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12 LP discs plus one booklet, 4to., with numerous photographs throughout; wire-stitched as issued, pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy, the whole housed in publisher's rounded-front slip-case with embossed label, a near fine set. Churchill Project (Cohen) lists this set as follows: Decca: Winston S. Churchill: His Memoirs and His Speeches [the discs are numbered WSC 1 to WSC 12, with a side number reference that runs from Side No. 1 to Side No. 24; each side also includes what appears to be a master Tape Reference running from ARL 6426 to ARL 6449]. Loosely inserted is an annotated copy of the printed illustrated prospectus for the similar set of eleven discs issued by EMI (ALP1435-1436; ALP1555-1563).
Very light creasing to upper corners of wraps. Else fine. ; Collection Latomus Volume 224; 583 pages
52 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration of sailors and photo booth; Nice colour ad for the 1958 De Soto with push-button transmission; Where we really stand with the U.S.A.; Exactly Who is CBC Personality James Bannerman?; Vancouver's Hastings Street - great colour-photo-illustrated article; Why I Don't Like Speeches; Maple Leaf Gardens - Conn Smythe's Wondrous Pleasure Dome; RCAF recruiting ad; Canadian Pacifid Airlines ad; Colour Coke ad on back cover features ice skating young people at Rockefeller Center; and more. Please note: missing page 9-10, page 25-28 (fiction by Harris), otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
186 pages. Laid inside front cover is a signed presentation letter from BMO's subsequent CEO, Matthew Barrett, on his letterhead dated 1990. "Deals with such questions as economic interdependence, economic policy, Third World debt, energy and resource sector policy, bank management and development, as well as personal responsibility and commitment in the business world." - from dust jacket. Black and white photographic plates. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy. Will surely serve as a valued gift to anyone associated with BMO. Book
In -4°, pp. 15 (1), compreso un bel ritratto calcografico della Santa con veduta di Roma.
Fine English Modern 1/4 perfect leather bound. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18 cm). In French. 1 b/w portrait of Ataturk, [iv], 677, [1] p. Rare French Edition of famous 'Speech' of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Discours du Ghazi Moustapha Kemal. President de la Republique Turque, Octobre 1927.
In -4°, 8 cc. Al frontespizio marca editoriale.
32 pages. Features: Noise the Destroyer - ; Lincoln's Friend at Court - the girl across the river; Are We Scrapping the Whole Navy? - article with statistics and photo of the U.S.S.'West Virginia' and photo of the U.S.S. 'Detroit' in drydock; Lincoln in Marble and Bronze - article with illustrations of the Brenner Medal, J.E. Roine Medal, and more; A Letter and a Reply - The Opening of the Civil War; Henry Ford's Page - the 'crush my rival' kind of competition is bound to come to grief; Editorials - Judge Landis protected from facing Ban Johnson, Civil War is On in China, the bonded indebtedness of the U.S.A., Chief Justice Taft suggests Grand Juries by abolished; Julia Taft Bayne Recalls Good Times in the White House; The Great Anneke Jans Delusion - most remarkable lawsuit in American History, as described by noted economic author Charles Albert Collman; Little Lost Speeches and Anecdotes of Lincoln; The New Salem of Abraham Lincoln -how he clerked in a store and whipped a bully; Chats with Office Callers; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - Aaron Sapiro and money losing Tri-State Tobacco Growers' Association prove there is no magic in agricultrual co-operatives, Auto Thief displaces Horse Thief in Middletown, NY; News Bits; Wonderful photos of the perils and problems of bridge building. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
In -4°, pp. 16. Mezzo marocchino e carta marmorizzata. Quest’orazione funebre, pubblicata dal rettore dell’Università di Firenze, potrebbe essere materiale didattico o di esame. La colonna di testo, insolitamente stretta e decentrata, lascia un ampio margine per le note. Provenienza Feltrinelli.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus; blue leatherette, upper boards framed, blocked and lettered in gilt, backstrips letterd in silver, a near fine set. Churchill's War Speeches were first published by Cassell in seven volumes between 1941 and 1946, followed by Charles Eade's definitive edition in three volumes in 1952. This later edition, published by Purnell in association with the original publisher, preserves Eade's text and retains the much-needed index. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE. Woods A136 (recording the 1952 edition).
In -4°, pp. (4), XVI. L’abate Ignazio Colletta, accademico dei trasformati di Noto, si rivolge alla nobiltà palermitana con questa lunga orazione in italiano per convincerli a sostenere l’istituzione di un collegio cittadino. Manca in Iccu. A long speech to the noble class of Palermo to substain the foundation of a college for feminine education.
In -4°, 32 cc.; rilegato con SANCTA CRUZ, Juan Rodrigo, Io. Roderici a Sancta Cruce Oratio ad Gregorium XIII (Blado, 1573, 4 cc.)
We are offering only the second volume of this two volume set. Pages 988-1980. Index of speeches. List of names of authors. General index. "An English translation of representative passages arranged under subjects." - subtitle. Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Baynes "believed the selections revealed the personality and character of Hitler, and exposed the essence of his Weltanschauung." - Paul Madden. Rebound in library buckram with usual markings. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound reference copy. Bibliographic references: Kehr & Langmaid 741, Madden pg 107, Stachura pg 227, Rees G 918, Laska 220. Book
In -4°, pp. (4), 60, frontespizio in cornice xilografica e stemma mediceo alla pagina successiva. Mancano le due grandi tavole ripiegate, raffiguranti Francesco Medici e il suo sepolcro.
7 vols., 8vo., Mixed Editions, with portrait frontispieces and numerous plates, tops and fore-edges lightly spotted, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper of first volume; blue cloth, gilt backs, a bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), some wrappers chipped at heads and tails of backstrips. The set comprises: Into Battle (reprint); The Unrelenting Struggle (reprint); The End of the Beginning (reprint); Onwards to Victory (fkirst edition); The Dawn of Liberation (first edition); Victory (first edition); Secret Session Speeches (first edition). Randolph Churchill edited the first volume, Charles Eade the subsequent six volumes. Although published as a series and uniform in size, complete sets are seldom offered for sale (especially in dustwrappers as here). Woods A66a, A89, A94, A101, A107, A111, A114 respectively (recording the first editions).
[32], 666, [4] p. Hardcover Very good condition in full vellum, preliminary leaves starting The author's I furori della giovetú, esercitii rhetorici, translated by G. de Scudéry ("Au lecteur" signed : Scudery). Contents: Au lecteur [par Scudéry] -- Preface du Manzini -- Horace suppliant -- Horace combatu -- Coriolanus fléchy -- Caton genereux -- Cleopatre humiliée -- Les sentimens paternels -- Paris amoureux -- Paris combatu -- Les magnanimes riuaux -- Seleueus pusillanime -- L'amant innocent -- Stesicrate temeraire -- Apelles vindicatif -- L'amour est sans foy -- La faim n'a point de loy -- Les trois riuaux -- Les plaisirs du carneual -- La philosophie d'amour -- Les mensonges des hommes -- La gloire de la nuit -- L'apologie du mariage -- Les funerailles de la beauté.
In -4°, pp. (16), 50, (22). Da p. 1 “Orazione del sig. avvocato Gio. Battista Zappi imolese”. Nelle cc. finali non numerate vari componimenti poetici di diversi autori. Documento importante circa l’Accademia di San Luca e più in generale la storia dell’arte italiana, l’opuscolo celebra la premiazione del primo “concorso clementino”, del 1702. An important document about San Luca Academy in Rome: in 1702 the most important contest of the Academy is starting, the “Concorso Clementino”, made up by Pope Clemente XI.
In -8°, pp. 79, (1). Legatura alle armi di Francesco I (?) d’Asburgo-Lorena, tagli dorati, pelle verde. Segretario (dal 1817) e docente dell’Accademia di Brera, Fumagalli (1778-1842) fu incaricato per diversi anni di redigere e curare il discorso d’inaugurazione dell’anno accademico. Legatura Lodigiani. L 10
In -8° pp. (8), 146, (2); mezza pergamena e carta marmorizzata, con nervi fregi e titolo al dorso; ril. con CARO, Annibal, “Rime”, Manuzio 1569, (8), 103, (9). Due rare prime edizioni: il Nazanzeno manca in Iccu e le rime del Caro sono la prima edizione postuma, curata da G.B. Caro e Paolo Manuzio. Two rare first editions, the Caro is the first edition post mortem.