreMinerva Book Shop. [1965]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 152; 24 photographic illustrations on rectos and versos of 9 plates; a very good copy in the dust-jacket. Himachal Pradesh is the Indian state which bordrs China (and Kashmir) in the northwest. ... more information