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1903Features: The "Hold-Up" at Fenelon; Avalances; A Tramp in Spain - VI; Hunting the Giant Tortoise; A Desert Tragedy; The Land of the Shrimp-God; How "Buffalo Bill" Won his Name; The Looting of the "Bang Yee"; On the March in the Bahr-El-Ghazal - III; Francisca Machalek, the female burglar; The Wilson Life Insurance Fraud; "Monkey"; The Happenings of a Night; A West African Mutiny; Paris to New York Overland - IV; A Chapter of Mishaps; My Experiences at Kano - I; Besieged in a Tree; The Man-Stealers; In the Grip of the Quagmire; The Monks' Republic; The Strange Case of the "Ferret"; The Calculut Affair; Some Japanese Signboards; A Tramp in Spain - VII; Hoist By His Own Petard; The Island of Captive Kings; The March of "Coxey's Army"; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - I; In the Land of the "Never-Never"; The Range War; A Thousand Miles in a Refrigerator; Sport and Adventure in Gallaland - II; How the Treasure was Saved; A Tardy Vindication; Rambles in Macedonia; Attacked by Wolves in the Desert; A Tramp in Spain - VIII; My Experiences at Kano - II; Defective in the Barrel; The Last of the Bushrangers; Prisons of Many Lands; The Solving of a Mystery; "Meistertrunk" at Rothenburg; The Shrine by the Nujha Bridge; Among the Buriats; Adrift on a Raft; A Night of Horrors; The Narcissus Festival at Montreux; A Mountain of Salt; After the "Mad Mullah"; A Unique Summer Residence; The Wandering Jew; With the British to Sokoto; John Glover of Texas; A Baby Parade; How the Gipsy Queen found her lover; A Cargo of Cats; A Tramp in Spain; When the Water Came Down; A Mystery of the Bush; The Story of My Chinese God; A Battle with a Rhino; After the "Mad Mullah" - II; The Pursuit of Captain Victor - II; The Cave-Dwellers of Mexoco; Calamity Jane; With the British to Sokoto - II; Arrested as Spies; When Niagara Ran Dry; The Flying Dutchman; Among the South Sea Cannibals - I; Across Sumatra in a Motor-Car; A Tramp in Spain - X; Our Attempt to Reach Mecca; A Puma Hunt in Surrey; Entombed in a Capsized Ship; With the British to Sokoto - II; The Apotheosis of Simpson; Our Quiet Little Shooting Trip; My Adventure with a Lunatic; A Tramp in Spain - XI; Sacred Town of Mandhata; Mystery of Silver Bow Valley; Among the South Sea Cannibals - II; A Night in a God-House; The Tragedy of the "Maria" and My Part in it; The Red Pig of Poora; Two-Thousand Miles in a Trawler; The Most Inaccessible Place in China; What Happened at Morelia; The Blumencorso at Hamburg. Heavily worn. Backstrip almost detached. Binding open after second blank leaf. A worthy reading copy. Book
2004496 pages. Glossary. Index. Over five hundred black and white photos. A chilling historical photographic record of the Soviet Gulag and its legacy. "Kizny spent more than fifteen years researching this work by collecting eyewitness accounts from former Polish prisoners who had returned to their country after Stalin's death. The collapse of the Soviet Union allowed him to see for himself what remained of the dreaded Gulag, take photos and interview witnesses. Each chapter covers a key camp or work project and includes a detailed chronology of the camp, personal accounts of the survivors and formerly banned and previously unpublished archival photographs." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket preserved in mylar. Minor tape repair and slight loss to bottom corner of page 359, otherwise a high-quality copy of this massive, important and sobering tome. Lest we forget. Book
rif. 5428Aix, David, 1745. Placard de 40 x 53 cm sur vergé.
rif. 138864Paris, Perrotin et Tessier, 1838 in-8, [4]-VIII-402 pp., tabl. dépl., demi-basane verte maroquinée, dos lisse orné, tranches marbrées (rel. de l'époque). Rousseurs, prononcées en début d'ouvrage. Bon exemplaire.
rif. 217920Paris, Chez Baillière, 1841 in-8, VIII-464 pp., demi-basane violine, dos lisse, filets dorés (rel. de l'époque). Petite tache angulaire à qqs feuillets, un cahier un peu déboité, sinon bon exemplaire.
rif. 13692Albany, Superintendent of State Prisons (impr/pr: J. B. Lyon), sd / nd. In-4 oblong, 203-(9) pp., cartonnage éditeur pleine toile imprimé (coiffes et coins de la reliure frottés, garde volante supérieure détachée). Sans la liste des prix. // Oblong 4to, 203-(9) p., publisher's printed clothbound hardcover (wear to binding spine-ends and corners, front flyleaf detached). Without the price list.
1912rif. 1080Londres etc.: Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Company Limited. 1912. First edition. Large quarto. Publisher's original full dark-green morocco; the upper board triple-ruled in gilt and with the Uruguayan crest in gilt; the spine with five raised bands compartments ruled and decorated in gilt and with titles in gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Title page contents page introduction and first text page with gilt borders and embellishments. Illustrated profusely throughout with black and white photographs and one map. Ownership inscription of the Australian writer Mary Gilmore to the head of the title page: "Mary Gilmore / Her book / 16. 3. 26". A very good copy the binding square and firm with a few small marks and scuffs to the boards rubbing to the spine and joints and wear to the corners. The contents with scattered foxing to the endpapers are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. An interesting association copy of this comprehensive extensively illustrated and luxuriously produced survey of the people culture history politics economy industry agriculture geography and natural history of Uruguay at the beginning of the twentieth-century belonging to the influential Australian author journalist and poet Dame Mary Gilmore 1865-1962. A prolific contributor to Australian literature and the broader national discourse during the first half of the twentieth-century Gilmore wrote for a number of leading newspapers and journals of the period serving as the editor of the women's section of The Australian Worker 1908-1931 as well as The Bulletin The Sydney Morning Herald and the Communist Party's Tribune becoming known as a campaigner for the welfare of the disadvantaged. Her first volume of poetry was issued in 1910 thereafter publishing prodigiously for the ensuing half-century coming to be regarded as one of Australia's most popular and widely read poets. Her poetry essays and memoirs covered a wide variety of themes although public imagination was particularly captured by her evocative views of country life with her best known work - 'No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest' - serving as a morale booster during the Second World War. A political progressive Gilmore gained a reputation as a 'fiery radical' - a champion of the workers and the oppressed. Involving herself with the burgeoning labour movement early in her life she had become a devotee of the utopian socialism of William Lane 1861-1917. In 1896 Gilmore and two hundred others followed Lane to Paraguay where they established a communal settlement called New Australia. She started a family there with William Gilmore whom she married in 1897 but the colony was ultimately short-lived with Gilmore leaving in 1900 living in Buenos Aires for six months followed by a period in Patagonia returning to Australia in 1902 after having saved enough money for a return passage. Gilmore maintained a strong interest in Latin American politics culture and literature for the rest of her life. Indeed she also engaged in translation projects bringing Latin American literature to a wider audience notably endeavouring to produce a 'Uruguayan anthology' for which she corresponded with friends and associates in the country. This was perhaps also the origin of the present volume which itself forms a pleasing representation of Gilmore's wide-ranging ambitions. By her later years Gilmore was a doyenne of the Sydney literary world and became something of a national icon making frequent appearances in the new media of radio and television and maintaining a significant literary output into old age publishing her last book of verse in 1954 aged 89. She died at the age of 97 and was accorded a state funeral a rare honour for a writer and has featured on the reverse of the Australian ten-dollar note since 1993. Londres [etc.]: Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Company, Limited. hardcover
1819rif. 91196Paris: Imprimerie de Denugon 1819. A collection of 18 reports issued between April and December 1819 for the French Royal Society for the Improvement of Prisons comprising: 1. Rapport au Roi 9 avril 1819. 8 pp. Signed in print by the Comte Decazes. 2. Ordonnance du Roi 9 avril 1819. Pp. 9-14 Signed in print by Louis and Decazes. 3. Circulaire de S. Exc. le ministre de l'intérieur à MM. les préfets 4 mai 1819. 5 pages. 4. Statuts de la Société royale pour l'amélioration des Prisons 15 mai 1819. Pp. 15-18. 5. Liste des Fondateurs de la Société royale pour l'amélioration des Prisons. Pp. 19-30. 6. Arrêté de S. Exc. le ministre de l'intérieur 7 août 1819. Pp. 8. 7. Réglement de S. Exc. le ministre de l'intérieur 7 août 1819. Pp. 9-14. 8. Procès-verbal d'installation de la Société royale des prisons 14 juin 1819. Pp. 15-29. 9. Rapport fait au Conseil général des Prisons dans sa séance du 25 mai 1819 M. le duc de la Rochefoucauld rapporteur. Pp. 31-38. 10. Rapport fait au Conseil général des Prisons dans ses séances des 25 mai et 8 juin 1819 M. Pariset rapporteur. Pp. 39-71. 11. Rapport fait au Conseil général des Prisons dans sa séance du 2 juin 1819 M. le comte Bigot de Préameneu rapporteur . Pp. 73-88. 12. Rapport fait au Conseil général des Prisons dans sa séance du 8 juin 1819 M. le comte de La Borde rapporteur. Pp. 89-100. 13. Rapport fait au Conseil général des Prisons dans la même séance M. Try rapporteur. Pp. 109. 14. Rapport fait au Conseil général des Prisons dans la même séance M. Jacquinot ded Pampelune rapporteur. Pp. 111-121. 15. Visite des prisons des départemens de l'Eure et de la Seine-Inférieure en octobre 1819 M. le marquis de Barbé Marbois. Pp. 44. 16. Rapport fait au Conseil général des Prisons M. le comte Bigot de Préameneu. pp. 136. 17. Arrêté de S. Exc. le ministre de l'intérieur 25 décembre 1819. Pp. 137-154. 18. Extraits des lois et réglemens concernant l'administration et la police des prisons. Pp. 2 39. Quarto 243 x 192 mm. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. Occasional light spotting; a very good copy. unknown
1856rif. 823091856. A New Hampshire Prison "For Juvenile and Female Offenders" Prisons. New Hampshire. "House of Reformation for Juvenile and Female Offenders Against the Laws" To be Erected for the State of New Hampshire at Manchester. Under the Direction of Hon. Frederick Smith Hon. Matthew Harvey and Hon. Hosea Eaton Commissioners. William R. Lincoln and Gridley J.F. Bryant Designers and Architect. Disbound from First Annual Report of the Commissioner for Locating and Building House of Reformation for Juvenile and Female Offenders Against the Laws. Concord: Amos Hadley State Printer 1856. Lithograph signed Kramer & Co. Removed 16-3/4" x 21-3/4" 42.5 x 55.25 cm sepia lithograph image size 11-1/2" x 19" 29.2 x 48.25 cm. Moderate toning faint offsetting horizontal and vertical fold lines a few tiny clean tears along fold lines with minor loss to image. $450. An impressive mid-19th-century architectural rendering showing the proposed reformatory situated along the banks of the Merrimack River in Manchester New Hampshire. Authorized by the state legislature in 1855 construction began on the site the following year. The structure was designed by the prominent Boston architect Gridley J.F. Bryant 1816-1899 a pioneer in Victorian institutional architecture who designed numerous municipal buildings custom houses and prisons throughout New England and who would later renovate the New Hampshire State House in 1866. Bryant worked here alongside co-designer William R. Lincoln. Intended as a progressive state-of-the-art facility for the rehabilitation of juvenile and female offenders the House of Reformation officially opened in 1858. The grand building depicted here was short-lived however; it was severely damaged and largely destroyed by a catastrophic fire in 1865. The site was subsequently rebuilt and went on to become the long-running State Industrial School later the Youth Development Center. OCLC locates 3 individually catalogued copies of this lithograph Library Company of Philadelphia Boston Athenaeum American Antiquarian Society. We located additional copies at Dartmouth and the New Hampshire Historical Society. Reed Building Victorian Boston: The Architecture of Gridley J.F. Bryant 186. unknown
1856rif. 823091856. A New Hampshire Prison "For Juvenile and Female Offenders" Prisons. New Hampshire. "House of Reformation for Juvenile and Female Offenders Against the Laws" To be Erected for the State of New Hampshire at Manchester. Under the Direction of Hon. Frederick Smith Hon. Matthew Harvey and Hon. Hosea Eaton Commissioners. William R. Lincoln and Gridley J.F. Bryant Designers and Architect. Disbound from First Annual Report of the Commissioner for Locating and Building House of Reformation for Juvenile and Female Offenders Against the Laws. Concord: Amos Hadley State Printer 1856. Lithograph signed Kramer & Co. Removed 16-3/4" x 21-3/4" 42.5 x 55.25 cm sepia lithograph image size 11-1/2" x 19" 29.2 x 48.25 cm. Moderate toning faint offsetting horizontal and vertical fold lines a few tiny clean tears along fold lines with minor loss to image. $450. An impressive mid-19th-century architectural rendering showing the proposed reformatory situated along the banks of the Merrimack River in Manchester New Hampshire. Authorized by the state legislature in 1855 construction began on the site the following year. The structure was designed by the prominent Boston architect Gridley J.F. Bryant 1816-1899 a pioneer in Victorian institutional architecture who designed numerous municipal buildings custom houses and prisons throughout New England and who would later renovate the New Hampshire State House in 1866. Bryant worked here alongside co-designer William R. Lincoln. Intended as a progressive state-of-the-art facility for the rehabilitation of juvenile and female offenders the House of Reformation officially opened in 1858. The grand building depicted here was short-lived however; it was severely damaged and largely destroyed by a catastrophic fire in 1865. The site was subsequently rebuilt and went on to become the long-running State Industrial School later the Youth Development Center. OCLC locates 3 individually catalogued copies of this lithograph Library Company of Philadelphia Boston Athenaeum American Antiquarian Society. We located additional copies at Dartmouth and the New Hampshire Historical Society. Reed Building Victorian Boston: The Architecture of Gridley J.F. Bryant 186. unknown books
rif. 164068Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1836 petit in-4 carré, [2]-VII-141 pp., demi-basane bouteille, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Petits accrocs au premier plat, mais bon exemplaire.
rif. 246610A Paris, chez Maradan, s.d. (1800) in-8, 269 pp. et 13 ff. n. ch., demi-basane fauve mouchetée, dos lisse orné (reliure de l'époque).
rif. 229559Paris, Le Clère et Cie, Delaunay et Dandely, 1831 in-8, 596 pp., biblio., broché. Qqs rousseurs. Mouillure angulaire.
1912rif. 67011912 Paris Perrin 1912 In-8 de 326 pp., demi-basane marron clair à coins, dos à nerfs, couverture conservée . Édition originale illustrée de 8 gravures dont un frontispice.Les prisons du Mont Saint-Michel, 1425-1864 : d'après des documents originaux inédits , 1913. Deux volumes superbement reliés, : demi chagrin marron clair , à coins dos à cinq nerfs filets dorés , pieces de titre rouge, tranches superieures dorées. reliures signées: Flammarion- Vaillant
rif. 222742Genève-Paris, Labor et Nouvelles Ed. Latines, 1932-1937 2 forts vol. gr. in-8, XXXI-559 pp. et XXXII-645 pp., index et biblio., 58 pl. noir et couleurs, ill. in-t., toile grenat, couv. cons. (tome 1) et broché.
rif. 230341Genève-Paris, Labor et Nouvelles Ed. Latines, 1932-1937 2 forts vol. gr. in-8, XXXI-559 pp. et XXXII-645 pp., index et biblio., 58 pl. noir et couleurs, ill. in-t., broché.
rif. 207473Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, 1857 fort vol. in-8, [4]-864 pp., broché. Manques de papier à la couverture.
rif. 240430Londres, T. Spilsbury, 1783 in-8, IV pp., 171 pp., avec un frontispice allégorique, basane fauve marbrée, dos à nerfs, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Épidermures au dos.
rif. 7316Paris, Courcier, An 5, 1797. 4 volumes in-12, basane usagée de l'époque. Première édition, illustrée de 7 figures d'après Blanchard. Monglond (IV, 38) décrit l'exemplaire de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, doté également de sept figures sur les huit annoncées dans le titre.
rif. ORD-8323et sous celui des satelites (sic), qui après sa mort ont propagé son systême, pour faire suite au tableau des prisons de Paris, contenant jour après jour les événemens remarquables arrivés dans ces prisons, le nom des victimes immolées à la fureur du tyran, celui des assassins qui les ont égorgés, le nombre des prisonniers et leurs différentes anecdotes par le Citoyen PESCAYRE, détenu. Toulouse. Lalanne. An III (1794-1795). In-12 (105 x 173mm) dos lisse basane brune entièrement orné or, VIII, 502 pages. En fin de volume on trouvera les noms des Citoyens détenus à la Visitation de Toulouse. Reliure de l'époque, un peu frottée mais solide, taches d'humidité sur le titre, papier lgt bruni, menus défauts mais plutôt bon exemplaire de cet ouvrage rare.
1845rif. RO80014576ADMINISTRATION DE LIBRAIRIE. 1845. In-8. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos fané, Quelques rousseurs. 340 + 368 +363 + 326 + 347 + 348 pages. Frontispice gravé en noir et blanc hors-texte, avec serpente. Quelques planches de gravures en noir et blanc hors-texte, avec serpentes roses. Titre, filets et caissons dorés sur le dos cuir marron/prune.. . . . Classification Dewey : 365-Prisons
1999290 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. "Whether by accident or design, governments and agencies have remained silent, so all the research has been up to us. However this true fifty year old shame must be revealed in the hope that mankind remembers and never allows it to be repeated." - from Foreword. "Our story tells what happened to 168 Allied Airmen who jumped into Northern Europe after their planes had met with an explosive and fiery end... Because our eventual betrayal to the Gestapo was accomplished so smoothly, a number of these encounters will be explained so that you can better understand our dilemma. The retelling of our encounter with our Gestapo hosts is mild, for many of us do not wish to recall the most unpleasant details that deserve to stay well hidden in the back of our minds... Now with this story told, we again wish to forget." - from Prologue. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1830rif. 28237Paris Gagniard, A.-J. Denain 1830 in-8 demi-maroquin noir à coins, dos à nerfs, tête dorée [Rel. moderne]
1818rif. 27507Paris Imprimerie de Didot jeune 1818 in-4 en feuilles, sous chemise demi-chagrin bordeaux à bande, dos lisse muet, pièce de titre contrecollée au centre du plat supérieur [Rel. moderne]
