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80 pages. Index. Illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. Ex-library copy. 71 p., 15 color and b/w plts., 78 p. facs. in Ottoman script. 1782 yili yanginlari. [Harik risâlesi, 1196]. Edited by Hüsamettin Aksu.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original Ottoman manuscript historical document. 28x21,5 cm. In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 10 lines on 1 p. Signed, and three Ottoman stamps. During the Haydarpasa Fire in 1922, the warning about the Jewish resident of Beyoglu Vitali Efendi's house on Haydarpasa, Mandira Street, where the windows were broken and they were not fitted. The aforementioned warning was prepared by Vitali Efendi's tenant "Abulafya". Transcription in Turkish: "Dersaadet Kâtîb-i Adlîligi Memûriyet-i Valâsina: Efendim, Beyoglu'nda, Tozkoparan'da Bahar Apartmani'nda mukîm Mösyö Vitali Bahar'in Haydarpasa'da, Mandira Sokagi'nda 80 numero ile mudkîm bir bab hanesinde müstecîren ikâmet etmekteyim. Geçen hafta vuku' cevelân harikte, harikin tesîrâti ile hanenin pencerelerinde mevcut camlar kirilip harap olmustur. Kendisine...". The fire in Haydarpasa 1922 came to be known in history as "the Fire of Haydarpasa Çayir", because it broke out in one of the houses in Çayirbasi and spread further. It broke out on July 29, 1922.
8vo., First Edition thus, with a frontispiece and 10 illustrations in monochrome; pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in orange and black, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
8vo., First Edition, with pedigrees on endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
320 pages including index and black and white illustrations. The life and work of Dr. Rowland V. Bingham. Map endpapers. Light to moderate wear to book. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket. One inch chunk missing from top edge of front endpaper. Prior owner's name atop half-title page. Book
35 p. 19 cm. Disbound. No wraps. Very Good. Rev. William Henry Harrison Gotwald (1841-1921) was from a long line of Lutheran ministers. After the Civil War, he re-enrolled in Pennsylvania College, graduated from there in 1866, and became principal of the Aaronsburg Academy. He was ordained in the Lutheran ministry in 1868. His first ministry was at Loganton, PA, which had been a part of his father's last charge. During his career in the Lutheran ministry, he served several churches and held a variety of offices in the Lutheran Church. In April 1873 became pastor to the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at Milton, PA. and continued as its pastor for nearly fifteen years, when he had to resign due to bronchial troubles. While he was serving as pastor at Milton, he was also President of the Susquehanna Synod for three years and Chairman of the Examining Committee for many years. He served as a member of the Milton School Board for twelve years, being its president for three years. He was the originator and organizer of the Pennsylvania State School Directors' Association and was its president for three years. He was a delegate to the General Synod and Director of the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He served as a Presbyterian minister in Ocala, Florida, where he had gone due to his health. He also built a Lutheran church at Martin, Florida. He organized the St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Washington, D.C. and served as its pastor until June 1897. SCARCE. OCLC Shows this item in only four U.S. libraries. Bound vol. PA 48
Roma, 1924, 2 marzo, fascicolo di 16 pagine de "La tribuna illustrata", con copertina illustrata.
Roma, 1926, 7 marzo, copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo di 16 pagine de "La tribuna illustrata".
La Domenica del Corriere completa del 01 / 06 / 1930 con due tav. a colori
Copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo originale completo de "La Domenica del Corriere" del 9/11/1958
214 p. + Frontis. Early manuscript ownership of A. Hatzfield on title page. In block letters on rear fly leaf "From the ruins of "Old Main" of Westminster College Burned Jan. 24, 1927, 1861-1927." This refers to the college located in New Wilmington, PA, where two 'Old Main' had burned to the ground in 1861 and 1927. First fly leaves and verso of Frontis light smoke damage. Top edge darkened. 24mo. 145 mm. Original very worn leather binding. Front board detached. Boards stained. Spine very worn with loss. S&S/AI 5326. Hardbound. AI BX 5
8vo., First Edition thus, with facsimiles in the text; original buff wrappers printed in black, a very good, clean copy. Augustan Reprint Society, Publications Nos. 145,146. This facsimile is a high-quality photographic reprint of copies in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. VERY SCARCE
64 pages. Features: Dick Best; Further Adventures of Youthly Puresome - The Rocket's Red Glare; "Yankee Air Pirates Attack Airliner!"; 1,000 Trap Aircrew; Blaze of Glory - Charlie Ware and the Battle of Midway; MCAS Yuma; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Roma, 1924, 13 aprile, fascicolo di 16 pagine de "La tribuna illustrata", con copertina illustrata.
Mm 300x405 Fascicolo in folio di pp. 8 con prima carta illustrata in bianco e nero, alcune illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
104 pages. "A collection of 218 authentic reproductions of 183 early American horse-drawn vehicles... all illustrations taken from original fashion plates and photographs of the builders, are described." - from front cover. Somewhat above-average external soiling and wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this extremely informative and comprehensive visual reference on the vehicles used prior to the invention of the internal combustion engine. Book
New English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 160 p., ills. Amerikan basininda Izmir yangini: 1922. Great fire of Smyrna in 1922 in the American press.
Mm 300x405 Fascicolo in folio di pp. 8 con prima carta illustrate in bianco e nero, alcune illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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.
A 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]
Features: Civil Turbofan - the reasons for the success of turbofans with ever-higher by-pass ratio, Good results with bigger models and prospects for the 10T thrust class, future tendencies; Spruance Class - monorama special report with super colour fold-out illustration and much more; Shipboard Fire Control Systems - their characteristics and applications as adopted by the various navies; Japan's satellite program; The Mounties of the Sea - De Havilland DHC-7R; Aero-Caster used by Vancouver Shipyards; Ilyushin's Aircraft; Kaiten Guided Torpedoes (II); Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Magazine
192 pages. Takes us through the great stretch of country lying between the Coast range and the Rockies, south of Prince George. It is about quiet remote places and the people one finds there: sheepherders in alpine pastures, ranchers in secluded valleys, fire watchers on isolated mountain tops, and the lonely ferrymen. Prior owner's name atop half title page else unmarked. Covers well-worn and soiled. Binding sound. Book
72 pages. Features: Kristian Huselius Interview; Photos of wild Flames hairstyles over the years; Colour photo headshots of all Flames players; Flames to retire Mike Vernon's #30; Much more Flames coverage plus great colour-photos ads. Average wear. Back cover roughed up, otherwise a sound copy. Book
Book 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.