Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Brenner's Collectable Books

New York: HarperCollins, 1996. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., 283pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, Second Printing with number sequence to "2". Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket ($25.00), is fresh and bright with no tears, creases or chipping. Signed and dated by the former Vice President on the half-title pager at a book signing event upon the release of the book. A gorgeous collectable copy.

New York: Popular Library, 1966. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Vintage Paperback. PBO Popular Library #50-447 Beautiful Unread First Printing of this Paperback Original, No month, 1960. $.50 cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of edge-wear and a shallow dog-ear on the rear top corner. Fresh and bright with no chipping, toning or tears. Very well-preserved. A gorgeous collectable copy of an uncommon title in such nice condition.

New York: Pocket Books, 1943. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Good. Small 8vo. Pocket Books #17 $.25 cover price. Sharp later Paperback Printing, March, 1943. Square and tight with white pages. Front and back cover creases but still a bright example and quite collectable copy of the first Ellery Queen in paperback.

New York: The Dial Press, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 285pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing of this anthology with stories by Rendell, Dunsany, Queen, and many others. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($9.95), has some mild edge-wear but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy of one of the less common of Queen's annuals.

New York: The Dial Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 284pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing of this anthology with stories by Rendell, Stout, Queen, Innes, and many others. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A bit of off-setting to gutters. Very attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($8.95), has some light wear and surface tubbing but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.

New York: The New American Library, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 210pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($4.95), has a tiny closed edge-tear that is barely noticeable. Fresh and bright with no chipping or creases. A gorgeous collectable copy (Hubin, p.326).

New York: Macall Corporation, 1939. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. Vintage Pulp, December, 1939, $.25 Cover Price. 1930. Solid issue of this anthology of adventure and mystery stories. Page edge toning as is common. Some chipping and a small piece out from the rear outer edge. 2" spine splits at the crown. Some creases. Still bright and presentable. A decent collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Random House, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Fine. 8vo., 338pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition of this anthology with stories by Marsh, Innes, Christie, Keating, Bloch, Asimov, and many others. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a tiny bump on the bottom front edge but barely noticeable. A touch of off-setting to gutters. Very attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($8.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.

New York: Pocket Books, 1958. Soft cover. Fine. Vintage Paperback. Pocket Books #2202. Sharp Unread 11th Paperback Printing, November, 1958, $.25 cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a hint of edge-wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy and though not scarce, very difficutl to find in such high-grade condition.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Sharp, 1st Printing, tight and solid throughout. Tanning to edges as is common. A bit of wear to spine ends. Attractive unclipped wrapper has some edge-wear, chipping and small tears and foxing to the spine. Protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Still, a collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Pocket Books, 1954. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Vintage Paperback. Pocket #460. Beautiful Unread First Paperback Printing March, 1948. No cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fresh and bright with no tears, toning, creases or chipping. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo., 249pp. Beautiful First Edition of this Inner Sanctum Mystery. Tight, solid and clean throughout with just a bit of bumping to the crown and top front tip. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper,($2.00), has a touch of wear to the spine ends and tips but very minor. A fresh, bright example with no chipping, creases or tears. Protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. A gorgeous collectable copy and uncommon in this condition.

New York: Viking, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Fine. 4to., 232pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of edge-wear. Sticker ghost on front paste-down. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($40.00), has a miniscule closed edge-tear but is fresh and bright with no creases, toning or chipping. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Rizzoli, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio, 320pp. Sharp First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Bound in full-color illustrated paper-covered boards with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped, though, dust-jacket has a chip in the front fold and a 1" closed tear at the top of the rear fold. Fresh and bright. A very pretty collectable copy. Please note: International and Priority orders will require additional postage.

New Orleans: Louisiana State University Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 289pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over green paper-covered boards with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, has a short faint scratch on the front panel but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. From the library of noted New Jersey Irish-Ameican author, collector and professor of Irish history and literature, Tom Fox, with his unobtrusive blind-stamp on the title page. Fox was called by Nicholas Basbanes, ",,, a kindred spirit...assembler of an uncommonly distinctive collection of Irish history and literature". A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.

Ashcroft, BC: Ash Tree Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., 245pp. Beautiful First Edition of this anthology of 11 stories. One of only 600 unnumbered hardbound copies published. Bound in maroon cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping, toning or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Vintage, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo., Wraps 213pp.. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a small abrasion from a removed sticker. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.