Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Parker's Rare Books

Napoli: Dalla Tipografia Flautina, 1837. First Edition. HB. Quarter brown leather and brown marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, 16mo, 335 pp. By Dei Marchesi Di Cermignano. A Beneficio Delle Orfane Dei Cholerici. Account of the cholera epidemic that struck Naples in 1836-1837, killing 20,000 residents. Includes Indice delle persone e delle cose piu importanti mentovate in quest opera and indice dei paragrafi at rear. No marks in book, pages clean and binding tight. Covers show very light edge wear. Book condition VG, text in Italian. Uncommon title.

New York: Macmillan, 1949. 1st. HB. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering on spine and green paper title label on front cover, 4 to., 123 pp. Illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques, with 6 color plates. Stated first printing. Spine lightly sunned, very minor edge wear. No marks in book, pages clean, binding solid. Lacks dust jacket. Book condition VG+.

Berlin: Verlag Dreililien (Richard Birnbach), Berlin-Lichterfelde, No Date. Wraps. Cream colored stiff paper wraps, black lettering on front cover, 8vo, 80 pp. Musical score, text in German. Owner's name on front cover, some annotations, in pencil, in text. Binding tight. Book condition VG-.

Grand Rapids, Mi: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1962. HB. Red cloth, 8vo., 133pp. Book condition VG in Good+ DJ.

New York: Chelsea House, 1928. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, 256 pp. Owners bookplate front pastedown, owners name stamped on front and rear endpapers and title page, no marks in text. Hinge cracked at title page. Covers show minor edge wear, corners bumped, front and rear covers creased at middle. A good reading copy.

New York: Harper & Bros, 1908. 1st. hb. Green decorative cloth,square 8vo, 64pp. . Inscribed "With the Author's Compliments, New York, 1908" Illustrated from photographs collected by the author. No marks in book, binding solid. Covers show slight edge wear, small stain bottom rear cover. Book condition VG-.

New York: Brentano's, 1905. HB. Green cloth, paper title label on spine, 12 mo., 179 pp, TEG. Minor edge wear, fraying top of spine, no markings in book, binding tight. Book condition VG-.

Lugduni: Sumptib. lavr. Anisson & Io. Bapt. Devenet, 1658. HB. Sive Tractatus Nobelissimus de Tertiis Debitis Regibus Hispania, Ex Fructibus, & Rebus Omnibus Quae Decimantur. In Quo, Non Solum Omnia Quae Ad Institutum Pertinent; Sed & Alia Plura In Foro Quotidiana Noue, Notabilitero Declarantur, & Resoluuntur. Opus Reuera Pragmaticis Forensibus Utilissimum, Cum Summariis, & Indicibus, Ad Subleuandum Lectoris Laborem, Opportunis. Nunc Recens Typis Lugdunensibus Editum......." Bound in original vellum, with vellum clasps still present, folio (9"x13"). (23), (1 blank), 448, (449-450), 35, (1 blank) pp. Tear at page 287-288 with some loss of text, many leaves trimmed closely at top margin with occasional loss of running title. A legal practice book, discussing different legal procedures and different types of courts and jurisdictions, focusing on Spanish and Gallic law. OCLC lists a variety of 17th century printings, all scarce, but does not include this edition. This… Read More