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2000014249U.S. Government Printing Office 2000. Good condition Ex-Library Softcover Octavo 2000 1st edition 148 pages. Clear tape is reinforcing the edges of the wraps. Usual library disfigurements otherwise interior is unmarked and solid. NOT A REPRINT! THIS IS THE REAL DEAL!. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book. U.S. Government Printing Office Paperback
197784349Washington DC: The Federal Election Commission 1977. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Very good/No DJ present. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. v 1 1223 3 pages. Some edge soiling. Some cover soiling. Sticker residue on spine location code--no signs that this is a formal ex-library copy. Bottom corner of pages 1211-1212 trimmed. Subject Index to Legislative History. Index to Days of Congressional Debate. The contents include: S. 3044; Report to Accompany S. 3044; Senate Floor Debates on S. 3044; H. R. 16090; Report to Accompany H. R. 16090; House Floor Debates on H.R. 16090; Report of Committee of Conference; Senate Floor Debate on Conference Report; House Floor Debate on Conference Report; President Ford's Remarks at Bill Signing Ceremony; and Public Law 93-443. Oversized book that would require additional shipping charges if sent overseas. The Federal Election Commission FEC is the independent regulatory agency charged with administering and enforcing the federal campaign finance law. The FEC has jurisdiction over the financing of campaigns for the U.S. House Senate Presidency and the Vice Presidency. In 1971 Congress consolidated its earlier reform efforts in the Federal Election Campaign Act instituting more stringent disclosure requirements for federal candidates political parties and political action committees PACs. Still without a central administrative authority the campaign finance laws were difficult to enforce. Following reports of serious financial abuses in the 1972 presidential campaign Congress amended the Federal Election Campaign Act in 1974 to set limits on contributions by individuals political parties and PACs. The 1974 amendments also established an independent agency the FEC. The FEC opened its doors in 1975. Not until 1974 following the documentation of campaign abuses in the 1972 Presidential elections did a consensus emerge to create an independent body to ensure compliance with the campaign finance laws. Comprehensive amendments to the FECA P.L. No. 93-443 established the Federal Election Commission an independent agency to assume the administrative functions previously divided between Congressional officers and GAO. The Commission was given jurisdiction in civil enforcement matters authority to write regulations and responsibility for monitoring compliance with the FECA. Additionally the amendments transferred from GAO to the Commission the function of serving as a national clearinghouse for information on the administration of elections. Under the 1974 amendments the President the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate each appointed two of the six voting Commissioners. The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House were designated nonvoting ex-officio Commissioners. The first Commissioners were sworn in on April 14 1975. The 1974 amendments also completed the system currently used for the public financing of Presidential elections. The amendments provided for partial Federal funding in the form of matching funds for Presidential primary candidates and also extended public funding to political parties to finance their Presidential nominating conventions. Complementing these provisions Congress also enacted strict limits on both contributions and expenditures. These limits applied to all candidates for Federal office and to political committees influencing Federal elections. Another amendment relaxed a 1939 prohibition on contributions from Federal government contractors. The FECA as amended now permitted corporations and unions with Federal contracts to establish and operate PACs. The Federal Election Commission hardcover
197784350Washington DC: The Federal Election Commission 1977. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Very good/No DJ present. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. v 1 1198 4 pages. Some edge soiling. Some cover soiling. Sticker residue on spine location code--no signs that this is a formal ex-library copy. Subject Index to Legislative History. Index to Days of Congressional Debate. The contents include: Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1976 S. 3065; Report to Accompany S. 3065; Senate Floor Debates on S. 3065; H. R. 12406; Report to Accompany H. R. 12406; House Floor Debates on H.R. 12406; Report of Committee of Conference; House and Senate Floors Debate on Conference Report; President Ford's Remarks at Bill Signing Ceremony; and Public Law 93-283. Oversized book that would require additional shipping charges if sent overseas. The Federal Election Commission FEC is the independent regulatory agency charged with administering and enforcing the federal campaign finance law. The FEC has jurisdiction over the financing of campaigns for the U.S. House Senate Presidency and the Vice Presidency. In 1971 Congress consolidated its earlier reform efforts in the Federal Election Campaign Act FECA instituting more stringent disclosure requirements for federal candidates political parties and political action committees PACs. Still without a central administrative authority the campaign finance laws were difficult to enforce. FECA has been amended in 1976 after the Supreme Court struck down several provisions as unconstitutional in Buckley v. Valeo. Buckley v. Valeo 424 U.S. 1 1976 was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court on campaign finance. A majority of justices held that as provided by section 608 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 limits on election expenditures are unconstitutional. In a per curiam by the Court opinion they ruled that expenditure limits contravene the First Amendment provision on freedom of speech because a restriction on spending for political communication necessarily reduces the quantity of expression. It limited disclosure provisions and limited the Federal Election Commission's power.<br /> By some measures Buckley is the longest opinion ever issued by the Supreme Court. The Federal Election Commission hardcover
1528404149.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1863WRCAM53688Winchester 1863. Broadside 5 x 3 3/4 inches. Toned minor soiling and wrinkling. Very good. An exceedingly rare Confederate Tennessee state election ticket from 1863 nominating Robert L. Caruthers for governor and eleven others as state senators. In 1863 state elections were due in Tennessee. The state was fractured by war and secession and both Unionists and Confederates expressed the desire to hold elections for state government. Confederate supporters held a convention in Winchester and nominated a governor the State Legislature and members for the Confederate Congress. It was a bit of a fool's errand. <br> <br> Isham G. Harris who still considered himself the governor of Tennessee issued a proclamation calling for the election to be held on the first Thursday in August. Just who voted and how many or how few will probably never be known. According to historians the State Archives in Nashville are scant and inconclusive; returns from only thirty-two counties are found some of which reported the vote of only one civil district. Not a single report was from West Tennessee counties and only eight Middle Tennessee counties made returns. Robert L. Caruthers was elected governor on the face of returns but he was never inaugurated and thus never served a day as governor of Tennessee. No Confederate State Legislature ever convened either. The Confederate Congressmen were the only lucky ones. Those who were elected in 1863 took their seats in Richmond however briefly. <br> <br> George Webb notes this copy in his NOT IN ALLEN bibliography in 2013. Not in Parrish & Willingham. The only other copy or shall we say copies resides at the Library of Virginia in an uncut sheet of six tickets. This will likely be the only copy ever available in the marketplace. WEBB NOT IN ALLEN 199 this copy. unknown books
24920PARIS, lib. Letouzey & Ané - Sans date, 1885 - In-12 - Broché - E.O. - 46 pages - bon exemplaire
PARIS, lib. Letouzey & Ané - Sans date, 1885 - In-12 - Broché - E.O. - 46 pages - bon exemplaire
A9789976973600Paperback / softback. New. paperback
B9789976973600Paperback / softback. New. paperback
20012090502113715564Not Available 2001. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19702090502113717607Not Available 1970. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 74 pages with color and black and white photos. Features: The Seven Year Itch - Fact or Fancy? - article by Dr. Albert Ellis; Love for Six Broccolis - fantasy by Bruce Jay Friedman; Photo feature of Patricia Stockton; Profile of Comedian Lenny Bruce; The Goal - fiction by Stuart James; The Women who Helped Settle the West - A look behind the screen at one of TV's more distorted images; The Election - fiction by Richard Harper; The Jazz Makers - Part I of a Symposium by Arnold Shaw; Photos of men's leisure wear fashions; The Casting Couch - satirical article by Robert G. Elliott; Photos of women in showers/mud baths at the Westerlands Kurbadehauser, or Westerland Health Club on the island of Sylt in Germany; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
60 pages. Features: Lovely colour one-page Banff Springs Hotel/Canadian Pacific ad; On the Eve of the Peace Conference; Photo of Lt.-Col. Henry "Kit" Carson; Photo of C.W.A.C's Pat Lebbiter of Ottawa, Lillian Cairns of Winnipeg, and Marion O'Connor of Toronto; Colour Maxwell House Coffee ad features "Omar and the Gorgeous Coffee Bird"; One-page colour Seagram's ad features illustration of man using fanciful/futuristic disks which resemble electronic memory devices which came decades later; One-page ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone system; Hay in Her Hair (short story); Marrow to His Bones (short story); The Charm of Nova Scotia - article with nice colour photos; The Soviet Chooses - photo-illustrated article on the world's biggest General Election, with nearly 110,000,000 citizens electing the Supreme Soviet; Sweet Water Moon (short story); Nice one-page photo-illustrated Singer sewing machine ad; Photo of Gale Storm in Jergens Lotion ad; Woodbury soap ad features multiple photos of newlyweds June Graham of Ottawa and Flight Lieutenant Edward Carl Likeness RCAF; Advances in Science; One-page colour ad for Frigidaire fridges; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for Heinz condiments; Arrid ad features photo of lovely Ilona Massey; Sexy one-page colour-illustrated ad for NuBack undergarments features young blonde holding kitty; Style and cosmetics articles; Tangee ad features Mrs. Adolphe Menjou; Nice one-page colour ad for Waterman's Taperite pens features city skyline; Nice colourWabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features mother, daughter and cats; Fantastic colour-illustrated Coke ad on back cover features soda shop scene with young man singing into napkin container like it's a microphone; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Cover photo of young lady in red hat with veil; Quink ink ad; Orange Crush ad features brown bottle; How to Treat Germany in Collapse; One-page ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone System; One-page colour GM ad features reproduction of painting of dock scene by Fred H. Brigden; Rebirth of a Nation - photo-illustrated article on Holland as it comes back to life after the war; Debit for Plunder - photo-illustrated article on the Nazis and the most gigantic robbery of all time; The House of Four Winds (short story); One Bad Turn (short story); Running Test (short story); Trade Follows the Treaty - photo-illustrated article on thriving world trade after the defeat of Germany; The Big Fellows (short story); Nice one-page black and white Kodak photo ad shows LAC Harold Campbell of Thorold, Ontario, a member of the crash crew at an R.A.F. airfield in southern England; Fantastic one-page federal Liberal party election ad with photo of Mackenzie King says "Opportunities for All... Buid a New Social Order, Vote Liberal"; Evinrude ad shows troops in small watercraft; Notes for Newlyweds; Nice colour ads for Savoy Custard, Magic Baking Powder, and Chase & Sanborn coffee - with Charlie McCarthy comic; Fashion illustrations; The New Fashioned Woman - Relax in Slacks; Beauty Becomes You - fashion article with photos; Colour portrait of Susan Peters in Woodbury Powder ad; Photo of Ethel Merman in Arrid ad; Colour Coke ad inside back cover with illustration of party with young sailor; GSW/McClary appliances colour ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
0656435836.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1333165617.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19332092902137405948police training school 1933. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 police training school paperback
184425849Charleston 1844. 40 pp. Bound in modern quarter red morocco and marbled paper over boards. Minor scattered foxing Very Good plus.<br/><br/> A rare Southern Nationalist tract opposing the election of Henry Clay in 1844 warning of the imminent threat to the South's cherished institution of slavery supporting the Texas annexation and denouncing the North's imposition of protective tariffs. <br/> It begins with Langdon Cheves's Letter opposing separate State secession by South Carolina. Though Northern aggressions-- including the recent rejection of the Treaty to Annex Texas-- and the Tariff are an "insufferable and insulting oppression.I do not think one State ought to resist alone." He urges grass-roots organization to ready the South for mass secession. For this stance Cheves was harshly criticized by Carolinians who urged a go-it-alone policy. His Letter is followed by an early Daniel Webster speech embracing the South's opposition to protective tariffs and support of free trade. John Quincy Adams's Letter illustrates northern "fanaticism" on the slavery issue; Andrew Jackson's Letter of August 1844 supports the annexation of Texas; and James Towles's tract 'The South in Danger' warns against the election of Henry Clay who opposes annexation. <br/>Howes S790 AI 44-5791 and Streeter 1535 each recording a variant issue only. unknown books
19533042836St. Louis, Pio Decimo Press (1953). 63 Seiten, 8° (22 x 14 cm), Hardcover (gebunden), Priv.-Halbleineneinband.
80 pages. Features: Keeping the Force Mobile - Vehicle Garage Staff; Jour de Tristesse...; Fish Story - Port Alberni; Looking Back; Pan-American Karate Championships - Cpl W.(Bill) D. Pitcher; Essay Winners; A Toast to the Wives - by Commissioner L.H. Nicholson, Ret.; Une Plume a la Casquette de la Gendarmerie; Care and Handling of Prisoners; How to Capture Canada's Most Wanted Female; 1973 Royal Visits; A Tribute in Bronze - Helen Granger Young; Can Snowmobiles Hack the Cold; Arctic Rescue; Two Years Straight; Fingered by Prints; Inspol Boxing Championship; Courageous Act; Order of Canada - Supt. J.A. Churchman, Ret.; Time Travels On; An Election Incident; Where There's a Will; and more. Prior owner's name blacked out atop table of contents else unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
2000SPN-298Paris : Palais du Luxembourg, 2000. Document de 34 pages.
55759, Paris [India], Arthur Rousseau [SN Books World] 1899 [ss date], in-8, br., bon état, [ce livre provient de la bibliothèque personnelle de Bernard Pacteau], 480p.
1972004074New York, Norton, 1972. -- Leinen -- 8°
8397Mémoire présenté à l'Université d'Aix en 1973 - In-4 - Relié - 86 pages - Propre