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London, England: G. G. Harrap. G+/NONE. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good plus, spine tanned, gilt lettering faded, rear cover faded near spine edge. No names or markings. Tightly bound. ; Marvelous color frontis of Japanese Aerial Fireworks. In all, eight plates in color, 32 in half-tone and line blocks in text. An updated version of the author's classic work on pyrotechnics. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 280 p. .

George G. Harrap & Co. , Ltd. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1949. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, "covers the long story of development in this field from its first, little-recorded beginnings in the East, to the spectacularly unprecedented official London peace display of June 8th, 1945 - With Eight Plates in Colour, Thirty-two in Half-tone and Line Blocks in the Text," the dark blue cloth cover is faded near the top edge, the blank end-papers have moderate foxing, and the outer edge of the pages have mild tanning, the binding is tight and the contents are fine, the jacket, the jacket has a good amount of edge-wear which includes a 1-inch chunk missing from the bottom of the rear panel, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included; 280 pages .

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1949 Cloth. 8vo. 280 pp. Near fine, in good dust jacket with chips at extremities. Illustrated with eight plates in color, 32 in half-tone, and line blocks in text.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good.

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

George G. Harrop 1949 (?). Imperial octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 280pp, illus. VG- (moderate rubbing & bruising to boards, moderate foxing, soiling & fading to eps & page edges, both gutters slightly awry, adhesive tape residue to prelims & eps due, several articles, excepts, pictures stuck into eps, contains strip of photo negatives) in d/w, tatty (closed tears to spine, brusing, creasing, moderate foxing & dampstaining),

London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., [1949]. Tall 8vo. 280 pp. Colour frontisp., 7 colour plates, 32 photo & text illustrations. Purple cloth, gilt lettering on spine (slight bumping to couple corners, slight pulling to front hinge), w/ d.j. (minor chipping head & foot of spine, minor edgewear, creasing), still VG/G- copy, from the library of William MacDonald, Jr. (1921-2010), noted historian of Classical Roman architecture and art, w/ ownership signature on ffep. First edition of this fascinating history of fireworks by one of the members of the famed family of fireworks manufacturers, whose firm was founded in 1720. They were best remembered for their free public displays known as Brock’s Benefits developed in association with the Crystal Palace.

G.G. Harrap. Collectible - Good. London, Sydney: George G. Harrap, 1949. 1st edition. 280pp. Illustrations, some color. Good book. Poor dust jacket. Dust jacket is price clipped and has large, open tears. Back panel is nearly detached. Pages toned and foxed. (Fireworks, Great Britain, History) Inquire if you need further information.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1949 .. First edition, with illustrated dustwrapper. 8vo. pp.280 . Coloured dustwrapper with wear to folds and small chips and tears to edges. Now protected by a removeable clear plastic cover. Clean blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, edges lightly rubbed. Light spotting to endpapers, otherwise clean text and illustrations throughout. VG/G+.

George Harrap , London, 1949. First Edition.8vo.pp.280 ,index,8 colour plates , 32 in half colour.Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust jacket.

London: Harrap, 1949. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 280. Bibliography, appendix, index. Cover lilttle scuffed and faded, o/w a VG tight copy. This is an update of the author's first book, "Pyrotechnics: the History and the Art of Firework Making." It is still the best book on the History of pyrotechnics.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. First Edition, First Impression. 6 x 9.5in. 280pp. + "with 8 plates in colour, 32 in half-tone, and line blocks." Bound by Schueren in one quarter crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt titling (the marbling wonderfully emulative of fireworks). Housed in binder's custom cloth clamshell case with titling and pictorial overlay. NEAR FINE in Near Fine clamshell case. The book itself shows a faint remnant of some kind on either paste-down, else Fine/As New. The slipcase shows the slightest possible hint of shelf rubbing, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1949. First Edition. With Eight Plates in Colour, 32 in Half-tone and Line Blocks in the Text. 280 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in fine pictorial blue unclipped dust jacket. First Edition. With Eight Plates in Colour, 32 in Half-tone and Line Blocks in the Text. 280 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This is an update of the author's first book, "Pyrotechnics: the History and the Art of Firework Making." It is still the best book on the History of pyrotechnics.