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ref. 6797184University of California Press . Papeback. New. pp. 311 University of California Press unknown
1784ref. 89299Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1640-1792 1784. Fine. Privateering and naval warfare at the close of the 18th century Imprimerie Royale 1640-1792 Paris 1784 19.4 x 25.8 cm 2 volumes reliés Rare first edition cf. Polak 1808; Quérard II 133. Not in Crowne Library. Absent from Brunet. Contemporary full marbled calf spines with five raised bands framed by gilt fillets and decorated with gilt double compartments and ornamental tools red morocco lettering-pieces marbled endpapers gilt edge-rolls and red edges. Some early restoration to the joints; gilding at the spine ends and on the numbering-piece of the second volume partly faded. Occasional foxing; final leaves and endpapers of both volumes lightly toned in the margins. At a time when American privateers were being fitted out in French ports and their captures were raising unprecedented questions of law Daniel-Marc-Antoine Chardon occupied a position of particular importance. As attorney general to the Royal Prize Council he was the magistrate called upon to argue cases in which maritime warfare the interests of the French Crown and those of the young American nation converged. First edition of the Code des prises the extensive collection of maritime legislation compiled by Chardon and printed by order of the King. Two substantial quarto volumes 19.4 x 25.8 cm. Volume I: 2 unnumbered leaves xxxv xxvii and 610 pages 1 unnumbered leaf; volume II: 1 unnumbered leaf pp. 611-1230 and xlii pages. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the Paris edition of 1784 with the same overall collation. The work brings together almost four centuries of edicts declarations letters patent judgments ordinances regulations and decisions concerning privateering and the administration of maritime prizes from 1400 to 1784. The great Marine Ordinance of August 1681 naturally occupies a central place accompanied by the legislation that preceded it defined its application or adapted its principles to the successive conflicts fought by France. In the closing sections this long legislative history meets the immediate realities of the American War of Independence. Chardon includes articles from the Treaty of Amity and Commerce concluded between Louis XVI and the United States on 6 February 1778 together with decisions concerning captures made by American privateers fitted out in French ports. The book therefore does more than preserve earlier jurisprudence: it records how French maritime law accommodated a new power allied to the Crown but still foreign to its legal institutions. Chardon's authority rested upon experience acquired in the colonies the courts and the ports. Intendant and first president of the Superior Council of Saint Lucia from 1763 to 1764 he became a maître des requêtes in 1765 then intendant of the troops in Corsica and first president of the Superior Council at Bastia. By an order of 23 November 1777 he was appointed to perform the duties of attorney general to the Royal Prize Council. During the American war he was sent to the principal Atlantic ports to accelerate the settlement of prizes and adjudicate the disputes arising from them. It was in this capacity that he entered into direct correspondence with Benjamin Franklin then minister plenipotentiary of the United States in Paris. On 19 March 1779 after reading Chardon's submissions in the case of Captain McNeill Franklin addressed him in terms of unusual warmth. Having praised the magistrate's learning and skill he declared that the American nation would know ""that it is treated there as a brother and defended by you as a friend."" The phrase reveals the political significance of the collection. Prize law was no abstract discipline: it determined the fate of vessels cargoes and crews but also the confidence binding allied powers. The decisions assembled by Chardon trace the delicate adjustment between the French monarchy and the United States and between the established maritime law of the kingdom and the deman Imprimerie Royale (1640-1792) hardcover
1865ref. 83080Versailles: Imprimerie de E. Aubert 1865. Fine. Imprimerie de E. Aubert Versailles 1865 13.50 x 22 cm broché First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Mémoires de la Société des Sciences morales des Lettres et des Arts de Seine-et-Oise. Rare pamphlet presented under plain blue temporary covers with boards marginally and lightly soiled handsome interior condition. Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardon to his brother-in-law named Georges. Imprimerie de E. Aubert hardcover
1932ref. 80026Paris: La cité des livres 1932. Fine. La cité des livres Paris 1932-1934 18 x 28 cm 5 volumes reliés First edition one of 1050 numbered copies on alfa paper. Half black shagreen bindings spines with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns speckled top edges. A photographic portrait of Charles Maurras mounted on a pastedown of the first volume. Minor rubbing to spines without significance. Handsome set uniformly bound. La cité des livres hardcover
1968ref. 76359Buenos Aires: Compana General Fabril editora 1968. Fine. Compana General Fabril editora Buenos Aires 1968 20 x 28.50 cm broché Second illustrated edition. Spine with some rubbing. Illustrated with drawings by Horacio Cardo. Rare presentation copy erroneously dated 1949 and signed by Jorge Luis Borges to his muse Ema Risso Platero : « à Emita con afecto innumerable. » Ema Risso Platero a Uruguayan diplomat was also a painter poet and writer notably the author of Arquitecturas del insomnio with a preface by Borges and a friend of Michel Foucault. In his book Emma karma de Borges the Uruguayan writer Fernando Loustaunau discusses the relationship between Borges and Emita and their final meeting in 1979 in Paris when the Argentine writer was in the city to receive the Gold Medal of the Académie Française. It was most likely on this occasion that Jorge Luis Borges presented this signed copy to his former muse mistakenly dating the inscription 1949 instead of 1979perhaps a nod to their shared past and enduring passions. Compana General Fabril editora unknown
ref. 1108483232.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 39248687-6Loyola Press. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Loyola Press unknown
1989ref. C51979Cambridge: Cardozo Kindersley Editions 1989. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardback Hardcover. Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 96. Original publisher's black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Signed presentation from the author in his attractive calligraphic hand-writing on the title page to the politician Norman St. John-Stevas and his partner Adrian Stanford ""To Norman and Adrian with much love from Lida Lopes Cardozo and David Kindersley."" Including 'Handwriting Sheets' by Patrick Barry Sydney Carlyle Cockerell and Lida Lopes Cardozo. Published by Cardozo Kindersley Cambridge in 1989. Signed by David Kindersley Lida Lopes Cardozo on the title page. With good signed handwritten letter from Lida Lopes Cardozo loosely inserted on Cardozo Kindersley headed paper. ISBN: 0950194638 Fine in fine dust jacket. Cardozo Kindersley Editions, hardcover
1866ref. C105133Paris: E. Dentu 1866. Second Edition. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Second Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp xxiv 391. Bound in quarter red leather over red and black patterned papered boards lettered gilt at the spine with five raised bands. Five illustrations with printed explanatory tissue guards. Original publisher's printed wraps bound in. Signed presentation from the author on the first blank page ""A Monsieur Barbie souvenir de sympathie M. Ancelot 1869."" Slight rubbing at extremities otherwise very good indeed. E. Dentu, hardcover
ref. 6566973Sage Publications . Papeback. New. pp. 144 Sage Publications unknown
1905ref. 20875Adelaide: Modern Printing Company 1905. First Edition 4th Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Gloriously vindictive barbs from Adelaide 1905. Fourth Edition Modern Printing Company Adelaide 1905; 38 2 ads pages; illustrated paper wraps staplebound title page details on front advertisement on rear tidemarks strengthening repairs on edges and spine a very good copy. The Dedication reads: "To any readers who deserving mention were unintentionally omitted from "Arcadian Adelaide's" pages." In April 1905 a red booklet titled "Arcadian Adelaide" was hurled like a molotov cocktail into the good society of Adelaide. It ran to ten editions in a short span was pilloried by the insulted establishment including the published reply "A Scratch From An Adelaide 'Cat'" by Mrs F. Ellis & provoked this sequel - which ran to a fourth edition & all by the year's end! Modern Printing Company paperback
ref. A9781009123334Hardback. New. Joseph Ratzinger later Pope Benedict XVI fundamentally shaped Christian theology in the 20th and early 21st centuries. This book surveys the major themes and topics that Ratzinger explored and highlights aspects of the ideas that he developed in his engagement with a wide variety of intellectual and religious currents. hardcover
1998ref. AME_9780306458064Plenum 1998. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. _ Plenum hardcover
ref. 56816393-20Taylor & Francis Group. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Taylor & Francis Group unknown
2004ref. 100136053Cerf 2004. Très bon état bonne tenue intéreur propre bonne tenue. 14x4 6x19 4cm. 2004. Broché. Théologie Religion et société Christianity Theology Religious issues and debates Religion Cerf unknown
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ref. 43244Gebonden in half marokijn 12 400 pag. Geillustreerd met 14 gegraveerde platen. unknown
2006ref. DADAX082941505XLoyola Press 2006-08-01. First Edition. spiral_bound. New. 9.50x1.25x11.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Loyola Press unknown
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ref. 231054Atlas Press Melbourne c.1908. Quarto 60 pp 21 pp plates lacks title and one plate in half vellum lettered boards. Incl some ephemera re "Shamrock" - one of the competitors and incl. bookplate of Dr. Henry Shannon who helped crew "Shamrock" in the 30's - and includes a chronology of the vessel in his hand - 4 yachts competed in this "Rudder Cup" won by Thistle. Ellida had to return to Queenscliff but the other 2 Shamrock and Rambler completed the race. Henry Shannon owned The Shamrock in the 1930's cutting re this included. Excessively rare. Atlas Press, Melbourne, c.1908 hardcover
