Authors starting with Q from John Michael Lang Fine Books

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Company, 1949. Hardback First edition thus 6.75" x 4". 371pp. Red cloth, with gilt lettering and cover device, top edge gilt. Spine slightly rubbed, else near fine condition. With a frontispiece map of Carson and other illustrations. ... more information

New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. Hardcover Reprint 7.5" x 4.75". 304pp. Orange cloth, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition with the exception of the miserably poor stock the book is printed on. The jacket has a small bit of edge wear but is otherwise bright. The interesting jacket design features an airplane, a giant playing card and a horseshoe. A mystery novel set in Hollywood. ... more information

New York : Triangle Books, 1941. Hardcover Reprint 7.5" x 5". 318pp. Orange cloth, lettered in red. A very good copy with a little soiling and spine lean in a good+ edgeworn dust jacket. A murder novel involving a mysterious, seemingly impossible escape. ... more information

New York: Quigley Publishing Company, 1960. Hardback 9" x 6". 191pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the jacket is a bit used and rubbed and has an old price sticker on the front panel. A fascinating book, with much on the scientific background of motion picture technology, Friar Bacon's magic, Da Vinci's camera, porta, Kepler and the stars, Kircher's projector, Musschenbroek and motion, the Langenheims of Philadelphia, Edison's peep sho... more information

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1986. Hardcover 11.25" x 8.5". 144pp. Purple cloth hardcover in dust wrapper. Fine condition. Dust jacket is in fine condition. The contents includes chapters on water media, composition, developing skills, and more. Color and black and white illustrations by Stephen Quiller and others. ... more information

Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845. Paperback 9.25" x 5.5". 64pp. Sewn wrappers. Light soiling and edge wear with a small bit of paper loss on the spine; generally VG+ condition. Second edition. This copy signed and inscribed by Quincy on the title page: "Hon. Edward Everett with the respects of Josiah Quincy." ... more information

New York: New York Graphic Society, 1977. Hardcover First American edition 12.25" x 11.5". 444pp. Pale yellow cloth hardback, in dust wrapper. One leaf with a 2" closed tear, else near fine condition. In the publisher's slipcase. Ernst was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet, and is considered one of the chief representatives of Dadaism and Surrealism. This book is packed with color and black & white illustrations from Ernst's work. ... more information

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1941. Hardcover 10.25" x 8". 112pp. Blue / green cloth hardcover in dust wrapper. Spine tips lightly bumped, ownership signature on front and back inside covers, else fine condition. Dust jacket has much edge wear with tears and chips missing on spine tips and corners. Illustrated with line drawings and cartographic maps by Paul Johst. ... more information

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933. Hardback 7.5" x 5.25". 176pp. Red illustrated cloth in dust wrapper. Spine tips lightly bumped and minor soiling to the top edge, else near fine condition. The dust jacket is heavily worn with chips missing from the spine tips and closed tears to the flaps, general tanning and soiling. Illustrated with instructional drawings in black and white. ... more information

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946. Hardback First American edition 10.75" x 8". 41pp. Yellow cloth, in dust wrapper. Mild soiling to cloth, else near fine condition; the jacket has a small bit of edge wear and use. A collection of drawings depicting the horrorible atrocities of Franco's fascist troops. With brief captions opposite each drawing describing the scene. ... more information