‎Baxter, Stephen‎
‎Flood‎

‎The world before the flood, a poem in ten cantos; with other occasional pieces. Second edition. ‎

‎London, printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1813. ‎

‎12mo. III-XVI;328,(1),(3 blank) p. Calf. 17 cm (Details: Back with 3 gilt raised bands; gilt title in second compartment; other 3 compartments with blindstamped palmette cornerpieces. Both boards with tenfold blindstamped fillet borders, within blindstamped floral borders, a blindstamped wave/flood pattern in the central panel) (Condition: Cover shows wear to the extremes. Lacking the half-title before the title, with the text: 'The world before the flood, with other occasional pieces') (Note: James Montgomery, 1771-1854, was a British poet, philanthropist and campainer for humanitarian causes. He achieved some literary fame with 'The wanderer of Switzerland' in 1806, against the annexation of that country by the French. The abolishment of slavery is the theme of his 'The West Indies', published 3 years later. He created a reconstruction of the world from the creation to the Deluge in his 'The world before the flood', published in 1812. The author states in his preface that he is 'under obligation of no other authority whatever'. The work was a success, and sold more than 10000 copies) (Collation: pi-6, A4, 2A8, B4, 2B8 etc.- N4, 2N8, O2, 2O4, P4 (leaf P3 verso and leaf P4 blank) (Between the gatherings A till N there is a regular alternation in the signature of the gatherings, each gathering, signed A etc. till N numbers 4 leaves, and is immediately followed by a gathering signed 2A etc. till 2N, numbering 8 leaves)) (Photographs on request) ‎

‎Namyvnye i polunamyvnye plotiny. In Russian /Flood and semi-flood dams ‎

‎"Short description: In Russian. Roer, Georgy Nikolaevich. Flood dams and semi-flood dams. Moscow; Leningrad: GONTI, Chief Editor of Construction Dams, 1938 (Leningrad. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU5328028"‎

‎About the flood of September 23, 1924 in Leningrad./Pro navodnenie 23 sentyabry‎

‎About the flood of September 23, 1924 in Leningrad./Pro navodnenie 23 sentyabrya 1924 goda v Leningrade. About the flood of September 23, 1924 in Leningrad. Author A. Dmitriev, M. Sapego. Documents. Artifacts. Photos. Maps. Testimonies. Comments. Research album. St. Petersburg. Red sailor. 2024. 552 p.We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUbd-14c14eab6137ca6.‎

‎Adamovich, E. Ivanov Lebedev: N. Dorofeev, et al. Flood: Vasyatka Khorek: Hoste‎

‎Adamovich, E. Ivanov Lebedev: N. Dorofeev, et al. Flood: Vasyatka Khorek: Hostess: Black Jordi: A Convolutee of Four Childrens Books. In Russian /Adamovich, E.Iv. Lebedev: N. Dorofeev,i dr. Navodnenie: Vasyatka Khorek:Po khozyayski:Chernyy Dzhordi:Konvolyut iz chetyrekh detskikh knig. M.: L. GIZ et al. 1926-1927: The Convolutee of Four Childrens Books. 1.-Adamovich, E., Flood: Stories from Pic. -Leningrad: Moscow: State Publishing House, 1928 (Leningrad: Bukharin type.) -48 p.: 20x14 sm. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbfd45904ea4d348a1.‎

‎Poymennye nasypi na podkhodakh k mostam. In Russian /Flood embankments at app...‎

‎Short description: In Russian. Orduyants, Korney Stepanovich. Flood embankments at approaches to bridges. Moscow: Publishing House and Type 1. Transjeldorizdat, 1938. Poymennye nasypi na podkhodakh k mostam. In Russian /Flood embankments at approaches to bridges. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU5330052‎