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1900pp. 666, xxv [Index]. Marbled endpapers. Mildly XLib. 8vo. Original half leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettered spine, raised bands. Small loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Covers travel in China; agriculture; commerce; banks; zoology; vaccination; treaty ports; theater; Taoism; Buddhism; bamboo; architecture; suicide; culture; religion; railways; pottery; gambling; plague; opium; missionaries; Chinese literature; etiquette; etc. Very Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ORIENT BOX 2
1949pp. xi, 304 + Plus Full Page Plates. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, very worn with loss. PA 10
1721in-8, pp. (20), 295, (13), leg. coeva in p. pergamena, titolo e filetti in oro su dorso a nervi, vignetta xilogr. al frontespizio e testatine. Edizione originale di questo raro trattato sulla peste che fu prima ed unica opera dell'autore, frate di Tolosa dell'Ordine dei Francescani. Saguens fu il primo con Kircher a sostenere che la peste fosse causata dai microbi. Buon esemplare. .
1576in 4, pp. (6), 312, (38), 205, (14), leg. poster. m.perg. e ang. Illustr. da 3 tav. inc. in rame, una f.t. raffig. l'autore che offre il volume a Filippo d'Austria e 2 n.t. raffig. il lazzareto di Palermo; al titolo grande silografia da 4 legni raffig. rimedi contro la peste, ripetuta fra la seconda e la terza parte, impresa dello stampatore al colophon. Uno dei più celebri trattati sulla peste del Cinquecento, importante nella storia della medicina per la posizione di rifiuto da parte dell'Autore della teoria della peste ''manufatta''. Il fenomeno della peste viene analizzato con grande rigore scientifico da quattro angolazioni (corrispondenti ad altrettante parti dell'opera): che cosa sia la peste e la sua sintomatologia, le norme di igiene e di organizzazione sanitaria per i malati, la prevenzione per la popolazione della città non ancora contagiata, la prassi terapeutica per gli appestati. G. F. Ingrassia, dopo essersi laureato a Padova, dove era stato allievo di Falloppio e Vesalio, si stabilì a Napoli. Era protomedico in Sicilia - incarico che aveva ricevuto da Filippo II nel 1563- durante il contagio di peste nel 1575; il suo contributo fu allora importante e il suo rifiuto di ipotesi fantasiose di peste manufatta segnò un passo avanti determinante nell'epidemiologia. Nel 1577 fu pubblicata una ''Parte quinta'' dallo stesso stampatore. Il capitolo 3. della quarta parte fu tradotto in latino ed inserito in una raccolta di scritti curata da J. Camerarius (Synopsis commenatriorum de peste, Norimberga 1583). Rarissima cinquecentina palermitana illustrata, di notevole interesse medico. Buon esempl., con rari aloni.. Adams I-120. BMC p. 339. Castiglioni, Storia della medicina, pp. 428-429. Durling, 2547. Mortimer, Harvard, I, 241. Mira III, 202: ''La quinta parte di quest'opera fu riprodotta nel 1624, quando la peste devastò quest'isola''. Bird, Medical Edinburgh 1314-15..
2020«L'anno 1848 il giorno 26 del mese di maggio, nel Comune di San Giorgio, ad un'ora di notte... siamo stati avvertiti dal clamore pubblico essere stati in quest'abitato scoperti tre forestieri portatori di sostanze venefiche e che abbiano dati indizi di volerne far uso a danno della popolazione, la quale, insorta contro di loro li ha spenti». Così inizia il rapporto del «supplente giudiziario» Nicola Masci su un agghiacciante episodio di quella plurisecolare «strategia del colera» che seminò il terrore anche in Calabria. Ma i tre poveri venditori ambulanti di pettini erano davvero degli untori? E chi mise in giro quella «voce», con quali effettivi propositi? «Il sospetto e l'esasperazione, quando non sian frenati dalla ragione e dalla carità, hanno la trista virtù di far prendere per colpevoli degli sventurati, sui più vani indizi e sulle più avventate affermazioni», aveva ammonito Manzoni. Ma gli atti giudiziari di questa «storia» sconosciuta confermano altri sospetti e sollecitano altre riflessioni. L'eccidio fu infatti un episodio di una lunga «strategia della tensione», i cui veri colpevoli furono condannati solo dieci anni dopo, in un processo che solo in parte svelò i misteri di un'istruttoria che volutamente aveva cercato di insabbiare la verità. Un episodio che in questa sottile e densa ricostruzione narrativa si rivela come «un'eloquente storia d'oggi». Autori: Paolo De Luca.
2007Autori: Agostino Lampugnano. Curatori: E. Paccagnini.
1978196 pages. Front endpaper removed. Dust jacket protected with mylar cover. Discusses the mysteries which plague the actor and beset the director. Explores the shifting two-way relationship between director and actor, actor and audience. Lays bare the chemistry of acting and provides a series of clear-cut practical aids in the forms of games and exercises with which to gain tangible results. Author is Artistic Director of London's leading experimental theatre. Book
1980Over 200 pages. We depend upon physicians to keep us healthy, however they are trained in the treatment of disease. No one can take care of us as well as we can ourselves. Hear is the lastest knowledge in nutrition to help you avoid the degenerative diseases that plague Western countries. Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, hypertension and obesity can be prevented, even controlled by diet. Unmarked copy with average wear. Book
1988160 pages. The scientist who first proved second-hand tobacco smoke dangerous issues a shocking warning on AIDS. "You'll be shocked at how our government has given in to homosexual pressure that AIDS is a civil rights problem - not a civilization-threatening plague. " - from back cover. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
1991136 pages including index. How to prevent costly printing mistakes - a solution book for designers, productions artists and desktop publishers. Provides tips on: keeping maroons from turning brown; preserving texture in artworkd after it is scanned; getting vibrant color reproduction on uncoated paper; keeping color tints from shifting page to page; and much more. "A very informative, well-written, easy-to-read and understand book on problems that plague both printers and designers." - Michael H. Bruno, Editor, The International Paper Pocket Pal. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1983203 pages. Index. Notes. Blibliographic essay. "The Black Death was a combination of bubonic, pneumonic, and septicaemic strains. It devastated the Western world from 1347 to 1351, killing 25%-50% of Europe's population and causing or accelerating marked policial, economic, social and cultural changes." - from Introduction. Gift greetings upon front endpaper. Blind stamp to dedication page. No other markings. Clean with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1959Features: Great Flagstaff of Kew Gardens Carved from a Single Douglas Fir from British Columbia; Lovely colour Humber Super Snipe Ad.; Florida's 'Red Tide' Plague kills fish by the Multi-Million; The Threat of the Aswan Dam to the 4200-year-old Abu Simbel Temples; Auto Feature - The Rolls Royce Phantom V; The 1959 Auto Show (multi-page); Manchester Grammar School; Around the world in 80 hours; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1940Stories: The Baffin-Land Mystery; My Adventures in the Pyrenees; Dead Man's Treasure; Big-Bang; Unknown New Guinea; Ma Barker Gangster; Nine Lives; The Saving of Montague Smith; The Wishing Pipe; The Sinister Crocodile; Costa Rica Fights Voodoo; The Man with the Harp Once More; A Plague of Mice. Average wear. Prior owner's name upon front cover. Book
19048 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Zemstvos Gathering in Russia; Elections in the Interior; West Hastings Ballot Box Case; Fighting the White Plague - Enthusiastic Gathering and Sale of Work at Balmoral Hotel; Canadian Northern Track Layers Making Good Progress; Atlin Flourishing; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "Half-Acre Lots: Just off Gorge Road, For Sale at $200, $225 and $250. (A Good Speculation)" Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Fatigue crack to central portion of all pages. Book
1954Features: The "Hard-Case" Skipper; a young Merchant Navy radio-operator tries his luck aboaord a North Sea Trawler; A God Comes Home - a missing bronze statue of Zeus; The Buring Ship - An attempted rescue during a fire at sea; The Ju-Ju Snake - a West African tale; Sea Lion Islands - the author visits Sea Lion Rookeries on islands off British Columbia at breeding time - photos; Under Two Flags - a Brit on leave on the French Riviera is mistaken for a French deserter and ordered to perform 18 months military service in France!; Unlucky Mica - a prospector's story about the discovery and abandonment of a rich deposit of Mica in Nigeria; The Hottest Place on Earth - Death Valley, California - photos include one of a 20 mule team; The Regimental Ghost - strange happenings with a famous unit of the Indian Army; Canadian Loggers - describes Hastings Street, Vancouver in the 1950s - a fascinating historical backdrop to the problems which currently plague the area; The World's Richest Treasure Store - Fort Knox Depository, Kentucky; A bed of bayonets; The Gibraltar Apes; A Hippo with Toothache - a hippo turns nasty; and more. Small chip from backstrip. Binding intact. Average wear. Faint signature atop front cover. Quality copy. Book
1954Features: The "Hard-Case" Skipper; a young Merchant Navy radio-operator tries his luck aboard a North Sea Trawler; A God Comes Home - a missing bronze statue of Zeus; The Burning Ship - An attempted rescue during a fire at sea; The Ju-Ju Snake - a West African tale; Sea Lion Islands - the author visits Sea Lion Rookeries on islands off British Columbia at breeding time - photos; Under Two Flags - a Brit on leave on the French Riviera is mistaken for a French deserter and ordered to perform 18 months military service in France!; Unlucky Mica - a prospector's story about the discovery and abandonment of a rich deposit of Mica in Nigeria; The Hottest Place on Earth - Death Valley, California - photos include one of a 20 mule team; The Regimental Ghost - strange happenings with a famous unit of the Indian Army; Canadian Loggers - describes Hastings Street, Vancouver in the 1950s - a fascinating historical backdrop to the problems which currently plague the area; The World's Richest Treasure Store - Fort Knox Depository, Kentucky; A bed of bayonets; The Gibraltar Apes; A Hippo with Toothache - a hippo turns nasty; and more. Small chip from backstrip. Binding intact. Average wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
1918Topics: Tropical medicine before the war; the new efforts; insects and public health; Flies and Mosquitoes; Malaria; Its prevention secured; Bubonic Plague and Rats; The Rat Flea; Prevention of the Plague; The Tsetse Fly; Trench Fever; The Disease and its Cause; The Battle Against Lice; New Discoveries; Infection of Volunteers; Trench Fever and Soldiers' Heart; Treatment; Other Parasites; The Stimulus of War and Public Health. Quite a detailed treatment of the topic with dozens of black and white photos and diagrams. Very informative. Average wear. Bit of liquid paper on front cover else unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
1961Features: Surprising island of the Northern Sea - Iceland; The Flowers Known as Birds - the Bird of Paradise from South Africa; What Maestros Look like to me - Sol Nemkov tells his adventures in the concert world while playing for such temperamental geniuses as Toscanini and Stokowski; You can't live in New York - untold miseries plague those who set up housekeeping in Manhattan, says long-time resident Horace Sutton; My Next 60 Movies - James Stewart (conclusion); Maybe I'll Pitch Forever - Satchel Paige, the American League's first Negro pitcher; The Coyote - World's Champion People Taunter - some claim he is one of man's best friends. Above-average wear. Covers almost detached. Small clipping from ad on page 55 - text unaffected. 1/6 page photo of coyote clipped from page 42. Top 2/3 of page 81 clipped out - this seems to have removed part of a novel. Nice color Coke ad on back cover. Book
196088 pages. Short Stories: Rigged Race; Not Her Kind; The Tailor's Secret; Challenge in the Sky. Novelette: The Hands of Cormac Joyce. Articles: The Difference Between Black and White; Bowling is Booming; The Face of America - Great color photo of digging out from deep snow in Oswego New York; Tales of the Laundry Sleuths - these investigators discover the causes of mystery rips and stains which occasionally plague laundries and irritate customers; Castro, Trujillo and Turmoil - a report from the uneasy, strategic Caribbean, where the Communists are exploiting political unrest to turn Latin Americans against the US - with many photos, including Che Guevara; Our Urban Revolution - Can We Halt the Chaos? (conclusion); Big, Happy Family - The Soldi clan of Italy has 31,000 members; Riddle of the Frozen Giants - what may have killed the prehistoric mammoths. Ads: Calvert Reserve - with sexy lady eating from her partner's toothpick; Dodge Trucks - with push-button transmission; Seven-Up (7up) - one-man-band entertains his lady; Campbell's Soup; Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight (98); Tareyton cigarettes; Colgate toothpaste; U.S. Savings Bonds; Great one-page Budweiser color-photo ad features lady looking over her shoulder; International Trucks; Nice color-photo Coke ad on back cover features debutante being offered Cokes by four young men. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1989535 pages. A scathing indictment of the American legal system. Chapters include: Legal Anarchy; The Origin of Law; A Plague of Lawyers; Judge Not; The Supreme Court; The Court as Arena; The Department of Justice; Durance Vile; The Case of the Strange Director; The Case of the Schizophrenic Driver; The Strange Case of the Senile Millionaire; Freedom of Speech, Anyone?; Taxation Without Hope; The Taxing Power; Mullins on Equity; Our Legal Future. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Excellent copy. Book
1989535 pages. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. A scathing indictment of the American legal system. Chapters include: Legal Anarchy; The Origin of Law; A Plague of Lawyers; Judge Not; The Supreme Court; The Court as Arena; The Department of Justice; Durance Vile; The Case of the Strange Director; The Case of the Schizophrenic Driver; The Strange Case of the Senile Millionaire; Freedom of Speech, Anyone?; Taxation Without Hope; The Taxing Power; Mullins on Equity; Our Legal Future. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy. Book
1999384 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. "The battle against TB influenced the way in which health services were established while also encouraging demands for medicare." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy. Book
1954Pages 237-276 Features: Photo of Dr. Ali Amini, Persian Finance Minister, reading statement at the conclusiont of the three-year-old dispute between the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and Persia; Two large aerial photos of Abadan, the greatest oil refinery in the world; Various Royal sightings in England; The Duke of Edinburgh tours Canada; 15 photos of the Empire Games in Vancouver, at which England became 'unofficial champion'; Review of book "The Ribbentrop Memoirs" with photos; Page of photos of the opening of the Empire Games in Vanocuver; Photos of Haile Selassie in Athens; Photo of K-2 which has recently been climbed by the Italian team led by Professor Ardito Desio; Wonderful centerfold cross-section illustration of the S.S. Southern Cross; Photos of new discoveries in the city of Mari - the worship and worshippers of the mid-Euphrates 4,500 years ago; Antoni Klimowicz escapes from Poland aboard the ship 'Jaroslaw Dabrowski'; One-page map showing incidence of ghastly rabbit plague Myxomatosis; Photos of the fist free vertical take-off of the Convair XFY-1, and her pilot, J.F. ColemanNews photos from London to Indo-China; Photos of 20 personalities of the week, including Miss Emily Dionne, one of the Dionne quints, Sir Henry Clay, and the famous French novelist Colette; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
197460 pages. Features: Canadian Troops to Cyprus; Feature Article on Alberta - The New Industrial State; Eric Lafferty Harvie, Q.C.; Building Empires in the Oil Sands; Major Coverage of The Fateful Vote to Impeach Richard Nixon; Chairman Peter Rodino; Support for Nixon at San Clemente; Passing of Wayne Morse, "The Tiger", of Oregon; Greek Military Junta Resigns; Constantine Caramanlis returns to Greece; Tense aftermath of three-da war between Turkey and Cyprus; South Korean politics and Park Chung Hee; Celebrity photos of Johnny Unitas, Gloria Swanson, Hank (Henry) Aaron and Mark Sptiz; Bufo Plague in Australia; Rev. George von Hilsheimer of the Green Valley School for troubled children in Orange City, FL; Return of a Supergroup - CSNY (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) - article with photo of the band at Seattle sound check; Cellist Janos Starker; Desegregation - Historic reversal in Detroit; Back to the Unfabulous '50s; Fashion - The Loose Look; Ad for the Skyline Hotels; A Challenge from Evangelicals; Dealing with Inflation; Federal Reserve Chairman-Designate Alan Greenspan - article with photo; Race for natural resources in Wyoming; Battle of the Little Big Cars - short article with photos of the Ford Monarch and Granada; Inflation, Communist Style; Nice half-page ad for the CBC's news show "The National' with photos of seventeen of its journalists; and more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1981108 pages. Features: Color-photo Volvo car ad; Nice color-photo ad for the Bang & Olufsen Beocenter 7000; Brooklyn Ghetto Child Baby Love; Ronald Reagan decides to build the MX missile and the B-1 Bomber - article with great color photos; Selling AWACS to the Saudis; Two-page Itt Canada ad features their numerous Canadian industrial applications; Is John Hinckley crazy about Jodie Foster?; South Florida swamped by refugee needs and violence; Graft in Oklahoma; How to cut benefits without hurting the truly needy - school lunches; Nissan Stanza ad; Nice one-page color photo ad for CP Air's Empress Class service; Ad for the Olivetti S6000 computer; Nice color-photo ad for the 1982 Mazda RX-7; Unemployment Plague in Western Europe; Solidarity sticks with Lech Welesa, but his policies are attacked; West Germany sends superspy Gunter Guillaume East; Bloodshed in the streets of Iran; Buick ad for the 1982 Riviera, Electra and Estate Wagon; First Person Account of Life in a Khomeini Prison; Wiser's Whisky ad features photo of master blender Keith Baldwin and many co-workers at the Thurlow Township distillery; Taipei rejects Beijing; 8-page color ad feature for Sheraton Hotels; Soviet Rockers - Woodstock, Yerevan style; Whiff of Panic on Wall St. - article with inset photo of Joe Granville; Sonny Cough and a once-only tax-free deal; Color-photo Luxman stereo ad features inset color photo of Boris Brott, conductor of the Hamilton Philharmonic; The Bath Iron Works in Maine; Color-photo ad for the 1982 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue; Coping with the high cost of moving employees; Art Feature, "Paris 1937-1957 - An Elegy"; Celebrity color photos of Chester Gould, Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner and Alfred Kahn; U.S. Cities look to Europe for more livable streets (trying to tame the automobile); Nice color-photo ad for the Toshiba Beta V-8500 VCR; Two-page ad for the Peugeot 505SR car; Photo-illustrated article on singer Pat Benatar; Pulp industry ad includes color photo of waterbomber in action; Color photo ad for the Chevy Cavalier; Large protest for black colleges in Atlanta; Karpov and Korchnoi meet in chess; The Hinckley Case and the Insanity Plea; Passing of Romulo Betancourt, Robert Montgomery and Harry Golden; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine