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Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Washington: FOCUS on Young Adults, (2000). Four softbound booklets bound together into one large folder. The cover lists title, authors and "2 FOCUS Tool Series". A VG copy with light wear to the outer folder covers only.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. [1st edition?] ; 192 pp. ; illustrations in black & white and color ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0810937794; 9780810937796 LCCN: 94-14976 ; OCLC: 30319165 ; LC: SB466.U7; Dewey: 712/.5/097511 ; green cloth with red designs and lettering, in color photographic dustjacket with edges sunned ; probable SIGNED presentation copy, possibly to co-author Robert F, Trent, on the title page ; ".[T]he story of H[enry] F[rancis] du Pont's glorious lifelong love affair with his home as well as a biography of one of America;'a great public gardens.Magnani's text and additional essays contributed by specialists from numerous disciplines are breathtakingly illustrated by lush new photographs of the garden taken by landscape photographer Carol Betsch." ; "A great artist may spend years painting one canvas, making infinitesimal changes in color, mood, and form until every element has been refined and perfected to satisfaction. Henry Francis du Pont was such a consummate artist, and the canvas was his beloved garden at Winterthur, du Pont's home from his birth in 1880 until his death in 1969. The sumptuous masterpiece he created in Wilmington, Delaware, is now open for the public to enjoy, but for years it functioned as a private horticultural laboratory where du Pont, primarily known as a visionary collector of American decorative arts, experimented as much with the landscape as with individual plant species gathered from the far corners of the globe. In "The Winterthur Garden, author Denise Magnani, curator of landscape at Winterthur, offers an intimate portrait of both the man and his environment. Magnani's text and additional essays are breathtakingly illustrated by landscape photographer Carol Betsch's lush pictures of this impeccably preserved national treasure. This newly issued paperback edition also features a new foreword by Winterthur's current director, Leslie Greene Bowman." ; apart from presence of writing on the title page, the condition is VG/VG. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Limited Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; Limited edition No. 4832 of 5000 (as stated on colophon) ; 301 p. (some folded) : chiefly color illustrations, maps, plans ; 30 cm. ; ISBN: 8821601269; 9788821601262 ; LC: NA9072.M55; Dewey: 711.5 ; OCLC: 23695425 ; text in Italian and English. ; Issued in Montedison-designed slipcase. ; black silk, with hand-laid paper ; photographic plate paste-down on front cover ; decorative black endpapers ; signed card of Montedison Director General Carlo Maria Columbo, laid in ; publisher Franco Maria Ricci initialled quality control card, laid in ; Design, Franco Maria Ricci, Laura Casalis; Grafica, Silvia Fois; Fotolito : Fotoincisioni Bassoli, Fotolito Storti, Milano; Stampa, Grafiche Milani ; Gruppo Ferruzzi ; "Edison was established in 1884 in Milan as a power utility. In 1966, Edison merged with Montecatini, to create Montedison"-wikipedia ; 'In 1801, Antolini was hired during the short-lived Repubblica Cisalpina to complete a massive plan for the center of Milan, a project later taken over by Napoleon and called the Foro Bonaparte. The city was designated the capital of Napoleonic Italy in 1805, and the Foro Bonaparte was part of a larger redevelopment project that consisted of cutting wide roads through the medieval center and constructing monumental government buildings and shopping areas that linked together the major neighborhoods of the city. The Foro was to be located in the area around the Castello Sforzesco.and Napoleon ordered the outer walls of the Castello to be updated with an ordered classical arrangement and a temple facade plan. Encircling this area Antolini designed 12.buildings to include a theater, museum, bathhouse and stock exchange.the plan was scaled down due to its high cost by Luigi Canonica in 1802."--Allison Lee Palmer ; Contents (English) : The publisher to the reader -- The Foro Bonaparte, a Jacobin utopia in Milan -- The first plans for the Foro Bonaparte (1801) -- La Bastiglia di Milano, un audace impresario, L'amico Sommariva -- The drawings of the Foro Bonaparte -- Designing the city : The 1801 Economic and Political Plan -- An architect for the Republic amid Doric and Freemasonry -- A man from the Romagna at the court of Pope Pius VI, The Doric comes to Faenza, The advantages of Freemasonry -- The Marengo column, A discussion with the First Consul, The schemings of the Commission -- Contrasting Pistocchi, Rectangle versus circle, A project in progress -- Enter the military, The astute Canonica, A question of money -- From project to model, The Description of the Foro Bonaparte -- Opposition to Antolini, the Letter from Citizen X to a friend -- Barabino, Canonical, Rossi : plans for the modification of the Foro Bonaparte -- Milan, Archivo Storico Civico Fin-de-siecle projects -- From utopia to bourgeoisie, Fin-de-siecle in Foro Bonaparte ; color tipped-in plates, 18 fold-out plates, several in full color ; artwork by Felice Giani, Giuseppe Camporesi, Domenico Lucchi, Hubert Robert, Feliz Albites, Alessandro Emanuele Marvuglia, Domenico Santi, Giovanni Lazarini, Fernando Bonsignore, Jacques-Louis David, Giacomo Pinchetti, Franz Hogenberg, Giovanni Battista Clarici, Arcangelo Lavelli, Adele Chavassieu d'Houdebert, Domenico Aspari, Vincenzo Magnani, Vincenzo Berenzi, Paolo Bargigli, Andrea Appiani, Luigi Rados, Giuseppe Pistocchi, Giuseppe Longhi, A.-G.-L. Boucher-Desnoyers, Luigi Canonica, Francisco Rosaspina, Luigi Cagnola, Gaspare Gallinari, Gaetano Berettini, Alois Schmid, Cesare Beruto, Pietro Gadda, Giuseppe Pirovano, Enrico Combi, Giovanni Giachi, A, Bellani, Romeo Botelli, and Luigi Montini ; a beautifully produced publication ; " (This volume is part of a special edition reserved for Montedison, and was printed in an edition of 5000 numbered copies under the direction of Franco Maria Ricci, Milan, in October 1989. The typeface used is Bodoni. The handmade paper was laid by Cartiere Miliani di Fabriano) ; fading spots to slipcase spine, else AS NEW/FINE. Book.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 112. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1975 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 112.

Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of Anthony Quinn and Stanley Kramer on the set of the 1969 film. Mimeo snipe and photographer "L. Trumpler" stamps on verso. Based on the 1966 novel by Robert Crichton. A group of poor Italian winemaking villagers attempts to hide their substantial stashes of wine from the newly arrived German army. Set in the fictitious town of Santa Vittoria, shot on location in Anticoli Corrado, Capranica, and Tivoli, Italy. 8 x 10.5 inches. Light edgewear, else Near Fine.