[LITERARY PERIODICALS] KEROUAC, Jack; BURROUGHS, William; HUNCKE, Herbert; GINSBERG, Allen; et. al

The Beat Diary. The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual. Volume 5

(California, PA), (Arthur and Kit Knight), (1977). First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps, 8-1/2" x 11", with a photograph of Kerouac on the cover. Edited by Arthur and Kit Knight. Contributions by all of the major Beat figures. Although there is no indication of such, this is from the library of Herbert Huncke. Near Fine .

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Book number: 019755

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Beats, Beat Literature, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Literary Ephemera, Literary Periodical Modern First Editions Literature: American Beat Literature Literary Ephemera

KILMER, Joyce

The Circus and Other Essays

New York, Laurence J. Gomme, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Near Fine, lacking the uncommon dustwrapper .

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Book number: 003364

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Keywords: Circus, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, 20th Century British Literature, Irish Literature Modern First Editions Literature: English Circus Modern Poetry

KINCAID, Jamaica

Annie John

New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's orange and gray cloth. West Indies author's second book and first novel. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 006069

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Keywords: Caribbean Literature, Modern Firsts, African-American Literature, Modern First Editions, Women's Literature African-American Literature Women's Literature Caribbean Literature Modern Firsts

KINCAID, Jamaica

At the Bottom of the River

New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1983). First Edition. hardcover. Publisher's orange and green cloth. Her first book. Dustjacket praise by fellow Caribbean author Derek Walcott. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 001274

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Caribbean Literature, Modern Firsts, African-American Literature, Modern First Editions, Women's Literature, First Book African-American Literature Modern First Editions First Book Literature: American

(KING, Stephen) WINTER, Douglas

Stephen King

Mercer Island, WA, Starmont House, (1982). First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. Early major book of criticism on King with a bibliography. Fine. Unread .

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Book number: 011165

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, Horror, Stephen King, Essays Modern First Editions Literature: American Literary Criticism Horror

KING, Stephen

The Tommyknockers

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1987). First Edition. Hardcover. First issue with "Permission to Come" on copyright page. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper with touch of rubbing to gold. Unread .

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Book number: 011133

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Horror, Stephen King, Movie Fiction Modern First Editions Horror Movie Fiction Literature: American

KINSELLA, W. P

Shoeless Joe

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Made into a memorable film, FIELD OF DREAMS, starring Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper with a tiny nick .

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Book number: 014849

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Keywords: Modern First Editions, Movie Fiction, W. P. Kinsella, Baseball Fiction, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions Movie Fiction Canadian Literature Baseball Fiction

KIPLING, Rudyard

Two Forewords

Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 950 copies bound in cloth-backed marbled boards. Near Fine in a worn Very Good slipcase .

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Book number: 001531

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Keywords: Limited, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions Modern First Editions Literature: English 19th Century British Literature Rudyard Kipling

KIZER, Carolyn

The Ungrateful Garden

Bloomington, Indiana University, (1961). First Edition. hardcover. Poet's first trade book. Neat owner name and date on front endpaper. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with a sunned spine .

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Book number: 008422

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, First Book, Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Carolyn Kizer Modern First Editions First Book Literature: American Modern Poetry

KNOWLES, John

Morning in Antibes

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Second book by the author of A SEPERATE PEACE. Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper with light edgewear .

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Book number: 004210

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Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions Modern First Editions 20th Century American Literature Literature: American Modern Firsts

KOONTZ, Dean R

The Bad Place

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1990). First Edition. Wraps. Uncorrected proof in light blue wraps. Fine .

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Book number: 019117

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Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Uncorrected Proof, Horror Modern Firsts Literature: American Uncorrected Proof Horror

KRUTCH, Joseph Wood

Human Nature and the Human Condition

New York, Random House, (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. An exploration of American society by a great modern humanist. Fine in a Good, complete, but quite foxed dustwrapper .

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Book number: 006969

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Humanism, Philosophy, Americana Philosophy Americana Modern First Editions Literature: American

KUNDERA, Milan

The Joke

New York, Coward-McCann Inc. (1969). First Edition. Hardcover. The true First American Edition of Kundera's first novel and his first book translated into English. Slight rubbing of gilt on the spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a one-inch closed tear and a faint sticker remnant on the front .

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Book number: 001205

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, First Book, First Books, Czechoslovakian Literature Modern First Editions First Books First Book Czechoslovakian Literature

KUNITZ, Stanley

Passport to War

New York, Henry Holt & Co. (1944). First Edition. Hardcover. Author's second book of poems, quite uncommon in a dustwrapper which in this case is very bright with a little edgewear. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with soiling at the rear .

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Book number: 011692

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Stanley Kunitz Modern First Editions Modern Poetry Literature: American Modern First Editions

LAUGHLIN, James

Some Natural Things

New York, New Directions, (1945). First Edition. Hardcover. Poet's first book, printed at the Prairie Press, after a 32-page pamphlet also published by New Directions. Fine copy in a close to Fine dustwrapper with a tiny chip at the spine head .

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Book number: 006064

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: First Book, Modern First Editions, Modern Poetry, Prairie Press, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions Literature: American Modern Poetry First Book