william griffith eds (6 risultati)

Soft Cover. Condizione: vg. 11" tall; 200pp; red card-stock cover; b/w photos throughout; ghost of small price sticker on front cover. Paperback.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 104pp, printed wrappers. A densely packed magazine-format issue of this high-quality cultural review. Includes a cover depicting a Korean War soldier reading a 3-D comic book as well as an interior portfolio by photographer David Heath. Unmarked copy, light cover wear. Not Signed.

Softcover. Condizione: VG to VG-. Some rubbing & edgewear; small creases to edges & corners; fading; yellowing; otherwise overall clean & tight. 200 pages.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Classic issue of this groundbreaking but short-lived magazine of serious comics experiment. Presages RAW, Weirdo, and much else. Still one of the best things ever. Includes a William Burroughs text illustrated by S. Clay Wilson (Schottlaender C375). Unmarked copy, light wear, a little staining to a few leaves at top edge. Not Signed.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good ++. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket - As Published. First Edition. This is the scarce hardbound edition of this important book on Hurrican Agnes in Wyoming Valley. A very nice copy of this title which is a bit hard to find bound in red cloth and in this protected condition. Profusely illustrated with black & white photos; 200pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 4th ed., carefully revised and enlarged by William Francis . and J.W. Griffith .; 2 v. 2 port. (incl. front.) 19 cm. ; Series: Bohn's standard library ; LCCN: 05-33752 ; LC: T15; Dewey: 608.9 ; OCLC: 564976 ; Tr. from the German, by William Johnston. ; German edition published 1783-1805 with title: Beyträge zur geschichte der erfindungen. ; "Although the plan of this new edition of Beckmann's ' History of Inventions and Discoveries' was to confine it to the subjects treated of in the original work, yet we feel it imperative to make an exception in favour of the Steam-Engine, the most important of all modern inventions. " ; Contents: Vol.1 -- Italian Bookkeeping -- Refining Gold and Silver Ore by Quicksilver -- Canary Bird -- Secret Poison -- Wooden Bellows -- Waterclocks Clepsydras -- Ananas Pineapple -- Coloured Glass Artificial Gems -- Collections of Natural Curiosities -- Chimneys -- Hungary Water -- Apothecaries -- Clocks and Watches -- Quarantine -- Paperhangings -- Kermes Cochineal -- Sealingwax -- Verdigris or Spanish Green -- Alum -- Falconry -- Turf -- Artichoke -- Sawmills -- Stamped Paper -- Adulteration of Wine -- Artificial Pearls -- Paving of Streets -- Writingpens -- Wiredrawing -- Buckwheat -- Saddles -- Horseshoes -- Floating of Wood -- Lace -- Cobalt Zaffer Smalt -- Turkeys -- Butter -- Aurum Fulminans -- Vol 2 -- The Steam-Engine, and Discoveries of James Watt -- Lending and Pawnbroking -- Chemical Names of Metals -- Zinc -- Carp -- Camp-mills -- Mirrors -- Glass-cutting. Etching on Glass -- Soap -- Madder -- Jugglers, Rope-dancers, Automata -- Artificial Ice. Cooling Liquors -- Hydrometer -- Lighting of Streets -- Night-watch -- Plant-skeletons -- Bills of Exchange -- Tin. Tinning -- Sowing-machines -- Manganese -- Prince Rupert's Drops. Lacrymae Vitreae -- Fire-engines -- Indigo -- Vanes. Weathercocks -- Gilding -- Fur Dresses -- Steel -- Stamping-works -- Kitchen Vegetables -- Knitting Nets and Stockings. Stocking-Loom -- Hops -- Black Lead -- Sal-Ammoniac -- Forks -- Lottery. Tontine -- Bologna Stone -- Foundling Hospitals -- Orphan Houses -- Infirmaries. Hospitals for Invalids. Field Lazarettos -- Cock-fighting -- Saltpetre. Gunpowder. Aquafortis -- Book-censors -- Exclusive Privilege for Printing Books -- Catalogues of Books -- Ribbon-Loom -- Guns. Gun-Locks; foxing, else VG/VG. Book.