Search Results: Titles starting with V from Beacon Books

Heraldry Today, 1967. Reissue. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Not paginated. Gold lettering on the spine. The lower spine shows signs of a sticker having been removed. Corners are bumped, cover is lightly worn. A very good copy of this Armorial General illustrated throughout with the various coats of Arms from A to F. This is a very heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Early Ford V-8 Club of America. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 350 pages. Red lettering on the spine and front cover. Front cover has a tipped on picture of an automobile. Spine is lightly slanted. Previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. A very good copy of this scarce title, illustrated throughout with b/w and colour photographs. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

The Adyar Library, 1945. Not Stated Presumed First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. xxi, 498 [4] pages. Black lettering on the faded spine. Blind embossed lettering on the front cover. Cover is soiled, corners lightly bumped. A very good copy of this English translation 'on the basis of the Commentary of Sri Upanisad-Brahma-Yogin); edited by Srinivasa Murti. This is No. 52 of The Adyar Library Series.

Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Canada. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 276 pages. Brown lettering on the spine and front cover. Book enclosed in t slip case. Slip case is lightly soiled, and the corners are bumped. A very good copy of this Geological Survey, with three maps in the pocket of the slip case and some b/w photographs in the text.

Pergamon Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good+. x, 349 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper and on the foredge. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is lightly soiled, with minimal wear along the top edge. A very good copy of this text, which is part of the International Series of Monographs in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Division 1 Solid and Structural Mechanics, Volume 9.

The Alpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Navy blue lettering on the spine. There is a crack at the inner spine stitching in the center of the book which seems to be a maker's flaw as other copies are also so described. Otherwise the interior pages are fresh and clean as new and the binding is tight with no loosening of any pages. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has a couple of closed tears along the top of the spine. A very good copy of this profusely illustrated book with 180 examples of Vasarely's works, 64 of them are very good 8-colour reproductions, from his early graphics to polychrome paintings to massive architectonic constructions. One double fold-out page. Translated from the French by I. Mark Paris.

Macmillan. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/Fine. 502 pages. Black lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this novel, signed on the title page by the author.

Arcade Publishing. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 314 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine, unread, copy of this Kathy and Brock mystery, signed by the author on an Orion Publishing Group label stuck to the half title page. Size: 6 x 9.5

Evangelical Publishers. Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 124 [3] pages. Black lettering on the spine and front cover. Minor bumping to the corners. A very good copy of this history by Sir William Dobbie, who was the Governor of the Island of Malta from April 1940 to May 1942. Illustrated with a few b/w photographs. Size: 5 x 7.5

Vernor and Hood, 1805. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Dust Jacket. 62 pages +18 engraved plates and a frontispiece. The cover is in very poor shape with the front cover detached and a very worn cover. A poor copy of these descriptions and a sketch of Robert Burn's life. Illustrated with 18 engravings and a frontispiece by the authors.

Lynx Communications Ltd.. First Edition, Second Printing.. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. Not paginated. Black lettering on a laminated chart cover. Two previous owners names on the half title page, one in pencil, the other a small stamp. A very good copy of this scarce book on classic wooden boats of a bygone era in British Columbia. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 8.5 x 11

D. Du Mortier En Zoon, 1830. Not Stated Presumed First Editions. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. Dutch Bible commentary dating 1830, 1833, 1834 and 1835. 542, 454, 615 and 426 pages in each volume. Gold lettering on the spines; spines have four raised cords and are nicely decorated with gilding. Corners and edges of the covers are worn, paper is browned (as per its age). The first volume has the beginning of a crack on the front outer hinge (1'). A very good copy of this Bible commentary, with text in Dutch. This is a heavy set and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Beach Holme Publishers. First Edition.. Softcover. New/No Jacket. 183 pages. White and black lettering on the spine. Pictorial front cover with black and white lettering. A new copy of this 'A Porcepic Book' edited by Michael Bell with Joe Rosenblatt's poetry, essays and art created between 1973 and 1996. Size: 12 x 9

Imprimeur De Sa Tres Excellente Majeste Le Roi, 1905. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 358 pages. Gold lettering on the spine, white lettering on the front cover. Initials in pen on the inner cover endpaper. Fore edge soiled. Cover lightly soiled, and faded on the upper spine edge. Text is in French. A few thumb prints on individual pages. 37 b/w illustrations. Size: 6 x 9.5

Longmans, Green, and Co., 1879. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 492 pages. 1879. Gold lettering on the spine, gold decorations on the spine and around the edges of the front and back boards. Top of the spine is missing a 5/8' x 1/2' piece missing; edges are scuffed. Fore edge is gilded. Front cover of spine is detached. Front free endpaper is worn off. The paper is brittle and foxed - not surprising, due to the date of publication. A very good copy of this title, with 66 illustrations engraved on wood by G. Pearson, chiefly after drawings by the Hon. A. Y. Bingham and one fold out map.

Maurice, Dreyfous. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 304 pages. Faded gold lettering with black decorations on the spine and front cover. Foredge is gilded. Corners are lightly bumped. Paper is foxed. A very good copy of this travel account, illustrated with b/w drawings. Date approximately 1880's. Text is in French, translated from English by J. Butler.

Readex Microprint. Facsimile Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. cxxxii, viii, 414 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and on the front cover. Corners lightly bumped. A near fine copy of this facsimile edition of MacKenzies journals. This is a very heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 7.25 x 10

Editoriale Domus. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Not paginated. White lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has a stain at the lower spine edge; has a closed cut on the front (looks like a knife cut); and, is frayed along the top edge. A very good copy of this art book, written in Italian, with an inserted section of the text translated by Patrick Creagh.

Henry Holt and Co., August 2009. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 318 [1] pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this code and cipher thriller, signed on the title page by the author. Size: 6 x 9.5

St. Martin's Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 308 pages. Bronze lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine, unread, copy of this Gordianus the Finder mystery. Signed by the author on the title page