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réf. 2628317 January 1975; on letterhead of Goldsmith Building Temple EC4 London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Dosse was the proprietor of Hansom Books publishers of ‘Books and Bookmen’ and six other arts magazines. 1 p 8vo. In good condition folded for postage. Addressed to ‘Mr. Dossé’ Dosse did not spell his name with an accent and signed ‘Louis Blom-Cooper’ the hyphen if hyphen it is consisting of a tiny dot. He is flattered by the request that he ‘contribute occasionally to Books & Bookmen’ and ‘in principle’ he is ‘very willing to review appropriate books’ having written ‘one or two reviews way back in the 1950s’. The only thing that causes him to hesitate is his ‘very limited time for much extra-curricular activity’ particularly at that moment. He will keep the book Dosse has sent ‘to await your reaction to my half-hearted agreement to review it’. 17 January 1975; on letterhead of Goldsmith Building, Temple, EC4 [London]. unknown
réf. 2642443 Berkeley Square "Friday Night". A note presumably in the recipient's hand states "London 14 July 1832. answered". Four pages 8vo bifolium some staining see image but all legible. "Tomorrow morning you will receive in George Street from the Librarian of the House of Lords copies of my two Protests and of Lord Wynford's Protest on the 3rd Reading of the English Reform Bill. I wiosh my Protests to be sent to the Editor of the Standard & Lord Wynford has commissioned me to send his also. Five of the Protests have already appeared in that Paper - which had expressed as I was informed a wish to have them & a readiness to publish them & any others that might be sent to the Editor. It is on this footing that these Protests must be sent. It must on no account appear - nor must a word be said to entitle the Editor to conclude - whatever he may suppose - that either Lord Wynford or I have anything to do with sending them. They must be conveyed to the Editor to publish - if he shall think fit phrase underlined - and must be sent in consequence of his expressing a wish to have & a readiness to publish the Protests. If he does not think fit to publish them he may let it alone & retyurn them. They are not to be paid for as advertisements or otherwise. If you are kind enough to undertake to forward them to the Paper - the Person who takes them may speak or it may bewritten but I should think not with a name in the following sense - that the Protests of Lords H & W are sent to the Standard by one who has reason to know that they are correct in consequence of the readiness expressed by the Editor to make known to the Public the Protests aginst the BILL- - and in consequence of several having already appeared. It might be as well to send them in time for tomorrows sic Evening Paper - or Mondays at furthest. I called in George Street today hoping to catch you before you left your office - but I was too late. I beg if you have any objection to undertaking this office - that you will make no scruple of delivering it. You will find that I could hardly send my Protests in my own name Believe me to be .". POSTSCRIPT They told me at the House of Lords that they were not sent from thence to the Papers. Their not having been sent long ago was very stupid. I hope you will make Dr Coventry understand how absolutely inappropriate it was for me or any one else to make any amendments in so difficult a matter at such a stage - without warning or preparation & in si=uch a House! phrase underlined It was quite out of the question. The thing must now work its own way - if possible to correct them - as they shew themselves in the working of this elaborate & complicated & machine; Should thge Librarian not have sent them to your office in due time - perhaps you will send to him for them. I wrote my name in my two Protests - it would be better to scratch that out." Note: "Lord Haddington went on to vote against the Reform Bill in 1831 but later changed his mind and voted for it in 1832 possibly due to the political crises surrounding its passage." Wikipedia 43 Berkeley Square, "Friday Night". A note presumably in the recipient's hand states "London 14 July 1832. ans[wered]". unknown
réf. 22710Entry dated 13 September 1832. A nice piece of Edinburgh historical ephemera. See the entry on George Berry 1795-c.1874 the first man to register to vote there following the passing the Great Reform Act in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1874-1875 where he is described as 'an enthusiastic "Free Trader"'. 40 x 10 cm slip of laid paper with printed form on one side headed 'COPY of ENTRY in the REGISTER of QUALIFIED VOTERS for the CITY of EDINBURGH.' In fair condition lightly aged and creased with clean vertical cut unobtrusively repaired with archival tape. Endorsed on reverse in a contemporary hand: 'The first voting which took place on the Reform Bill'. The form is divided into eight columns and is completed as follows with manuscript additions in square brackets: 'No. 269 Date. 13 Septemr 1832. Name. George Berry Calling. Agent & Merchant Proprietor or Tenant. Tennant House Warehouse Shop &c. house 10 Antigua Street Street Lane or other Place or Residence. residing there Parish St Cuthbert'. Printed beneath the form is: 'Certified by me Conjunct-Clerk' and beneath this is the signature 'Carlyle Bell'. Entry dated 13 September 1832. unknown
réf. 18411Headed Notepaper Glebe Goring Reading 27 Sept. 1867. One page 12mo fold maks sl. crinkled text clear and complete. "I found our housekeeper wants some money. John Cobb is coming down tomorrow. I shd thoink he was sure to go to his office first. And that if you would on receipt of this send £30 or so to him he would bring it for us." [ Headed Notepaper] Glebe, Goring, Reading, 27 Sept. 1867. unknown
réf. 78499Trade paperback. Very good. Format is approximately 7.5 inches by 9 inches. 12 LIX 1 232 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. References. Appendices. Minor wear and soiling. The Commission on Immigration Reform CIR was formed by Congress in 1990 to critically examine United States immigration policies. The bipartisan commission was chaired by the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan the highly esteemed civil rights advocate and is often referred to as the Jordan Commission. In a series of reports submitted between 1994 and 1997 the commission analyzed the impact of current immigration policies and issued recommendations for reform. The spirit of these recommendations was to return U.S. immigration policy to its stated intentions: reuniting nuclear families providing employers with skilled workers and providing humanitarian aid to refugees. The commission's primary recommendations were to improve controls against illegal immigration revamp the refugee and asylum admission system and reduce legal immigration. As mandated by the Immigration Act of 1990 the Commission conducted more than 40 public hearings consultations and site visits in the United States and some foreign countries. This final report makes recommendations to further the goals of Americanization by setting out immigrant policies to help orient immigrants and their new communities to improve educational programs that help immigrants and their children learn English and civics and to reinforce the integrity of the naturalization process by which immigrants become citizens. The report also makes recommendations for immigration policy repeating and updating the conclusions reached in three previous reports on unlawful migration legal immigration refugee and asylum policy and making additional recommendations for reforming immigration policies. The Commission urges a renewed commitment to the education of immigrant children and a recognition that education is the primary tool of Americanization for children and adults. paperback
2006réf. 73506Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2006. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. iii 1 95 1 pages. Rear cover has some creasing. In his opening remarks the Chairman in part stated "Porous borders exact a high price. Ineffective immigration enforcement undermines respect for law. It threatens national security. The steady flow of illegal immigration also passes unpredictable and largely unreimbursed costs on to States and counties already struggling to maintain safe healthy and prosperous communities. That de facto unfunded mandate is draining local law enforcement health care and education budgets. Today we're convening in San Diego to learn more about the intergovernmental impact of illegal immigration and to discuss the urgent need for enhanced border security. We particularly want to hear local assessments of efforts to strengthen enforcement in what is called the internal border where undocumented aliens apply for work official documents and public benefits. As the people of this area know only too well no effort to harden or patrol the international boundary will ever be 100 percent effective. And those who enter legally but subsequently violate the terms of their visa should be detected and detained by vigilant internal enforcement systems. So we asked our witnesses this morning to give us the benefit of their experience and their guidance regarding the costs of illegal immigration and effective ways to limit those costs. The current failure of enforcement is being felt throughout the Nation as the tide of undocumented aliens swells well beyond the six traditional settlement States of California New York Texas Florida Illinois and New Jersey. As of last April legislatures in 43 States considered bills on immigration issues. Attempting to fill the vacuum left by earnest but hopelessly understaffed Federal efforts States sought to control access to education and other public benefits strengthen employment verification punish human trafficking strengthen eligibility requirements for identifying documents and voting and coordinating law enforcement. County governments and mayors have similarly taken steps to regain some control over their fiscal fate. Obviously when Washington fails to exercise sovereign control over what is pouring into the national melting pot States counties and cities feel the heat. Although difficult to quantify precisely the impact of illegal immigration on State county and city budgets is undeniably growing. According to one estimate those without a legal right to be here generate net fiscal costs approaching $10 billion nationally. The State of California is reported to have spent almost $3 billion in a single year providing services to illegal immigrants. By one estimate the county of San Diego spends more than $50 million a year to arrest jail prosecute and defend illegal immigrants. Of that Federal reimbursement covers only about $2 million. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
2001réf. 62785Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2001. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor prinitng mar on front page. iii 90 p. Includes illustrations. Serial No. 106-247. In this hearing the Committee looked at the topic of ethnic and racial disparity in cancer treatments and to raise the level of awareness of disparities in care as well as to explore possible solutions to this problem. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
2001réf. 62759Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2001. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 95 p. Serial No. 107-2. The hearing was interested in approaches to drug "demand reduction'. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
2005réf. 62298Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2005. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 151 p. Includes illustrations. Serial No. 109-99. The Chairman stated that "this hearing may serve to change the course of future drug funding to enable the execution of transit zone drug interdiction operations. " U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2006réf. 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
2004réf. 66649Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2004. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. iii 113 p. Illustrations. Serial No. 108-189. This is the record of an oversight hearing on cancer clinical trials. The hearing was called to examine the status of efforts to bring innovative cancer treatments to patients and discuss how to change the face of cancer into a less terminal and more treatable disease. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
2003réf. 64423Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2003. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 159 p. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations. Serial No. 107-224. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2001réf. 62318Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2001. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 88 p. Includes illustrations. This hearing was held before the attacks of September 11 2001. This hearing addressed the need "in the event of mass casualties inflicted through the use of chemical biological or radiological weapons State and local public health officials will need help. They will look for timely access to Federal stockpiles of the antidotes antibiotics and vaccines necessary to save lives. " This hearing addressed the question of whether critical medicines will get there in time U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2003réf. 63290Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2003. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 138 p. Illustrations. Serial No. 108-26. This hearing examined peer-to-peer file-sharing programs which allow users to donwload and directly share electronic files from other users on the same network. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2002réf. 64433Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2002. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 121 p. Illustrations. Map. Serial No. 107-93. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2002réf. 60144Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2002. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket. Minor wear and soiling. iv 437 p. Serial No. 107-79. "It is the judgment of this Chair based on first-hand observations that our fighting forces are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to the subject of the encroachment on and loss of military training ranges. " U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
1998réf. 62518Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1998. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. v 702 p. Illustrations. Serial No. 105-67. The puirpose of these hearings were to provide an informational overview of the measurement of race and ethnicity in the Federal Government and to review the proposed changes to Directive 15 prior to the finalization of questions on race and ethnicity for use in the 2000 Census. This hearing record contains a wealth of information in addition to presenting a variety of perspectives. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
2002réf. 63981Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2002. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 150 p. Includes illustrations. Serial No. 107-34. This hearing docussed on compassionate access to experimentatl drugs. Science dictated a gradual process of information gathering that often took 12 to 15 years from inception to product approval. Part of the process is to move to clinical trials for which formulations are labeled as investigational new drugs and preliminary safety data is obtained and a protocol designed before the clinical trials can move forward. The issue before the Congress was whether patients not part of the trial could otherwise be provided with the experimental drug what might save or extend their lives. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2002réf. 62768Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2002. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 330 p. Serial No. 107-44. This hearing focused on the Government's program for compensating familities that experience vaccine injuries in particular the operation of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The Committee Chairman expressed the opinion at the start that the program was NOT working as Congress had intended. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
2003réf. 64431Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2003. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 182 p. Serial No. 108-20. In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks the Subcommittee chairman recognizing the report of the Gilmore Commission the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capailitieis for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction felt that a new strategic paradigm was needed. Containment deterrence reaction and mutaully assured destruction no longer served to protect the fundamental security interest of the American people. The threat demaned detection prevention and a proactive preemptive approach to self-defense. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2003réf. 64426Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2003. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 193 p. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Serial No. 107-217. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2000réf. 66639Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2000. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. iv 280 p. Includes illustrations. Title continues; One Hundred Sixth Congress First Session July 22 1999. Serial No. 106-126. From Wikipedia: "Human immunodeficiency virus infection / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome HIV/AIDS is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus HIV. During the initial infection a person may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. This is typically followed by a prolonged period without symptoms. As the illness progresses it interferes more and more with the immune system making people much more likely to get infections including opportunistic infections and tumors that do not usually affect people with working immune systems. HIV is transmitted primarily via unprotected sexual intercourse including anal and even oral sex contaminated blood transfusions and hypodermic needles and from mother to child during pregnancy delivery or breastfeeding. Some bodily fluids such as saliva and tears do not transmit HIV. Prevention of HIV infection primarily through safe sex and needle-exchange programs is a key strategy to control the spread of the disease. There is no cure or vaccine; however antiretroviral treatment can slow the course of the disease and may lead to a near-normal life expectancy. While antiretroviral treatment reduces the risk of death and complications from the disease these medications are expensive and may be associated with side effects. Genetic research indicates that HIV originated in west-central Africa during the early twentieth century. AIDS was first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC in 1981 and its cause HIV infection was identified in the early part of the decade. Since its discovery AIDS has caused nearly 30 million deaths as of 2009. As of 2010 approximately 34 million people have contracted HIV globally. AIDS is considered a pandemic a disease outbreak which is present over a large area and is actively spreading. HIV/AIDS has had a great impact on society both as an illness and as a source of discrimination. The disease also has significant economic impacts. There are many misconceptions about HIV/AIDS such as the belief that it can be transmitted by casual non-sexual contact. The disease has also become subject to many controversies involving religion." U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
2004réf. 62766Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2004. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Front page creasted at corner. iii 179 p. Includes illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Serial No. 108-143. The Committee felt that the flu season had raised the question of whether the country was prepared to deal with a pandemic either a naturally occuring one or as an act of bioterrorism. The hearing examined the actions and planning procedures that had been taken by Federal State and local health officials to handle communicable disease outbreaks. Of particular concern were potential limitations on the vaccine supply. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
2007réf. 64002Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2007. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling. iii 632 p. Includes illustrations. Serial No. 109-202. This hearing addressed what were considered serious problems with RU-486 associated with the deaths of at least 8 women 9 life-threatening incidents 232 hospitalizations 116 blod transfusions and 88 cases of infections. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
2002réf. 64420Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2002. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. iii 190 p. Includes illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Serial No. 107-118. In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks the Subcommittee explored the issues and opportunities around the concept of establishing a National Identification System in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback