Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Brenner's Collectable Books

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo, 385pp. Beautiful First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($26.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. A pretty collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Minotaur Books, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 330pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($24.95), has a tiny crinkle at the heel but is fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. A pretty collectable copy of the author's first book.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine/Fair/Good. 8vo., 426pp. Sharp First Edition, bound in publisher's black cloth with titles in green on spine and front board. Square, tight and clean throughout. Minimal wear to edges. A couple of spots on fore-edge. Interior page edges mildly toned. Bright clipped dust-jacket has chipping to spine ends, rubbing to surface and folds. Toned spine and light soiling. Extensive reinforcement to joints and edges on the reverse. Still complete and uncommon in any condition. A handsome collectable copy, jacket notwithstanding, and at a great price.

New York: McBride, 1938. First U.S. Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 256pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, (US), published a year later than the UK first. Bound in orange cloth with titles in black on front board and spine. End-papers and paste-downs have facsimiles and translations of the Greek quotes left at a series of bank robberies, that is integral to the story. Square, tight and clean throughout with just some quite mild bumping to spine ends and a touch of wear at the tips. Remarkably well-preserved. Equally attractive unclipped, and quite scarce dust-jacket, ($2.00), has some edge-wear and a few tine closed tears. A bit of light soiling to white spaces. Still quite bright and colorful and impossible to find in any condition. A simply gorgeous collectible copy and uncommon in any condition. (Hubin p.270).

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautiful First Printing, Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper has a touch of wear to the spine ends and tips but no chipping or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Ace, 1966. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Jack Gaughan. Vintage Paperback. Ace G-595 $.50 Cover Price. Sharp 1st Paperback Printing. No date except the original 1966 copyright but actually 1965. (isfdb.org). Tight, solid and clean throughout with some fairly light edge-wear and reading creases. Interior edge-toning. Still bright and fresh with no chipping or tears. A pretty collectible copy at a great price.

Novato, CA: Presidio, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo, 330p Beautiful First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($19.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy of a surprisingly uncommon title.

New York: Del Rey, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 435pp. Beautiful First Printing. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($16.95), is fresh and bright with no creasing, chipping or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1916. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., 287pp. Sharp First Edition of this treatise and reference about decorative antiques. , bound in green cloth with decorative titles in gilt on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrted. Square, tight and clean throughout with mild wear to edges and tips. Some scuffing to rear board. A hint of page toning but barely. Light off-setting to end-papers. Tiny stain on for-edge. Hand-written signed letter in original mailing envelope which has been tipped onto the front paste-down. The letter is written on a 10" x 6.5" sheet of notepaper folded in half so four pages of test are written; then folded again to fit in the envelope. The letter is to one Elizabeth Parkington, (with her small bookplate on the front paste-down above the envelope), The content appears to be simple small talk between two friends. A beautiful collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Paperback Library, 1966. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Vintage Paperback PBO Paperback Library 53-339. Beautiful Unread 1st Printing of this Paperback Original. September, 1966, $.60 Cover price. Tight, solid and clean throughout with just a touch of wear at the tips but quite minor. A bright, fresh example with no creases, chipping or tears. True crime account of the Sacco & Vanzetti case. A very pretty collectible copy and uncommon in such high grade.

New York: George Braziller, 1958. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo., 123pp. Beautiful First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A touch of toning to page edges and end-papers. Ownership stamp on front end-paper. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.95) has some edge-wear and rubbing. Still fresh and bright with no tears or creases. Errata slip attributing the translation by John Calder laid in. A very pretty collectable copy.

New York: Pocket Books, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautiful unread 1st Printing, tight, solid and clean throughout. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Author's first novel. A sharp collectable copy and at a great price.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 261pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing, with full number sequence. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($22.00), has a small indentation on the front panel but is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a very good price.

New York: Morrow, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Volume One of the Baroque Cycle [First Edition] 1st. New York: William Morrow & Co, 2003. First Edition First Printing. ISBN: 0380977427. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Slightest amount of edge wear.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo., 191pp, Beautiful First British and True FirstEdition, published 5 years before its release in the US. Bound in green cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with gentle bumping to spine ends and top front tip. A few spots on fore-edges. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (13s 6d net), has mild edge-wear and some rubbing. Flap edges toned. Some soiling to rear panel. Still fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. A very pretty collectable copy. (Hubin, p184).

New York: Dell, 1952. Soft cover. Fine. Small 8vo. Vintage Paperback. Dell #7206. Beautiful First Dell Printing, July, 1972. $.75 Cover Price. Published by Arrow books the previous year. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear or toning. Small color bleed, almost certainly a printer error. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy of a quite uncommon title.

New York: Baen, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Vintage Paperback PBO. Beautiful Unread Stated First Printing of this paperback original. May, 2001. $2.75 cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Inside covers toned. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy.

Chicago: W. B. Conkey, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good/Very Good. 8vo., 261 pp. Beautiful First Edition, Bound in red cloth with titles stamped in white, black-bordered letters on front board and in black on spine. Author's name and scenic vignette stamped in black on front board . Four illustrates, including frontispiece, by Will Carqueville. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear to spine ends and edges. Some mild soiling to edges. Heel toning. No interior toning or spotting. Attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, has several chips to edges. Still solid, complete, and a terrific example of a scarce early 20th century pictorial jacket. A very pretty collectable copy.