Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

1987. Hong Kong, Joint Publishing Company (JPC), 1987. Octavo. XII, 254 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Shu Qingchun (3 February 1899 – 24 August 1966), known by his pen name Lao She, was a Chinese novelist and dramatist. He was a writer of 20th-century Chinese literature, known for his novel Rickshaw Boy and the play Teahouse. He was of Manchu ethnicity, and his works are known for their vivid use of the Beijing dialect. Lao She was a writer whose life span covered all stages of modern China: the Qing dynasty, the Republic and the Communists. Lao She was greatly influenced by the writer Charles Dickens. Born during the end of the Qing dynasty, Lao She was from the Manchu Sumuru clan and experienced the Boxer Rebellion first hand as well as the atrocities committed by the Eight-Nation Alliance, a scarring experience for him. During the Cultural Revolution, Shu was tortured by the Red Guards, causing him to become insane. Shu either died by drowning himself or was… Read More

1953. Kassel, Bärenreiter, 1953. 4°. 334 Seiten. Mit Noten. Hardcover / Moderner Halbleinenband mit eingebundener Originalbroschur. Faksimile-Nachdruck der 3.Auflage, Berlin 1789. Wenige Anstreichungen mit Bleistift. Die moderne Bindung sorgt für guten Gebrauch der Ausgabe. (Documenta musicologica, I/2). Von der Art das Allegro zu spielen / Vom Athemholen, bey Ausuebung der Floete / Von der Art das Adagio zu spielen / Von den Cadenzen / Von den Ripien-Violinisten insbesondere / Von dem Clavieristen insbesondere / Von den Pflichten aller Accompanisten ueberhaupt / Wie ein Musikus und eine Musik zu beurtheilen sey / etc. Mit Register

1958. France, Editions Gallimard, 1958. 11 cm x 17 cm. 2058 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar, in brown cardboard slipcase. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Encyclopedie de la Pleiade] Includes for example the following essays: La Litterature Medievale / La Litterature Dramatique sou Henri IV et Louis XIII / Le Lyrisme au XVIIe Siecle / Au Siecle des Lumieres / Les Grands Ecrivains du XVIIIe Siecle / La Poesie au XIXe Siecle / Le Theatre au XIXe Siecle / Litteratures Connexes / Litteratures Marginales / Tableau Synchronique des Evenements Litteraraires et Artistiques en France etc.

1906. London, B.T.Batsford, 1906. Folio (28 cm x 36 cm). Frontispiece, XII, 43 plates in photogravure. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and cover. All pages loosely inserted. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library / collection of Manchester Architect Joseph "Joe" Sunlight, with his library stamp to the endpaper.

1945. London, Collins, 1945. 22cm x 14.5cm. 242 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Good condition with some signs of wear. Sellotape markings and minor foxing to paste downs and end papers and edges. Ink stamp (Brookings Bookshop, Auckland) on paste down. Dustjacket slightly worn. Text itself in excellent condition. Includes for Example: A picture of the second half of the eighteenth century. The contribution it made to English civilization, through the careers of four famous and representative personalities of the period - James Boswell, Edward Gibbon, Laurence Sterne and John Wilkes. Using 1793, the year that marked the conclusion of the Seven Years War, as a biographical watershed. The book follows the lives of the four protagonists up that date - a decisive date for each of them - and follows their very different yet complimentary courses. Quennell is also the author of "Byron: The Years of Fame" and "Byron in Italy".

1968. München, Piper, 1968. 8°. 221 Seiten. Hardcover / Leinen mit illustriertem Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Schutzumschlag (Nur minimal angerändert). KEIN Mängelexemplar. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

1948. London / New York, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1948. 11 cm x 18 cm. V, 312 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector's Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Everyman's Library No. 974]. Includes for example the following essays: On the Lineage of English Literature / On Jargon / Macbeth / The Poetry of Thomas Hardy etc.

1929. London, J. M. Dent, 1929. 18 cm. VII, 280 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen - Translator Erik Haugaard. [The Duchy edition of the tales and romances of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch ; [v.27].]. Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1 November 1863 – 12 May 1944) was a Cornish writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monumental publication The Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250–1900 (later extended to 1918) and for his literary criticism. He influenced many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of 84, Charing Cross Road and its sequel, Q's Legacy. His Oxford Book of English Verse was a favourite of John Mortimer's fictional character Horace Rumpole. (Wikipedia)

1976. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1976. 8°. 153 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Very good in blue printed wraps, with slight soiling to front wrapper. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author to Philosopher W. V. Quine on the front blank: "For Prof. Quine with many thanks for a fruitful exchange of ideas in Farmington. Oct. 22, 1983. From Michael Sukale."

1972. First Edition. London, George Allen & Uwin, 1972. 8°. 519 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near fine copy in publisher's cloth covered boards in like dust jacket. Inscribed by Jager on the front free endpaper :"For W.V. Quine with Best Wishes. Ron Jager March 1973." [Muirhead Library of Philosophy - Edited by H.D.Lewis].

1991. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1991. 8°. 332 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine condition. From the library of Willard Van Orman Quine. Enclosed a letter by Wolf on / Letterhead of the University of New Orleans: "Dear Professor Quine - this is a far cry from Lesniewski, on whose ideas you gave me advice when i was at Oxford. But i regard it as a start. With compliments - George Wolf."

1951. First Edition. Philosophical Studies, 1951. Octavo. 7 pages inside the Number 6 - issue of Volum II, of the "Philosophical Studies", edited by Herbert Feigl and Wilfrid Sellars". Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. Excellent association copy between two of the Gustav Bergmann (May 4, 1906 – April 21, 1987) was an Austrian-born American philosopher. He studied at the University of Vienna and was a member of the Vienna Circle. Bergmann was influenced by the philosophers Moritz Schlick, Friedrich Waismann, and Rudolf Carnap who were members of the Circle. In the United States, he was a professor of philosophy and psychology at the University of Iowa. Bergmann was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He earned his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Vienna in 1928. His dissertation, directed by Walther Mayer, was titled 'Zwei Beiträge zur mehrdimensionalen Differentialgeometrie'. While studying for his doctorate, he was invited to join… Read More

1968. Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, 1968. 8°. 282 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good jacket, slightly spine-sunned and with a few very small losses and closed tears to the top edge. First edition. From the library of Philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine, with his name written on the front free endpaper.

1975. [Cambridge, Mass. and other locations, c. 1975 - c. 1995. Octavo. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket Original Stapled Offprints etc. [The Library of Living Philosophers Volume XVIII]. Willard Van Orman Quine (June 25, 1908 – December 25, 2000) (known to intimates as "Van") was an American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, recognized as "one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century." From 1930 until his death 70 years later, Quine was continually affiliated with Harvard University in one way or another, first as a student, then as a professor of philosophy and a teacher of logic and set theory, and finally as a professor emeritus who published or revised several books in retirement. He filled the Edgar Pierce Chair of Philosophy at Harvard from 1956 to 1978. A recent poll conducted among analytic philosophers named Quine as the fifth most important philosopher of the past two centuries. He won the first Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy in 1993… Read More

1067. First Edition. New York and others, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1067. 20.8cm x 13.8cm. (4)113 pages. Includes illustrated map of the desert in Israel and many black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket (photograph) in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed by Yael Dayan to Willard Van Orman Quine. Yael Dayan - novelist, traveler, soldier, and daughter of a general. This book is her story of a battle for the desert in Israel, written in combat from her own experience, and the mark it left. With poetic spareness, Dayan tells the story of days and nights of dust, heat and hardship; of fallen friends mourned, and fallen enemies grieved over. As stark and unpitying in its truth as the desert, this is a soldier's story, and a woman's story, full of remarkable insights and sober contemplations. The author's other novels include: "New Face in the Mirror", "Envy the Frightened" and "Dust".

2013. Cork, The Collins Press, 2013. 29 cm. vi, 218 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. The tradition of awarding the Freedom of the City still lives on in cities around the world, though many of the rights or privileges associated with the award are symbolic. In Cork, awarding the Freedom of the City dates to the fourteenth century. Notable recipients included Charles Stewart Parnell, William Gladstone, JFK, Eamon de Valera, Mary Robinson, and Sean Og O hAilpin. This book brings to life the rich history associated with the awarding of the Freedom of the City in Cork, by describing the history of the honor and profiling notable recipients.

1937. Sevilla, L. Roisin [Fotografo], [1937] 10 cm x 7.5 cm. 20 photographic cards, connected as Leporello. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Signed by the member of Na-Fianna Eireann from Graignamanagh, Captain Padraig Quinn, in 1937.

1991. First Edition. Belfast, Lapwing Publications, 1991. 15 x 21 cm. 31 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Lapwing Poetry Pamphlets] Includes for example: Cemetery; The Lovers; The Cottage; Landscape; Flower; Lakeland Holidays; Poems; Seeing the Dead; Absences etc.

2005. Dublin, Pan Pan & The Lilliput Press, 2005. 8°. 200 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. No.174 of only 400 copies printed. Over the period of a year Gavin Quinn visited the private homes of 100 actors and asked them to try and answer the question: Why do you think you became an actor? Each response was filmed and recorded. He then subsequently photographed each of them. The result is this book. This book tells the story of these one hundred actors: one hundred illuminating answers to a simple question. In "One" the actor talks to the reader from the stillness of their portrait within their own environments. The book is one element of a large-scale performance project created and conceived by Pan Pan, involving 100 actors, 100 rooms and 100 audience members in a specially designed structure designed by the sculptor Andrew Clancy. Subtitled "Healing with Theatre", this one on one meeting is enabled by an outflow… Read More

2006. London, Robson Books, 2006. 14 cm x 22 cm. XIII, 321 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: Marathon Battle - 490 BC, Elephants at War - 218 BC, The Battle of Crecy - 1346, Giant Crossbow - 1486, The Macdonald Massacre - 1692, Hannah Snell - 1745, Hopping Mad - 1779, Cardigan's Folly -1859, Fighting Vicar - 1879, A Deadly Game - 1916, Dogs of War - 1944, and Animals at War - 2004.