Search Results: Titles starting with R from Beacon Books

Collins, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 255 pages. Black lettering on the spine, line drawing on the front cover. Corners are bumped, fore edge is lightly faded. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has a closed tear on the lower front edge. A very good copy of this charming story describing the life in East Anglia, including ballads and songs, some short poems at the beginning of chapters and b/w line drawings throughout the text. Coloured frontispiece.

Radio Amateurs of Canada Inc. Seventh Edition.. Softcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. Paginated for each individual chapter. Black lettering on a yellow background on the spine; green lettering on a pictorial front cover. Very minimal wear to the edges of the cover. A very good copy of this manual with the CD in the pocket at the back of the book. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and diagrams. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 8.5 x 11

Katalis. Second Revised Edition.. Softcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 192 pages. White lettering on a blue background on the spine. White and blue lettering on a pictorial front cover. Very minimal wear to the corners of the cover. A very good copy of this account of the mystifying monuments built over a thousand years ago in Central-Java. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs of the stone reliefs. Size: 8 x 11

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

The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. vii, 443 pages. Black lettering on the spine and in a circular pattern on the front cover. Minor bumping to the corners of the cover. Previous owner's stamp on the first two blank pages. A very good copy of this handbook containing sixty-six courses of systematic study or occasional reading based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Holt Rinehart and Winston. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. xvii, 398 pages. Gold lettering on the spine, a gold ram's head on the front cover. Minor wear to the edges and corners of the cover. Minor soiling to the foredge. Previous owner's name plate on the front cover, and his name stamped on the inside of the flyleaf. The dust jacket was stuck to the lower edge of the front cover, leaving a white residue. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, it is badly chipped along the edges. A very good copy of this Big Game record. Illustrated with b/w photographs. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Jeronimus Ratelband, 1751. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Title page continues: by A. L. Callenfels, 1751. Mitsgarders met twee AANHANGZELS, tagen den Styl der Notarissen van Jacob de Coeur, Notaris; en de Verhandeling over 't Notarisschap, van P. F. Rechstsgeleerde. First volume is missing the title page; has 240 pages and three additional sections: REGISTER DER FORMULIER ACTENS, EN BYZONDERE DELEN DER ZELVEN - 6 pages, REGISTER DER PERIODENS - 8 pages; REGISTER DER ZAKEN - 9 pages. The second volume has 296 pages. The vellum is beginning to crack at the lower spine edge. Headband and the top of the spine lining are no longer attached to the spine, but they are intact. A very good copy this early edition. Size: 4 x 6.5

Cambridge University Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 256 Pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Very minimal shelf wear to the top and tail of the spine, otherwise this is a fine copy of this Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature's scholarly look at non-Augustinian views of eschatology and their implications for the study of 'Piers Plowman'.

Bureau of Economics and Statistics Department of Industrial Development, Trade, and Commerce. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 551 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Previous owner's name in on the inner cover, scrawled out in pen, otherwise this is a fine copy of this regional index, with a page of changes stapled to the free endpaper.

The Lancashire Parish Register Society, 2005. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 454 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and gold crest on the front cover. A very good copy of this Parish Register with Baptisms, marriages and Burials. This is volume no. 160 of the Lancashire Parish Register Society series. Useful for genealogical research. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges. Size: 5.5 x 8.75

The Lancashire Parish Register Society, 2006. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 231 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and gold crest on the front cover. A very good copy of this Parish Register with Baptisms and Burials. This is volume no. 161 of the Lancashire Parish Register Society series. Useful for genealogical research. Size: 5.5 x 8.75

The Lancashire Parish Register Society, 2001. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 333 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and gold crest on the front cover. A very good copy of this Parish Register with Baptisms, marriages and Burials. This is volume no. 153 of the Lancashire Parish Register Society Series. Useful for genealogical research. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges. Size: 5.5 x 8.75

Carl Mautz Publishing. First Edition.. Softcover. Fine/No Jacket. 104 pages. White and orange lettering on the spine and front cover. A fine copy of this book featuring this Italian photographer's works ranging from the gold of British Columbia to remote adobe villages in the Arizona Territory. He captured both the Indians of the West and formal portraits of the rich and famous of New York and Chicago. Size: 8.5 x 11

Remington Arms Company. Presumed First Edition.. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 100 pages. The book is spiral bound in green stiff plastic cover with white titles. A fine copy of this catalogue focusing on Shotguns, Centerfire Rifles and Rimfire Rifles - 22 Calibers. Size: 10 x 11.5

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).

Department of National Defence. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. A thin volume. 57 pages. Black lettering on the front cover. Top two inches of the spine is torn. Corners worn and soiled. Previous owner's name on the cover. A very good copy of this interesting 'Report on certain 'Incidents' which occurred on board HMC Ships Athabaskan, Crescent and Magnificent and on other matters concerning The Royal Canadian Navy' made to the Minister of National Defense in 1949. Size: 6.5 x 9.5

St. Martin's Press. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/Fine. 212 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine, unread, copy of this Daisy Dalrymple mystery, signed and dated on the title page by the author in black ink.

Imprimerie De Monaco. Not Stated, Presumed First Editions. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 226 pages + 14 pages of plates and 14 pages of explanatory notes. Text is in French. Previous owner's name on the title page and on the inside cover. A very good copy of this molluscs volume with 325 illustrations on the 14 plates. The data comes from the campaignes of the yachts Hirondelle l et ll et Princesse-Alice l et ll (1888-1913).

Printed by Samuel Edward Dawson, Law Printer to the King's, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 1906. 3637 pages in 4 volumes. Gold lettering on the spines. Hinges are weak on all volumes, corners worn. Top and tail of the spines are worn; Vol II has a piece missing on the spine's title. Vol III missing front cover. Covers lightly soiled. Previous owner's stamp on the inside covers. Poor condition on the outside and very good on the inside. This is a VERY heavy set and will require additional shipping charges.

Printed By L. K. Cameroan, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. xlv, [lii], [x], and from page 3797 to 3932. Gold lettering on black leather on the spine. Leather is badly worn on the spine and corners. Previous owner's name stamped on several pages. A very good copy of this scarce title, 'Being a consolidation and revision of certain Imperial Statutes Relating to Property and Civil Rights Incorporated into the Law of Ontario by Virtue of Provincial Legislation up to the end of the year 1897, with an appendix containing 1) Imperial Constitutional Statutes. 2) Imperial Statutes of General Practical Utility, passed since 15 October, 1792 in Force in Ontario, Ex Proprio Vigore. 3) The Habeas Corpus Act. and 4) A Table of Imperial Statutes in Force in Canada Ex Proprio Vigore, at the end of the year 1901.'