Search Results: Authors starting with Q from The Owl at the Bridge

New York, Harper [1961]. First Edition. Soft Cover. 182 p. illus (part col.) 24 cm. Title continues: " by Milo M. Quaife, Melvin J. Weig and Roy E. Appleman, with contributions by Charles E. Shedd, John A. Hussey and George C. Mackenzie. Foreword by Roger Butterfield. Illustrated. Original drawings by Elmo Jones" Bibliography: p. 171-178. Stock# 44,726. Vg / soft cover.

[Paris, Publications de France, 1957-[59]. First Edition. Volume 1, 1850-1914, du Boulevard du Crime aux Ballets Russes. Les grandes figures de la Belle Epoque. Avant-propos de Madame Simone. Préface de Léon Moussinac. "Témoignages inédits de: Jean Cocteau... Mme. Dussane; Paul Fort; Robert Kemp...; Francis de Miomandre. Avec la collaboration de: Denis Bablet, André Boll, Marie-Françoise Christout, Jacques Damase, Nina Gourfinkel, Georges Lerminier, André Veinstein." Volume 2, 1914-1950. de "Phi-phi" à "La Folle de Chaillot". L'Age d'or de la scène française et européenne." Préface de Jean-Louis Barrault. Vol. 2 has imprint: Olivier Perrin Éditeur. Hard Cover. Two folio volumes: 207; [iv], 211 pages, illustrations (part tipped-in color), portraits; 32 cm. Very Good; dust jacket edges rubbed. Stock#43805/house.

London, Quaritch, 1999. Soft Cover. 220 entries with 4 page bibliography. illus. (some colored) 23 cm. Excellent Asian catalog with prized japanese and Chinese books and manuscripts. Stock #29,159. Vg/ wrappers.

London, Bernard Quaritch, 2008. Periodical. [54] p., illus .(8 color); 23.5 cm. 100 books, many German, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, described in fine Quaritch fashion. Stock#45090. Vg, catalog.

Chicago, Library Quarterley/ University of Chicago Press, 1942. Hard Cover. 773 p. 25 cm. An expanded issue of the Library Quarterly for July, 1942 (vol. XII, Number 3). 42 contributions. Stock #20,133. Vg/ no dj.

Paris: Les Publications de France [1951]. First number of the lavish journal of the French theater. Stories on playwrights-- Pirandello, Anouilh, Gide; actors-- Marcel Marceau in an early notice; stage design; costume-- the totality of the theater scene. 198, [1] pages, illus.; 31.5 cm. Stock#43818. Vg, stiff covers & repaired slipcase.

London, The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, c1978. Soft Cover. 143 p., [4] leaves of plates; ill.(some colored) 22 cm. Catalog of an exhibition of 99 objects, mostly portraits by Hans Holbein, 1497-1543. Stock #28650. Vg/ wrappers

New York, Ducks Unlimited, inc., 1946.. First Edition. Hard Cover. xiii, 255, [1] p. col. front., illus. (incl. ports., maps) diagrs. 31.5 x 24 cm. Classic study of the habits and flight dynamics of the duck. All the science and beauty of the birds dedicated to their mass slaughter.Colored frontispiece accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress in red. Bibliography: p. 252-253.Stock# 43,165. Good +, spine smoe browned, some smudges on covers / no dj.

New York, The Viking Press, 1940. 6 p. l., 3-259 p. incl. geneal. tab. front., plates, ports. 24 cm. "Third Printing." "When gruff George of Hanover came to London to be crowned George I of England, he brought with him from the Continent a troublesome son, George Augustus, and the son's wife Caroline of Anspach>" Stock# 44,396. Vg, owner's name on front fly / dj good+, some tears.

Barcelona, Ediciones Comtalia [1948]. Soft Cover. 173 p., music; 23 cm. "Apéndice" (p. [165]-170): Cervantes en las obras de música. Stock#45626. Vg, uncut, some foxing / soft cover.

Barcelona Imprenta-Escuela de la Casa Provincial de Caridad, 1956. Soft Cover. 55, 126 p., music; 32.5 cm. Editorial and critical notes in Spanish. Series: Monumentos de la música española, 18. Spanish words, also printed as text on p. 19-51. Stock#45718. Vg / soft cover.

Barcelona, Editorial Planeta, 1963. First Edition. The poetry of Quevedo in a handsome edition. This was the copy of distinguished hispanist Alan S. Trueblood, with his copious pencil annotations in a few places. Hard Cover. CL, 1463 pages; 17.5 cm. VG, blue leather in plastic slipcase. Stock#45838.

Madrid: Cátedra, c1981. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed. 632 p., facsims., port.; 18 cm. Inscribed: "To Alan Trueblood with sincere admiration and very best wishes Jim." Stock#46147. vg / soft cover

Madrid: Editorial Castalia, 1966. Hard Cover. 604 pages, [9] leaves of plates, illus., facsimiles; 25 cm. Based on Quevedo's youthful experience as secretary to the Duke of Osuna, "he wrote several political works, particularly a lengthy treatise, The Policy of God and the Government of Christ, in which he lays down the duties of kings by displaying to them how Christ has governed His church." "Descripciones bibliográficas", pp. [546]-[593]. Inscribed by the editor to the distinguished hispanist Alan S. Trueblood. Very Good in VG dust jacket. Stock#45498.

Madrid: Castalia [1975]. Soft Cover. 229 pages, illustrations; 18 cm. Series: Clásicos Castalia 67. On cover: La hora de todos y la fortuna con seso. First published 1650 under title: La fortuna con seso. Satirical "sketches outlining the political motives and ambitions of" Spain's rivals-- England, the Netherlands, Genoa, Venice, and the Muslim Empire. Stock#46360. Vg /soft cover.

Colección Aula Magna 20. Madrid, 1969. Contents include El verso (El acento, La rima, El cómputo silábico, Pausa. Tono. Encabalgamiento), La estrofa, El poema, Análisis métrico de un texto. Soft Cover. 194 pages, indexes; 18 cm. Paper; VG. stock#45995.

[Paris] Fayard, 1986. The reign of Louis XII, 1462-1515, King of France 1498-1515, was marked by a series of unsuccessful wars with Spain, fought in Italy, which altered the political balance in Europe. Quilliet's warm inscription to Prof. Nancy Roelker on flyleaf. Soft Cover. 518 pages, index, maps, chronology; 21.5 cm. Vg/ wrappers. Stock#29578.

Boston, Ticknor and Company, 1885.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed. 366 p., frontis: port. ; 20 cm. Contents: An octogenary -- The haunted adjutant -- Lewis Herbert -- Two nights in St. Domingo -- Phoebe Mallory -- Old houses -- Dinah Rollins. The son of the Josiah Quincy (President of Harvard from 1829- 1845), the author was an abolitionist and two of those posthumously published stories deal with slaves' lives. Wright (III) 4408. Inscribed by the editor. Stock# 44,512. Good, binding spotted, spine faded.

Thorndike Press, Thorndike, Maine [1991].. Hard Cover. 431 p.; 22 cm. Large type edition. Coming-of-age of a thirteen-year-old Italian-Irish Catholic girl. Stock #29,718. Vg, laminated covers/ no dj. American literature, biography, fiction.

Bruxelles, Vanderauwera, 1855. Hard Cover. lxxii, 428 p. 'Aux Exiles Italiens Cet ouvrage est dédié comme une expiation personnelle de meurtre de l'Italie par des mains françaises. Paris, 15 October 1851.' The first part of the book covers the millennium from 524 to 1550 during which period Italy slips from being the heart of the Roman Empire through stages of recovery. The Ciompi rising is a social revolution, Florentine banking a financial one; Dante, Boccaccio, Michelangelo revolutionized the arts and spiritual life. When Quinet gets to the Reformation, to the French Revolution and Napoleon, he approaches contemporary issues. For Quinet, a republican and opponent of Napoleon III, was writing not just about revolutions in the past, but looking forward to a political upheaval in the near future. Bound in half leather. Stock#OB384. Vg.