Search Results: Titles starting with K from High Castle Books

NY, NY: George Braziller, 1951. 26 pp., 70 B&W plates; Book shows significant wear to edges & corners w/ some areas of possible insect damage; 2 slightly dulled area to front board possibly from moisture; worn dampstain to lower rear portion of spine; foxing & a small brown stain to page block; minor foxing to endpapers / Offers Kollwitz's four print cycles: The Weavers, Peasant War, War, & Death plus some other prints as well, totaling 72 reproductions. Also a photographic portrait of the artist. /. edition not stated. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, UK: Duckworth, 1938. xxiii, 518 pp., black cloth w/ gold lettering; Book shows threading & other surface abrasions to covers overall; black cloth discolored to brown at top 1/2" & bottom 1 1/2" of spine; small hole worn through cloth at top edge of rear board; some moderate soil to edges of page block; blacked out name to top of front free endpaper; very short tear & associated small creases to bottom edge of one leaf / "With prefatory notes by James W. Gerard (formerly United States Amabassador to Germany) and Colonel House, and a letter by Bernard Shaw." Illustrated with B&W plates. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Orleans, LA: Searcy & Pfaff, Ltd., 1933. 64 pp., decprated wraps; Book shows wear, soiling & some foxing to covers w/ some creasing & bends, esp. at corners, which are worn w/ a small piece missing from bottom corner of front cover; front & back covers are separating at ends of spine w/ some associated short tears; pages shows some foxing & small dampstains (mainly at edges) to first & last several pages, w/ some pages curling & a little worn at corners (esp. towards front of book) / "Official Organ of Kappa Phi, a National Methodist Girls' Club" {Published October and April for year 1932 - 33" Illustrated with B&W photos. /. Stapled Booklet. Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wheaton, IL: Quest / Theosophical Publishing, 1984. ix, 163 pp., pictorial wraps; book has light wear to corners, a number of tiny light brown spots to lower portion of back cover / ". . . fourteen long-time students of this profoundly subtle subject present a study of its various aspects." /. Second Edition, 2nd Print.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Norton, 1997. 323 pp., red papercovered boards w/ black lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has slight slant to spine, minor wear at base of spine, small "x" in marker to f.e.p.; Jacket has slight wear to head of spine & ends of front flap fold, very light rub line to rear panel, else fine / A Kat Colorado mystery. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Warner, 1984. xiv, 337 pp., pictorial wraps; Book has faint stress line to spine /. 13th Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Fine.

London, UK: Wingate, 1978. 171 pp., red cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has small dent near bottom of front board, several lines of print on copyright page blacked out w/ marker, else fine; Jacket exterior white portions darkening, two very short tears to bottom of front panel, a few light indentations near spine / "The place was Nepal. The time was now. Nick Carter had to learn a new language of death and this time the fate of Asia depended on his learning it right." Jacket photograph by Beverly Lebarrow. A nice clean tight little book. /. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Harper, 1995. xi, 270 pp., 1/4 black cloth w/ black boards & silver lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has very minor spots of soiling to bottom page edges, faint erasure to front endpaper; Jacket shows some light creasing at top edge, else fine / From the actual tapes. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Honolulu, HI: Oriental Publishing Co., 1979. 65 pp., stapled pictorial wraps; Book shows light creasing to covers w/ moderate wear to corners / Illustrated with maps and color photos. /. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1988. xi, 240 pp., pictorial wraps; Book has very small light bends to corners of front cover / "This detailed guide to the back roads and small towns of northeastern Kansas charts a 350-mile loop from the Kansas-Missouri border west through the majestic Flint Hills. It ambles through ethnic enclaves, Indian reservations, and sleepy rural towns, focusing on folk architecture, geology, and history.' Illustrated with B&W maps and drawings. /. Second Edition, Revised. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Dell, 1959. 160 pp., pictorial wraps, # LB131; Front cover has very light crease, light rubbing at top left, minor edge wear; very light crease to bottom left corner of back cover / The Laurel Poetry Series. Atypical cover art from noted science fiction cover artist Richard Powers. /. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Richard Powers (cover art).

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, 1989. 230 pp., 1/4 light tan cloth w/ olive green boards & gold lettering; DJ in clear archival cover; book shows light shelfwear to bottom edges; DJ shows light to moderate wear to ends of spine & folds including very minor chipping, extremely short tears & tiny creases; also a little rubbing along edges of folds & a little wear to bottom edges / INSCRIBED to "my boatbuilder." /. Signed by Author on Title Page. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Nashville, TN: United Methodist Communications, 1990. xii, 200 pp., brown (simulated?) leather w/ gold lettering; Book shows very minor wear to ends of spine / SIGNED by author of book, as well as by General Secretary of United Methodist Communications, Roger L. Burgess on label affixed to front pastedown, stating: "On the Occasion of Its 50th Anniversary, October 1990, United Methodist Communications Presents This Collector's Edition of the Agency's History. Copy Number 230." Illustrated with B&W photos. /. Signed by Author. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Baton Rouge, LA: Army & Navy Publishing Co., 1960. unpaginated (approx. 70 pp.), blue embossed cloth w/ white lettering & red, white & blue decoration & illustration; Book shows hard wear to very bottom edge of front board, including a 1/2" area worn through the cloth; entire book is a somewhat bowed towards the front; spotting to edges of page block; endpapers show some brown stains & darkened areas, as well as prev. owner's notations in ink & red marker; the remainder of the interior seems to be unmarked / Illustrated with numerous B&W photos, with a few in color. Only about a half-dozen pages contain significant amounts of text, with the text on the remaining pages mainly identifying the photos. / . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket (as issued). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, 1990. 191 pp., glossy pictorial boards; book shows some faint rubbing to covers / Over 175 full-color illustrations and photos. /. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Abbeville Press, 1985. 120 pp., aqua-blue cloth w/ gold lettering, & indented lettering to front board; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows light bump to bottom corner of front board / Introduction by Peter Adam. Illustrated with B&W photos. /. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY, NY: Crown, 1970. 288 pp., red cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has a little insect damage to cloth at head of spine, 1/4" light pen mark to front board, a few small spots to top page edges; Jacket is worn w/ edge wear, chipping & small creases to corners & spine ends, 1 1/4" tear to bottom of front fold, 1/2" tear to bottom of rear fold, short tear w/ creases at top of front panel, short tears w/ some creasing and light soil to top & bottom edges of rear panel, other minor nicks, rubs, etc. / Preface by Cyrus H. Gordon. Illustrated with B&W photos. ". . . Cohane kept reencountering certain key words and place-names that looked . . . as if they had been brought into Great Britain & Ireland from the Mediterranean in prehistoric times. . . . those key words and names seemed to be of Semitic origin. . . . Mr. Cohane has concluded that before the Egyptian, Greek, Phoenecian, and Carthaginian eras, two major Semitic migrations or… Read More

Chicago, IL: Elpenor Books, 1978. 61 pp., navy blue cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archoval covert; Book shows slight fading to extreme top edges of boards w/ minor foxing to top edge of page block; jacket shows some fading (from light blue to blue-green) to spine panel; very slight edgewear overall w/ tiny crease to top corner of front flap / Nikolic earlier books include "Three Slavic Poets," "Po Starim Reljefima (Over the Old Reliefs)," and Grmovi, Trave (Oaks, Grasses)." / . First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Crown, 1991. 128 pp., 1/4 red-violet cloth w/ maroon boards & pale yellow lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; book has remainder mark & some soil spots to top page edges; Jacket shows slight wear to corners & spine ends, else fine / By the author of "Funny, You Don't Look Like A Grandmother." Illustrated by Lilla Rogers. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Syracuse, NY: The Willis N. Bugbee Co., 1926. 79 pp., pictorial wraps; book shows foxing & light soil to covers; wrappers splitting & cracking on spine; wear to corners of covers w/ small curl to corners of a number of pages; a little foxing to a couple of interior pages / Illustrated with a very few tiny B&W drawings. /. Trade Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.