Authors starting with K from Bauman Rare Books

1986. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. KASPAROV, Garry. The Test of Time. Oxford: Pergamon, 1986. Octavo, original pictorial paper-covered boards. $500. First English edition of the Russian chess champion's first book, a combination of game analysis and autobiography, with chess diagrams and black-and-white photographs, signed by Kasparov on the title page and dated 05/12/04. Chess prodigy Kasparov was tapped by the Soviet Union at an early age: "At the age of 12, much the youngest competitor, Kasparov wo... more information

1940. KELLER, Helen Rex. The Reader's Digest of Books. New York: Macmillan, 1940. Thick octavo, mid-20th-century full navy morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. $325. "New and greatly enlarged" edition, very handsomely bound. With over 1400 pages of specific information on literature and writers. Bookplate. Fine. ... more information

1962. SIGNED. KENNEDY, John F. Inscribed photograph. Washington, D.C., no date. Photograph measures 9 by 14 inches. $4500. Black-and-white photograph of President Kennedy, inscribed by him for a close personal friend, "for Frankie Childers, with every good wish, John Kennedy." The photograph displays Kennedy stepping off of the Congressional subway that runs between the congressional office buildings and the Capitol building; he is talking with a woman, presumably the recipient. Frances Childer... more information

1963. (KENNEDY, John F.) SHAW, Mark. Gelatin silver print. New York: Mark Shaw, 1963. Black-and-white photographic print, measuring 9 by 13 inches, handsomely floated and window framed, entire piece measures 18 by 22 inches. $6000. Vintage photographic print, taken at the Kennedys' Georgetown home, depicting John Kennedy sitting at the breakfast table holding a toddler-age Caroline in his lap. Bears Shaw's own studio stamp and "Private Print" on verso. Photographed in 1959 while Kennedy... more information

1963. (KENNEDY, Jacqueline) SHAW, Mark. Gelatin silver print. New York: Mark Shaw, 1963. Black-and-white photographic print, measuring 10-1/2 by 10-1/2 inches, handsomely window matted and framed, entire piece measures 20 by 20 inches. $6200. Vintage photographic print, taken at the White House, depicting Jackie Kennedy sitting on the floor holding John Jr. and Caroline in her lap. Bears Shaw's own studio stamp and "Private Print" on verso. Photographed early in Kennedy's presidency, th... more information

1963. (KENNEDY, Jacqueline) SHAW, Mark. Gelatin silver print. New York: Mark Shaw, 1963. Black-and-white photographic print, measuring 9 by 13-1/2 inches. Handsomely matted and framed, entire piece measures 22 by 18 inches. $6500. Vintage photographic print, taken at Palm Beach, depicting a pregnant Jackie Kennedy sitting with John Jr. Bears Shaw's own studio stamp on verso. Photographed on the vacation to Palm Beach when the Kennedys announced the arrival of their third child, who would die just aft... more information

1831. SIGNED. KENT, James. Autograph letter signed. New York: September 26, 1831. Oblong sheet (7-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches). $400. Autograph letter signed by James Kent, the influential New York jurist and legal commentator. Kent writes about the publication of one of his speeches: "Dear Sir: I return the M.S. a& Proof Sheets by the Steam Hudson as you requested. I have added a plain title page. I prefer the name of an address to that of an oration as containing rather less rhetorical pretension. The... more information

1877. FIRST EDITION. KENT, S[usanna] H[enrietta]. Within the Arctic Circle. Experiences of Travel Through Norway, To The North Cape, Sweden And Lapland. London: Richard Bentley and Sons, 1877. Two volumes in one. Octavo, original dark blue cloth gilt. $1100. First edition of Kent's splendid Victorian volume recalling her journey to the Scandinavian Arctic, where "the beauty of difficulties is that it excites the ingenuity to surmount them," with four vintage Woodburytypes of Svolvaer, Hammer... more information

1942. (KENTON, Stan) LEWIS, Reuben. Large photograph. Chicago: circa 1942. Photographic print (10-1/2 by 13-1/2 inches), mounted, entire piece measures 16 by 20 inches. $500. Large photograph of Stan Kenton and his orchestra. The photograph, from the Hotel Sherman's Panther Room in Chicago, shows Kenton standing in front of his orchestra, with the singer Dolly Mitchell seated behind him. On the back is the stamp of Rube Lewis. "Rube" is photographer Reuben Lewis, probably the hotel's ph... more information

1972. KERTÉSZ, André. Photographic print, untitled cityscape. [New York: circa 1972]. Silver gelatin print, measuring 8 by 10 inches. $1000. Photograph of a city view printed by Kertész's studio, apparently produced to promote the publication of Sixty Years of Photography (1972). Kertész was "one of the first photographers to demonstrate the tremendous richness of the street… his work is known for its wit, composition, and sense of the unusual" (Blodgett, 96... more information

1972. KERTÉSZ, André. Photographic print, untitled ["Cat"]. [New York: circa 1972]. Silver gelatin print, measuring 8 by 10 inches. $1600. Photograph printed by Kertész's studio, dated by him in pencil on the verso, apparently produced to promote the publication of Sixty Years of Photography (1972). Kertész was "one of the first photographers to demonstrate the tremendous richness of the street… his work is known for its wit, composition, and sense of t... more information

1997. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. (KERTÉSZ, André) ROGNIAT, Évelyne. André Kertész: Le Photographe à l'Oeuvre. (Lyon and Paris): Universite de Lyon; La Sorbonne, (1997). Octavo, original stiff white paper covers. $85. First edition of this technical and critical study of the long acknowledged "father of modern photography." From the collection of acclaimed photojournalist Peter Turnley and signed by him. Kertész was "one of the first photogra... more information

1664. KILLIGREW, Thomas. Comedies and Tragedies. London: Henry Herringman, 1664. Folio, full modern blind-tooled calf, red leather label, pp. 576, 80. $4000. First edition, first issue, containing his most famous play, The Parson's Wedding. Killigrew, a favorite of the Charleses and the founder of Drury Lane, wrote most of his plays before the Civil War. His finest play, however, The Parson's Wedding, was written about 1663. Pepys was to declare it "a bawdy and loose play"-which foresha... more information

1872. FIRST EDITION. KING, Charles William. Antique Gems and Rings. London: Bell and Daldy, 1872. Two volumes. Tall octavo, later half burgundy polished calf gilt, raised bands, black calf spine labels, marbled boards. $800. First edition, with 56 full-page wood-engraved plates, ten copperplates and numerous in-text wood-engravings illustrating more than 600 gems, amulets and cameos of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Indian, Etruscan, Phoenician, Persian and Asian origin, with detailed expla... more information

1985. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. KING, Stephen. The Bachman Books: Four Early Novels by Stephen King. New York: New American Library, (1985). Thick octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jacket. $850. First omnibus edition of four early novels written by King under his "Richard Bachman" pseudonym, inscribed by the author, "For Joe—with best wishes, Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King), 4/26/94." "Two of these novels, perhaps even all four, might have been published under... more information

1901. KINGSLEY, Charles. The Life and Works. London: Macmillan, 1901-03. Nineteen volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter dark brown crushed levant morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others uncut. $4800. Limited edition of the complete works of Kingsley, one of only 525 such sets printed, finely bound by MacDonald. Includes Kingsley's historical novels (Hypatia, Westward Ho!, and Hereward the Wake), his social reform novels (Yeast, Alton Locke, and Two Years Ago), poem... more information

1872. FIRST EDITION. (KINGSLEY, Charles) HELPS, Arthur. Thoughts upon Government. London: Bell and Daldy, 1872. Octavo, original brick-red pebbled cloth. $600. First edition, from the library of noted author Charles Kingsley, with his initials on the half title. Also with an autograph note signed by Helps tipped in. In 1860 Helps was named Clerk of the Privy Council, a post he held until his death in 1875. "Thrown by his office into personal intercourse with Queen Victoria, she learnt to appreciate ... more information

1992. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. KLEIN, William. William Klein. (Singapore: [no publisher], 1992). Slim quarto, original stiff paper wrappers. $650. First edition of this retrospective catalogue, with portrait frontispiece and 46 pages of "raw, kinetic, and utterly original photographs" (Roth), signed by Klein on the front cover and dated "April '03." Klein developed a radical new way of taking pictures, "combining black humor, lyricism and acerbic social observation with daring ... more information

1936. SIGNED. KNIGHT, Frank Hyneman. Ethics of Competition and Other Essays. London: George Allen, (1936). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. $850. Second edition of this work exploring most of the critical problems in pre-World War II economics, signed on the title page by author and economist Frank Hyneman Knight. Here, in ten incisive essays, Knight examined the major economic problems of his times from both economic and philosophical perspectives. Invested in the importance of both pe... more information

1960. KNOWLES, John. A Separate Peace. New York: Macmillan, 1960. Octavo, original gray cloth, original dust jacket. $800. First American edition of Knowles' first book, his critically celebrated and commericially successful story of "loyalty, cruelty, betrayal and original sin" (New York Times). Though an American author, Knowles traveled extensively in Europe during the 1950s. His first novel, the story of two students' competitive friendship at a New England preparatory school during... more information