Search Results: Titles starting with S from Beacon Books

McClelland and Stewart Limited. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. xii, 144 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Minor bumping to the top and tail of the spine. Previous owner's name on the title page. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, it is chipped along the edges with a small closed tear on the top edge. A very good copy of this first edition of these legends, signed by the artist on the title page in blue in. Illustrated with many b/w drawings in the text.

The Holland Press, Redwood Press. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Not paginated. Gold lettering on the spine. 89 b/w plates with text. Corners are bumped, edges are very lightly worn. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is price clipped and shelf worn around the edges with a couple of closed tears (no more than 1/2'). A very good copy of this book which has been reproduced from the original of 1924. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges - at cost.

Commercial Printers Limited. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 188 pages. Faded gold lettering on the front cover, cover lightly soiled. Corners lightly bumped. A very good copy of this autobiography, illustrated with b/w photographs and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper.

Bill Zeldis. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Silver lettering on the spine and front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A very good copy of this photography book with an essay by Stuart, S. Light.

World Explorations Publishing Co.. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Fine/Fine. Not paginated. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this stunning book with a foreword by Peter Worthington. Illustrated throughout with both colour and b/w photographs. Size: 12 x 11.25

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.

Pressumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/Near Fine. 243 pages. White lettering on the spine, blind embossed emblem on the front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this history of the Merwede Shipyards. Illustrated throughout with b/w and full colour photographs. Text is in Dutch. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

The International non-Aristotelian Library Publishibg Company. Fourth Edition, Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. xc, 806 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Minor bump to the upper corners. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has some chipping along the top edges, especially at the top spine edge. A very good copy of this scientific study of semantics and the nervous system. This is a very heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Librairie Du Liban, 1984. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. 751 pages. Silver lettering on the spine and front cover. Front cover has two small holes in the cloth and marks made by what looks like straps. Does not affect the cover boards. Minor bumping to the corners. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, Has minor chipping to the edges. A very good copy of this scientific dictionary of English words with definitions in Arabic. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges.

Alex. Chapman and Co., 1799. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. vi, from page 73 to 918 pages - starts with February ending with December and an appendix. Leather on the spine is dry and beginning to crack at the joint; corners are scuffed, cover paper is shelf worn and mostly gone at the turn-in edges. Front and back endpapers have writing on them. Paper is browned as per the age of the book. A very good copy of this volume of The Scots Magazine, 1799. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Tower Conference Management Company. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. xiv, 340 pages. White lettering on the spine and front cover on red card covers. Very minimal wear to the cover. A very good copy of these proceedings of the conference held in Hamilton, Ontario in 1988. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges. Size: 8.25 x 10.75

Boswell Printing And Publishing Company, 1921. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Softcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 72 pages. White lettering on a black background on the front cover. Cover is lightly soiled, and is chipped at the bottom 1' of the spine. Corners lightly scuffed. Previous owner's name on the inside front cover. A very good copy of this rare book discussing the history of 'The International'.

The Citadel Press. Second Paperback Edition. Softcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 316 pages. Black lettering on a pink background on the spine, white lettering on the front cover. There is some bumping to the corners; previous owner's initials and number on the first page. A very good copy of this book, which 'includes the entire text of the four books of the secrets of Albertus Magnus, the Book of the Spirits, the Almadel, the Book of Power, the Clavicle and the Testament, the Grimoire of Hoorius the Great, and the processes of the Black Pact as set forth in the True Grimoire and the Great Grimoire'.

The Grolier Society. Edition De Luxe. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 403 pages. Black and red lettering on a paper paste-on spine. Spine title worn. Corners lightly scuffed. Previous owner's name on the free endpaper. Some notations in pencil in the text. A very good copy of this volume, No. 259 of One Thousand Copies, illustrated with 6 engravings which are protected with onion skin paper.

Simon & Schuster. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/Fine. 329 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this mystery, translated by Alberto Manguel and signed on the title page by the author.

Alfred Music. Presumed First Edition.. Softcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. xiii, 378 pages. White and brown lettering on a blue background on the spine and on the pictorial front cover. Minor wear to the back cover. A fine copy of this instructional book on learning how to sing. Illustrated with a few b/w photographs. Two CD's in a pocket in the back of the book. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 9 x 12

Faber and Faber Limited, 1931. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 387 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Cover is soiled, with a small tear on the top of the spine. Top foredge soiled. Spine has a light lean. Previous owner's name and date on the front free endpaper. A few pencil annotations in the text. A good copy of this memoir of the life of a Foreign Office official & his family in the Ukraine before & during the Revolution (to late 1919). Translated by Dorothy Lumby and illustrated with a few b/w photographs.

The Dolmen Press. Limited Edition. Softcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Black lettering on the cover with a Portrait medallion. Larger portrait medallion on the first page is derived from the death mask of Sean O Riada by Seamus Murphy. Edition limited to on thousand copies. Thin volume.

Mouton. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 131 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Minor wear to the edges of the cover. Spine is very slightly slanted. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is chipped along the edges and shelf worn. A very good copy of this study of the letters of Baratynskij.

The Edwin Mellen Press. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 114 pages. Silver lettering on the spine and front cover. Very minimal wear to the corners. Top foredge is foxed from dust. A very good copy of this scarce book on motion pictures and film criticism.