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194542271New York: American Association for a Democratic Germany 1945. Paper Wrappers. Illustrated by Picture Cover. 1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers 8vo 15 1 pages. Wolff I #181. <br> American labor publication preaching an internationalist position on War crimes--punish the German Fascists not the Germans. A good example of the pre-Nuremberg debates in the US and elsewhere about how to deal with nazi war crimes. <br> Booklet includes a brief timeline of concentration camps in Germany from their beginnings in 1933 until the beginning of the war in 1939 based on period reports. <br> William Ernest Hocking 1873-1966 was an American idealist philosopher at Harvard University. He continued the work of his philosophical teacher Josiah Royce the founder of American idealism in revising idealism to integrate and fit into empiricism naturalism and pragmatism. He said that metaphysics has to make inductions from experience: "That which does not work is not true." His 22 books included works on philosophy and human rights freedom of the press and human nature. <br> Here he argues that we owe something to those Germans who fought against the inevitable until a million and a quarter had been in the Nazi concentration camps 15 per cent of whom were Jews and 85 per cent non-Jews while we of the Western powers smiled on and appeased their prosecutors. <br> The American Association for a Democratic Germany included among its officers: Reinhoild Nieburh and Dorothy Thompson as Vice-Chairmen and William Ernest Hocking Charles LaFollette Kenesaw Mountain Landis III and Victor Reuther among the members of the National Committee. <br> From its Statement of Purpose its stated aim was "To Foster the development of genuine democracy in Germany. Only if the common people of Germany get help in establishing democratic ways and educating their children to democratic living can Germany be a healthy peaceful state and can Europe and the world be safe. Democracy is possible in Germany. Seek out the proven democrats. They will come from the concentration camps and prisons where Hitler had to chain them."<br> SUBJECTS: Nazi concentration camps -- Germany. Camps de concentration nazis -- Allemagne. <br> OCLC: 6203707. <br> Very Good Condition. Important period early postwar document. B Holo2-160-19-GGACCE-MMBB-'x. American Association for a Democratic Germany unknown
2019053066Istanbul: Rh Sanat Yayinlari 2019. Dust jacket. New/New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. 29 x 24 cm. In Turkish. 384 p. color and b/w ills. Zehra Aral: Bir ressamin otoportresi. Texts by Mehmet Ergüven Emre Zeytinoglu Celal Binzet Aydin Çubukçu. <br/> <br/> Rh+ Sanat Yayinlari unknown
1989232837London : Macmillan 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Series; Man & music. Physical description; x 416 p. : ill 1 map music ports ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographies and index. Contents; Music and society in the classical era / Neal Zaslaw -- Italy : two opera centres / Dennis Libby -- Paris : the end of the Ancien Régime / Jean Mongrédien -- Maria Theresa's Vienna / Bruce Alan Brown -- Vienna under Joseph II and Leopold II / John A. Rice -- Salzburg under church rule / Cliff Eisen -- The bohemian lands / Christopher Hogwood Jan Smaczny -- The Mannheim court / Eugene K. Wolf -- Codurts and municipalities in north Germany / Thomas Bauman -- Haydn at the Esterházy court / László Somfai -- London : a city of unrivalled riches / William Weber -- Stockholm in the Gustavian era / Anna Johnson -- Spain in the enlightenment / Craig H. Russell -- Philadelphia : a city in the new world / Nicholas E. Tawa. Summary; The Classical Era embraces what is commonly thought of as the centre of the Western musical tradition the music of Haydn and Mozart the creators of the symphony and the string quartet and the first great operatic classics. Each chapter focuses on the musical activities of a particular city the music is explained in terms of the prevailing social economic and political climate. Subjects; 400-1699. Music - History and criticism - Medieval 400-1500 - Periodicals. Music - 18th century - History and criticism. Classicism in music. Music and society. Music - History and criticism - Medieval 400-1500. Music - 500-1400 - History and criticism. Music - 16th century - History and criticism. Music - 17th century - History and criticism. Music - 500-1400 - History and criticism - Periodicals. Music - 16th century - History and criticism - Periodicals. Music - 17th century - History and criticism - Periodicals. History. Classical Period. Musique - 18e siècle - Histoire et critique. Musique - Histoire et critique. Music - to 1985. Classical music c 1750 to c 1830. Music/ General. Culture-Study and teaching. Genres; Criticism interpretation etc. Periodicals. London : Macmillan hardcover
0243163568.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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19991673Thornhill Ontario Canada: Privately Printed 1999. First Edition First Printing. Softcover. Unpaginated. pp. 112. Square 4to. measuring 11" x 10". Stiff illustrated card covers. Replete with colour photographic reproductions of works by Kim including her lovely water-colours and traditional Korean callygraphy. Also comprises of a biography Kim her CV facsimiles of letters from the Royal Ontario Musuem black and white photographs and portraits. No detectable flaws contents bright clean and unmarked; fine. <br/><br/>Signed by the Kim to the title page in ink. Corresponds to OCLC #753565429. At time of cataloguing not housed at LAC/BAC Peel University of Toronto. Privately Printed paperback
1985020353Taipei 1985. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Color Plates Throughout. 58 Pp Catalog All Text In Chinese. 11" Tall. Signed And Dated By The Artist. He Devoted Himself To Traditional And Contemporary Ink Painting Inherited The Essence Of Chinese Millennium Painting And Calligraphy And Opened Up Opportunities For The Reform Of Contemporary Ink Painting Which Set A Paradigm For New Ink Painting In The World Of Chinese Art For This Century. He Taught In Taiwan For Half A Century And Cultivated Countless Art Students. His Influence Is Profound. <br/> <br/> paperback
51-6615Rio de Janeiro: Dec. 4 1936 . Silver print. French text on separate sheet pasted to verso. Photographer's stamp verso. 13 x 18 cm. . Rio de Janeiro: Dec. 4, 1936 unknown
51-6622Philadelphia: July 7 1936/. Silver print. French text on separate sheet pasted to verso. Photographer's stamp verso. 13 x 18 cm. . Philadelphia: July 7, 1936/ unknown
51-6612Washington DC: 1938. Silver print. French text on separate sheet pasted to verso. Photographer's stamp verso. 13 x 18 cm. Roosevelt met with Foolish Bear 84 and Drags Wolf 75 from the Gros Ventre tribe of North Dakota. They were there to thank the President for his help in restoring a sacred tribal relic the "Sacred Bundle" which they believed would end a period of drought. Washington, DC: 1938 unknown
51-6628New Orleans : May 10 1937. Silver print. French text on separate sheet pasted to verso. Photographer's stamp verso. 13 x 18 cm. Joined by his son Elliott Roosevelt Ross T. McIntire Edwin M. Watson and Potomac Capt. Paul H. Bastedo the President spent that evening on board the destroyer USS Moffett anchored in the Mississippi River before departing early morning to meet with the Presidential Yacht waiting off the Texas coast. On the voyage off the shores of Louisiana and Texas FDR used his stamp collection to occupy his time.The destroyer USS Moffett and the USS Potomac rendezvoused at Aransas Pass Texas near Corpus Christi where the President and his party transferred in the early evening on May 1. Not wasting any special time allotted from Allah FDR went fishing on a small boat while the transfer was in progress and snagged a king mackerel to officially start the fishing trip.Back to business that evening on board the yacht when the White House mail pouch arrived with 38 official documents to be signed including an extension of the Joint Resolution on Neutrality Act which was due to expire at midnight. Although in 1937 FDR was politically advocating for U.S. neutrality in European conflicts including the Spanish Civil War he would later move the country to engagement and confront the isolationist with his Lend Lease concept. New Orleans : May 10, 1937 unknown
51-6652Washington DC: June 21 1933. Silver print. French text on separate sheet pasted to verso. Photographer's stamp verso. 18 x 13 cm. . Washington, DC: June 21 1933 unknown
51-6620Washington DC: Sept. 12 1939. Silver print. French text on separate sheet pasted to verso. Photographer's stamp verso. 13 x 18 cm. . Washington, DC: Sept. 12, 1939 unknown
51-6626New York: Nov. 18 1932. Silver print. French text on separate sheet pasted to verso. Photographer's stamp verso. 13 x 18 cm. . New York: Nov. 18, 1932. unknown
141209Vienna Austria 1922. Original publisher's blue cloth hardback gilt title spine and frontcover large 8vo: 58pp. illustrations tables references. Fine copy. Vienna [Austria], 1922 hardcover
11766London: Macmillan and Co. 1881. First edition. Octavo navy blue cloth decorated in gilt pp. iii 208. Inscribed "Thomas Henry Watson from the author 1882". Thomas Woolner 1825-1892 a sculptor poet and one of the original members of The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Colbeck notes that this title does not appear to have been reprinted. Endpapers a little foxed slight fraying to spine ends and corner tips else a near fine copy. NCBEL III 562; Fredeman 40.2; Colbeck p. 951. London: Macmillan and Co., 1881. First edition. hardcover
2014473127Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2014. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Literally as new. Physical description: xviii 465 pages. Series: Armies of the Great War. Contents: Birth of a modern army -- World War and American preparedness -- Coercive power and Wilsonian diplomacy -- You're in the army now -- U.S. Army doctrine and industrialized trench warfare -- Over where -- AEF organization overseas training and deployment -- Will the Americans arrive in time -- Failed expectations: ""military establishment of the U.S. has fallen down"" -- Atlantic ferry -- Neck of the bottle -- Uncertain times -- Cantigny -- Into the breach -- American soldiers in north Russia and Siberia -- The beginning of the end -- Establishment of the American First Army and St. Mihiel -- Meuse-Argonne: September 26-October 31 -- Breakout November 1-11 -- Epilogue. Subjects: United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. World War 1914-1918 United States. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press hardcover
19851401675Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1985. Hardcover. Octavo 221 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white print. Dust jacket in mylar; light edge wear. Price unclipped: “$15.95. Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and grey paper to boards. Text block has light spotting to edges. Laid in: publisher ephemera including a b&w photograph of author. Inscribed in ink by the author on the title page. <br /> <br /> NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1401675. FP New Rockville Stock. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
2015x-147452317XNaval & Military Press 2015. Paperback. New. 986 pages. 11.69x8.27x1.94 inches. Naval & Military Press paperback
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19843309031984. framed. very good. Typed signed letter from American playwright August Wilson in 1984. Great content as the letter reads more like a poem. Begins "Dear Friend." and goes on to mention "Geogorio who is first mate" which refers to G.L Fuentes a fisherman and the first mate of the Pilar the boat belonging to the American writer Ernest Hemingway. Fuentes is credited by some as a model for Hemingway's protagonist Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea. Wilson goes on to say "The search has led to you.Speaking for myself and the other New Dramatists your contribution is much appreciated." Framed along with a black and white portrait photograph of Wilson. Please inquire for more information.<br/> <br/> August Wilson Frederick August Kittel Jr. was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". He is best known for a series of 10 plays collectively called The Pittsburgh Cycle or The Century Cycle which chronicle the experiences and heritage of the African-American community in the 20th century. Plays in the series include Fences 1987 and The Piano Lesson 1990 each of which won Wilson the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 1984 and Joe Turner's Come and Gone 1988. In 2006 Wilson was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. New Dramatists is an organization of playwrights founded in 1949 and located at 424 West 44th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the Hell's Kitchen Clinton neighborhood of Manhattan New York City.<br/> <br/> unknown
