Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Johnson Rare Books & Archives

University of California Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Berkeley First edition. Inscribed by Quandt to U.S. Ambassador Philip C. Habib on the front flyleaf. A renowned career diplomat, Habib (1920-92) was an authority on Southeast Asia, President Ronald Reagan's personal representative to the Middle East, and a special envoy to some of the world's most dangerous flash points. In 1982, Habib was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Red buckram binding, with gilt lettering. Some general minor sunning and rubbing to the dust jacket; otherwise a crisp, very good copy. Inscribed by Author.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 243 p. Reprint. Octavo. Original brown cloth binding, with dark brown titles. Tiny bookseller's label (Bullock's Wilshire) to the rear pastedown. The dust jacket is moderately edgeworn, with some shallow chipping to the spine head and a lengthy tear to the front panel that has been mended with tape on the verso. A very good copy.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. This copy is Number 22 of 25 specially bound presentation copies. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "To Shirl and Murray with the best wishes of 'Ellery Queen' (Danny)". The recipients were Frederick Dannay's sister-in-law and her husband. A pioneering work, billed as the first bibliography of the detective short story. It played an important role in the acceptance of the genre as serious literature. Octavo: 146 p. Original marbled paper-covered boards over a burgundy cloth spine, with a printed paper spine label. A duplicate spine label is tipped in on the rear spine label. Just a hint of edgewear, with some mild toning to the spine label. Near fine.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The first expansive study of the subject, exploring the ramifications of this theme in the works of seven great writers: Dante, Petrarch, Rabelais, Montaigne, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. Volume 31 in the Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature. Octavo: xvi, 549 p. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. The ink signature of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Parks appear on the front pastedown. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear.

Los Angeles: Pied-Piper Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Inscribed by Quintero to the prolific radio producer C.P. MacGregor on the front flyleaf. Little is known about Quintero or this conspiracy novel, which pits a maverick inventor against big business. Small octavo. Original red cloth binding, with a pictorial title label on the front and gilt titles on the spine. Some minor edgewear; otherwise very good.