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With Index. Pencilled notes on end free endpaper. Light wear to cover extremities.
193 pages. Explores how and why different societal orders have emerged. Taking key countries separately he shows how each might achieve greater effectiveness by modifying the basic components of - values, political governance and economic systems. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear with two exceptions: Blind stamp atop front endpaper and slight ink mark upon top edge of text. Lovely copy. Book
2 volumes (complete): 550 + 573pp.with ills.in bl/w, cloth, dustwrapper, VG
350 pages including index. Dealing with every kind of secret organization - predominantly religious societies, tribal groups, military orders, political conspiracies, ritual brotherhoods, and theosophical groups this books shows the diversity in the aims, conditions, and personalities of men who belong to such organizations. The origins, history, and current activities of these societies are investigated in detail, and the broad patterns are analyzed in order to enable us to comprehend the meaning of their rituals and beliefs. Discusses primitive secret societies, Mau Mau, Thuggee, The Mysteries, The Assassins, the Knights Templar, The Rosicrucians, Freemasonry, Nationalist Secret Societies, Chinese Secret Societies, The Mafia and the Ku Klux Klan. Former owner's signature upon front endpaper. Closed tears to dust jacket which remains attractive. A valuable contribution to conspiracy literature. Book
751pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
8vo., interleaved with blanks throughout, small neat signature on front free endpaper; regimental green cloth, gilt badge on upper cover, red cloth back lettered in gilt, corners very lightly frayed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Appendices include sample forms, list of books to be maintained by companies, and instructions for officers' dress. The record of 1 and 2 Bns covers the period 1758 to 1936, including lists of officers and order of precedence of LI regiments. With unusually detailed index. SCARCE.
pl. veau blond moucheté, dos à nerfs orné, tr. rouge, p. de tit. rouge et noire, (dos très abîmé avec manques aux coiffes, épidermures, coins émoussés, coupes usées)
New English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (31 x 23 cm). In Turkish. 205 p. Color ills. Sufi objects in folk painting and contemporary and modern art. Sufî objeler. Halk resimleri ve günümüz çagdas sanat eserleri. [Exhibition catalogue]. MYSTICISM AND SUFISM Sufi culture Tasavvuf Costume Objects Collection History of art Mevlevi Heterodoxy Orders Sect Anatolian Islam Islamic world Dervishes.
plein-veau brun, tit. doré sur pc. bordeaux, dos à 6 nerfs ornés de fers et filets dorés, (rel. restaurée à de nb. endroits, trous de vers traversants sans atteintes au texte, des épidermures, mors fendus, qq. rousseurs et mouillures claires) Il s’agit effectivement de la suite d’un recueil de 1619, mais celui-ci ne parut jamais, il ne reste que des copies à la BM de Besançon. Il rassemble tous les textes législatifs de Franche-Comté et de Bourgogne depuis 1619 jusqu’en 1664. Jobelot est le premier auteur à publier les notes et commentaires sur la coutume de Bourgogne en français. (Dupin, réf. 1041).
veau moucheté, dos à nerfs orné, tit. dorés sur pc. brune et noire, tr. rouges, roulette sur les coupes, (petites érafl. sur les plats, 2 petites piqûres au dos, lég. travail de vers sur les 4 premiers f. sans conséquence sur le texte) Très utile table générale des 6 volumes de la collections des arrêts du Journal du Palais pour la période allant du 5 Germinal An IX au 1er janvier 1809. Très belle reliure d’époque.
New Italian Original bdg. HC. 4to. (30 x 25 cm). In Italian and Turkish. [175] p., fully color ills. Talismani ed altri oggetti straordinari. La mostra degli oggetti di Khanqa del mondo Turco. 16 Ottobre - 7 Novembre 2014.= Tilsimlar ve diger olaganüstü esyalar. Türk Dünyasi Tekke Objeleri Sergisi. 16 Ekim - 7 Kasim 2014. [Exhibition catalogue].
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 518 p. Tasavvuf ve tarikatlar. Sufism and sects in the Ottoman world.
24 pages. Features: Vintage illustrated ad for Peters shotgun shells on front cover; Publich Shooting Grounds; The American Jack Snipe Society; Advocating Game as a Replacement Crop; Canada Orders Buffalo Hunts; U.S. Sleuthing for Data to Aid "Duck Come-Back"; The Southwestern Club's Trials - article with photos of President Carl E. Duffield, Secretary Dr. Felix M. Adams and several dogs; Virginia Amateur Field Trials - article with photos of President Ernest C. Mead and Secretary J. Wiley King; Illustrated ad for Western Xpert shotgun shells; Field Dog Stud Book Registrations; Veterinary Q & A; Classy one-page ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) features hunters and dog at work; Nostalgic photo ad for Purina Dog Chow shows truckload of sacks of dog chow being manually loaded onto ship the Jacob Ruppert, Admiral Byrd's ship, before it set off for the Arctic in 1933 with 50 tons of food, enough for 153 huskies for two years; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of Ab Jenkins and his 1933 V-12 Pierce-Arrow; Obituary of Arthur Kumpf inside front cover - Mr. Kumpf had a long association with the Pierce-Arrow, including service as a racer and endurance driver in the U.S. and Europe; list of Ab Jenkins' Driving achievements; Fredericksburg Meet Photos on pages 13 through 20; items on pages 4 through 9 are from the March 31, 1930 issue of 'The Pierce-Arrow News' (which was a large 'newspaper format' factory publication); Some Pierce-Arrows at Harrah's - with text and photos; New Parts Set-Up Gives Rush Service; Downton Window Display Proves Successful for Holden-Nelson; Here's the way your parts orders are handled; Speech of Col. Charles Clifton, 1917; Speech of Mr. Day about factory plans for the maintenance and up-building of Pierce-Arrow quality; Paint Shop Memories, by William L. Fischer; Many great photos from the 1974 PAS meet; Text of talk given at meet by Maurice A. Thorne. Back cover features reproduction of an ad for the Pierce-Arrow Travelodge, an early house/travel-trailer which could be pulled by car. Moderate wear. Umarked. A quality copy. Book
2002 reprint of 1987 edition. ; Oxford Medieval Texts; 1.24 x 8.5 x 5.5 Inches; 500 pages; This is the first full edition of the canonization dossier of St. Gilbert of Sempringham, who died in 1189 and was canonized in 1202. It is a document of exceptional interest for the history of the canonization process in Rome, for the history of the one English religious Order of the Middle Ages, the Order of Sempringham, and for the biography of the founder himself, St. Gilbert. The order was founded to be primarily an Order of women, was confined to England, and so disappeared at the Reformation.
164 pages including index, references and colour photography. Presents the current state of soil taxonomy in Canada. The history and rationale of soil classification in Canada are outlined briefly to point out the changes in concepts and the current point of view on soil taxonomy. This is followed by chapters that define soil, soil horizons, and other basic terms, and explain how to key out the classification of a soil. A chapter is devoted to each of the nine soil orders and the great groups and subgroups within each order. Average wear. Unmarked. Excellent reference. Book
32 pages. Features: A Preacher Tells The Inside Story of Sinclair Lewis and His Preacher Book; A $20,000,000 Bond Issue That Will Cost the Taxpayers $49,500,000 (second in a series presenting some of the hidden features of modern finance underlying public bond issues); Gibson Girls, Gibson Men and the Chicago World's Fair; Japan Looks to America to Prevent Wars - Freedom from Extra Taxation for Armaments What They Most Want - article with wonderful photos; Every Person Has At Least One Book in Him; Henry Ford's Page - Finance Must Get Into Step; Editorials - Professor E.W. Kemmerer and Polish debt, Conspiracy, Fraud, the Elk Hills Oil Reserve, and Messrs. Doheny and Fall, attempt to impeach Judge Frank Cooper for upholding the country's prohibition law; People of the British Isles - The English; A Doctor Looks at Doctors - and sees them as they cannot see themselves; The True Story of Mary's Little Lamb - article with illustration of Mary Elizabeth Sawyer (Mrs. Columbus Tyler) and teacher Miss Polly Kimball; One-page ad (with photo) for Edison - Columbia - Victor recordings of the Old American Dances, as played by the Henry Ford Dance Orchestra; What is a Dollar Worth? (short piece); Chats with Office Callers - Smedley Butler cleans liquor from the San Diego Marine Barracks; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - Controversial play entitled "The Captive" and Otto H. Kahn of Famous Players, Ripon College student Lynn Wells operates a bookstore but carries no inventory, with nearly all his orders going to foreign countries; News Bits; photos of large sailboats inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear with nibbling along coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, expertly recased, a near fine copy. With the QRAI revision slip (printed in red) mounted facing p. 71. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
20 pages. Chapters include: The Vatican; The Dioceses and Parishes; The Religious Orders; Unrelated Business; Government Grants. Prior own's details inside front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Yuri Gregarin's Flight - Extensive Coverage; Eichmann Trial; Nylon net stops jet; The Maya Stelae of Aguateca; Jewels in the service of chivalry and royalty - Orders of Knighthood and an Empress crown (in colour); Courtship among animals (in colour); The AMI 6 Citroen; Large fold-out advertisement by AEI (Associated Electrical Industries Ltd); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Photo portrait and write-up re: The Late J.G.S. Anderson, the late Captain of "E" and "G" companies; Our Regimental Plate - No. IX - the "Lumsden" Cup - photo of the cup and article by 3304; Notes by the C.O.; Annual Inspection - with photo of Cols. Balfour, His Grace The Duke of Argyll, and Montgomerie, all in top hats at the saluting base; Shooting Results; Notes on Writing Orders, Tactical Problems, and the War Game (a); and more. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. Book
Reprint of the 1916 first edition. 224 pages. The Lusitania Massacre is one of the great landmarks in history, not alone in American history but in human history, because it ensured German defeat in the World War. Chapters include: Should passenger vessels carry war material?; English orders to fight submarines; The German warning; The American warning; The Cunard Company's warning; American Ruling (not law) on foreign armed merchant vessels; Was the Lusitania armed?; The Manifest of the Lusitania; Who is responsible?; View of the English, Austrians and Germans; The official English investigation; and more. Black and white illustrations. Some markings. Front free endpaper removed. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Front hinge secured with librarian's tape. Spine leaning moderately. Remains a decent working copy. Book
xiii + 317pp.+ frontispice + 4 plates, cloth, 23cm., ex-library copy (some stamps & label on spine) else G
8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 62 coloured plates, 130 plates and illustrations in monochrome, 88 diagrams in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of coarse-grain terracotta leatherette, upper board framed in black and blocked and lettered in gilt and black, backstrip blocked in black and lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, radial corners, a near fine copy. Includes descriptions of every family of British spiders, every species of harvestman and false scorpion, and the more familiar of the British mites and sea-spiders. Colour plates by Florence M Brummitt. Enlarged and extended version of the original edition of 1935; the section on harvestmen is enlarged and the sea-spiders appear here for the first time. A lovely copy. See Marren, pp.166-167.
xxiii + 410pp., dans la série "Université de Louvain, Recueil de travaux d'histoire et de philologie" 6e série facs.1, non coupé, bel état, R30779