Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Americana Books ABAA

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1870. Two Hundredth Thousand. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. [1], 182 pages, [10] pages of advertisements. Gray cloth covered boards with title on black leather spine. Boards are edge worn with cloth corners exposed. A few small pencil marks in text. Occasional light toning or foxing to the contents. Previous owner name written on both front end sheets and the front blank end papers. A fair to good copy.

New York: Samuel French, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. 12mo. viii, [1], 143 pages. Hardcover with printed dust jacket. Blue cloth hardcover in very good condition. dust jacket has light edge wear and creases. The first listing in this is titled "Scarlett O'Hara and the Yankee". The reading is 12 pages. Several of these pages have small pencil notes written in the margins relating to the reading. A small piece of paper laid inside the book on page 10 reads "quotes for gwtw" Provenance from the estate of the Mitchell family in Atlanta, Georgia. (No signatures or names listed inside).

Philadelphia: Printed by Kite and Walton, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Tall quarto. [5], 416 pages, [1]. Marbled paper covered boards with leather corners and spine. Leather title labels on the spine. Spine is dry, rubbed, and cracked. Edge and shelf wear to the covers. Contents (in the preliminary pages) are stained with small edge tears. Light to moderate scattered foxing, toning, and damp staining to the contents. Contents include 52 issues.

New York: Samuel Stansbury, 1806. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. [1], viii, xxxii (introduction, prefatory arrangements), [1], pages 35-363, [1]. Ex-library copy. Marbled paper covered boards with leather corners and spine. spine is rotted, dried, and cracked. Covers are worn and scuffed. Title page partly split in the gutter. Light toning to the contents. Library markings on the the title page and page 363. Fair only. volume 1 (of 3) only.

Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, 1787. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. 439 pages. Brown calf leather binding with leather title label on the spine. Front board is detached. Leather is rubbed and pitted on the covers. Leather chipped head of the spine with a small remnant of black tape at the top. A small piece of black linen tape at the bottom of the spine. All preliminary and end sheets are removed. Title page is torn on the edge with a small amount of missing print. Text starts on the title page and ends on page 439. The last leave is partially glued to the rear paste down. Several pencil names written in the margins throughout the text including American Presidents on the early pages. Name of Richard Hopkins written in old ink on the title page. Other Hopkins family members? names on the rear paste down. Small paper bookplate of Richard K. Betts on the front paste down. Persistent toning to the contents. A fair copy only. Evans 20377; Sabin 14377.

Philadelphia: William W. Moore, 1861. Hardcover. Fair. Quarto. [1], viii, 832 pages. Marbled paper covered boards with leather corners. Leather spine with title. The boards are very worn. Most of the paper on the back cover is missing. Leather spine is rotted, dried, and cracked. Light toning and scattered foxing to the contents. Last few pages are damp stained and soiled. Contents include 52 issues covering parts of 1860 and 1861.

New York: Da Capo Press, Inc, 1989. Later printing. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. xx, 379 pages, [1] page advertisement. Glossy pictorial paperback. Light shelf wear to paperback.

Appomattox, VA: H. E. Howard, Inc, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good +. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title and illustration on the front cover. Title on the spine. White dust jacket with title and illustration. Signed by the author and a numbered, limited edition. This is copy 371 of 1000. Also inscribed and signed to the previous owners of this book by the author in blue pen on the title page . Light foxing and soil to the rear inner flap of the dust jacket.

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1946. Periodical. Very good. Periodicals. Green, yellow, gray and orange paper covers with title in black on the front covers and spines. Advertisements on the back covers. Published under the Joint Sponsorship of the University of California and the Hollywood Writers Mobilization. 5 issues: Volume I, Number 2 January, 1946; Volume III, Number 1, Fall 1947; Volume IV, Number 2, Winter 1949; Volume IV, Number 3 Spring, 1950; Volume V, Number 2, Winter, 1950.

London; Oxford, Mississippi; Key West, Florida: Various, 1988. Magazine issue. Very good. Periodicals. 1. Juke Blues Issue No. 16 Summer 1989. 34 pages B. B. King on the front cover. Issue contains several reviews, advertisements, articles and records for sale. 2. Living Blues July/August 1988. 60 pages with Willie Dixon on the cover. Contents include several articles, events, records for sale and many advertisements. 3. 78 Quarterly Volume one number 3 1988. 75 pages. Contents include several articles, advertisements, etc. All issues are in good plus to very good condition.

Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1983. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good/good. Tall quarto. xvi, 132 pages, [1]. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Some light shelf and edge wear to the jacket.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Wraps. 18 pages. Stitched wraps with title on the front yellow outer wrap. Rear yellow blank wrap is present. During the last week of the 1856 campaign Quincy produced his fourth pamphlet detailing Daniel Webster's fall from grace and his final "unqualified acquiescence to the "Northern Wing of the Slave Power." Sabin 67255.

Boston: J. H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1850. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Wraps. 9.25" x 5.5". Brown stitched, printed wraps. Small edge chip front cover.

Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C.: Society For Industrial Archeology, 2009. First Edition. Periodical. Very good. Tall soft cover. Periodical. 140 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Light shelf wear to this periodical.