Search Results: Titles starting with P from Beacon Books

Galerie Michael. Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. California: Galerie Michael, 1999 60 pages. Black lettering on the spine. Cut out on the front cover showing through to the title page image. Very minimal wear to the corners. A very good copy of this catalogue with the title on the spine being: Pablo Picasso - Prints in Progress: Rare States and Working Proofs from the Atelier. Illustrated throughout with b/w and colour images.

University of Toronto Press. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. ix, 247 pages. Green lettering on the spine, green fern illustration on the front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, it is shelf worn and tattered along the edges, with a closed tear on the upper back spine edge, and a 1/4' piece missing along the back lower edge. A very good copy of this text on ferns. Illustrated throughout with b/w line drawings of the plants and with maps describing their locations.

Grosset & Dunlap. Presumed First American Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 316 pages. Green lettering with red decoration on the spine and front cover. Cover edges are shelf worn; cover is soiled, corners are bumped. There is a slant to the spine. Front free endpaper has an erased name on it. A few minor stains on the paper in the text. A very good copy of this scarce edition of Painted Fires. Signed on the title page by Nellie L. McClung in black ink. Size: 5 x 7.5

Bleak Beauty. Presumed First Edition.. Softcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 63 pages. Dark brown lettering on the spine and on the pictorial front cover. Very minimal wear to the edges. A fine copy of this fictionalized story about Lyon's alter ego Chistopher A. Leonne with text and b/w and colour photographs by Lyon. Size: 8 x 11

Pavillon De L'Arsenal and Picard. Presumed First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 366 pages. Red lettering on the spine and front cover. Very minor bumping to the top corner. Previous owner's name on the first white page. A very good copy of this description of Paris. Text is in French. This book has a second ISBN 2 70840430X. Illustrated throughout with b/w and full colour photographs. This is a very heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 7 x 12

Jos. C. Huber. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 140 pages. Black title on the spine. The white leather used for the binding is lightly soiled. Front endpapers have two tipped in photographs. Ticket for the day the owner of this book went to the play is neatly tipped in on page 6, dated 18.5.1930. A very good copy of this book, possibly privately bound, containing 'The Whole Official Text for the year 1930 is revised and newly published by the municipality of Oberammergau' with at least 11 b/w photographs of which of them are signed by the actors - Anton Lang signed three different photographs, Alois Lang

Faber & Gwyer, 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. xi, 101 pages. Gold lettering on the front cover. Blue polished buckram binding with bevelled edges. Cover is soiled and faded with minor scuffing at the head and tail of spine and corners. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Spine sunned. Signed and numbered (194/750) on the editions page by the author and the artist. Minor foxing to endpapers. The b/w drawings by Edmund Kapp are reproduced in full-page images, facing various texts related to music. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Johann Gottlieb Garbe, 1751. Not Stated, Presumed Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. xvi, 428, 60 pages (the last 60 pages are unpaginated). 1751. Marbled fore edges, five raised bands with decorated panels; covers are 'tree calfed'. Missing the top 1/4' of the spine, exposing the headband (which is loose); corners are worn. A very good copy - considering it's age, of this scarce title, discussing Theology. Text is in German.

Le Soleil Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. 61 pages. Faded gold lettering on the spine, gold lettering and illustration of a flying airplane on the front cover. Minor wear to the top and tail of the spine, otherwise a very good copy of this charming book with 16 poems on barnstorming and early aviation.

Chapman and Hall, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. 391 [32] pages. Gold lettering on the spine, blind embossed cover and spine. Top 1 1/2' of the spine hinges are torn, tail hinge beginning to give. Corners bumped and scuffed. Previous owners' book plate on the first white page, (no name on it). A very good copy of this Catholic Church history with one steel engraving of 'Paul the Friar'.

Lund Humphries. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. 300, [44]+ pages. Red lettering on the spine. Corners and a few places on the edges of the cover are worn. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is scuffed on the corners and top edge, is lightly soiled, has a closed tear on the upper spine edge. A very good copy of this graphic design book with 30 articles by 24 different authors; foldouts, vivid design sheets, heavy paper, elaborate graphic art, and more. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping costs. Size: 8 x 12

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).

Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, 1829. Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. x, 166 pages. 1829. Gold lettering on the spine. The cover is badly worn, with the cloth hinge coming unglued; front and back inner hinges are cracked; paper is foxed. Previous owner's bookplate on the inner front cover. A very good copy of this collectible book subtitled: By Way of Piccadilly, Knightsbridge, Brentford, Tossbury, Putney Bridge and the Countries West of London . . . With Some Accounts of the Inhabitants and Customs of the Regions East of Kensington. By an Inside Passenger. To which is Appended a Model for a Magazine. . .

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

The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1950. Numbered Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. lxxix, 283, (xv) pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Top fore edge gilded, other two edges uncut. Lower spine corner bumped. Light dicolouration to the top front corners. Two maps in the back pocket are in fine condition. A very good copy of this Hudson's Bay Record Society Volume XIII. This is limited edition #1048. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Palgrave Macmillan. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. xxviii, 289 pages. White lettering on a light blue background on the spine. Blue and white lettering on a pictorial front cover. Previous owner's name on the first page. A fine copy, appears unread, of this study subtitled: Immigration and the Idea of Citizenship in France and Britain. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

John Wiley & Sons, 1889. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 68 pages + 3 fold-out plates. Gold lettering on the spine, black lettering on the front cover. Cover corners are lightly bumped. Cover is shelf worn, with fading along the lower edge. Tiny pieces missing on the edge of the front free endpaper (which is brown) . A very good copy of this study of photography for surveyors, illustrated thoughout with b/w line drawings. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges.

Kolos Publishers, 1970. Not Stated Presumed First Thus.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. ix, 528 pages. Green lettering on the spine. Previous owner's name on the foredges and on the front endpapers. Cover edges are bumped. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has some wear along the top edges. A very good copy of this text published for the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Science Foundation. Translated from Russian. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges. Size: 6.5 x 9.5

The C. V. Mosby Company, 1925. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 404 pages. Black lettering on the spine. Corners bumped, but otherwise this is a very good copy of this intermediate textbook.

Felicie. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. 278 pages. White lettering on the spine and pictorial front cover. Edges of the cover are lightly worn. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has minor wear along the edges and a closed tear to the 'window' in the jacket. A very good copy of this book on Picasso, translated by Roland Balay. Illustrated throughout with full colour and b/w photographs. This is a very heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 11.5 x 12