Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Q Magazine, [1988]., [1988].. Very good. - Quarto [12-1/2 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. Eric Clapton is pictured on the front cover & Prince on the rear cover. The bottom corner of the front cover is slightly creased. here is minor soiling to the rear cover & its top corner is slightly creased. [24] pages including wraps. The top page corners are slightly creased. Very good. The rock monthly Q Magazine issued occasional photographic supplements. This issue contains 22 full page photos, including the wrappers. Among the guitarists pictured here are Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix, The Edge of U2, Peter Townshend, Neil Young and Prince.

Nuuk: Gronlands Landsmuseum / Kobenhavn: Christian Ejlers' Forlag, 1985.. 1985.. Very good. - Small quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide], paper-covered boards with a vignette in brown on the front cover, in a dust wrapper. The book is housed in a gray cardboard slipcase with an illustration in black & gray on the front panel. The edges of the rear panel of the dust jacket & the rear panel of the slipcase are darkened. 216 pages. Numerous illustrations in black & white and color, including maps. Near fine in a very good slipcase. <p>The text is in Danish.

(Messina, Italy): Editrici Sicania, (1994)., (1994).. Very good. - Quarto [11 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in printed brick red wrappers. The binding is slightly rubbed with the corners lightly creased. There is a price-sticker on the rear cover. 109 & [4] pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations with a few in color. There is a publisher's label on the inside rear cover with a partially removed price-sticker on the front endpaper. Very good. 14: Miscellanea di Arte Medievale e Moderna.The text is in Italian.

(Sydney, Australia: H. R. Krygier), (1956).. (1956).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream & vermilion wrappers. The wraps are bumped & lightly chipped with the tail of the spine torn. There is light soiling & staining to the rear wrap & the overlapping edges are creased. 100 pages. A few black-and-white illustrations & pictorial ads. The front wrap is detached from the text block along the spine. There is a distributor's stamp at the foot of the title page. The top page corners are slightly bumped. Good <p>Quadrant is an Australian literary and cultural journal publishing poetry and short stories and essays on politics, history, universities and the arts. The journal was founded in 1956 by Richard Krygier, a Polish-Jewish refugee who had been a social- democratic activist in Europe and by James McCauley, a Catholic poet. The publication was a project of the Australian Committee for Cultural Freedom, the Australian branch of the Congress for Cultural Freedom,… Read More

Melbourne, London & Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., (1952).. (1952).. Very good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in original perfect-bound cream wraps, printed in light blue. The covers are soiled and creased. 116 pages. Very good. <p>Original Proof Copy of the First Edition. Stated: "Proof Copy for your personal reading" on the front cover.

(Milano). Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, (1988)., (1988).. Very good. - Small 4to, red stiff paper wraps (bottom corners very slightly creased), in dw (lightly rubbed; 2 small price stickers on rear panel). 133 pp. plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in B&W & color. Near fine in very good dw. <p>Text in Italian.<p>A study of Italian brothels in the 19th and 20th centuries before the "age of tolerance" came to an end in 1958. Italy was the last country in Europe to close down its brothels. The illustrations are from contemporary erotic paintings, drawings and photographs.

Amsterdam: D. B. Centen, 1950., 1950.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in cream-colored wrappers, The wraps are unevenly darkened with a stain to the rear wrap. The spine & the adjacent edges of the wraps are darkened where the spine appears to have once been reinforced with tape. A compliment slip has been stapled to the top corner of the inside front wrap and 3 small pieces of brown tape have been used to cover up the staples on the front cover. 114 & [5] pages. Illustrated with diagrams, tables & mathematical formulas. There is some staining to the top end of the fore-edge & to the top edge of the book. Good. <p>A doctoral thesis from the University of Amsterdam. The text is in English with a title page partially in Dutch, as well as summaries in Dutch.<p>Rare in commerce.

(Princeton, NJ: Published in affiliation with the Creative Arts Program of Princeton University, 1969).. 1969).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue & white wraps. The wraps are bumped & soiled with the spine & extremities darkened. The tail of the spine is chipped. [iv] & 267 pages plus ads. There are a few pencil check marks & a very few ink & pencil underlinings. Good. <p>Among the contents is an interview with Marianne Moore by Grace Schulman.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931.. 1931.. Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. There is some very light foxing to the top edges of the covers. The spine of the dust wrapper is darkened. Its top edge is chipped with short tears & small pieces out and has been repaired with Scotch tape. 47 pages plus colophon. Very good in a fair dust wrapper. <p>First edition<p>The book was designed and made by Pynson Printers of New York.

Paris: Printed by Affiches Gaillard for SNC ["Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie"], 1971., 1971.. Very good. - An original French theatrical release single panel poster measuring approximately 32 inches high by 24 inches wide. The poster for Robert Bresson's original French release of "Four Nights of a Dreamer" based on Dostoevsky's short Story "White Nights" portrays the young French actor Guillaume des Forest in the bottom right corner of an abstract blue rectangle. The title and director's name are boldly centered beneath the image with "SNC" centered near the bottom. The poster is further identified and numbered at bottom left: "Imprime en France Visa Ministeriel No 4454" with the printer identified at bottom right. Folded both horizontally and vertically with some minor chipping to both the right and left edges near the bottom and hints of foxing to the verso.

New York: Poseidon Press, (1993).. (1993).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The boards are lightly bumped with some very light staining to the rear cover. 271 pages. Black- and-white illustrations. There is a small area of very light soiling to the front endpaper. Very good.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928.. 1928.. Good. - Octavo, brick red cloth titled in gilt on the spine & in gilt with decorations in gilt on the front cover. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed & soiled. x & 298 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. There are scattered stains, including to the title & frontispiece & to the margins of some other plates. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Among the contents are chapters titled "Temperance Novels", "The Tribe of Gifted Hopkins", "Crotchets", "Side-Whiskers and Seduction", "A Yankee Casanova", etc.

Gottingen: Dieterich'schen Buchhandlung, 1830.. 1830.. Good. - Small octavo, three-quarter green cloth & decorative green & black paper covered boards with a paper label on the spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped with the head & tail of the spine chipped. The label is darkened & chipped & no longer readable. There is a small sticker with the author's name on the front cover. Title & 69 pages. There is foxing & staining throughout. Good working copy. <p>An early volume of an important bibliography of primary and secondary sources of works on German history, issued in parts. The multi-volume work became the standard bibliography of all of German history from the Middle Ages to the end of World War II. The text is in German.<p>A nice association copy inscribed on the front pastedown to bookseller William Salloch by publisher Albert J. Phiebig; "To William Salloch, / contributor to a 100 years' younger edition of this book / with the… Read More

(London): The Folio Society, 1952.. 1952.. Very good. - Octavo, decorative paper covered boards, backed with black cloth & titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The boards are very slightly bumped with the extremities slightly darkened. The dust jacket is chipped & soiled with small pieces out of the top edge. The rear panel is darkened & the dust jacket spine is faded. xxx, 289 & [1] pages. Illustrated with several black-and-white plates, including facsimiles. There is a tiny stain to the front pastedown with offsetting to the front endpaper. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>First Folio Society edition, which includes previously unpublished letters.

New York: Lieber-Atherton, 1976.. 1976.. Good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MICHAEL BRAUDE - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The top & bottom edges of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are darkened. The rear panel of the dust jacket is lightly soiled & foxed with a stain to its bottom corner and there is a small price-sticker on the front flap. 80 pages. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Inscribed by the poet on the front endpaper: "To Dick / with affection / Mike".

(New York: Jose A. (Babby) Quintero), 1964., 1964.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in red suede titled in gilt with an image of a globe in gilt on the front cover. The binding is lightly rubbed with a few small black marks to the rear cover. The gilt on the front cover is faded. 175 pages. Illustrated with pictorial ads in black & white. Good. <p>De Luxe Edition.<p>A book created for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. "Feria Mundial 1964-65: Suplemento Especial. Nueva York en la Mano: Un directorio de la ciudad".<p>This Who's Who is a guide to and for New York's Spanish-speaking community. It lists organizations and amenities as well 283 biographies, mostly of individuals of Hispanic, mainly Puerto Rican, extraction. Dr. Andres Mera was the biographical researcher. The guide lists 25 lawyers, 95 physicians and dentists, 10 publications, 5 radio stations, 229 Hispanic civil organizations, 20 Spanish movie houses and theatres, and 49 churches <p>The… Read More

(New York: Jose A. (Babby) Quintero), 1964., 1964.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed wrappers with an image of a globe on the front cover. The binding is lightly soiled & foxed. The spine & the edges of the wraps are partially darkened & their top corners are slightly creased. 159 pages. Illustrated with pictorial ads in black & white. Good. <p>A book created for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. "Feria Mundial 1964-65: Suplemento Especial. Nueva York en la Mano: Un directorio de la ciudad".<p>This Who's Who is a guide to and for New York's Spanish-speaking community. It lists organizations and amenities as well 283 biographies, mostly of individuals of Hispanic, mainly Puerto Rican, extraction. Dr. Andres Mera was the biographical researcher. The guide lists 25 lawyers, 95 physicians and dentists, 10 publications, 5 radio stations, 229 Hispanic civil organizations, 20 Spanish movie houses and theatres, and 49 churches <p>The text is… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, (1977).. (1977).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth backed boards in a price-clipped dust wrapper. Half-title, title, [4] leaves & 176 pages. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper & the book is slightly cocked. Very good. <p>First American edition.

(New York): Viking, (1988).. (1988).. Very good. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY WILLIAM KENNEDY - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in silver on the spine in a matching cloth covered slipcase. The slipcase is lightly rubbed with the spine & extremities slightly spotted. Half- title, .title, [4] leaves & 289 pages. Fine in a very good slipcase. <p>Number 19 of a limited edition of 550 numbered copies signed by the author.

New York: Brentano's, 1904.. 1904.. Very good. - Small octavo, navy blue cloth with a printed paper label on the spine. The covers are lightly rubbed & slightly bumped. The label is darkened & rubbed. vii, [ii] & 170 pages. There is a small, light stain to the blank preceding the half-title. Very good. <p>First [unauthorized] American edition.