Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Bluebird Books

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Good with no dust jacket. 1882. Hardcover. An 1882 reprint of the 1878 issuance. A survey of classical literature by John D. Quackenbos. The author divides the subject into Ancient Oriental Literature, Ancient Grecian and Ancient Roman Literature. With a few scattered black & white engraved illustrations and several colored maps. --- In publisher's Chautauqua Edition, with brown, pebble-finish cloth-covered boards and spine titling stamped in gilt. --- A somewhat shaken binding (but holding), and with clear plastic adhesive covering to spine and half of the covers, missing front free endpaper, prior owner's rubberstampings and signatures to endpapers, else a stable, sturdy copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; x, 11-432, [2] pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1955]. Hardcover. A Modern Library Giant edition presenting a collection of notable detective stories by various English-language masters of the genre. The stories are organized thus: 'The Great Detectives,' 'The Great Women Detectives,' 'The Great Humorous Detective Stories,' 'The Great Thieves,' 'The Great Crime Stories' and one categorized as 'The Detective Story to End Detective Stories.' Authors such as Agatha Christie, G. K. Chesterton, Edgar Allan Poe, Dorothy Sayers and many others are represented. Edited, with an introduction, by Ellery Queen. Volume wrapped in jacket with books-and-skulls artwork by Paul Galdone to front panel. --- In Toledano spine G5 / blue cloth / gilt titling & ML torchbearer oval on red cover & spine blocks / pink topstain / plain GA style endpapers / jacket style Gd, verso advertises 372 titles in ML catalog. Likely… Read More

New York: MJF Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 1567319009 . 2nd printing. A clean, bright, unmarked copy. Jacket bears photo of thatched-roof Irish cottage. With numerous stories by noted authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Liam O'Flaherty, W.B.Yeats and many others. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 229 pages .

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. A first edition of Vernon Quinn's seafaring adventure story, intended for a younger reader. With four full-color illustrations by H. C. Murphy. --- In ribbed navy cloth with decorations and titling in gilt to cover and spine; color Murphy illustration pasted to front panel & blue topstain. Volume has no dust jacket. --- A clean, bright, unmarked copy but with faint scratches to cover illustration and discreet Colorado Springs bookseller label to rear paste-down.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; ix, 315 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. [c.1966]. Hardcover. A Modern Library collection of eight plays dating from the 1700s. Includes: "Cato" by Addison, "The Tragedy of Jane Shore" by Rowe, "The Conscious Lovers" by Steele, "The Beggars Opera" by Gay, "The Tragedy of Tragedies (Tom Thumb the Great)" by Fielding, "The London Merchant" by Lillo, "She Stoops to Conquer" by Goldsmith, and "The Rivals" by Sheridan. Includes an introduction by Ricardo Quintana. Volume wrapped in jacket variant featuring two silhouetted jocular figures to front panel. --- In Toledano spine 11 / green cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / tan Kent endpapers / jacket style n, verso blank. Likely published c.1966 (though 1952 date appears in book). ML #224.1. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy, though with small tear… Read More

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1955]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition presenting 8 outstanding works of drama from the 18th century. Collection includes: Cato by Addison, Jane Shore by Rowe, Conscious Lovers by Steele, Beggars Opera by Gay, Tragedy of Tragedies (Tom Thumb the Great) by Fielding, London Merchant by Lillo, She Stoops to Conquer by Goldsmith, and the Rivals by Sheridan. Includes an introduction by Ricardo Quintana. --- In Toledano spine 8 / light green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 372 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1955 (though 1952 date appears in book). ML #224.1. --- With penciled notations to at least 3 of the plays, penciled doodle & discreet inked signature to front free endpaper, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with moderate age-toning, pencilings to front panel and a few… Read More