Search Results: Authors starting with N from Beacon Books

Interscience Publishers. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good-. 147 pages + 30 photographs (2 fold out). Silver lettering on the spine. Corners of the cover are bumped; top of the spine edge is discoloured; previous owner's name plate on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is badly chipped along the edges, with an inch missing along the top edge of the spine; several closed tears. A very good copy of this scarce title, missing whatever was in the back pocket of the book. Illustrated with a few b/w maps; and the photographs are also b/w. The text was translated by Richard B. Rodman. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. xiii, 449 pages. White lettering on the spine and front cover. Lower corners lightly worn. One of the authors name stamped on the front free endpaper and foredges. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is badly chipped along the edges and taped where it has been torn. A very good copy of this text on the properties of soil, designed for students, workers and researchers in the fields of soil mechanics, geotechnical engineering, soil science, agronomy and agricultural engineering. From the library of one of the authors. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges.

Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good+. xiii, 449 pages. White lettering on the spine and front cover. Corners are bumped. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is badly chipped along the edges. A very good copy of this text on the properties of soil, designed for students, workers and researchers in the fields of soil mechanics, geotechnical engineering, soil science, agronomy and agricultural engineering. Inscribed by one of the authors on the front free endpaper. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges.

Routledge, February 2008. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. xix, 193 pages. White lettering on the spine and front covers. A fine copy of this text, subtitled: 'The political economy dynamics of the international trading system'. Size: 6 x 9.5

British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, 1962. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 46 (8) pages. Black lettering on grey covers. Cover is soiled , staples are rusted. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. A very good copy of this geological study, illustrated with b/w photographs and three folded maps in the pocket in the back. Size: 7.25 x 10.5

Trafford Publishing, July 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 526 pages. Purple lettering on the spine and front cover, photograph of the writer on the front cover. A fine copy of this book which was written to entertain the author's mother, and a book for the entire world to read as it answers questions about Iran in the last 35 years from the view of this Persian physician and Canadian pathologist. Inscribed and dated on the title page by the author. This is a very heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Self Published. First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Blue, orange and green spiral bound books. 173, 126, 152 pages. Edges of the covers are shelf worn. Previous owner's name on the inside cover of the first volume. A very good copy of this sewing set, illustrated throughout with line drawings. Size: 9 x 9.5

Collins, 1948. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 255 pages. Red lettering on the spine. Corners are bumped. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, it has several large closed tears and is shipped along the edges. A very good copy of this story featuring Maurice St. Annalands, page to William the Silent. Illustrated with b/w drawings in the text. Size: 5 x 7.5

Astra. Privately Issued, Presumrd First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 189 [6] pages. Black lettering on the spine and front cover. The book apperas to be printed in the 1940's - not dated. Originally many pages were uncut at the foredge, making for a jagged edge after cutting - some pages have not been cut. A very good copy of this Manual of Arabian Erotology. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Wilfrid Laurier University Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. xiv, 146 pages. Black lettering on the spine and front cover. A fine copy of this military science book reviewing the history of military coalitions in the past and their effects on history.

Soho Crime, October 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 327 pages. Silver lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine, unread, copy of this mystery, signed on the title page by the author in black ink.

H. D. Symonds, 1804. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. 1804. 400+ pages, mostly unpaginated. Gold lettering on the spine, five raised bands, marbled endpapers. Corners are bumped, edges scuffed, paper is foxed. A very good copy of this two hundred year old book which was used to calculate 'any thing that may occur in trade'.

Dennis McMillan Publications. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/Fine. 469 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine, unread, copy of this novel, signed by the author on the title page in black ink.

Penguin Books. First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 618 pages. White and green lettering on a green background on the spine. Black and green lettering on a pictorial front cover. There is a scratch on the top foredge, otherwise this is a fine copy of this collection with more than 400 recipes being a collection of the best recipes from the first four books of the Csiro collection. Illustrated throughout with full colour photographs of most of the recipes. This is a very heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 8 x 9.75

Washington State Historical Society. First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/Very Good-. xviii, 352 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Minor soiling to the top of the foredge. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has some wear along the edges and one small (1/4') closed tear along the top. A very good copy of this account of Robert Gray's voyages, illustrated with a few b/w photographs and line drawings. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 6 x 9

D. Z. Howell, 1901. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Green Cloth. No Dj. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. History. 6.75 x 9.75. 657 pages. Gold lettering on the front cover which is decoratively embossed, gold lettering on the spine is faded. Corners and top and tail of spine bumped and scuffed. The spine says it is volume 3, but there is no indication in the contents as to how many in the set. Front and back hinges have been neatly reinforced with black cloth tape; previous owner's name on the first white page. A good copy of this title, profusely embellished with many phototype and wood engravings and fold out maps.

Atria Books. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/Fine. 375 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine, unread, copy of this mystery. Signed on the title page in black ink.

Victoria General Hospital. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 164 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and on the front cover. Cover is shelf worn, corners are bumped. A very good copy of this 81 year history of St. Joseph's school of nursing, filled with b/w photographs throughout. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Bemrose & Sons, Limited, 1890s. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 257 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Both hinges have been repaired. Previous owner's inscription on the half title page. Inscription dated 1898. A very good copy of this rare title filled with reminiscences of the history of the island of Great Britain with 8 b/w illustrations.