Authors starting with Q from Bartlebys Books

the first and last to Nash Buckingham (the second with one passage bracketed by Buckingham), the middle one to Henry Bartholomew (forwarding a check for the gun, docketed). 4to. 3 pages total, approximately 500 words. Accompanied by an unsigned retained copy of a typed letter by Buckingham to Queeny, 5 August 1939, pertaining to the gun. Queeny's last letter, in part: "Most of the birds I miss are overhead birds and I have always attributed this to the fact that my right eye is blind and that when... more information

Boston:: Charles C. Little and James Brown,, 1845.. 8vo. 64 pp. Original printed wrappers (a little soiled). Very good copy housed in a custom three-point cloth folder with leather labels on the upper cover and spine. First edition. Inscribed at the head of the title page "Revd. Dr. Nichols / with the respects of / Josiah Quincy." Correcting false statements made by Bancroft in his report concerning the "condition of the seminary and the labors of its Professors." Quincy (1772-1864) ser... more information

Jackson, MS:: Printed by C.R. & J.S. Fall,, 1836.. First edition. 8vo. 16 pp. Quitman's state of the state address, covering states rights and slavery (pp. 3-7), Indian treaties (pp. 8-9), and support for internal improvements to reduce dependence on New Orleans (pp. 11-12). Inscribed (by Quitman?) at the upper corner of the title page "S.T. Mason / Gov. of the Territory / of Michigan" (parts of "territory" and "Michigan" trimmed in binding; "acting" written... more information

NY:: Published for the Anglers' Club of New York by Tobias A. Wright,, 1916.. First edition. 8vo. 50 pp. Plates, eight in color, frontispiece portrait of the author. Copy number 206 of 300 copies, inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Original gilt-stamped green leather, pictorial onlay in upper board; some rubbing to the binding, but very good and much better than copies usually encountered. ... more information

NY:: Scribner's Sons,, 1941.. 1 of 1200 copies. 8vo.; xvi, 133pp. With photos by the author (many in color). Top page edges gilt. Very good in chipped glassine. ... more information