Search Results: Authors starting with Q from The Secret Bookshop

Wellington: R E Owen Government Printer. DSIR, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very good clean copy.

Wellington: Millwood Press, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Some minor shelf wear and a tiny closed tear to the jacket. Everyone knows the names of Scott and Shakleton. This book is about ten of the lesser known explorers of Antarctica and the equally heroic but little recorded deeds of the early chapters of its human history. The men recorded in this book are. William Bruce, Charles Royds, Bill Lashley, T W E David, Will Colbeck, E L Atkinson, Victor Campbell, Dick Richards, Alf Cheetham and Scotty Paton.

London: Arthur Barker, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. First Uk Edition Thus. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Bumped corners. Slightest hint of foxing to fore edges. Inscription to ffep. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Closed tears, rubbing and tiny amounts of chipping.

London: B T Batsford, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1980 reprint. Book has a small ownership stamp to ffep. Jacket has minor shelf wear. 220pp

London: B T Batsford, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1979 reprint. Book has a small ownership stamp to ffep and one corrected dog ear. Jacket has a very light damp stain to the base of the spine and minor shelf wear. 256pp

London: Oxford University Press,, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First Edition. Hardcover. 371pp. Book condition: Near fine. Only a small twinked out inscription to the ffep of note. Dust Jacket condition: Good. Two small closed tears at the head of the back strip and minor shelf wear. Not price clipped. See scans for contents

London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very good clean copy with only minor wrinkling to the edge of the jacket. For postage outside NZ this volume weighs 0.9 kg and can be checked for its postage cost to your location at NZ Post rate-finder We do not make a profit from postage.

London: George G.Harrap & Co Ltd, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is nice condition with only light shelf wear. The jacket has a little edge wear and short closed tears.

Auckland: Vintage New Zealand, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very close to new copy. A superb collection of stories from a prize-winning writer - some short, some long, set in locations that span the globe, all exploring the theme encapsulated by the title: tenderness. Meet Sadie, the high-flying divorce lawyer who ends up putting marriages back together; the Ice Cream Girl, discovered in a superette and transplanted to Hollywood; the seven-year-old Prometheus, who faces death on a daily basis. With a mix of humour and compassion, each story carries the punch of a compacted novel, highlighting those illuminating moments of human connection. Sarah Quigley has an impressive track-record as a fiction writer, and these stories will not disappoint. Stylistically assured, emotionally resonant, they are guaranteed to capture minds and hearts. Quigley has won numerous awards for her short fiction, including the Sunday Star-Times Short… Read More

National Maritime Museum, 2004. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very clean copy. 1.1kg for outside NZ. William Hodges 1744-1797 The Art of Exploration : Catalogue to the Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 5 July-21 November 2004 and the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 27 January-24 April 2005

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. One very short closed tear to the jacket and a little light shelf wear only.

Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rob Suisted (Photos). This copy is signed by Colin Quincey on the title page. The book has a small pen name and some rubbing to the board edges of note. The slightly edge worn jacket has been laminated. Quincey's exploits of rowing across the Tasman sea which took him 63 days. '

New York: Doubleday, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and then gift signed a year later, so signed twice. Ghost of a pencil price to ffep. Jacket is not price clipped but has tape repairs to short closed tears and very minor chipping.

Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This copy feels unread.

Norfolk Island: Self published, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Glemn D. 39pp. Book is in very nice condition with only light shelf wear. Dedicated and signed by the Author on the title page.

Bejing: Foreign Language Press, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very clean copy.

Paternoster Row, London: Trubner & Co, 1860. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Thus. Some rubbing to the board and spine tips. Start of a split along the rear of the spine. Book plate of a Emilius Ralph Norman. Starting at the front and rear hinges but firm. Some light foxing. A very good reading copy only. from the tenth American edition, with emendations and additions by the author