Search Results: Titles starting with J from Beacon Books

Guy B.E. Lautard. Pressumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. iv, 337 pages. Blue lettering on the spine and on the pictorial front cover. The cover of the book is lightly soiled and chipped along the edges. There are two creases on the spine. The book looks used, but is in good condition. A very good copy of this book considered a must have book for machinists, gunsmiths and shooters. The stories combine humour, suspense, insights into human nature, and a certain amount of shop wisdom. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Quality Paperback Book Club. Reissue. Trade Paperback. New/No Dust Jacket. 307 pages. Red and blue lettering on the spine and on the pictorial front cover. Signed 'Stephen Reid' on the half title page. A new copy of this 'entertaining, offbeat comic novel featuring a gallery of modern-day rogues you won't soon forget.'

Gemmological Association of Great Britain, 1950. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good-/No Jacket. 89 pages. Black lettering on the front cover. Cover is lightly soiled, foredge is foxed. A very good copy of this book, illustrated with b/w photographs and maps, frontispiece is in colour.

The James Robertson Company Ltd.. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. ix, 852 pages. Embossed lettering on the spine and front cover. Cover is scratched and worn, corners bumped. Few pages have thumb print marks. This anthardware catalog lists a broad range of plumbing and metal-working supplies and tools. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and line drawings.

The Colonist Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xiii, 207 pages. Gold lettering on the spine (cover bound up-side-down). Minor bumping to the lower spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is chipped along the top edge. A very good copy of this scarce biography, subtitled: wife of Matthew Archibald. Born at Londonderry, N.H., in 1750. Died at Truro, Nova Scotia, in 1843. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Longmans and Co.. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 160 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Minor wear to the top of the spine. Previous owner's inscription faintly visible on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is chipped along the edges. A very good copy of this photographic journey with an Introduction by Sir Herbert Read. The photographs are in full colour and are hand-mounted on beige paper. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges.

Routledge. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. xviii, 293 pages. Black lettering on the spine and front cover. A fine hardcover copy of this history of economic growth in Japan. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 6 x 9.

Routledge. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Dust Jacket. xviii, 293 pages. Beige lettering on a dark brown background on the spine and on the pictorial front cover. This book has not been read. A fine copy of this examination of Japan's industrial development.

Edisud - Arpej. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 173 pages. Cream lettering on the spine and front cover. Minor bumping to the corners. Previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket is protected in Brodartis lightly shelf worn along the edges. This is Book 1 of what seems to be a four volume set. A very good copy of this study of the gardens of Provence from the Middle ages to present day. Illustrated throughout with full colour photographs, line drawn maps of the gardens, and planting silhouettes. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. 1006 pages. Black lettering on the spine. Minor soiling to the fore edge. Minor bumping to the corners. Small hole (1/16') on the lower edge of the cover. A very good copy of these proceedings, 'From Thursday, November 12, 1953 to Saturday, June 26, 1954, both days inclusive, in the Second and Third Years of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth the Second'.

Province of British Columbia. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 174 pages + 122 pages of appendices. Leather over marbled paper covers, with paper labels. Edges and corners scuffed. Tiny holes in the leather. Paper foxed. A good copy of this tome with much historic interest. (3 copies, one in equal condition, the other third has a tear on the top of the spine).

A w Hall, 1897. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 489 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Cover is lightly soiled. Previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. A very good copy of this original edition of this account of a journey to Palestine.

Les Editions Mondiales. Limited Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 175 [1] p-ages. Grey lettering on the spine and front cover. Front foredge is un-trimmed. Cover is soiled, as is the first white page. Previous owner's name on the inside front cover. A very good copy of this description of Paris, illustrated with 16 tipped in drawings. Text is in French. This is number 228 of an edition of 983 copies. Size: 8 x 11

Ontario Separate School trustees' Association. First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. xvi, 373 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. A fine copy of this first edition, inscribed by the author to Bishop John C Cody on the front free endpaper. Size: 6 x 9

Douglas & McIntyre. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. x, 182 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this study of Jack Shadbolt's drawings, 'the backbone and inner life of his practice.' Illustrated with 150 drawings. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges.

Headline Library Hardbacks. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 405 [1] pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine, unread, copy of this mystery. Signed, dated with an inscription which reads 'Beware the watermen!' (hard to read the handwriting). Size: 6 x 9.5

Kunsthaus Bregenz, April 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 108 pages with a small vinyl record in a pocket on the inside front cover. Silver lettering on the spine and front cover. A fine copy of this exhibition where artists break down music, noise, speech, physically and optically accessible spaces, perspectives found objects, etc to create the display with spatial dimension and sound. Illustrated throughout with full colour photographs. Text is in German and English.

Cambridge University Press, January 2015. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. xviii, 462 pages. White lettering on a red background on the spine. Gray and white lettering on the white and red front cover. One minor bump to the cover on the spine edge. A fine, appears unread, copy of this historical research and economic critical analysis of Japan in the Second World War. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges. Size: 6 x 9.25

Heritage House Publishing, October 2007. Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 175 pages. White lettering on the spine. Minor bump to the top foredge corners. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this art biography of Canadian artist, illustrated throughout with b/w and mostly full colour reproductions. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 11.75 x 11