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1859rif. 88899New York: Chas. W. Baker 1859. First Edition. Sewn pamphlet. Octavo; printed paper wrappers 8pp. Text printed in double columns. Old stains to covers and bottom margin throughout else Good and sound. A pamphlet issued by authority of the American Industrial Association of which Hoxie a District judge and reform-minded philanthropist was Vice-President. Hoxie's rather toothless report regarding the "alarming increase of the necessitous poor" within the New York city limits distilled to its essence is that "something must be done." Of far greater interest is a brief postscript relating a meeting of New York's "sewing women" under the auspices of the Association where a plan was presented to supply a clean well-lit workroom supplied with new sewing machines at no.10 Fourth Avenue in Manhattan for the use of seamstresses in distress. The presentation was made by John Cooke a Methodist minister who in the best tradition of paternalistic condescension remarked addressing a room-full of seamstresses: "The greatest sufferers are the needle women. Unfortunately they have themselves invited the evil by preferring this mode of living to other avocations sic within their reach thus crowding the city labor market and by an unavoidable consequence cheapening labor." Cooke goes on to propose a solution whereby young working women would be transported out of the city and put into situations in "the country." The proposal for free sewing machines and a clean place to work was met with favor by the women's representatives. No mention is made of their reaction to the idea of voluntary exile to parts unknown. Chas. W. Baker unknown books
2006rif. 62284Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2006. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iv 438 p. Occasional footnotes. Serial No. 109-150. Hearing held on February 14 2006. The Congressional perspective is illustrated by the Chairman's statement that "Seldom in our history has the need for the whiltleblower's unfiltered voice been more urgent particularly in the realms of national security and intelligence. " U. S. Government Printing Office hardcover
2003rif. 66652Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2003. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket. iii 305 p. Illustrations. Title continues: Second Session February 22 2002. Serial No. 107-148. The subcommittee held this hearing to explore the status of the border crossings in the Southeast Arizona region. The subcommittee was considering ways to improve both the security of the borders and the efficient flow of international commerce travel and tourism. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
1970rif. 59905Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 1970. Wraps. Good. 3 vols.; 24 cm. Volume I: Relating to Chapters 1-13 of the Study Draft of a new Federal Criminal Code xxxv 742 vii; Volume II: Relating to Chapters 14-36 of the Study Draft of a new Federal Criminal Code xxxiv 743-1448 vii; Volume III: Miscellaneous Memoranda and Guidelines for Conforming Title 18 Parts II-V and Other Titles of the United States Code to the Proposals for a New Federal Criminal Code xv 1451-1748 publ. 1971. This commission was established by Congress in Public Law 89-801. Ex-library. Name of previous owner present. Usual library markings. Covers have some wear and soiling. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2005rif. 49546Washington DC: GPO 2005. First Edition. First Printing. Wraps. good. 242 wraps illus. Serial No. 109-57. GPO paperback
2002rif. 51075Washington DC: GPO 2002. First Edition. First Printing. very good. 524 wraps footnotes appendices. Serial No. 107-73. This hearing includes testimony from several noted presidential historians including Robert Dallak Stanley Kutler and Richard Reeves. GPO paperback
1919rif. 36908New York December 11 1919. 1919. Very good. - Over 30 words typed on his 6 inch high by 8 inch wide buff "Free Synagogue / New York" stationery. Stephen Samuel Wise is pleased to accept American impresario and lecture agent James B. Pond's invitation to serve on the committee welcoming Maurice Maeterlinck to America. Wise writes "I accept with much pleasure your kind invitation to serve as a member of the Honorary Reception Committee." Signed "Stephen S. Wise". Folded for mailing with a small piece out from the top left corner. Very good. Born in Budapest Stephen Samuel Wise 1874-1949 emigrated to the US when his father accepted service as rabbi of Brooklyn's Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes. After completing his studies at Columbia University Wise pursued rabbinical studies under several noted rabbis of the era including Richard J.H. Gottheil Kohut Gersoni Joff and Margolis. He was appointed assistant rabbi of NYC's Congregation B'nai Jeshurun becoming the Congregation's senior rabbi later that year. Taking over as rabbi of Portland Oregon's Congregation Beth Israel he attacked many of the social and political ills facing the country. He soon broke with the traditional reform movement and established his "Free Synagogue" in 1907 launching a movement. Wise was an early supporter of Zionism and laid the groundwork for what became the Zionist Organization of America and served as president of the American Jewish Congress. His good friend Albert Einstein profoundly praised him in a tribute that Einstein presented at the celebration of Wise' 60th birthday. In 1914 Wise co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP. Wise early on saw the threat posed by Hitler's rise in Germany and fought to shape U.S. public opinion against the growing German threat leading efforts for a Jewish Boycott of Germany and the creation of the World Jewish Congress. James B. Pond the American impresario and lecture agent who headed the J.B. Pond Lyceum Bureau brought the great Belgian poet Maurice Maeterlinck to America for a series of lectures. The first lecture took place at Carnegie hall on January 2nd 1920. Unfortunately Maeterlinck failed to carry out his intention to lecture in English because of his labored "phonetic" English. He declared his intention to continue his lectures in French and have the translation read by another person. As a result the lecture tour was a failure and lawsuits ensued on both sides. New York, December 11, 1919. unknown
1979rif. 217469Beijing.: China Pictorial. 1979. A broken run of nine issues numbering 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 and 12 lacking issues 6 7 and 8. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations throughout to accompany articles 43 - 48pp. 36.7 x 26cm. Pictorial wrappers minor wear extremities and spines some evidence of silverfish damage to wrappers else in good condition. Articles include; The Tian An Men Square Incident of 1976 'Where the Silence Is' - a Stage Play Deng Xiaoping Visits Japan and the USA Chinese Characters Computerized Research Activities in Nanjing University Mourning Peng Dehuai and Tao Zhu The 8th Asian Games Qingdao Jinan Mt. Tai Suzhou Wuxi Hexi Lushan Kunming Leshan Mt Emei the Railway Line on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau The Yungang and Maiji Grottoes Taishan Mountains Vietnam's armed provocations in China's border areas Huang he River source China's Mineral Resources Dr Bethune Brazilian Sinologist Ricardo Joppert Beijing Opera Ma Yinchu and his 'New Population Theory' and the Index to China Pictorial for 1979. Issue 9 is a Special Issue consisting of numerous colour photographic illustrations used in the book 'China Scenes' published in 1979. . China Pictorial. unknown
2001rif. Q-1563089459Libraries Unlimited 2001-10-15. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Libraries Unlimited paperback
2014New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. In publisher's special slip-case. 4to. (33 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 2 volumes set: (255 p.; 302 p.), many color and b/w ills. Modernization in the Ottoman financial system; 1) Central Bank searchings of the Ottoman Empire; 2) Financial Reform in the Ottoman Empire. A very heavy set.
1856Two volumes. pp. 329 + 6 p. [Publisher's advertisements]; 370. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Chipped at head and tale. True first edition of the important sequel to Uncle Tom's Cabin. JUN2C
First edition, 12mo (168 x 105 mm), [9], 10-103, [1], [4, publishers ads]pp., some light spotting, orig. pink boards, rebacked with new spine label, uncut. The second tract deals with parliamentary reform. Williams was a librarian and bookseller - at the end there is a catalogue of books published and sold by Geo. A. Williams, English and Foreign Library, Eastern Corner of the Assembly Rooms, Cheltenham. JISC and OCLC locates just the British Library copy only.
1845rif. 91152Brussels: Weissenbruch Père Imprimeur du Roi 1845. First edition of this prison report debating the introduction of the cellular system in Belgium. It offers a survey of the current state of prisons in the country and a detailed comparison of penitentiaries in Europe and America. Later that year the Belgian Parliament voted to introduce the cellular system as standard. By the end of the 19th century "only Belgium among Western European nations claimed to have completed a standardised penitentiary regime composed of single-cell prisons" Morris and Rothman p. 181. Large octavo 268 x 173 mm. With 3 folding plates. Contemporary grey wrappers printed in black. With glassine jacket. Label of the Biblioteca Americano Collegio del Nord to head of spine; relevant newspaper article dated 1978 laid in. Spine creased extremities nicked and chipped front cover and lower outer corners of contents damp-stained rear cover almost detached several gatherings unopened: a very good copy. Norval Morris & David J. Rothman The Oxford History of the Prison 1998. unknown
198578 pages. Features: The Joseph Shephard House - a rural gem in Metro Toronto; Conservation Laws - fact or fiction?; Parks Canada Centennial; The Wheat Pattern; Pictures of home and family life - Parks Canada's research collection; Military Portraiture; Wildfowl Sculptor - Regina's William Hazzard; Necessitous Strangers - the Huguenots and their influence on English silver; Article on the mementos that filled the ornate parlours of the late Victorian era; Tapestries and needlework in the home; The True Spirit of Reform - Flasks. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1788rif. ALDR0156Cherson (d. i. Wien) 1788. 8°. 72 S., mit e. kleinen Titelblattvignette (Ziffer 8 mit Zierrahmen) und e. Kopfleiste. Buntpapierumschlag d. Zeit, Buchblock geheftet, mit zwei Papierschildchen mit alter Beschriftung (eines teilw. abgelöst) am vorderen Umschlagblatt, Papierumschlag randrissig, mit Eckausrissen u. Fehlstellen am Rücken. Seiten etwas vergilbt, teilw. schwach wasserrandig, sonst wenig fleckig, Ecken teilw. angeknickt, minimaler Wurmfrass in den Anfangsblättern. VD18 14406128-001. Wernigg 3328 ? Gelegenheitsschrift eines unbekannten Verfassers zur Kirchenreform Kaiser Josephs II. (1741-1790).
1675rif. 1273851675 LVGDVNI, Sumptu PETRI GVILLIMIN, in vico Bellae-Corderiae - M. DC. LXXV. Cum permissu (1675) - 1 volume in-12 de 9x14,5 cm environ, reliure pleine peau d'époque, dos à 5 nerfs, pièce de titre en doré sur maroquin rouge, caissons ornés de fleurons en doré au dos, roulettes sur les coupes, tranches jaspées, gardes marbrées - 442 pages - Avec 3 gravures dans le texte représentant les papes Paul III , Jules III et Pie IV
1835rif. 71403Berlin, G. Reimer, 1835. VI, 90 S. 20 cm. Lackierte Broschur d. Zeit mit dreiseitigem Goldschnitt.
rif. ORD-3794écrite d'après les documents originaux par un groupe d'historiens, professeurs et pasteurs de Suisse, de France et d'Italie. Orné d'un portrait en couleurs et de 25 planches hors texte. Neuchâtel. Paris. Delachaux & Niestlé. 1930. In-4 (195 x 262mm) dos lisse et coins toile écrue, titre doré sur fond noir, 780 pages. Bel exemplaire. Ex-libris de L-H Darnet.
rif. 32148In-8, demi-percaline chagrinée, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, titre doré, tranches mouchetées, plats de papier marbré, xl, 463 p. Bruxelles, Berthot, 1837.
In-8, demi-percaline chagrinée, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, titre doré, tranches mouchetées, plats de papier marbré, xl, 463 p. "Deuxième édition revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée" de cet état complet de l'assistance en Belgique, réalisé à la demande du gouvernement belge et édité par les soins de l'administrateur général des établissements de charité et des prisons de Belgique. La préface est signée "Ch. S. de N." = Charles Francois Soudain de Niederwerth. Bon exemplaire.
1856Paris, L. Maison, 1856. 3 volumes In-12 reliés demi-basane aubergine, dos lisses à filets et fleurons dorés, portrait en frontispice. xcvi + 404 + 464 + 452 pages. Bon exemplaire, bien relié.
rif. 29082In-12, broché, couverture papier moderne, tranches mouchetées, v, 219, (2) p. Amsterdam, Aux Dépens des Libraires Associés, 1761.
In-12, broché, couverture papier moderne, tranches mouchetées, v, 219, (2) p. Edition originale. Par le petit-fils de Nicolas Fouquet, homme politique, maréchal de France et membre de l'Académie française. De contenu essentiellement politique et social, cet ouvrage porte sur l'intolérance et les dommages causés par l'émigration des protestants, sur les impôts, le célibat des prêtres, le luxe et la nécessité des lois somptuaires, le duel, l'exemption d'impôts des pères de famille qui favoriserait la population, etc. (cf. INED). (Einaudi, 1076. Goldsmiths, 9713. INED, 379. Higgs, 2627).
2006rif. LITTFRA9519510221Paris, Honoré Champion, "Textes de la Renaissance" n° 122, 2006, 14,5 x 22,5, 122 pages sous cartonnage éditeur imprimé. Edition critique établie par Marguerite Soulié et Jean-Dominique Beaudin, - qui dédicace.
rif. 30282In-8, pleine percaline éditeur (lég. défraîchie, loose hinges), 285 p., xxxi p. et (6) p. de catalogue éditeur, grande planche dépliante en couleurs. London, International Headquarters of the Salvation Army, s.d. [1890].
