Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Eureka Books

Freshcut Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 144 pages. text printed in two columns. Illustrated from black-and-white photographs, with some pages printed in multi-tone purple. First edition (first printing). A very good used copy in a very good dust jacket. Former owner's stamp on front free endaper.

The Library, Emory University, 1946. First Edition. Pamphlet. 79 pages. Emory University Publications, Sources & Reprints, Series III. The first publication of a 168-page manuscript novel by the author of Uncle Remus. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).

Oak Editorial, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 128 pages. 4-3/4 by 6-3/4 inches. Poems, very nicely illustrated by Vania Velasquez and Alejandra p. de f. The title refers to a medieval university curriculum involving the mathematical arts: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. One of 150 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Gradiva, 1989. Trade Paperback. 503 pages. Text in Portuguese. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 330 pages. The author's first novel. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. Puller Monk is a gambler. High stakes get his adrenaline flowing. But his dark side is about to catch up with him at a time when his life and the future of this nation hang in the balance. As an FBI agent in charge of a SPIN squad (Special Inquiries), Monk's job is to investigate the background of Judge Brenda Thompson, a presidential nominee to the Supreme Court and the first African-American woman to be nominated for this high office. The judge's history appears flawless, until a seemingly innocent statement turns out to be anything but. Suddenly Monk and agent Lisa Sands are propelled down a trail of corruption and murder that leads to the top of the government, to the very heart of the Constitution, and to a face-off with a brutal killer who will stop at nothing to carry out his deadly mission. With… Read More

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 242 pages. Booker prize finales. First American edition (first printing). Lighlty bumped at the spine foot else a fine copy; in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to a previous owner on the half-title page. A flawlessly presented tale that opens a window on human aspiration and folly, its revelations full of grit and glory. -- starred, "Kirkus Reviews" A superbly crafted combination of historical and inspirational fiction that is genuinely unique. -- starred, "Publishers Weekly" This is no simple retelling of an ancient story, but a modern and startling account of the birth and death of faith. In Crace's hands, Jesus is reconceived as Gally, a boy besotted with prayer and visions. "Quarantine" is the extraordinary re-imagining of the forty days Jesus Christ spent in the wilderness being tempted by the devil. Short-listed for the Booker Prize, this is a novel that you ll never forget.

Oxford University Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 114 pages. Poems by the United States Poet Laureate and winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with moderate wear to the edges. Inscribed by the author to Bruce Bush, 'With Maine memories and all best wishes for the future, your friend, Richard Eberhart, Christmas 1964, Washington D.C. Ded. for President Johnson's ground breaking for the J. F. Kennedy Memorial Center.'.

American Issue Publishing Company, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. 273 pages. The American Issue Publishing Company was a holding company of the Anti-Saloon League. They played a major role in advancing the temperance movement. Dobbins was an Indiana author. 10 copies in WorldCat. First edition (first printing), presumed. A very good copy in red cloth covers with gold lettering. Mild edge and surface wear. Spine somewhat faded. No dust jacket.

The Society of California Pioneers, 1924. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 68 pages. Contents: Foreword, Brief History of San Francisco Lands, and The Life of James Lick. Portrait of Lick opposite the contents page. First edition (first printing). Very good in blue wrappers (paperback). Hand-corrections in ink to foreword. Mild fading, soiling and foxing to covers.

Golden Chain Chapter, No. 303, 1945. Pamphlet. Twenty-three issues of this untitled small tri-fold brochure announcing quarterly meetings and offering updates on members. The following years are represented: 1922 (1 issue), 1923 (2), 1925 (2), 1926 (1), 1927 (1), 1928 (3), 1929 (2), 1930 (2), 1931 (1), 1933 (1), 1940 (1), 1943 (2), 1944 (3), and 1945 (1). Generally fine in staple bound wrappers.

The Society of California Pioneers, 1929. Trade Paperback. pp. 119-160. Includes 3 articles on the Ship 'Niantic': 'From New York to San Francisco in 1849...including the voyage from Panama to San Francisco on the Ship Niantic,' by John M. Cushing; 'The Earliest Days of the Niantic,' by F. C. Mathews; 'The Niantic in San Francisco'. First edition (first printing). Very good copy in blue wrappers (paperback). Fading to cover margins.

California Society of Pioneers, 1925. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 56 pages. Contains biography of William Van Voorhies, pp. 5-6; Address of Van Voorhies, pp. 7-18; Biography of John Shertzer Hittell, pp. 19-20; Address of Hittell, pp. 21-34; Address of John J. Lermen, pp. 35-44; Address of Henry L. Van Winkle, pp. 45-56. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in faded blue wrappers (paperback). Also contains Index to Volume One, single loose sheet.

California Society of Pioneers, 1927. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Vol. IV, No. 1: 54 pages. Contains Almarin B. Paul, 'My First Two Years in California' (1849-50), pp. 25-54. Also with stories of John Perrott, Maxwell Wood, and Henry E. Highton. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy infaded blue wrappers (paperback). Errata slip tipped-in.

Arlan at The White Owl Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 63 pages. Limited edition, one of 106 copies of which 100 were for sale. By the Irish-born Liverpool author whose seafaring experiences were often incorporated into his nautical-themed novels. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy; no dust jacket. An out of series copy not signed on the limitation page. However, this copy is inscribed by Hanley on the front free endpaper with a folded holograph letter signed is laid in.

Carl Fischer, Inc, 1948. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Four separate parts: 1st Violin, 15 pp.; 2nd Violin,16 pp.; Viola, 15 pp.; Cello, 15 pp. 'To Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge'. In folder printed in red. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Wrappers are tanned and beginning to separate at fold. Individual parts are near fine.

University Press, 1961. First Edition. Trade Paperback. [8] pages. 'Four poets consider matters pertaining to man and his maker in a troubled season' -- from the title page. Poetry Society of America Anthology (1910 - 1960). Poems by Eberhart, Joseph Joel Keith, Gordden Link, and Madeline Mason. Eberhart later won the 1965 Pulitzer Prize. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback). Some uneven toning to the white covers and minor edge wear. Ex-library stamped on page edges and bottom of the page with Eberhart's poem, Spring Mountain Climb, which Eberhart has signed.

G. Henle, 1974. Trade Paperback. 9-1/4 by 12-1/4 inches. 67-page preface and music score for piano bound in wrappers; stapled scores for violin, viola and cello laid in. Preface in German, English and French. Urtext Editions. About fine in blue wrappers (paperback). Light fading to spine.

G. Henle Verlag, 1997. Trade Paperback. 9-1/4 by 12-1/4 inches. 73-page music score for piano followed by remarks in German, English and French bound in wrappers; stapled scores for violin, viola and cello laid in. Urtext edition. New improved edition. About fine in blue wrappers (paperback).

Tribal Data Resources, 1998. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated. Table of Contents: Demographics Summary Report; Education Summary Report; Employment Summary Report; Tribal Labor Force Profile; Labor Force Report; Childcare Summary; Tribal Census Data Graphics; Census Reports. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).

Wide World Photo, 1938. Photograph. Roughly 9-1/2 by 7 inches. Original black-and-white photograph. Photo trimmed along the top. Minor wear to the edges, but a nice print. With the expected press markings on the back (verso) and a mimeographed caption tipped on. Note: Flatrate online shipping charges taken into account in the price.