Search Results: Authors starting with A from Beacon Books

Interior Stationary Smithers. Not Stated.. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good+. 368 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has three closed tears on the back edges. Illustrated with 34 b/w illustrations, a fold out map in the text and a large 26'x23' map in a pocket on the back cover. A very good copy of this Reprint of 1906 publication by The Bodley Head in London. Contains two additional prefatory sections documenting the life of the author and 'Some Early Historians of British Columbia'. Size: 5.75 x 9.25

New Classics Library, 2005. Tenth Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 256 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A very good copy of this text, subtitled 'Key to Market Behavior'.

New Classics Library, 2005. Tenth Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 256 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. There is a signature and a date on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A very good copy of this text, subtitled 'Key to Market Behavior'.

American Elsevier Pub. Co. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. 769 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Fore edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has a large closed tear on the lower edge, is chipped and scuffed. A very good copy of this text, which is North-Holland Research Monographs' Frontiers of Biology Volume 33.

International Specialized Book Services [distributor]. Pressumed First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 226 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. The only fault this book has is one line comment on the back free endpaper written by the previous owner. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this history of horses from New South Wales in India. Illustrated with b/w photographs in the text. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

W. Clowes & Sons, 1873. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 325 pages. Blue and red cover is decorated with gold ornamentation. Spine is faded. Foredges are gilded. Top and tail of the spine are worn; corners are lightly bumped. Minimal foxing in the text. A very good copy of this journal illustrated with three b/w portraits, one fold-out landscape. Size: 7 x 9.5

Phaidon Press, June 2000. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 448 pages. Black and orange numbers on the spine, lettering on the front cover. A fine copy of this architectural book, presenting a selection of one hundred architects by ten international critics. Filled with amazing full colour photographs. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges. Size: 12 x 12

Walker & Co. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 249 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has minor shelf wear. A fine copy of this mystery, signed by the author on the title page in blue ink.

Emerson Press. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 66 pages. Blue lettering on a pink card cover. Cover is lightly faded at the spine edge otherwise it is a fine copy of this guide to books on the occult and psychic sciences. Size: 5 x 7.75

Folio Gallery Inc.. Numberd Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine`/Fine. Not paginated. Black lettering on the spine and front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this collection of b/w photographs. With an introduction by Annie Proulx. The book is signed by the photographer (on the title page) as well as the as by six members or Waterous & Co. on the limited edition page. This is #343 of 500 copies. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Singapore Armed Forces Medical Services. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good-. 144 pages. Red and white lettering on the spine and front cover. Minor wear to the edges of the cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has two close tear along the front and the back top edges. There is a bookplate on the front free endpaper presented to:. with compliments from Col (Dr) Lionel Lee, signed by him above his name. A very good copy of this title, illustrated through with b/w and full colour photographs.

Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 408 [3] pages. Black lettering on the spine and front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this historical adventure, signed on title page with 'I leave you the mystery' inscription by the author. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Niagara Falls Power Company. Pressumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. xxii, 455 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Top foredge is gilded. Cover corners and edges are lightly scuffed. A very good copy of this history of Niagara Power subtitled: Evolution of its Central Power Station and Alternating Current System. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps (a few fold-out maps in near fine condition). This is a very heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Morriss Printing Company Ltd.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. xii, 404 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has a very small grease on the top edge of the back turn-in. This is a fine copy of the geneaological history of Jonathan Gregory Adams, illustrated with a few b/w photographs in the text. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 6 x 9.25

Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. Third Printing.. Softcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. viii, 188 pages/ Blue and white lettering on a pictorial front cover. Minor wear to the corners of the book. a very good copy of this 2001 edition dealing with pest management in British Columbia . Illustrated with a few b/w drawings. Size: 8.5 x 11

Island Heritage. First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 142 pages. White and yellow lettering on the spine, white lettering on a pictorial front cover. A fine copy of this Hawaiian cookbook, filled with full colour photographs and cooking tips. Size: 9 x 8.75

Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1887. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 152 pages. Black lettering on the front cover. Front and back hinges have been repaired. Fore edge foxed, paper browning. The 1888 inscription on the free endpaper is to the author's daughter. In the book there is an very fine picture of Rev. Addams, a note from him on a separate page and on the back free endpaper a pasted in description of the book. A good copy of this book, with all the ephemera and 250 arithmetical problems with their careful solutions.

Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1887. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 40 pages. Black lettering on the front cover. The name on the free endpaper is to the author's giving the book to his daughter in 1888. Corners are scuffed. A very good copy of this book, with the 250 arithmetical questions without the answers which are given (with answers , showing how they are obtained) in the Manual by the same author.

Praeger, April 1981. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. xxiv, 487 pages. Green lettering on the spine. Slight slant to the spine. Corners lightly bumped. There are a few pencil annotations. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is badly chipped along the edges, with a 3/4' x 1.5' piece missing at the bottom of the front spine corner; one closed tear at the top of the spine. A very good copy of this 'collective biography' that explores ' the contribution of women to the criticism, scholarship, and interpretation of the visual arts. Illustrated with a few b/w photographs. Size: 6.25 x 9.5

Carl Reissner. Not Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 160 pages. Black lettering on the spine and front cover. Top of the spine is worn. Cover is soiled. Paper is foxed. A very good copy of these scarce memoirs of Countess Lichtenau. Text is in German.