Search Results: Authors starting with K from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, [1973]. 8vo. xviii, [2], 279, [1] pp. Brown cloth, red & gilt lettering, w/ d.j. (minor shelfwear), NF/NF copy, from library of Prof. Thomas Tuchscherer, w/ book label on front pastedown. First edition of this fascinating history examining the banking and financial relationship between Edward the Longshanks and the Italian merchant-bankers, Societas Riccardorum de Luka.

New York: Modern Library, [c. 1952 (ca. 1970)]. 8vo. xxii, 328 pp. Red cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (mnr dmpstn to lwr bk cvr), VG/G, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. Early Modern Library edition, No. 283, of this anthology including the famed Metamorphosis.

New York: Modern Library, [c. 1952]. 8vo. xxii, 328 pp. Gray cloth, green & gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. listing to 408 on verso (mnr rubbng to spine), VG/VG, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. Early Modern Library edition, No. 283, of this anthology including the famed Metamorphosis.

Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, [1955]. 12mo. 162 pp. Colour frntsp., 2 colour plates, 40 blk & wht photos, 72 text illusts. Green cloth, gilt lettrng (minor shelfwear), VG copy. Early edition of this scarce cook book title in the Japan Travel Bureau Tourist Library Series, No. 11.

New York: Rand McNally & Co., [1939]. 8vo. 255, [1] pp. Numerous colour plates, blk & wht illusts. & text illusts. Black boards, decorated & lettered in silver, colour plate mounted front cover art by Paul Bransom (minor edgewear, slight bumping head & foot of spine), still VG- copy, w/ former ownership bookplate on half-title. Early printing of this wonderful collection of stories on baby African jungle animals, and another title in the Windermere series.

London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., [1963]. 8vo. 295, [1] pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (couple clsd tears), NF/VG copy. First Allen & Unwin edition of the Richard Burton translation, which long has been recognized as a classic of Victorian writing, and set a new standard in translation from Sanskrit.

Portland, OR: Lawyers Title and Trust Company, 87 Fourth St., Henry Building, [Nov., 1919]. Folio. 8.25 x 13.25 in. 103 (i.e. 104) leaves, typescript manuscript, mimeograph typescript, TLS on letterhead. Including 4 maps (1 reproducing original William W. Chapman Homestead Claim; 1 blueprint cyanotype map reproducing 1862 plat map of Chapman; blueprint cyanotype map of Portland & East Portland dated 1866; 1 blueprint cyanotype of Lownsdales Map of Portland Claim). Mustard-coloured cloth post-binder, sewn at upper fore-edge w/ white string, ink manuscript identifying property, black lettering stamped on front cover (minor shelfwear, rubbing, occasional creasing, scuffing), still VG copy, 2 TLS are signed Pres. Gordon of the Lawyers Title and Trust Company, Portland, OR, dated Sept. 22 & Nov. 24, 1919, from the library of Caroline Augusta Gray Kamm (1840-1932), noted socialite and philanthropist in Portland, built home for poor women & girls with the YWCA, and was daughter of PNW pioneer William H.… Read More

Chicago: Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1996. 12mo. lix, [1], 447, [3] pp. Title in red & blk. Frntsp., numerous illusts., plates. Brown cloth, gilt lettrng & decrtn, F. First Lakeside Press edition, No. 94, of this famed account of the second Grinnell Expedition to search for the lost Franklin and make scientific observations north of Smith Sound Greenland. The extensive data on the vegetation, wildlife, Eskimos, and the ice are excellent, as well as the rousing account of his abandoning of the ship Advance, and returning on an epic trek to Upernivik.

Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. Two vols. Thick 8vo. 464; 467, [1] pp. Steel-engraved frontisp. to both vols, steel-engraved titles, 2 large folding maps, map, 300 text woodcuts & engravings. Dark brown embossed & decorated cloth, embossed illustration of ship trapped in the ice (minor chipping & wear to head & foot of spine, minor wear & rubbing to corners, slight bumping, front inner hinges starting), still G- set, w/ clean text & plates. First edition of this famed account of the second Grinnell Expedition to search for the lost Franklin and make scientific observations north of Smith Sound Greenland. The extensive data on the vegetation, wildlife, Eskimos, and the ice are excellent, as well as the rousing account of his abandoning of the ship Advance, and returning on an epic trek to Upernivik.

Fort Worth & Austin: Amon Carter Museum & Univ. of Texas Press, [1971]. Thick 4to. xviii, 350 pp. Colour frntsp., over 200 colour and blk & wht plates & illusts. Green cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (edgewear, mnr chppng, couple clsd tears), NF/VG-. First edition, thus, of this famed account of voyaging through the Hudson’s Bay outposts along the Great Lakes, into Canada, down the Saskatchewan River and Athabasca River, into the Pacific Northwest. On both his trips he painted and sketched Native Americans, and the more than 100 paintings he completed are still considered invaluable primary source material. He visited Fort Vancouver, Fort Victoria, stayed with the Cowlitz Indian Tribes, hiked on Mt. Saint Helens, visited and described Walla Walla, and much more. The journal is one of the most authentic source books used in the study of these Indian tribes. See Graaf, 2262; Howes, K7; Smith 5392; Sabin, 37007.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., [1970]. Thick 8vo. xvii, [3], 743, [1] pp. Numerous illusts., diagrams. Gray cloth, blk & wht lettrng (mnr shlfwr, ex-lib mrkngs on title, lbl residue on spine), still nice copy from library of mathematician & physicist, John A. Simmons. First edition of this work including sections on plastic flow, plasticity, dynamics, and fracture.

Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, [1986]. 8vo. xxv, [3], 244 pp. Numerous illusts., plates, map. Colour-illust. softcvrs, mnr shlfwr (w/ annotations & corrections by Voget), still a G copy from the library of Frederick Voget (1913-1997), noted American anthropologist and expert on the Crow Indians. First softcover edition of this tragic history of the Kansa Indians who migrated away from the East coast to settle in villages along the Kansas River. Vol. 114 in the Civilization of the American Indian Series.

[Kansas City, MO: Disaster Corps, Inc., 1951]. Oblong 4to. [40 pp (unpaginated)]. Photo illustrations throughout (some full-page), charts. Quarter-red cloth over photo-illustrated boards, embossed red & black lettering on front cover (slight shelfwear, rubbing), still NF copy. First edition of this well-illustrated volume describing the devastating flood which struck Kansas City, MO, and Kansas City, KS destroying 1000s of buildings, displaced over 100,000 residents, and total losses approached $ 1 Billion July 13, 1951.

New York: Random House, [1948]. 8vo. 216 pp. Gray tweed boards, blue & gilt lettrng (slght shlfwr), w/ d.j. cover art by E. McKnight Kauffer (vry mnr chppng hd & ft of spine), VG/VG-, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. First edition, 1st printing, stated, of this western novel about Cattle Barons in 1899 hiring a notorious killer to drive out homesteaders.

New York: Academic Press, 1983. 8vo. xiii, [1], 428 pp. Numerous text diagrams, illusts. Red boards, gilt lettrng (slght shlfwr), still NF copy from library of mathematician & physicist, John A. Simmons, w/ frmr ownrshp stmp on ffep. First edition of this excellent work.

New York: Academic Press, 1971. 8vo. xii, [2], 296 pp. Gray cloth, blk & yellow lettrng, w/ d.j. NF/NF, from library of mathematician & physicist, John A. Simmons. First edition of this wrk with a variety of examples and exercises taken from various fields of mathematical physics, theoretical mechanics, and engineering.

London: Scientific Book Guild, [1962]. 8vo. 303, [1] pp. Numerous text diagrams. Colour-illust. boards, slght bmpng, shlfwr, VG. First SBG edition.

Washington, D.C.: James William Bryan Press, [1915]. Tall 8vo. 232, [2] pp. Colour frntsp., numerous colour plates, photo plates, illusts. Beige linen, embssd, gilt & blue lozenge armorial on frnt cvr, gilt lettrng, NF copy, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on frnt pstdn. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated social history and travelogue through Kashmir just before World War I.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [1959]. 8vo. xxi, [1], 542 pp. With 100s of text illustrations, diagrams, equations. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine (slight shelfwear, very minor bumping to couple corners), w/ d.j. (minor scuffing), NF/VG copy, from the library of John R. Maticich (1933-2014), electrical engineer, computer engineer, former director of product development at Floating Point Ssytems, and then co-founder of Synergy computers, and finally Director of Engineering with Mentor Graphics after 1984 merger, w/ ownership markings on front pastedown. First edition of this work offering a complete treatment of the theory and application of solid state devices and components, including treatment of magnetization, polarization, electrochemical phenomena, and microwave frequencies, especially designed for computer engineers. Smith & Brombacher, Guide to Instrumentation Literature, Vol. 16, p. 67.

[New York]: Harper & Brothers, [1942]. 8vo. [6], 300, [2] pp. Black cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (mnr chppng hd of spine, rubbng, shlfwr), NF/VG-. First edition of this novel set in the English countryside.