Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA

New York: Pageant Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good-. Thin 8vo. Pp. 137. Illustrated with a few plates of b&w photos. Bound in red cloth. Appears as once owned by a crew member, as ages are written next to a few crew-member names. Else Fine. Dust jacket price-clipped and a bit edgeworn. A peculiar story of a preposterous gambit: A 10,000 mile, 91-day tug from Seattle down the West Coast of North America through the Panama Canal, thence to Buenos Aires in 1947. The cargo? Six new steel tugboats positioned on a WWII surplus cut-down LST, towed by the 1908 "Snohomish" and administered by a Canadian crew, mostly out of Victoria, BC, and mostly familiar with log-towing. The tug? A 1908 anachronism, retired from US Navy/Coast Guard duty.The narrative of the mission is conveyed in a charming fashion by the 20-year-old wireless operator "Sparks". Other than radio malfunction, the major burden of the trip is grounding on a reef in San Marcos Bay, Brazil. We are familiar with the tradition… Read More

London: Hogarth Press, 1937. Early Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good. E. McKnight Kauffer (dust jacket illustration). Small 8vo. Pp. 193. With four black-and-white photograph reproductions. Bound in gray cloth with black lettering stamped on spine. A bright copy but for imprint of a paperclip on one leaf and two sun-bleached spots, head and tail of spine, that were not protected by the dust jacket. In the photo-montage dust jacket that shows edge-wear, a few chips (corresponding with faded cloth on spine; lower rear panel, a small triangle spot the size of a chickpea mid-spine). Please see photos.Laid in are four pieces of ephemera: three concern the 1977 sale of this copy by an Oxford antiquarian bookshop to author, Oxonian and career US diplomat Frederic Spotts. . A 1977 invoice, TLS and customs form are typed on the letterhead of Robin Waterfield Ltd., "Antiquarian Booksellers and Dealers in Literary Property," and addressed to Spotts at the US Embassy in Rome. This book is… Read More

Seattle and New York: Wave Books, 2008. First Edition / Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pp. 69. Bound in cream colored cloth with scarlet lettering stamped on spine. In a bright, fresh dust jacket. One of 250 copies signed and numbered by the poet. A handsome production. The thirteenth title in the publisher's history, presented here in a superb copy with no detracting qualities. The publisher's two-page comment, sent to subscribers when the book was published, is laid-in. Dust jacket is now protected in a clear, removable archival sleeve. Bookseller inventory DDDS-AS-JBW.

Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. December, 1917. 8vo. Pp. (1) 232 - 315. Two folding charts reproduced from Vancouver's "Voyage of Discovery" Vol. IV. Index. Bound in stiff, brown paper wraps. This issue's signature article is T. C. Elliott's "The Log of the H. M. S. Chatham," in which he reprints, and provides explication of, the effort of Lieut. Broughton to enter the mouth of the Columbia River. Captain Robert Gray had been the first non-Native American to discover the mighty Columbia and revealed his findings to Captain George Vancouver days later. Vancouver then attempted to enter the river with the smaller vessel in his expedition, the HMS Chatham. Other articles include a memoir of Hall Jackson Kelley, and selected writings of Harvey W. Scott, who served 40 years as editor of the Morning Oregonian.

Paris: Pierre Belfond, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket and slipcase. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to. Pp. 234. Preface by Marcel Brion. Illustrated throughout with black & white reproductions of surrealist works. Notes. Bibliography. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering stamped on cover and spine. Upper corner of front board bumped. Previous owner name on front free endpaper. In the illustrated dust jacket that has edge-wear at head and tail of spine. In the cardboard slipcase, worn at corners, stained on spine, and name and address written on front panel. A lavish survey. Dust jacket is now preserved within a clear, removable archival sleeve.

Oxford: Queen's College, 1977. First Edition. Printed wraps, saddle-stapled. Fine. 8vo. Pp. 37. Illustrated with a black and white photo portrait of A. A. Williams, O.B.E. Bound in printed wraps, saddle-stapled. With an homage to A. A. Williams, the college Bursar, recently retired. Articles on the recent passing of Leopold Stokowski, Lord Parmoor and Archibald Bridges, and their connections with the college. Additional information covers college sports and societies.

New York: Stein and Day, 1976. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Small 4to. Pp. 124. Illustrated throughout with black and white photo reproductions and images of ephemera. Decorated endpapers. Bound in black textured cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Color illustrated dust jacket price-clipped, else Fine/Fine. Inscribed by the author on an endpaper. The author's inscription reads, "to Sasha, my son. R. L." A handsome tribute to the great passenger ships of the early 20th century. Dust jacket is now protected in a removable clear, archival sleeve.

New York London: D. Appleton and Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Good+/Very Good. Harris Brett. 8vo. Pp. 362. Bound in brown cloth with gilt stamped on front board and spine revealing lettering in negative. Former owner name and address on front free endpaper. Light dampstain on lower fore-edge leaves of first half of book, not affecting text. In the illustrated dust jacket, $2.00 price intact, that shows stains on front panel (please see photo). A pleasing full color dust jacket with the central character standing in front of a Harris Brett maritime scene. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. Pp. 293. Index. Illustrated with three halftone photo reproductions and a manuscript facsimile. Bound in dark blue buckram, two gold panels printed on the spine with lettering left blank. Laid paper, trimmed, top edge dyed dark red. Lightly rubbed covers with mild spine lean and bowed front board. Lacking the dust jacket. Owner signed on FFEP "Frederic Hood, Pusey House, February 1934." Oxford bookseller tag on FPDEP. "An Experiment in Biography" of the eccentric writer Frederic Rolfe a.k.a. Baron Corvo and a landmark in English letters, the masterpiece of bibliographer and epicure Symons. Set in Monotype Bembo and exquisitely printed under Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press, Plaistow. (Bibliographic handlist PHILLIPS, Qh.) Archibald Frederic Hood was Priest-Librarian then Principal at Pusey House, Oxford, 1934-52.

Tahola, WA: Quinault Department of Natural Resources, 1989. First Edition. Stiff illustrated wrap. Good+. 4to. Pp. 55. Photo illustrated wrap, saddle stapled. Illustrated with black & white photo reproductions, cartoons, and drawings with maps printed in blue and black. Light spots and stains to covers, stamps and mailing label on back cover, address label of Hazel Wolf. Articles in this issue include: signing ceremony of the Centennial Accord on August 4 and the Paddle to Seattle, North Boundary Restoration is Law part II, Quinault Timber Venture, Coastal Coho Enhancement Project, preview of the book Land of the Quinault, A Sea Lion Hunt in 1902. Hazel Wolf (1898 - 2000) was a prominent Seattle political activist and environmentalist. Now preserved in a clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing. .

Lyons: Pierre Thened, 1705. Fourth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Two volumes. 12mo. Vol. I: [30], 532, [38 pp. index], engraved frontis., folding map, one folding plate. Vol. II: [10], 442, [20 pp. index]. Marbled endpapers. Early polished calf, elaborate gilt-decorated spine, dentelles, red morocco labels. Light wear to spine ends; a corners worn through. Owner inscriptions in old hand on ffep and title. Occasional mild soiling. A handsome set. Fourth edition. Though his dates are uncertain, the rhetorician and historian Quintus Curtius Rufus most likely wrote his Life of Alexander the Great during the reign of Claudius in the middle of the first century C.E.Modeled on the classic style of Livy, perhaps verging toward parody, this emotional portrayal of Alexander is marked by vivid detail, bold speeches and "reflects the Peripatetic view of a tyrant favored by Fortune" (Oxford Classical Dictionary). Only eight of Curtius's 10 books have been passed down from antiquity, leaving gaps. As a… Read More