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1977. Paperback. (BERNARD QUARITCH) THE CARL H. PFORZHEIMER LIBRARY. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1977. 8vo. Wrappers. (16) pages. Describing the collection for an upcoming sale. Light sunning to spine, brie writting in pencil on first leaf, else very good. ... more information

1992. Paperback. (GISSING) QUARITCH, Bernard. GEORGE GISSING, 1857-1903. BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, LETTERS. (London): 1992. 8vo. Wrappers. A chronological catalogue of the Pforzheimer Collection. Sale catalogue of 1 items. Very good. ... more information

1969. QUEEN, Ellery. QUEEN'S QUORUM. New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1969. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. "A history of the detective-crime short story as revealed in the 106 most important books published in this field since 1845." Very good. ... more information

1975. Paperback. QUIMBY, Ian M.G. (editor). ARTS OF THE ANGLO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Winterthur, Delaware: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, (1975). 8 Printed wrappers. x, 299 pages. First edition. Collection of scholarly reports--the Winterthur Conference for 1974. Among t contributors are Helena Hayward, Linda Baubgarten, and Christopher Gilbert. inscription on half-title, else very good. ... more information

1864. Paperback. QUINCY, Josiah. SPEECH OF THE HON. JOSIAH QUINCY...IN RELATION TO MARITIME PROTECTION. Alexandria: S. Snowden, 1812. 8vo. Self-wrappers. 30 pages. First edition. [Shaw and Shoemaker, 26555.] This speech was a pivotal moment in Josiah Quincy's (1772-1864) life. An outspoken advocate of military preparedness, Quincy reversed himself in this speech, just prior to the outbreak of the War of 1812, and lost his national political constituancy. After this, he returned to Massachusetts and e... more information