Kennelly, Brendan.

The Man Made of Rain. [Signed].

First Edition. Newcastle on Tyne, Bloodaxe Books, 1998. 21 x 14 cm. 98 pages. Trade paperback. Soft cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed and signed (‘Brendan’) by the Author. Internally bright and clean.

Kenny, Colum.

Standing on Bray Head hoping it might be so.

First Edition, signed. Bray, Kestrel Books, 1995. 21 x 15 cm. (8), 158 pages. Illustrated. Original soft covers. Paperback. Very good condition. A bright clean copy. Inscribed to fellow Irish poet Paul Durcan on the title page. The author’s address is written on the inside of the rear cover. A lovely association copy.

Kingsley, Charles.

Alton Locke. Tailor and Poet. An Autobiography.

London, Richard Edward King, [not dated, ca. 1880]. 18 x 12 cm. vi, 3564 pages. Original dark red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and blind line decorations on front board and spine. Bevelled boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, mild rubbing and bumping. Internally clean but browned. Mild foxing to end papers. Large book plate glued to front paste down. See image.

Kipling, Rudyard.

Barrack Room Ballads and Other Verses.

Eighteenth Edition. London, Methuen and Co., 1900. 18 x 11 cm. xix, 208 pages. Red Calf with gilt decorations and title on spine. Raised bands. Small book binder stamp on front paste down (Sumpus, Oxford). All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped, slightly age darkened. Edges and end papers age darkened. Name of previous owner (Victor Brooke) on front free end paper. Internally clean. With a letter by Jane Mary Richardson, Alan Brooke’s first wife. The letter contains Kipling’s poem ‘If’ and her initials: J.M.R.

Kipling, Rudyard.

Departmental Ditties and other Verses.

Sixth Edition. Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co. 1891. 18 x 14 cm. vi, 125 pages plus 24 pages of publishers list. Blue cloth with gilt and black decorations on boards. Gilt title on spine. Bevelled boards. Decorated end papers. Very good condition. Front hinge starting to open. Binding shaky. Externals rubbed and bumped, faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing. Name of previous owner on half title page: ’ Harold Pelly Oct 1891’. Internally clean.

Kipling, Rudyard.

The Five Nations.

First Edition. London, Methuen and Co., 1903. 19 x 12 cm. xiii, 215 pages plus 38 pages publishers list, dated July 1903. Original cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded, small faint stains (see images). Remains of a signature on front paste down. First and last few pages mildly foxed / browned. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Kipling, Rudyard / German, Edward (Music).

The Just So Song Book. Being Songs from Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories. Set to Music by Edward German.

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1918. 30 x 24 cm. 62 pages. Original decorated red cloth. Hard cover. Black decorations and title on spine. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Some abrasion to the top of the front board (see image). Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean.

Kirke White / Howard, Alfred (Editor).

The Beauties of Kirke White. Consisting of Selections from his Poetry and Prose.

London, Printed by T. Davison, for Thomas Tegg et al., Not dated [1826]. 13 x 8.5 cm. 212 pages. With a frontispiece showing Kirke White. Contemporary calf with elaborate gilt decorations. Red spine label with gilt title. Marbled edges (faded/darkened). Marbled end papers. Binding by Patrick McCormick, Bookseller and Binder, Dublin, with his paper label on front paste down. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Small material losses to tail of spine and corners. Names of previous owners on front free end paper and title page. Internally dust dulled, otherwise clean.

Klingsor, Tristan / Bouquet, Georges / Menanteau, Pierre.

Florilege Poetique De Tristan Klingsor.

Limited Edition. Number 345 / 500. Signed by Author. Blainville-Sur-Mer (Manche), L’Amitie Par Le Livre, 1955. 18 x 14 cm. 79 pages. With small illustrations in text. Quarter leather over paper covered boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Ex Library with a few library stamps and numbers. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Minor shelf wear. Text block bright and clean.

Fougeret De Monbron, Louis-Charles

La Henriade Travestie En Versburlesques. Honi Soit qui mal y pense.

A Berlin (Paris) Aux De’pense Du Public, 1751 (MDCCLI). 9 x 16 cm, 151 pages. Decorated title page. Full Calf and marbled end papers. Marbled edges. Good condition. Calf boards rubbed and worn. Corners and spine bumped and worn. Outer joints started to crack, but still holding. Spine worn with some loss. Spine paper label partially missing. Front hinge broken. Label ‘De La Bibliotheque – 1785’ glued to front pastedown. Marbled end papers and edges faded. Pages age darkened. Some browning and foxing to some pages. Foreword page (Avant-Propos) torn and repaired with a piece of paper stuck on. Despite the wear, this is still a nice little book to hold.