Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Goldring Books

London: Johan H. Quanjer, 1964. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front endpaper. Gilt title to spine on red boards. Front board has a thin white line (half inch long) some ink underlining not affecting the text nor detracting from the book's appeal, else clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is an INSCRIPTION BY AUTHOR dated March 1964 in English and Dutch to front endpaper and also the blind embossed private library stamp of JOHN R. SCHLESINGER ( ? Film Director ). Red endpapers. 89 pages. The Dutch author (1934-2001) was a new age philosopher and mystic who drew comparison with his ideas and that of Jesus, coined the term "Pneumatocracy" - the rule of the spirit in government which combines pollitics with spirituality, was influenced by Hermes Trismegistus and others and the Theosophists. After travelling to Canada and America, where he refined his philosophy, he moved to London where he became president of the UFO Society and was supported by his followers. **** A UNIQUE COPY ****… Read More

London: Victor Gollancz, 1951. First UK edition. Black title on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is light foxing to endpapers and dust marked top edge else clean and unmarked. A novel by the American detective story writer (pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and his cousin Manfred B. Lee). The beautiful young Laurel Hill asks Ellery Queen to investigate a series of unusual anonymous gifts that have been received by her father, Leander Hill, half of Hill and Priam, Wholesale Jewellers. Roger Priam is Leander's partner, who uses a wheelchair. The latest gift, a dead dog with a mysterious note in a silver casket around its neck, has caused Leander to have a heart attack and die. Now Roger Priam (and his sultry wife Delia, who attracts Ellery like a carnivorous plant) has started to receive unusual anonymous gifts as well. The mysterious gifts include some poisoned tuna fish salad, a green alligator wallet, a burned book and a bundle of worthless stocks and… Read More

London: B. T. Batsford, 1926. Black titles on green cloth boards with pictorial of caveman to front. Boards are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a neat contemporary name and date to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket has a small chip to spine head and is not price clipped. Second edition revised. Uniform with the Everyday Life Series. Coloured frontispiece of Magdalenian cave painting and 72 illustrations by the authors. Fold out geological chart. A marvellous study of prehistoric life which is primarily aimed at the young but is suitable for adults. *** NOT EX LIB *** B2C. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Quennell, Marjorie and C.H.B.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Bantam, 2003. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING May 2003. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A thrilling venture into romance and mystery by the American author, whose real name is Jayne Ann Krentz, where an invitation to a country house party at Beaumont Castle provides a perfect solution to Tobias and Lavinia's most exasperating challenge, how to escape the chaos of London for a remote, relaxing and romantic retreat. Their plans are foiled when the weekend is interrupted by the appearance of a woman from Tobias's past, Aspasia Gray, hauntingly beautiful, her long deceased fiance, was a friend of Tobias as well as being an eccentric assassin. The mysterious bond between Tobias and Aspasia makes Lavinia uncomfortable, especially when she finds her in Tobias's bedchamber and events take a turn for the worse when someone appears to be imitating the dead fiance's killing methods. C3D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo -… Read More

New York: Bantam, 2001. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING April 2001. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Amanda Quick is the pseudonym of Jayne Ann Krentz and in this tantalising novel of an enterprising woman who allies herself with a mysterious spy, where from the moment he burst into her antiquities shop in Rome, Lavinia Lake knew the stranger was nothing but trouble and he claimed he was in pursuit of a killer and swore he was only trying to save her. Yet no matter what he claimed, Lavinia was convinced he was bent instead on destroying her and when the self-described spy hustled her and her niece out of the shop and to England, Lavinia hoped that she would find a way to pay him back in full, not imagining the shocking circumstances under which they would meet again. C3D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Bantam, 2002. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING June 2002. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small corner crease to one page) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Amanda Quick is the pseudonym of Jayne Ann Krentz and in this novel of mystery and romance, lovers and partners in crime investigators, Lavinia Lake and Tobias March, continue their new found relationship with a delicius mix of risky business, rising passion and murder. C3D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: James and James, 1990. A Fine unmarked copy (apart from a small inscription written on the small erratum slip) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 172 pages on glossy paper with 14 colour plates. The founder of Charterhouse was a successful entrepreneur who had flourished in the open and competitive society of Tudor England. Such robustness has characterised the school from its birth in 1611 - the year Thomas Sutton established a foundation for 40 scholars and 80 brethren - and its emergence as one of Britain's leading public schools. This account of the growth, the achievements, and the vicissitudes, of Charterhouse draws on thorough research. D4F. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Nisbet and Co, 1947. Gilt title on green cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with a touch of wear to spine head and tail and corner tips. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown and a small ink 'M3' to rear endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. x + 352 pages. Dustjacket has age darkening to spine and a repaired tear. First published in 1938. The main affirmations of the Christian Creed are examined by Professor Quick with a view to showing both how they originated from the revelation of which the Bible is the record, and what is the permanent significance which they express to an age so different as our own from that in which the New Testament was written. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Nisbet and Co, 1945. Silver title on blue cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with just a touch of wear to spine tail. Internally there is a light blue stain to five later pages not obscuring the text else very clean, tight and unmarked. Prefatory memoir of Oliver Chase Quick by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Comprises: The Origin of Evil; The Christian Doctrine of Man; The Old Testament Preparation for the Atonement; The Fulfilment in the New Testament; From the Fathers to the Middle Ages; From the Reformers to the Liberal Protestants; The Christian Meaning of 'Sacrifice'; Christian Eschatology. R5. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: E. Dentu, 1872. Titre l'argent sur les cartes bleues. Rebond. Première édition. Quelques rousseurs. Petit nom et la date. 3 réparations petite larmes fermée. xx +336 pages. Très Bon État. B2A. Première. Couverture Rigide. Très Bon/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 2002. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. A magnificent history of the men and women who carried out the smuggling trade, who were universally admired and everyone from poorest farmworker to wealthy landowner were involved in the trade or at least turned a blind eye. Although the days of the romantic smugglers ended during the middle 19th century, the memory of their deeds and misdeeds lives on in a thousand local legends and tales of battles and extraordinary escapades. All around the coast of Britain pubs, inns and remote houses were fitted out with elaborate hiding places, many of which survive. Most beautifully illustrated with colour and black and white plates. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** A1F. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Shrewsbury: Swan Hill Press, 2005. A near Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards which has evidence of a bookplate removal (a small line of paper remaining to front endpaper). Based on a recent discovery of a treasure trove of original photographs by the late John Tarlton, the author has collated the collection into a fascinating and nostalgic tour of the British countryside during the first half of the 20th century. Thes previously unpublished photographs capture the peace and tranquility of country life and chronicle the lives of the rural community at that time. John Tarlton served in the RAF photographic unit and his early work was based in Essex but later he travelled extensively with his work regularly appearing in magazines such as Country Life and The Field. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2F. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.