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1748ref. 372009Printed for T. Osborne in Gray's Inn; A. Miller in the Strand; and J. Osborn in Paternoster Row London 1748. Unframed Print. Very Good Condition. 1 folding plate. The Quraysh traced their lineage back to Ismail the son of Prophet Ibrahim who established his presence in the Makkah valley approximately 2000 BCE. By the 6th century the Quraysh had emerged as a prominent tribe recognized for their established legal practices and commercial traditions. Size: 19 x 29 cms. Category: Universal History; PRINTS : Antiquarian Interest; Printed before 1800; Special Interest. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's Inn; A. Miller, in the Strand; and J. Osborn, in Paternoster Row unknown
2013ref. 50732Traumton, 2013. 4581 CD Digipack
195824 pages. Features: Lovely colour cover photo of Canada's Lucile Wheeler who set a World Ski record; Photos of National Research Council (NRC) testing at controlled burning of structures in the path of the St. Lawrence seaway; Yvon Durelle - New Brunswick's Fighting Fisherman - article with ten photos; Nice one-page color ad for Campbell's soup features "Budge Beaters" called the Souper Casserole and Souper Scramble; Nice one-page colour-photo ad by the Tea Council of Canada shows young curlers wearing their tams; 15 photos of world news, including 103-year-old ex-slave Satisfied Donethegotaway in Texas; Great weekly pin-up is a one-page colour photo of Ricky Nelson in red jacket holding guitar; Two pages of members of the Ozzie and Harriet Nelson family; Fantastic colour centerfold for Savage Shoes for children; Photos of Montreal's Art Colony, including sculptor Armand Vaillancourt, painter Camille Leduc, ceramicist Guy Ouvrard, enamel specialist Michele Droin and silk screen printer Jean Pierre Baudin; One-page colour-photo ad for Canada Packers 'Domestic' brand shortening features photo insert of 'Canada's Best Cook' Mrs. Marjorie Barton; Article and four photos on Lucile Wheeler, the first Canadian to ever bring home a world ski title; Back page features nice colour photos and brief bios of Toronto Maple Leaf players George Armstrong and Brian Cullen; Photos inside back cover include Darlene Smith of Toronto, "Miss Canadian Trapshooting', Champion baton twirler Barbara Feist of Hamilton, Winnipeg hunter Ken Hawkins; Canada's first Indian Senator James Gladstone and his wife of Alberta's Blackfoot tribe; Back cover features nostalgic colour ad for Johnson Sea Horse outboard motors and shows family on the water; Fantastic one-page colour ad for GWG work clothing features engineer holding on to train. Somewhat above-average external wear. Moderate soiling. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this particularly pleasing vintage issue. Book
195824 pages. Features: Dramatic one-page colour photo of America's Sputnik blowing up on launch pad at Cape Canaveral; Nice one-page colour-photo Campbell's Vegetable Soup ad; Wonderful four-page feature on the Community Farm of the Brethren at Bright, Ontario includes fourteen photos; Photos (one in colour) of "Bran", the Irish wolfhound and regimental mascot of the Irish Regiment of Canada; Photo and brief write-ups of Sylvia Murphy, Joan Fairfax and Joyce Hahn; Behind the Scenes at the CBC - costume-making for CBC productions - includes nice colour photo of Bill Yule and June Sampson - please note that 1/3 of the second page of this article has been removed and is not included; Wow! One-page colour team photo of the Stanley Cup Champion 1957-8 Montreal Canadiens, featuring captain Maurice (Rocket) Richard; Four amazing photos of the Xavantes tribe of Brazil - taken as part of Rolf Blomberg's trip; Photo of Canada's top horseshoe pitching team, W. Faint, G. Miles, E. Crawford and L. Cruise; Wow! - one-page colour pin-up photo of Frank Sinatra!; The MacKay family of Toronto's Forest Hills Village bands birds - ten photos with write-up - son Barry MacKay went on to become a well-known naturalist and artist; Back cover 1958 calendar features large charming colour photo of baby girl in pink bonnet Average wear. Unmarked. Centerpage and covers holding by one staple. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue.. Book
195824 pages. Features: . Toronto's Great Battle of the Subway - write-up about the proposed north-south spur on University Ave., with twelve photos including Fred Gardiner and Allan A. Lamport; One-page colour-photo ad for Campbell's Chicken Gumbo soup; Page of five photos of hat designs by Toronto's Rosaleen Reid; One-page ad for Singer's $125,000 Sewing Contest, featuring photo of the 1957 winners including Mrs. C. Bishop, Mrs. M. Rasmussen and Mrs. H. Chooljian; Photo of U.S. gymnast Muriel Davis; Wedding photo of Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay; Photo of Robert Wagner carrying Natalie Wood from New York train; Colour-photo ad for Robin Hood "Deep Pudding" mixes; Feature article on Cowichan sweaters made by the Cowichan tribe near Duncan on Vancouver Island - article with seven photos, two in colour; Colour photos from B.C. as she enters her hundredth anniversary year; Mrs. Al Balding follows the sun with Canada's great golf shot-maker - article with eight photos; Nice colour ad for Sifto Salt features bear cub and bird; Wow!, large colour photos of Jacques Plante and Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens; Hard Luck Town Springhill, Nova Scotia Fights Back from devastating mine blast - text with eight photos; Photo of Mrs. Pansy Mae Stuttard, 84, of White Rock, B.C. and her pistol; Fantastic one-page colour-photo pin-up photo of Jimmy Dean and Jan Crockett; Two photos of Jimmy Dean and his young family; Nice back page colour ad for Crown Brand Corn Syrup on pancakes. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue.. Magazine
ref. 21253United Kingdom Foreign Office Whitehall London. Circa 1953. The Mau Mau uprising began in 1952 and the atrocities committed by the rebels were matched by those of the British whose Attorney General in Kenya Eric Griffith-Jones wrote to Governor Baring in 1957 that the colony's detention camps for Mau Mau suspects were 'distressingly reminiscent of conditions in Nazi Germany or Communist Russia'. He advised that suspects be beaten mainly on their upper bodies and that those administering violence should 'remain collected balanced and dispassionate' also commenting: 'If we are going to sin we must sin quietly.' Among the victims of British brutality was Hussein Onyango Obama grandfather of President Barack Obama. From a batch of Foreign Office documents including material from the Information Research Department for whose activities financed from the budget of the Special Intelligence Service otherwise MI6 see The Times 17 August 1995; and also Michael Cullis's obituary of Sir John Peck in the Independent 20 January 1995. Duplicated typescript. Headed: 'a The political and economic effect of MAU MAU in KENYA.' 8pp foolscap 8vo. Paginated 'a 1' to 'a 7' including interpolated passage on 'a 2A'. Complete with catchwords to all but the last page. Divided into five sections headed: 'What is Mau Mau' 'Action against Mau Mau terrorism' 'Sir Philip Mitchell's dispatch on East African economic problems' with subsections on 'Population Problems' 'Labour problems and Wages' 'Social Welfare' 'Royal Commission for East Africa' 'Development plans for Kenya'. The first section begins: 'Before considering in detail what the secret society called Mau Mau is and what are its aims; it will be as well to examine traditional background of the tribe of Africans involved – the Kikuyu.' The section includes an 'account of the barbaric rites practised at Mau Mau initiation ceremonies' from 'the Nairobi Correspondent of The Times' 9 October 1952. The section on 'Mau Mau terrorism' begins with a description of the police response to 'the murder of Chief Waruhiu' and discusses the activities of Jomo Kenyatta. The points of Sir Evelyn Baring's 'programme for the economic and social development of Kenya' 28 October 1952 are enumerated in the last section followed by a description of Governor Baring's'defence plans'. No other copy traced. [United Kingdom Foreign Office, Whitehall, London. Circa 1953.] unknown
1990A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full dark blue cloth boards. Previous owner's name has been whited out on front endpaper. Edge wear to dust jacket. 350 pages.
ref. 4319La Colombe, 1955. In-8° broché de 238 pages. Etat d'usage.
