Dirda Michael Foreword (12 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: vg+. Dust Jacket Condition: vg. 179 pages; map eps; b/w & color photo illustrations; contents clean; binding solid; 10" tall; photo illustrated dj; silk ribbon place-marker. Hardcover (dj).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Cloth, 179 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour maps; 27 cm. Ribbon book mark. Near fine. Gently browsed, clean copy. Fine DJ. Another copy available. *** "Situated at the center of the world's largest museum complex, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries links the twenty-two libraries that support Smithsonian museums and research centers into one system encompassing 1.5 million books and manuscripts. The expansive collection includes many rare and unusual works equal to the celebrated art and artifacts of the Smithsonian's museums. This illustrated accompaniment to a new Smithsonian Libraries exhibition of the same name provides a three-part expedition through the collection. The first presents works such as a 1511 edition of Ptolemy's Liber geographiae (Book of geography) and the pop-up book Buck Rogers, 25th Century, featuring Buddy and Allura in "Strange Adventures in the Spider Ship" to illustrate how the world has been imagined, seen, and recorded by Europeans and Americans. The second journey explores how scientists have extended our understanding of the world, and includes a 1641 edition of Galileo's Systema cosmicum (System of the world) and a copy of Walden inscribed by Henry David Thoreau to Spencer Baird, then assistant secretary of the newly founded Smithsonian Institution. The final section journeys through the imaginations of artists, architects, and book designers, presenting among many pictorially rich selections a 1535 edition of Albrecht Durer's Institutionum geometricarum (Geometric instruction) and Doxford Opposed Piston Oil Engine, a paper-and-board pamphlet with movable pistons and levers from 1922." - Publisher. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. The Number Line Indicates A Second Printing Of This Hardcover Edition. Gray Marker Ribbon Bound In.

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Good.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by BENN, NATHAN COVER ART (illustrator). first edition,4p THUS. VERY GOOD CONDITION PAPERBACK CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT ; ORANGE & WHITE titles on RED & TAN glossy paper covers showing 3 DRAWINGS OF Shakespeare. EXTRA WIDE "FRENCH FLAPS" STRENGTHEN JPAPER COVER WITH LARGE INNER FOLD. ; 612 pages; life of Shakespeare seen through a succession of different eyes and vantage points.

Hardcover. 4to. Black and white and color photographs and illustrations. Lightest shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback with dust jacket in good condition.

HC. color illustrations (illustrator). 179pp ISBN 1588340368 fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Cloth, 179 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour maps; 27 cm. Ribbon book mark. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Fine DJ. *** "Situated at the center of the world's largest museum complex, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries links the twenty-two libraries that support Smithsonian museums and research centers into one system encompassing 1.5 million books and manuscripts. The expansive collection includes many rare and unusual works equal to the celebrated art and artifacts of the Smithsonian's museums. This illustrated accompaniment to a new Smithsonian Libraries exhibition of the same name provides a three-part expedition through the collection. The first presents works such as a 1511 edition of Ptolemy's Liber geographiae (Book of geography) and the pop-up book Buck Rogers, 25th Century, featuring Buddy and Allura in "Strange Adventures in the Spider Ship" to illustrate how the world has been imagined, seen, and recorded by Europeans and Americans. The second journey explores how scientists have extended our understanding of the world, and includes a 1641 edition of Galileo's Systema cosmicum (System of the world) and a copy of Walden inscribed by Henry David Thoreau to Spencer Baird, then assistant secretary of the newly founded Smithsonian Institution. The final section journeys through the imaginations of artists, architects, and book designers, presenting among many pictorially rich selections a 1535 edition of Albrecht Durer's Institutionum geometricarum (Geometric instruction) and Doxford Opposed Piston Oil Engine, a paper-and-board pamphlet with movable pistons and levers from 1922." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Foreword, by Nancy E. Gwinn; Realms of Wonder, by Michael Dirda; A Voyage through the Smithsonian Libraries; The Curator and the Book, by Storrs L. Olson. ADVENTURES IN THE SMITHSONIAN LIBRARIES: Introduction; PART I: JOURNEYS OVER LAND AND SEA; Travelers and Places; In the Air. PART II: JOURNEYS OF THE MIND: Classifiers and Describers; Explaining the Heavens. PART III: JOURNEYS OF THE IMAGINATION: Book Arts; Architecture and Design; Trade Literature; Index; Acknowledgments. Size: 4to.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This 6 1/2 by 9/12 hard cover with blue paper boards has gold lettering on the spine. The spine ends are stiff, top corners are lightly bumped, but the bottom corners are sharp. There are 351 pages to this volume with a complete number line 10-1. Both dust jacket and book are clean, bright, and without marks or tears. The dust jacket is currently protected by a clear removable cover.

Full Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Presumed FIRST EDITION. Full blue cloth with silver lettering on the front cover and the spine, blind stamped butterfly design on the front cover, light wear to the jacket. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a EXCELLENT brodart protected dust jacket. A good gift. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.