Titles starting with K from Bauman Rare Books

1993. FIRST EDITION. CHOCHOLA, Václav. Kabinety Vzpominek [Collection of Memories]. (Prague): Arcadia, (1993). Quarto, original black photographic paper-covered boards, original dust jacket. $150. First edition of this superb representation of Czech documentary photography by Václav Chochola, with hundreds of images, including his famous portraits of Salvador Dali. Václav Chochola, one of the most respected documentary photographers in Czechoslovakia, is perhaps best known for his im... more information

1996. FIRST EDITION. DRESCHER, Henrik. Klutz. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, (1996). Large octavo, original pictorial boards and dust jacket. $50. First edition, wonderfully illustrated. This delightful picture book follows the foibles of the Klutz family, as they take "their blundering far and wide." A fine copy. ... more information

1855. FIRST EDITION. (KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE). The Knickerbocker Gallery: A Testimonial to the Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine from its Contributors. New York: Samuel Hueston, 1855. Large thick octavo, contemporary full blind-stamped brown morocco, raised bands, all edges gilt. $850. First edition of this tribute to the Knickerbocker Magazine and its renowned editor Louis Gaylord Clark, with 48 steel-engraved portraits of the contributors, very handsomely bound in full morocco. With contributions by... more information

1970. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. (NIEKRO, Phil) BINETTE, Wilfrid. Knuckler: The Phil Niekro Story. Atlanta: Hallux, (1970). Octavo, original blue paper boards, original dust jacket. $150. First edition of this biography of legendary knuckleballer Phil Niekro, signed by him on the title page. "Phil has a knuckler that truly dances, darts, and jumps. And he is the first to admit that he doesn't know where it is going." Niekro was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1997. Smith 17217. Grobani 8-170. A... more information

1931. FIRST EDITION. LERSKI, Helmar. Köpfe des Alltages unbekannte Menschen. [Everyday Heads of Unknown People]. Berlin: Hermann Reckendorf, 1931. Tall quarto, original flexible black cloth, original photographic dust jacket. $6200. First edition of Lerski's first photobook, with 80 black-and-white photographic plates by this pioneer of Weimar photography and German Expressionist cinema. After the Swiss-born Helmar Lerski began his career in America as a stage actor, he returned to Europe in 191... more information

1850. SALE, George. The Koran: or, Alcoran of Mohammed; Enriched with Numerous Explanatory Notes; Various Readings from Savary's Version of the Koran; and a Valuable Preliminary Discourse. London: William Tegg, circa 1850. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter mottled brown calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, burgundy and green morocco spine labels, top edge gilt. $1200. Later edition of Sale's important translation of the Koran, the first to translate directly from the Arabic into... more information

1744. (ROYALTY) SMIDS, Ludolf. Korte Leevensschets en Afbeejdingen Der Graaven van Holland, Van Dirk de eerfse, tot Koning Filip de twede, zynde de laatfte…. Haarlem: Johannes Marshoorn, 1744. Quarto, contemporary half calf, leather label. $850. First edition, with a folding wood-engraved frontispiece, folding wood-engraved genealogical tree, and thirty-five wood-engraved portraits. A lovely series of portraits of Dutch royalty, from Diederik I. through Philip II., beautifully engraved with full det... more information

1947. (JUDAICA—ZIONISM). Kriath Kodesh [Call to Yeshiva Students]. (Jerusalem): Kislev, 1947-48. Broadside (measures 10 by 13-1/2 inches), printed on recto. $1800. 1947 Jerusalem Orthodox broadside against "the Zionists who wish to uproot the Torah," illustrative of the conflicts among Zionists and other factions in Jerusalem just prior to the creation of the state of Israel. This broadside states that it is the scholars of Torah who are the Neturei Karta, "the protectors of the city.... more information