Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Yesterday's Muse Books

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2002 Hard Cover. She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved.

New York: G.W. Dillingham Co., Publisher, 1891. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1891 reissue of 1856 original. Three inch tear to edge of title page, pages toned. 578 pp. Reid was an Irish-American author whose novels describe colonial policy, denounce slavery, and illuminate the ills faced by Native Americans. This is one of his most successful books, an abolitionist narrative based on first-hand experiences in Louisiana.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: David McKay, Publisher, 1896. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Page ridges foxed, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. 1896 Hard Cover. 238 pp., 2-page terminal publisher ad. Part of the Boys of Liberty Library series, juvenile fiction with a military focus. This volume takes place during the American Revolution.

New York: Fawcett, 1971. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 6x4x0. 1st printing. Spine faded, wrappers rubbed. 1971 Mass Market Paperback. The famous author of "Tales of the South Pacific" and "The Source" here tackles real-life issues facing the modern world.

Rochester, New York: Edward John DeMott / Zookeenys, 2013. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Signed by author. Signed by author with inscription explaining pen-name: "April 13, 2016. Dear Father McKenna, But Wishes for a belated birthday. Hope you enjoy my new books. Ha-ha, about the pen name... I don't know... it just seemed to work. Made me less self-conscious when I write. Peace, Love, Joy, --Eddie.". 2013 Soft Cover. 487 pp. A novel set partly in Rochester, New York, taking its title from a soliloquy by Portia in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. "Dear Reader, before we unfold this story to you, it may set the tone and prove used if we first dwell on the words of William Shakespeare in his classic work, The Merchant of Venice... let us read a story about noble deeds of mercy in the face of man's inhumanity to man, of hope lost and hope found, and in the end the victorious tempering of the reality of justice by the loftiest of all the virtues, love and charity.

Girard Bank, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8x5x0. Wyeth, James B. First edition. Includes publisher's slipcase. 1970 Hard Cover. 85 pp. Paintings by James B. Wyeth. This exploration of the problems racking our society examines our cities, education, race conflict, youth, the population crises and conservation as well as television and the role of the free press.

Tucson, Arizona: Dorothy Dean Hutchings, 1975. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Signed by author with inscription, "Best wishes for happy painting." Related papers laid in. Bottom edge of front board soiled. 1975 Large Hardcover. viii, 160 pp. Detailed instruction and directions for all phases of country painting.

London: Printed for The Villon Society by Private Subscription and for Private Circulation Only, 1898. Limited Edition. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Limited edition, #333 of unspecified limitation. Rebound, probably in early 20th century. Front joint repaired, minimal pencil marks on endpapers. 1898 Half-Leather. lxxi, [1], 206 pp. Leather spine and corners over marbled boards, gilt titles and rules, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. A verse translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by John Payne, who translated the title slightly differently than Edward Fitzgerald, whose translation remains the most famous. Payne has also included an extensive introduction providing biographical and critical information. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia". Although commercially unsuccessful at first,… Read More

Montreal: Robin Brass Studio, 2007. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 6x0x9. An exceptional copy. 2007 Soft Cover. 320 pp. The fall of Quebec in 1759 to British forces under James Wolfe led to the ultimate defeat of the French empire in North America. The dramatic battle on the Plains of Abraham not only set the course for the future of Canada; it opened the door to the independence of the American colonies some 20 years later. Stacey's account is regarded as the best ever written. This new edition contains all the text and the pictures of the previous edition, in a smart and generous new format.

UK: Osprey, 2003. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 7x0x9. Embleton, Gerry. First edition. Covers toned. 2003 Soft Cover. 96 pp. Osprey's study of the decisive battle of the French and Indian War (1754-1763). 'What a scene!' wrote Horace Walpole. 'An army in the night dragging itself up a precipice by stumps of trees to assault a town and attack an enemy strongly entrenched and double in numbers!' In one short sharp exchange of fire Major-General James Wolfe's men tumbled the Marquis de Montcalm's French army into bloody ruin. Sir John Fortescue famously described it as the 'most perfect volley ever fired on a battlefield'. In this book Stuart Reid details how one of the British Army's consummate professionals literally beat the King's enemies before breakfast and in so doing decided the fate of a continent.

Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x0x9. First edition. Edges slightly worn. 1993 Hard Cover. xiv, 154 pp. Traces the life of Bessie Coleman, America's first African-American woman aviator, who dreamed of opening a flight school for African Americans but died in an crash in 1926. By the author of Amelia Earhart: A Biography.

USA: S.N, 1955. Poster. Very Good. Lightly creased and lightly soiled. 1955 Poster. 18.5" x 12 1/4". Single-fold color movie poster. In the 1950s American South, the vicious and conniving Eva Phillips (Joan Crawford) makes the lives of those around her miserable -- especially her husband, Avery (Barry Sullivan), who resorts to heavy drinking and becomes an alcoholic. Meanwhile, when Eva discovers her sister-in-law (Betsy Palmer) is to wed her former lover (John Ireland), she really becomes nasty. Witnessing Eva's cruel exploits is Avery's cousin, Jennifer Stewart (Lucy Marlow), who can only stand by, mortified.

New York: Atheneum, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 1x6x9. First edition. Jacket lightly soiled. Page ridges lightly soiled, sticker ghosting on front paste-down endpaper, a few pages dog-eared. 1992 Hard Cover. 669 pp. "Recreates Queen Victoria's relationships with her family, her ministers, and her servants to depict the life of the ruler of the world's largest empire.

New York: Osprey Publishing, 2005. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 7x0x9. Scollins, Richard. Reprint. Covers faintly toned. 2005 Soft Cover. 48 pp. The British Army in Queen Victoria's reign fought a series of regional campaigns against various African groups with complex military traditions well-suited to their environment. In many instances, the outcome of the ensuing fighting was by no means one-sided. This book focuses on the large-scale wars in northern Africa in which British regular troops were engaged throughout the 19th century, including those in Abyssinia, Asante, Egypt and the Sudan. Containing a number of rare contemporary photographs and eight colour plates, the book charts the history of these campaigns and describes the African groups against which they were waged.

New York: Osprey Publishing, 2005. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 7x0x9. Scollins, Richard. Reprint. Covers lightly toned. 2005 Soft Cover. 48 pp. When Queen Victoria acceded to the British throne in 1837, British troops had recently concluded a war in southern Africa against the Xhosa people, and the seeds were already sown for a clash with the Boers. When she died in January 1901 Britain was fighting the Boers in one of the longest and costliest of the imperial colonial wars. This book details the history of Britain's numerous conflicts with the people of southern Africa, namely the Xhosa, Basotho, Tswana and Boers. Numerous illustrations, including rare photographs and colour plates, detail the dress, weaponry and organization of Victoria's enemies in the late 19th century.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. First edition. Jacket lightly toned. Minor ink marks on just a couple pages. 1972 Hard Cover. xii, 486 pp. The events of Victoria's life are portrayed against the political and social history of Britain and the Empire.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2015. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author with inscription, "For Mary Lee & Bill. All best!" Front wrapper creased. 2015 Trade Paperback. viii, 152 pp. "Whether pulled from the folds of memory, channeled through the icons of Greek mythology and Roman Catholicism, or filtered through the lens of pop culture, Sonja Livingston's Queen of the Fall considers the lives of women. Exploring the legacies of those she has crossed paths with in life and in the larger culture, Livingston weaves together strands of memory with richly imagined vignettes to explore becoming a woman in late 1980s and early 1990s America. Along the way, the award-winning memoirist brings us face-to-face with herself as an inner-city girl—trying to imagine a horizon beyond poverty, fearful of her fertility and the limiting arc of teenage pregnancy. Livingston looks at the lives of those… Read More

New York: Pegasus Books, 2022. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x2x9. First edition. Front jacket flap price-clipped. 2022 Hard Cover. x, 694 pp. Shy but with a steely self-confidence; inscrutable despite ten decades in the public eye; unflappable; devout; indulgent; outwardly reserved, inwardly passionate; unsentimental; inquisitive; young at heart. Even with her recent passing at age ninety-six, she remains a twenty-first-century global phenomenon commanding unrivaled respect and affection. Sealed off during the greatest peacetime emergency of modern times, she has stuck to her own maxim: “I have to be seen to be believed.” Robert Hardman, one of Britain’s most acclaimed royal biographers, now wraps up the full story of one of the undisputed greats in a thousand years of monarchy. Hardman distills Elizabeth’s complex life into a must-read study of dynastic survival and renewal. It is a portrait of a world… Read More

Out of Print, 2018. Unbound. Fine. 0x0x0. New. 2018 Unbound. 16 x 14 3/4 inches. Beige canvas tote featuring the Queen from traditional playing cards holding a book.

New York: Owl Book / Henry Holt and Company, 2002. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Fourth printing. Front cover creased, pages toned. 2002 Trade Paperback. xii, 355 pp. "A fascinating portrait of one of the most brilliant, complex, and colorful figures of the Renaissance. Although his accomplishments were substantial -- he became a trusted confidante to Queen Elizabeth I, inspired the formation of the British Empire, and plotted voyages to the New World-John Dee's story has been largely lost to history. Beyond the political sphere his intellectual pursuits ranged from the scientific to the occult. His mathematics anticipated Isaac Newton by nearly a century, while his mapmaking and navigation were critical to exploration. He was also obsessed with alchemy, astrology, and mysticism. His library was one of the finest in Europe, a vast compendium of thousands of volumes. Yet, despite his powerful position and prodigious intellect, Dee died in poverty and obscurity, reviled and… Read More