Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Wheen O'Books

London, Hart-Davis, 1968; 246 97456 7. 1st edition. Hardback. Nr fine/ Dust jacket Nr fine. 290pp. Navy covers with gilt title on spine. Protected dust jacket has price intact. " In tracing the ruin of Scott the author paints a broad background canvas to the age he lived in" .

London, Methuen, 1924;. 1st Edition; HBk; Very good/ Dj Very good; 212pp; Foxing to edges; Blue/ green covers with gilt tile on spine; Dust jacket has spined sunned. " This book has for its main object an analysis of that eighteenth-century poetic diction which has long been a target of criticism; its different elements or varieties, and the literary conditions which it reflects, are carefully surveyed.' .

London, Gollancz, 1980; 0 575 02817 3. 1st edition. Hardback. Nr fine/ Dj Nr fine. 283pp comprising: One short Novel featuring Nero Wolf, Four Novelettes & Twelve short stories. Authors include : Michael Innes, Michael Gilbert, Edward Hoch, Christianna Brand, Isaac Asimov, Ruth Rendall and others. Black covers with gilt title on spine. Dust jacket ahs price intact. .

London, Gollancz, 1934;. 2nd edition. Hardback. Very good/ No dust jacket. 287pp. Red covers with black title on spine. .

London, Collins, 1945;. 1st Edition; Hbk; Very good/ Dj Good; 268pp with Illustrations by E. A. Watson; Green covers with motif & title on the front; Price clipped dust jacket has closed tears, nicks & edge wear. " Ellery Queen Jnr. has created Djuna the junior sleuth for the juvenile thriller market. " .

London, Newman Neame Ltd, 1965;. 1st edition; Hardback; 10.5" x 9"; Nr fine/ Dj Nr fine; 72pp with beautiful colour & black/white Illustrations; Brown covers with gitl title; Dust jacket has price intact. Produced for The National Trust by Kodak Forword by the late Queen Mother, president of the National Trust. .

New York, The Viking Press, 1957;. Softcover. Good condition. 274pp. Wear to edges. The story of Byron's period of exile in Italy. .

Lonodn, James & James, 1990; 0 907383 20 3. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine / Dust jacket Fine. 10" x 6.5". 172pp with numerous coloured & black/white photographic illustrations. Navy covers with bright gilt title on front & spine. Dust jakcet has price intact. No inscriptions. " The book includes a selection of Old Carthusians and it will be enjoyed not only by those who have connections with the school but any reader interested in British social History and education." .

New York, Chas. Scribner's / London, Batsford, 1939;. Second edition. Hardback. Very good/ No dust jacket. iii,120pp with coloured frontis, illustrated from photographs by Robert M. Adam plus fold out map & pictorial endpapers. Yellow covers with black lettering. .

Cairo, Schindler, nd ( Inscription dated 1947);. 1st edition. Hardback. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the Author. Very good/ Dust jacket very good. 174pp with 4 photographic illustrations. White covers with blue title on the front & spine. Dust jacket has slight scuff marks & edge wear, price intact. Typewritten slip noting spelling errors at the front. Signed inscription on ffep. " An amusing and unconventional romantic story set in Egypt." .

London, Oxford University Press, 1909;. Hardback. Good/ No dj. xxvvii, 460pp with tissue guarded portrait frontis. Some light foxing to prelims. Green decorated covers with gilt decoration & lettering. Spine & edges worn & sunned. .

London, Partridge, nd ( Inscription dated 1924);. Hbk; 123pp with coloured frontis. plus 3 full page black/ white Illustrations; Red pictorial covers has back hinge split . Prize label on free front endpaper. .

New York, W.W. Norton & Co, 1984; 0-393-95449-8. 1st edition. Softcover. Nr fine condition. 344pp with black/white illustrations. A Winterthur Book. .

London, Harville Press, 1962;. First English language edition ; HBk; Very good/ Dw Very good; 190pp translated from the Italian by Isabel Quigly; Green covers with gilt ttile on spine; Dust jacket by Charles Gorham has spine darkened, price intact. "" Arabella a bright Roman girl has it all worked out: a rich and permanent protector will set her up in the style of an old fashioned courtesan." .

London, Piatkus, 1989; 0-86188-894-4. 1st Edition; HBk; Very good/ Good+ Dj; 274pp; Red covers with gilt tile on spine; Dust jacket has some edge wear by Ken Leeder. Detective Inspector James Roland and Detective Sergeant Peter Mansfield investigate the discovery of a skeleton in the remains of a Junkers plane shot down over East Anglia in 1942. .

London, Piatkus, 1985; 0 86188-337-3. Reprint; Hbk; Very good/ Dj Very good; 252pp; Black cover swith gilt title on spine. . A novel, based on fact, set in the Isles of Scilly . .

London, Piatkus, 1989; 0-86188-894-4. 1st edition; Hardback; Nr fine/ Nr fine; 274pp; Red covers with gilt title on spine; Dust jacket by Ken Leeder. " Detective Inspector James Roland and Detective Sergeant Peter Mansfield are given the difficult task of solving a forty year old crime." .

London, Piatkus, 1986; 0 86188 534 1. 1st Edition; HBk; Nr fine/ Dj Nr fine; 235pp; Maroon covers with gilt ttile on spine; A mystery novel set in Dubrovnik. .

London, Mehtuen, 1923;. 1st UK edition. Hardback. Good-/ No dust jacket. 8vo. 166pp with 4pp of delightful illustrations by A. L. Ripley. Navy blue worn covers with blind title on front, gilt title on spine. Authorized translation from the Spanish (Cuentos de la Selva) by Arthur Livingston. Tales include : How the Rays Defended the Ford, The Parrot that Lost Its tail, How The Flamingoes got Their Sockings , The Alligater War and The Lazy Bee. .