Search Results: Authors starting with O from Beacon Books

Gill and MacMillan. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Very Good+. xxiv, 310 pages. Silver lettering on the spine. Minor wear to the top of the spine. The front free endpaper has very carefully been removed - not noticeable. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A very good copy of this history of Galway, taken from a series of lectures commemorating its 500 years history. Illustrated with a few b/w photographs.

Gerald Duckworth & Company, January 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good+. 168 pages. Gold lettering on the spine, gold decoration on the front cover. Minor wear to the top and tail of the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is price clipped. A very good copy of this study of Turkoman carpets, illustrated throughout with full colour photographs and b/w patterns. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges.

Oxford University Press. Second Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Very Good -. viii, 137 pages. Silver lettering on the spine, silver sailing boat on the front cover. The spine is slightly slanted. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart, is soiled, price clipped, with some shelf wear and one closed tear along the top edge. A very good copy of this small ocean-going yacht book, with 21 b/w drawings in the text. Size: 5 x 7.5

Headline Library Hardbacks. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 405 [1] pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine, unread, copy of this mystery. Signed, dated with an inscription which reads 'Beware the watermen!' (hard to read the handwriting). Size: 6 x 9.5

UCCB Press. Presumed First American Edition.. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 229 pages. Black lettering on a green background on a pictorial front cover. Cover has a minor crease on the lower corner. A very good copy of this collection of coal mining songs of Canada. This is a heavy book and may require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 8.5 x 11

Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 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'.

Minton, Balch & Company. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Jacket. 180 pages. Black lettering on the spine and front cover. Slight discolouration to the edges. Previous owner's name on the free endpaper. A very good copy of these forty-four assignments to art classes, with eighteen blackboard diagrams and a frontispiece in colour.

Harry N Abrams Inc. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 276 pages. Gold lettering on the spine, blind embossed lettering on the front cover. Minor fading to the top and bottom of the cloth on the cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this study of the Maasai, illustrated throughout with 240 full colour plates, 40 line drawings and 3 maps. This is a very heavy, large book and will require additional shipping charges.

The Cotton Squares. Reprint.. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 50 pages. Black lettering on a pictorial front, yellow cover. Minor soiling and fading to the cover. Previous owner's name on the title page. A very good copy of this text on cotton spinning. Illustrated with b/w line drawings. Size: 6 x 9

Cambridge University Press. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 343 pages. White lettering on the spine, pictorial front cover. A fine copy of this book studying schooling as an institution.

Coleccion 'Fundetodos' De Poesia, Ediciones Javalambre. Not Stated Presumed First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good-. Not paginated. Black lettering on the spine, black and yellow lettering on a pictorial front cover. Edges of the cover are bumped. Cover soiled. Interior is clean and tight. Text is in Spanish. A very good copy of these Spanish poems. Illustrated with a few b/w photographs.

Txoria Errekan. Presumed First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 111 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and on the front cover. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this description of the Basque heritage, written in English, French, Spanish and Basque. Illustrated throughout with full colour photographs. This is a heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost). Size: 10 x 12