Search Results: Authors starting with Q from ReadInk

College Station TX: Texas A&M University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1998). First Edition. Hardcover. 0890967857 . [nice clean copy, just the teensiest bit of handling wear to book and jacket]. (Studies in Architecture and Culture, No. 4) Series (B&W photographs, architectural drawings) "The intent of these essays is to explore the notion of a 'culture of silence' through the basis of the architectural culture of modern Finland." Architects whose work is discussed and analyzed in connection with this theme include Alvar Aalto, Reima Pietilä, Juha Leiviska, Gunnar Asplund and Renzo Piano. ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order.**** .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good. 1946-1955. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jackets) [all volumes are good sound copies with modest handling wear, occasional light bumping at a corner and a bit of soiling to the edges of the text blocks; two volumes have portions of the original jackets affixed to the pastedowns, and one book is an ex-rental library volume; additionally, the books' previous owner has written his name plus date & place of purchase on the front endpaper of each volume, and the tables of contents in all books bear ink check-marks and other indications of the p.o.'s reading achievements]. A complete set of the first ten volumes presenting the winning entries in the Annual Detective Short-Story Contest sponsored by "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine." The idea, as explained in the Introduction to the first volume, was to solicit entries from around the world for "the best original detective or crime story of 5,000-to-10,000 words,… Read More

New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons / B.T. Batsford Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. [a good sound copy, light wear to cloth at spine ends, vintage bookseller's label (Books / Jean French) on front pastedown; jacket lightly edgeworn, a few tiny nicks along top edge, very shallow paper loss at top of spine]. (B&W photographs) "The first pictorial survey of the Victorian Age to be compiled solely through the medium of photography" -- a concept the publishers apparently believed to be so novel that they felt it necessar to italicize that whole descriptive phrase in their jacket blurb. Nevertheless, it really is a charming book -- all the more so when one realizes that when it was originally published, the era it so lovingly chronicles was still within the vivid living memory of a substantial part of its target audience (well, the British part, anyway). .

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1928). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [tiny bit of some foreign substance adhered to bottom of rear cover (you'll never notice it unless you go looking for it), otherwise a tight clean book with just the faintest trace of shelfwear; jacket has tiny tears at several corners, some wear along the top edge, one little chip at top of rear panel, some vertical creasing at the edge of the front flap]. Novel about the travails suffered by a lady of wealth and rank in "the ancient city of Kazan, the center of culture in Eastern Russia," in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution. As explained in a Publisher's Note at the front of the book, Herbert Quick met his co-author on a visit to Vladivostok in 1920 on behalf of the Red Cross. She, "a monarchist of the extreme right," had been a refugee since September 10, 1918, when the Bolsheviks captured Kazan; she subsequently met and married an American… Read More

Los Angeles: UCLA Film and Television Archive. Near Fine. [c.2001]. First Edition. Hardcover. (pictorial boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [nice clean copy, essentially as-new with just a slight bump at the top of the spine, faint rubbing to rear cover]. (B&W photographs) A nicely-produced tribute to the long-running series of dramatic TV productions, with a page devoted to each of 176 of its shows, beginning with "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (which gets two pages, and was actually presented five times from 1951 through 1954. Each of the covered programs is represented by a photo, a synopsis, a brief critical commentary, and the basic credits and broadcast data. (It's mentioned in the introduction that the number of productions in the series was then "well beyond 200," but there's no way of telling, from this volume, exactly how many were omitted, or what they were.) Also included: a timeline of the series; a list of awards won; and full title and… Read More

New York: The Quigley Publishing Company. Good. (c.1931). 3rd Annual. Hardcover. (quarter-bound, paper over boards; no dust jacket, as issued, but now protected with a custom-fitted clear mylar jacket) [binding solid, hinges intact, internally clean; covers are edgeworn, moderately scraped and soiled; spine lettering faded to unreadability]. (B&W photographs, ads, graphics) Comprehensive compendium of everything, and I mean everything, to do with the movie biz: people, companies, theaters, organizations, regulations, statistics galore, texts of industry contracts, legal decisions, technical advancements, equipment suppliers, film releases 1929-31, etc. etc. The biographical sections alone are amazingly comprehensive, with resumes (including vital statistics) for the following groups: Production and Studio Executives (Uncle Carl Laemmle was 5 ft. 2 in. tall and weighed 140 lbs., didja know?); Feminine Players; Male Players; Directors; Writers; Cameramen, Art Directors, Etc.; Home… Read More

New York: Quigley Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. [moderate wear to extremities (mostly the lower), small brown stain line on fore-edge, one-time owner's signature on front endpaper (see notes); the jacket is moderately worn, with some minor paper loss to the upper extremities, a bit of darkening along the spine]. (B&W photos, drawings) 26 illustrated articles by various film technicians, craftsmen, executives, etc., dealing "primarily with three powerful new methods under commercial development in 1953 my the motion picture industry -- three- dimensional or stereoscopic pictures; wide screen pictures; and stereophonic sound." Contributors include directors Henry Koster and Jean Negulesco, cinematographer Leon Shamroy, producer Pete Smith, and executives Jack Warner and Darryl F. Zanuck. An uncommon work, issued at a critical time for the motion picture industry as they attempted (with some measure of desperation) to… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good dj. (c.1972). First Edition. Hardcover. [top corners slightly bumped, a little fading along top and bottom edges of boards, light foxing to fore-edge, spine just a bit turned, clipped magazine review of the book affixed to ffep, pp.74-75 are severely discolored from a long-gone laid-in newspaper clipping; jacket a bit dog-eared at top of spine, a couple of small nicks at top and bottom of front panel, short closed tear at top front hinge + associated diagonal creasing at top of front panel, wrinkling/creasing along at bottom of rear panel]. INSCRIBED ("To Marilyn & / Nathan my / favorite / restauranteurs / Wherever you / are") and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Memoir of the character actor who blossomed into a full-fledged star later in his career. According to the review that a previous owner carefully trimmed and mounted on the ffep, "Quinn strips himself naked in a way that's almost… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1986). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book, no discernibile wear but with the upper corner of the front endpaper neatly trimmed away; the jacket is nearly flawless except for a tiny closed tear at the top edge of the rear panel]. (B&W photographs) "A revealing look at both the public and private lives of thsi fiery and unpredictable personality," including her tumultuous marriages to Henry Fonda, William Wyler, and Leland Hayward. .