Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Waverley Books

TORONTO: DOUBLEDAY.. Fine. 1983. First Edition. Cloth. 0385184220 . Fine in a fine dj. Author's SECOND novel. (B) .

Albany: SUNY.. Fine with no dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0791420167 . Fine in trade-size pictorial printed wrappers. (175pp. ) (6" X 9") ; 6" - 9" tall; 175 pages .

BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN. 1943. Near Fine. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. 9997528751 . Near fine in a Vg.+ dj. (Couple of mild spots of shelfsoiling at edges. A few small chips & tears at corners of dj. Traces of shelfwear to dj. Spine on dj. discolored, though still perfectly readable) Uncommon. .

BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN. 1942. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Near fine in good only price-clipped 'Third' printing dust jacket. (Light foxing at top edge. Couple inch+ tears on front cover of jacket. Shorter tears & creasing & tiny chips at corners of jacket. ) Features work by Dashiell Hammett, Dorothy Sayers, Stuart Palmer, Leslie Charteris & others. .

LITTLE, BROWN. BOSTON 1947. Near Fine. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a Nf. dj. (Top edge foxed. A few tiny chips at spine ends) Feature's writer Jack Finney's FIRST hardcover book appearance with the story "The Widow's Walk." Also writer Harry Kemelman's FIRST hardcover book appearance with the story "The Nine Mile Walk." .

NY: POCKET BOOKS. 1944. Fine. 1944. First Edition. Softcover. First Paperback Edition. Close to fine in pictorial printed wrappers. (Only the slightest trace of shelfwear. Paper in text is nearly white!) Ellery Queen operates in Hollywood. .

CLEVELAND /NY: THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in grey cloth in close to near fine dust jacket. (Dark orange hue on spine of jacket lightly discolored, yet perfectly readable. Tasteful bookplate concealed under front flap on paste-down. Couple numbers inked on inside of jacket indiscernible on reverse. Short edge tears & hints of shelf wear at edges. ) Features the FIRST hardcover printing of Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op story "Tom, Dick or Harry." Together with "Queen's Quorum." .

NY: POCKET BOOKS.. Near Fine. 1964. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. A paperback original. Near fine in pictorial printed wrappers. (Mild crease & miniscule chip at tip of front cover) .

NY: DAVIS PUBLICATIONS, INC.. Fine with no dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. About fine in digest-size printed wrappers. (Couple of tiny nicks at crest of spine. Paper in text only lightly age toned) FIRST publication anywhere of Dashiell Hammett's story "A Man Named Thin." .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. INSCRIBED by Ellery Queen ( Frederic Dannay) on front end-paper. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (Trace of light foxing at top edge. Neat clear tape mends inside jacket. ) Inscriptions by either one of the two Queens are uncommon. ; 5 1/2" x 7 3/4"; 242 pages .

BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN. 1948. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine copy in very good price-clipped dust jacket. (Edges lightly foxed. Creasing to front cover. Small chip in body of front cover. Mild discoloration of spine on jacket. Offsetting to margins on rear panel of jacket. Chip at base of one page in text. Tad musty overall. ) Features Anthony Boucher's first English language translation of Jorge Luis Borges' story "The Garden Of Forking Paths." Also a Clayon Rawson Great Merlini story and not to be overlooked writer Stanley Ellin's first published story "Speciality of the House" made famous in 1959 in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. .

NORFOLK: NEW DIRECTIONS.. Near Fine. 1948. First Edition. First American Edition. Near fine in trade-size printed wrappers. (A few small spots of shelf soiling at edges of covers) Published as Direction 5. Cover design by Lustig. (O) .

THE DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS. ELMWOOD PARK 1988. Fine with no dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First English Language Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in plain light blue printed wrappers. .

Normal: Dalkey Archive Press.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1564780279 . First English language edition. INSCRIBED by veteran mystery writer and translator James Sallis to New Orleans mystery writer Chris Wiltz on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. (O) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages; Signed by Translator .

SANTA FE: RED CRANE BOOKS.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1878610252 . SIGNED & dated by Ron Querry in year of publication on the title page. (Tiny speck of foxing at top edge. ) 1000 copies produced. .

Vero Beach: ROURKE.. Fine with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0865931798 . First edition. SIGNED by Rod Querry on title page. (103pp. ) (6 1/4" X 9 1/4") Fine in pictorial boards, without dust jacket. As issued. ; 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"; 103 pages .

SANTA FE: RED CRANE BOOKS.. Fine. 1993. First Edition. Cloth. 1878610252 . Fine in dj. 1000 copies printed. .

NY: 4 WALLS EIGHT WINDOWS.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0941423654 . INSCRIBED by Roberto Quesada & dated by him in year of publication to noted author & critic M. G. Lord and bookseller Glenn Horowitiz on front end paper. About fine in fine DJ. (Slight hint of creasing at fore edge. ) Honduran author's FIRST novel. .

NY: RANDOM HOUSE.. Fine. 1991. First Edition. Cloth. 0394569652 . Close to fine in dj. (Hint of foxing at top edge) Author's FIRST novel. .

NY: RANDOM HOUSE. 1991. Fine. 1991. First Edition. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. SIGNED by Anna Quindlen on the title page. Fine in plain blue printed wrappers. Author's FIRST novel.; Signed by Author(s) .