Search Results: Titles starting with Q from BookAddiction

London, UK: George G Harrap, 1944. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Roberts, Bruce. 64pp. First Edition. 350pp. Printed paper covers, stitched. Covers sun faded, couple of small folds. Stain to bottom corner at spine affecting almost half of the pages; does not affect text. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 12mo. Devoted to the subject of reasoned argument.

Stroud, UK: Tempus, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 254pp; central section of colour plates, in-text black and white illustrations. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some light shelf wear, fold to front flap. 4to. History of quack doctors in their heyday in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

UK: Privately Published, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. First, likely only edition. Quarter bound in linen over plain paper-covered boards. 166pp including 93 plate illustrations. Small folio. Boards are heavily rubbed and chipped at edges, rounded on spine ends, stain around upper leading corners, with numerous small, mild marks and indentations. Endpapers a little toned, unevenly. Some pencil annotations on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, 'For my friends Mr and Mrs Allison, with best wishes for Christmas and the New Year, Cyril Kenney, Dec 1948'. Written in honour of Captain Samuel Sturmy, 'a tryed and trusty sea-man', and author of The Mariner's Magazine, 1669. A biographical account of Sturmy's life, together with a description and history of the magazine he produced and the collection of books he accumulated.

Gandavi, 1745. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 76pp. Undated (circa 1780). Brown leather covered boards. Heavy wear and rubbing to extremities. Page edges were sprayed red; fading. Label on front paste down (contents scratched away), previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Spotting to prelim pages. Internally neat, clean, clear and tight. 12mo. In two parts - Pars Prima - Continens Quaestiones concursuum ab anno 1745, usque ad Annum 1765 inclusive, quarum Resolutiones de verbo ad verbum reperiuntur in Libro Concursuum, qui affervasur in Bibliotecha Seminarii Mechliniensis - Pars Secunda - continens quaestiones concursuum ab Anne 1766, usque ad Annum 1776 inclusive.

New York, USA: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 382pp. Beige cloth-covered boards, black titles on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very minor shelf wear. 8vo. Looks at the life and times of the American Patriot farmer whose theory of Quaker constitutionalism can be traced in a clear and direct line from early Quakers through Dickinson to Martin Luther King, Jr.

London, UK: George Allen & Unwinn, 1920. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 94pp. Printed light card covers. 12mo. Extremities sun-faded. Previous owner's name on title page. Page margins starting to tan. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight. The text of the 1920 Swarthmore Lecture which considers the ways in which even the most adverse of circumstances have a seed of goodness in them, and looks at the effects of the Great War on the church and how far churches both individually and collectively are ready to either inspire progress in society if civilization breaks down.

Kendal, UK: The Quaker Tapestry at Kendal, 1995. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 32pp booklet in laminated, over-folding covers, with black and white illustrations, charts etc. In as new condition throughout. 8vo. With a brief history of the use of craft objects to tell story, this booklet gives an account of how the Quaker Tapestry at Kendal came about, the techniques of crewel work used to make it, and step by step instructions for making a sampler and embroidered lettering; with a key to the stitches used and sample lettering inside front cover.

New York, NY, USA: Dover Publications. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. viii, 524pp, [8]pp publisher's catalogue. Pictorial laminated light card covers. 8vo. Spine sun-faded. Lower text block edge a little soiled. Previous owner's name on title page else internally, neat, clean, bright and tight.

New York, USA: John Wiley & Son Inc, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. vi, 218pp, line drawings throughout. Red cloth-covered boards; blind embossed design and border on front, silver titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine heel. Boards stained; especially rear which is coming away in centre. Ex-libris label on front paste down. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 8vo.Reflects the view held by most teachers of organic chemistry that a course in qualitative organic analysis is invaluable in the training of a student majoring in organic chemistry.

New York, NY, USA: W A Benjamin, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 314pp. Grey cloth-covered boards, white titles on printed green label on front, white titles on spine. 8vo. Slightly sun-faded spine; lightly rubbed spine ends. Text block edges just starting to tan. Previous owner's name pencilled on front free endpaper. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

The Book Club, 1940. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 120pp. Black cloth boards (mottled, slightly bowed, a little worn). Ex library, with lending marks on front endpaper only. Fingered, else internally generally neat and clean. In an original period dust jacket (rubbed and chapped at edges, a couple of short closed tears, nick on front, creased and repaired on spine). Novel recounting the strange career of Jonathan Chase, which began in Birmingham in the 1870s - a period glowing the light of John Bright and the spiritual power of Cardinal Newman, both of whom exert strong influence on Chase. Watch him being taken up by Joseph Chamberlain, whose figure dominates both Chase and the novel.

London, UK: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xvii, 182pp, four fold-out charts. Black cloth-covered boards; silver publisher's logo on front; silver titles on spine; many black and white charts and diagrams. 8vo. Rear board very lightly soiled. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Corners very lightly rubbed and moderately rounded. Text block edges tanning (just affecting page margins) and lightly foxed. Presentation label on front free endpaper. Light staining along fore-edge of last couple of pages and rear free endpaper. Internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket covers moderately soiled with shelf wear along edges and folds with chipping at corners and spine ends and some <4cm closed tears and small loss along bottom front edge, not price clipped; interior lightly tanned with some foxing along folds and two pieces of tape on the rear cover.

London, UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Thomson, Hugh. x, 198pp, eighteen tipped-in colour illustrative plates (inc. frontispiece), all tissue-guarded. Blue cloth-covered boards, blind embossed border on front, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends, cloth wearing. Text block edges foxing. Newspaper cutting of the play broadcast on American radio with Katherine Hepburn receiving particular praise, adhered to the front pastedown. Previous owner's names on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring occasional foxing. No dust jacket. 8vo. Attractive copy of Barrie's famous comedy. Eighteen beautiful colour illustrations by Hugh Thomson.

Crewe, UK: Royce Motor Cars. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Undated. 28pp. Pictorial light card covers, stapled. 4to. Chipping to edges and wear to covers, corners curling. Stains on title page. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight.

New York, NY, USA: Times Books, 1981. 1st Edition 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 246pp. White cloth-covered boards, red titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Text block edges starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. 8vo. The memoir of Mercedes McCambridge who famously won an Oscar for All the King's Men telling the story of her life from her girlhood, early stardom, motherhood, politics, alcoholism, recovery, romance and Hollywood.

Paris, FR: Gallimard, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. viii, 256pp. Card covers, black and red titles on front and spine. 8vo. Covers have some light staining and tanning around edges. Spine moderately sun-faded with single reading crease. Spine heel moderately rubbed. Text block edges tanning. First blank page has a previous owner's name in pen. Moderate tanning around page margins. Otherwise internally very neat, clean and tight.

London, UK: Hutchinson & Co, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 96pp, 3pp black and white photographic plates (including frontispiece). Black cloth-covered boards, red titles on spine. 8vo. Spine ends rubbed. Text block edges tanning. Evidence of lending sheet having been on front free endpaper; stamps on plates and copyright page, otherwise, internally neat, clean and bright. Dust jacket is protected in a Brodart-style sleeve (attached to pastedowns, tape bleeding); sun-fading, slight chipping to edges, not price clipped.

London, UK: Routledge, 2013. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xii, 2pp, 424pp, 2pp of contemporary advertisements, several black and white diagrams, tables and charts. Card covers. 12mo. Spine very lightly stained, lightly worn extremities. Top text block edge just starting to fox, bottom edge very lightly stained, covers lightly curled. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Dordrecht, Holland: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 400pp. Laminated printed paper-covered boards. Spine and front cover sun faded. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket; likely as issued. 8vo. Please see seller's photos for a picture of the contents page.

Dordrecht, Holland: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. viii, 400pp. Laminated printed paper-covered boards. Slight bump to bottom of rear board. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket; likely as issued. 8vo. Please see seller's photos for a picture of the contents page.