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1996rif. x-0814746659New York Univ Pr 1996. Hardcover. New. 449 pages. 10.50x7.50x1.50 inches. New York Univ Pr hardcover
rif. B9781019730195Hardback. New. hardcover
rif. 57805Original illuminated document on parchment; hand-lettered in italic with gilt illuminations at upper left and right margins; signed beneath work by the calligrapher "E. von E." unidentified. With original signatures of 71 board members and staff of the Henry Street Settlement. Mild soil at margins; Near Fine. A handsome hand-lettered tribute to outgoing President of the Board of the Henry Street Settlement Newbold Morris. Morris 1902-1966 was an important figure in Henry Street history assuming the board presidency soon after the reorganization of the Settlement under Director Helen Hall in 1944. Morris also played a prominent role in New York City planning and politics during the Robert Moses era; he was among the more prominent members of the New York Planning Commission; was President of the City Council from 1938 to 1945 and an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor in 1945 and 1949. Later in 1961 Morris achieved some notoriety as the City Parks Commissioner when he rejected the permits of hundreds of folk musicians who had been performing in Washington Square Park sparking the so-called "Beatnik Riot" one of the opening salvos of Sixties countercultural activism. The document is undated but expresses appeciation for Morris's "completion of a decade of service" placing it in the vicinity of 1954-5. Beneath the calligraphic portion the document has been signed by seventy-one individuals including fellow board-members staff and residents. These include a host of prominent mid-century New York figures beginning with Hall herself and including the prominent civic leader Nicholas Kelley; choreographer Alwin Nikolais; economist Mary Keyserling; painter Jack Levine; long-time Henry Street youth worker Ralph Tefferteller and many others. A unique and visually attractive artifact marking the mid-century apex of one of the most successful and long-lived social welfare projects in New York. unknown
1901rif. 726361901. in 16 volumes. in 16 volumes. A Remarkable Collection of Nineteenth-Century Works on Legal Reform and International Law Compiled by a Notable Scottish Lawyer Great Britain. Law Reform. Murray David 1842-1928. The David Murray Collection of Law Reform and International Law. 16 volumes. 155 titles. Various paginations. Octavo Vols. 1-15: 8-1/2" x 5" 21.6 x 12.7 cm; Vol. 16: 9-1/4" x 6" 23.5 x 15.25 cm. Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards gilt-stamped insignia of the Royal Faculty of Procurators Glasgow to front boards blind rules to joint edges and corners raised bands and lettering piece to spines marbled edges and endpapers presentation bookplate from David Murray to the Faculty dated April 29 1902 to front pastedown of first volume. Light rubbing to boards light residue from leather treatment occasional scuffs nicks scratches and spots to boards and extremities which are more moderately rubbed with darkening in a few places some lettering pieces loose but secure cracking to spines of Volumes 14-16 boards of Volume 1 detached front joint of Volume 2 starting at foot joints of Volume 16 starting at ends. Volumes 1 5 6 7 9 10 and 13 have descriptions of their contents in Murray's hand to their half-titles. A remarkable handsomely bound collection. A COMPLETE LIST OF TITLES IS INCLUDED AMONG THE PHOTOS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LISTING. $7000. This collection pertains chiefly to the subjects of law reform and international law. It was formed during the nineteenth century by the notable Scottish lawyer bibliophile and antiquary David Murray who presented it to the Library of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow in 1902. As indicated by the contents which span almost the entire nineteenth century Murray had long possessed a sustaining interest in law reform. Many titles touch upon the numerous areas of law that were dramatically reformed during the 1800s including bankruptcy law conveyancing and real property law judicial administration chancery and equity and to a lesser extent codification criminal law and jurisprudence. Many of the works are presentation copies inscribed to other well-known international lawyers and reformers of the nineteenth century among them Sir Travers Twiss Sir John Connell and Edwin Wilkins Field. Among the authors themselves are John Austin Basil Mont. unknown
1883rif. 727291883. London 1883. London 1883. The "Annual Blister" of Victorian Law: A Scarce 1883 Reformist Tract on the Deceased Wife's Sister Controversy Marriage Law Reform Association. A Summary of the Chief Arguments For and Against Marriage With A Deceased Wife's Sister. London: Marriage Law Reform Association 1883. 15 1 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in self wrappers. Light toning negligible edgewear light foxing in a few places. $350. Third and final edition. A scarce reformist tract representing one of the most protracted legal and social battles of the Victorian era. The Marriage Law Reform Association was established in 1851 to overturn Lord Lyndhurst's Marriage Act of 1835 which codified the prohibition of marriage between a widower and his sister-in-law. This restriction was rooted in the theological "one flesh" doctrine of affinity which legally equated a wife's sister with a blood sister. The controversy often dubbed the "annual blister" due to its near-yearly debate in Parliament highlighted a sharp class divide; while the wealthy could travel abroad to marry the working classes-who relied on sisters-in-law for domestic stability-were forced into "legalized concubinage." The debate permeated Victorian culture appearing in works ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe to the novels of Dinah Craik. This edition captures the height of the Association's campaign which eventually succeeded with the passage of the Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act in 1907. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations Vol. 2 p. 224. unknown
1831rif. 56386London: Effingham Wilson 1831. Octavo 22.5cm. Later half brown calf purple cloth over boards and subsequently rebacked with brown calf reinforcements to corners top edge stained other edges sprinkled red; orange endpapers; xx576pp. Lacking frontispiece. Externally worn but skilfully repaired internally clean with occasional spots of foxing: Very Good. A key text of early nineteenth-century English parliamentary reformers: "a massive compendium of all the abuses electoral ecclesiastical legal" that they "sought to abolish. . . its emphasis on the need to have practical as well as equitable representation lies at the root of parliamentary democracy." The book "passed through edition after edition continually augmented with new arguments new reports of abuses and new statistics"; this 1831 edition "was the most influential coming as it did on the eve of the Reform Bill 1832" Printing and the Mind of Man p.180. PMM296. GOLDSMITHS 23071. KRESS C.638. Effingham Wilson unknown
1661rif. 724361661. A Scarce Restoration-Era Pamphlet Proposing Reforms to Court Procedure Law Reform. Great Britain. Certain Proposals of Divers Clerks and Attorneys of the Court of Common-Pleas For the Taking Away Fines upon Original Writs and Damage Cleer And Regulating the Proceedings at Law And Remedying Some Inconveniences. Whereby the Client Will be Much Secured The Process Shortened The Greatest Part of the Charge of Most Suits Abated And Many Unnecessary Suits in Law and Equity Prevented. Which is the End and Desire of the Proposers. Presented to the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament. London: Printed for J. Starkey at the Mitre in Fleetstreet near Temple-Bar 1661. vi 8 pp. Quarto 7" x 5-1/2". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning soiling to exterior light browning to margins "10" in early hand to head of title page. $450. Only edition. Produced by a "divers" group of "clerks and attorneys of the Court of Common-Pleas" this pamphlet suggests ways to reform pleading and procedure and reduce the number of lawsuits in the civil and equity courts. This is a scarce title. OCLC locates 6 copies 4 in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress San Francisco Law Library Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue R35481. unknown
1902rif. 54696Girard KS: Appeal Publishing Company 1902. Revised Edition. Octavo 18.75cm; original pictorial wrappers; 56-96pp; illus. Light wear and toning to spine and wrapper extremities with shallow loss to base of spine a short split to upper spine and some faint creasing to upper right corners; Very Good. A tax reform utopia originally published serially in the Chicago Sentinel between 1879 and 1885 and subsequently in pamphlet format by Norton in 1892 which sold over a hundred thousand copies. Ten Men of Money Island was variously reprinted even as late as 1930 including editions by Wayland's Appeal to Reason the London utopian publisher Reeves and the Chicago publisher F.J. Schulte. SARGENT p.45 citing only the London ed. Not in Negley or Lewis and not found in Wright. Appeal Publishing Company unknown
1972rif. 46484Washington: National Welfare Rights Organization n.d. but 1972. Strike placard comprised of original photographic poster 43x28cm. printed offset in purple and black on white stock stapled to pastepaper board hole-punched and threaded with thick string for hanging around neck. Extremities rather chipped and bottom edge slightly curled poster rather dust-soiled else Good or better with clear evidence of use. Placard featuring a poster protesting H.R.1 and the "D.C. Four Against the Poor" President Richard Nixon Senator from Connecticut Abraham Ribicoff Congressman from Arkansas Wilbur Mills and Senator from Louisiana Russell Long. Adorned with their photographic portraits below which is printed "These men are dangerous!!! They have conspired to starve children destroy families force women into slavery and exploit poor people -- all in the name of 'Welfare Reform.' STOP THESE MEN!" The placard was presumably worn at the NWRO-sponsored "Children's March for Survival" on March 25 in Washington D.C. The parade which consisted of over 50000 participants more than half of them children was led by Jesse Jackson and NRWO's leader George Wiley and included speakers Bella Abzug and Corettaa Scott King with her two daughters. The poster used here not separately catalogued in OCLC as of October 2019. National Welfare Rights Organization unknown
2001rif. x-1563089459Libraries Unlimited Inc 2001. Paperback. New. bilingual edition. 244 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. Libraries Unlimited Inc paperback
2002rif. x-0815706316Brookings Inst Pr 2002. Paperback. New. 358 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. Brookings Inst Pr paperback
1894rif. 48920Chicago: By the Author 1894. Revised Edition. 12mo 20cm; original pictorial wrappers stapled; 931pp; illus. Text is tanned and a bit brittle at the edges neat splits to front wrapper above and below the staples with several tiny tears and a few slivers missing from wrapper extremities particularly at preliminary and terminal leaves; Good complete copy. A tax reform utopia originally published serially in the Chicago Sentinel between 1879 and 1885. An author's note at base of title page states: ".it was then published in cheap pamphlet form - of which over a hundred thousand copies have since been sold. Its popularity as an educator seems to warrant the present better and more expensive edition." Issued as Vol. I no. 1 in Norton's Quarterly Sentinel apparently a successor to his weekly newspaper of the same name. No further numbers of the Quarterly appear to have been issued. Ten Men of Money Island was variously reprinted even as late as 1930 including editions by Wayland's Appeal to Reason the London utopian publisher Reeves and the Chicago publisher F.J. Schulte. SARGENT p.45 citing only the London ed. Not in Negley or Lewis and not found in Wright. By the Author unknown
1872rif. 30317Philadelphia: Published for the Industrial League by Henry Carey Baird 1872. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm.; disbound from larger volume with remnants of cloth spine still present; 96pp.; frontispiece full-page illus. throughout. Very faint previous vertical fold else Very Good and fresh. The title story is a satirical utopia intended to discredit supporters of laissez-faire economics and the Free-Trade League in particular. LEWIS p. 57; SARGENT p. 29; not in NEGLEY. Published for the Industrial League by Henry Carey Baird unknown
1938rif. 28566London: United Editorial Ltd 1938. First Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm.; original green printed wrappers; 74pp. Wrapper extremities faded some soiling else Very Good. United Editorial Ltd unknown
1937rif. 15340New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1937. First Edition. Octavo 21cm. Orange cloth 336pp frontis photographic plates; pictorial dustjacket. Boards soiled and faintly dampstained on upper one-third of rear board; uncommon jacket is present; price-clipped with moderate overall wear and soil with dampstaining and clear tape remnants visible on verso. Internally clean tight and unmarked; Good to Very Good overall. A critical examination of child labor practices in America. Well-illustrated with photographic plates depicting young children in harsh working environments as well as portraits of politicians and activists associated with child labor laws. Uncommon in jacket. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown
1874rif. ZB586829London etc.: 1874. large octavo iv 204 pp paper wrappers soiled and chipped text age toned with late advertising leaves tip chipped working copy. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London (etc.): unknown
1880rif. ZB586834London/Liverpool: 1880. large octavo iv 196 pp library markings extraction roughness at spine and only front cover remains from paper wrappers minor tip chipping reading copy only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. London/Liverpool: unknown
1885rif. ZB586839London/Liverpool: 1885. large octavo 2 200 2 pp paper wrappers soiled with a large corner missing from back cover text age toned and bumped reading copy only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London/Liverpool: unknown
1882rif. ZB586836London/Liverpool: 1882. large octavo iv 200 pp paper wrappers badly chipped and back cover detached text age toned and needs careful handling reading copy only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. London/Liverpool: unknown
1878rif. ZB586831London/Liverpool: 1878. large octavo iv 192 pp library hand stamps only the chipped front cover remains of paper wrappers text age toned with an occasional margin chip and minor loss poor copy. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. London/Liverpool: unknown
1881rif. ZB586835London/Liverpool: 1881. large octavo iv 200 pp paper wrappers chipped at bottom back joint text age toned good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. London/Liverpool: unknown
1876rif. ZB586830London/Liverpool: 1876. large octavo iv 192 pp general age toning with paper sides detached and chipped last text leaf also detached and margin chipped with minor loss working copy only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London/Liverpool: unknown
1883rif. ZB586832London/Liverpool: 1883. large octavo iv 200 pp paper wrappers darkened and chipped with back cover detached text age toned good only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. London/Liverpool: unknown
1871rif. ZB586828Liverpool: 1871. large octavo vii 1 94 pp. errata slip; paper sides and first text page detached and chipped general age toning working copy only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Liverpool: unknown
1884rif. ZB586833London/Liverpool: 1884. large octavo 2 iv 200 2 pp paper wrappers darkened and chipped text lightly age toned overall good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. London/Liverpool: unknown