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Features: Ten Thousand Men with Trowels - Garden Clubs, once strictly for girls, now swarm with men; Education out of the Blue - how a Texas engineer's (Charles E. Nobles) 'crackpot' dream - airborne telecasts - may revolutionize the American classroom (MPATI - the Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction); The Wit in the White House - Some choice samples from JFK's repertoire; Medicine for a Sick Continent - Africa's disease-ridden millions need medical assistance; The Face of America - Painting the Town (literally) in Ceres, California; Mighty Roger Maris - New York's fence-busting right fielder may smash Babe Ruth's home-run record - if teammate Mickey Mantle doesn't do it first; Who Really Rules England - critics claim the 'Establishment' a subtle conspiracy of upper-crust Britons, runs the show; Tourists' New Frontier - Utah's spectacular and little-known southeast corner. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
210 pages including index. Small amount of underlining in ink. Yellowing to pages. A stimulating, eloquent analysis of the humanistic changes we are experiencing now and must achieve in the future. In chapter 13 author endorses philantropy vis a vis foundations. Book
210 pages. "The thesis of this book is: America is losing its democratic system and tradition, becoming an 'authoritarian' culture (to use Reagan's euphemistic word for fascism). If this should happen to us, we will call our new system 'anti-communism.' And our new leaders will not be ranting demons who look like Adolf Hitler; no, they will be sweet guys like Ronnie Reagan." - from Introduction. No ISBN number. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Complete dust jacket preserved in glossy mylar cover. Excellent copy. Book
377 pages. Annexes, references, index. "A 'must read' for tax cheats, con artists, drug backers and cops." - Institutional Investor. "... A gripping and impeccably researched international drama... The first thorough, professional and detached examination of this market and the commodity in which it deals - secret money." - Lloyd's List. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. Pristine copy. Book
140 pages. "Contains documented information regarding the real implications and meaning of the so-called sex-education courses now being taught in an increasing number of elementary and secondary schools throughout the nation." - from Introduction. Some ballpen markings to contents. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates, page-edges browning; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
378 pages plus advertisements. Index, 85 illustrations, map and appendicies. Tissue-protected frontis of author. Do you think Western malevolent intervention in the Middle East (i.e. George W. Bush in Iraq) is only a recent phenomenon? Guess again. "Only the pen of a Macaulay or the brush of a Verestchagin could adequately portray the rapidly shifting scenes attending the downfall of this ancient nation - scenes in which two powerful and presumably enlightened Christian countries played fast and loose with truth, honour, decency, and law; one, at least, hesitating not even at the most barborous cruelties to accomplish its political designs and to put Persia beyond hope of self-regeneration." - from Foreward. Rubber stamp upon copyright page suggests this copy may have once belonged to the British Public Service. Only other mark is library call letter written upon spine. Average wear. Binding a little fragile but still serviceable. Three yellow drops stain front board. Author penned this work after being sacked from the post of Treasurer-general of Persia in January 1912. Fascinating history. Book
2090502113717403Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1820718871820. Rare Account of the Cato Street Conspiracy Trial with a Folding Plate Trials. Cato Street Conspiracy. Thistlewood Arthur 1774-1820 Primary Defendant. The Trials of Arthur Thistlewood James Ings John Thomas Brunt and Others for High Treason before Chief Justice Abbott Sir Robert Dallas and Special Juries At the Old Bailey London; Which Commenced on Saturday April 15th 1820 And Closed on Thursday April 27th 1820. Second Edition. From the Notes of a London Reporter. Leeds: Printed by John Barr Commercial-Street 1820. 106 pp. Woodcut portrait frontispiece of Thistlewood facing tile page portrait preceded by large woodcut folding plate depicting elevation and plan titled: "Conspirators' House Cato St. Marylebone." Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet with untrimmed edges bound into recent quarter-calf over marbled boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Moderate toning to text light foxing to a few leaves and folding plate which has light edgewear and a few short tears along folds. $950. Led by Arthur Thistlewood the event known as the Cato Street Conspiracy was an attempt to murder all of the ministers and prime minister of King George IV in 1820. Motivated in part by the economic depression of the period the conspirators wished to avenge earlier protests suppressed by the state such as the Paterloo Massacre. The conspirator's goal was to overthrow the government and initiate a revolution similar to the French Revolution. Betrayed by one of the co-conspirators Thistlewood and four others were captured tried and executed. There are many accounts of this trial nearly all published in London. This account by a Barr is rare. Library Hub locates 1 copy at the British Library. OCLC adds 5: Harvard Law School New York Public Library Library of Congress University of Georgia Law School University of Melbourne. Only two of these have records mention the folding table which suggests some copies were issued without one. unknown books
1820683901820. London: Sold by J. Butterworth 1820. 2 vols. London: Sold by J. Butterworth 1820. 2 vols. Trials of the Cato Street Conspirators Trials. Cato Street Conspiracy. Gurney William Brodie Reporter. The Trials of Arthur Thistlewood James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd William Davidson And Others For High Treason: at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey On Monday the 17th Tuesday the 18th Wednesday the 19th Friday the 21st Saturday the 22nd Monday the 24th Tuesday the 25th Wednesday the 26th Thursday the 27th And Friday the 28th of April 1820: With the Antecedent Proceedings. London: Sold by J. Butterworth 1820. 2 volumes. 694; 663 2 pp. 2-pp. publisher advertisement at end of Volume II. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Later library cloth red and black lettering pieces and small location labels to spines. Light soiling light rubbing to extremities minor chipping to spine labels. Moderate toning to text faint embossed and ink library stamps to title pages early repair to head of pp. 661-662. A pleasant set. $300. Led by Arthur Thistlewood the event known as the Cato Street Conspiracy was an attempt to murder all of the ministers and prime minister of King George IV in 1820. Motivated in part by the economic depression of the period the conspirators wished to avenge earlier protests suppressed by the state such as the Paterloo Massacre. The conspirator's goal was to overthrow the government and initiate a revolution similar to the French Revolution. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1206. unknown books
174 pages. Notes, Selected Bibliography. Index. "A readable, exciting and provocative book that says what it has to say without rehashing the past, riding the newspaper and television headlines of the present, or being ridiculously unlrealistic about the future." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's detail's inside front board else clean.bright.and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
344 pages. Index. "An account of the transactions by which Germany during the Great War was able to obtain supplies prior to her collapse under the pressure of economic forces." - subtitle. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Back hinge partially open. Gift greetings upon verso of frontispiece. Prior owner has affixed a pocket inside back board which contains a printed 2007 internet article which alleges that this book documents how 'the banksters' propped up Germany with supplies, thus extending WWI by three years. The article alleges that famous British WWI martyr Edith Cavell discovered this and was thus killed by a German firing squad, rather than being imprisoned for three months as was normal. A worthy copy of this intriguing work. Book
194 + xiv pages. Index. "This book tells the story of who caused the slump (Great Depression) and how they caused it, and it directs attention to two simple steps that can be taken to save our farmers and traders... The depression from which we now suffer is due to an artificially induced variation in the purchasing power of money. In these pages will be found ample evidence in support of this statement. The quarter from which the trouble is coming is indicated, and the amazing manner in which the machinery for monetary control of the world was established is traced out." - from Introduction. Covers tanned with age. Binding intact. Prior owner's name atop front cover. Contents considerably annotated in soft pencil. Most of blank back leaf missing. Above-average but not excessive wear. Book
28 page stapled booklet of photocopied pages measuring 4.3" x 9". "Although few Christians realize it, the entire Christian world, especially that connected with White Christians, is under attack from vicious anti-Christ forces who have declared their intention to destroy us." - page 1. Author was an American soldier who served with distinction in WWII and Korea, where he was imprisoned and sentenced to death by the communists after a pre-war coup. (per an online reference available upon request.) Undated but appears to be circa 1970s. Considerable markings throughout by prior owner. [not listed in Singerman] Book
pp. xii, 170. Illustrated with numerous maps. Penciled ownership of George A. Jessop. 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding, map vignette on front board. Spine faded. First edition. Scarce. "A very interesting and detailed analysis of Germantic conspiracies, intrigues, politics, propaganda, alliances, schemes, and conquests all aimed at global domination and why the war must be won. With Germanic plans, false prewar pacifist diplomacy, the trick of the Armistice, Prussian militarism, how to prevent other German wars of conquest, how the United States is directly threatened by this plan, and etc." WWI 4
[6]-444 pages. Index. "No political event or circumstance can be evaluated without the knowledge of the Vatican's part in it. And no significant world political situation exists in which the Vatican does not play an important or implicit part. [This book] presents with singular clarity and without bias the conflicts between the Roman church and the freedoms of democracy." - Foreword. Fourth printing. Former library copy with usual markings and heavy wear. Narrow opening along back hinge. No dust jacket. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy of this fascinating work. Book
238 pages including index. A definitive study of the past, present, and future of the metal that Keynesian economists and political schemers have denounced as a 'barbarous relic." The war on gold began several centuries ago, when politicians discovered they could print limitless amounts of paper currency for a small fraction of the cost of using gold as money. A particularly timely title as gold once again struggles to attain it's true market value. Author was a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution for War, Revolution and Peace from 1968 to 1973. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Pages gently age-toned. Binding intact. A clean and sound copy. Book
Signed by Eustace Mullins upon title page. 299 pages. Index. "We must not be inveigled into more contrived 'wars' for the profit of the World Order, nor can we afford to continue to be misled by their control over the media, the educational process, and our governmental institutions." - from Preface. Unread. Slightest shelf wear. A superb copy, signed by perhaps America's preeminent conspiracy researcher. [Weems p.67] Book
676 pages including index. The great events of three decades shown in political, economic, military, technological, social, and intellectual context. Originally published as Part II of Tragedy and Hope. "Deals successively with World War II, the transformed age that followed, the period of nuclear rivalry and the Cold War, and the era of shifting international power balances in the 1960s." - from back cover. For this edition Quigley included a new introduction providing a perspective for the period. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
27 pages plus advertisements. "Contains excerpts from defence lawyer Doug Christie's spirited summation to the jury at the Ernst Zundel trial on February 25th, 1985... Zundel had been charged under Section 177 of the Criminal Code for having knowingly published false news that was likely to be injurious to the public good." - from Introduction. Mr. Zundel was ultimately acquitted of this charge and later moved to the United States. In 2003 he was mysteriously deported to Canada and placed in solitary confinement because he was, allegedly, a terrorist - despite never having been convicted of a crime in Canada. Book
200418622Glitterhouse, 2004. 1 CD Audio CD
388 pages including index, footnotes and black and white photographic plates. Presents the case for Ezra Pound, the man who edited the work of Yeats and T.S. Eliot, helped introduce the poetry of Robert Frost and influenced the development of Hemingway and was tried for treason and sent to an insane asylum. Includes excerpts from the controversial broadcasts Pound made from Italy during World War II. Book is tight and unmarked with moderate wear. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is moderately sunned at spine and preserved in mylar. A sound copy. Book
388 pages including index, footnotes and black and white photographic plates. Signed and inscribed by author upon half-title page on 28 January, 1962. Presents the case for Ezra Pound, the man who edited the work of Yeats and T.S. Eliot, helped introduce the poetry of Robert Frost and influenced the development of Hemingway and was tried for treason and sent to an insane asylum. Includes excerpts from the controversial broadcasts Pound made from Italy during World War II. Light wear to tight and unmarked book. Minor soiling to fore- and top edges of plates - images unaffected. Moderate wear to dust jacket which bears a half-inch tear to the top of front panel and is now preserved in Brodart. Quality copy. Book
31 pages plus advertisements. Douglas Christie, James Keegstra's dynamic lawyer, presents the arguments offered to the Jury on Keegsta's behalf on July 11, 12 and 15, 1985." - from Introduction. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Nice color tennis-themed Coke ad inside front cover; Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina jumps from third floor of Russian Consulate in Manhattan - story with photo; One-page two-color ad for A.V. Roe Canada Limited; Coverage of the House Un-American Activities Committee with photos of Silverman, Ullman, Miller and Lee; Photo of "Negroes at the Polls" in South Carolina; Photo of massive crowd at Akron's Soap Box Derby finish line; Photo of German women building Berlin Airport using shovels; Documents on the Tito-Stalin conflict become available; Is Chiang Kai-Shek on the way out?; The Maharaja's family visits Manhattan - story and family photo; Vision of a Trans-Canada Highway; Feature article on Betty Grable includes many photos; Nice one-page two-color ad for Fargo Trucks; Horseman Harrison Hoyt and Demon Hanover; Industrial Designer/Soap wrapper designer Raymond Loewy - brief article with photo; Charming color ad for B-A products inside back cover depicts rural scenes; Back cover ad for O'Keefe's Brewing Company features transportion workers in painting by Rex Woods. Moderate wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
