Titles starting with Q from B & L Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts

Engraved frontispiece portrait of William Baxter, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary calf, front hinge starting. Baxter's edition of Horace is likely the best known of all translations. ... more information

Disbound. Heavy contemporary annotations. Only edition of this unrecorded dissertation by Maloet (1684-1742), an esteemed doctor who published on a variety of subjects during his lifetime. Maloet maintained that "life spirit" is housed in the blood. He describes how the blood's chemical process of respiration produces the heat responsible for animation and movement.... more information

Green publisher’s cloth, in the original green dust-jacket, 2 small tears to front. First English edition, originally published in French under the title La Frondière. The present work is a psychological novel about the twisted relationship between a mother and her son.... more information

Engraved frontispiece portrait, numerous text illustrations. Later vellum with gilt-tooled border, morocco spine labels; a few leaves cropped without loss of any letters, occasional light spotting on a few leaves, otherwise an excellent, clean copy. First edition of Tartaglia’s important work on the mathematics of warfare, in which he presents his independently discovered solution to cubic equations. The text is divided into nine books, with the first eight covering ballistics, gunpowder, infantry... more information

Unopened. A very interesting narrative (early blog) from some guy who likes to read his own writing, but from a little-heard state. Also includes sections entitled Why not have peace!; What are we fighting for?; Facts and figures; the president and his administration; and arbitrary arrests. If nothing else, should be read for the information on the cost of the war.... more information

Title in blue and black. Cloth-backed patterned boards, uncut. A fine copy, signed by the author. First edition. Written in the form of a self-interview, this book contains questions that interviewers had never asked Percy, along with their answers. This copy is one from the rare first issue which has an “O” in place of a “Q” on the title, a printer’s error which was supposed to have been corrected. Apparently a few were bound and numbered by mistake. This copy is number 124 of 350 ... more information

Decorated woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Contemporary calf. Small worm-trail to rear board, upper portion of front joint slightly cracked, a few scattered spots. Contemporary ownership markings to title. The author was P. Maximilianus Antonius à Jesu. It looks as if this is an earlier printing of a version in Czech: P t Dawidow?ch Kamen Goliásse porásse poráv?, 1723. Both were printed by Jan Václav Helm. ... more information