Search Results: Authors starting with D from Beacon Books

Aperture, October 1987. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 63 pages. Orange lettering on the spine. Minor chipping to the lower edge, minor bumping to the corners. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has minor wear to the corners. A very good copy of this photographic journey through the United States, with an introduction by Guy Martin.

Australian Govt Pub Service. Pressumed First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/Near Fine. xiv, 284 pages. Blue lettering on the spine; red lettering on a pictorial front cover. Top corner is lightly creased. There is a cut-out magazine picture inserted in the book. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has minor wear to the top edge. A fine copy of this Australian submarine history, illustrated with a few b/w photographs in the text and one fold-out submarine plan. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 7 x 10

Canadian Mathematical Congress, January 1975. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 552, 600 pages. Gold lettering and a native design, in black, on the spines and front covers. Minor soiling to the fore edges. Volume 1 contains an account of the organization of the congress, the list of members, the work of the Fields medalists, the expository addresses, and the addresses in Mathematical Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics, Algebra, Number Theory, Algebraic Geometry, Algebraic Groups and Discrete Subgroups, Geometry and Algebraic and Differential Topology . Volume 2 contains the addresses in Differential Geometry and Analysis on Manifolds, General Topology, Real and Functional Analysis, Operator Algebra, Harmonic Analysis and Representation of Groups, Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Potential, Measure and Integration, Complex Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, Ordinary Differential Equations, Control Theory and Related Optimization Problems,… Read More

Tri-state Offset Company. Limited Edition Printing. Trade Paperback. Good+/No Jacket. 96 pages + sample spreadsheets in the back. White lettering on the spine and front cover. Cover is soiled, edges scuffed. Some underlining and notations (in pencil) in the text, and some writing on the back endpapers (in ink). A good copy of this book describing the procedures and basic trading philosophy to the buying and selling of commodity futures.

Jos. C. Huber. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 140 pages. Black title on the spine. The white leather used for the binding is lightly soiled. Front endpapers have two tipped in photographs. Ticket for the day the owner of this book went to the play is neatly tipped in on page 6, dated 18.5.1930. A very good copy of this book, possibly privately bound, containing 'The Whole Official Text for the year 1930 is revised and newly published by the municipality of Oberammergau' with at least 11 b/w photographs of which of them are signed by the actors - Anton Lang signed three different photographs, Alois Lang

Lalan Prakashani, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. iv, 45 [2] pages. Red lettering on the spine, white and black lettering on a purple, red and white front cover. Cover is worn, specially on the spine where it is beginning to crack. The interior is clean and in very good condition. A very good copy of this extremely scarce book of poetry.

Simple Truth Publications, Inc.. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Not paginated. White lettering on the spine, blue and brown lettering on the pictorial front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this book commemorating Saskatchewan's centennial, with 14 full colour photographs of paintings by Hans Herold.

Sceptre (Hodder & Stoughton). First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 563 pages. Silver lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine, unread, copy of this novel signed by the author on the title page in black ink Size: 6 x 9.5

T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. Not Stated Presumed First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. xvii, 72 pages plus 37 tissue guarded plates. Gold lettering on the spine. The dust jacket to this book is cut into various pieces and inserted in the book. Very minor wear to the corners. A very good copy of this book, illustrated with full colour and b/w plates. signed on the half title page by John Davidson. Size: 7 x 8.75

Calabash Press. Trade Paperback. Fine/Fine. 159 pages. Silver lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this Sherlock Holmes' novel leading Holmes and Watson into an encounter with the Lord of the Undead, Count Dracula written by a lifelong Sherlockian.

The Hudson's Bay Record Society. Numbered Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. lxviii, 455, (xv) pages. Gold lettering on the spine, gold insignia on the front cover. Light dicolouration to the cloth on the edges. Minor bumping to the corners. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is lightly discoloured with age around the edges. A very good copy of this Hudson's Bay Record Society Volume XXV. This is limited edition #1048.

Ishi Press. Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 160 pages. Black lettering on a yellow background on the spine, black lettering on a white background on the front cover. The book spine is faded. Cover shows signs of wear. Previous owner's name typed on the front free endpaper. A very good copy of this 'Go' series volume.

Macmillan of Canada. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 472 pages. Yellow lettering on the spine. Front endpaper is coming loose at the top edge. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, has minor wear on the lower edge. A very good copy of this third book in the trilogy that began with The Rebel Angels and What's Bred in the Bone. Signed on the title page.

Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia. Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 297 pages. White and orange lettering on the pictorial orange cover. This book appears unread. A fine copy of this history of British Columbia's mining exploration history, illustrated throughout with b/w a colour photographs. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Louisiana State University Press. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Very Good-. xii, 233 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Corners are bumped as are the top and tail of the spine. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart it is badly shlef worn around the dges with a small piece missing along the top edge and a couple of closed tears. A very good copy of this study. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost).

Crown Publishers. First American Edition.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/Fine. 258 pages. Silver lettering on the spine. Minor bumping to the top and tail of the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine, unread, copy of this Marcus Didius Falco mystery. Signed and lined on the title page by the author in black ink. Size: 6 x 9

Crown, August 1993. First American Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 305 pages. Copper lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine, unread, copy of this Marcus Didius Falco mystery. Signed on the title page by the author in black ink. Size: 6 x 9

Century, July 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 301 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine, unread, copy of this Marcus Didius Falco mystery. Signed and lined on the title page by the author in black ink.

Country Life Ltd., 1938. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. xii, 112 pages. Red lettering on the spine and front cover. Cover is faded around the edges. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is foxed, and has two closed tears. A very good copy of this hunting book with charming b/w illustrations by Tulloch.

KIT Publishers. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 191 pages. White and black lettering on the spine and on a pictorial front cover. Corners and edges are lightly worn, One crease on the front cover. A very good copy of this scarce book on soil conservation and land sustainability.