Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Sparrow's Bookshop

John Wiley & Sons, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very good. First printing of this edition, the first to compile two separate studies both published under the title, A Practical Guide to Risk Management. With diagrams, equations and charts. Shelf wear around the edges of jacket including small creases and tears. Board corners mildly bumped and spine ends softened. Boards are otherwise straight and clean. Pencil underlining and notes in the margins throughout, mostly limited to first half of book. Pages are tanned and text block mildly sagging at top of book.

International Collector's Library, 1987. Hardcover. Very good/None. Leatherette bound with gold gilt accents on front board and spine and deckled fore-edge. Binding is firm and all pages are clean and unmarked. Light bumping to spine ends.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition, second printing (pre-publication). Mild shelf wear around the edges of jacket, mostly limited to spine ends and fore corners. Boards are straight and clean with slightly softened/bumped spine ends. Binding is tight, spine is straight and all pages are clean and unmarked other than slight tanning and previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Faint liquid stain at base of jacket spine, mostly visible only on the reverse side.

P. Asselin & Cie, Paris, 1880. Paperback. Good/N/A. Copy by Paul Fajon. Signed by the author on half-title page with a dedication to his friend. G. Pécholier, associate professor at the Montpellier School of Medicine, tackles an interesting subject. The question of the use of opium as a sedative is dealt with. Partially cut copy. Softcover In good overall condition. Foxing.

Ace Books, 1970. Paperback. Good/N/A. First printing of Ace edition. All pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight, but has significant spine lean and some light reading creases. Light rubbing and creasing to covers, which still remain bright.

Harvard Business School Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Jacket is crisp with no evident shelf wear. Pages are clear and unmarked. Boards are firm and even. Spine is tight and square. Hinges are secure. No evident shelf wear.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. First US edition. Jacket protected in archival cover, not price clipped. All pages are clean and unmarked. Binding and hinges are undamaged. A bright and beautiful copy with minor shelf wear to jacket and a small stain on top edge of front jacket.

Apud Lefevre Bibliopolam: Paris, 1838. Hardcover. Very good/None. The works of Horace, reviewed and corrected. Text in Latin. Full leather bound with gold gilt borders on board & spine, black label & 4 raised bands on spine. Bright marbled endpapers with some faint staining along the edges. Binding and hinges secure. Mild wear and chipping to boards. All pages are clean and unmarked aside from two pen marks on page 96.

Apud Perisse Fratres: Paris, 1829. Hardcover. Good/None. Horace for the Use of Schools. Introduction in French, rest of text throughout in Latin. Full leather bound with gold gilt accents and red label on spine. All three edges marbled. Vibrant marbled endpapers have sustained some soiling around the edges. Else all pages bright, clean and unmarked. Binding and hinges secure. Heavy staining, soiling and edge wear to boards.