Search Results: Authors starting with K from Inklings & Yarnspinners

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2014. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j. Various underlinings and dog-ears.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). How a popular religious war erupted on the Dutch-German border, despite the ideals of religious tolerance proclaimed by the Enlightenment. In a remote village on the Dutch-German border, a young Catholic woman named Cunegonde tries to kidnap a baby to prevent it from being baptized in a Protestant church. When she is arrested, fellow Catholics stage an armed raid to free her from detention. These dramatic events of 1762 triggered a cycle of violence, starting a kind of religious war in the village and its surrounding region. Contradicting our current understanding, this war erupted at the height of the Age of Enlightenment, famous for its religious toleration. Cunegonde's Kidnapping tells in vivid detail the story of this hitherto unknown conflict. Drawing characters, scenes, and dialogue straight from a body of exceptional primary… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1991. 1st. h/b. Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, blue clothbound boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). This personal travel book about Italy is written by the author of the prize-winning ""Allegro Postillions"" and ""The Strangers' Gallery"". The author's travels take him to an Italy of neglected grandeur, hidden beauty and preposterous paradox - where the past lies in wait for the present and where history is never far away. The book looks at a magician's cave in Piedmont, Chinese mummies in Umbria, Tuscan nightingales and bumps in the Venetian night.

London: Edward Moxon, 1856. New. hardback. Good, red, blindpressed boards with gilt decorated titling on spine (wear and tear and some rubbing); front guttering loose, but pages unmarked if a little foxing in places, text block tightly bound.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). A new edition after the original in 1854, with the memoir by Richard Monckton Milnes

London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922. Oxford. hardback. Very good, missing d/j, green boards clean (slight bumping spine base), gilt spine titling and cover design bright; text block firm, pages unmarked and tight.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Originally published with Forman's editing and notes in 1906.

London: E. Moxon and Son, n.d. (?1890s). hardback. Good, red boards (some spine bumping and rubbing, slight nick on edge) decorated with black/gilt ruling and titling on cover and spine; brown pastedowns, front guttering loosened; text block firm, pages unmarked (all edges gilt).. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Complete poetry of Keats, edited by W. M. Rossetti (brother of Dante Gabriel and Christina); Engraved portrait frontispiece of Keats with his signature in facsimile (with tissue-guard), five engraved plates by Seccombe, head and tail pieces.

London: Noel Douglas Replicas, 1927. facsimile. hardback. Very good, clean replica of 1820, good quality, clean and uncut pages. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Replica of the 1820 anthology including Lamia, Isabella and The Eve of St Agnes

London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1910. Oxford. hardback. Very good, green full calf boards (some bumping on edges and esp. spine), gilt spine and cover titling bright; gilt-edged text block firm, pages unmarked and tight. Some tanning on endpapers; neat donor's inscription on ffep.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Originally published with Forman's editing and notes in 1906.

London: Noel Douglas Replicas, 1927. facsimile. hardback. Very good, clean replica of 1817, good quality, clean and uncut pages. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). A replica of Keats' 'Poems' [his first volume of verse] published by C. & J. Ollier in 1817

London: Jonathan Cape, 2000. 1st. h/b. Fine, 1st edition, SIGNED. 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10"" x 6_""). While held hostage by fundamentalist Shi'ite militiamen in the suburbs of Beirut, Brian Keenan was visited and sustained by the presence of Turlough O'Carolan - the legendary blind Irish harper of the seventeenth century. This novel is thus a re-creation of an extraordinary historical story and a personal debt repaid. It is also, obliquely, a parallel life - another life imprisoned, shaped by the dark.Narrated largely by O'Carolan from his death-bed, and through the recollections of those closest to him, Turlough powerfully brings to life a lost Ireland of famine and disease, eviction and oppression. Stalking through the broken and dispossessed comes Turlough O'Carolan, the musical prodigy, blinded by smallpox and now an itinerant harper, lauded by the aristocracy and a hero to his people. His Rabelaisian desire for drink and women is counterpointed by his artistic struggle towards the great music… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Among our greatest leaders are those driven by impulses they cannot completely control - by lust. Lust is not, however, an abstraction, it has definition. Definition that, given the impact of leaders who lust, is essential to extract. This book identifies six types of lust with which leaders are linked: 1. Power: the ceaseless craving to control. 2. Money: the limitless desire to accrue great wealth. 3. Sex: the constant hunt for sexual gratification. 4. Success: the unstoppable need to achieve. 5. Legitimacy: the tireless claim to identity and equity. 6. Legacy: the endless quest to leave a permanent imprint. Each of the core chapters focuses on different lusts and features a cast of characters who bring lust to life. In the real world leaders who lust can and often do have an enduring impact. This book therefore is counterintuitive - it focuses not on moderation, but on immoderation.

London: Short Books, 2015. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Walking on Sunshine offers 52 tips, tools and positive ideas (one for each week of the year) to guide you through the seasons and better manage the pressures of everyday life. In a diary of her year, Rachel Kelly shares the strategies that have helped her stay calm and happy after overcoming depression. Some of the steps relate to particular experiences and events, such as holidays, dramas at work and her children's exams; others are useful at any time. Indeed this is an ideal book to dip into whenever the mood takes you. Written in the confidential, conversational style of a good friend and delightfully illustrated by Daily Mail cartoonist Jonathan Pugh, Walking on Sunshine will act as a constant, supportive companion through your ups and downs.

Manchester: R. Whiteworth, 1740. hardback. Good, contemporary reverse calf (rubbed, with variable spotting, staining and browning, a few darker spots); title printed in red and black, initials and ornaments, engraved plate (lacks all before title [i.e. ?blank] and all after Fff4 [p. 44] of ""Meditations and Prayers for Sick Persons"", Provenance: old pen trials to margin of title; Anthony Willis & Michael Fisher (old inscriptions, dated 1748 and 1769, on verso of plate). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Thomas ˆ Kempis (1379-1471). The Christian's Pattern: or, a Treatise on the Imitation of Jesus Christ. In Four Books ... Now render'd into English. To which are added, Prayers and Meditations for Sick Persons. By George Stanhope. Manchester: Printed by R. Whitworth, 1740.

New York: Flatiron, 2022. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new (d/j in protective sleeve).. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). In They Knew, New York Times best-selling author Sarah Kendzior explores the United StatesÕ Òculture of conspiracy,Ó putting forth a timely and unflinching argument: uncritical faith in broken institutions is as dangerous as false narratives peddled by propagandists. Conspiracy theories are on the rise because officials refuse to enforce accountability for real conspiracies. They Knew discusses conspiracy culture in a rapidly declining United States struggling with corruption, climate change, and other crises. As the actions of the powerful remain shrouded in mystery Ð like the Jeffrey Epstein operation Ð it is unsurprising that people turn to conspiracy theories to fill the informational void. They Knew exposes the tactics these powerful actors use to placate an inquisitive public. In KendziorÕs signature whip smart prose and eviscerating arguments, They Knew unearths decades of buried… Read More

London, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve), blue clothboards, gilt spine titling bright, text block firm (slight forward lean), pages crisp. Owner's neat inscription ffep.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). During the Eritrean struggle for independence from Ethiopia, four Westerners travel under Eritrean rebel escort through a land of savage beauty and bitter drought towards the ancient capital of Asmara. Each is on a personal mission, all are irrevocably changed as they bear witness to the devastation of war as well as to the Eritreans' courage and humanity in the face of constant attack.

London, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. 1st. h/b. Fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve).. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A remarkable, powerful novel, all the more exciting for the exotic background so vividly described' Daily Express A young woman once told Thomas Keneally her life story. It was to lodge in his mind and haunt his imagination, becoming the kernel for this enthralling and emotive novel. It tells of a marriage that becomes a nightmare, of a distraught woman's flight, actual and symbolic, into the Australian interior, a story of pursuit, tragic accident and a final, strange catharsis.

London: Sceptre, 2014. 1st. h/b. Fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve).. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). On the edge of a small Australian town, far from the battlefields of the Second World War, a camp holds thousands of Japanese, Italian and Korean prisoners of war. The locals are unsure how to treat the 'enemy', though Alice Herman, whose young husband is himself a prisoner in Europe, becomes drawn to the Italian soldier sent to work on her father-in-law's farm. The camp commander and his deputy, each concealing a troubled private life, are disunited. And both fatally misread their Japanese captives, who burn with shame at being taken alive. The stage is set for a clash of cultures that has explosive, far-reaching consequences.

London: Sceptre, 2016. 1st UK. paperback. Fine, uncorrected proof. Pristine.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). On the island of St Helena in the south Atlantic ocean, Napoleon spends his last years in exile. It is a hotbed of gossip and secret liaisons, where a blind eye is turned to relations between colonials and slaves. The disgraced emperor is subjected to vicious and petty treatment by his captors, but he forges an unexpected ally: a rebellious British girl, Betsy, who lives on the island with her family and becomes his unlikely friend. Based on fact, Napoleon's Last Island is the surprising story of one of history's most enigmatic figures and a British family who dared to associate with him. It is a tale of vengeance, duplicity and loyalty, and of a man whose charisma made him dangerous to the end.

London, Sydney, Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1993. 1st. h/b. Fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve). Signed to title.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). With his genial air of an Australian innocent, Jacko Emptor is New York's most public trespasser, invading people's homes at random for a live television show. Until he undertakes the televised hunt for a missing woman and, finally, meets a barrier even he will not transgress. The dramatic tale of Jacko's exploits probes the dubious ethics behind some television programmes and illuminates how a civilized society can harbour appalling evil.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2009. 1st. h/b. Fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve). With publisher's review comp slip.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Now in paperback, the outstanding first volume of acclaimed author Thomas Keneally's major new three-volume history of Australia bringsto life the vast range of characters who have formed Australia's national story Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and soldiers, patriots and reformers, bushrangers and gold seekers it is from their lives and their stories that Tom Keneally has woven a vibrant history to do full justice to the rich and colorful nature of Australia'sunique national character. The story begins by looking at European occupation through Aboriginal eyes, movingbetween the city slums and rural hovels of 18th-century Britain and the shores of Port Jackson. Readers spend time on the low-roofed convict decks of transports and see the bewilderment of the Eora people as they see the first ships of turaga, or ""ghost people.""They follow… Read More

London: Allen Lane, 1980. 1st. h/b. Near fine, 1st edition, in unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve); slight yellowing on pages.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). 1942 and the world is at war. Australia and its government--and two people in particular--look to events in Asia with alarm. 'Paperboy' Tyson's privlieged relationship with the Prime Minister, Johnny Mulhall, gives him insight into the man's public and private affairs. Maimed in the first world war, Tyson, now a political reporter, knows all too well the feelings of his countryman and Mulhall shares this ambivalence, on the one hand rallying the nation to action and, on the other, feeling the burden of the thousands of young men he sends to south-Asia. Australia struggles to find a national identity and a place in the world. Mulhall finds himself strangely entangled in a personal dilemma which is no less weighty than the demans of his public role as a monarch in a cut-rate kingdom.