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1876inserita nella famosa opera "L’ART - Revue Hebdomadaire Illustrée" pubbicata a Paris dal 1875 al 1895, stampata su carta vergellata. Dimensioni del foglio mm 280x420
1945A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards with gilt decoration. Tears on worn dust jacket. Front free endpaper has been removed. Illustrated with the classical designs of John Flaxman.
Second edition, with addition of 'many new and beautiful Fire-Works', 8vo (206 x 116 mm), xxvi, 262, [2]pp., with the final errata leaf and list of subscribers, turn-ins slightly offset onto title, 8 folding engraved plates, cont. calf, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, a very nice clean copy. A reissue, with a cancel title page, of the original edition of 1765 which was "remarkable as it is the first book dealing exlusively with recreational fireworks in English since Babington's classic work of 1655." This reissue has pages 253-255 have been excised from the original with the additional 11 pages from 253 to 262 describing the set-pieces depicted on the extra 3 plates. Provenance: Early armorial bookplate of Philip Earl Stanhope; From the library Military Library of Thomas Francis Fremantle (3rd Lord Cottesloe). Philip, A Bibliography of Firework Books, J020.2.
1945Book is in excellent condition, showing a litlte edge wear at lower edge, a few small marks to covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's name at front. Dust jacket is chipped at all folds, small stains, fading at spine. Contents include: Blood and fire between Christians and Jewery, antichrist, anti-semitism, etc.
1931A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Red cover with pasted-down color illustration. Decorative endpapers. 9 1/2"w x 11 3/4"h. 100 pages. Brightly colored illustrations. Previous owner's inscription inside from 1946. Contains "modern" stories on all kinds of transportation/machines.
1950The history of The London Assurance. With over 50 illustrations. 334pp. Dust jacket has some small edge tears.
1899Contributions by many authors, including Round the Fire by A. Conan Doyle, and Seven Dragons by E. Nesbit. Plain red cloth covers. A little wear to cover corners and small nicks at top of spine. Inscription by previous owner on front free endpaper. Free endpapers browned. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
1950With Index. Photographs and illustrations. Black cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Previous owner's signature and stamp on front pastedown. Small Foyles label at bottom corner of front pastedown. Browning to free endpapers.
1968Safety standards for small boat owners covering water-craft, marine equipment, safe design, construction and practice. 228 pages. Marks and spots on covers, particularly near fore-edge.
2002Book is in excellent condition. Oblong binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows only very slight wear at corners, no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows some slight signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 126 pages, large color photos throughout.
1990Small format book in excellent condition, as new. Creaseless covers and spine, Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 61 pages. Back page reads "First Edition". Poet, editor, and translator Ron Padgett was born in 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a high-school student he founded the avant-garde literary journal The White Dove Review with his friends and fellow students Joe Brainard and Dick Gallup. Soliciting and publishing work from poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Robert Creeley, the magazine ran for five issues. Padgett moved to New York City in 1960 to attend Columbia College. Awarded a Fulbright in 1965, Padgett spent a year in Paris studying and translating French poetry. He eventually made his home in New York City?s East Village and became a vital part of the Second Generation New York School Poets, a group that included Ted Berrigan, Brainard, and others. Padgett is the author of over 20 collections of poetry, including Great Balls of Fire (1969, reissued 1990); You Never Know (2001); How to Be Perfect (2007); How Long (2011), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; and Collected Poems (2013), winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize. He has collaborated with the poet Ted Berrigan and the artists Jim Dine and George Schneeman. Of Padgett?s work, poet David Lehman wrote in Poetry: "The great legacy of French Surrealist and Dadaist writing makes itself felt in his poems."Voice Literary Supplement contributor Karen Volkman, reviewing Padgett?s 1995 New and Selected Poems, commented: This is a fine sampling of a restless, hilarious, and haunting lyric intelligence, a ?phony? whose variable voices form a rare and raucous orchestration: the real thing.
1979Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear only. Creaseless covers and spine, Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 131 pages with comics and drawings. Publishers page shows N.A.P. Poet, editor, and translator Ron Padgett was born in 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a high-school student he founded the avant-garde literary journal The White Dove Review with his friends and fellow students Joe Brainard and Dick Gallup. Soliciting and publishing work from poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Robert Creeley, the magazine ran for five issues. Padgett moved to New York City in 1960 to attend Columbia College. Awarded a Fulbright in 1965, Padgett spent a year in Paris studying and translating French poetry. He eventually made his home in New York City?s East Village and became a vital part of the Second Generation New York School Poets, a group that included Ted Berrigan, Brainard, and others. Padgett is the author of over 20 collections of poetry, including Great Balls of Fire (1969, reissued 1990); You Never Know (2001); How to Be Perfect (2007); How Long (2011), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; and Collected Poems (2013), winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize. He has collaborated with the poet Ted Berrigan and the artists Jim Dine and George Schneeman. Of Padgett?s work, poet David Lehman wrote in Poetry: "The great legacy of French Surrealist and Dadaist writing makes itself felt in his poems."Voice Literary Supplement contributor Karen Volkman, reviewing Padgett?s 1995 New and Selected Poems, commented: This is a fine sampling of a restless, hilarious, and haunting lyric intelligence, a ?phony? whose variable voices form a rare and raucous orchestration: the real thing.
2000Book is in excellent condition, as new. Creaseless covers and spine. Binding is solid and square, sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 176 pages. Poet, editor, and translator Ron Padgett was born in 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a high-school student he founded the avant-garde literary journal The White Dove Review with his friends and fellow students Joe Brainard and Dick Gallup. Soliciting and publishing work from poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Robert Creeley, the magazine ran for five issues. Padgett moved to New York City in 1960 to attend Columbia College. Awarded a Fulbright in 1965, Padgett spent a year in Paris studying and translating French poetry. He eventually made his home in New York City?s East Village and became a vital part of the Second Generation New York School Poets, a group that included Ted Berrigan, Brainard, and others. Padgett is the author of over 20 collections of poetry, including Great Balls of Fire (1969, reissued 1990); You Never Know (2001); How to Be Perfect (2007); How Long (2011), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; and Collected Poems (2013), winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize. He has collaborated with the poet Ted Berrigan and the artists Jim Dine and George Schneeman. Of Padgett?s work, poet David Lehman wrote in Poetry: "The great legacy of French Surrealist and Dadaist writing makes itself felt in his poems."Voice Literary Supplement contributor Karen Volkman, reviewing Padgett?s 1995 New and Selected Poems, commented: This is a fine sampling of a restless, hilarious, and haunting lyric intelligence, a ?phony? whose variable voices form a rare and raucous orchestration: the real thing.
1993Book is in excellent condition, with very light shelf wear only. Creaseless covers and spine. Binding is solid and square, sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 104 pages. Publisher's page is marked "First Edition". Scarce. Poet, editor, and translator Ron Padgett was born in 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a high-school student he founded the avant-garde literary journal The White Dove Review with his friends and fellow students Joe Brainard and Dick Gallup. Soliciting and publishing work from poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Robert Creeley, the magazine ran for five issues. Padgett moved to New York City in 1960 to attend Columbia College. Awarded a Fulbright in 1965, Padgett spent a year in Paris studying and translating French poetry. He eventually made his home in New York City?s East Village and became a vital part of the Second Generation New York School Poets, a group that included Ted Berrigan, Brainard, and others. Padgett is the author of over 20 collections of poetry, including Great Balls of Fire (1969, reissued 1990); You Never Know (2001); How to Be Perfect (2007); How Long (2011), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; and Collected Poems (2013), winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize. He has collaborated with the poet Ted Berrigan and the artists Jim Dine and George Schneeman. Of Padgett?s work, poet David Lehman wrote in Poetry: "The great legacy of French Surrealist and Dadaist writing makes itself felt in his poems."Voice Literary Supplement contributor Karen Volkman, reviewing Padgett?s 1995 New and Selected Poems, commented: This is a fine sampling of a restless, hilarious, and haunting lyric intelligence, a ?phony? whose variable voices form a rare and raucous orchestration: the real thing.
1969A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Little Golden Book. 6 1/2"w x 7 7/8" h. Slight marking inside cover.
1980Clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name written inside. Second printing. 78 pages.
1968A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear to cover. Previous owner's name inside. A Little Golden Book.
1970A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small tears and wear to cover. Yellowing paper. 10 3/4"w x 11 1/4"h. Approx. 60 pages. "Avant Garde was a magazine notable for graphic and logogram design by Herb Lubalin. The magazine had 14 issues and was published from January 1968 to July 1971.....While it could not be termed obscene, but it was filled with creative imagery often caustically critical of American society and government, sexual themes, and (for the time) crude language." [Wikipedia]
1997A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 254 pages.
2001A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 10 1/8"w x 12 1/4"h. 256 pages. Many photos and illustrations.
1930La Domenica del Corriere completa del 01 / 06 / 1930 con due tav. a colori
1890380 p. Illustrations. Small 4to. All edges gold gilt. Original decorated leather boards binding, lettered in black and gilt. Spine somewhat crudely taped. This interesting binding deserves restoration. Hardbound. Prefaced by a good history of Johnstown (including its industries such as the Cambria Iron Works), this is perhaps the best popular historical record of the great flood. Deluxe Edition. DISASTER / FIRE/ FLOOD PA 47
190656p. Includes list of deceased members, active members and fire alarm boxes. Age stained. 48mo. Original worn cloth wraps. PA PAMPH 20_30 BX4
195015p. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. Reprinted from Bulletin of the Historical Society of Montgomery County, Norristown, Pa., April, 1946. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA PAMPH 20_6 BX4 x 3c.
1952np. Hundreds of small advertisements from all over the state. Includes the program and a short history of the Scranton Fire Department with photographs. 4to. Original red felt spiral bound wraps, decorated and lettered in gold. PA PAMPH 20_10 BX2