Search Results: Authors starting with Q from 100 POCKETS

Albuquerque, NM: Univ of New Mexico, 1977. 6th Printing of 1989 . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy w/trace shelving wear. Autobiography/memoir of Hopi author and prize-wining potter Polingaysi Qoyawayma (Elizabeth Q. White) who lived a challenging life reconciling differences between the "white" and Hopi world orders.

New Haven, CT: Yale Univ Press, 1965. First Edition, 3rd Printing of 1966 . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Soft cover/NF. An examination of hostility between the United States and China during the mid-1960s --- a period during which there was "no cultural exchange, no trade, no intervisitation, and no diplomatic contact except for occasional... off-the-record talks at Warsaw." This paper, written from a Quaker point of view, is a multi-author document with thoughts on how best to restorat communication between the two countries.

London, UK: Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 1998. Catalogue 1256 . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY. Catalogue of rare, antiquarian books. Arranged alphabetically with prices. Subject index to rear. Reference/resource.

Paris, France: Plon/Terre Humaine, 1977. First French Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW & BRIGHT. Silver embossed, black linen boards/Fine. DJ/Good; intact w/nips, chips, closed tears to edges. French translation of "Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions", 1972. 332 pgs w/illustrations. 16 chapters. Biography & memoir. American history through the life Sioux American-Indian holy man, John Fire Lame Deer (1903 - 1976) of the Lakotas. Text based on extensive interviews with friend, European born journalist, editor, illustrator and author Richard Erdoes Erdos (1912 - 2008) who described himself as "equal parts Austrian, Hungarian and German, as well as equal parts Catholic, Protestant and Jew". Colaboration to two men of divergent heritage. Lame Deer was a Mineconju-Lakota Sioux born on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. At 14 he relugated to a Bureau fo Indian Affairs' boarding school after which he joined a rodeo circuit. drank, gambled,… Read More

Mexico City, Mexico: Editorial Joaquin Mortiz, 1963. Segunda Edicion, 1973 . Paperback. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY; Spanish text. Compilation of cartoons from Mexica political cartoonist and painter Abel Quezada (1920 - 1991) who also gave us 12 covers for the New Yorker magazine. First published in 1963, w/some works first appearing in newspapers; this is the 2nd Edition of 1973. A genius in mind and pen yet gracious, Quezada was propelled by his dream for an ideal world ("para ser un sueno ... para ... mundo ideal) --- that Mexico become rich and strong, and a civilized world. In his reflections and hence subject matter, Quezada spared neither the rich nor the poor, and certainly not the lnstitutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, that long dominated Mexico. Voice of man with dreams and hopes.

Maspeth, NY: Langenscheidt Pub Inc, 1986. Paperback/2-Audio Cassettes. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY: One 96-page book with two cassettes. Interactive, traveler-oriented, self-study course to French.

New York, NY: Ronald Press, 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Silver embossed blue linen boards/NF w/light corner tip rubs & trace soiling to lower text edge.. DJ/None. PO name to front cover verso. Frequently cited guide to nymph fishing in river waters. Trout diet is primarily of sub-surface insects (nymphs or immature insects still in underwater stage). Dryfishing, flies on water surface are, or imitate, adult aquatic insects such as the mayfly, caddisfly or stonefly). 11 chapters w/line drawings: 1. Introducing the Nymph; 2, What They Are - A Nymph Profile; 3, The Natural Nymph & the Angler; 4, New Horizons in Fly Fishing; 5, In Defense of Nymphing; 6, Equipment; 7, Keys to Success; 8, Prelude to Action; 9, Fishing & the Nymph; 10, Simulating the Nymph; and 11, A Nymph Fly Dictionary.

Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1972. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Black linen boards w/silver spine lettering/NF. DJ/None. PO name on fEP. Guide to set-up of a small studio w/optimum use of equipment for television productions. Technological advances since 1972 modifies suggestions regarding equipment selection, however, the studio set-up, production process, script preparation, sets and props, lighting, location shooting guidelines remain viable. Historical record of an industry quarter century ago.

Paris, France: P.O.L, 1993. Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright; French language text. White softcover/NF; light edge wear & soiling to surface, and trace lean to spine. Fiction. A tale in which a young woman promised to a man to withhold his name --- the name that stays on the tip of the tongue --- from award winning French author Pascal Quignard (1948 -) with a medieval tale and parable on the limits of language and what said is often 'read' between the lines. 113 pgs. Contents: 1, Adertissement; 2, Le Nom sur le Bout de la Langue; 3, Petit Traite sur Meduse; and 4, Table.

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Text/Strong & sound despite weak hinges between pgs 72 - 73 and 104 - 105; small loss to margins of Contents page & pg 1, with light soiling to some 10 pages or so. Illustrated linen boards/Good; strong & sound w/rubs to corner tips, light soiling and showing discoloration. DJ/None. PO name to title page. The "outdoor chums" are four alert minded lads, all sons of wealthy men, who live in a small city located on a lake (New England?). They all have motor cycles, motor boats, canoes, etc. and enjoy the great outdoors. Such good friends, the boys resolve to spend summer vacations together and encounter thrilling adventures. Illustrations in pen-and-ink. The series give full directions for camping out, how to fish and hunt. Strong copy despite flaws.

New York, NY: Parents Magazine Press, 1980. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Art Cummings (Illustrator). Text/Bright, clean, strong & Near New. Illustrated boards/VG; Strong & sound w/light soiling. Sympathetic story of King Max, who was very, very short. No one else seemed to mind, but the King did. He stretched and stretched his limbs to no avail and fell victim to con-artists peddling a Magic Growing Powder. Thank goodness for the sensibilities of Princess Penny, the con-artists are conned, and King Max grows to be a grand monarch though small in stature. A tale of inner growth.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Revised Edition, 5th Printing . Hardcover. New/Near Fine. BRAND NEW COPY w/trace rubs to dustjacket edges. First published 1991; this is the Revised & Updated Edition of 1997. Classic and practical eight-step program guide for managing personal finances in these United States. 1066 pgs. The 8 steps are: 1, Building Your Base; 2, Finding the Money; 3, Your Safety Net; 4, Your Own Home; 5, Paying for College; 6, Understanding Investment; 7, Retirement Planning; and 8, Making It Work, followed by Afterword and 12 appendices.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW w/gift inscription to first title page, dated 1993, signed "Ricardo" (author, Ricardo J. Qunonoes,?); light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to text blocks. Blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/trace edged wear to lower back edge. Literary criticism. 1993 winner of the Conference on Christianity & Literature Book of the Year Award. Study of the enigma of brothers Cain and Abel, sons of Adam and Eve, in literature. Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer and brother Abel was a shepherd. They sacrificed to God what each produced, but God was partial to Abel's offerings of meats. Jealous of the devine favoritism, Cain kills Abel. God marks Cain in a way that no man would kill him, and condems him to a long life of homeless wandering. 284 pgs, 12 chapters in 4 parts: Part 1, Three Traditions; 2, Regerate Cain; 3, Dramas of Envy; abd 4, Tomorrow's Cain.

Paris, France: Editions de la Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1977. First Thus . Paperback. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW . Illustrated soft cover/NF; trace humidity soiling/discoloration to upper front corner & same to corner tips of a few interior pages. A comprehensive history of Le Louvre interwoven with noted holdings. Fine copy despite soiling.