Search Results: Authors starting with T from Beacon Books

Editions Mythra. Not Stated, Presumed First Editions. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 93 pages. Black lettering on a white background on the spine. White lettering on the front pictorial cover. Very minor wear to the corners. There is a whitened-out inscription on the back of the half title page. A very good copy of this book, with more than 45 pages of full colour photographs. The text is in French. Inscribed on the title page by R. Vernadet

New Holland Books. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Fine. 160 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Minor shelf wear to the lower edges of the cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A very good copy of this beautifully photographed journey of cathedrals in England. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

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

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.

Chapman & Hall Limited, 1905. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. xii, 49 pages. Black lettering on the spine and front cover. Cover is soiled, with bumping to the top ad tail of the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, it is soiled, scuffed along the edges, with a large piece missing on the back (2.5 x 2'). A very good copy of this scarce title, illustrated with twelve b/w photographs and 20 line drawings.

H.Temperley. Presumed First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 72 pages. White and black lettering on a pictorial spine and front cover. A fine copy of this scarce art catalogue-type book, inscribed by the author on the title page. Illustrated on each page with full colour reproductions.

Shaw and Sons, Fetter Lane, 1856. Tenth Edition. Trade Paperback. Poor/No Jacket. liii, 544, ccclxxxii pages. Black lettering on the spine, on a partial paper label. Cover is in four pieces, completely unattached. The book block is in very good condition with the previous owner's name and address on the free endpaper. Some pages are uncut. Although this book needs rebinding, it is a good copy of this treatise in six parts.

National Portrait Gallery, March 2001. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 211 pages. Silver lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this photographic portrait study by Horst with an essay by Terence Pepper and notes on the plates and chronology by Robin Muir. Photographs of actors, models, socialites, designers and artists. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

The Leader Publishing Co.. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. 90 pages. Green lettering on the cover. Presumed 1920s. Cover is very tattered and almost loose from the interior. Interior is in fine+ condition, full of b/w photographs, poetry and other stories.

Winnipeg Art Gallery. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 84 pages. Blue lettering on a pictorial front cover. Very minimal wear to the corners. A very good copy of this book showing, with b/w and coloured photographs, the items exhibited and the winners of the 'In Praise of Crafts/Louange Metiers d'Art 1988', the fifth juried show presented by the Crafts Guild of Manitoba to celebrate it's Diamong Jubilee year. October 18 - November 13 1988. Size: 10 Inches

British Sports and Sportsmen, 1917. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 579 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. This edition is limited to One thousand copies of which this is No. 594. Bound in full red morocco, gilded foredges, gilded inner cover edges. This 1917 book has been professionally rebound at some stage. First and last white pages are creased. Illustrated with tissue guarded photogravures which are foxed and many b/w photographs in the text. Contents are clean and bright with the odd instance of spotting/browning to the page margins. This is an extremely heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Longmans Green & Co.. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 173, [12] pages. Black lettering on the spine and front cover. Cover is soiled, corners and edges re worn. Endpapers are foxed and soiled. A very good copy of this book featuring commercial art of the late 1930's. Images are mostly in b/w but there are a few coloured images. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges at cost.

The War Office. Presumed First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 58 pages. Black lettering on a green card. The cover is soiled (finger prints) otherwise this is a very good copy of this manual which supercedes Military Training Pamphlet No. 14 - Anti-Tank Tactics, 1943 (Code No. 7667). This issue is - WO Code No. 8807. Size: 4.75 x 7

ASME Press (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), September 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 261 pages. White lettering on the spine. Very minimal wear to the top and tail of the spine. A fine copy of this comprehensive study of the evolution of the air engine. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and line drawings.

Romanian National Commission for UNESCO. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 147 pages. Blind embossed titles on the spine and front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has minor shelf wear along the lower edge. The book is housed in its original card slipcase, which is scuffed and soiled, but protecting the book. A fine copy of this UNESCO World Heritage book, illustrated with full colour photographs. Text is in French and English. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 9.5 x 11.75

Bakkerij 'de ruijter'. Not Stated Presumed First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 98 + two maps at the end. Black lettering on the spine and front cover. Edges of the cover are lightly worn. A very good copy of this book, with text is in Dutch, with 140 tipped-in small colour illustrations.

Verkade's Fabrieken. Reprint.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 95 pages. Black lettering on the spine, black lettering on a pictorial front cover. Minor wear to the corners of the book, otherwise this is a fine 1979 copy of this 1918 book on Friesland, with text in Dutch. Illustrated with 144 small coloured plates and some b/w drawings. Size: 9.5 x 11.75

Douglas & McIntyre. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 172 pages. Light green lettering on the spine and front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this publication of Takao Tanabe's work. Tanabe is particularly known for his paintings of the Canadian prairies and the British Columbia coast. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Douglas & McIntyre. First Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. xi, 161 [1] pages. White lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. The only fault this book has is an embossed circle with the previous owner's name on the lower edge of the half title page. A fine copy of this study of comprehensive study of Gordon Smith's art. Illustrated throughout with full colour reproductions. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 9.5 x 11

Exposition Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. 223 pages. Red lettering on the spine and front cover. Corners are lightly bumped. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is chipped along the edges. A very good copy of this scarce novel subtitled: A Novel of a Newspaperman's Fight Against Crime in the Prohibition Era.