Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Peninsula Books

Detroit: Detroit Public Library. Very Good. 1931. Softcover. This brief biography of William Dummer Powell by noted Detroit historian Milo Quaife profiles Michigan's first local judge. Published in Burton Historical Leaflet Vol. IX, no. 4., March 1931. Stapled self wrappers. Paged as pp 51-64 (Each leaflet was devoted to a single topic) ; B&W Illustration; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 14 pages .

Detroit: Detroit Public Library. Very Good. 1931. Self wraps. David Bacon was the first Protestant missionary to the Indians of Michigan; a Connecticut native, he arrived in Detroit in 1800 and began his missionary labors. Detroit Biographies: David Bacon" by M. M. Quaife. Published in the Burton Historical Collection Leaflet, Vol. IX, no. 3, January 1931. Paged as 35-48 pp. Stapled self wrappers. (Each leaflet was devoted to a single topic.) ; B&W Illustration; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 14 pages .

New York: Dorset Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. Special Limited Ed. Hardcover. 0880291257 . Numerous interesting illustrations accompany the text which covers the period from Roman Britain to the Norman conquest. Contains an index and a chronology in the rear. A clean, tight and unmarked book in a nice dust jacket (one short tear to lower bottom edge of the rear panel). ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo, 7" - 7½" tall; 236 pages .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0297831267 . This book contains beautiful two-page color photos of villages throughout England in a landscape-style format, all with captions and an introductory text. It is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. Dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings. Appears to have been seldom used. Size: 7¾"x11¼" ; Color Photographs; Rectangular 8vo; 160 pages .

Toronto: Little, Brown. Very Good. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 0316729213 . A Matthew Prior mystery. Slight crimp to top edge of spine and light creasing to spine, else a clean and tight book. Trade paperback ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages .