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1947ref. 293491NY: United Nations 19 20 May 1947. library binding. Good-. 356 pp 11 294 pp.maps noting the partition plans population distribution 1944provincial autonomy plan historical documentation of attempts to absorb refugees from Nazi Europe and restrictions pages are yellowing first few pages are brittle some have tears and separated from the book but all text present tiny library mark tp part three pages are yellowing first few pages separated from binding pages yellow but not brittle covers many aspects of Palestine economygeorgraphyhistory. popilationreligion health. land etc. library mark on spine and slight library mark Restricted A/AC.13/2 Summaries of all the documents recommendations proposals and annexes and maps.Restricted A/AC.13/3 selected excerpts from of official soruces such as Palestine Royal Comm Report A Survey of Palestine 1945/46 Statistical Abstract of Palestine 1944-1945 Report of the Anglo American Committee of Inquiry regarding the problems of European Jewry and Palestine Cmd 6808 dept of State Publ No 2536 for use by members of Special Committee of Palestine. United Nations unknown
1894ref. 216911Sofia : Narodna Pechatnitsa 1894. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary leather-backed marbled boards. Gilt blocking to spine. Minor library marks remain. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Front hinge starting. Pages lightly tanned as with age. Some minor edge tears to the first few pages - text unaffected. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Description: 1v. multiple paginations tables ; 32cm. Subjects: Bulgaria -- Politics and government -- Parliament -- 7th National Assembly 1863 -- Reports and minutes. Bulgaria -- History -- Sources -- 19th century. Language: Bulgarian. Sofia : Narodna Pechatnitsa hardcover
1990ref. 2080302106806072Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly 1990. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 1635 pages Size: B5 size Number of books: 1 volume Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly paperback
1839ref. 12206INTERESTING HAND-COLOURED FASHION PLATES 4 vols. large 8vo 2 ii 2 340; 2 ii 2 336; 2 ii ii 334; 2 ii ii 332pp. 46 wood engraved plates 42 fashion plates and 4 portraits plus 48 hand-coloured fashion plates contemporary half purple leather spines decorated in gilt in panels and with black labels patterned cloth on sides leather on spines faded to a light tan else very good. [Printed by Joseph Rogerson] hardcover
1518ref. 1193ROUX DE ROCHELLE Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard 1762-1849. French Minister to the United States. CARUSI Gaetani. Proprietor of Carusi's Assembly Rooms. Ball to Mr. Roux de Rochelle. 8vo broadside 7 7/8 x 5". N. p. n.d. Washington DC: March 15 1831. An invitation for a "Miss Bell" to attend a ball "in honor of His Excellency M. Roux de Rochelle late Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in the United States from the King of the French" upon his recall to France. "When the foreign representative was recalled by his government the town meeting was convened at which the Mayor presided. A committee was formed to arrange to speechify and banquet him.At the ball the 15th the supper table was elegantly and abundantly supplied by Joseph Letourno the celebrated restaurateur for Letourno see David P. Shields The Culinarians: Lives and Careers from the First Age of American Fine Dining 2017 pp. 77-80; and General Van Ness directed the flow of eloquences."-Records of the Columbia Historical Society Washington D. C. 1919 edited by John B. Larner vol. 22 pp. 163-164. The influence of Gaetani Carusi was not only because of his ownership of the Assembly Rooms for more than four decades but also because of his skill as a musician having been a former U. S. Marine Band member about which see Jordan E. Kinsey A Forgotten Legacy: The Impact of Gaetano Carusi and his Band of Italian Musicians on the American Concert Band 2017. Carusi was an Italian immigrant who left an indelible mark on the development of the American concert band. Carusi's Assembly Rooms functioned as a popular entertainment venue and music hall in early Washington. Carusi's hosted several inaugural balls from the administrations of President John Quincy Adams to President James Buchanan including William Henry Harrison. With a list of the names of the twenty-four managers headed by Van Ness 1769-1846 U. S Representative and Mayor of Washington DC. 1830-1834. An account of the ball was published as "The Complimentary Ball to M. Roux de Rochelle" in the Duff Green's United States Telegraph March 17 1831. Roux de Rochelle was the author of a popular history of the United States États-Unis d'Amérique Paris: 1838.
1994ref. 2080302106806866Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly 1994. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B5 size 2224 pages Number of books: 1 Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly paperback
2013ref. 023620Ankara: TBMM Basin ve Halkla Iliskiler Müdürlügü Yayinlari 2013. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original bdg. HC. Large roy. 8vo. 25 x 17 cm. In Turkish. 10 volumes set: 8514 p. many documents. TBMM hükümetler programlari ve genel kurul görüsmeleri. 10 volumes set. Edited by Irfan Neziroglu Tuncer Yilmaz. Turkish Grand National Assembly Parliamentary Government Programs and General Assembly Meetings. A very heavy and oversize set. HISTORY OF TURKEY International relations Foreign affairs Republican Turkey Turkish Republic TBMM - TGNA Diplomacy Politics Political Politic history. TBMM Basin ve Halkla Iliskiler Müdürlügü Yayinlari hardcover
1787ref. YRG-399In-4, sur vergé filigrané, dans sa couverture d'attente de l'époque, 123 pages, bandeaux. Gravure sur bois signée Gritner (actif dans la seconde moitié du 18e siècle Benizit). Chez AIME DE LA ROCHE. Lyon.
1844ref. 1352931Providence: Knowles and Vose 1844. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; viii 594 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full brown calf with red leather label to spine. Leather much scuffed with numerous small stains. Joints and hinges starting to crack. Minor chipping at head of spine. Annotations to front free-end page. Text block lightly age-toned and foxed. A few scattered ink annotations. Includes "An Act to Secure and Appropriate the Touro Jewish Synagogue Fund" at pp. 476-477. This act recognized the trust established by Abraham Touro to maintain the structure and grounds of what would become known as Touro Synagogue one of the oldest synagogues in the United States. 1352931. Special Collections - Downstairs. Knowles and Vose hardcover
1844ref. 1352931Providence: Knowles and Vose 1844. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; viii 594 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full brown calf with red leather label to spine. Leather much scuffed with numerous small stains. Joints and hinges starting to crack. Minor chipping at head of spine. Annotations to front free-end page. Text block lightly age-toned and foxed. A few scattered ink annotations. Includes "An Act to Secure and Appropriate the Touro Jewish Synagogue Fund" at pp. 476-477. This act recognized the trust established by Abraham Touro to maintain the structure and grounds of what would become known as Touro Synagogue one of the oldest synagogues in the United States. 1352931. Special Collections - Downstairs. Knowles and Vose hardcover books
ref. 115082[Sl, sd], 1789 - A Angers, Pavie, 1789, 2 volumes in-8 de 125x195 mm, 318,320 pages - 612 pages. Pleines reliures marbrées, dos à cinq nerfs portant titres et tomaisons dorées sur pièces de cuir bordeaux et vert, caissons ornés, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges, gardes de papier marbré à la coquille. Bon état général malgré les défauts de reliure à signaler (une coiffe manquante, début de fente sans gravité sur le mors supérieur du deuxième volume, des griffures et manques de cuir, coins émoussés), ex libris tamponné sur les pages de titre, erreurs de pagination sans manques, 8 feuillets insérés au deuxième volume ( "Projet de bienfaisance", "Avis du sieur Pavie"), intérieur frais.
ref. 052512Paris imprimerie nationale 1875 in 4 (30x23) 1 volume relié demi velin ivoire, pièce de titre de cuir noir, VIII et 674 pages. Ministère de l'intèrieur. Bon exemplaire
5 brochures reliées en un volume in-8, couverture de papier gris d'attente postérieure. 1 - Edition originale. Mirabeau répond aux critiques du comte de Guibert sur son grand ouvrage 'De La Monarchie prussienne" avant même que celui-ci ne soit sorti, "sur la foi périlleuse d'un prospectus": Fréderic II, la tactique et le système militaire prussien. (Martin & Walter, 24446). 2 - Véritable édition originale de premier tirage selon Lumet ('Oeuvres de Mirabeau, Les Écrits', p. 417). "C'est le philosophe moraliste qui apparaît ici. Persuadé que l'agiotage (spéculation), qu'il lie au monopole, est une calamité, Mirabeau en trace un historique, insiste sur ses "résultats sinistres et apporte, en quelque sorte, une théorie de l'agiotage " (INED, n° 3185). 3- Edition originale de ce pamphlet dans lequel Mirabeau critiquait les Parlements alors que le roi et ses ministres étaient en conflit ouvert avec les magistrats. La publication de ce texte, sans nom d'auteur, entama la popularité de Mirabeau. "L'ouvrage apparaissait comme un texte commandé par le pouvoir royal et rédigé par un homme qui attend, en retour, une place pour assurer son quotidien". (Martin & Walter, III, 24624. Barbier, 'Anonymes', IV, 301-302). 4- Edition à la date de l'originale. "Dès la mort du grand Frédéric (17 août 1786), Mirabeau s'offrant en mentor à son successeur, lui adresse [ce] mémoire (…), véritable plan de gouvernement. Le nouveau roi répondit à l'auteur le 20 août 1786. Ce n'est que plusieurs mois après, l'année suivante, que Mirabeau publia sa lettre pour répondre aux critiques" (Henry Aureille). (Martin & Walter, III, 24449). 5- Edition originale, rare, de cet essai composé par Samuel Romilly, traduit par Etienne Dumont et publié par Mirabeau. Bentham aurait aidé Romilly dans son travail. Selon Etienne Dumont dans ses "Souvenirs sur Mirabeau" (éd. 1832, p. 164 et s.): "Romilly avait fait un travail très intéressant (…). Ces 'règlemens' sont le fruit d’une expérience raisonnée, et plus on les examine, plus on les admire (…). Ce petit code indiquait la meilleure manière de poser les questions, de préparer les motions, de les débattre, de recueillir les suffrages, de nommer les comités (…); en un mot, toute la tactique d’une assemblée politique. J’avais traduit cet écrit au commencement des États-Généraux; Mirabeau le présenta et le déposa sur le bureau des communes, lorsqu’il était question de faire un règlement pour l’Assemblée nationale. "Nous ne sommes pas Anglais et nous n’avons pas besoin des Anglais": voilà la réponse qui lui fut faite. On ne donna pas la plus légère attention à cet écrit, qui fut imprimé ; on ne daigna pas s’informer de ce qui se passait dans un corps aussi célèbre que le Parlement britannique (...). Ils aimèrent mieux persister dans le mode de délibération le plus mauvais et le plus dangereux; la séance du 4 août en était la preuve". (Martin & Walter, II, 11905). Quelques petites déchirures sans perte. Quelques auréoles et brunissures, prononcées en fin de volume. Provenances: Stanislas Girardin (1762-1827), avec son ex-libris gravé et Édouard Laboulaye (1811-1883), avec sa signature ex-libris autographe sur le premier titre.
1946104 pages. Features: Nice one-page ad for Hilton Hotels features the Palmer House of Chicagp; Superb one-page color ad for Ford Trucks features green pickup in pleasant farm scene; Dow Chemical ad features illustration of kettle and steam inventor James Watt; (Labor) Strike Wave Threatens Essential U.S. Needs; Sam Rayburn - Texan; Joan Bennett's "Scarlet Street" is censored for 'tending to corrupt morals'; Photo of Jane Russell in low-cut blouse posing for painting; Fantastic color one-page Coke ad features crowded soda shop scene with boy singing into napkin holder microphone; Classic one-page color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes titled "More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette"; World Watches First Assembly of UNO; Photo of Mickey Rooney shaking hands with De Gaulle; Classic color ad for White Trucks features soda factory and happy end-user; Trial of Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma in Manila; Religious Emancipation is the Jap's by MacArthur's Grace; Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan, chief of UNRRA's activities in Germany, states that the movement of Jews from Poland into Germany looked like a "second Exodus... a well-organized, positive plan to get out of Europe" to Palestine, and that he had seen Jews arriving in Berlin "well-dressed, well-fed, rosy-cheeked and (with) plenty of money..They certainly do not look like persecuted people."; U.S. Need to keep peace pledges slows homeward trek of troops; A Safe American Must be founded on Strength; Nice Firestone Tire color centerfold features race car; Nice Old Thompson whiskey ad features piano keyboard; Photo of ex-POW Pvt. Cleo Brown and his bride in Milwaukee hotel; Photos of changing Navy fashions; Doukhobor article with stripping photo; Oil strike in Chile; Color photo ad for Chrysler features Andre Kostelanetz leading orchestra; Classy one-page color ad for the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation; Brief obituaries for William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw); Hector Charlesworth; William T. Dewart Jr., Slim Summerville; Germ Warfare Article with photo of Major Merck inspecting Camp (Fort) Dietrich laboratories - US was set for biological war more terrible than enemy knew; Rare Great Northern Railway ad features the opening of modern China (very prescient); SN 7618 for Malaria; photo of Lt. Col. Margaret Craighill; Great photo ad by the Cuban National Tobacco Commission features Edward G. Robinson lighting up; Article on Branch Rickey; Jockey Woolf, 1909-1946; Sensational one-page color ad for Grace Line features illustrations of their new fleet of twenty "Santa" ships; Rare one-page ad for Cuba Mail Line entitled "Ice Cubes for Cuba" shows happy family table; Curious ad for National Company's Radios features small illustration of 'slant-eyed' Chinaman above text "Gung Ho"; The Press, the Radio, and Mr. La Guardia; Color-photo ad for Canadian Club features mountain climbing on Mexico's Popocatepetl; and more. Average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1790ref. 30045[Paris] Imprimerie de Didot fils aîné s.d. [1790] in-8 dérelié
193572 pages. Profusely and exquisitely illustrated in black and white. Undated but probably circa 1935. Presumed first edition as no indication of reprinting present. Includes information about the Trix Permag Motor (4-8 Volt) and Dynamo. Projects include such marvelously authentic contraptions as a railway crane, motorcycle, aeroplane roundabout, racing car, locomotive and tender, tip lorry, mechanical navvy, H.M.S. Hood, and more. The Permag motor is used to power a number of these projects. Unmarked. Toning of paper and amount of wear are consistent with that of a respectully used vintage copy. Pagination begins at page 1. If this item was originally issued with covers they are no longer present. A great Trix collectible. Book
1981ref. 2083002115801175Ehime Prefecture Assembly 1981. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Ehime Prefecture Assembly paperback
ref. 294896Richmond: Thomas Ritchie. 8vo.; in half-calf over marbled boards; spine has perished and binding held together with old library tape; the Acts of Assembly are from 1824; 1825; 1826; 1827; 1828; Part II of 1829; the Acts of 1824 are lacking the Index to Part II. With the signature of Peter Poythress Batte of Peterburg; contains much on Rivers; Turnpikes; the James River Company.~~Not pretty to look at but contains a wealth of information about the laws of the Commonwealth in the early days of the Republic. Thomas Ritchie unknown
ref. 294896Richmond: Thomas Ritchie. 8vo.; in half-calf over marbled boards; spine has perished and binding held together with old library tape; the Acts of Assembly are from 1824; 1825; 1826; 1827; 1828; Part II of 1829; the Acts of 1824 are lacking the Index to Part II. With the signature of Peter Poythress Batte of Peterburg; contains much on Rivers; Turnpikes; the James River Company.~~Not pretty to look at but contains a wealth of information about the laws of the Commonwealth in the early days of the Republic. Thomas Ritchie unknown books
1818ref. 1201004.03various printers Harrisburg 1818-46. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo hardcover. No dj. Fair to Vg condition. Two volumes 1818 and 1843 without covers. Remaining 9 volumes rebound in black cloth gilt titles "Dept. of Internal Affairs" in gilt at heels of spines. No marking or writing to contents; all bindings secure. Years covered: 1818; 1823-1829; 1832-1840; 1843 and 1846. various printers, Harrisburg hardcover
ref. 9620avec l’explication des trois cents soixante douze noms imposés aux mois et aux jours. Ouvrage dont la lecture journalière peut donner aux jeunes citoyens et rappeler aux hommes faits les connoissances les plus nécessaires à la vie commune, et les plus applicables à l’économie domestique et rurale, aux arts et au bonheur de l’humanité. On y joint le rapport et l’instruction du comité d’instruction publique, dans laquelle se trouve la nouvelle division décimale des jours et des heures. In 12 demi-cuir fauve raciné, pièce de titre cuir vert, roulette dorée. Faux-titre, frontispice, en fac-similé, titre, LIX, annuaire ou calendrier pour la seconde année de la République Française, 3 pages , un tableau dépliant- concordance . 360 pages, A Paris chez François DROUHIN, An II de la République.Edition originale. Rare
1788ref. (LCPCECO-0003)(Les finances de la France à la veille de la Révolution, dans un exceptionnel exemplaire à toutes marges, non rogné et non coupé, tel que paru à l'époque) PAPON Jean-Pierre. "HISTOIRE DU GOUVERNEMENT FRANCOIS, DEPUIS L'ASSEMBLEE DES NOTABLES, TENUE LE 22 FEVRIER 1787, JUSQU'A LA FIN DE DECEMBRE DE LA MEME ANNEE". 1788, Londres. 1 volume in-8° (213x135 mm) (dimensions pp. 213x135 mm) XIV pp. (faux-titre, titre et préface), (1) f. (errata), 294 pp., (1) f. b. (a8, A-S8, T4) Couverture d'attente de papier bleu-gris de l'époque. Edition Originale, rare. Petits manques de papier au dos. Superbe exemplaire à toutes marges, non rogné et à feuillets non coupés, tel que paru dans sa couverture d'attente d'origine. Important texte sur l'état des finances de la France à la veille de la Révolution, sur les mesures proposées par Calonne et avec la querelle de celui-ci et de Necker, son prédécesseur au ministère. "Le renvoi de M. de Calonne fut généralement applaudi, & parut indispensable pour rétablir le crédit. Mais le Gouvernement n'aurait-il pas ramené la confiance d'une manière plus sûre peut-être, si après avoir résisté jusqu'alors aux efforts de l'intrigue & de l'opinion, il avait soutenu le Ministre...". "... lui avoient inspiré le courage de former un système, par lequel les bénéfices de la Ferme générale & du fisc étaient supprimés au profit du commerce & de l'industrie, & les biens de la Noblesse & du Clergé dépouillés de leur exemptions, pour supporter, comme les autres, les charges de l'Etat... Puisqu'il avait eu le courage de le proposer il est à présumer qu'il aurait eu celui de le mettre à exécution. Les Parlemens étonnés de la résolution du Gouvernement, après quelques clameurs impuissantes auraient fini par céder, pour ne pas faire accroire au Peuple, qu'ils combattaient que pour leurs exemptions & leurs privilèges. Le Gouvernement se fit donc un tort irréparable en montrant de la faiblesse, & en cédant à l'opinion qu'il aurait dû braver, parce que c'est la fortifier que de la craindre". (Cioranescu, 48994 ; Manque à Kress et à Goldsmith's) (LCPCECO-0003) (380,00 €)
1836ref. 9235Annapolis MD: William M'Neir 1836. Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. 77 3 pp. First edition. In contemporary plain wrappers. Wrappers are detached and chipped; contents are generally foxed; small and early institutional stamp in the bottom margin of one page deep in the pamphlet; minor crease throughout the pamphlet from a vertical fold; dog-eared pages. Quite a presentable copy of a scarce publication on the Baltimore Bank Riots of 1835 which grew out of the failure of the Bank of Maryland. There was a belief that its impending bankruptcy was anticipated by its officers leading to civil unrest. The issues at trial were whether Baltimore officials had reacted appropriately and adequately when unrest began and rioting actually broke out. This pamphlet gives numerous depositions as to events in the city during this extended period of civil violence. American Imprints identifies another issue of this with slight differences to the title page that was issued the same year. Despite there being two issues it remains remarkably rare in commerce. Henkels offered it in 1915; beyond this there are no other auctions or offerings noted by the usual sources. OCLC locates barely a dozen copies of both issues together. American Imprints 38812. William M'Neir unknown
ref. 148269Tours, Auguste Vauquer, 1787 in-4 carré, 164 pp., cartonnage Bradel crème, tranches mouchetées (reliure du XIXe). Mouillure supra-angulaire en début et fin d'ouvrage, mais bon exemplaire.
1788ref. 391221788 In-8 (193 x 120 mm), plein veau porphyre de l'époque, dos à 5 nerfs guillochés, orné de compartiments fleuronnés et garni d'un fer à l'urne répété, tranches mouchetées bleues, iv, [-5], 159 pages. En France, 1789.