Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Scraps of American History

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good +. 222 pages. Compassionate guides and stories to help with the grief when a pet dies. Blue cloth spine over white boards with silver titles on spine. Very light edge wear to cover, a little fading and some spotting, minor bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages bright and clean, emblem on bottom page edges. Book may smell a little musty. Blue and yellow dust jacket with multi-color titles shows a little edge wear, staining at edges, small chip at top edge of front cover jacket, residue of price sticker on front, $15.95 price not clipped.

New York: Davis Publications, Inc., 1959. First edition. Paperback. Fair/No jacket. 130 pages, illustrated with adventisements. Stories include Withers and Malone, Brain-Stormers by Stuart Palmer with Craig Rice; A Point of Law by W. Somerset Maugham; Karmesin and the Crown Jewels by Gerald Kersh; The Dive People by Avram Davidson; The Man From Red Dog by Alfred Henry Lewis; Killer in the Lilacs by Dick Ashbaugh; The Man in the Passage by G. K. Chesterton; The Instant of Truth by Wes Lupien; Louder Than Words by Jack Edwin Moseley; The Long Black Shadow by Rosemary Gibbons and The Inside Story by Cornell Woolrich. Also includes book reviews. Green wraps with small illustrations and black titles on front cover and spine. Some stains and spotting of cover, spine a bit cocked, edge wear with small chips along edges and creases at corners, tear in cover with chips at top and bottom of spine, wrinkles and creases along spine, light creases at top edge of some interior pages, interior pages lightly… Read More

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. Limited ed. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 33 pages. Early work, probably published around 1930, by the English biographer, poet, critic, essayist and literary historian. Limited edition of 500 printed on Pannekoek Antique paper by G. J. Thieme in Holland. Red decorated binding with gilt titles on spine, gilt top edge, rough cut leading edge. Spine faded with titles bright, light soiling to front cover with small stain on front cover, minor edge wear, corners and spine ends a little bumped, back cover scrubbed with a few scratches along edges, interior pages very lightly tanned. Measures 7 3/4 x 10 inches

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. Limited ed. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 33 pages. Early work, probably published around 1930, by the English biographer, poet, critic, essayist and literary historian. Limited edition of 500 printed on Pannekoek Antique paper by G. J. Thieme in Holland. Red decorated binding with gilt titles on spine, gilt top edge, rough cut leading edge. Spine faded with titles bright, bottom and top of spine chipped, some spotting of front cover with stains near spine and top edge, minor edge wear, corners a little bumped, back cover faded at leading edge, interior pages very lightly tanned. Measures 7 3/4 x 10 inches

Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Company, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 194 pages with index. A guide for anyone who wants to be more influential in a business setting. Red boards with gilt titles on spine. Gilt very bright, minimal wear to cover with a little spotting, corners and spine ends bumped a little, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Gray dust jacket with white titles on front cover and spine shows a little edge wear, tiny tear in bottom of front dust jacket, a little tanning, $12.95 price not clipped.