The Night Sky: Fifty Postcards (50 designs; archival images, NASA ephemera, photographs, and more in a gold foil stamped keepsake box;): 50 Postcards: Princeton Architectural Press: 9781616897345: Books
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Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. For nearly forty years, PA Press has been a leading publisher of books on architecture, design, photography, landscape, and visual culture. In recent years, the Press broadened its scope, introducing a children’s list and a line of stationery products. We've made our reputation by identifying new trends and publishing first books on emerging talents, as well as definitive works on established names, and by creating books of unsurpassed design quality and production values. Beginning with Letarouilly’s Edifices de Rome Moderne, published in 1981, and still in print, Pa Press has produced nearly 1,000 intelligent and stimulating publications. In 2017, the Press received the Arthur Ross Award for Excellence in the Classical Tradition from the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.Originally based in Princeton, N.J., the Press is now headquartered in NewYork, N.Y. For more information please visit www.papress.comTo calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness."Beautiful and unique" Read more"Beautiful...." Read more"...My wall is gonna look AMAZING. These are beautiful, they even come in a beautiful package...." Read more"...+ Heavy cardstock (not flimsy) + Just the right size + Gorgeous, high-quality box + No preset margin for address..." Read more"These are great cards, I may have to keep them all myself!" Read more"...from all over the world, but also there's a good selection from the 20th and 21st centuries...." Read more"This is an interesting set to send to folks who like space, stars, astronomy, history...." Read more"...These cards are incredible, beautiful selection of retro diagrams and artist renderings of comets and the like...." Read more"...Love the design because I think space is so fun. There is a great variety in postcards here, some giving more vintage and some more modern or simple." Read more"High quality cards, lots of space on the back with no divide, making it more customizable...." Read more"Excellent quality postcards, storage box, and introduction letter...." Read more"...they are high quality and match my personality with the cool space stuff! Would recommend." Read more"...Love the design because I think space is so fun. There is a great variety in postcards here, some giving more vintage and some more modern or simple." Read more"...There is a wide variety and they’re so cool!" Read more"...quality cards, lots of space on the back with no divide, making it more customizable...." Read more"If you send a lot of postcards, these give you a TON of options and are perfect for any occasion...." Read more"Worth every penny, beautiful illustrations vintage postcards." Read more"...This was an affordable way to get lots and send them when I want. Love the design because I think space is so fun...." Read more"...Great price for an awesome product & come in a cute box that could be giftable but also isn’t too bulky to store the cards in...." Read more"Good buy..." Read more"...They include much more than just the sky: old-timey astronomy instruments, dummies in space suits, you name it...." Read more"...aren't necessarily for sending to anyone, but a keepsake for the physicist or science enthusiast...." Read more"...I like the subject matter and the different designs exceeded my expectation." Read more"...Suitable for somone interested in the history of astronomy, perhaps. But it really has very little to do with the "night sky"." Read more"...And they're on thick, high-quality cardboard...." Read more"...+ It's like an astronomical time machine + Heavy cardstock (not flimsy) + Just the right size + Gorgeous, high-quality box..." Read more"these are beautiful. so thick and good quality. no lines of any kind tho, for the address or to separate the space, if that is important to you...." Read more"...They're thick and sturdy. As for the topic, just be aware that maybe half are actually of the night sky, and the rest relate to space exploration...." Read more"...'s enchanting about the collection is that it's comprised of really old concept maps, documentation of comets, asteroids, and suns, outdated..." Read more"...not very contemporary, for the most part: they focus on antique images from all over the world, but also there's a good selection from the 20th and..." Read more"...Despite the "Night Sky" title, there are in fact no images of the night sky...." Read more"...There are a good array of some really cool images, and some that are kinda blurry. Maybe I got a set that didn't print that well." Read more
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