Titles starting with K from Argonaut Book Shop

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1970 First English translation. One of 900 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. Compiled by Maekawa Bunzo and Sakai Junzo from the Narrative of Hatsutaro, a Japanese Castaway. Translated by Richard Zumwinkle, assisted by Tadanobu Kawai. 143pp. Numerous illustrations in color, map. Dark blue cloth, gilt. Spine and top edge of cover faded, else a fine copy. An early Japanese account of Baja California, compiled from the experiences of sailors who were res... more information

New York: Random House, 1978 Stated first trade edition. Black cloth-backed boards, lettered in gilt. Some foxing to foredge. A fine copy in dust jacket.. ... more information

Omaha and Lincoln: Joslyn Art Museum and University of Nebraska Press, 1984 First edition. Introduction by William H. Goetzmann. Annotations by David C. Hunt and Marsha V. Gallagher. Artist's Biography by William J. Orr. Square quarto. viii, [4], 376pp. Illustrated with 359 plates including 257 in color; extensive chapter notes. Purple cloth. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A large, handsome, profusely illustrated volume covering the full range of this early artist of the American West. Inc... more information

New York: The Viking Press, 1976 First edition. Small Quarto. 144pp. Profusely illustrated, some illustrations in color. Orange cloth with gil-lettering on spine. A very fine, as new copy with pictorial dust jacket. A Collection of Illustration, Verse and Text. A short biography of Kate Greenaway and selections from some of her best-known as well as little-known works.. As New/As New. ... more information

New York: The John Day Company, 1962 Cloth. Neat previous owner's signature, elsey fine with slightly rubbed pictorial dust jacket.. ... more information

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1942 First editions. Volume 1 published in 1942 by G.P. Putnam's Sons in New York. Volume 2 published in 1957 by St. Mary's College in California. 2 volumes. 631, 296pp. Colored frontispieces and 90 plates, including 16 in color. Gray and black cloth, gilt. A fine set (perfect dust jacket on volume 2 only). The most authoritative and complete work on William Keith, the California artist best known for his paintings of the state's natural scenery. The first vo... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1895 First edition. 16mo. Decorated tan cloth with gilt-lettering. 4 black & white illustrations. A very fine copy.. ... more information

Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, 1968 First edition in book form. [14], 92pp. Covers very lightly soiled and a very minor bump to one corner. A fine copy in printed gray cloth. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Number 16 in the series of keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library. A collection of the author's reminiscences of his Comstock boyhood in Virginia City which were originally published in San Francisco's Bulletin in 1905. Acc... more information

Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1964. First edition. Very fine with dust jacket. Biography of Moctezuma I, constructed directly from the manuscripts of the Aztec people.. ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, Inc., 1955 Reprint. Gray cloth. Some minor markings along edges of covers, else a fine copy in dust jacket.. ... more information

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1961 First edition. 268pp. Frontis portrait, illustrations, maps. Red cloth, gilt. A very fine, uncut copy. Benedict's major contribution to Southwest justice was in aiding in the transition from Spanish-Mexican to Anglo-American law and legal procedure. He served as Chief Justice of the Territory of New Mexico from 1858 until 1866. Emphasis on the Indian, slavery, social and political affairs, journalism, etc. Also includes a chapter on circuit riding with Abraham... more information

Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1986 First edition. 4to. 159pp. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs; bibliography, index. Black-lettered orange cloth. A very fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. The history of Colorado's early attempt at an interurban rail system and the factors that led to its demise.. ... more information

London: Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd., 1982 First edition. Foreword by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. Introduction by Michael Ward. 224pp. Profusely illustrated with (mostly) color and black & white photographs; maps, Cloth. A very fine copy with unclipped pictorial dust jacket. The main Himalayan chain of the unexplored mountains of Tibet and Chinese Central Asia is now open to foreigners. The British Mount Kongur expedition was the first to be allowed into China. This excellent work discusses the expediti... more information

Basel and Boston and Stuttgart: Birkhauser Verlag, 1979 First edition. 4to. Profusely illustrated with full page photos in both black & white and color. Yellow cloth with brown lettering and decoration. A very fine copy in spine-faded pictorial dust jacket. This book contians photographs of sculpture, tapestry, etc. from countries around the world, each with a full description. Text in German, French, and English.. ... more information