Search Results: Titles starting with Q from World of Rare Books

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1948. First Edition. 425 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Moderate loss to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Dent, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. First Edition. 425 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1948. First Edition. 425 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Sticker to front flap. Light tanning and foxing to spine and edges.

Oxonii E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 104 pages. No dust jacket. Brown card covered boards. Latin text. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Heavier to endpapers. Pencil annotations, stains and markings to some pages. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with medium crushing to spine ends. Stains to front board.

Guinness, 1996. Paperback. Good. 1996. 192 pages. Black pictorial paperback. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Paper cover is lightly rub worn and thumbed with light shelf wear to edges and corners. Light creases to corners and spine.

Corgi Books, 1967. Paperback. Acceptable. 1967. First Edition Thus. 260 pages. Illustrated paperback. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Moderate foxing to text block edge. Covers have moderate tanning with creasing and severe reading lines. Book has forward lean.

Corgi Books, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. Corgi Edition. 254 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Morrow, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1964. 289 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Tanning to spine and edges.

Cambridge at the University Press, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. 103 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Printed in Latin. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Cambridge University Press, 1937. Hardcover. Good. 1937. Reprinted. 136 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth with black lettering. In English and Latin. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Oxonii, 1941. Hardcover. Good. 1941. Reprinted. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Annotations throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear, with minor corner bumping and minimal scuffing to edges. Spine ends are slightly crushed. Light rubbing and scuffing overall.Book has a slight forward lean.

Johnson, Payne, Faulder, Wilkie & Robinson, London, 1809. Hardcover. Good. 1809. No edition remarks. 787 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Re-bound. In Latin. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends.

Macmillan and Co, 1938. Hardcover. Good. 1938. Reprinted. 130 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional marks and staining.

E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No edition remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains ex-libris plate. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Macmillan, 1883. Hardcover. Good. 1883. 476 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Printed in both Latin and English. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Macmillan and Co., 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1956. Reprinted. 515 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Visible pencil annotations throughout. Pen inscription to front free endpaper & pastedown. Text is in Latin. Introduction is in English. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Heavier to endpapers & paste downs. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Visible sunning & crushing to spine. Moderate splitting to rear spine joint, board remains firm. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear.

Doubleday & Company Inc., 1970. Hardcover. Good. 1970. 504 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are in good condition with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed.Tanning to spine and edges.

Corgi, 1975. Paperback. Acceptable. 1975. Reprinted. 447 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Slight cracking to binding, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Creasing to spine.

Doubleday & Company, 1970. Hardcover. Good. 1970. No edition remarks. 504 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Cunard, 2008. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2008. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. Full bound blue and black leather. One black and white and one colour photograph. Binding remains firm. Photographs remain bright and clear. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Tear to leather to rear board. Wear marks overall.