Utley, FredaMareMagnum
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310 pages. Index. Fold-out map. Several black and white photographic plates, including graphic scenes of victims of the Japanese. "A naturally straightforward writer, Miss Utley is able to make her penetrating discussions of Chinese politics as deeply interesting and moving as her descriptions of air raids and hospital tours." - from dust jacket flap which is affixed to first blank leaf. Library binding intact. Somewhat above-average external wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy of this interesting work. Book
Small 4to (194 x 120 mm), 232pp., With the contemporary printed book label of William Nicholl, original boards, worn, uncut While Calvert was in Constantinople, scandals broke causing him to leave, because of his illegitimate children, and charges of him having his own private harem. These charges followed him to London as well. Calvert did support his illegitimate children, sending money to the stepfather of his heir Henry, by Hester Whalen. In 1768, another scandal befell him while at home in London. This time he was accused of abduction and rape by Sarah Woodcock. During the trial, he was tried as much by the press as he was in the courtroom. The jury, believing that Sarah did not make adequate attempts to escape or to report the crime properly, and he was acquitted. To avoid any further disgrace, he retreated to Italy, and died in Naples in 1771. Unfortunately the many problems he created still existed for his colony. Before his death, he had made his illegitimate son Henry Harford, his heir, leaving him the province of Maryland, in America. This Edition not in O'Higgins, Irish Trials.
535 pages. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. A scathing indictment of the American legal system. Chapters include: Legal Anarchy; The Origin of Law; A Plague of Lawyers; Judge Not; The Supreme Court; The Court as Arena; The Department of Justice; Durance Vile; The Case of the Strange Director; The Case of the Schizophrenic Driver; The Strange Case of the Senile Millionaire; Freedom of Speech, Anyone?; Taxation Without Hope; The Taxing Power; Mullins on Equity; Our Legal Future. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy. Book
xv, 319 pages. Index. Footnotes. Bibliography. Text in English and Chinese. "This book, using more than 400 historical photographs, many of which were taken by Japanese soldiers themselves, is published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Japanese surrender, to remind the world of the forgotten holocaust in Nanking, and to honor history and answer any attempt to deny or change it." - dust jacket. "I am pleased to be associated with this book, however graphic of the horrors of that dreadful time, as I believe it to be an instrument of reconciliation. It is a step on the road to a better world." - Desmond M. Tutu. Somewhat above-average wear and usual library markings to book. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important work. Book
