Search Results: Titles starting with A from Beacon Books

Reports of the International Whaling Commission. Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 86 pages. Black lettering on a gray background on the spine, white lettering on a pictorial front cover. Minor slant to the spine. Minor bumping to the corners. A very good copy of this study, illustrated with a few b/w photographs, maps and graphs. This is Special Issue 4 for the International Whaling Commission. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

RMN, July 1999. Presumed First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 184 pages. Black lettering on a yellow background on the spine and front cover. A fine copy of this book, illustrated throughout with full colour reproductions. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 9 x 11

Clarendon Press. Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. xiii, 413 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Corners are bumped and lightly scuffed. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is shelf worn and lightly worn on the corners. A very good copy of this law book, being one in a series of books designed for students of law, history, philosophy and social sciences. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Clarendon Press. Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/Near Fine. xiii, 413 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has a small hole on the lower spine edge. A fine copy of this law book, being one in a series of books designed for students of law, history, philosophy and social sciences. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Iacobus Carolus McGuigan. Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. xxiv, 98 pages. Faded gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Very minimal wear to the top and tail of the spine, otherwise this is a near fine copy of these proceedings from the Second Provincial council of Toronto in 1938. The text is in Latin.

Banco De La Republica. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 348, [10] pages. Maroon lettering on the spine and front cover. Cover hinges are a bit shaken due to the construction of the book. Interior hinges just beginning to crack. There are 152 full colour watercolor reproductions plates tipped. Many of the images are fold-out images. Text is in Spanish. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges.

Institution of Civil Rngineers. Presumed First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 20 pages. Black lettering on the front cover. Cover has a crease on the lower foredge corner. The last page is lightly soiled. A very good copy of this scarce 1905 inaugural address of Sir Alexander Richardson Binnie to the Institution of Civil Engineers where he outlines the history of the Institution. Size: 5.5 x 8.5

Windsor Books. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 133 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Minor bump to one corner, otherwise this is a fine copy of this commodity spread trading, both for the experienced and those who wish to learn. Size: 8.5 x 11

Helion and Company. Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. xi, 208 [1] pages. White and yellow lettering on the spine and on the pictorial front cover. Very minimal wear on the lower corners. A fine copy of this narrative of a German soldier on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Cambridge University Press. First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Dust Jacket. x, 504 pages. White lettering on the spine and on the front cover. A fine copy of these essays on the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization regarding international trade law. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 6 x 9

Air League of the British Empire, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 173 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Cover is shelf worn and lightly faded with a stain on the back cover. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is soiled and chipped along the edges. A very good copy of this sequel to Air Power and the Cities, 1930 discussing air power and its use in military offensives. From the jacket sleeve: 'The late war was won, in Europe and in Asia, before the first atomic bomb was dropped. This book shows that it was won by the use of Air Power.'

Martz, Henry. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket. Unpaginated, approximately 110 pages. Black lettering on the front cover with a picture of a Huskey. Corners are very worn, cover is soiled; cover card is scraped along the title; missing the front free endpaper. A good copy of this scarce edition of this book describing the International Fair which took place in Seattle, Washington in 1909 showing the products, resources, advantages and scenic beauty of the Alaska-Yukon country. Illustrated on most pages with b/w photographs.

Brown & Rawcliffe Limited. Not Stated. Trade Paperback. Very Good-/No Jacket. 14 pages, accordion folded. Gold lettering and decorations on the front cover. Corners and front edges worn and bumped. Light soiling to the pages. A very good copy of this photographic album of 28 views of Hastings and St. Leonards taken in the early twentieth century.

Nationa Gallery of Art. First Edition, Third Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/Very Good+. 246 [1] pages. Brown lettering on the spine. Corners are lightly bumped. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has minor wear along the corners. A very good copy of this exhibition of Alfred Stieglitz' photography with 73 full page reproductions. This is a very heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Hermitage House, 1953. First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Good. 319 pages. Brown lettering on the spine. Dancer's signature on the free endpaper, covered with clear paper which has been taped on, tape very browned. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has been taped in the past with clear tape (which has aged) along the top and bottom edges; is scuffed along the edges and turn-ins, price clipped. The tape from the dust jacket before being covered has left marks on the cover (not very bad ones). A very good copy of this biography written by another famous dance. 24 pages of b/w photographs. Size: 5.5 x 8.5

Across Canada Publications. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/Near Fine. 153 pages. Black lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is lightly soiled. A very good copy of these scarce memoirs. Illustrated with a few b/w photographs.

T F H Publications, Incorporated. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. 192 pages. Multicolored lettering on the cover, white lettering on the spine. Very minor scuffing to the corners. A very good copy of this book, with amazing photographs of the many kinds of discus, printed with a glossy finish which shows the multi-colours of the fish.

MBI Publishing Company. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 180 pages. White lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this history of the American battleship, illustrated throughout with b/w and full colour photographs. This is a very heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

The University of North Carolina Press. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/Very Good+. x, 386 pages. Silver lettering on the spine. Small stain on the front and back of the cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A very good copy of this history of the American Secret War Against Bolshevism: U.S. Intervention in the Russian Civil War, 1917-1920. An exploration of the origins of American anti-Bolshevism and a revealing look at the covert operations undertaken by the Wilson administration in its opposition to Bolshevik activity. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges.

Privately Printed, 1884. Privately Printed for Subscribers. Trade Paperback. Very Good./No Dust Jacket. Originally published in 1791. 2 volumes in one little red book published in 1884. 74 and 71 pages per volume. Black lettering on a glued-on paper label on the spine (half of it is missing). Corners are bumped, cover lightly soiled. Spine is titled. Foxing to the two free endpapers (resulting from acidic glue on the cover paste-down. Foredge is untrimmed. A very good copy of these poems, illustrated with cuts. This is 1 of 275 small paper copies printed (there were also 75 on large paper).