Search Results: Titles starting with H from Beacon Books

1917. Presumed First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 26 pages. Black lettering on beige card covers. A very good copy of this scarce WWI journal with poems and writings from various members of the company. Dated October 1917. Size: 7.5 x 9.5

Cassell. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good-. xiv, 369 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Corners of the book are lightly bumped. Previous owner's name on the inside cover, as well as one number written on the inside back cover; a couple of small marginalia lines. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has tape along the edges, as well as having had plastic taped down with masking tape in the past. A very good copy of this study of the H.M.S. Victory illustrated with a few b/w photographs and maps. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Sherratt and Hughes. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Subtitled: An Illustrated Account of the Fabric and Its History152 pages + index and 3 fold out maps. Gold lettering on the spine; cover is stained, edges are scuffed. Three previous owners' names on the endpapers; owner's name on the title page; a small tear (1') on the upper first two pages. A good copy of this title with over 40 b/w photographs.

Desbarats Printing Company Limited. Limited Edition.. Softcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. not paginated. Black lettering on the front cover with the face of a child. Edges of the cover are shelf worn. Remainder mark on the bottom foredge. 'Discarded' stamp on the title page. A very good copy of these poems, privately printed and illustrated in an edition of 1000, this being number 14. Signed by Desbarats and McNally on the title page of the first poem. Size: 5 x 10.5

His Majesty's Stationery Office. Trade Paperback. Very Good-/No Jacket. Gold lettering on the spines, embossed titles on the front covers. Not paginated. Ten pages of advertisements. Very minor wear to the edges of both volumes. Previous owner's name and address on the first page. of Vol. I A very good copy of this Telegraphy set, filled with diagrams and graphs, published for the information and guidance of Officers and Men of H.M. Fleet.

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xviii, 194 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Minor wear to the edges of the cover. Previous owner's name on the inside front cover has been cover with white-out. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has minor chipping along the edges. A very good copy of this text studying the techniques in forensic dentistry. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Size: 6 x 9

E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1951. First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. [5] from pages 87 - 242. Black lettering on the wraps' cover. Minor wear to the corners. Previous owner's name on the cover. A very good copy of this manual of deep-sea fish of Northern Europe. Text is in German. With b/w illustrations throughout. Size: 7.5 x 10

A Perfect Crime Book, Doubleday. First Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 308 [1] pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Very minor wear to the tail of the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this novel, signed by the author on the title page in blue ink. Size: 5.5 x 8.5

Routledge, Warne, & Routledge. A New Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 251 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Decorative blind embossing on the front cover. Cover spine is very faded and browned. Top and tail of the spine are worn. Stain on two pages. Front hinges just beginning to crack. A very good copy of this scarce children's story. Previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Size: 4 x 6.5

Albert Whitman & Co.. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 215 pages. Faded gold lettering on the spine, gold lettering on the front cover. Cover edges and corners are lightly worn . Foredges are lightly soiled. There has been an inscription, in pencil, on the front free endpaper which has been erased but has left a shadow. This is a very good copy of this scarce title written for young people with technical information about the printing methods of the 1930's.

Marvel. First Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. not paginated. No titling on the cover. Cover is decorated with blue and purple polka dots on a white background. Has a minor bump on the lower tail of the spine. Dust jacket is protected with Brodart. A fine copy of this first volume of Hawkeye adventures. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 7.5 x 11

St Martins Press. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/Fine. 246 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this Volume VII of the Domesday Books series. Signed by the author on the title page in black ink.

A. C. mcClurg & Co., 1909. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. xxix, 283 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Edges and corners are scuffed. A very good copy of this book studying the Emmanuel Movement religion called Health and Happiness or Religious Therapeutics and Right Living. First published in 1908.

Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., Limited, 1913. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. xii, 122 pages. Orange lettering on the spine, cream lettering on a pictorial front cover, brown lettering on the back cover. Cover edges are worn, corners are bumped. Previous owner's name pasted on the front free endpaper. The book is printed with large print on heavy brown paper. A very good copy of these stories of monastic and military orders, illustrated with 10 pages of tipped-in colour images. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 9 x 11

R. L. Polk & Co., Ltd. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 160 yellow pages (Buyer's Guide and Classified Business Directory), 816 white pages (Alphabetical Directory), 378 green pages (Street Directory of Households and Businesses), 106 blue pages (Numerical Telephone Directory). Fore edge has advertising on it. Page marker ribbon. A very good copy of this City Directory. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges. Size: 8.75 X 11.75

J. S. Virtue & Co., Limited. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. No date in the books, circa 1880. 352 in each volume. Gold lettering on the spines. Corners of the covers are worn through to the book boards. Covers lightly shelf worn. Foredges are marbled. Both volumes have a slight slant to the spines. Throughout both volumes there is red dye, almost as if the dye ran when the marbling was done. Previous owner's name on the top corner of the first white page. Volume I - the front hinge after the endpaper is unglued; small tear on the plate on page 96. 16 Full colour illustrations. Volume II - 15 coloured illustrations. A very good 2 volume set of this Descriptive Account Of The Various Regiments Now Comprising The Queen's Forces From Their First Establishment to about 1880. This is a very heavy set and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

H.G. White, 1968. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good-. 128 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Minor bumping to the corners. Previous owner's name and address on the lower edge of the front free endpaper; the same page has the remains of a price sticker on the upper corner. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is worn around the edges with a 1' close tear on the front turn-in edge. A very good copy of this metaphysical book.

Bantam Giant, 1954. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 280 pages. Purple lettering on the spine. Pictorial front cover. Bantam Giant Book # A1193. Cover is lightly shelf worn, with minimal scuffing to the corners. A very good copy of this book, described as 'The finest picture of the Sea Island Negroes ever written. Simple, vivid, and taut. raw and outspoken.'

Mathew & Son. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Softcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 344 pages. Gold and white lettering on the spine and on the pictorial front cover. Front cove has a drawing of a man in a miner's hat, half a cat on the back cover. A fine, unread copy of this 'extraordinary tale of Will Burrows whose search for his missing father takes him deep into the Earth on a dark and deadly journey'. Signed by both authors with 'Schlaak ! the pickaxe hit the wall of earth.' written on the bottom by one of the authors, and dated 17th May 2005.

Hilit Publish Co. Ltd.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 239 pages. Silver lettering on the spine and front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has very minimal shelf wear. A very good copy of this cookery book, illustrated throughout with full colour photographs. Text is in English. Size: 8.5 x 11.5