Search Results: Authors starting with Q from JWMah

London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1972. (UK) No date, a guess at 1972; date uncertain, No markings, tiny spot to back cover, Very Good. Illus card covers, side-stapled, 43pp, B&W illustrations. These book are from the collection formed by W.H. de Roos (1895-1971), Netherlands Consel-General in Kobe; 40 listings. (1.33 JM HOX 1/2. Staple Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Random House of Canada Ltd, 2004. (CAD) First Printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, no other markings, Fine in unclipped about Fine Dj with tiny tear to head of spine Boards, 247pp. This is a novel about three people who fly out to an island in the path of a hurricane. (1.6 JM HOQ 102/b3. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hutchinson, 1960. (UK) 1st printing. No markings, Very Good in price-clipped Fair only dust jacket with wear and tear, now in mylar sleeve. Cloth, 432pp, index. frontis portrait. Of all the books that give us a view into the social life and customs of the 18th century, none is more entertaining nor covers a wider field than these by Hickey. He was a lover of wine and women, and in order to try to curb his appetites, his father sent him off to India and China. He later became a successful Indian attorney but he wrote these memoirs for his amusement with a fullness and frankness that even Boselll did not quite match.This single-volume book is gleaned from his 4 volume memoir but contains many episodes that were omitted in the first edition. (2.5 JM HOQ 102/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

UK: Viking Penguin, 1992. (UK) No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with 1/2" closed tear to head of spine. DJ is in mylar sleeve. Boards, 232pp, index. Colour and B&W photos feature expatriate English gardens in foreign places: Lawrence Johnston Hidcote at Menton, Aberconway's Bodnant at Chateau de la Garoupe, Gertrude Jekyll's sister's garden in Venice, Paxton's work near Paris and others. (3.2 JM LVR 206/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1949. (UK) 4th printing of the New edition, 1949. The book first appeared in 1900 wiht the New Edition appearing in 1939. Owner's name and date to end paper no other markings, some loss to head of spine, a touch of rubbing to top edge of covers, Good used copy; no dust jacket. Blue gray leather with gold spine titles, top edge gilt, ribbon marker, xxxii, 1162pp, index. This is a tremendous anthology of English verse, in a handy size printed on onion skin paper, starting in the Middle Ages and endong with Richard Doddridge Blackmore. (1.7 JM HOQ 1103/b5. Leather. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1961. (USA) First Edition No markings, Fine in about Very Good dust jacket with one 2" closed tear to the lower front corner of Dj; Dj is in mylar sleeve. Cloth, 117pp. One colour plate; B&W reproductions. The text is in English and in Spanish. This is a monograph on the 26 paintings executed by Fernando Gallego for the cathedral of the Ciudad Rodrigo in the late 15th century. (2.3 JM LVR 206/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".