Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Borg Antiquarian

Washington, D.C.: The Associated Publishers, Inc, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Photos. 8vo, maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, illustrated with glossy B&W frontispiece of leonine Frederick Douglass and 8 comparable full-page plates, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with sketch of bearded Fredatrick Douglass, Index, xi, [xii] + 378 pages. Benjamin Arthur Quarles (1904 - 1996) was an American historian, administrator, professor, educator, and writer, whose scholarship centered on black American social and political history. <br /> <br /> SCARCE and IMPORTANT BIOGRAPHY by Prof. Benjamin Quarles. <br /> <br /> "At least four of his books attained national significance: FREDERICK DOUGLAS (1948), which grew out of his doctoral research and remains the authoritative source for most of what is known about Douglass; The Negro in the American Revolution (1961), one of the first books to demonstrate the importance… Read More

Toronto: Random House, 1987. First Canadian Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, offwhite cloth with black lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with painting of Papillon by Michael Halliwell, 202 pages. Marion Quednau (born 1952) is a Canadian author, poet and children's writer. Her novel, The Butterfly Chair, won the 1987 Books in Canada First Novel Award. This emotionally rich novel explores the life of a child raised in an abusive home; her mature efforts at a kind of dreamy Jungian therapy while sitting in "a butterfly chair," which contributes to her understanding of love as "a measure of both forgiveness and blame." SUPERIOR CONDITION overall: a clean and bright unclipped jacket with some rubbing to its spine; in cloth with a slight bruise to its upper right corner also ruffling the dj.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo, green quarter cloth over black boards with gold lettering, Mylar-protected dust jacket with colored photo of three older men, 312 pages + [1] Note About Ellery Queen. Scarce Ellery Queen title, especially with Scarce dust jacket (VG with slight rubbing to extremities). Previous owner's inscription on free front endpaper (plus cigarette tip-sized round light brown stain on ffe).

New York: Random House, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the half title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), red endpapers, 289 pages + [2] About the Author + [2] About the Type. Anna Marie Quindlen (born 1952) is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist. Her New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. ONE TRUE THING is the author's second novel ;which is about a woman imprisoned for the mercy killing of her mother. It b ecame a Meryl Streep movie. SIGNED & in SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, bright, clean in a Fine dj with very slight rubbing.

New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED boldly by the Author in blue ink on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over blue boards with "AQ" blindstamped on cover, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Joseph Squillante, protected in a clear archival plastic cover, blue endpapers, 293 pages + [2] About the Author + [2] About the Type. Anna Marie Quindlen (born 1952) is a Pulitzer Prize winning American author, journalist, and opinion columnist. This is her emotionally rich third novel "about a woman and a marriage that begins in passion and becomes violent." SIGNED and in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! No remainder marks.

New York: Random House, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, pale green quarter cloth with pale gold lettering on spine over gold boards, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a child's hand in finger-paints by Anna Baur Carr, protected in a clear archival plastic cover, yellow-blue skyline endpapers, 284 pages + [2] Blank + [2] About the Author + [2] About the Type. Anna Marie Quindlen (born 1952) is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist. Her New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. Her semi-autobiographical novel One True Thing (1994) served as the basis for the 1998 film starring Meryl Streep and Renée Zellweger.<br/><br/>Alternate Side is "a provocative novel about money, class, and self-discovery" as a seemingly happy marriage unravels...<br/><br/>SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, bright,… Read More