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1688GT402bLondon: Printed by Authority 1688. Original issue . original print. Fine. 4to. 2pp. Original single sheet issue of the London Gazette No 2391 dated . Double column layout printed by Edw. Jones in the Savoy 1688. Includes news of The Privy Council Assembly in Whitehall and a very long news story and description of The Conspiracy in Constantinople Aug 7.1688 by The Janissaries an elite infantry unit against the Grand Signior. ALSO A short entry of news from Hague that ships now have troops on board and await the Prince of Orange to embark.On Nov 5 1688 William of Orange landed at Brixham UK.with an invasion force. A RARE ITEM <br/> <br/> Printed by Authority unknown
20212081502111906818old books in shanghai 2021. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. old books in shanghai paperback
19942111902160306822Hiroshima Agata Shrine 1994. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Hiroshima Agata Shrine paperback
1970354825Oxford: Oxford University Anthropological Society 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine set in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 43 issues. Contents; vol. I no. 1 Hilary 1970 ; v. I no. 2 Trinity 1970 ; v. I no. 3 Michaelmas 1970 ; v. II no. 1 Hilary 1971 ; v. II no. II Trinity 1971 ; v. II no. III Michaelmas 1971 ; v. III no. II Trinity 1972 ; v. III no. III Michaelmas 1972 ; v. IV no. 1 Hilary 1973 ; v. IV no. II Trinity 1973 ; v. V no. 1 Hilary 1974 ; v. V no. 2 Trinity 1974 ; v. V no. 3 Michaelmas 1974 ; v. VI no. 1 Hilary 1975 ; v. VI no. 2 Trinity 1975 ; v. VI no. 3 Michaelmas 1975 ; v. VII no. 1 Hilary 1976 ; v. VII no. 2 Trinity 1976 ; v. VII no. 3 Michaelmas 1975 ; v. IX no. 3 Michaelmas 1978 ; v. X no. 3 Michaelmas 1979 ; v. XI no. 1 Hilary 1980 ; v. XI no. 2 Trinity 1980 ; v. XI no. 3 Michaelmas 1980 ; v. XII no. 2 Trinity 1981 ; v. XIII no. 3 Michaelmas 1982 ; v. XV no. 1 Hilary 1984 ; v. XV no. 3 Michaelmas 1984 ; v. XVI no. 2 Trinity 1985 ; v. XVII no. 1 Hilary 1986 ; v. XVII no. 2 Trinity 1986 ; v. XVII no. 3 Michaelmas 1986 ; v. XVIII no. 1 Hilary 1987 ; v. XVIII no. 2 Trinity 1987 ; v. XVIII no. 3 Michaelmas 1987 2 copies ; v. XIX no. 2 Trinity 1988 ; v. XX no. 1 Hilary 1989 ; v. XXIV no. 3 Michaelmas 1993 ; v. XXV no. 1 Hilary 1994 ; v. XXXI no. 1 HIllary 2000 2 copies ; v. XXXI no. 3 Michaelmas 2000. Subjects; Anthropology. Anthropological Society of Oxford. Oxford: Oxford University Anthropological Society paperback
1564179826-7-1Good Apple. Acceptable. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting as well as stains bent corners or any other major defect but the text is not obscured in any way. Good Apple unknown
1904216797大阪. Osaka.: 大阪毎日新聞社. Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha. Meiji 37 1904. Two black and white newspaper maps issued in the Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha one pictorial with accompanying text and adverts printed on newsprint folded. 39.5 x 55cm Very good condition. This pictorial map of Port Arthur and Dalian was published on 4 July 1904 by the Osaka Mainichi Shinbun as a supplement. It shows Port Arthur encircled by Japanese naval vessels while Dalian is depicted as being occupied by Japanese troops. On the reverse there is an essay on the war accompanied by illustrations of Russian generals and a list of wounded soldiers who had been transported to the rear.<br><br>A second map detailing developments in the Russo-Japanese War was published by the same newspaper just days later on 8 August 1904. This map provides the dates of various battles along with a chronology of the movements of the Russian Vladivostok fleet and Japanese attacks on Port Arthur. These two maps are rare examples of the kind of information made available to the general public on a day-to-day basis during the war. . 大阪毎日新聞社. [Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha]. unknown
1830011606Northampton 1830. The Northampton Mercury. 1830.1831. 85 issues in all each issue has 4 pages. Book measures 64x47.cm. Bound in half brown cloth with green cloth boards black title lettering. Cloth lightly dust/dirt marked. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally occasional tanning marking. Pages in good condition throughout. Saturday January 9th 30th February 6th 20th 27th March 6th 13th 20th 27th April 3rd 10th 17th May 1st 22nd 29th June 5th 12th 19th 26th July 3rd 10th 31st August 7th 14th 21st 28th September 4th 11th 18th 25th October 16th 23rd November 13th 20th 27th December 4th 11th 18th 25th. 1831. Saturday January 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th February 5th 12th 19th 26th March 5th 12th 19th 26th April 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th May 7th 14th 21st June 4th 11th 18th 25th July 2nd 16th 23rd 30th August 6th 13th 27th September 10th 24th October 1st 8th 15th November 5th 12th 19th 26th December 3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st. . Cloth. Very Good. Folio. Hardcover
1879011608Northampton 1879. Book measures 67x52.cm. 51 issues 8 pages in each issue Bound in fawn half cloth with brown cloth boards black title lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed dust marked. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally corners clipped on first 5 issues with loss of text. Pages in very good clean condition. Saturday January 4 11th 25th February 1st 8th 15th 22nd March 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th April 5th 12th 19th 26th May 3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st June 7th 14th 21st 28th July 5th 12th 19th 26th August 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th September 6th 13th 20th 27th October 4th 11th 18th 25th November 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th December 6th 13th 20th 27th. A nice clean copy. . Cloth. Near Very Good. Folio. Hardcover
1884010733Great Brtitain 1884. Book measures 68x53cm. The Northampton Mercury Saturday 5th to Saturday 27th 1884 52 issues with supplements circa 10pp per issue. Bound in half cloth cloth corners plan boards. Binding rubbed bumped but in good firm condition. Internally some occasional tanning mostly to supplements pages have short tears on margins slightly brittle but can be handled a few pages torn. Pages in good condition throughout. Many fascinating articles throughout some listed here. Stoke Newington Murder January 12th Disastrous Explosion Victorian Station. March 1st Dynamite Plot. Ludgate Station. March 8th. Shoe makers Strike East London. April 12th. Northampton Earthquake. April 26th. Dynamite Plot. May 3rd. Policeman Shot By Burglars. July 19th. Attempted triple Murder in London. August 16th. The Slave Trade under the British Flag. August 23rd. Attempted triple Murder by a Boot and Shoe finisher. September 12th. Panic in a Theatre Death of fourteen persons Theatre of Varieties Glasgow. November 8th. The Aston Riots. November 22nd. Explosion at London Bridge. December 20th. Article on the War In the Soudan Articles on Charles Bradlaugh. Many articles on Football sport etcetera Serialisation of Jacob's Wife by Adeline Sergeant & Under Lock & Key by T. W. Speight. . Cloth. Near Very Good. Folio. Great Brtitain Hardcover
1865NF1575JOURNAL DES DEMOISELLES TRENTE-TROISIEME ANNEE Au Bureau Du Journal 1865 first edition all 12 monthly issues including ECHO du Petit Courrier des Dames bound in half leather and cloth a good to very good copy with very good or better contents. A highly collected publication as each issue has full color fashion plates. This volume has no less than 46 such full color plates in fine condition save for 4 which have a small hole to the upper margin nowhere near entering the color illustrations and one fold-out black & white illustration the second such fold-out plate is compromised. Au Bureau Du Journal hardcover
193938801Amsterdam 1939. paperback. very good. Orgaan van de Maatschappij tot Bewordering der Bouwkunst Bond van Nederlandsche Architecten B.N.A. en het Genootschap Architectura et Amicitia. 60ste Jaargang. No. 1 - 52. 7 Jan. - 30 Dec. 1939. Illustrated. 52 vols. thin folio printed wrappers; some pp. stuck together else fine. Amsterdam 1939.<br/> <br/> One year run of this technical journal edited by H. G. J. Schelling B. T. Boeyinga et al.<br/> <br/> unknown
1814OB671<p>Berlin Germany: Vossischer Erben 1814. Hard Cover. Seventeen 16-page issues of the leading newspaper of Prussia spanning the period 8 January 1814 to 31 Màrz 1814. Issues of January 8 11 1315 18 20 22 25 27 29; February 1 3 5 8 10 12 15 17 19 22 24 26; March 1 3 5 19 26. The opening story reports on Blucher's army; military reports from German armies-- Wellington's as well-- are prime concerns; there are reports from all over Germany and Europe. Lottery news is a regular feature; there are notices of musical events and books as well as the latest political information. Rebound in 1/2 leather by Dragonfly Bindery George & Pat Sargent; very good. stock#OB671.</p> Vossischer Erben hardcover
192184921Shanghai: The National Medical Journal of China 1921. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Hardcover. Good/No DJ present. Text is primarily in English but has a number of pages in Chinese. Ex-library with usual library markings. Bookplate inside front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some signs of moisture staining at the top edge. Volume VI 256 pages plus advertisements and Chinese language text. Volume VII 267 page plus advertisements and Chinese language text. Illustrations. Some pages have both black and red ink color. Among the topics covered are: Cholera Epidemic in Harbin Selection of Men for Aviation Service Nutritive Value of Soy Products Morphinism Narcotic Problem Hookworm Bubonic Plague Goiter Syphilis Chinese Hermaphrodite Uterine Fibroids Famine Typhus Delouser Diphtheria Venereal Diseases in Armies Rockefeller Medical College at Peking Pneumonic Plague and Insanity. National Medical Journal of China started publication in 1915 when the Chinese Medical Association CMA was founded. It was a bilingual periodical of Chinese and English In 1932 the English part was combined with the English medical journal of Chinese Missionary Medical Association and then published with the name of Chinese Medical Journal while the Chinese version continued to be published as National Medical Journal of China . The journal reflects the achievements of medical research in China in an all-round way keeps in step with the international progresses of medical technology integrates the theory with clinical practice attaches importance to raising of standards and popularization expands the new techniques and achievements in health care actively exchanges the new experiences on disease treatment and prevention effectively and disseminates new knowledge of medical sciences vigorously. It has been playing an important role in promoting the mastery of moral standards of ideology and profession among Chinese health care workers raising the levels of medical and scientific theories and techniques giving impetus to improve medical science research in China and bring forth new ideas of knowledge and making prosperity in the publication cause of Chinese medical sciences. It has been going through 26 sessions since 1915. The 24th board starts to invite some famous overseas professors as members. After the efforts of several generations National Medical Journal of China won the award of the 1st National Periodicals in 1999 and the 2nd 3rd National Periodicals in 2003 and 2005. As to the international cooperation National Medical Journal of China has been included in the World Index Medicus of American Medical Association since 1927 which was the earliest medical journal of Chinese version included by foreign medical index. And later it has been included in the Index Medicus of American National Medical Library since 1941; in the Excepta Medica of Netherlands since 1976; in the Chemical Abstract of America for more than 10 years. The National Medical Journal of China hardcover
1833049513Pontefract - Ackworth: C. Elcock & J. Lucas. 1833. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Engraved Title-page and Plates. FIRST EDITION. PONTEFRACT : 1833-1837. Edited by Luke Howard. Hardback. 5 bound volumes of the entire periodical - ceased publication in 1837. Engraved title-page opposite printed title-page to volume one. One fold-out plate facsimile of a letter in 1660 and eight other facsimiles as plates. Contemporary brown calf-leather; spine and corners. Marbled boards. Indexed. Spines with slight wear; strong and soundly bound. VERY GOOD. Very scarce as a complete set. Referenced by: Smith I 983. LUKE HOWARD FRS 1772-1864 was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science. His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society. He was born in London the son of Robert Howard a lamp manufacturer and educated at the Quaker school in Burford Oxfordshire. He was a Quaker later converting to the Plymouth Brethren and became a pharmacist by profession. After serving an apprenticeship with a pharmacist in Stockport Cheshire he set up his own pharmacy in Fleet Street in 1793. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821. He spent the years 1824 to 1852 in Ackworth Yorkshire West Riding . He died in Tottenham London. He had married Mariabella Eliott 1769-1852; they had several children including John Eliot Howard FRS chemist and botanist. 8vo. Heavy set; extra postage will be requiredWill be well-packed for posting/shipping. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books CHS Cumberland Everyman GKC Inklings Keswick Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. . <br/> <br/> C. Elcock & J. Lucas. hardcover
19722082402113801977Masterpiece publication 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Masterpiece publication paperback
1980HVD-49022-XZ-0Carol Stream IL: EDP Auditor Journal. Good. 1980s/1990s. Serial Issue. Stapled wraps. moderate rubbing to the covers. Some issues have minor stains and scratches. No markings. Stickers on the back covers identifying previous owner. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . EDP Auditor Journal paperback
a46582Paris 1973 1973. Thirty-six consecutive months of this important French bi-monthly literary journal May 14 1971 through December 23 1973. In French. Seven volumes folio bound in buckram. Small institution stamp on front wrap of each issue and on fore-edges. VG some issues a bit worn occasional scuffs at a few places. Set of thirty-six consecutive months in seven volumes: . hardcover
1820165851820. Tuckerman H. P. Poetry and prayer journal 1820-1830 documents early nineteenth-century manuscript album culture within Anglo-American Protestant communities with particular attention to women's devotional writing moral instruction and shared literary practices. The volume supports research into gendered authorship religious education and the circulation of poetic and didactic texts in the early republic where handwritten albums functioned as spaces for communal inscription. The presence of multiple hands across dated entries demonstrates a participatory literary culture structured around kinship and social networks while recurring themes of childhood piety mortality and moral virtue situate the text within contemporary evangelical and didactic traditions.<br /> Tuckerman H. P. Poetry and prayer journal. Circa 1820-1830. Manuscript volume with 53 handwritten entries by multiple contributors including poems hymns and devotional reflections. Entries include a hymn composed for the British and Foreign School Society emphasizing education and moral uplift through the metaphor "Oh stream of knowledge when thy tides.Forget not then the flowers" alongside gendered moral instruction concluding "woman's Happiest destiny Is only - to be good." Biblical passages including references to Luke 2 appear throughout accompanied by original prayers such as an 1827 entry: "Heaven sees no sight so fair As happy childhood bowed in prayer." Several texts address mortality and impermanence including reflections such as "Life is but a scanty ledge.suspended o'er a fathomless abyss" and a memorial poem introduced as written by a young man shortly before death from consumption invoking Romantic-era associations with illness and artistic sensibility. Additional entries focus on natural landscapes including "Spring Mountain" 1828 which situates spiritual reflection within pastoral imagery. The volume includes an original drawing of a mother and child signed "S. Tuckerman" as well as two pencil drawings of forest scenes reinforcing the integration of visual and literary expression within album practices.<br /> This manuscript emerges from a period in which evangelical Protestantism moral education movements and literary cultivation intersected within domestic and semi-public spheres particularly among women and youth. The reference to the British and Foreign School Society situates the volume within transatlantic educational reform efforts emphasizing literacy and moral discipline. The collaborative nature of the entries aligns with early nineteenth-century album traditions where social exchange and authorship were intertwined. Such materials provide insight into how religious belief gender norms and literary expression were internalized and reproduced within everyday practice. Original red half morocco binding with owner's name "H. P. Tuckerman" in gilt on front cover; approximately 120 pages with writing on 76 pages; includes three original drawings; measures 9 x 7 1/2 inches. Light toning and minimal foxing throughout; very good condition. A substantive example of early American manuscript culture linking devotional life gendered authorship and communal literary exchange. unknown
1876167211876. Wakelee Cora B. Diary 1876 records a young Connecticut student's firsthand account of the Centennial Exposition alongside later entries documenting her high school achievements and social writing practices. The manuscript provides primary evidence of how a young woman experienced and interpreted the first official World's Fair held in the United States while also preserving the social and literary conventions of adolescent friendship in the late nineteenth century. The diary supports research into youth education gendered experience at national exhibitions and the integration of public spectacle into personal narrative.<br /> Wakelee Cora B. Diary. 1876-1881. Manuscript volume containing 48 handwritten pages including early entries partially overwritten with inscription "Cora B. Wakelee Huntington Conn. May 22 1876" on the front endpaper. The opening section details Wakelee's visit to the Philadelphia exposition describing exhibits with specificity: a large-scale model of Niagara Falls "160 ft long and 80 ft high" state buildings including a New England log house furnished with objects "100 years old or over" and displays of industrial production such as carpet weaving and tinware manufacturing. She records encounters with global and historical curiosities including "Egyptian mummies" horticultural specimens such as fig orange lemon and pineapple trees and commemorative objects tied to George Washington including his carriage and textile portraits. Later entries document her academic life including transcribed newspaper recognition of her spelling achievement and scholarship prizes. Pages 14 through 48 contain a substantial collection of short poems and inscriptions intended for autograph albums combining sentimental and humorous tones such as "Though short our acquaintance has been.Permit me to call you my friend" alongside moral reflections and religious wishes. The volume also includes original mourning verse for a deceased acquaintance "Mattie Otis passed away.She has gone yes gone forever" situating personal loss within poetic expression.<br /> The diary emerges from a period in which international expositions functioned as sites of national identity formation and technological display while expanding educational opportunities exposed young women to broader cultural experiences. Wakelee's account demonstrates how large-scale public events were absorbed into individual memory and recorded alongside everyday academic and social life. The inclusion of autograph album verses reflects widespread practices among students where poetry circulated as a medium of friendship and remembrance. Original leather boards; approximately 48 pages of manuscript content; measures 8 x 5 inches. Losses to spine and loose hinges; some toning throughout; good condition. A combined record of the 1876 exposition as experienced by a young attendee and of late nineteenth-century female student literary culture. unknown
1891145612Vienna : Bureau Du Journal 1891. First Editions bound. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked and paper labeled quarter cloth over marble boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 0 pages; Description: 1 vol. various pagings ; 34 cm. Subjects: Commerce --Periodicals. Complete set from the first edition 20/11/1889 to 3rd Year No. 6 dates 15/6/1891 all published. Ex-libris copy with usual minor marks remaining. Vienna : Bureau Du Journal hardcover
2i10602Verlag Hohenlohe'sche Buchhandlung Ferd. Rau Öhringen/Württ./Verlag Deutsche Quartärvereinigung/DEUQUA - Deutsche Quartärvereinigung e. V. Hannover 1973-2011. Insgesamt ca. 5500 S. teils mit vielen Abbildungen und einigen Tabellen kartonierte Einbände teils quart teils geringe Gebrauchsspuren/teils Namensstempel auf Einband. - sonst gute Exemplare / good condition / teils Text englisch - unknown
23561Undated c.1905. Typewritten draft of circular letter with corrections appealing for support for Griffith’s Sinn Féin newspaper and giving details concerning its foundation. Typescript 3pp 4to good condition. Author and recipient not stated. Undated but from the context written in 1906. It begins We desire to bring under your notice the following facts respecting the "Sinn Fein" daily newspaper’ and says that Griffith and the directors stated that ‘a sum of £8000 was required for the purpose’ but that the sum of £3300 only was subscribed in answer to the appeal. The Board decided to proceed with the establishment of the paper notwithstanding that the amount was so far short of that required. The paper commenced its tenth week on 1st corrected in manuscript from ‘2nd.’ November. The entire plant – exclusive of linotypes which are always hired is the property of the Company. The plant – in addition to the Linotupes sic includes a Victory machine which fortunately was acquired for a very small sum a fine stereo plant and type. The result is that the Company have now got a nice compact plant for the purposes required. . There are in England a large number of Irishmen of means who are interested in Ireland and who are anxious to do all in their power to financial support sic the new movements. To them it will be apparent that the principal support of the new movement will be a daily paper and who if the fats sic are brought before them would readily provide the monetary help required. It proposes a ‘Meeting in support of "Sinn Fein" paper’ and requesting that the reader subscribe directly ‘owing to the size of London’. From the Papers of Robert and Sylvia Lynd. Undated [c.1905]. unknown
26514'Home Office Whitehall S.W.1. London Wednesday 29th March 1939.' 'Transcript from the Shorthand Notes of Treasury Reporter'. Secret duplicated Home Office document no other copy of which has been discovered none on OCLC WorldCat for example and no reference to the meeting found. The document is a transcript of a highly significant meeting called by a busy Hoare he would have an important cabinet meeting on the same day to explain to press representatives the remit on the basis of 'voluntary Censorship' of the newly-formed Ministry of Information and also including discussions of 'the questions of transport labour and so on' that the press would face in the case of war as well as the planned nature of future meetings and the need for secrecy with reference to the operation of D Notices. The meeting is a frank one including an exchange during which Hoare declares 'This rather depresses me. I am beginning to wonder whether this meeting is of any use. … I did not in the least want this meeting: I imagined I was doing it for your convenience.' At the beginning Hoare explains that he has called the meeting at the request of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and declares that he is 'the Minister dealing with the skeleton organisation of the Ministry of Information'. This 'skeleton organisation' – with Sir Stephen George Tallents 1884-1958 as 'Director General Designate' – had come into being a few months before the meeting after the German annexation of the the Sudetenland in 1938 and around seventy staff had already been employed censoring press reports surrounding the Munich Agreement. 1 29pp foolscap 8vo on thirty leaves. Complete. In fair condition with the text paginated 1-29 on lightly-aged leaves and the covering page on a loose and worn leaf with light damage along two edges. The covering page is headed: 'Private and Confidential Meeting between the Secretary of State for Home Affairs and the Committee of Newspaper Proprietors Association etc. Home Office Whitehall S.W.1. Wednesday 29th March 1939.' At foot of covering page: 'Transcript from the Shorthand Notes of Treasury Reporter'. The rest of the page lists the twenty-one individuals present with ten in Sir Samuel Hoare's party and eleven from the press with Esmond Harmsworth of the Daily Mail as chairman. The government list begins with: 'Sir Samuel Hoare 1880-1959 later Viscount Templewood Secretary of State in the Chair Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd 1902-1984 later Lord Geoffrey-Lloyd Parliamentary Under-Secretary Home Office Sir Alexander Maxwell 1880-1963 Permanent Under-Secretary Mr. A. S. Hutchinson Arthur Sydney Hutchinson 1896-1981 later knighted Private Secretary to the Secretary of State'. The press list begins with four from the 'Newspaper Proprietors Association': 'The Hon. Esmond Harmsworth 1898-1978 of the Daily Mail later Viscount Rothermere Chairman Brigadier The Hon. E. F. Lawson Edward Frederick Lawson 1890-1963 of the Daily Telegraph later Lord Burnham Vice Chairman Mr. Stanley Bell Managing Director Associated Newspapers Mr. F. J. Cook General Manager Daily Herald and People'. The four NPA members are followed by the NPA 'Secretary to the Committee' three from the 'Newspaper Society'; a 'Scottish Daily Newspaper Society' representative; and two from the 'Periodical Trade Press and Weekly Newspaper Proprietors Association'. Hoare begins by giving the 'two or three reasons' why he has been 'anxious to have a meeting of this Committee' the first being that 'the Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of whose appeasement policy Hoare was a leading supporter has asked me to take over the questions connected with the Ministry of Information on that side of the work of the Press and also to be the Co-Ordinating Minister for the various other questions that we discussed when you came here about A.R.P. the Air Raid Precautions Department Hoare's pet project begun in 1935 and that you have since discussed with several of the Departments – the Ministry of Transport the Ministry of Labour and so on.' Hoare reports that Chamberlain 'took the view that it would probably be more convenient to everybody if whilst you would still go on dealing with individuals of the specific Departments there should be one Minister to whom you could come if you wished to come to him and one particular individual to whom you could make suggestions if suggestions were necessary.' After declaring – 'quite without prejudice to what might happen after the emergency' – that he is 'the Minister dealing with the skeleton organisation of the Ministry of Information' Hoare turns to the purpose of the meeting: 'Next Gentlemen you will remember that this Committee came into being after a meeting that we had some months ago about A.R.P. and that at that meeting I suggested you should get into touch with the various Departments to get the various questions settled the questions of transport labour and so on: and I thought it was a good thing we should have another meeting to report progress and to see how far that machinery has actually worked in practice. I have made enquiries and my enquiries go to shew that it has worked pretty well.' Hoare discusses the Ministry of Information noting that 'Sir Stephen Tallents has now gone back to the B.B.C. It was found that he could not carry on the double duty of his work at the B.B.C. and also this organisation work at the Ministry of Information'. He suggests the the 'small body' that liaised with Tallents to 'meet myself and the staff at the Ministry in the near future and take up the position as it was left two or three months ago' with a view to seeing 'whether we needed any further machinery'. He discusses 'the kind of work the Ministry of Information would be called upon to undertake': it would be 'an organisation for supplying the Press with news: there would be under this Department a Censorship of incoming and outgoing Press telegrams and thirdly there would be advice to the Press on requests voluntarily submitted by them our general principle being to leave as much of the leaders of the Press as we could and to keep it as far as we could upon a basis of voluntary Censorship'. He announces 'the intention of the Government to stop in London as long as it could and that we have – and this I think is known to you – earmarked the Imperial Institute as the centre of the Ministry of Information in London'. A discussion follows led by Harmsworth after which Hoare leads the meeting to the question of 'materials' and a full discussion of the practicalities follows including 'the position of newspaper van drivers'. In response to a suggestion by Lawson regarding the circulation of information Hoare replies 'I am always rather nervous of circulating a lot of information about these very confidential questions myself.' To this Lawson replies: 'If we cannot discuss confidential questions without any risk of breach we are wasting out time.' Hoare's response to this is: 'That may point to not having any contacts at all. As the discussion proceeds B. Alton NPA Secretary and Secretary to the Committee complains to Hoare: 'we have had no information on the evacuation scheme until it was made public generally or of the Ministry of Transport scheme. If it is going to apply to all our commodities there is not much point in having negotiations with you: we get no advance information at all.' Hoare's response: 'This rather depresses me. I am beginning to wonder whether this meeting is of any use.' Alton backtracks: 'As I have said we have had more information to-day than I have been able to collect in six months.' At which Hoare continues to complain: 'I did not in the least want this meeting: I imagined I was doing it for your convenience.' Harmsworth jumps in with a long statement beginning with his view that the meeting 'has been extraordinarily useful because here we have all the representatives of the different Ministries whom previously we have seen one by one'. The meeting ends with a discussion of future plans for the committee Hoare undertaking to 'get a report drawn up of this meeting on the lines suggested by Sir Alexander Maxwell' and stating that 'there should be another meeting at which the various members of the Departments would be present' stressing 'that our meeting to-day' should be 'regarded as entirely confidential. Agreed.' Towards the end 'Davies' on the press side asks whether 'the report of this meeting which is to be drawn up by agreement' will be made available: 'is it to be regarded as a confidential report for the Councils of the different organisations only or will we be permitted to circulate it to members' Hoare replies: 'I should be very sorry to see a wide circulation running into many hundreds. I think as soon as you do that the whole thing becomes entirely public does it not' Lawson offers 'an absolute guarantee that there would be no publicity whatsoever'. As Hoare continues to voice concerns Davies gives 'an illustration': 'there is in existence what is called the Admiralty War Office and Air Force Press Committee whose only function for many years has been to distribute what are known as “D†notices: they go out to the whole Press even to very small weekly newspapers and I think it is the general experience that those “D†notices are respected.' Hoare defers to Maxwell who opines that it is 'quite right to let it be circualted in confidence because the man who is responsible for running a particular local newspaper wants to know it quite as much as the Gentlemen here'. The meeting ends with Hoare directing 'We will proceed on that basis then' and then thanking the press representatives 'for coming'. 'Home Office, Whitehall, S.W.1. [London] | Wednesday, 29th March, 1939.' '(Transcript from the Shorthand Notes of Treasury Repor unknown
1833059710Pontefract - Ackworth: C. Elcock & J. Lucas. 1833. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Engraved Title-page and Plates. FIRST EDITION. PONTEFRACT : 1833-1837. Edited by Luke Howard. Hardback. 5 bound volumes of the entire periodical - ceased publication in 1837. Engraved title-page opposite printed title-page to volume one. One fold-out plate facsimile of a letter in 1660 and eight other facsimiles as plates. Contemporary brown calf-leather; spine and corners. Marbled boards. Indexed. Spines with slight wear; strong and soundly bound. VERY GOOD. Very scarce as a complete set. Referenced by: Smith I 983. LUKE HOWARD FRS 1772-1864 was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science. His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society. He was born in London the son of Robert Howard a lamp manufacturer and educated at the Quaker school in Burford Oxfordshire. He was a Quaker later converting to the Plymouth Brethren and became a pharmacist by profession. After serving an apprenticeship with a pharmacist in Stockport Cheshire he set up his own pharmacy in Fleet Street in 1793. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821. He spent the years 1824 to 1852 in Ackworth Yorkshire West Riding . He died in Tottenham London. He had married Mariabella Eliott 1769-1852; they had several children including John Eliot Howard FRS chemist and botanist. 8vo. Heavy set; extra postage will be requiredWill be well-packed for posting/shipping. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books CHS Cumberland Everyman GKC Inklings Keswick Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. . Pontefract: Published by: C. Elcock & J. Lucas. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> C. Elcock & J. Lucas. hardcover
19852110502151101988Kazama shobo 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kazama shobo paperback