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2005réf. 51799Place_Pub: Washington DC: GPO 2005. good. 132 wraps footnotes figures covers and a few pages creased This field hearing in Boston assessed the status of the Central Tunnel/Artery Project or the Big Dig one of the largest and most expensive Federal highway projects in the history of the United States. GPO paperback
2005réf. 44858Washington DC: GPO 2005. First Edition. First Printing. very good. 226 wraps illus. Serial No. 108-261. GPO paperback
1998réf. 47964Washington DC: GPO 1998. First Edition. First Printing. good. 424 wraps illus. Serial No. 105-66. GPO paperback
2005réf. 48498Washington DC: GPO 2005 & 2006. First Edition. First Printing. good. 163 & 117 Parts I and II wraps table appendix. Serial No. 108-259 and 109-105. Part I of the hearing was held on August 2 2004; Part II was held on October 31 2005. GPO paperback
1998réf. 16326Washington DC: GPO 1998. very good. 4878 total 4 vols. wraps illus. tables appendices slight waviness to documents. GPO paperback
2003réf. 50920Washington DC: GPO 2003. First Edition. First Printing. very good. 122 wraps. Serial No. 107-143. This hearing addressed the status of the Long Beach and Los Angeles seaport border. The Subcommittee was considering ways to improve both border security and the efficient flow of international commerce travel and tourism. GPO paperback
2005réf. 47968Washington DC: GPO 2005. First Edition. First Printing. very good. 193 wraps. Serial No. 109-43. GPO paperback
2009réf. 51785Place_Pub: Washington DC: GPO 2009. very good. 128 wraps footnotes figures tables. Serial No. 110-166. This hearing explored the cost to neighborhoods caused by concentrations of vacant and abandoned houses differences between strong housing markets and weaker ones strategies to mitigate the effects of vacancies and estimates of the size of the national problem. GPO paperback
2002réf. 45343Washington DC: GPO 2002. First Edition. First Printing. good. 161 wraps illus. Hearing held on March 1 2002. Serial No. 107-120. GPO paperback
2003réf. 50919Washington DC: GPO 2003. First Edition. First Printing. good. 165 wraps figures footnotes. Serial No. 108-48. GPO paperback
2003réf. 49548Washington DC: GPO 2003. First Edition. First Printing. good. 160 wraps illus. Serial No. 107-232. GPO paperback
1999réf. 43047Washington DC: GPO 1999. First Edition. First Printing. good. 233 wraps illus. Joint hearing before the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs and the Subcommittee on Government Management Information and Technology. Serial No. 106-24. GPO paperback
2003réf. 50908Washington DC: GPO 2003. First Edition. First Printing. very good. 114 wraps. Serial No. 107-187. This hearing addressed the effectiveness scope and implications of the U.S. counterterrorism policies in a world realigned by war without boundaries. Among the panelists were major "neo-con" representatives who were considered to be among the architects of the war against Saddam Hussein. GPO paperback
2001réf. 43076Washington DC: GPO 2001. First Edition. First Printing. very good. 330 wraps. GPO paperback
2004réf. 43066Washington DC: GPO 2004. First Edition. First Printing. very good. 220 wraps illus. Serial No. 108-228. GPO paperback
réf. 15475On letterhead of Frayn Herne Bay Kent. 7 August 1902. 2pp. 8vo. Bifolium. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. He asks him to accept a copy of the Tauchnitz edition of his 'Iron Mask' 'the only one I happen to have by me'. He continues: 'As you are kind enough to express an interest in work of mine I may say that I expect to be in the West of Ireland next month in the interests of the Daily Chronicle - if you ever happen to see that paper - for which I am to write a special series of letters describing the present condition of that district.' For more on Hopkins see his obituary in The Times 17 February 1919. On letterhead of Frayn, Herne Bay [Kent]. 7 August 1902. unknown
1925réf. 215021Bucarest.: Cartea Românească. 1925. 23pp. Original stapled wrappers trifle browned leaves little bumped and creased throughout overall a good copy. A report from the Bratianu government declaring the land reform of 1921 to be an "agrarian revolution in Roumania without any disorder or violence thanks to the great foresight of the Government". . Cartea Românească. unknown
1950réf. 215423Tokyo.: Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry. February 271950. 7pp. Leaves evenly browned and little creased overall a very good copy. 21 x 15cm. A short occupation period government-issued booklet explaining industrial expansion into rural parts of Japan why the measures are necessary and the particulars of policy implementation. . Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry. unknown
réf. 1024507394.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1980réf. 217485Beijing.: China Pictorial. 1980. Broken run of five issues of China Pictorial. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations throughout to accompany articles 43 - 44pp. Pictorial wrappers minor wear extremities and spines else in very good condition. Text in English. 37 x 26cm. Includes issue numbers 3 4 7 8 and 9. Many articles in this incomplete set are of interest because they feature China moving on from the Cultural Revolution and the Gang of Four and focusing instead on modernising and scientific progress. Articles on this theme include A Scientific Excursion in Tibet Scientific Investigations in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Chinese Test Pilots The China International Trust and Investment Corporation New Factories and Mines Surveying the South Pacific Clouds and Earthquakes and The Chinese River Dolphin. Other topics of interest include Sixty Years on Stamp Collecting Sun Yat-Sen's Mausoleum and various other tourist destinations: Hainan Island Mt Hengshan Mt Huashan and Dunhuang. Two articles are about important ancient artefacts Art Treasures Unearthed in Suixian County and another recently unearthed and hugely important treasure the Terracotta Warriors. There is an article dedicated to the author Mao Dun and another to the 1979 restaging of Lao She's play 'Teahouse'. The article Upturn in Chinese Cinema with portraits of film stars indicates how the purpose of cinema has changed in just a few short years. . China Pictorial. unknown
1979réf. 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
réf. A9781344002134Hardback. New. hardcover
réf. 241435 August 1888. Edgbaston Birmingham. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. Lightly aged and worn. Folded four times. Signed ‘Jesse Collings’. Addressed to ‘Messrs Smith & Kitching / Hon. Secs. Political Committee / Chelsea / London’. Minuted in pencil on reverse of second leaf: ‘Acknowledgment of Copy of our Resolution’. He has been ‘so much over-pressed with correspondence and other work’ hence the delay in replying. He asks them to ‘convey my best thanks to your Committee for the Resolution they have passed and copy of which you enclosed’. They will have seen that ‘the Bill has now become law in spite of the action of the Govt. who evidently wanted a Bill that should be of no use to the people whom it affected’. He continues: ‘The labouring poor have already enough to contend with and it was a monstrous thing to make poverty a crime to be punished by the loss of the rights of citizenship’. 5 August 1888. Edgbaston, Birmingham. unknown
1978réf. 217484Beijing.: China Pictorial. Nos. 1-121978. A complete run of 12 issues. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations throughout to accompany articles 43 - 44pp. Pictorial wrappers minor wear extremities and spines else in very good condition. Text in English. 37 x 26cm. The Cultural Revolution having come to an end with the passing of Chairman Mao in 1976 issues in 1978 focus on life returning to normal after the downfall of the Gang of Four. Many articles feature explanations of problems caused by the Gang of Four e.g. The Anshan Iron and Steel Complex After the Downfall of the Gang of Four Commune-run Enterprises The Revolutionization of Beijing Opera and discuss newly staged productions such as the 'Red Lantern Society' the film 'Hai Hsia' and the plays 'Red Hearts' and 'Yang Kai-hui'. Numerous articles also refer to the Gang of Four such as Old Doctors in the PLA Hospital the New Look of Beijing University and the articles on authors Guo Moruo and Wei Wei. Chairman Hua meeting foreign leaders and his visits to notable Chinese sites is heavily featured in the first few pages of nearly every issue with Deng Xiaoping also included. Other articles include the new Long March to Modernisation Chinese Medicine Tangshan The Tahsingkou Forestry Area Paulownia and Farming Fishes of the Yangtze Archaeological Finds from the Yin Ruins Women Scientists and Technicians in Peking The 1978 National Middle School Students' Mathematics Contest Developments in Maotian Song and Dance and Science and Technology in Xinjiang Commemoration of Mao and the 80th Birthday of Premier Zhou En-lai and the Index to China Pictorial 1978. . China Pictorial. unknown
1985réf. 217468Beijing.: China Pictorial. 1985. Six issues from 1985. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations throughout to accompany articles 44pp. Minor wear extremities pictorial wrappers all in very good condition. Text in English. 37 x 26cm. Includes issues numbers 1 2 3 6 7 and 8. Articles include: Ye Jianying - An Eminent Army Commander Takins in China Egrets and Herons Pelicans Xinjiang Pioneers A Town in the Gobi 'Life' - a Feature Film Important Discoveries at Xia Ruins Ancient Capital of the Shang Dynasty Tianshan Mountains Glacial Station China's First Research Base in Antarctica A Scientific Survey of the Southern Ocean Tianjin Matteo Ricci and His Autumn of Beijing Suburbs. . China Pictorial. unknown