Search Results: Authors starting with S from Beacon Books

MIT Press. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good-. xi, 341 pages. Yellow lettering on the spine. Minor bumping to the top and tail of the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is chipped with some closed tears along the edges. A very good copy of this architectural study, illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. Edited by Judith Wolin. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Hamdard Foundation. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. 267 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and on the front cover. Lower corners of the book are bumped. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has bumped corners. A very good copy of this anthology of essays selected due to their association with D. Needham and their expertise in the areas of their study and research. Size: 6.5 x 10

Japan Publications Trading Co. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 140 pages. White and black lettering on the spine and on the front cover. Cover has minor bumping to the corners. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, it is shelf worn around the edges and is price clipped. A very good copy of this scarce martial arts book. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs of each movement. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

John Wiley & Sons. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. xii, 158 pages. Black lettering on the spine. Previous owner's name is stamped on the foredges and on the front endpapers. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A near fine copy of this text on soil mechanics and plasticity. translated by R.W. Lewis and H. Virlogeux Size: 6 x 9.5

Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc. First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/Very Good +. 200 pages. Gold lettering on the spine, minor scuffing to the lower edge. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has minor wear along the edges. A very good copy of this mystery, signed on the title page by the author. Size: 5.5 x 8.5

Carroll & Graf Pub. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 150 pages. Silver lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this Lew Griffin mystery, signed on the title page by the author.

Payback Press/Canongate Books Ltd.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 370 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this biography of Chester Himes, signed on the title page by the author.

CT Publishing, August 2000. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 398 [1] pages. Black lettering on a grey and white pictorial cover. Very minimal wear to a corner. A fine copy of this collection of short fiction, signed on the title page by the author.

Walker & Co. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/Fine. 193 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this mystery, signed on the title page by the author.

Point Blank, August 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 165 [4] pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this Jack O'Connell mystery, signed on the title page by the author.

Walker Books, November 1997. First Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 190 pages. Copper lettering on the spine. Minor fading to the top of the cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this Lew Griffin mystery, signed on the title page by the author Size: 6 x 9.5

Walker & Co. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/Fine. 255 pages. Copper lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this mystery, signed on the title page by the author.

Walker & Co. First American Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 368 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this biography of Chester Himes, signed on the title page by the author. Size: 6 x 9.5

Boston Mills Press, September 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 168 pages. White lettering on a red background on the spine, red and black lettering on the pictorial front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has minimal shelf wear on the top. Previous owner's name on the free front endpaper. A fine copy of this pictorial book about small nineteenth century houses which have been remodeled. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Potter Style, October 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 256 pages. White lettering on the spine and on the pictorial front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this wine cellar book, illustrated throughout with lovely full colour photographs. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Samuel Stevens. Not Stated, Presumed First Editions.. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good -. 257 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Blind embossed front cover. Previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has minor chipping along the edges. . A very good copy of this book published for the Canadian War Museum, the National Museum of Man and the National Museums of Canada, with a narrative account of Canadian military aviation from its beginnings to 1968, with information on badges, chronology, commanders, higher formations and squadron locations, representative aircraft and operational history. Illustrated with 460 b/w photographs. This is a very heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 9.75 x 12.5

Cortney Publications. Presumed First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 90 pages. Volume 2 only. Black lettering on the spine and on the pictorial front cover. Corners are shelf worn. A very good copy of this forestry history, illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. There is a large inscription on title page presumed by the author in black ink. Size: 7 x 9.5

Putnam Adult, March 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Fine. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1992 320 pages. Copper lettering on the spine. Minor bumping to the top and the tail of the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A very good copy of this John Sanford novel, signed by him on the title page in blue ink.

Ahn Graphics Ltd.. First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good./Very Good-. 255 [9] pages. Black lettering on the spine and on the front cover. There is a remaindered line on the bottom foredge. Lower edges of the cover are worn as are the corners. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is chipped along the along the edges and is worn at the top and tail of the spine. A very good copy of this 9th volume in the Asian Art Motifs series, illustrated throughout with b/w images of the various masks. Text is in English and Korean. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 9 x 12.5

Palgrave Macmillan, June 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 236 pages. White lettering on a green background on the spine. Green and white lettering on a pictorial front cover. Minimal shelf wear on the corners, otherwise this is a near fine copy of this study of Milton's Paradise Lost.