Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

New York: Burt Franklin, 1968. cloth. tall 8vo. cloth. Not paginated (but about 350 pages). Reprint of the 1892 first edition. A fine copy. Excellent reference book on book collecting with biographical sketches of the leading collectors.

(London, England): Bernard Quaritch, n.d.. stiff paper wrappers. Quaritch, Bernard. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 81+(1) pages. Quaritch catalogue 1178. A collection of books from collections on the European continent. Color plates, black and white illustrations.

Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1905. red paper covered boards, gilt on spine, slipcase. Rogers, Bruce. small 8vo. red paper covered boards, gilt on spine, slipcase. 125, (2) pages. First edition limited to 430 numbered copies and printed by Bruce Rogers at The Riverside Press (Warde 55). Uneven fading to covers, else a fine copy in fine slipcase. The title page is in red and black ink, but the remainder of the book was printed in black only. Published by the Houghton Mifflin and Company. Printed in Brimmer type. A reprint of the version from the 1680 edition of Quarle's 'Divine Poems', this book offers a more consistent and a slightly more modern text than the original edition.

London: ILAB, 1984. stiff paper wrappers. Eton. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. An Exhibition of Manuscripts & Printed Books held at Eton College Library, Twenty-Seventh Congress. A catalog with descriptions of rare early and incunabula books in the Eton College Library. Slight shelf wear.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1971. cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First U.S. edition. Profusely illustrated with pictures of the author's book collection. Sections on points and pitfalls, collecting novels, travel, science, medicine, early children's books, etc. With a glossary of terms.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1971. cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First U.S. edition. Beautiful book with many full-page color plates showing children's books. Bookplate.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1971. cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First U.S. edition. Profusely illustrated with pictures of the author's book collection. Sections on points and pitfalls, collecting novels, travel, science, medicine, early children's books, etc. With a glossary of terms. Bookplate.

London, England: Faber and Faber, 1929. paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 8vo. paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (14) pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon. Drawings by Albert Rutherston. No. 24 in the Ariel Poems series. Printed at the Curwen Press. Covers lightly soiled, scuffed at edges.

N.P. (Stockholm): Rabén & Sjögren, 1961. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. tall small 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 61, (3) pages. Brief excerpts from the "Book Dealer" (1931-1951) and the "Swedish Book Trade" (1951-1960), by 56 contributors. The author was an editor of the latter periodical. New Year's keepsake from R&S.

Greenville, DE: The Hagley Museum, 1977. stiff paper wrappers. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 91+(1) pages. See B2-139A for first printing. Illustrations in black-and-white and in color. Signed by author.

Greenville, DE: The Hagley Museum, 1977. stiff paper wrappers. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 91+(1) pages. See B2-139A for first printing. Illustrations in black-and-white and in color.

Wilmington: n.p., 1888. self paper wrappers. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. A study of the derivation of place names from the Greek. However, the last statement is "Now the lesson to be learned from all of this, is that if the white race intermarries with the red or dark races, it is lost; if it does not intermarry it will prevail." Faintly spotted along top of back leaf.

Wilmington: W. Costa, Printer, 1891. original paper wrappers. 8vo. original paper wrappers. 29 pages. A study of the metric system versus the standard system in use in the U.S. by this Wilmington physician. He proves to his own satisfaction that the metric system is not nearly as useful. Some spotting of covers.

Wilmington: n.p., 1885. self paper wrappers. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. A study of the metric system versus the standard system in use in the U.S. by this Wilmington physician.

Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 1996. stiff paper wrappers. Drake, Sir Francis. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 93+(1) pages. With a Bibliographical Supplement by Burton Van Name Edwards. One of the greatest of British historians, David Beers Quinn, reviews in this essay some of the controversies swirling around Drake in his lifetime and brings to light the grudging admiration in which Drake was held by many Spaniards, in spite of his destructiveness to Spanish interest. With a bibliographical supplement describing more than 100 printed sources in the Library relating to Drake.

Old Greenwich, CT: Chatham Press, 1976. hardcover, dust jacket. large 8vo. hardcover, dust jacket. 124, (1) pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. Illustrated by the author.

Venetiis (Venice), Italy: In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, 1522. vellum. Aldine Press. 8vo. vellum. (4), 230 leaves. Second Aldine edition. Text in Latin. Octavo volume bound in contemporary vellum, with a brown numbered label on spine. An early 18th century ownership inscription written in ink on front free endpaper. Wear and soiling to vellum. Mild bookworm damage throughout, primarily to the margins. Large tear, with loss, on leaf 136 not affecting the text. Moderate stain affecting leaves 6 through 16. Imprint from colophon (leaf f6r). The preface of Aldus is the 1514 edition. Greek words on leaf *4 have been added to this edition. The printer's device appears on the title page and the verso of the last leaf. Second Aldine edition of a milestone in Western pedagogy, including for the first time the Latin translation of Greek words used in the text. The Institutiones were written in about 35 AD by the great Roman rhetorician Quintilian, setting out the education of an orator from babyhood to… Read More

Quito: Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1959. Bound in illustrated wraps. Ecuador. 8vo. Bound in illustrated wraps. 106 pages. Covers dusty, else near fine. About 25 plates in the rear.