Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Sweet Beagle Books

Oxford University Press. New. 2009. Paperback. New, no defects. . Oxford World's Classics Series. Trade PB. 7.6 X 5.0 X 0.6 inches. 208 pages. M2 .

Hamburg. Hamburg: Raamin-Presse. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1974]. Softcover. Small tear at top edge of front cover, glossy white covers are rubbed. The leaves are also printed on coated paper. . Text is in German. This little booklet is evidently first, or at least very early, catalog published by Raamin-Presse. It is undated, but the first page lists the six books published in 1973, their first year of operation. Laid in as inserts are two sections describing publications 7 and 8, printed in the same format and on the same paper as the rest of the catalog. The catalog describes, with spectacular illustrations by Roswitha Quadflieg, publications 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. The description of Number 8 has some underlining in red pencil. Numbers 4 and 5 are stamped "vergriffen" -- out of print, and numbers 1-3 are also noted to be out of print. . Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. K5 .

NY. NY: Nick Lyons / Schocken Books. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1985. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Jacket has a few tiny chips, light soil and slightly rubbed at extremities, still bright and attractive, now protected with acid-free polyester sleeve. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . "Quammen has a sharp and sympathetic perception of the often tricky and ambiguous territory where nature, science, and humanity overlap ..." Neatly SIGNED by author on half-title page, scarce thus. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 221 pages. Signed by Author. A2 .

London. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. Softcover. Brown stapled wrappers have light wear, pages browned, especially at margins. . Illustrated. A total of 338 books are listed for sale in this catalog, including 22 books on Savonarola, priest and leader of Florence from 1494 until 1498, when he was excommunicated and executed. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 79 pages. K1 .

Davis. As New. 1978. Hardcover. No defects of any kind, As New. Bound in red leatherette with bright gilt titles and decoration to covers and spine. . Twenty short mysteries, all published in the 1940s. Authors include Ellery Queen, Anthony Gilbert, Fredric Brown, Jorge Luis Borges, Ben Hecht, and Leslie Charteris, to name a few. A beautiful copy for the mystery lover. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 352 pages. E5 .

Paris. Paris: Les Cahiers De L'Education Permanente. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1982. Softcover. Light foxing to first few pages and page ends. Pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; book appears unread. . Text is in French. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 183 pages. E1 .

Cambridge University Press. Fine. 2007. Paperback. No defects, books are As New, . Volumes 1 and 2, 701 pages in all. . 2 Volume Set Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 701 pages. E5 .

C. Bourgois. Very Good. 1991. Paperback. Formerly owned by African studies scholar Janet MacGaffey; her elegant signature appears on the half-title page. Light pencil marks on a few pages. Spine is uncreased. . Cibles XXI Series. Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 222 pages. J4 .

Indiana University Press. Near Fine. 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This book was formerly owned by the Men's Faculty Club, Indiana University, and bears a bookplate on the first endpaper, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. Bound in handsome brown cloth. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 276 pages. H3 .