Authors starting with K from Bartlebys Books

London:: Printed by B.D. Cousins,, (1857).. Second edition, "revised from the edition published (by authority) in 1847, by the late Richard Cannon." 8vo. xvi, 288 pp. Illustrated with five plates, four of them hand-colored engravings. Includes extensive service in the Napoleonic Wars and Afghanistan in 1842. Somewhat later black morocco (rubbed), gilt, gilt title and ornaments between raised bands on spine, a.e.g. Corners bumped, front joint cracked at head of spine, title page pulled, but a good... more information

Baltimore:: Printed by W. Pechin, for the compiler,,, 1797.. 8vo in fours. (4), [9]-86, (2), [87]-94, [105]-272 pp. Somewhat later plain reverse calf binding (rubbed, extremities somewhat worn); note concerning provenance affixed to front pastedown, some light foxing, but a good solid copy.  First edition. Evans 32330 (AAS). OCLC locates seven copies (Library of Congress [defective], Boston Athenaeum, Talbot County Public, Maryland, Duke, Baker & Taylor Technical Services, Washington) ... more information

San Francisco, CA:: Adrian Wilson,, 1954.. First edition, 1/25 copies with an original signed drawing by the author bound in. 8vo. 82 pp. Cloth-backed patterned boards, printed wraparound band. Very good untrimmed copy. (2547) ... more information

London:: Longmans, Green,, 1878.. Second edition, greatly enlarged (first published in 1866). Small 4to. 2 volumes: xv, (1), 696; 27 pp., plus 206 plates. Some illustrations in text, frontispiece to volume one. Inscribed by the translator opposite the half-title to volume one. Archaeological explorations in the lake districts of Switzerland and elsewhere in Europe. Original gilt-stamped decorated green cloth (some repair to hinges in volume two). Very good. (1456) ... more information

Darmstadt, Germany:: Henry Keller Son (J.C. Herbert'sche Hof-Buchdr.),, 1871.. Large folio. (3), 30, (1) pp. [printed rectos only]. Title page in full color lithograph, the other leaves, holding mounted grass specimens, with color decorations, including gilt borders and large initials; text in German, English, and French. Later green cloth, gilt title on spine; portion of several specimens missing, several other broken, some offset from specimens, but a very good copy of this elaborate production and q... more information

Manuscript map, 3 x 3 inches on a large sheet of paper (5 1/2 x 7 inches), undated [ca. 1861], ink on lined paper (mounted on stiffer paper), with a key to ten place names in the right margin. Kennedy's camp at Beeria ('No. 1" on his key) lay between Dumfries and Cedar Run, at the mouth of which Kennedy has noted the site "where the Batteries are to be erected." Kennedy began the war as a private in the Sumner Country Greys and later served as surgeon to the 2nd Tennessee Infantry an... more information

London:: Rupert Hart-Davis,, 1949.. Proof copy of this first edition. 8vo. 103 pp. Inscribed by Garnett on the front endpaper "Maria Curtin from David Garnett / This unexpurgated proof contains passages omitted lest personal feelings be hurt (in the case of Lady Reading) or libel actions invoked. Contrariwise it lacks the index." Accompanied by a proof of the second edition of Keynes's Essays in Biography (London: Hart-Davis, 1951, with three essays not in the first; originally published in 1... more information

Columbus, (OH):: The author,, 1829.. 12mo. 280 pp. Folding map of the state. Contemporary calf (rubbed), leather spine label; early owner's name, persistent light foxing, but a very good copy. Ninth edition, "carefully revised and corrected." The new preface is dated 1829; Kilbourn's folding map of Ohio is dated 1830. Howes K-129. Sabin 37730. Thomson Bibliography of Ohio 672. ... more information

Portland, ME:: Southworth-Anthoensen Press for the Essex Institute of Salem, Massachusetts,, 1940.. First edition, 1/675 copies. 4to. xiii, (1), 157 pp. Illustrated, plates, plans, elevations, double-page, map. Preface: "Samuel McIntire has become the most celebrated of the craftsmen-architects of America." Very good. Original rust cloth, gilt spine ornaments and title, publisher's slipcase (rubbed) with printed paper label. (#4396) ... more information

London:: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts,, 1861.. Third edition, expanded to include the Life of Vauban and a short outline of the origin, progress, uses, and defects of the "First System." 8vo. 56pp. Blind stamped red cloth boards with gold stamped title on front board. Frontis. illustration, plus 6 folding plates (each with a watercolor wash). A very good copy. Vauban (1633-1707) was one of the foremost military engineers of his time. This copy carries an ink note on the front pastedown, &... more information

Stuttgart & Tübingen:: Cotta,, 1852.. First ed. Small 8vo. iv, 84 pp. In German, set in black letter. Orig. plain blue cloth-backed marbled boards, plain lavender endpapers. A clean copy with one small adhesion spot that affects seven letters. Very good. Giving private piano lessons was Johanna Kinkel's primary source of income for much of her very dramatic life, and this was one of two instructional books she published. Pianist, composer, choral director, and teacher, she was also a jour... more information

Included are four autograph letters signed by the poet, each being one page updates on his travel plans, three accompanying envelopes, two addressed in holograph, an advertising poster, signed by Kinnell, and an issue of Poet News (Sacramento, 1981; 4to, 6 pages) advertising the reading, also signed. ... more information

Amsterdam, NY:: Evening Recorder Press,, 1917.. First edition. 8vo. 32 pp. [printed double-column]. Prints six long letters from Florida, three from Miami, two from Walton, and one from Seabreeze, all full of the excitement of the boom in Florida, promotional information, society gossip, and a number of reports concerning the excellent fishing available, mentioning specific species, sizes, and numbers caught. Not in Bruns, the NUC, or on OCLC. Original gilt-stamped gray wrappers (soiled), stapled. Very goo... more information

London:: Printed for C. Dilly,, 1790.. First edition. 12mo. xii, 336 pp. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown: "E. Libris Vicetis. de Cussy." CBEL II, under "minor fiction" ("at least 10 editions by 1820"). Contemporary flame calf (skinned patch on upper board, rubbed), gilt, gilt rules and ornamentation on spine, leather spine label, marbled endpapers. Very good. ... more information

Jackson, (MS):: Mississippi Library Commission,, 1976.. First edition. 8vo. (20) pp. Signed by Welty on the title page. One of the "Mississippi Writers in Context" series, an assessment of Welty's fiction by a professor of English at Mississippi State University. Original illustrated blue wrappers (a little faded), stapled. Very good. (2429) ... more information

Tokyo, Japan:: Published by the author,, 1926.. First edition. Folio. (6), 43 pp. Plates as described on the title page. Burgundy half-cloth and boards, gilt spine title; ex-U.S. Department of the Interior copy, with "withdrawn" stamp (several accession stamps and perforations, though none on the plates; no external markings). Very good. ... more information

Oxford:: Clarendon Press,, 1985.. 8vo; xix, 616 pp.; ix, 666 pp. Illustrated with maps and figures. Very good in dust jackets, spines sunned. ... more information

Little Rock, AR:: Land Dept., St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, and Little Rock & Fort Smith Railways,,, (1904).. First edition. World's Fair Industrial Series, no. 2. 12mo. 32 pp. Illustrated, plates, maps. Promotional featuring a wide range of agricultural possibilities in the state. OCLC locates only the second edition (two copies). Original illustrated wrappers, stapled; several historical society stamps, else very good. ... more information

Baltimore,, 1944.. 8vo.; 132pp. Illus. Reprinted from orig. articles the author wrote for the Catonsville Argus newspaper. Very good. ... more information

New York:: Peter C. Kellogg & Co. [John Polhemus, Printer and Mfg. Stationer],, 1887.. Black lettered buff paperwraps (soiled; a bit of edge chipping). Tall 8vo.; 18 pp. A good copy. One copy found on OCLC (Univ. of Virginia) ... more information