Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Quickhatch Books

Beijing: New World Press, 1993. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 354pp., index, photos, maps. Very light wear. "This book tells the stories of the ways of life, culture, wedding and funeral customs, entertainment, and festivals of China's minority nationalities unknown to the outside world - mysterious hanging coffins, blackened teeth as a sign of beauty, the legend of a wooden bowl, blessing a bridal couple with wheat flour, a single-cable bridge and pig-trough boat, and a bizarre insect-eating festival.".

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2003. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 515pp., index, biblio., notes..

Québec: Commission de Toponymie de Québec, 1999. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xii, 370pp., maps, biblio., list of toponyms with Algonquin meanings translated into French, along with Canadian topographic map reference, latitude/longitude, and other toponymic information. Very nearly as new, but for gift inscription on title page (from an illegibly signing giver.).

Ottawa: Novalis, 1982. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 124pp., biblio., ill..

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1956. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 456pp., index. Previous owner's name, some sporadic light underlining in pencil, rear endpaper cracked but binding still sound..

s.l.: s.n., 1965. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 216pp., index, biblio., tables, photos, appendices, folding map, corrigenda slip. Light wear and schmutz, one cover corner has small crease..

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 249pp., index, biblio., notes, tables, appendices. Light wear and soil to covers, interior clean and sound..

Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont, 1988. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 500pp., index, biblio., notes, tables, figures, photos. Gift inscription to previous owner. Front endpaper is cracked at the joint with hinge; binding is intact..