Search Results: Titles starting with J from Beacon Books

Guy B.E. Lautard. Pressumed First Edition. Softcover. 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. Softcover. 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. Softcover. 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. Hardcover. 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.

Shokoku-sha. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 87 pages. Black lettering on the spine. Text is in Japanese. Minor wear to the edges. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has minor chipping to the edges. A very good copy of this Graphic Architecture series number 47. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs.

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. Hardcover. 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).

Franklin Institute, 1862. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Good-/No Dust Jacket. 432 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Cover is badly worn, although still attached, both hinges are cracked. Paper is foxed. Previous owner's name and address on the front free endpaper. This is a good copy of this scarce volume, being from the Third Series, Vol. XLIV, Whole No. Vol. LXXIV. Devoted to Mechanical and Physical Science, Civil Engineering, the Arts and Manufactures.

W. Clowes & Sons, 1863. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 328 pages. Blue and red cover is decorated with gold ornamentation. Foredges are gilded. Faded gold on the spine. Top and tail of the spine are worn; corners are bumped, a couple of pages show water stains - no musty smells. A very good copy of this journal illustrated with five b/w drawings. Size: 7 x 9.5

W. Clowes & Sons, 1873. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 325 pages. Blue and red cover is decorated with gold ornamentation. Spine is faded. Foredges are gilded. Top and tail of the spine are worn; corners are lightly bumped. Minimal foxing in the text. A very good copy of this journal illustrated with three b/w portraits, one fold-out landscape. Size: 7 x 9.5

W. Clowes & Sons, 1866. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 314 pages. Blue and red cover is decorated with gold ornamentation. Foredges are gilded. Top and tail of the spine are lightly worn; corners are lightly bumped. Minimal foxing in the text. A very good copy of this journal illustrated with four b/w portraits and one sepia coloured landscape. Size: 7 x 9.5

W. Clowes & Sons, 1874. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 319 pages. Blue and red cover is decorated with gold ornamentation. Foredges are gilded. Top and tail of the spine are worn; corners are lightly bumped. Minimal foxing in the text. A very good copy of this journal illustrated with four b/w portraits. Size: 7 x 9.5

W. Clowes & Sons, 1871. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 318 pages. Blue and red cover is decorated with gold ornamentation. Foredges are gilded. Top and tail of the spine are worn; corners are lightly bumped. Minimal foxing in the text. A very good copy of this journal illustrated with three b/w portraits, one coloured landscape. Size: 7 x 9.5

W. Clowes & Sons, 1872. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 334 pages. Blue and red cover is decorated with gold ornamentation. Spine is faded. Foredges are gilded. Top and tail of the spine are worn; corners are lightly bumped. Minimal foxing in the text. A very good copy of this journal illustrated with three b/w portraits, and an illustration of a trophy. Size: 7 x 9.5

W. Clowes & Sons, 1867. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 328 pages. Blue and red cover is decorated with gold ornamentation. some shelf wear to the cover. Foredges are gilded. Top and tail of the spine are worn; corners are lightly bumped. Minimal foxing in the text. A very good copy of this journal illustrated with three b/w images. Size: 7 x 9.5

Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. Hardcover. 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).