Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

London: Doubleday & Company, 2005. Pp. 304(last blank); med. 8vo; top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper; small damp mark to top edge of a few leaves; Doubleday & Company, London, 2005. First U.K. edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. Winner of South Africa's Boeke Prize in 2006. The author's first novel, basis for the 2008 movie Slumdog Millionaire.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1985. Dedication by H.R.H., The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Pp. 176, coloured & black & white illustrations, endpaper plans, appendices, bibliography, index; demy 4to; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled; W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1985. First edition. *The Cunard Line flagship, Queen Elizabeth II.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1961. The story of a little wild duck. Pp. 48, illustrated in colour and black & white post 4to; pictorial papered boards, lightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly browned; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing; The Macmillan Company, New York, 1961. First edition. *Berta and Elmer Hader illustrated numerous books for children, winning the Caldecott Medal for The Big Snow in 1949.

London: Macmillan, 1959. Pp. [vi]+298; boards faintly marked and slightly sprung; dust wrapper, lightly, foxed edges slightly rubbed and split; the free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Macmillan, London, 1959. First edition. *Historical novel, set in the second year B.C. .

Oakland, California: The Eucalyptus Press, Mills Cottage, n.d.. Pp. [32, alternate page openings blank], title page illustration printed in pink; f'cap.4to; printed papered boards, a trifle marked, spine slightly faded; uncut, mostly unopened; The Eucalyptus Press, Mills College, Oakland, n.d. One of 300 copies.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Pp. [ii]+viii+198+[2](colophon, blank), 22 hand-tipped coloured plates within tinted borders and with lettered pictorial guards, black & white pictorial title page and text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; tall post 4to; purple cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly flecked, the spine lightly faded, edges a trifle rubbed; hinges starting, inked inscription (dated 1919) on half-title page, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; Hodder & Stoughton, London, n.d.[1913]. First trade edition. Spielmann & Jerrold 55.

N: N, 1971. Pp. 80, text illustrations; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly worn; a little faint foxing and soiling; [Back to Quambatook Committee, Quambatook, Victoria], 1971.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1991. The path to golf mastery. Pp. [ii]+xiv+120+[6](for notes), text illustrations and decorations, references; dust wrapper; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1991. First Australian edition.

Paris: Libraire de Victor Masson, 1854. [Two volumes, text in French]. Volume I: Chirurgie reparatrice. Pp. [iv]+xviii+476; Volume II: Maladies des Arteres. Pp. [iv]+xxxii+476; qr. green leather, spines lettered and ruled in gilt, marbled papered boards, lightly worn, a few small surface grazes to leather, signs of removal of shelf labels from spines; marbled endpapers, early (undeciphered) inked signature on half-title page Volume I, library stamp blacked out on title and first text pages both volumes, plus one (Bibliotheque Centre Chirurgical du Prof. Leon Berard) not obscured on p. 147 each volume, some pencilling in French to margins and outer leaves, scattered light foxing and occasional slight soiling; Libraire de Victor Masson, Paris, 1854-1855. First edition. *Posthumously published. Volume II includes a brief account of Roux's life and work by Rene Marjolin. Philibert-Joseph Roux (1780-1854) succeeded Guillaume Dupuytren as chief surgeon at the Hotel-Dieu, Paris. A pioneer plastic surgeon,… Read More

London: Harvill, 1992. Pp. xxii+230, full map, glossary; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Harvill/HarperCollins Publishers, London, 1992. First edition. *The author of the Flashman novels served in the 17th Black Cat Division in Japanese occupied Burma during World War II.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. The first 250 publications and the first 25 years 1929-1954 of the Limited Editions Club. A critique. A conspectus. A Bibliography. Indexes. Pp. xviii+296(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), profusely illustrated in colour and black & white (several mounted or hand-tipped), the title and headings printed in red, blue & black, bibliography, indices; roy. 4to; qr. black morocco with gilt lettered red leather title label on spine, red cloth over bevelled boards, circular black leather onlay decorated in blind at centre of upper board, the cloth faintly soiled; within black card slipcase with printed paper title label on spine, edges of slipcase worn; bookplate of Richard Griffin on upper pastedown, upper hinge starting; Limited Editions Club, New York, 1959. Edition limited to 2,250 numbered copies, this being one of 750 for distribution outside the club. LEC Bibliography 294. *With loosely inserted related ephemera.

Paris: Librairie Sourget, 1998. [Catalogue XX]. Catalogue de vente a prix marques de Manuscrits et Livres Precieux disponibles a la Librairie Sourget, classes par ordre chronologique. Hiver 1999. [Text in French]. Pp. [iv]+308, profusely illustrated in colour and black & white (several full or double page), index; med. 4to; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Librairie Sourget, Chartres, n.d.[1999?]. *With price list in French Francs (dated 1999) loosely inserted.

London: Faber and Faber, 1960. Pp. 232, frontispiece, plus 8 plates, 2 text figures, appendices, time chart, indices; demy 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards slightly rubbed, top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Faber and Faber, London, 1960. First edition. *A study of Sir Walter Raleigh's relationship with Queen Elizabeth I in the light of his poetry. 'Spencer's allusions to the relationship between the Queen and Raleigh are discussed, as is the often debated question of the connection of Raleigh with Love's Labours Lost.' [wrapper blurb].

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1979. Pp. 288, 32 plates, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges of boards; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 1979. First edition..

London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2019. Pp. 192, illustrations, bibliography; post 8vo; purple papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Michael O'Mara Books, London, 2019. First edition..

London: Royal Collection Publications, 2011. Pp. 144, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; small square 4to; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt, upper board a trifle sprung; dust wrapper; Royal Collection Publications, London, 2011. First edition. *Official souvenir album, organised year-by-year, from 1926 to 2021.

London: Dorling Kindersley Ltd, 2015. Pp. 320, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, tinted pictorial endpapers, index; roy. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Dorling Kindersley, Limited, London, 2015. First edition..

London: Macmillan, 2009. The Official Biography. Pp. xxiv+1096, 40 plates (6 coloured in whole or part), printed endpapers, family trees, patronages, notes, select bibliography, index; thick med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; ribbon marker; Macmillan, London, 2009. First edition..

London: Artus, 1980. Pp. 184, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full and a couple double page), pictorial endpapers, double page family tree, index; cr. 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, front flap a trifle foxed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly foxed; Artus, London, 1980. Second printing..

Melbourne: Redwood Editions, 1996. Pp. [44], printed on card and illustrated with numerous coloured and black & white photographic illustrations with printed captions, pictorial or printed pastedowns; narrow demy 4to; pictorial papered boards with ribbon tie; inked gift inscription (dated 1997) on upper pastedown; Redwood Editions, Melbourne, 1996. Australian edition. *Presented in the format of a photograph album.