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[KILNER, Dorothy]. M. P. . The holiday present; containing anecdotes of mr. and mrs. jennet, and their little family; master george, master charles, master thomas, miss maria, miss charlotte, and miss harriet. Interspersed with instructive and amusing stories and observations. London. Printed for John Harris, 1831. Second Harris edition. 8vo. iv, 68pp. With engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Original publisher's pictorial blue paper boards, red roan spine. Slightly rubbed, a little marked, else a crisp copy. Early inked gift inscription to head of title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24308
KHAYYÁM, Omar. Quatrains of omar khayyám. London. Elkin Mathews, 1909. Quarto. [60pp]. With half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled vellum, lettered in gilt to spine. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Bookplate of A. A. Piggot to FEP, with inked ownership inscription of the same dated 1910 to first blank fly-leaf. Spotting to endpapers and initial leaves. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29895
KEYNES, John Maynard. A revision of the treaty: being a sequel to the economic consequences of the peace. London. Macmillan and Co., 1922. First edition. 8vo. viii, 223, [1], 6pp. With half-title and a terminal publisher's catalogue. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, damp-staining to foot of boards, faded shelf -mark in correction fluid to spine. Slight marginal water-marking to preliminaries, else internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, with embossed stamp to that effect to title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15211
KEYNES, John Maynard. A tract on monetary reform. London. Macmillan and Co., 1923. First edition. 8vo. [2], viii, 209pp, [3]. With a half-title and initial and final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Rubbed, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of the Library of Mistakes to FEP, early inked ownership inscription of Percy George to recto of FFEP, leaves toned. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27859
KEY, Astley Cooper. A narrative of the recovery of h. m. s. gorgon, (charles hotham, esq., captain.) stranded in the bay of monte video, may 10th, 1844. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. First edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 113, [5], 32pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 16 engraved plates, an engraved folding chart, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, lower corner of upper board lightly dampstained, cocked. Later armorial bookplate of Richard Benyon Croft to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33170
KERR, Andrew William. History of banking in Scotland. London. Adam and Charles Black, 1902. Second edition. 8vo. xiv, 348, 6pp. With a half-title and three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'W. R. Stall, Manager, Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27643
KERNER, Justinus. The seeress of prevorst: being revelations concerning the inner-life of man, and the inter-diffusion of a world of spirits in the one we inhabit. London. J. C. Moore, 1845. First edition in English. 8vo. xii, 338pp, [2]. With a half-title, and engraved folding plate, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, lettering-piece chipped and sunned. Scattered spotting, short tear to folding plate, naively repaired with clear tape. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25857
KERMODE, P[hilip] M[oore] C[allow]. Catalogue of the manks crosses with the runic inscriptions and various readings and renderings compared. [Ramsay] Isle of Man. C. B. Heyes, [1892]. Second edition. 8vo. [8], 60pp. With engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's blind-tooled brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, small circular paper label pasted to upper board. Photographic images of Manks crosses tipped-in to recto of FFEP and title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32999
KER, John Bellenden. An essay on the archaeology of our popular phrases and nursery rhymes. London. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Co., 1835. Second edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 290pp. Title page a cancel. Although the signatures read 'Vol. I' throughout, and there is mention of an upcoming second volume in the introductory remarks, it would appear Vol. II was never published; however, a two volume 'new edition' did appear in 1837. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, loss to lettering-piece. Endpapers renewed, fore-edge of title page ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25163
[KENNINGTON, Eric]. Pilots, workers, machines. [London]. [Printed for Frigidaire Ltd. by Harrison & Sons Ltd.], [1941]. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition, copy 2297 of an unspecified number. [32]pp. With 17 monochrome portraits of sailors, soldiers, and airmen in the text. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Lightly rubbed and spotted. Inked ownership inscription of Kennington's son, Christopher, to upper wrapper. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27563
KENNEDY, William. Fitful fancies. Edinburgh. Published by Oliver & Boyd...and Geo. B. Whittaker, 1827. First edition. 12mo. vii, [1], 191pp, [1]. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper boards, later rebacked in blue cloth. Boards rubbed and marked, corners exposed. Later bookplate of S. T. Whiteford and recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 29027
[KENNEDY, Grace]. Father clement; a roman catholic story. Edinburgh. Published by William Oliphant, 1824. Second edition. 12mo in 6s. [3], 6-370pp. Without half-title. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain green morocco, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, ink gift inscription to verso of frontispiece, occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16518
[KENNEDY, Grace]. Father clement: a roman catholic story.. Edinburgh. 1824, 1824. Second edition. 8vo. 370pp. Without half-title. With an engraved frontispiece. Finely bound in blind-stamped, richly gilt-tooled contemporary calf. Gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, with slight surface wear to joints. Browning to initial leaves, occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34439
KENNEDY, Grace. Jessy Allan, the lame girl: a story founded on facts. Edinburgh. William Oliphant and Son, 1842. Tenth edition. 12mo. 107pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, lightly marked. Ticket of McWatters, bookseller and stationer of Armagh to FEP, near contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 26270
KENNAWAY, Rev. C. E. Poems. London. Francis and John Rivington, 1846. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 216pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, ink inscription to half-title: 'Hon: Mr. Justice Coleridge / with the authors / best regards / June. 1846.' More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 26008