Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Boston Book Company

1796. HORACE. Q. HORATII FLACCI OPERA, cum scholiis veteribus castigavit, et notis illustravit Gulielmus Baxterus. Varias lectiones et observationes addidit Jo. Matthias Gesnerus, quibus et suas adspersit Jo. Carolus Zeunius. Glasguae: In aedibus academicis, excudebat Jacobus Mundell, academiae typographus. Londini: Prostant apud G. G. & J. Robinson, et T. Payne : Cantabrigiae, apud W. H. Lunn; - Edinburgi, apud J. Mundell & Soc. 1796. Editio nova, prioribus emendatior. Quarto. 25.5 cm. xxx,[2],575 pp. Early gift inscription on front fly-leaf to "Walter John Mc Dowall | The gift of his affectionate Father on entering the 6th class. 1843." School prize binding (Harvard College, 1915), with bookplate on front pastedown. Red straight-grain morocco, gilt-stamped spine with black lettering piece, triple borders and armorial seal on sides, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. The binding, once quite elegant but now rather worn looking, has darkened on spine and shows general light soiling all over, with superficial… Read More

1720. OBSEQUENS, JULIUS. QUAE SUPERSUNT EX LIBRO DE PRODIGIIS. Leyden, Samuel Luchtmans, 1720. Octavo. [lxiv]216[56]pp. With notes by Johannes Scheffer, a supplement by Conrad Lycosthenes, and edited by Francesco Oudendorp. Red and black title with woodcut of Athena. A history of omens and prodigies (wolves on the Capitoline, rivers running blood, moans and tremors in the earth, bits knocked off temples by lightning, etc.) in the later Roman Republic, and the historical events accompanying them. Obsequens was a fourth-century historian who used Livy as a source, and, like Julian the Apostate, hoped for a return to Paganism. Publisher's catalogue at the end. Some light dampstaining, mostly marginal, and flyleaf clipped. Otherwise fine in vellum boards, somewhat soiled, and speckled edges. (Not in OCLC).

1895. SAFFORD, Susan Darling. "QUAINT EPITAPHS". (Boston: Susan Darling Safford, printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, 1895). First edition. 45 pp. Slim 8vo., black and red cloth printed to upper board in silver, t.e.g. Ink gift inscription to ffep. A touch of sunning at spine, with fore-corners gently bumped. Internally clean but for offsetting to endpapers and, just a little bit, to two facing pages. Collected by Safford over a thirty-five year period and arranged geographically for publication, the epitaphs were found mostly in the New England area (excluding Rhode Island) and New York, with examples found "in the South" and "in foreign countries", and a section of uncollected epitaphs. A rare first edition of this title, in very good condition.

1930. HANNUM, Anna Paschall, ed. A QUAKER FORTY-NINER; The Adventures of Charles Edward Pancoast on the American Frontier. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press; London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1930. First edition. Illustrated. 8vo., brown cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine, top-edge stained red. Minor rubbing and outer soil; sunning to spine extremities; spine gilt has faded. Light marginal penciling, else clean and crisp within. About very good to very good, in a worn dust jacket.

1938. TILGHMAN, Zoe A. QUANAH, THE EAGLE OF THE COMANCHES. Illustrated by Phoebe Ann White. Oklahoma City: Harlow Publishing Company, 1938. First edition. 196 pp. 8vo., red cloth. Fine in lightly soiled dust-jacket with a 2 inch closed tear on back panel and some edge nicks, with (old) transparent tape reenforcement on the reverse. Biography of Quanah Parker, the last of the Comanche war chiefs.

1936. RICHARDS, Lenore and Nola Treat. QUANTITY COOKERY. Menu Planning and Cooking for Large Numbers. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1936. Early edition. 8vo., beige cloth. Mild sun and slight dampstain to boards, with small adhesion of paper from dust jacket to rear board. Offsetting to ffep. Very good, in the remnants of a dust jacket.

FE. (EDUCATION, History of). THE QUARTERLY REGISTER OF THE AMERICAN EDUC-ATION SOCIETY. Vol. III. Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1831. With a fold-out color map of the U.S., much statistical information on social conditions educational condition of the country; and articles on Self-Made Men, the Moral Destiny of America, etc. There is some foxing, and considerable wear to the boards and cloth back (only traces of the paper label remain). Still, a very good, tight copy, in the original binding.

1944. (PERIODICAL). QUARTERLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Two issues: Vol. 1, No. 3, Spring 1944. Vol. 3, No. 2, 1946. 8vo., printed paper wraps. Contributors include Wallace Stevens, Ezra Pound, A. E. Coppard and others. Condition is very good with some soiling and edgewear at the wraps.

1928. MORGAN, William Thomas. QUEEN ANNE'S CANADIAN EXPEDITION OF 1711. Bulletin of the Departments of History and Political and Economic Science in Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. No. 56, May 1928. Kingston: Jackson Press, 1928. Inscribed "with the compliments of the author" at the front wrap. 8vo., wrappers, re-inforced at spine with cloth-strip; 32 pp. Small colored pencil notation to front wrap. Very good, with a clean text.

18. (CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOKS). THE QUEEN OF HEARTS. With drawings by R. Caldecott. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [n.d.], (c 1890's). Later printing. Crown 4to., illustrated paper-covered boards. Illustrated throughout. A near fine copy with just slight soiling at the boards, in the original glassine dust wrapper that shows a tear at the front panel.

1891. CRANE, Walter. QUEEN SUMMER: OR THE TOURNEY OF THE LILY AND THE ROSE. London: Cassell & Co., 1891. First edition. 40 pp. 4to., quarter pale cloth over pictorial paper covered boards printed in green, red and black. Cloth darkened, spine slightly frayed at heel and crown. Edges of boards and corners show moderate shelfwear. Light soil to title page. Single sided printing on French fold style gathering. A few page edges have closed tears, not affecting image. Occasional light thumbing within. Beautiful soft color palette, charming images.

1854. HALL, Mrs. Matthew. THE QUEENS BEFORE THE CONQUEST. In two volumes. London: Published by Henry Colburn, by His Successors, Hurst & Blackett, 1854. First ediiton. 8vo., brick cloth, faded to tan at extremes, spines in gilt. Spots of dampstaining to cloth, which is worn at extremes; slight bumps to opening corners and the bindings are lightly shaken. Internally, some mild foxing, especially to the plates; one rfep is chipped at the top-edge. Two hinges starting. As is; serviceable reading copies.

1899. JEWETT, Sarah Orne. THE QUEEN'S TWIN and Other Stories. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Co.; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1899. First edition. 8vo., green cloth, lettered and decorated in silver gilt. Pencil ownership to ffep. Some overall exterior soil. Shallow loss to crown cloth due to critter nibbles. Dampstaining to the top-edge of about the first 50 pages of text, else crisp. Good plus to about very good. [BAL 10913, Wright III 2982].

1915. BANGS, John Kendrick. A QUEST FOR SONG. Boston: Little, Brown, 1915. Numbered limited edition, one of 500, signed by author. 12mo., grey paper boards backed in white cloth, decorated in gilt. Fine in original glassine dust jacket.

FAE. (ROLFE, Frederick). THE QUEST FOR CORVO. An experiment in biography by A.J.A. Symons. New York: Macmillan, 1934. First American edition. 8vo. Bookplate else a fine copy in a dust jacket that is quite sunned at the spine and somewhat soiled with a little edgewear and nicks. Uncommon in the jacket.

[BURDON, William, attr.] THE QUESTION, WHY DO WE GO TO WAR? TEMPERATELY DISCUSSED, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Second Edition. London: Printed for J. Wallis, no. 46, Paternoster-Row, 1803. Bound with: THE REASON WHY. IN ANSWER TO A PAMPHLET ENTITLED "WHY DO WE GO TO WAR?" London: Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1803. Two octavo pamphlets: [2],30;66 pp. Modern binding of quarter morocco and marbled boards, with gilt-stamped spine title. Occasional foxing to text leaves. The top page of each title is a bit soiled; and, the t.p. for "Why do we go to war?" has an expert paper repair near the bottom edge. Although rightly bound together, the order of the pamphlets should be reversed. "The reason why" was written and published in respone to the first edition of "Why do we go to war?," which examined the extent to which England should be involved in the Napoleanic wars. According to the author's preface, the second edition of "Why do we go to war?" was required to answer the "liberal… Read More

1974. ORLOFSKY, Patsy and Myron. QUILTS IN AMERICA. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1974). Large 8vo., black boards w/dj. Crown and heel of spine slightly bumped, light edgewear to extremes. In all, a near fine copy in a priceclipped and edgeworn dust jacket.

1988. KENNEDY, William. QUINN'S BOOK. (New York): Viking, (1988). First edition, signed by the author. 8vo. Fine, in a price-clipped dust jacket.

1891. SHAW, George Bernard. THE QUINTESSENCE OF IBSENISM. London; Walter Scott, 1891. First edition. 8vo, brown cloth, stamped in gilt, t.e.g; vii + 161pp. + ads. Some exterior soiling, rubbing at corners. Still, overall, this copy is very good. (Laurence A12).

1734. [QUINTUS, Smyrnaeus] QUINTI CALABRI PRAETERMISSORUM AB HOMERO, LIBRI XIV. GRAECE, cum versione Latina et integris emendationibus Laurentii Rhodomanni, et adnotamentis selectis Claudii Dausqueji; curante Joanne Cornelio de Pauw, qui suas etiam emendationes addidit. Lugduni Batavorum: Joannem van Abcoude, 1734. One octavo volume bound here as two: *8, A-2I8, 2K5; 2K6-8, 2L-3I8, 3K4. [14],522 pp.; 523-871,[16] pp. Full red morocco with gilt double-rules on sides, gilt decorated spine in six compartments with a black morocco label, a.e.g., green ribbon markers, and marbled endpapers. Handsome anonymous armorial bookplate with the motto "loyalte na honte" (perhaps belonging to a Duke of Newcastle) on front pastedown in each volume. The once elegant bindings show moderate shelfwear, with joints tender and cracking. Posthomerica: Original Greek text on verso, with a Latin translation on facing page.