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1957223397London and Melbourne. Circa1957. Collection of two pamphlets. <br> <br>One pamphlet by the Bible Society of India and Ceylon showing statistical "facts" about faith and literacy in India Pakistan and Ceylon 21.5 x 14cm. Lightly browned. <br> <br>One bifold pamphlet by the Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship featuring their activities in Pakistan India and Nepal 22 x 14cm. Wrappers browned and a little soiled. <br> <br>A good set. . unknown
1958101095AB1958. Dublin Sealy Bryers and Walker 1958. Octavo. 24 12 pages. Original Softcover. Some minor dogears and a small lesion to the cover of Pamphlet 1. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. paperback
1939196255London : Oxford University Press 1939. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original full cloth binding with a gilt-titled red leather to the spine. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Top edge gilt. Light foxing on first title page. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Description: 1v. : various pag. ; 18cm. Subjects: Politics -- Society -- Culture -- History -- Economics -- Pamphlets -- Periodicals -- Collections. Some pamphlets have their original colour-printed stiff card wrappers included in the binding. London : Oxford University Press hardcover
19343748Firenze: Casa Vinicola Barone Ricasoli 1934. Eight octavo booklets 15; 34; 20; 39; 23; 14; 14; and 14 pages. FIRST EDITIONS. Complete set of individually authored instructional booklets for the Italian hospitality industry for use in the promotion of gastronomical tourism in Tuscany. Subjects include characteristics of “genuine†wine; where to find the best Italian wines; the wine production process; and how to best present wine to customers. Published by the Barone Ricasoli winery notably a continuously run family business since 1141 and still in operation today. Baron Bettino Risacola Italy’s second prime minister wrote the modern formula for Chianti wine in 1872. In variously colored wrappers with some chipping and discoloration otherwise very good. Rare. OCLC locates no copies. Casa Vinicola Barone Ricasoli unknown
1960232671960. Drug education pamphlets issued across the late twentieth century recording the shift from the publicization of recreational drug use in the 1960s into the broader drug crisis language of the crack era and the AIDS years when intoxication dependency overdose and injection risk became central subjects of school and public health. These pamphlets reduce a wide range of drugs into a simple public warning system meant for students parents and other non-specialist readers. They sort marijuana stimulants depressants narcotics hallucinogens and inhalants into clear categories translate drug culture into recognizable slang and everyday terms and stress the bodily psychological legal and social consequences of use.<br /> Archive of 13 educational drug safety pamphlets. 1960s-1990s chiefly 1980s. United States. Multi-page folded and staple-bound pamphlets ranging from 2.5" x 8" to 5.25" x 8.5" including seven color-coded Channing L. Bete drug-class pamphlets which include slang terms for each category and their side affects; a foldout Drug Abuse Products Reference Chart; a Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association identification folder; and six additional educational pieces on prescription drugs marijuana and drug-abuse identification with references for educators and parents identifying "the effects of drug abuse" and "how to identify the user."<br /> Across these pieces the public view of drugs after the counterculture era's focuses on the long term affects of usage with language centered on dependency traffic injury social incompetence arrest and health deterioration with cocaine heroin and injectable drug use entering a climate already shaped by crack panic and by heightened fear surrounding blood-borne disease in the AIDS years. Prescription medicine abuse is not separated from illicit consumption here with tranquilizers barbiturates methaqualone diet pills and doctor-prescribed drugs appearing in the same educational field as heroin and crack. Minor creasing and toning; overall very good condition. This archive traces the broader American perspective shift on drugs from deviant recreation to public health and safety. unknown
