Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Argosy Book Store

Ponzano: Vianello Libri, 1987. hardcover. very good(-). Many plates by Dionisio Moretti. 2 parts in one volume. 111pp. Oblong 4to, pictorial white boards, boards lightly soiled, otherwise very good. (Ponzano): Vianello Libri, (1987).<br/><br/> Facsimile Edition. Second part is titled: La Piazza di San Marco in Venezia. Text in Italian and English.<br/><br/>

New York: Citadel, 1968. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. xv + 188 pages, 8vo, tan cloth; front cover dampstained at edge. New York: Citadel Press, (1968). Internally clean, a very good copy.<br/><br/>

Chicago: Lakeside, 1940. hardcover. very good(-). The Chronicles of Thomas Vercheres de Boucherville and the Capitulation by an Ohio Volunteer. Frontis., folding maps. 16mo, red cloth, spine lightly soiled. Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1940. The Lakeside Classics.<br/> <br/>

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Illus. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930. Very good<br/><br/> Biography of James J. Strang.<br/><br/>

Chicago: Lakeside, 1942. hardcover. near fine. Frontis. 315 pages, 16mo, red cloth with gilt lettering and cover decoration; spine lightly sunned, some foxing to endpapers and foredge. Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1942.A near fine copy.<br/> <br/> Lakeside Classics.<br/> <br/>

paperback. illus., most in color. 8vo, pr. wrs. N.Y.: Harper, (1961). vg<br/><br/>

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart. unbound. good. 32 lithograph plates. 64pp. 4to, disbound; (foxing throughout, dampstaining to some plates). (Philadelphia: Carey & Hart), n.d., (ca. 1840).<br/> <br/> American edition of the fourth part of Quain's important atlas.<br/> <br/>

London: Humphrey Moseley. hardcover. very good(+). Frontispiece portrait, otherwise no illustrations. 275pp. Square 12mo, full blind stamped maroon morocco, a.e.g. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1822. Very good(+).<br/> <br/> "Quarles's Emblems achieved an immediate and phenomenal popularity" and is "the work by which his fame was assured" -- DNB 16, 536.<br/> <br/>

1927. unbound. 7 x 9.25 inches, no place, November 1927. This photo shows the four founding members of the Flonzaley Quartet. The top half of the page bears the inscription: "A Monsieur Howell Davis, souvenir de profonde reconnaissance et de vive sympathie, 'Le Quatun du Flonzaley' Nov. 1927." Signing directly below their images are Adolfo Betti, Alfred Pochon, Ivan de Archambeau, and Nicolos Moldaro. Evenly toned and in very good condition.<br/> <br/> Considered one of the most important experiments in all of classical music which, according to the experts and critics, resulted in the perfect classical ensemble.<br/> <br/>

Paris: Floury, 1939. paperback. very good. Colored frontispiece, many dramatic black & white plates, folio, stiff pictorial wrappers (spine worn). Paris: Librairie Floury, 1939. Scarce. Very Good.<br/><br/> Chefs-d'Oeuvres des Primitifs Francais.<br/><br/>

Savannah: Privately Printed, 1957. First. hardcover. near fine. Photo illustrations. 4to, red & black cloth; photographic end-papers. Savannah: The Author, (1957). First edition. Lightly foxed at page edges, else fine.<br/><br/> Account of the early days of car racing. Signed in red ink on dedication page, presumably by the author.<br/><br/>

New York: Harper, 1994. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Illustrated. ix + 402 pages, 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Harpercollins, (1994). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

New York: Clarkson Potter, 1971. hardcover. near fine/very good(+). Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. 144pp. 4to, blue cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. New York: Clarkson Potter, (1971). Very good (+).<br/><br/>

New York, 1968. hardcover. Illustrated. 290pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1968).<br/><br/>

New York: Clarkson Potter, 1971. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Monro, Gabriel.. Illustrated in color and black & white. 143pp. Tall 4to, black cloth, slightly edge-worn d.w. New York: Clarkson Potter, (1971). First edition. Slightly edge-worn, still a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/>

Paris: Les Publications de France & Olivier Perrin, 1957. hardcover. very good. Hundreds of illustrations, including many mounted color plates. 2 volumes. 4to, purple cloth (slightly different shades). Paris: Les Publications de France & Olivier Perrin, 1957-1959. First editions. Cloth is a bit worn and sun-faded in spots, otherwise a very good copy.<br/><br/> Harold Clurman's copy, with his ownership signature.<br/><br/>

Paris: Olivier Perrin Editeur, 1959. hardcover. very good(+)/good. Illustrated mostly in black and white with a few color photographs. 211 pages. Text in French. 4to, purple cloth with silver lettering, dust wrapper. Paris: Olivier Perrin Editeur, (1959). A very good(+) copy in a good dust wrapper, sunned and battered.<br/> <br/>

San Francisco: Norman, 1993. hardcover. near fine. Numerous illustrations. 17 different rare illustrated instrument catalogues and circulars published between 1887 and 1890 reprinted and bound in 2 volumes, thick 8vo, blue cloth. San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1993. Near Fine.<br/> <br/> These extensively illustrated and annotated catalogues provide the best available record of the widest range of scientific, optical, artistic and photographic instruments available during the latter part of the 19th century. A comprehensive research tool for the history of 19th-century scientific and medical technology. Small Library of Congress stamps on copyright pages.<br/> <br/>

New York: New York University Press, 1986. hardcover. near fine/near fine. 186pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (d.w. slightly rubbed, and cloth's bottom edge slightly worn, small price sticker on flyleaf). New York: New York University Press, (1986). A near fine copy.<br/><br/>

Paris: Contet, 1920. hardcover. good. 307 black & white plates, loose as issued in original publisher's cloth-backed marbled board portfolios with green cloth spines and ties. Each elephant portfolio of plates has essays by leading specialists on the historic and architectural background of the featured buildings. No plates are missing from the volumes present. Paris: Contet, 1919-1920. The plates are very good, though the bindings are quite rough and partially broken.<br/><br/> Monumental photographic survey of the architecture of the grand hotels of Paris.<br/><br/>