Titles starting with Q from The Bookpress, Ltd.

1969. KRONENBERGER, Louis (editor). QUALITY, ITS IMAGE IN THE ARTS. New York: Atheneum, (1969). 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. 455 pages, plates. Firs edition. A philosophical discussion of how to define "quality" in the arts, with artic by Virgil Thomson, Eric Bentley, William Seitz, Milton Glaser, Cliver Barnes, and others. Very good. ... more information

1952. Paperback. (GEORGE GRADY PRESS) QUALITY IN BOOK-PRODUCTION: AN EXHIBITION OF FINE BOOKS.... (New York): Low Memorial Library, 1952. 8vo. Wrappers. 63, (1) pages, 4 plat First edition. ...of all Periods Seleced from the Columbia University Libraries with Special Emphasis on the Typographic Collection. Very good. ... more information

1845. WEALE, John. QUARTERLY PAPERS ON ARCHITECTURE. Four volumes. (All publishe London: 1844-1845. 4to. Contemporary, quarter-morocco. First edition. [Abbey Life, 80]. John Piper's set, with his bookplate. Articles by Robert Mylne, Sydney Smirk John Papworth, and others on architecture and the decorative arts. With one hundred hand-colored or chromolithographic plates, fifteen of which are double-paged or folding, and one hundred and forty-five tinted or uncolored plates, three more plates than li... more information

1921. HEWLETT, Maurice Henry. QUATTROCENTISTERIA: HOW SANDRO BOTTICELLI SAW SIMONE IN THE SPRING. New York: Grolier Club, 1921. 4to. Cloth spine, boards. One of 300 copies. Printed by John Henry Nash, this is one of a series of six books done by emin American printers at the invitation of th Grolier Club. Lessing Rosewald's copy. Browning to head and edge of cover, else very good. ... more information

1896. CREIGHTON, Mandell. QUEEN ELIZABETH. Paris: Boussod, Valadon, 1896. Folio. Half-morocco. vi, 202, (1) pages, colo frontispiece, 38 plates. First edition. A handsomely printed biography of Queen Elizabeth I, nicely illustrated. Som foxing to the first and last few leaves, else very good. ... more information

1961. POTTER, Neil, and Jack Frost. THE QUEEN MARY. New York: The John Day Company, (1961). 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. First editi Very good in worn dust jacket. ... 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

1916. (HILLACRE BOOKHOUSE) HARTLEY, Randolph. THE QUEST OF HEARTS DESIRE. Riverside, Connecticut: 1916. 8vo. Boards. First edition. A presentation copy. Some cover wear. ... more information

1969. Paperback. BIBLIOTHEQUE ROYALE. QUINZE ANNEES D'ACQUISITIONS. Bruxelles: Bibliotheque Royale Albert 1st, 1969. 4to. Printed wrappers. viii 550 pages. First edition. "De la pose de la premiere pierre a l'inauguration officielle de la Bibliotheque". Reviews fifteen years of acquistions at the Bibliotheque Roya from 1954 to 1968. Light rubbing to extremities, else very good. ... more information

1982. (SEA PEN PRESS AND PAPERMILL) QUOTATION FROM DARD HUNTER. Seattle: (1982). Broadsheet. (5 x 24 inches) One of 30 copies. A line of pastel colored letters and numbers, individually traced in colored pencil using old Portuguese sign painters' stencils, is bordered at each end vertical lines of type. Hand coloring is accomplished with colored pencils or pastel paper pulps (each copy is different). The quotation tells of the ``endless tribulations and discouragements of a papermaker.'' ... more information