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Winchester: C. Philip in Association with St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1985. [8], ix-xxix, [3], 3-168pp, plates. Original cloth in DJ. DJ spine unevenly faded, very slightly rubbed, otherwise quite bright and clean. From the library of Robin de Beaumont, but without any indication of this. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Good. 8vo.
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A Bibliography of Firework Books: Works on Recreative Fireworks from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century Hardcover - 1985
by Philip, Chris
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- Title A Bibliography of Firework Books: Works on Recreative Fireworks from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century
- Author Philip, Chris
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- Pages xxix, 168 pp, 16 plates
- Publisher St Pauls Bibliographies, Winchester
- Date 1985
- ISBN 9780906795316
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C. Philip in association with St. Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester, first edition, 1985. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xxix, 168 pp, 16 plates. Over 600 entries. From the introduction: "This bibliography of books on fireworks is concerned primarily with 'recreative' rather than 'military' fireworks, 'pour la recreation' or 'pour la joie' rather than 'pour la guerre', for 'die Lustfeuerwerker' and not 'der Ernstfeuerwerker'. " From the blurb: "It is a surprising fact that fireworks, which have accompanied nearly every major event, whether religious, royal or ceremonial, worldwide for over four hundred years, should have previously escaped the attention of bibliographers. ..The present book [has] over 600 entries, representing more than 250 authors who have dealt with recreative fireworks in their books. As a measure of the rarity of many of the items, over 50 per cent are not recorded in the National Union Catalog, and nearly 60 per…
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