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32 pages. Features: Cover photo of William's Island in the Tennessee River; The Destiny of the Democratic Party Hinges Largely Upon the Two-Thirds Rule; Pay-As-You-Go in Building Good Roads - Tennessee Constructs its Highways with Funds from Current Revenues - nice photo-illustrated article; The Rise of Mustapha Kemal Pasha; Letter to the Folks - a letter franked by Abraham Lincoln in 1934; What's Wrong with the Press? - an newspaperman answers this perennial question (part 1); The Changing Fashions of Being Presented at Court; Henry Ford's Page - how to maintain a logical prosperit; Editorials - Mr. Mellon and the Tarriff Manifesto, the McFadden Banking Bill, The Education of Mr. Vare; Forces That Are Reshaping Mexico - a study of those who ruled the country before the revolution and those who are ruling it now; The Little Trades of Paris Streets - the soul of an ancient city; The Lights of Other Days - Candles and Candlesticks - photo-illustrated article; Now Just Who IS Queer - The Chinese or Ourselves?; A Forest Tragedy - waste leaves the lumbering towns of Tioga County, PA Destitute; I Read in the Papers - In memory of Billy the Kid, Petroleum in Ancient Times, Franklin Expedition Relics Found; Nice photos inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Wee, Timorous Beasties at Home - in the realms of fur and feather tiney creatures show their skill in nest building; Delaware Uses the Whipping Post - Are lashes on the bare back effective as crime prevention?; New Phases of Changing China - photo-illustrated article on how sedan chairs and moth-eaten donkeys are giving way to modern things; Have We an Educated Ministry? - only a minority of present-day incombents are from reputable colleges; Housecleaning in the Treasury - in 4 years there were 300 cases in which attorneys and agents practising before the Treasury Department were respondents in Suspension or Disbarment Proceedings; Parentage of Attic Strads - fake Stradivarius violins; Mr. Henry Ford's Page - 'of all parasites, the human species is the least tolerable'; Editorials - are we advising our students to be jellyfish?, Babies as Armament, Michigan judge thinks more speed with increase road safety, the American Psychiatric Association and paid vs. impartial opinion, Goodl Old Songs (and who profits from them), and American tourists need to learn flag etiquette; Under the White Tops with 'Gil' - in this first instalment, veteran showman Gil Robinson takes you into a world where clowns, camels and wild beasts are the actors; He Takes Tin Tacks From Tiny Throats - Dr. Dhevalier Jackson of Philadelphia has saved thousands of children; Patting the Lion's Mane - American woman says English men of letters are more interesting than American; How U.S. Treats its Diplomats - present conditions prohibit any man from attaining the rank of United States Ambassador unless he can supply great wealth to maintain the social obligations of the post - article with embassies; Chats with Office Callers; Tragedy of the Franklin Expedition - the realized the old dream of a Northwest Passage; I Read in the Papers; Dying Africa Makes Her Appeal - our supply of Africa's rich products will be lost if we do not eradicate her deadly diseases; A Dance a Week - Some More Terms; San Francisco Says "Shoot to Kill" - Notable decrease in serious crime results; Nice circus photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Sm. 8vo., Third Edition, with engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, some light age-staining as usual; handomely bound in full blue crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, backstrip ruled and lettered in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a crisp copy of a scarce edition. SCARCE.
pp. iv, 150. Bottom edges mildly damp stained. 16mo. Original full purple cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold. Beveled edges. Very slight loss at head of spine. Hardbound. BAL 12157. POETRY2 BOX 1
281 pages. Index. "... Professor Quigley has shaken the historical kaleidoscope into new patterns and provided us with fresh reasoning as to how and why whole civilizations rise and fall." - from dust jacket (not included). Author also wrote the classic "Tragedy and Hope" and served as mentor to Bill Clinton during his stay at Georgetown. Light external wear. The only external marking is a library stamp to bottom edge of text. Contents fresh and unmarked but for library stamp to title page and inside back board. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
281 pages. Index. Signed and inscribed by Quigley to fellow Georgetown Professor John Lydgate upon front endpaper. "... Professor Quigley has shaken the historical kaleidoscope into new patterns and provided us with fresh reasoning as to how and why whole civilizations rise and fall." - from dust jacket. Author later authored the classic "Tragedy and Hope" and served as mentor to Bill Clinton during his stay at Georgetown. Some fading to boards. Moderate quantity of annotations to contents. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart protective sleeve. Includes copy of a page from a Georgetown periodical which mentions both Quigley and Lydgate. Will make an excellent addition to any Quigley collection. Book
"The plays of Aeschylus,Euripides and Sophocles in their original setting." A survey of Athenian dramatic festivals, theatres, acting and the plays performed. 143p. illus. plates, bibligraphy .index Book
Paperback Very good condition
Pages 829-860. Features: Photo of Ernest Bevin appealing to radio listeners to financially support the war effort; Nice one page photo-portrait of the President of Turkey, General Ismet Inonu, with Dr. Refik Saydem and Kemal Gadeletch; Seven photos of the Britsh forces in Egypt opposing the Italians; Five photos of India's troops and equipment in Egypt; Two-page illustration of dozens of German planes airborne beneath the caption "The Enormous Number of Planes Needed to Land Even a Thousand Men in Britain By Air"; Photo-illustrated article on trees and their strange roots; Four action photos of R.A.F. bombing of German convoys in the Dunkirk area; The War with Nazi Germany - The French Tragedy (article with two maps showing stricken France and the widened sphere of the war since it was joined by Italy; Two-photos of French refugee carts and horses destroyed by the Nazis; Eight photos of American Lockheed "Hudson" planes of the R.A.F. over Heligoland; Four magnificent aeroal photos of Paris, spared by its capitulation; Chronology - from Sedan to the Debacle; Two sketches of Paris, now in the shadow of the swastika; Photos of thirteen personalities of the week include Lord Cromwell (reported missing), Italian Ambassador, Signor Bastianini, and family departing London, Mr. E. Stanley Hall, Viscount Fincastle (KIA), and Lieut.-Gen. Sir Clive Liddell; Six photos include the heroic Calais Garrison, British cruiser 'Calypso' which was lost, Polish submarine "Orzel", and more; Photo of Lockheed bomber being horse-drawn into Canada to conform with neutrality regulations; Photo of the King decorating Lieut.-Col. A. Cazenove, Coldstream Guards; photo of L.D.V. (Local Defence Volunteers) march in London; Several illustrations of the principal weapon inair-fighting - aircraft machine guns; Nice two-page spread of 11 photos illustrated the great drive to give teh empire swarms of iron cavalry - armoured fighting vehicles built at speed in Britain and Australia; Nice colour back cover ad for North British Golf Balls shows British fighters in flight; Many more nice vintage ads. Average wear. Minor nibble from top of coverfold. A quality copy of this dramatic wartime issue. Book
Features/Photos: Passing of Sir Bruce Ingram; Fire at Kensington Palace; The tragedy of Katanga; Seyl Aqlat - a pre-pottery neolithic village near Petra; Sudanese cotton from picking to pressing for transport; Mr. W. Averell Harriman; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: Royalty at Entebbe Airport, Uganda; Commander Walter Schirra; Yemen - after the army seized power and dethroned the ruler; Tragedy of Mississippi University - James Meredith; The first Etruscan town to be excavated - Marzabotto; The Great London Livery Companies - VI - Merchant Taylor's Hall; What happens when an airliner is ditched; Annual Labour Party Conference; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: Watch-dogs of East and West Berlin; Tragedy and futility in a city where great powers meet - Berlin; Air-view of the U.S.S. Saratoga with her crew paraded; The temple of Inanna at Nippur, the ancient holy city of Sumer; Centrefold -colour reproduction of 1835 painting showing one of the last great 120 gun three decker sailing vessels arriving at Portsmouth; Mayo College, India; German tanks in Wales - the 84th Panzer Battalion on arrival; Colour television in Great Britain diagrammatically explained; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: Rescue in Congo's week of tragedy - hostages saved as paratroopers drop in Stanleyville - horrific pictures; Ivories and Linear-B from Thebes; Building the Asian Highway; The Cruachan dam under construction in Argyll; Mariner 4 on trip to Mars; Sterling on the brink; Rare stamps make high prices; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Front cover photo of London's great "Wings for Victory" Week - 100,000 people in Trafalgar Square; 12 related photos on the following two pages; Wonderful full-page photo of flying fortresses - prominent in the sensational Bismarck Sea battle; The Battle of the Bismarck Sea - article by Cyril Falls; Axis Forces Take a Pounding in the Retreat from Kasserine - Six photos; Indians gathered around a downed Japanese plane; Sketch of Germany's latest air transport - the Me. 323 six-engined "Powered Glider"; Large separate photos of submarine chasers the H.M.S. "Abelia" and the H.M.S. "Rother"; Hour-by-Hour the Bombs Rain Down on Emeny Targets in Europe - seven aerial photos; London Air Raid Shelter Tragedy - three photos of the shelter where 178 people died; Funeral of the Late Captain E.A. Fitzroy; The New Speaker of the House of Commons and his wife, Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown; Before and after photos of factory of the Societe des Produits Chimiques, at Tessenderloo, in Belgium - apparently when the factory was bombed there were 1,200 caualties and 4,000 left homeless; Squadron Leader H.R.K. Wells; Photos of new German anti-personnel bomb; Footbal cup final in Tripoli; Centerfold illustrations of doctors and dentists at work in the desert Army's Front Lines; Photos of London's "Wings for Victory" truimphal march through the city; Subhas Chandra speaking in Berlin; Captain S.H.A. Haggard; Alvar Liddell joins the R.A.F.; Haj Amin Al-Husseini, the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem; Photos of some of the international pilots of the Air Transport Auxilliary; Photos from two recent war films, the Russian "One Day of War" and the British "Desert Victory"; Fascinating photos of a training school for submarine crews; Glimpses of Nazi Germany - article by Charles E. Byles; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
185 pages including notes, bibliography, index and black and white illustrations. The perilous 600-mile flight of the eight helicopters to Desert One, the secret rendezvous in the Iranian desert, is retraced, along with the disastrous events that followed, which stamped the endeavor with tragedy. Until all records are declassified, this book will stand as the most useful source available on the subject. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Attractive maroon cloth boards. Moderate wear to dust jacket with closed one inch tear to bottom edge of front panel. Book
Lowen,1913. In 8°pp.XI+103n. bross.orig. dorso rifatto intonso.
Former owner's name on inner cover. Former owner has written the year of birth of the author on title page else Fine. ; This book is an attempt to understand in what senses the tragic odes are lyrical and in what ways their lyricism contributes to tragic drama as a whole. ; 241 pages
DJ has minor edgewear and rubbing. ; This book is an attempt to understand in what senses the tragic odes are lyrical and in what ways their lyricism contributes to tragic drama as a whole. ; 241 pages
17p. Printed in red and black and decorated with small swastika symbols. Designed by Anne Edwards. Set in Garamond type by J. M. Bundscho, Inc. Printed on Strathmore's Wayside Test paper from J. W. Butler Paper Company by J. M. Bundscho, Inc. Square 12mo. Original full brown leather binding with a raised hand gold stamped on front cover. Bound by Author Hertzberg & Craftsmen, Inc. Limited Edition. Number 289 of only 300 copies. Very handsome copy of three editorials condemning German aggression. This is the Bundscho file copy. PRESS/W33. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear to cover. 168 pages.
144 pages. Index. Skousen does us all a favor by boiling down Quigley's massive tome "Tragedy and Hope" to a much more digestible size. "Dr. Quigley of Harvard, Princeton and Georgetown Universities states that he has been associated with many of the dynastic families of the super-rich. He therefore writes as an authority on the world's secret power structure." - Introduction. Average wear. Price sticker remnant atop front cover. Company sticker inside front cover. Includes reproductions of black and white photos of many key global players Prior owner's name atop title page. Binding intact. A sound copy of this classic conspiracy title. [Weems p.69] Book
Features: Cover photo of Prime Minister Wilson; The way it was at the Battle of the Bulge, by Louis Simpson; Hubert Humphrey's Brand on the Vice-Presidency; Congo's Tragedy; Harold Wilson under attack for his 15% import tax and his hard line against white supremacists; Playing the numbers in New York; The College Intellectual - 1965 Model; 5,000 Vietnamese Students - study in Paris; Contact Lenses; Conductor Leopold Stokowski; Edward Whymper and six companions struggled to the top of the Matterhorn in 1865, and then....; Scenes from 'Carol for Another Christmas'. Crossword completed in pencil else unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
Sophocles Oedipus trilogy : Oedipus Rex (trans Dudley Fitts & Robert Fitzgerald) Oedipus at Colonus (trans.Robert Fitzgerald) Antigone (trans Dudley Fitts & Robert Firzgerald) Book
Translation by Paul Roche of Sophocles Oedipus trilogy Contains : Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone.224p. Book
The Oresteia trilogy: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers,The Furies. Translated from the Greek by E.D.A. Morshead. Introduction by Rex Warner. Large format printed in large easy to read type with dramatic illustrations by Michael Ayrton. xvii, 170p.Brochure of the Heritage Club laid in. Clean crisp text, pictorial boards, just a little sign of fading on red cloth spine, the rest protected by the original box sleeve. A nice gift volume NOTE : Heavy [1.4 lkg] Oversized volume [35x25x3cm] Book
