Assisi Charles (17 results)

Condition: Very Good. A bright, square, and overall a nice copy.

Spiral Binding. Condition: Very Good - Cash. Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges, corners, covers, and pages. Age wear to the pages. The book is in great condition! Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9780199487615,328pp.

Condition: New. Brand New, Softcover edition. This item may ship from the US or our Overseas warehouse depending on your location and stock availability.

Condition: New. Brand New. Soft Cover International Edition. Different ISBN and Cover Image. Priced lower than the standard editions which is usually intended to make them more affordable for students abroad. The core content of the book is generally the same as the standard edition. The country selling restrictions may be printed on the book but is no problem for the self-use. This Item maybe shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Identification vs profiling; state welfare vs state surveillance; privacy vs transparency -- the idea of Aadhaar has bitterly polarized India since its launch eight years ago. No other project has captured the imagination of the people-or inspired such awe and anxiety-in recent memory.Aadhaar began life with a singular mandate: offer an identity to those Indian residents who didn't have any. Along the way, it evolved into the welfare state's flagship technology and altered forever how government, business, and society interact.The Aadhaar Effect is the story of the visionaries-bureaucrats, technologists, activists-who created or challenged India's biggest juggernaut. It is equally the story of humans conflicted about complex choices that may make the world a better place.Award-winning journalists N.S. Ramnath and Charles Assisi dive deep into the 12-digit number that has touched 1.2 billion lives and counting-and in the bargain, made the world sit up and take note of India's ambition. Identification vs profiling; state welfare vs state surveillance; privacy vs transparency -the idea of Aadhaar has bitterly polarized India since its launch eight years ago. No other project has captured the imagination of the people-or inspired such awe and anxiety-in recent memory. Aadhaar began life with a singular mandate: offer an identity to those Indian residents who didn't have any. Along the way, it evolved into the welfare state's flagship technology and altered forever how government, business, and society interact. The Aadhaar Effect is the story of the visionaries-bureaucrats, technologists, activists-who created or challenged India's biggest juggernaut. It is equally the story of humans conflicted about complex choices that may make the world a better place. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: New Books. Brand New! Fast Delivery This is an International Edition and ship within 24-48 hours. Deliver by FedEx and Dhl, & Aramex, UPS, & USPS and we do accept APO and PO BOX Addresses. Order can be delivered worldwide within 6-10 days and we do have flat rate for up to 2LB. Extra shipping charges will be requested if the Book weight is more than 5 LB. This Item May be shipped from India, United states & United Kingdom. Depending on your location and availability. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 291 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

7 1/8x5 1/4', 10pp. Gray paper wrappers with title printed in black on front cover. One of 250 copies. Fine Ransom #11.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original vellum effect paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, embossed gilt shield to the front cover reproduces the arms of Assisi, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, green and white marble end sheets. Quarto. 10½'' x 8¼''. Special Edition Number 11 of 112 Limited Edition Copies, stamped 'Presentation Copy'. Contains (xvi), 290 pp with 2 maps on 1 fold-out, 32 captioned tissue-guarded colour plates, 12 sepia plates, 6 drawings in the text, 8 further tissue-guarded colour plates within the section 'The Influence of the Franciscan Legend on Italian Art'. Foxing to the boards and end papers. SIGNED 'Marguerite Deane' to the second front free end paper, a rather special copy. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. TITLE: Un Mazzetto Scelto di Certi Fioretti del Glorioso Poverello di Cristo San Francesco di Assisi Insieme col Cantico al Sole del Medesimo by Saint Francis of Assisi, Ashendene Press (1904). _____DESCRIPTION: One of 150 copies on paper (and 25 on vellum). Large quarto (4to.) 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches (29.5 x 21.5 cm), 40 pp. Printed in Subiaco type on Batchelor 'hammer and anvil' paper in double column in black with headings, initial capitals and shoulder notes in red. Illustrated with 10 woodcut illustrations drawn by Charles M. Gere and engraved by W. H. Hooper. Red initials printed from the wooden blocks by Grailly Hewitt. Finely bound in full brown morocco, front and rear covers elaborately stamped in gilt and black, five raised bands on spine with black morocco labels. Pastedowns and free endplates in marbled paper, top edge gilt, wide morocco and gilt dentelles with ruled gilt lines. Binding by Zaehnsdorf with their gilt stamp dated 1905. Text is Italian language. A sheet correlating the selected Ashendene chapters with their appearance in the full edition of The Little Flowers is laid in (see photo). Protected with a clear archival Grafix Dura Lar dust wrapper. _____CONDITION: VG. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Slight curvature (concave) to front board. Small area of rubbing to heel of spine. Superficial 3 cm. vertical crease at top of rear cover. Water staining with long drip marks to front pastedown and ffep. Small areas of water staining at top of a few pages at front and rear, including rear free endplate and final four pages of text. Remaining 36 pages in fine condition._____DISCUSSION: This is one of a handful of Ashendene Press books printed in the Italian language and one of the few with woodcut illustrations. In this edition, twenty chapters from The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi were chosen randomly including the conversion of the three thieves, the transformation of the wolf into a gentleman and the 'Canticle of the Sun'. This is a well-balanced edition with beautiful letterpress printing and attractive woodcut illustrations in a deluxe stamped Zaehnsdorf binding._____ NOTE: International shipping cost using USPS International Priority Mail to Canada and the United Kingdom is $65 U.S. dollars. Shipping cost to more distant locations may incur additional charge. Charles M. Gere (illustrator).…

Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. DESCRIPTION: Octavo (8vo.), 8 7/8 x 6 inches, 220 x 150 mm., 239 pages. One of 240 copies printed on Batchelor 'hammer and anvil' paper. Printed in Subiaco type in red and black with chapter headings printed in red. Initials of each chapter printed in red or blue designed by Grailly Hewitt. Illustrated with 53 woodcut illustrations by Charles Gere, cut by J. B. Swain. Original limp vellum binding (honeyed vellum) with yapp edges, olive green silk ties and gilt titling on spine. Ashendene printer's device on the colophon in red. Text is in Italian language. Includes an archival clear Grafix Dura Lar dust wrapper.____CONDITION: Very fine. No prior owner inscriptions or bookplates. Vellum clean and lustrous (note: the variation in vellum hue is normal for honeyed vellum). No warping or bowing of the vellum covers. No markings, all four olive-green silk ties present and intact, text pages free of foxing and toning._____DISCUSSION: The beautiful woodcut illustrations by Charles Gere depict the life and work of Saint Francis, anecdotes, miracles and pious examples of his life. This is the final Ashendene edition in Italian, concluding proprietor St. John Hornby's love affair with Italy and the last Ashendene edition with illustrations by Charles Gere. An elegant Ashendene Press edition in exceptional condition._____NOTE: International shipping cost using USPS International Priority Mail to Canada and the United Kingdom is $65. Shipping cost to more distant locations may incur additional charge. Charles Gere (illustrator).…