Search Results: Titles starting with K from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

Newark, Delaware: Juan de la Cuesta - Hispanic Monographs, 1980. Hardcover. Good. Newark, Delaware: Juan de la Cuesta - Hispanic Monographs, 1980. 9 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xvi, 206. Brown boards with gold gilt titles and gold gilt emblem on front board. Light rubbing on spine edges and corners. Black sharpie mark on free facing end page and two marks on foot of book. Some underlining scattered throughout text. Binding tight. A collection of Indian folktales which form the basis of the Panchatantra. "According to the Sanskrit introduction, the stories were used for training young princes in wise conduct, although the morality is much more practical than idealistic.'.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Boston:James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First edition. 5x 6 3/4 inches: pp. xiv, 360,[2]. Original pebbled brown cloth with bright gold gilt design on front, titles in gold gilt on spine. Embossed design on rear. Spine frays to top and bottom, some fading to spine, corners bumped and rubbed. textblock square and tight. Some foxing to prelimary pages and edges of pages. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. The author recounts his travels around the globe during his naval service, his acivities in the Mexican-American War and Civil War. Of note is his being in California and San Francisco at the time of the gold rush and his comments on San Francisco at that time.

Greenburg, PA: THE KELLY & JONES CO, 1926. Revised. Hardcover. Good. Greenburg, PA: The Kelly & Jones Co., 1926. 7 3/4 x 5 inches: pp. [8], 538. Red cloth with white lettering debossed to front, rear and spine. Includes a table of contents on rear board. Includes cast iron, casing, steel and brass fittings, valves, expansion joints, engine and boiler fittings, hose goods, and other miscellaneous items. Covers have edge wear, some soiling. Corners faded and nudged. Text is unmarked. Binding tight, solidly bound.

Berkeley, CA: Image Comics, 2016. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Berkeley, CA: Image Comics, 2016. Second Printing. 8 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches: pp. [104]. White illustrated stiff cardboard covers with black spine and red and white type. Light edge and corner wear, creasing. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight.

Pasadena, California USA: Self-Published, 1921. Softcover. Good Plus. Pasadena, CA: Upton Sinclair, 1921. 7 x 4 3/4 inches: pp. xii, 396. Brownish-gray card covers with black type. Textblock of thin, cheap paper. Introduction by Dr. Georg Brandes. With 20 pp. of advertising for other (Upton Sinclair) books at rear, the last three leaves of which have been laid in as inserts. Bookplate of Emilie S. and Charles H. Behre (a geologist and mining consultant). A bit of corner curl, creasing. Tear at bottom spine edges. Title and author written in pen on spine. Pages are toned, creased, but unmarked. Solidly bound.

Bellevue, Washington: Timeline Publishing Company, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Good Plus. Bellevue, WA: Timeline Publishing Company, 1987. 9 x 6 inches: pp. xiv, 248. Photo illustrated tan wrappers with white and black type. Historical photos. Bibliography, index. Inscribed and signed by both authors on the half-title page. Edge and corner wear, creasing to wraps. Sun fading at spine. Interior clean, unmarked. Binding tight. A thoroughly researched and lively history of Oregon's stagecoach days.

Kunstverlag Weingarten, 1980. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. IN GERMAN. Mild wear to boards. Brown lettering, paste - on color illustration on brown cloth - covered boards. 128 pp. Clean, bright, tight. Numerous color photographs of Bisque dolls also known as Precious Dolls.