Albert Quevedo (7 results)

DE QUEVEDO, Albert C. WHAT OF THE MORROW. San Fransisco: Albert G. De Quevedo Guild, [1931]. 8vo., boards. First Edition. Very good. $12.50.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. (1931) Original mauve paper covered boards w/ white paper spine. Gilt title on front cover. Wear to corners and spine ends. SIGNED BY ALBERT G. DE QUEVEDO ON TITLE PAGE. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents very nice. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. "This 6.5 x 9.625 inch, unpaginated hardcover book is the 1931 first edition of this title as published by the Albert G. De Quevedo Guild, San Francisco, California. This copy is in near fine condition with just a bit of shelf wear to the bottom two corners. This copy features a spine-strip of apparent vellum leather and then a mauve paper-over-boards as the cover. The front cover panel features gilt lettering in bright and clean condition. The interior text is in fine condition with the deckled edges un-dampened, and the attractive text printed over a light blue pictorial picture design giving a handsome touch to this attractive little book. The text is announced as a "study in personality" and the author digresses "A weaver of words is a sower of seeds - that bloom into roses or grow into weeds. I'm weaving the words of a pattern so grand - it cannot be wrought by the work of my hand. I'm sowing the seeds and your efforts will show - in beauty of fields that I wanted to sow." The brief storyline goes on with a frightened little girl wandering into a dark forest where elves lurk. What happens next, acquire this book to find out. unpaginated pages.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. unpaginated, illus. Guild Edition, 1931. Inscribed on the Sub-heading page titled: A Study in Personality. Very light wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6" x 8.5". Tan suede-like cloth with gilt lettering to front board, and a light beige leather back strip. "A slim volume described as a "study in personality" by this inspirational speaker and educator - a book which urges everyone to step away from their fears and concerns and to appreciate the beautiful harmony of the world around them." Size: Slim Octavo. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. First Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. HASTE, Laurence (illustrator). First Edition. Bound in white and purple boards, sans DW; signed by the author; black & white drawings; approx. 48pp. Signed, Limited. Signed, Limited Edition.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good. Signed. Corners are worn. Slightly worn at the edge of the spine.