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194974 pages. Features: Sex and Love of God; I Had Polio; Princess Margaret O'Brien of Hollywood; The House That Dimes Built - How Frank Woolworth parlayed a gift of gab into an American institution; Animals are the Craziest People; They Call Him Mr. Baffle - Leslie L. (Biff) Biffle, Secretary of the Senate; Down in the Arctic - Jack Kastner, Sir Robert Stirling-Hamilton, Ben Custer, Charles Wilcox and Jerome Scalise crash their plane in the Arctic; French Boxer Marcel Cerdan; Interesting back page opinion piece considers China's move to communism. Short Stories: The Loves of Martin; The Man of the House; Three Little Girls Wore Blue; The River; Martha and Her Dream Man; Ringside Maiden (part 5 of 8). Nice ads for: Studebaker Trucks (inside front cover), Zenith Televisions, Good Year Tires, RCA Victor audio products, Hudson cars (nice full-page color), Papst Blue Ribbon - one -page color ad featuring Mr. and Mrs. F. Warren Pershing,Vitalis (featuring Buddy O'Connor, General Motors GM - two-page color, Herbert Tareyton cigarettes - featuring color photo of Mrs. William E. Benjamin II, Spam (in color), Back cover color photo ad for Camel cigarettes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1946479 pages of extensive documentation. Page 299 includes a photo of the Victoria College Debating Parliament which includes Royce Frith who went on to serve as Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate and Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Details of two prior owner's upon front endpaper. This copy initially belonged to J.C. Friedman. Binding open at page 479. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
réf. elala5238Ottawa: Printed by Brown Chamberlin 1888. The Committee was to enquire as to the extent of navigable rivers lakes and sea coast arable and pastoral land fisheries forests and mines in the Mackenzie Basin and to report on its possible commercial and agricultural value. 8vo. pp. 310. 1 facsimile letter & 6 colour maps 5 folding. wrs. wanting title loose & chipped with no loss of text Ottawa: Printed by Brown Chamberlin, 1888 unknown
1946réf. 62739Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1946. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Fair. PART 10 ONLY. vi 1151-1530 pages. Illustrations. Tabular Data. Occasional footnotes. Small excess of paper at bottom of pages 1397/1398 trimmed away. Small corner piece of pages 1399/1400 missin--no loss of text. No dust jacket as issued. Marginal ink marks and some underlining noted. Front cover worn and soiled with tears at bottom staple area. Among the information contained is History of the Farben merger 1926; Statement by dr. von Schnitzer on Farben's wartime expansion; Overseas exports of Farben during wartime; History of the Military Liaison Office; Industrial Mobilization and report on conferences at German Military command in Paris. There is also information on damage to Farben plants. This was one of several fact-finding hearings on the economic base for German aggression. This material is related to a report on the investigation of I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft Frankfurt am Main German. This investigation was one of a series initiated by Financial Branch G-5 USFET and the Finance Division United States Group Control Council with respect to the international asset position of Germany. A basic purpose of this investigation was to uncover the nature and location of the far-flung and carefully concealed external assets of I. G. Farben. The exhibits includes tables statistics analysis of profits research expenditures etc. United States Government Printing Office paperback
1987réf. 65779Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1987. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. vii 1 919 p. This information was made public in December 1986. This volume covered the "World Situation" Cuba Nuclear Arms the 'shrimp boat' incident Haiti; VIetnam; Arms Control; Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ' and the Dominican Republic. There is a brief discussion of the possibility of an Israeli nuclear weapon activities on pages 341. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
réf. a90166Washington 1840 first edition. Blair and Rives. Thick large octavo. Hardcover. Full leather with red black and green spine labels. Not paginated consecutively about 600p. This volume contains documents from 560 to the end. Binding secure; text clean no ownership marks; foxing on end papers. Good cover soiled stained and a bit worn. . hardcover
1980réf. 50503Washington DC: GPO 1980. First Edition. First Printing. good. 24 cm 1096 wraps tables charts some waviness to entire document Subtitled: Oversight on the condition of the financial system commercial banks savings & loan associations and credit unions. This is a record of an annual hearing on the condition of the financial system. Data presented to the committee indicated that the capital ratios had not improved since Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns last testified. The Chairman noted that when capital is too low at the largest banks it is a matter of public concern. A specific concern of the Committee Chairman Senator William Proxmire was whether the U.S. economy was heading into a recession. An immense amount of material is presented in this hearing record. GPO paperback
1988réf. 53780Washington DC: GPO 1988. very good. 1682 wraps appendices some creasing to spine. Joint Hearings with the House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran. One Hundredth Congress First Session 100-9. GPO paperback
1980réf. 52210Place_Pub: Washington DC: GPO 1980. good. 850 wraps footnotes figures tables appendices some waviness to text small stains on front cover Complete subtitle: Hearings on S. 2704 to amend the Federal Reserve Act to authorize the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish margin requirements for transactions in financial instruments. GPO paperback
2006réf. 49359Place_Pub: Washington DC: GPO 2006. good. 1447 v.4 only wraps illus. figures tables charts some creasing at spine lower corner front cover & a few pages creased. S. Hrg. 109-797. This volume contains footnotes and additional documents cited in Tax Haven Abuses: The Enablers the Tools and Offshore Secrecy a Report prepared by the Minority and Majority Staff of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in conjunction with the Subcommittee hearingheld on August 1 2006. GPO paperback
2006réf. 51775Place_Pub: Washington DC: GPO 2006. good. 1588 v.3 only wraps illus. figures tables charts some creasing at spine lower corner front cover & a few pages bent. S. Hrg. 109-797. This volume contains footnotes and additional documents cited in Tax Haven Abuses: The Enablers the Tools and Offshore Secrecy a Report prepared by the Minority and Majority Staff of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in conjunction with the Subcommittee hearingheld on August 1 2006. GPO paperback
2006réf. 49358Place_Pub: Washington DC: GPO 2006. very good. 1588 v.2 only wraps illus. figures tables charts some creasing at spine. S. Hrg. 109-797. This volume contains footnotes and additional documents cited in Tax Haven Abuses: The Enablers the Tools and Offshore Secrecy a Report prepared by the Minority and Majority Staff of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in conjunction with the Subcommittee hearing held on August 1 2006. GPO paperback
2006réf. 51774Place_Pub: Washington DC: GPO 2006. good. 1742 v.1 only wraps illus. figures tables charts appendix some creasing at spine lower corner fr cover & a few pgs bent. S. Hrg. 109-797. Volume 1 contains hearing transcripts; an appendix containing Tax Haven Abuses: The Enablers the Tools and Offshore Secrecy a Report prepared by the Minority and Majority Staff of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in conjunction with the Subcommittee hearing held on August 1 2006; and 45 exhibits. GPO paperback
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1949réf. 011484Boston: Massachusetts General Court; Museum of Fine Arts 1949. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine. These selections were published by the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives in 1949 "to signalize and solemnize the return to Massachusetts of the Historic Paul Revere Liberty Bowl" which had been in private hands for one hundred and fifty years. Near fine condition with no significant flaws. Very scarce with to my knowledge no copies for sale on-line. box 104 Massachusetts General Court; Museum of Fine Arts hardcover
2023réf. BN178402Verlag Unser Wissen 2023. 2023. Softcover. Japan: Aufstieg und Fall eines Imperiums Japan: Aufstieg und Fall eines Imperiums Jean Sénat Fleury Verlag Unser Wissen paperback
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1853réf. 4651Washington DC: Robert Armstrong 1853. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo unpaginated. A very good clean copy in contemporary brown sheep. Spine label faded beyond legibility leather somewhat dry around the edges. Internally bright and clean. Contemporary bookplate to front paste-down. A very uncommon volume of Senate committee reports as we found just a single volume - at the Washington State Library. Robert Armstrong hardcover
1896réf. 852721896. A Rare Document Relating to the 1898 Bankruptcy Act: OCLC Locates 5 Copies None in Law Libraries Bankruptcy. Senate United States. The Torrey Bankrupt Bill. April 30 1896.- Mr. Mitchell Of Oregon Presented the Following Papers Which were Laid on the Table and Ordered to be Printed. At head of title page: Senate 54th Congress 1st Session. Document No. 237. Washington: Government Printing Office 1896. xiii 1 316 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4"; 22.86 x 14.60 cm. Later cloth calf lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards and edges of lettering piece light toning to interior. A very good copy. $250. Only edition. Preceded by three short-lived federal experiments in 1800 1841 and 1867 the landmark Bankruptcy Act of 1898 endured to become the framework of modern American bankruptcy law. The act was largely based on a bill drafted and relentlessly promoted by Jay Torrey 1852-1920 an energetic corporate lawyer and lobbyist. This substantial volume contains the foundational papers arguments and testimony for the Torrey Bill-the critical legislative predecessor to the 1898 Act. Following decades of chaotic inconsistent state insolvency laws and the repeal of previous federal statutes this document represents the definitive push toward a permanent national bankruptcy system. Produced during the intense legislative process that crafted the final 1898 act this text includes the full proposed bill meticulous comparative analyses with existing laws and petitions from major national commercial bodies. It offers an unparalleled window into the economic anxieties commercial lobbying and legal debates of the late Gilded Age. Distinctly uncommon in commerce and institutions. OCLC locates just 5 copies Johns Hopkins University Newberry Library New York Public Library New York State Library State Library of Iowa. Remarkably none are located in law school or dedicated law libraries. unknown
1896réf. 852721896. A Rare Document Relating to the 1898 Bankruptcy Act: OCLC Locates 5 Copies None in Law Libraries Bankruptcy. Senate United States. The Torrey Bankrupt Bill. April 30 1896.- Mr. Mitchell Of Oregon Presented the Following Papers Which were Laid on the Table and Ordered to be Printed. At head of title page: Senate 54th Congress 1st Session. Document No. 237. Washington: Government Printing Office 1896. xiii 1 316 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4"; 22.86 x 14.60 cm. Later cloth calf lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards and edges of lettering piece light toning to interior. A very good copy. $250. Only edition. Preceded by three short-lived federal experiments in 1800 1841 and 1867 the landmark Bankruptcy Act of 1898 endured to become the framework of modern American bankruptcy law. The act was largely based on a bill drafted and relentlessly promoted by Jay Torrey 1852-1920 an energetic corporate lawyer and lobbyist. This substantial volume contains the foundational papers arguments and testimony for the Torrey Bill-the critical legislative predecessor to the 1898 Act. Following decades of chaotic inconsistent state insolvency laws and the repeal of previous federal statutes this document represents the definitive push toward a permanent national bankruptcy system. Produced during the intense legislative process that crafted the final 1898 act this text includes the full proposed bill meticulous comparative analyses with existing laws and petitions from major national commercial bodies. It offers an unparalleled window into the economic anxieties commercial lobbying and legal debates of the late Gilded Age. Distinctly uncommon in commerce and institutions. OCLC locates just 5 copies Johns Hopkins University Newberry Library New York Public Library New York State Library State Library of Iowa. Remarkably none are located in law school or dedicated law libraries. unknown books
réf. 63-8458Ottawa Canada: Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery 1955. Complete Set of Twenty One Government Publications. 8vo. Soft Covers Good with staining marginal tears. 842 pp. total each pamphlet ca. 30-50 pp. Charts. Scarce.Provenance: from the Estate of Judy Stone 1924 –2017 The San Francisco Chronicle’s movie critic who for two decades was a passionate and articulate advocate for the world of cinema outside Hollywood. Judy Stone started at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1961 putting in 10 years as editor of the Datebook section. She began reviewing films for the paper in 1971 favoring arthouse films. She was the youngest of four politically minded children whose eldest brother was the great reporter and gadfly I. F. Stone.She won the Novikoff Award given for "enhancing the public's appreciation of world cinema.” Among her publications are “The Mystery of B. Traven” and "Eye on the World” a collection of her interviews with filmmakers from the 1960s to the 1990s. Ottawa, Canada: Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1955. paperback
1844réf. 546891844. With Numerous Plates and Several Large Maps Mostly of Places in Michigan Iowa and Wisconsin Senate United States. Public Documents Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States First Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress Begun and Held at the City of Washington December 4 1843. Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton 1844. Volume VII of a seven-volume set. Various paginations. Numerous plates and maps some in color several fold-out many quite large. Octavo 9" x 6". Contemporary calf blind fillets to boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing to extremities corners bumped and lightly worn some discoloration to sections of boards light to moderate wear and some small tears to edges of folding maps. Toning light foxing internally clean. $250. This volume contains reports from the cabinet departments and government agencies. The plates include patent drawings and geological specimens. There are several maps mostly relating to mining surveys. 26 maps depict sections of the Ohio River and canals connected to it. The largest map 45" x 30" depicts the Detroit River and Detroit. There are also several fascinating plates and diagrams relating to geological botanical and anthropological studies in the region encompassing Iowa and Wisconsin. unknown
1844réf. 546891844. With Numerous Plates and Several Large Maps Mostly of Places in Michigan Iowa and Wisconsin Senate United States. Public Documents Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States First Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress Begun and Held at the City of Washington December 4 1843. Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton 1844. Volume VII of a seven-volume set. Various paginations. Numerous plates and maps some in color several fold-out many quite large. Octavo 9" x 6". Contemporary calf blind fillets to boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing to extremities corners bumped and lightly worn some discoloration to sections of boards light to moderate wear and some small tears to edges of folding maps. Toning light foxing internally clean. $250. This volume contains reports from the cabinet departments and government agencies. The plates include patent drawings and geological specimens. There are several maps mostly relating to mining surveys. 26 maps depict sections of the Ohio River and canals connected to it. The largest map 45" x 30" depicts the Detroit River and Detroit. There are also several fascinating plates and diagrams relating to geological botanical and anthropological studies in the region encompassing Iowa and Wisconsin. unknown books
1917réf. 106132New York: Bureau of National Literature. Good in No Cover jacket Hard Cover . Hard Cover. 1917. Bureau of National Literature hardcover
1990réf. 65749Washington DC: U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. Congressional Sales Office 1990. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling. vi 746 p. 24 cm. Illustrations Maps. S. Hrg. 101-744. This is the record of a series of hearings about stopping the global spread of chemical and biological weapons. U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office paperback
