Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Joe Staats, Bookseller

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in her uniquely beautiful calligraphic hand. Based on an unsolved homicide that occured in 1969 "Q" IS FOR QUARRY, and Sue Grafton's interest in the case, has generated renewed police efforts. In the last year, the body has been exhumed, and a facial reconstruction made that appears in the last pages of the novel. It is hoped that the photograph will trigger memories that may lead to a positive identification. As new,first edition, first edition, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} MBS

New York, New York, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in her uniquely beautiful calligraphic hand. Based on an unsolved homicide that occured in 1969 "Q" IS FOR QUARRY, and Sue Grafton's interest in the case, has generated renewed police efforts. In the last year, the body has been exhumed, and a facial reconstruction made that appears in the last pages of the novel. It is hoped that the photograph will trigger memories that may lead to a positive identification. New, unread, first edition, first printing, in new, flawles,, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} M114

New York, New York, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M6

New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.: Ace Books, 2016. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated 9 April 2016 by author on title page in black fountain ink. Sawyer is the winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula Award for Best Novel of the Year, and the ABC-TV series, FLASH/FORWARD was based on his Aurora Award-winning novel of the same name. Mint, new, unread first edition, first printing copy in new, mylar-protected dust jacket. L137

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Winner of the Whitbread Prize for Novel of the Year, and a 1997 Booker Prize finalist. Sixth novel by the author of THE DEVIL'S LARDER, BEING DEAD (winner of the 2001 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction), GGENESIS, and others. As new, perfect unread copy, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. L113/ OFC 2R

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Free Press, The, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In this work, leading anthropologist Noel T. Boaz describes how innovative research techniques have transformed our understanding of our earliest human ancestors. By telling the story of his own 20-year quest for the missing link in northern and eastern Africa, Boaz shows how palaeo-anthropology no longer focuses exclusively on individual fossil specimens, but increasingly on geological, faunal, and floral evidence, integrating data from many fields of inquiry into a holistic picture of human evolution. His controversial findings suggest that the drying of the Mediterranean Sea some five million years ago first set humans on their own evolutionary trajectory. Throughout the book Boaz maintains that knowledge of our origins helps to define what makes us truly human and that an evolutionary perspective provides a necessary context for addresing many of… Read More

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1994. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. S

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Random House, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine, unread copy, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. L46

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. The heroine of THE HUMMINGBIRD'S DAUGHTER returns in this epic novel of love and loss in a restless America. Luis Alberto Urrea's previous books also include THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), ACROSS THE WIRE, BY THE LAKE OF SLEEPING CHILDREN, and INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH. As new, unread, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. *Packed carefully and shipped in a box to insure arrival in pristine condition. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} L152

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated by author on title page in black fountain ink. For American travel writer Poke Rafferty, life finally seems to hold some semblance of stability. He and his longtime love, Rose, have gone through with their much-deferred marriage ceremony, their adopted daughter, Miaow, a former street child, has become a loving-if sometimes difficult-part of the family, and the three of them live in relative comfort thanks to Rose's housekeeping business and Rafferty's writing. Then a nightmare figure from Rose's time as a Patpong dancer barges into their world, shattering the peace they've worked so hard to obtain. His appearance threatens everything they cherish: their love, their home . . . their very lives. As a foreigner who's seen some of the worst Bangkok has to offer and survived confrontations with Thailand's… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A 'Pharoah Love' mystery by the author of A QUEER KIND OF LOVE; A QUEER KIND OF DEATH; SWING LOW, SWEET HARRIET; and TOPSY AND EVIL. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M11

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: St Martins Press, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A79

Reading, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Helix Books/Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The dinosaurs of Jurassic Park are an imaginative leap from the ancient bee and its 40-million-year-old preserved DNA that George and Roberta Poinar discovered in 1991. Here they describe in detail the miracle and beauty of the preserved invertebrates they found, frozen forever in their everyday tasks - worker ants carrying food, bees with outstretched wings carrying pollen, flies mating - in the mummification process that tree sap provides. In passages that read more like an Indiana Jones screenplay than a story about scientific research, the Poinars describe how what began as a hobby grew into a semi obsession which ultimately led to a breakthrough scientific discovery. Along the way they encounter all manner of unusual characters, from threatening black marketeers and gun-toting guerrillas to talented scientists,… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Examines the present system of American law and how it relates to the realities of society. Fine, first edition, first printing, in near-fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NFBS1

N: Random House, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inspired by the Cervantes classic, Sam DuChamp, mediocre writer of spy thrillers, creates Quichotte, a courtly, addled salesman obsessed with television who falls in impossible love with a TV star. Together with his (imaginary) son Sancho, Quichotte sets off on a picaresque quest across America to prove worthy of her hand, gallantly braving the tragicomic perils of an age where "Anything-Can-Happen." Meanwhile his creator, in a midlife crisis, has equally urgent challenges of his own. Just as Cervantes wrote DON QUIXOTEe to satirize the culture of his time, Rushdie takes the listener on a wild ride through a country on the verge of moral and spiritual collapse. And with the kind of storytelling magic that is the hallmark of Rushdie's work, the fully realized lives of DuChamp and Quichotte intertwine in a profoundly human quest for love and a wickedly entertaining portrait… Read More

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: William Morrow & Company, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black ink. QUICKSILVER is a monumental literary feat that follows the author's critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller Cryptonomicon, it is history, adventure, science, truth, invention, sex, absurdity, piracy, madness, death, and alchemy. It sweeps across continents and decades with the power of a roaring tornado, upending kings, armies, religious beliefs, and all expectations. It is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight. It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe--London street… Read More

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: The Overlook Press, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Joseph Vaughan's life has been dogged by tragedy. Growing up in the 50s, his small rural community was shaken by a series of killings of young girls. Barely a teenager himself, Joseph was determined to try to protect his community and classmates from the killer. But despite banding together with his friends as 'The Guardians', he was powerless to prevent more murders - and no one was ever caught. Ten years later, one of his neighbours is found hanging from a rope, with articles from the dead girls around him, and the killings finally cease. But the past won't stay buried - for it seems that the real murderer still lives and is killing again. And the secret of his identity lies in Joseph's own history... As new, unread, first {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} edition, first printing,, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. M52

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking., 1988. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel IRONWEED. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L28/J

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1998. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. By the author of MAMA MAKES UP HER MIND and SLEEPING AT THE STARLITE MOTEL, who is also a regular contributor to NPR's 'All Things Considered'. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. FF

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Minotaur Books, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Highly-praised debut thriller by Elmore Leonard's son. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M66