Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Raptis Rare Books

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1980. First edition of this tribute to Nabokov. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Edited by Peter Quennell. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1862. First edition of this collection of selected works in their original form. Octavo, original publisher's cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, elaborate blind stamping to the front and rear panels, forest green endpapers. In very good condition with some rubbing to the spine. Best known for his 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater,' De Quincey also published a significant number of critical essays in European newspapers and magazines, a handful of which are contained in this collection, including 'Letters to a Young Man Whose Education Has Been Neglected.'

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. First edition of this practical and witty guide to the party scene. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrations by Susan Davis. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, "To Bill and Idelene, you don't need any guidance from me about being great hosts or great guests - you're the best! Much love Sally Q." Near fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Author photograph by Sigrid Estrada. American author and journalist, Sally Quinn, knows the right way to throw a party better than anyone else. In this all-inclusive guide, Quinn covers the where, when, why, and how of party planning, all the while regaling readers with tales of party disasters - her own and others'.