Search Results: Authors starting with Q from abookshop

Somerville, NJ: Unionist-Gazette Association, 1910. "Grave and gay, as picked up from old Jerseyites"; Scarce 1st edition bound in decorated white buckram, sans DW; black & white plates; 332pp. Handsome copy!. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket. Illus. by QUARRIE, George.

England: Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, 1986. "SS Panzers in action"; Sequel to "Hitler's Samuri"; Illus. in color and black & white; 200pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Doubleday, 1983. in NF bright dustwrapper. A huge (412 - page) baseball novel. The first edition of the author's second book.. NF.

NY: Doubleday, 1983. in NF bright dustwrapper. A huge (412 - page) baseball novel. The first edition of the author's second book.. NF.

SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999. Bound in stiff, illustrated wraps with a Civil War picture on the front panel. A 128 pp. book on the Virginia Fort. Tight, clean copy. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

NY: Davis, 1977. Bound in faux red leather binding, stamped in gold. A collection of mystery stories by various authors selected by Ellery Queen. A classic collection. 351 pp.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Published.

NY: Davis, 1979. Bound in faux red leather binding, stamped in gold. A collection of mystery stories by various authors selected by Ellery Queen. A classic collection. 352 pp.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Published.

Boston: Little Brown, 1944. Bound in black cloth, stamped in red. The book shows a tiny tear to the top of the spine. This is the third printing of the book -- published two months after the first edition and in the same format. The book is inscribed to the Opera Singer AnnaMary Dickey (Laue) on the front endpaper, signed as Ellery Queen (but it was actually Frederic Dunnay who did the signing). 359 pp. + Bibliography. Fitted with a facsimile dust jacket that fits the book perfectly. . Signed by Editor. Third Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Fine (Facsimile DW).

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1951. "Winners of the 'Sixth Annual Detective Short-Story Contest' sponsored by 'Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'"; contributors include Hugh Pentecost, C.S Forester, Lord Dunsany, Stanley Ellin; some darkening to edges; 247pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++.

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1946. Bound in rust colored boards, stamped in black. In great colorful dustjacket. Tight, clean copy -- in price-clipped dust jacket. 239 pp. . Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good ++ Price-Clipped.

MA: Little,Brown & Co., 1946. in VG+ dustwrapper that shows some wear to extremities but is overall bright and whole. The first edition of this collection of mystery stories chosen by editors of Ellery Queen Mystery Mag. Stories by Faulkner, Millar, Marsh, Innes and Coles.. VG+.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1948. First edition bound in gray decorated buckram, sans DW; sunned front panel and spine of book; off-setting to end-papers; 265pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.

LOND: Chatto & Windus, 1926. in yellow boards w/yellow cloth spine. Lacking the d.w. Small 4to. This is the first edition of this early book of poems (published when the author was 21). Quennell went on to write many books on literary criticism.. VG.

Hamden, Connecticut: Archon, 1972. Bound in red cloth, stamped in gold -- No Jacket (as published). Tight, clean copy. 256 pp. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little Brown, 2010. Bound in bright white boards, stamped in red in matching "hip" dust jacket. This is the author's first Young Adult offering. Inscribed and signed by Mr. Quick with his bold green marker on the half title page. Rather scarce, especially signed and in this protected condition. Quick wrote "Silver Linings Playbook". 355 pp.. Inscribed and Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Sarah Crichton / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. Bound in stiff black and white wraps, with photo of Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence on the front panel. This is a later printing soft cover edition, but boldly signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Wild signature. 289 pp.. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Later Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Published.

PA: Penn Publishing, 1899. Bound in brown and blue striped cloth. A 259 pp. book of sports-related short stories with a PA twist. Previous owner's book plate to front pastedown, front hinge just starting. . Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Bantam Books, 1997. The fourth book in the Ishmael series. 274pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Overlook, 2010. Bound in black and gray boards, stamped in silver, in matching dust jacket. Tight, clean copy of the first edition of this, the author's 4th book. 333 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Lansdale, Pa.: Fairmount Fire Company / Lansdale Historical Soc., 1989. Bound in stiff red wraps, stamped in gold. The first edition of this 279 pp. Centennial History of the Fire Company. Lots of black and white illustrations. Tight, clean copy. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.