Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Carpe Diem Fine Books

New York: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, 1986. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 159pp. Index. Illustrations. Review copy. Fine (small ink mark to front page).

Delft: Waltman, 1952. 1st. Hard Cover. Boards splayed, text clean.. Octavo; 159 pages.

Shanghai: Chinese National Committee on Intellectual Co-operation, 1936. First Edition. Large 8vo. [205] - 263 pp. General Bibliography and Index. Text in English and Chinese. Grey printed wrappers in very good condition. Includes Notes & News; Selected Publications, Books in Chinese and Books in Foreign Languages; Index and Postscript.

[London]: Dean [and Son], 1936. 8vo oblong (9 5/8" x 12 ¾"); stiff color pictorial wrapper folded in the center without binding, printed both recto and verso; 2 color pictorial leaves folded in the center and printed one side only, laid-into the wrapper; color half-tone printing; light scuffing of edges and corners; near fine. An interesting and historical paper toy model of the Cunard-White Star Line ocean liner RMS Queen Elizabeth. Launched on September 27, 1939, the Queen Elizabeth sailed a regular luxury passenger route from Southampton, England to New York City via Cherbourg, France. Its port of registry was Liverpool, the headquarters of the shipping line. No date appears for the publishing of the Cut-Out Book, but presumably, it was printed early in the life of the ocean liner, as it celebrates its construction and includes a paper model of a crane. Colorful ship parts, a jetty, crane, and warehouse are printed on stiff paper stock with instructions to cut, fold, and paste the parts to make a… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. Antonio Sotomayor. Quarto; [xii], 198 pages. Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket w/light extremity wear. INSCRIBED on half title 'For Elizabeth Atkins Berg/from two authors to another/with best wishes/V. Wolfgang von Hagen/ Quail Hawkins/Antonio Sotomayor'.

Boston: Benj. R. Tucker, 1891. 1st. Original cloth. First American Edition. 8vo. 170 pp. Appendix. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering. Minor wear to extremities; slight fading to spine; else a near fine copy. "...an essay written in 1891 by George Bernard Shaw, providing an extended analysis of the works of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and of Ibsen's critical reception in England. By extension, Shaw uses this "exposition of Ibsenism" to illustrate the imperfections of British society, notably employing to that end an imaginary "community of a thousand persons," divided into three categories: Philistines, Idealists, and the lone Realist." - wiki.

Karachi: Central Institute for Islamic Research, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; xii, 238pp. Index. A Near Fine copy in attractive dust jacket with edgewear, especially at spine tips. 'This book attempts to build up a consistent philosophy of history in the light of the Qu'ran... It may safely be claimed that this is the first book of its kind on the subject in English.' (dust jacket).