Search Results: Titles starting with C from Beacon Books

Roussan. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. 98 pages. White lettering on the spine and front cover. Front cover has a copy of 'Anse-aux-Roches, Saguenay (1989). Tiny scuff to the tail of the spine. A very good copy of Claude Langevin's landscape works, reproduced in full colour with some thumb sketches in black and white. Text is in French and translated by Jane Frydenlund into English.

General motors Corporation. Pressumed First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. Yellow lettering on a maroon background on the spine and front cover. Cover is lightly worn and scuffed along the edges. Fore edge is soiled (as if having been in a repair shop). A very good copy of this repair manual, illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and line drawings. A few diagrams have colour. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 8.5 x 11

Duell, Sloan and Pearce. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 127 pages. White lettering on the spine and front cover. Front cover boards are not smooth - hard to tell if it original or not - does not show on the inside. Previous owner's name and address label on the inside front cover. Corners very lightly bumped. A very good copy of this book describing the travels of Edward and Charis Weston during their Guggenheim project throughout the West in the late 1930's, with 96 b/w photographs interspersed.

Chapman & Hall Limited, 1902. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. xvi, 336 pages. Blue lettering on the spine, blue lettering and illustration on the front cover. Cover lightly soiled, edges scuffed, corners bumped. One small tear (1/4') on the front cover. Inside cover has a paste down for the W.H. Smith & Son's Subscription Library. A very good copy of this book, illustrated with 26 plates, and 48 b/w drawings by the author.

Bay Books. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good+. 158 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Gilded fore edge. Minor bump to the lower corners. Previous owner's 'Ex Libris' label on the inside cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is slightly faded, has a closed tear (3/4') on the upper spine edge. A very good copy of this handsome book, with 53 paintings by Peter Longhurst and text by T.J. Savige, president of the International Camellia Society.

Students of Victoria High School. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Softcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 106 pages. Black lettering on the cover. Edges of the cover are worn and chipped. Many student signatures on the autograph page and contents page. Previous owner's name and division on the cover. A very good copy of this annual, filled with b/w photographs, poems, short stories and anecdotes. Interesting advertising throughout.

Research Institute of Northern Canada. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Softcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 68 pages. Black lettering on the spine and front cover. Cover is soiled, interior is clean and appears unread. A very good copy of this reference book. Illustrated with one map.

Department of Trade and Commerce. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 283 pages. Faded gold lettering on the spine, gold lettering on the front cover. Cover edges are bumped, scuffed and the entire cover is soiled. Water stain to the lower edge. Some pages creased. A good copy of this title with many b/w photographs and 10 fold out maps.

Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 898 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Minor fading to the front cover. Minor bumping to the corners. A very good copy of this book which is the product of two symposia which includes transcripts of the Keynote Address by Sir Edward Bullard; 49 papers and 17 abstracts. Errata page included. Illustrated with b/w photographs, maps and line drawings.

Sono Nis Press. Not Stated Pesumed First Edition. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 304 pages. Yellow lettering on a maroon background on the spine and on the pictorial front cover. A tiny chip along the top edge. A fine copy of this scarce title focusing on the CPR steam years from 1905 to 1949. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. Signed on the title page by Robert Turner. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Canada Law Book Company, Limited, 1908. Not Stated, Presumed First Editions. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. xviii, 516, [1] pages. Gold lettering on red and black leather backgrounds on the spine. Five raised cords on the spine. Leather is rubbed on the top and tail of the spine, and on the cords on the spine; lower corners are scuffed through to the book boards (1/4'). Previous owner's stamp on the free endpaper and on the inside cover. Bookbinder small sticker on the inside lower corner. A very good copy of this Canadian Law book.

Edmond Cloutier, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. Pressumed First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. iii, 69 pages. Black lettering on beige card covers. The book has three punched holes presumably to fit a small three ring binder. Covers are soiled. A very good copy of this scarce military pamphlet No. 6 for the Infantry and Airborne Troops in 1946. This was a restricted and provisional pamphlet. Illustrated with b/w photographs and a fold out map in very good condition in the back. Size: 4.75 x 7

The Carswell Company, Limited, 1921. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 780 pages. Gold lettering on a red and black background on the spine. Minor stain on the front cover. This is a very good, professionally bound copy of the Canadian Law Times 1921 (volume 41) with the index at the front of the page. The book appears unread since it was bound. Previous owner's name stamped on the first page of the magazine. This is a very heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

The Canadian Radar History Project. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. ix, not paginated in the normal way. Gold lettering on the spine and on the front cover. A fine copy of this history of Royal Canadian Air Force radar technical officers and technicians during World War II. Illustrated with a few b/w photographs, line drawings and maps in the text. This is a VERY heavy book and will require additional shipping charges.

D. Z. Howell, 1901. Not Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. x, 394 pages. Faded gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Cover is blind embossed, with decorations emulating leather bindings. Fore edge is marbled. Edges are worn, corners are bumped. Previous owner's inscription on the first white page. A very good copy of this collectable Canadiana title. Illustrated with phototype engravings and colour illustrations. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges.

Univ of British Columbia Press, 1995. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 436 pages. Black lettering on the spine. A fine copy of this volume, XXXII of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law 1994. Size: 6 x 9

Canadian Armed Forces, 1979. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Unpaginated. No lettering on the spine, Holberg emblem on the front cover. Cover is lightly soiled. A very good copy of this scarce history of Holberg, the Canadian Forces Station located in San Josef, on the northern end of Vancouver Island. This book commemorates the first 25 years of the base. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and line drawings. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

H. Williams and Son. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 150 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Cover has small white discolourations, corners lightly scuffed. Paper is foxed in places. A very good copy of this biography of a British 'Home Boy', his trials and ultimate financial success. Illustrated with b/w line drawings.

The Canadian annual review, limited, 1919. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 879 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Top corner bumped. Minor soiling to the cover and fore edge. Tissue guarded photograph as the frontispiece 29 other photographs in the text. A very good copy of this book described as: 'This 18th volume of the Canadian Annual Review completes my treatment of the World War in its association with Canadian history and with the National and Imperial developments of the past five years.'

National Sports Productions Limited, 1969. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Sport magazine from 1969 featuring the Montreal Canadiens, not paginated. White and red lettering on a pictorial blue cover. Edges lightly creased, small square with writing next to the title on the cover, otherwise this is a fine copy of this collectible sports magazine, with text in French and English. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. Size: 9 x 12