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1937Best.-Nr. 1331800Washington: Government Printing Office 1937. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xxvi 1140 pages; VG-; Spine black with faded gold print; Boards in black cloth mild wear and rubbing binding slightly loose; With both of the two maps in rear pocket; small water-stain to lower fore corner of text block.; Signed on verso of the ffep by 26 members of the Federal Writers Project including founding director Henry Alsberg assistant to the director George Cronyn and assistant director Reed Harris. The remainder are presumed some of the writers or editors hired by the Federal Writers Project to research the book including composer Ruth Crawford Seeger anarchist Leonard Abbott and author/editor Kathryn Coe Cordell. Other listed names include C. W. Foster Donald C. Kline J. Frank James Howard S. Douglas John C. Rogers B. Foster Cooke and Sterling A. Brown.; An important piece of DC history linking the leadership of the FWP with some of its largely ignored and unrecorded writers and editors. Nowhere in the volume does it list the names of any individual contributors. Due to the book size and coated paper the book weighs over 5 pounds reportedly causing President Franklin D. Roosevelt to ask "Where is the steamer trunk that goes with it" Preface: "The volume on Washington herewith given to the public differs in at least one important respect from the guides to other large cities now being prepared. Washington is predominantly the Capital of the United States. Visitors to the city are commonly interested as much in the machinery of national government as in the great buildings which house that machinery. Therefore a considerable portion of this volume is given over to detailed accounts of the functional activities of all Government departments bureaus and independent agencies." 1331800. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1802Best.-Nr. 15907Nismes, Veuve Belle, An X-1802 ; in-4 ; veau marbré, dos lisse à faux-nerfs, décoré dans le style de Bozérian, titre doré, roulette décorative dorée d'encadrement des plats, roulette sur les coupes (rel. de l'époque) ; XXIX, 588 pp., 1 tableau dépliant h.t. et 1 pl. gravée sur cuivre par Savin.
1878Best.-Nr. RO80093951LEVY A.. 1878. In-Folio. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. A restaurer, Couv. défraîchie, Mors arrachés, Rousseurs. Environ 250 / 300 pages et 89 planches collationnées de dessins, croquis, schémas et coupes en noir et blanc. Nombreux dessins, croquis et figures en noir et blanc, dans le texte. Bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe. Ouvrage déboité. Manque sur la coiffe en pied, et mors fendus. Cahiers et pages volantes. Petite traces d'humidité en marges sur les premières pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 350-Administration publique
1871Best.-Nr. RO80103618IMPRIMERIE IMPERIALE. 2e série. 1864 - 1871. In-8. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos frotté, Quelques rousseurs. 518 + 533 + 456 + 578 + 616 + 515 pages. Quelques planches illustrées de dessins en couleurs. Nombreuses planches, planches dépliantes et doubles-planches illustrées de cartes, croquis et gravures en noir et blanc. Quelques gravures et figures dans le texte. Coins et coupes des plats de couverture, frottés. Mors fendus sur certains ouvrages. Epidermures sur le cuir. Etiquette de code sur la coiffe en-tête et tampons de bibliothèque sur la page de titre et dans quelques marges. Dos abîmé sur le 6e volume.. . . . Classification Dewey : 350-Administration publique
Best.-Nr. ORD-20239Ouvrage posthume. Londres. Société Typographique. 1773. 2 volumes in-8 (128 x 204 mm) plein veau fauve, dos lisses richement ornés, pièces de titre maroquin rouge, de tomaisons maroquin vert, triple filet d'encadrement des plats, roulettes sur les coupes, gardes peignées, tranches dorées, XXXII-326 pp. et (2)-412 pp. Reliure de l'époque en excellent état malgré quelques rares points de rouille. Edition à la même date que l'originale in-12, publiée le mois de juin 1773.
1830Best.-Nr. PHO-2172Paris, A.-J. Dénain, 1830–1836. Ensemble de 7 volumes in-8 de texte sur 10, comprenant les tomes I, II, IV, V, VI, VII et VIII (manquent les tomes III, IX et X ; sans les volumes d’atlas). Demi toile postérieure, pièce de titre et tomaison cerise, petits frottements, quelques rousseurs. Illustré de 131 portraits des principaux personnages ayant participé à l’expédition, dessinés par Dutertre
1897Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original engraved map on the silk handkerchief made in Yildiz Palace for the 'Iane Sergisi' [i.e. Exhibition of the Social Assistance] in the period of Sultan Abdülhamid II. In its decorative frame. Frame size: 53,5x53,5 cm; map size: 38x38 cm. In Ottoman script. Scale: 1/600.000. Several minimal splits, minor foxing, and slight stains on cloth. Otherwise in good condition. A rare and decorative 1897 silk handkerchief map of the Greco-Turkish War in 1897, which was the only war in which the Ottoman army was victorious during the reign of Abdulhamid 2, is a fine example of Ottoman / Turkish cartographic textiles made in Ottoman court (Yildiz Palace textile workshops). This beautiful map depicts an attractive war scene from the 1313 Greek War on the upper half, and it's engraved a map of Balkan & Greek lands on its lower half. War painting has 'Melona' signature in Ottoman script. The map shows Thessaloniki [i.e. Salonica] Bay on the west; Yanya [i.e. Ioanna] Vilayat on the east; lands of Greece, Galos Bay, Uzi Strait on the south and Dimetoka and Avalonia areas in the Serefiye, Ergiri sanjaks on the north in its period. Written on the map, "Baht-i himâye-yi feyzvâne-i cenâb-i hilâfetpenâhide evlad-i süheda ve mecrûhin-i asakir-i sâhâne", [i.e. It was printed for the "Iane Sergisi" (i.e. The Social Help Exhibition) in the high memory of our soldiers who were martyred and veterans in the Greek War under the patronage of the Sultan.]. The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, also called the Thirty Days' War and known in Greece as the Black '97 (Mauro '97), or the Unfortunate War (Atychis polemos), was a war fought between the Kingdom of Greece and the Ottoman Empire. Its immediate cause was the question over the status of the Ottoman province of Crete, whose Greek majority long-desired union with Greece. Despite the Ottoman victory on the field, an autonomous Cretan State under Ottoman suzerainty was established the following year (as a result of the intervention of the Great Powers after the war), with Prince George of Greece and Denmark as its first High Commissioner. This was the first war effort in which the military and political personnel of Greece were put to test since the Greek War of Independence in 1821. For the Ottoman Empire, this was also the first war effort in which the reorganized military personnel were put to test. The Ottoman army was under the guidance of a German military mission led by Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, who had reorganized it after the defeat in the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). The conflict proved Greece was wholly unprepared for war. Plans, fortifications and weapons were non-existent, the mass of the officer corps was unsuited to its tasks, and training was inadequate. As a result, the numerically superior, better organized, equipped and led Ottoman forces pushed the Greek forces south out of Thessaly. Almost all of the aids made to the families or disabled people of those who were martyred in the 1897 Ottoman-Greek War (such as printing this map) were made within the framework of the donations of "Evlâd-i Süheda and Malûlîn-i Guzât-i Asâkir-i Sahane". People and citizens of all classes and beliefs, including members of the Ottoman court, ministers, bureaucrats, civil servants, merchants and tradesmen, participated in this aid campaign at the end of the 19th, beginning of the 20th century. Not in OCLC.
1699Best.-Nr. 15520Lyon, sans nom, 1699 ; in-4 ; veau havane marbré, dos à nerfs très décoré et doré au fer aux oiseaux, titre doré, roulette sur les coupes, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque) ; (16), 142, (2) pp., au titre grand bois gravé du blason de la Charité, bandeaux et culs-de-lampe gravés sur bois.
1971Best.-Nr. 53382Place_Pub: Washington DC: NASA 1971. fair to good. Quarto 226 illus. 6 folding color maps in pocket at rear of book references appendics glossary covers somewhat worn and soiled. Top corner front cover and the first few pages creased pages have darkenedsomewhat. Introduction by James H. Sasser. Extremely rare item from the mission that immediately preceded the lunar landing. NASA unknown
1970Best.-Nr. 231521970. War on Drugs Press photographs of drug enforcement addiction treatment and anti-violence intervention in Houston New Orleans and El Paso 1970-1992 documenting how the War on Drugs functioned across policing rehabilitation public messaging and newspaper circulation. Several prints retain typed caption slips assignment sheets and Houston Chronicle stamps locating the group within newsroom and wire-service use rather than private snapshot production. The strongest images show not only arrests and seized evidence but the wider apparatus surrounding narcotics policy: the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso Intelligence Center U.S. Customs canine inspection work in Houston a New Orleans anti-drug and anti-violence rally at the Desire Housing Project and rehabilitation scenes tied to Bridge House and Charity Hospital detox with Black urban communities especially central to the visual language of late 1980s coverage. Photo archive of 12 silver gelatin press photographs all 8 x 10 inches Houston El Paso and New Orleans 1970-1992. The group includes a February 16 1970 press image identified as "Dope Raid" showing officials examining a crate of seized drug paraphernalia; a 1971 "Drug raid" photograph; and a 1979 image of the control center of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso Intelligence Center with consoles screens desks and seated staff in a surveillance-heavy operations room. A likely 1975 evidence display isolates a syringe spoon folded packet and narcotics sample against a dark ground with an attached caption describing a "$5 package of cocaine" and a glassine of heroin; another early 1970s image bears a clipping caption about Drug Enforcement Administration agents seizing a tug and a large marijuana cache. Late period photographs shift toward street-level enforcement and public intervention: a 1990 Houston image captioned "Drug Traffic Houston" shows U.S. Customs using a dog named Magnum to search vehicles; a 1992 Houston Chronicle photo records Sgt. G.U. Rodriguez inspecting a Corvette after a chase connected to a drug dispute involving fake drugs and real guns; one image marked "Operation Crackdown" shows a Texas officer handcuffing a young Black man on the lawn outside an apartment building; another captioned "Crowd at service ctr. made into booking desk" shows a packed intake scene around tables and paperwork. The New Orleans photographs are especially strong: one print shows Dr. Keith C. Ferdinand speaking beneath a banner reading "Preventing Violence in the Black Community" at an anti-drug and violence rally at the Desire Housing Project in 1988; another shows a group discussion at Bridge House captioned on verso as "John speaking about crack addiction;" a third presents Ron identified on verso as "a crack addict seeking rehabilitation" seated in silhouette by a wired window at Charity Hospital detox with a wall poster reading "Charity is a Winner!" The group traces American drug policy imagery from early raid and evidence photographs in 1970s press usage through the institutional expansion of intelligence coordination neighborhood sweeps addiction treatment and anti-violence campaigns during the crack era. These photographs depict both the scale and the impact of the War on Drugs: federal intelligence and customs work local police enforcement medical detox residential recovery and public-facing community rhetoric all appear here in concrete captioned form. Editorial markings stamps clipping residue light creasing and surface wear from newsroom handling; overall good condition. The concentration of captioned Texas and Louisiana press images reveal how narcotics policy was staged enforced and narrated in the urban Gulf South as well as depicting the community response and its notable effect on African American communities. unknown
2008Best.-Nr. 2081502111902694China Map Publishing Company 2008. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. China Map Publishing Company paperback
1998Best.-Nr. 2081502111900661xian map 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B5 hardcover book xian map paperback
2001Best.-Nr. 2081502111904767Yunnan Science and Technology 2001. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: 27cm Yunnan Science and Technology paperback
1935188 pages. "To Torchy Peden with Best Wishes, Ray Smythe, July 1 1935" written boldly upon front free endpaper. A newspaperman's close-up of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) - subtitle. "Offers the first constructive close-up of the people who are administering the National Housing Act, and the banking, industrial and employment problems with which this group is dealing so effectively." - from dust jacket. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
1864Best.-Nr. 016813Trenton New Jersey: Printed by David Naar "True American" Office 1864. Near Fine condition. Clean and tight. Three tiny chips near the spine. A very attractive copy remarkably well preserved especially considering the age published 1864 and fragility of its thin paper binding. SEE PHOTOS. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Includes Ricord's report to Joel Parker Governor of New Jersey on the condition of the state's public schools. A substantial appendix lists reports by the various town superintendents in each of 21 counties from Atlantic to Warren. Since this report was published while the Civil War was still being fought the section on "Schools for Colored Children" may be of some interest: "There is no section of the law nor any decision of the courts that deprives colored children of the advantages of public school instruction it shall be the duty of the trustees of the several school districts to apply the money apportioned to the establishing and maintaining of free schools in which shall be taught all the children the law makes no distinction between children of one nationality or race and children of another " A fold-out chart SEE PHOTO lists 27 key education statistics for each of the state's 21 counties. For example one column records the "Number of colored children who have attended school" in each county and a statewide total 3029. There are also figures by county for the number of students and teachers; average daily attendance; average teacher salaries for males vs. females; etc. Bound in the original tan printed wraps. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. 175pp. Printed by David Naar, "True American" Office Paperback
Best.-Nr. 166259Paris, 1819-1833 11 pièces en un vol. in-8, basane fauve racinée, dos lisse orné de filets, guirlandes et larges fleurons dorés, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Accrocs en coiffe sup., dos un peu frotté.
Best.-Nr. 226827S.l. [Fécamp], [Imprimerie G. Nicole], s.d. (1900) 2 forts vol. in-4, maroquin cerise, dos à nerfs ornés de filets et caissons dorés, encadrement de triple filet doré sur les plats, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, large encadrement de guirlandes et filets dorés sur les contreplats (reliure de l'époque).
1901Best.-Nr. LBW-6826Berne, Kartographische Anstalt Lips, 1901. En 21 sections montées sur toile gris-bleu et pliées, formant une carte de 468 x 668 mm ; étiquette au dos portant le titre manuscrit.
1787Best.-Nr. 117544Desaint, Delalain, Nyon, Savoye 1787-1789 13 in-4 A Paris, Chez les Librairies associés, 1787-1789, 13 volumes in-quarto de 195x250 mm, CXLVIII, 622 pages - XXVIII, 688 pages - XX, 782 pages - XXIV, 731 pages - XXXII, 752 pages - XVI, 772 pages - XLVIII, 685 pages - XXIV, 711 pages - XX, 731 pages - XVI, 460, XII, 316 pages - XVI, 677 - XXVIII, 648, XLIX pages - LXXXVIII, 704 pages. Pleine reliure racinée, dos lisse portant titres et tomaisons dorés sur pièces de cuir respectivement rouges et bleu foncé, dos richement ornés de fers dorés, roulette dorée sur les coupes, gardes de papier marbré caillouté. Coins frottés, des épidermures sur les plats, des traces de mouillures (principalement sur les tranches et en marges des feuillets) sur plusieurs tomes, sinon bel exemplaire, état satisfaisant.
Best.-Nr. 166211S.l., 1785 in-8, VIII-247 pp., avec deux cartes dépliantes rehaussées de couleurs (Carte des gabelles ; Carte des traites), demi-veau fauve marbré, dos lisse cloisonné et fleuronné, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Coins abîmés, mais bon exemplaire.
1984Best.-Nr. 2091202133212418Culture publishing company 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 books in total Culture publishing company paperback
1970Best.-Nr. 2091202133105227Royal Commission Report 1970. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Royal Commission Report paperback
1718Best.-Nr. PHO-1706Amsterdam, la Compagnie, 1718. 2 tomes en un volume in-4, relié plein veau (19eme), dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre rouge, de la bibliothèque du Comte de Glendall avec son ex-libris en page de garde, armes en tête, tranches cailloutées, 15ff.-188pp., 1f.-208pp.-8ff., illustré de 89 planches h.t. et 46 gravures dans le texte, manque 1 plat, coiffes usées, mouillure par intermittence, frottement au dos, fente au mors,
Best.-Nr. Z1-C-040-02529Overseas Development Administration. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Overseas Development Administration unknown
2021Best.-Nr. 2081502111901176Culture publishing company 2021. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Culture publishing company paperback
