Search Results: Titles starting with Q from JWMah

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson., 1960. (UK) First Edition orange bds, 323pp, index. A culinary anthology culled from the pages of THE QUEEN, for which the author wrote the cookery column for nine years. A lot of recipes presented in a no-nonsense fashion with accompanying commentary. Here is how he introduces his veal recipes: "Veal many people think of as dry and tasteless; others do not like its peculiar flavour. To both, a blanquette cooked in the way I suggest will be a revelation...For a quick and high delicious dish for a special meal one need not look further than the piccate al marsala, where a minimum of skill is neededto produce an exquisite dish". No markings, Near Fine in price-clipped Good Dj, clean and bright, but with a nickel size chip to the base of the spine. The Dj is in mylar sleeve. (1.9 JM HOZ 402/b1. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2016. (CAD) 2nd printing Owner's name to corner of half title, no other markings, a touch of waviness just to the lower corners of the first few leaves, small creases to conres o back cover, thus Good used copy. Wraps, 210pp, index, colour photos; B&W illus. This is the captain's story of the sinking of the Queen of the NOrth ferry in 2006. (1.5 JM LVR 205/3. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Alvin Redman, 1965. (UK) First British edition. No markings, about Very Good used copy in unclipped Good (-) only dust jacket with chipping and tear to head of spine and an abrasion casued by a price sticker to the top corner of the front panel; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Hardcover with blue boards, 307pp, index, no illus. Adah Isaacs Menken was an American actress, painter and poet, and was the highest earning actress of her time. She was born on June 15, 1835 in Memphis, TN and died on August 10, 1868 in Paris, France. Menken was best known for her performance in the hippodrama Mazeppa, with a climax that featured her apparently nude and riding a horse on stage!. She was the first woman to bob her hair and the first to smaoke cigrettes in public. Her table at Pfaff's restaurant in New York attracted the attention of literati such as Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Charles Dickens, Dante Rossetti,Theophile Gautier, George Sand, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Alexandre Dumas pere .… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1994. (UK) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine (-) dust jacket. Hardcover, 276pp, index, B&W illus. Byrom was an English poet, the inventor of a revolutionary system of shorthand and later a significant landowner. He was possibly a spy and a secret Jacobite who had an affair wit Queen Caroline, wife of George III. Byrom invented a system of phonetic shorthand and taught it to leading politicians and o=social figures. He formed a secret society vcalled the Cabala Club. (2.0 JM 0732. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine (-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Paris: Marabout, 2014. (FR) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Near Fine. Wraps with flaps, [168]pp, B&W phtoos of 1944 wartime France showing the lives of civilians and soldiers. Morris was born in New Jersy in 1916 and was charged with photographing the Western Front during the war. The text is entirely in French. Londres, juillet 44, les bombes pleuvent sur la ville. John G. Morris est photo-éditeur au prestigieux magazine américain Life où il est chargé depuis 1943 de la couverture photo de la guerre en Europe occidentale. C'est lui qui a sauvé onze images du reportage historique du débarquement en Normandie réalisé le 6 juin 44 par Robert Capa dont les films ont été endommagés au développement. John ne tient plus en place à Londres. Muni d'un appareil photo emprunté au bureau, il décide de partir pour la France. Pendant un mois, il va suivre la progression des troupes… Read More

Toronto: R. W. Love, 1940. (CAD) First Edition. illus card covers, side-stapled, 128pp. This is a book of Canadian recipes compiled for the use of flavouring made by the R.W. Love company of Toronto ( "LOVE--The Flavor Man"). In her Foreword, Dutton memtions the year (1940) and the testing of the recipes at the Homecraft theatre in Winnipeg. There must be 300 recipes in this booklet ranging from appetizers to Cakes and Cookies. Where people have submitted recipes, their names have been included: Mrs. Fenby's Loves Pecan-Caramel Rolls. Mrs. Woodley's Maple walnut cake, canadian Apple tars, Miss Bottomley's Jelly Trifle. The Love company is now defunct, so the modern cook will have to find substitutions to the flavouring extracts, but this is an excellent collection of pre-1940s recipes especially strong in cakes, pastries, Small cakes and cookies. No markings, tiny skinned spot to last page, light rubbing to cover edges, VG. (1.2 JM HOX 1/a15. 1st. Staple Bound. Very Good.… Read More

Vancouver BC: Pulp Press, 1988. (CAD) No markings,rear corner has a tiny chip, Near Fine. 11 x 6.5 cm, glossy red wraps, 96pp, index. This is a parody of the little red book of Quotations from Chairman Mao but with humdingers gleaned from the speeches of the ex-premier of British Columbia, Bill van der Zalm: "If anybody is able to work, but refuses to pick up a shovel, we will find ways of dealing with him". (0.8 JM ITF2 docket 21. Paperback. Near Fine. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

USA: Tughra Books, 2015. (USA) 8th printing of this edition, No markings, small crease to lower corner of back cove,r else Fine. Wraps, 1364pp, index. There is small inset showing the Arabic text, with the translation in English. This translation provides the Arabic text as well as extensive explanations and interpretations on most verses. The use of modern English both in the translation and the commentaries, and the focus on social and historical aspects of Islam in the commentaries and appendices make the translation particularly accessible. A heavy book. (2.8 JM HIX 401/2. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Mexico: I Estudio / Fundacion Herdez, 2007. (MEX) 1st edition one of 1000 copies. No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Boards, 149pp, index, B&W photos of the Hazienda de Penasco in San Luis Potosi a house dating from the date 18th century. There is an explanation of cooking methods and a collection of recipes; all in Spanish. This is one volume of two only; the second volume, a facsimile of the text, is NOT included. A heavy book. (2.5 JM HOJ 301/a1. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Singapore: World Scientific Publications, 2002. (SING) Presumed First Edition No markings, Fine as New in Fine dust jacket with light rubbing to Dj panels. Black cloth, 369pp. Graphs and some B&W photos of memebers at the congress. (2.0 JM HOQ 102/5. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Pitkin Pictorials Ltd., 1953. (UK) No markings, a bit of rubbing to cover edges, 1" split to head of spine, otherwise Very Good. Card cover, side-stapled, 32pp. B&W photos of the coronation. (1.2 JM HOX 2/6. Staple Bound. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Canada: Swift Canadian Co. Limited, 1963. (CAD) No date, a guess at early 1960s; date uncertain. No markings, a bit of rubbing to spine edges, very Good used copy. Card cover with design in blue and black, side-stapled, [1-4] 5-58pp, then 5 blank pages for notes then one page for accurate measurements. B&W photos. 2 to 3 recipes per page suing Swifts Shortening. Recan tea cookies, bownies, Creole Meat shortcakes, fritters. (1.2 JM HOX 1/a16. Staple Bound. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Charles Griffin, 1976. (UK) Sixth Edition Three words are underlined to page 9 and three words to page ten, pages clean, but there is a small tea(?) stain just to the top corner of the rear endpaper offsetting to the rear cover pastedown, solid Good used copy; no dust jacket. Blue textured boards with gold titles, 426pp, index. No illus. This is the 6th printing of the sixth edition of a reference book for engineers of the Merchant Navy and others seeking knowledge of the marine diesel engine. (1.5 JM HOQ 103/b2. 6th. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Las Vegas: Stephens Press, 2009. (USA) Presumed first edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, first in felt marker to the end paper, then on the title page in blue pen, no other markings but there is some pathces of discoloration where the gold end paper has reacted with a newspaper clipping (?) laid into the book, otherwise N|ear Fine in Very Good dust jacket with rubbing along top edge of dust jacket. Dj is in mylar sleeve. AS a bonus, there is ahnadwritten note from a freind of the Thomas, addressed to "Peggy & Parry" alid into the book. Black boards, 346pp, B&W and colour photos. This book gives an account of how Thomas helped build modern Las Vegas, as told by Thomas and a Who's whos of Las Vegas movers and bankers. (2.4 JM LVR 202/b4. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1994. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, a bit of rubbing to sine extremities, Very Good. Stiff wraps, 76pp, colour and B&W reproductions of artworks. These contemporary artist use photography to look at the tradition of making art in paintings and sculpture, referencing historical works. (1.5 JM LVR 206/b2. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Exhibition Catalogue..