Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Downtown Brown Books, ABAA

London: Head of Zeus, 2019. First British edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An eco-techno-thriller, first published in Chinese and translated into English by Ken Liu. This is one of 350 copies issued by Goldsboro books signed by the author and translator on a limitation page. First UK edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This is copy 222 of 350 signed by Liu and Qiufan.

[New York?]: Chapbooks.com, 2001. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. 107 pages. A collection of poems limited to 20 copies. First edition (first printing). A near fine trade paperback. This is copy 13 of 20 copies, inscribed to Beef [Torrey] and signed Roger. Torrey is Jim Harrison's bibliographer.

1900. Ephemera. Very good. A mounted half-length portrait photograph of Cuban independence leader Gonzalo de Quesada (1868-1915). Quesada came to the US with his parents as a boy. He grew up in New York City, obtained a law degree from New York University, and became friends with José Martí. With Martí he advocated for Cuban independence and was a member of the constitutional convention. He served as Cuban ambassador to the US and then to Germany. He died in Berlin during the First World War. Martí entrusted Quesada with his literary legacy, and Quesada edited the first volumes of Martí's collected works. 3-13/16 by 5-7/16 inches. A high-contrast silver gelatin print on photographic paper mounted to cardstock (mount trimmed near edges of the print). There were some imperfections in the negative emulsion causing spotting to Quesada's jacket and to his hair. Nothing affects his marvelous mustache. The image has the number 1927 on the front and back of the mount, which may be a date or an ID… Read More

New York: Harper, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A novel by the author of The Silver Lining's Playbook. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

(Paris): Achille Quinet, 1870. Photograph. Fine. A set of 27 cabinet cards measuring 6-3/8 by 4-1/4 (16.2 by 10.8 cm), with images slightly smaller. The sepia-tone albumen photographs depict architectural scenes in Paris and the surrounding areas. The images, most titled in the negative and a few on the mount, include Place de la Concorde; Chateau de Fontainebleau; Palais des Tuileries; Notre-Dame; Tour St. Jacques; and Eglise de la Trinité. Quinet (1831-1900) was a photographer and inventor-he patented the Quinetoscope, the first twin-lens stereoview camera, and he developed the first vertical photograph enlarger. This collection is an example of his commercial work, photographs of Paris buildings and monuments. Quinet was a member of the Sociéte Française de Photographie from 1876 to 1894, and he exhibited his work at the Universal Exposition of 1878. One image has small areas of loss; the rest are fine or nearly so.

Las Cruces, NM: Puerto Del Sol Press, 1976. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near Fine. [42] pages. The author's first book, published in an edition of only 500 copies. Quintana's poetry relishes the small moments in life and this book shows the development of his unique style. His later books won him two American Book Awards but not the readership he deserves. With an introduction by Frank Waters and drawings by Trini Lopez. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).

Matanzas, Cuba: Ediciones Vigía, 1992. [3] leaves. 6-1/2 by 6-1/4 inches. An edition of 100 copies. Colección del San Juan. As the title suggests, a single-page mimeographed poem illustrated from drawings by Sigfredo Ariel. The cover design is a pasted-on mimeographed illustration with a hand-drawn border. The upper left corner of the front cover is stained, thus very good.