17.648 Ergebnisse
2008Best.-Nr. x-0521896576Cambridge Univ Pr 2008. Hardcover. New. 510 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.50 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2008Best.-Nr. x-0521896584Cambridge Univ Pr 2008. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition edition. 490 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.50 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2003Best.-Nr. x-0521828562Cambridge Univ Pr 2003. Hardcover. New. 2000 edition. 532 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2010Best.-Nr. x-0521769728Cambridge Univ Pr 2010. Hardcover. New. 573 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.75 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2007Best.-Nr. x-0521885523Cambridge Univ Pr 2007. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 517 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2008Best.-Nr. x-0521896541Cambridge Univ Pr 2008. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition edition. 414 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2008Best.-Nr. x-0521896657Cambridge Univ Pr 2008. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 410 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2008Best.-Nr. x-0521896606Cambridge Univ Pr 2008. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 417 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2008Best.-Nr. x-0521896568Cambridge Univ Pr 2008. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition edition. 408 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2005Best.-Nr. x-0521857341Cambridge Univ Pr 2005. Hardcover. New. new title edition. 478 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2008Best.-Nr. x-0521896649Cambridge Univ Pr 2008. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 365 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
2010Best.-Nr. x-0521763797Cambridge Univ Pr 2010. Hardcover. New. 573 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
Best.-Nr. DADAX0199571856New unknown
2002Best.-Nr. x-0521813794Cambridge Univ Pr 2002. Hardcover. New. 2000 edition. 390 pages. 9.75x6.25x1.25 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
1908Best.-Nr. 22238St. Petersburg Fla.: Board of Trade 1908. Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. LONG BEFORE THE LAND BOOM ST. PETERSBURG WAS ALREADY MARKETING PARADISE. An apparently unrecorded visually spectacular promotional folder championing St. Petersburg Florida as the premier climatic sanctuary of the American South. Printed in striking black and vibrant orange this double-sided folding sheet highlights local business blocks public spaces and the famed Pinellas Peninsula climate anchored by an impressive ten and a half inch wide panoramic view of the waterfront and steamships. It represents an exceptional early primary source document of municipal branding from the dawn of the Florida land boom. KEY FEATURES: Broadside / Folding Pamphlet. Visuals: Features 27 photographic views showcasing local residences business blocks brick streets churches and agricultural specimens dominated by a large 10.5-inch wide central panoramic view of St. Petersburg by the Gulf Stream on the reverse side. Binding: Single large sheet folded vertically and horizontally into panels. Content: Extensive promotional texts praising the local climate agricultural yields sea-food availability and civic infrastructure with formal endorsements from regional medical authorities and local developers. Imprint: Board of Trade St. Petersburg Fla. 1908. First Edition. Specs: 35.5 by 32 cm approximately 14 by 12.5 inches when flat / Double-sided single sheet. CONDITION: Very Good. The paper remains clean and bright with the orange and black inks exceptionally bold and free of fading. There is minor wear along the original fold lines including a few tiny splits at the intersections which have been stabilized with neat archival repairs on the blank margins of the reverse side. A well-preserved crisp example of a highly vulnerable ephemeral format. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: FROM FISHING VILLAGE TO DESTINATION- The St. Petersburg Board of Trade acting as the primary civic engine of the Pinellas Peninsula designed this folding broadside to actively combat Northern winters by targeting affluent tourists and retirees. By utilizing the recently coined 'Sunshine City' trademark local boosters established a potent visual and textual vocabulary that defined regional promotional efforts for the next half-century. This specific piece is highly significant because it records the city's physical and cultural landscape just prior to the massive population boom of the 1910s. The inclusion of photographic evidence documenting 'Brick and Concrete' business blocks alongside rural moss-draped hammocks illustrates a calculated dual appeal to industrial modernization and pristine natural paradise. The promotional rhetoric surrounding the 'frostless' peninsula directly contributed to the massive land speculation and demographic shift that permanently transformed southwest Florida from an isolated sub-tropical frontier into a central hub of American leisure. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Municipal Branding & Development - Documents the early adoption of the 'Sunshine City' identity by the St. Petersburg Board of Trade illustrating how civic promotion helped shape the city's public image. Agricultural History - Rich visual and textual evidence of early citrus cultivation tropical fruit production and commercial agriculture on the Pinellas Peninsula. Urban Growth & Infrastructure - Photographic views of brick business blocks paved streets public buildings and waterfront development immediately preceding the Florida land boom. SUBJECTS: Florida History St. Petersburg Fla. Pinellas Peninsula Booster Ephemera Southern Tourism Gilded Age Travel Urban Planning Agricultural History Ephemera Promotional Brochure Broadside Panorama. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Unrecorded in OCLC/WorldCat; not in Servies or other standard regional bibliographies. Board of Trade unknown
Best.-Nr. DADAX1405150580New unknown
19358vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a folding map on japon; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. VERY SCARCE.
Best.-Nr. DADAX1107007631New unknown
Best.-Nr. SONG0415117771Used: Good unknown
Best.-Nr. DADAX0415657644New unknown
Best.-Nr. MA05H-00076Government Printing Office. Collectible - Good. Washington: Government Printing Office 1914. 1st edition. 8vo. 22pp. Folding maps. Good book. Owner's initials on front cover. Lower spine torn small nick on lower corner. maps construction railroads cartography Inquire if you need further information. Government Printing Office unknown
Best.-Nr. MA05H-00077Government Printing Office. Collectible - Good. Washington: Government Printing Office 1926. Later printing. 8vo. 22pp. Folding maps. Good book. maps construction railroads cartography Inquire if you need further information. Government Printing Office unknown
2005Best.-Nr. x-0521859980Cambridge Univ Pr 2005. Hardcover. New. new title edition. 1122 pages. 9.25x6.50x2.50 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
Best.-Nr. 11568Paris ; Londres, Fisher Fils et Cie, sans date ; in-8, demi-chagrin maroquiné cerise à coins, dos à nerfs soulignés de filets à froid et de pointillés dorés, caissons décorés, titre et tomaison dorés, triple filets dorés sur les plats, tête dorée (Bruyère) ; (6), XIII, 60, (2) pp., vignette de titre, frontispice et 31 planches gravés sur acier.
Best.-Nr. 78390Germany ca. 1910. Oblong 12.5 x 20.0 cm. 40 textile samples. In plain limp brown boards. = A rare sample book with Jacquard twill a twill specially made on a Jacquard machine: a weaving machine which can produce large and complex patterns using various materials such as cotton and silk. This process goes back to the French weaver and merchant Joseph-Marie Jacquard. Jacquard fabrics may also include brocade and damask enriched with gold and silver threads. With label R.B.U. Jacquard-Drell 25x or R.B.U. Satin 15 x and a product number. R.B.U. seems to be the firm name but it has not yet been identified. One sample bears a colour-printed label for Indanthren a trade name for a blue dye used for cotton and naming its properties Waschecht Lichtecht and Wetterecht wash- light- and weatherproof. Small part of the label rubbed otherwise very good. In all a rare attractive item in a very good state. hardcover