Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Mare Booksellers

Paris: Imprimerie Darantiere, printer, 1928. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. One of 500 copies. Blue cloth. 111 pp. No illustrations. A collection of stories on Samurais and the Samurai tradition in Japan, mostly portraying gay/homosexual love stories and anecdotes among the samurai, and drawing mostly from Ihara's "Glorious Stories of Homosexuality." Saikaku Ihara was a 17th century Japanese poet and writer, originating the Floating World style, as well as responsible for many works chronicle amorous affairs. GOOD condition. General uneven fading and toning to the covers. Minor soiling and edgewear. Owner's inscription present. Page edges foxed. Minor toning to the paper.

Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1951. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. First edition, so stated. Green cloth in dust jacket. 209 pp. Black and white illustrations by Barbara Cooney throughout. A novel for a juvenile audience, following the adventures of a boy on Cape Ann in Massachusetts. By Lee Kingman, a Massachusetts based author and illustrator, who was also known for her fabric printing. POOR jacket on a GOOD book. Jacket torn, chipped and tattered, with flaps detached and laid in. Some soiling, scuffing and minor toning to the jacket. Uneven fading and offsetting to the covers, with some soiling, scuffing and edgewear. Minor toning to the text block.

Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: No Publisher, 1949. Wraps. Good. Pagination runs 333-427, plus several ads. Includes three poems by William Carlos Williams, and poems by Guillame Apollinaire and Paul Eluard. Also contains a short essay on Jean-Paul Sartre and his influence. In GOOD condition. Moderate toning to the wraps, with minor soiling and spotting. Many minor tears and a few small chips along the extremities. Interior clean and solid with minor darkening to the pages.

New Haven: T. Weiss, Publisher, 1945. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. Single issue of this journal, this one being devoted to the work of Franz Kafka. This includes pieces by Kafka such as "New Lamps," "The Sword," and "Conscription," as well as "A Country Doctor," and other work. Several critical essays also present. GOOD condition. Apparent glue staining to the lower front cover, with superficial loss of the cover paper to the bottom right corner. General toning and soiling, with minor staining. Extremities bumped, chipped and worn, with extensive creasing. Spine chipped and split, with some loss.

Cincinnati: Queen City Express, Publisher, 1970. Tabloid. Good. Tabloid newspaper format. 20 pp. An underground newspaper from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed after a split with the Independent Eye over disagreements about violence within the peace movement. This paper was aimed toward a younger audience (see Cincinnati's Public Library blog for previous information). With comix, political articles, articles on civil rights issues and counterculture related topics. With news of several protests, anti-draft activities, etc. Also present is an article on the influential garage band MC5. GOOD condition with mailing addresses and labels (to the Chicago Seed), moderate browning and some soiling. Stamps from the Seed also present. Fold creases present. Heavy chipping along the fore edges.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1991. Leather. Very Good. Green leather with gilt ornamentation. 434 pp. With a few illustrations. Easton Press edition of this biography of Queen Victoria. VERY GOOD condition. Light fading to the covers. Unused Easton Press bookplate on the inside front cover.

New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1902. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Original cloth hard cover with color illustration on the front cover. 223 pages. A young adult work of fiction. In GOOD condition. Moderate darkening and soiling to the covers. Some scuffing. Extremities with minor bumping and scuffing. Cloth split along the backstrip hinges resulting in fraying of the cloth. Front interior hinge starting. Child's ownership inscription in pencil on the first endpaper. Minor foxing to the first few pages, with very minor scattered soiling. 2 inch tear in the margin of the dedication page. Sporadic circular dampstain affecting the lower right corner of some of the pages throughout the book.

New York: The Quest, Publisher, 1966. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 71 pp. First issue of this little magazine, featuring mostly poetry, including work by W.H. Auden, J. Michael Yates and others. GOOD+ condition. Rear cover toned and soiled, with a few small stains. Light fading to the front cover. Small tear at the upper left front cover corner. Minor scuffing along the extremities.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. First edition. Brown cloth. No jacket. 225 pp. Illustrated by Frank Schoonover. A novel of Native American life drawing on the author's experiences living with and trading with Blackfeet. GOOD condition. First endpaper torn out. Minor fading, spotting and soiling to the covers. Light scuffing to the extremities. Front interior hinge just beginning to separate from the binding. Ownership signature on the first page of text.

No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Very Good. 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on a single side only. Photomechanically reproduced flier for a concert at the Grove (presumably in San Luis Obispo) held on Sat. April 12. As indicated, the show was a mod rally of sorts, with the flier depicting mods on Vespas and other male mod images. During the 1980s, Southern California was home to a mod revival, revisiting the mod revival in the UK that peaked in the late 1970s, early 1980s, (which in turn revisited the original mod scene of the 1960s). The Question was one of the most popular Southern California based mod bands, with Secret Service a band from New York also known for its interpretation of 1960s mod. VERY GOOD condition. Very small spot of staining to the lower left. Minor curling.

Caulfield, Australia: AFPA, Publisher, 1954. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. 30 pp. A fanzine devoted to science fiction, fantasy and science. This issue with "Interplanetary Flight;" "Trigger Mortis Rides Again;" "Flying Saucers-and Power;" "The Dream of the Ages;" and a study of the use of Dianetics in "Dianetic First Aid." GOOD condition. Mailing labels, stamps and postal markings on the rear cover. Vertical fold crease present. Minor wrinkling. Some soiling to the covers. Light toning in the interior.

Caulfield, Australia: AFPA, Publisher, 1953. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 35 pp. A fanzine devoted to science fiction, fantasy and science. This issue with "The Why and How of Dianetics," by C.E. Hurst; "About Flying Saucers," by Mervyn R. Binns; "The Critter," by Kevin Wheelahan, etc. GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling and fading to the covers. Some chipping and tearing along the wrapper at the staples/spine edge.

Culver City, CA: Labyrinthos, 1989. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 76 pp, plus 55 plates. A study of the Popul Vuh seeking to counter previous claims of it as an apocryphal work, examining linguistic and other sources. GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling and toning. Upper rear cover corner creased. Owner's name on the title page.

Bridgeport, CT: General Electric, Consumer's Institute, Publisher. Wraps. Good. No date, presumed 1940's based on mention of women and their war jobs. Wraps. 12 pp., including covers. With a few black and white illustrations. A guide to cooking various type of breads, providing charts of ingredients, cook times, etc. Issued by the General Electric Consumer's Institute. GOOD condition. Some wrinkling and creasing to the booklet, with minor soiling and browning.

New York: Vance Jordan Fine Art Inc, 1999. Wraps. Very Good. Color illustrated wraps. 104 pp. Illustrations throughout, with the last half being color plates. A monograph on the paintings of Emil Carlsen, a Danish-American Impressionist painter. With a critical, biographical and historical essay. VERY GOOD condition. Minor bumping and scuffing to the extremities. Minor rubbing to the covers.

Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY: Quixote, Publisher, 1955. Wraps. Good. Illustrated brown wraps. 111 pp. A little magazine featuring fiction, articles and poetry, including work by George Moor, John Igo, Melissa Blake and others. GOOD condition. Offsetting to the covers along the extremities. Minor toning and soiling. A few small creases. Small chip at the head of the spine. Light foxing to the page edges.