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Best.-Nr. 19807Temple London . 21 May 1867. 2pp. 12mo. With mourning border. In good condition lightly aged. When Twiss 'suggested the circumstance' Sir R. Palmer 'had some doubts about the United States Courts having limited the criminal consequences of violating neutrality to the cruise last word underlined'. There was also 'some doubt about the effect of a sale by a <> of a Prize Court to a third party. Twiss thinks 'it might be desirable to print & circulate the enclosed observations bearing upon those two points'. Temple [ London ]. 21 May 1867. unknown
2006Best.-Nr. 63994Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2006. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Volume II ONLY. iii 1155-2307 p. Serial No. 109-84 Volume II. This volume includes affidavits from women who have had abortions inserted by Congressman Franks. These were compiled by The Justice Foundation. Also included is "Confession of an Ex-Abortionish by Dr. Bernard Nathanson; a statement by Nancy Keenan President of NARAL; and A statement submitted by Vicki Saporta of the National Abortion Federation. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
Best.-Nr. DG-34-0239949Very Good. unknown
1719Best.-Nr. 47102Sans lieu d'édition 1719. Bonded Leather. Livre en français. Couverture rigide. Seconde édition revue corrigée et augmentée où l'on répond à ce qu'il y a de plus spécieux dans les avertissements de Soissons. Reliure plein veau d'époque dos manquant. 279 pages. Mouillure à une dizaine de pages. Petite tache d'encre à la marge inférieure. ref. 47102 Sans lieu d'édition hardcover
1958Best.-Nr. 2083002116204433Deokdo County Library Dokdo County Constitution Memorial Museum 1958. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 15 Deokdo County Library (Dokdo County Constitution Memorial Museum) paperback
2005Best.-Nr. G0160723795I3N00United States Government Printing Office 2005. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. United States Government Printing Office hardcover
Best.-Nr. 122089Boston & New York Houghton Mifflin Company 1911. . Limited edition number 338 of 440 copies; 4to 29 x 19.5 cm; some very light marginal spotting; publisher's blue cloth gilt title and vignettes to upper board lightly marked many edges unopened. A limited edition copy of a document that needs no introduction. Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. hardcover
2016Best.-Nr. Gyan-9789333620772Facsimile Publisher 2016. Vol. 4. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 8.01 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2016Best.-Nr. Gyan-9789333620772Facsimile Publisher 2016. Vol. 4. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 8.01 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 113753Addis Abeba 1931. In 8° bross. orig. con tracce d'uso ma integra pp. 2 n.n. 16 16 2 n.n. Testo in lingua etiope seguito da testo in lingua francese. Datato 16 luglio 1931 raro unknown
1837Best.-Nr. 42610London Richard and John E. Taylor 1837. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1837 - Part II. Pp. 347-363. Clean and fine. First printing of Dalton's last paper submitted to the "Transactions". This paper one of his last deals with the constitution of the atmosphere just as his first love was meteorology."In an essay of mine on the constitution of the atmosphere which was printed in the Transactions for 1826 I signified my intention of following it with a sequel of experiments to ascertain if possible which of the two views therein developed was most counntenanced by facts. I now proceed to give an account of such investigations relating to this subject as havee engaged my attention during a long period of years."John Dalton. - Smith: John Dalton. A Bibliography. No. 78. unknown
1804Best.-Nr. 42887London W. Bulmer and Co. 1804. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1804 - Part II. Pp. 313-345. Clean and fine. First appearance of an importent paper in which Hatchett communicates his discovery that iron must be combined with a large portion of either carbon phosphorus or sulphur in order to acquire the property of receiving permanent magnetic virtue there being however a limit beyond which an excess of either of the above-named substances renders the compound wholly incapable of exhibiting the magnetic energy.Together with another paper by Patrick Russell: "Remarks on the voluntary Expansion of the Skin of the Neck in the Cobra de Capello or booded Snake of the East Indiea. With a Description of the Structure ofthe Parts which perform that Office. By Everard Home." Pp. 346-352 a. 2 large engraved plates showing the snake. unknown
2017Best.-Nr. Gyan-9789389545791Facsimile Publisher 2017. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 9.34 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2017Best.-Nr. Gyan-9789389545791Facsimile Publisher 2017. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 9.34 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
1849Best.-Nr. 029756Kjøbenhavn Denmark: Faaes hos P.G. Philipsen Trykt Hos Louis Klein 1849. 31 pages; the 1849 Constitution text in Danish; previous owner name on title page top right. Approx. 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" size; sewn softcovers lacks outer wrappers. Some edge tips wear & age-soiling; in good condition. . Ephemera. Soft Cover. Good. Faaes hos P.G. Philipsen Trykt Hos Louis Klein paperback
1795Best.-Nr. 1507Toulouse: Douladoure. An. IV. 1795. Octavo. Stitched without wrappers likely as issued. Page edges untrimmed. Woodcut device emblematic of the French Republic to the title page. 62pp. A good copy with nibbling/loss to the top left-hand corner not affecting the text and a few minor marks to the title page and rear blank verso. The contents remain clean and in very good order. A scarce provincial printing of the Constitution of the Year III Constitution de l'an III the constitution of the French First Republic which established the Directory regime following the fall of Robespierre. Adopted by the convention on 5 Fructidor Year III 22nd August 1795 and approved by plebiscite on 6th September its preamble formed the Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and of the Citizen of 1789. Largely the work of political theorist Pierre Daunou it established a bicameral legislature made all taxpaying French males over 25 eligible to vote in primary elections enfranchising around one million more citizens than the 1791 Constitution and contained an explicit ban on slavery. It remained in effect until the coup of 18 Brumaire 9th November 1799 which effectively ended the Revolutionary period and began the rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte. A pleasing unsophisticated copy remaining in the same form as it would have been when it reached the hands of ordinary Frenchmen in year that it was issued. Toulouse: Douladoure. unknown
1858Best.-Nr. 505860Harper and Brothers 1858. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Vol. 1 1860 xxxvi 518; Vol. 2 1858 xvi 653 pp. 8vo original black cloth with gilt spine lettering and ornament to front covers a variation on the Great Seal of the United States. Tips show a bit of rubbing with some trivial loss typical light offsetting both volumes very clean and sharp internally with sound square bindings. From the personal library of lawyer F. K. Arnold with his Portland Oregon bookplate to FPEP and pencil signature d. 1876 to FFEP of volume 1. Harper and Brothers hardcover
1788Best.-Nr. 30007.048Philadelphia PA 1788. Softcover. Fine. The Columbian Magazine. Magazine. The Columbian Magazine Philadelphia Pa. December 1788. 52 pp. 5 x 8 in. Lacking plates. This title has the honor of being the first successful American magazine having begun in September 1786 and lasting until December 1792. Although many titles existed earlier none enjoyed the success of lasting beyond a few issues or a couple of years.Opens with five pages on ""An Account of the Ancient Colleges at Cambridge in New England."" that being Harvard University. pp. 669-673.A recipe for making artificial Asses milk p. 698.With ""The American Plutarch - Memoirs of Captain John Smith"" pp. 699-703 continued for a previous issue and concluded in the next.A section on ""American Intelligence"" pp. 715-718 with the latest news reports including an item from Edenton North Carolina:""a new convention be recommended for the purpose of reconsidering the new constitution held out by the federal convention as a government for the United States."" p. 716.With a ""List of Senators of the United States Already Chosen"" by state pp. 717-718.Also mention of the officers for the Masonic Lodge at Philadelphia p. 716. paperback
1905Best.-Nr. 43542Zhenev Geneva: Imprimerie Israelite Rue de Carouge 1905. First Yiddish Edition. Original paper wrappers small 8vo 27 pages. In Yiddish. The title translates as "What is a Constitution Forms of Govenment." Printed on thin paper as was often used for Bundist publications from Geneva which were intended for legal and illegal distribution in Bundist strongholds across Europe and the Americas. Bundist pamphlet on constitutions by Gustav Jaeckh the well known historian and critical theorist who wrote one of the first historical chronicles of the First International. Published by the Bund in during the 1905 Russian Revolution during which it was a dominant revolutionary force and "the largest socialist group in the Russian Empire" Mendes Philip. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Labor Bund jewishcurrents.org November 30 2013. OCLC: 122856344. OCLC locates only 3 copies worldwide HUC YIVO Institute for Social History only 2 in the US. Creasing/crinkling to thin paper a few stains no tears Very Good Condition thus. PSB-1-24-XX. Zhenev [Geneva]: Imprimerie Israelite Rue de Carouge unknown
Best.-Nr. 14065Without date or place. Published in Blackwood's Magazine Edinburgh and London April 1826. 3pp. 8vo. Bifolium. Very good on lightly-aged paper. Unsigned but certainly in Croly's hand. The first page is headed: '- for tho' the Old Law was established in the promises of temporal prosperity yet the gospel is founded in temporal adversity'. The three extracts fiercely critical of the French emperor follow over a total of 61 lines with a few minor emendations. The differences from the published text are minor 'suitably and piously' for 'piously & suitably'; 'by even' for 'even by'The first extract of 24 lines present on p.456 in the published version begins: 'On the 24th. of October 1812 the French rear-guard left Moscow a day since piously & suitably commemorated by the Emperor's laying the first ston of a magnificent church dedicated to the "Redeemer'. The second extract of 23 lines preceding the first on p.456 of the published version begins: 'On the 14th. of September the advanced guard entered Moscow but Napoleon had scarcely reached the Kremlin when he saw the city in a blaze.' The last extract of 14 lines on pp.449-450 of the published version begins: 'In 1804 Napoleon was crowned Emperor of France. His first act was to dip his sceptre in blood.' Without date or place. [Published in Blackwood's Magazine (Edinburgh and London, April 1826).] unknown
Best.-Nr. 78868Very Good. Essays and addresses on constitution law and Pakistan legal system Publication unknown
1898Best.-Nr. 030910Melbourne: Robt. S. Brain Government Printer 1898 12mo. original stapled printed sheets a little rubbed & marked longtiudinal crease where folded; pp. 32 last blank. This copy had been folded and mailed with the recipient's address Mr G. J. Langridge Auctioneer Queen Street Melbourne 'Treasurer of Victoria Frank Stamp' and postal cancel to rear cover. A very good copy. An interesting piece of Australian historical ephemera a copy of the first draft bill to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia put to the vote in Victoria in 1898. After an inconclusive return in NSW an amended bill was reintroduced and carried by all of the eastern colonies in 1899. Western Australia voted in 1900. The document lays out the terms for the formation of the Australian Parliament Judiciary Executive Government the Crown the States and other matters relating to the Federation of Australia in 1904. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG. Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer paperback
1805Best.-Nr. 57952Richmond. 1805. Second edition of the Virginia convention to ratify the federal constitution. An important document in the passing and implementation of the U.S. Constitution. Scarce. viii477pp. 20th-century tan buckram gilt leather labels. Institutional ink stamp and contemporary ink inscription on titlepage ink signature on first page of main text some toning and foxing. Good. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9665 3 copies. hardcover
1733Best.-Nr. 11867London: J. Peele. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1733. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Stapled inside heavy card covers. No lib marks on the pamplet itself. ; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 61 pages . J. Peele paperback
1881Best.-Nr. 664891881. Concord NH 1881. Unrecorded. Concord NH 1881. Unrecorded. Are New Hampshire's U.S. Senators Serving Shorter Terms Than Their Fellow Senators Broadside. New Hampshire. U.S. Constitution. Opinion of the Supreme Court. To the Senate of New Hampshire Running Title. Concord NH June 10 1881. 18" x 9-1/2" broadside. Text in parallel columns. Light browning vertical and horizontal fold lines some with clean tears at edges. $350. This broadside records an opinion submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court. It states that New Hampshire's election schedule for state offices results in terms for New Hampshire's U.S. Senators that are three months shorter than those of other senators. It questions how to adjust the election cycle to guarantee 6-year terms to New Hampshire's senators which were then elected by the state senate. Signed in type by C. Doe Wm. L. Foster C.W. Stanley W.H.H. Allen Isaac W. Smith Leis W. Clark I.N. Blodgett. This appears to be an unrecorded broadside. OCLC locates 1 copy Library of Congress. unknown