Authors starting with Q from Royal Books, Inc.

Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books No. 824, 1958. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. Tiny closed tear mid-spine, else Near Fine condition. An attractive copy. ... more information

Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books No. 938, 1959. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. Small scratch to the rear wrapper, else Near Fine condition. An attractive copy. ... more information

Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books No. 747, 1958. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. Very Good to Fine condition. Light rubbing overall, two leaves have very small corner creases, one leaf has a tiny closed tear at the fore-edge, rear wrapper has a shallow corner crease at the upper left. An attractive copy. Cover art by Barye Phillips. ... more information

New York: Armed Services Editions, No. 680. First Edition. Vintage paperback. First printing of this edition. Oblong. Very Good condition. Extremities lightly rubbed, spine lean, bindery creasing (common with these editions), light soil to the top page edges. Armed Services Editions were printed by the Council on Books in Wartime for distribution within the American military between 1943 and 1947, and were designed to provide entertainment to soldiers serving overseas, while also educating them about pol... more information

New York: Pocket Books No. 146, 1942. First Edition. Vintage paperback. First printing of this edition. Very Good to Fine condition. Binding slightly cocked and a tiny faint bruise on the front panel. Pocket Books ran from 1939 to 1959, distinguishing many of their books from other publishing houses with red page edges and, later, silver spines. An attractive copy. ... more information

New York: Pocket Books No. 245, 1943. First Edition. Vintage paperback. First printing of this edition. About Fine condition. Very faint reader's crease to the front panel. A "baby" Pocket Book, with the publisher's short-lived colophon featuring a mother Kangaroo wearing glasses, and a joey in her pouch. Readers felt the joey was "unhygienic" and that the glasses implied eyestrain when reading Pocket Books editions, so the image (a product of Disney Studios) was redesigned in... more information

New York: Pocket Books No. 109, 1941. Vintage paperback. Fifth printing of this edition. Light shelfwear at the crown, else Near Fine condition. Uncredited cover art. A Pocket Book with the publisher's short-lived colophon featuring a mother Kangaroo wearing glasses. Readers felt the glasses implied eyestrain when reading Pocket Books editions, so the image (a product of Disney Studios) was redesigned in 1946. An attractive copy. ... more information

New York: Pocket Books No. 202, 1942. First Edition. Vintage paperback. First printing of this edition. Very Good plus condition. Slight spine lean, light rubbing at the extremities, and a tiny closed tear to the lower front panel. Cover art by H. Lawrence Hoffman, who began his career drawing for Thrilling Mystery Novels magazine. A Pocket Book with the publisher's short-lived colophon featuring a mother Kangaroo wearing glasses. Readers felt the glasses implied eyestrain when reading Pocket Books e... more information

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1933. First Edition. First Edition, with "Canadian Edition / For Sale in Canada Only" printed on the copyright page. Very Good plus lacking dust jacket. ... more information

Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1953. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket shows light chipping at base of spine and a two-inch closed tear at base of front panel, else Fine. Ex-library copy. ... more information

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Some of the usual toning to the page edges, and a few tiny rubs to the front and rear board; still, book is bright and clean. Jacket is slightly color-faded (as almost always found), with a couple of tiny closed tears at the bottom rear panel, else lovely. Basis for the 1959 film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Alan Ladd. A very nice copy. ... more information

New York: Random House, 1988. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine and unread in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Heel is lightly bumped, light dust-soiling to the page edges; jacket is lightly rubbed, has a tiny bruise at the crown, with a light dampstain at the bottom, noticeable only on the verso. ... more information

Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. Trade Fine condition. ... more information

Holland: D. Reidel, 1969. First Edition. First Edition. About Fine lacking dust jacket. From the library of distinguished philosopher George Farre, with his owner name and a rubber stamp to the front endpaper, and a hint of fading to the spine. A very presentable copy. ... more information

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007. First Edition. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Set in New York. ... more information