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Signed and inscribed by Gary Webb upon half-title page. xxviii, 548 pages. Footnotes, glossary and index. "Shows how the L.A. crack market flourished through a breathtaking combination of government negligence, greed, and criminal conduct... Demonstrates that U.S. government agencies, including the CIA, DEA and FBI, were aware of the activities of this well-connected drug network and did little or nothing to stop it. Indeed, in several instances documented here, the Justice Department, the CIA, and the secret National Security Council unit run by Oliver North, took extraordinary steps to protect the ring from public exposure. In the final chapters Webb reveals the conflict that led to his newspaper's stunning repudiation of its own series - and at what cost he stood by his story." - from dust jacket. Webb was found dead in his home in 2004 with two gunshot wounds to his head. Curiously, his death was ruled a suicide. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now in archival-grade mylar. A quality signed copy of this heroic work. Book
A very rare copy of this, the first appearance of The War on the Rebate, Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Ida Tarbell's ground-breaking History of the Standard Oil Company. This 14-page chapter includes a one-page illustration of J.D. Rockefeller by George Varian, plus photos of William C. Scofield, Daniel Shurmer, John Teagle, George Rice, and Benjamin Butler. This chapter deals with organized espionage, the Scofield-Shurmer-Teagle Case, and related matters. With this work, Tarbell invented what we know today as investigative journalism. She was motivated to expose the methods of J.D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil as she felt he had unfairly damaged her father's oil business. The New York University Department of Journalism ranked this study as the fifth best work of 20th-century American journalism. Also contained in this issue is an intersting article entitled The Lone Fighter, by Ray Stannard Baker, which argues the U.S. is not a free country and Americans are not free, due to labor bosses, and government by and for 'The Bosses". Binding intact. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive external wear. Moderate moisture exposure. Dozens of pages of glorious illustrated ads. A sound vintage copy. Book
A very rare copy of this, the first appearance of Cutting to Kill, Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Ida Tarbell's ground-breaking History of the Standard Oil Company. This 14-page chapter deals with J.D. Rockefeller's fervent desire to learn every detail of the oil trade, to be able to reach its remotest point, to control even its weakest factor - as this was his ideal of doing business. Illustrated with facsimiles of documents. With this work, Tarbell invented what we know today as investigative journalism. She was motivated to expose the methods of J.D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil as she felt he had unfairly damaged her father's oil business. The New York University Department of Journalism ranked this study as the fifth best work of 20th-century American journalism. Also included is an intersting article by Ray Stannard Baker which examines the corner in labor in San Francisco, where unions hold undisputed sway. The Owl Drug Co. boycott is discussed and photos of Walter Mac Arthur, Eugene E. Schmitz, and P.H. McCarthy are included. Also included is war correspondent Frank H. Schell's personal account of his experience at the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American history. Binding intact. Unmarked. Above-average external wear. Moderate moisture exposure. Dozens of glorious illustrated ads. A worthy vintage copy. Book
A very rare copy of this, the first appearance of A Modern War For Independence, Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Ida Tarbell's ground-breaking History of the Standard Oil Company. This 18-page chapter deals with the united opposition of producers which developed against J.D. Rockefeller's heavy-handed dominance of their industry. Illustrated with photos of A.D. Wood, Lewis Emery Jr., Thomas W. Phillips, Peter Theobald, E.H. Jennings, David Kirk, Michael Murphy, James W. Lee, Hugh King, and Clarence Walker. With this work, Tarbell invented what is known today as investigative journalism. She was motivated to expose the methods of J.D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil as she felt he had unfairly damaged her father's oil business. The New York University Department of Journalism ranked this study as the fifth best work of 20th-century American journalism. Also included is a fascinating illustrated article by P.T. McGrath entitled The Peril of the Icebergs which discusses the horrors of ships colliding with icebergs, strongly foreshadowing the Titanic disaster eight years later. Dozens of glorious illustrated ads. Binding intact. Unmarked. Average wear. Lacking covers, backstrip, and half of page 85 which contained ads. A worthy vintage copy. Book
A very rare copy of this, the first appearance of chapter seven, The Crisis of 1878, of Ida Tarbell's ground-breaking History of the Standard Oil Company. This feature of 16 pages includes photos of: the company's tank farm at Olean, NY; John L. McKinney; Torpedoed oil wells with side-flow and upright flow; A.J. Cassatt; M.N. Allen; a 25,000 oil tank on fire; and a one-page illustration of the hanging in effigy of "Buck" McCandless. With this work, Tarbell invented what we know today as investigative journalism. She was motivated to expose the methods of J.D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil as she felt he had unfairly damaged her father's oil business. The New York University Department of Journalism ranked this study as the fifth best work of 20th-century American journalism. Also contained in this issue is a most scathing 15-page photo-illustrated article on the corruption pervasive in Pittsburgh, PA. Also included is a 9-page article entitled Waifs of the (New York) Street which describes, with illustrations, the heart-breaking life of children forced to work as 'newsboys, peddlers, messengers, and bootblacks that swarm by day and night through every crowded street of busy New York.' Binding intact. Unmarked. Above-average wear. This copy lacks: covers; backstrip; pages 1-2 (title page and first half of table of contents); Advertising pages 133-136. Book
40x28. 352p. 416p. 512p. 3 Vols. Tres primeros años de publicación. Cada año, cosido pero sin encuadernación. El tomo de 1852 corte en últimas páginas. Ilstr.
Folio (Large); 1st edition. Period Cloth, Folio (newspaper), ca 600 pages. Bound volume of the ACWA's Yiddish paper. (Its English language counterpart was called ADVANCE) The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America originalted as a heavily Jewish & Italian union out of the successful 1910 strike against Hart, Schaffner & Marx in Chicago, aided by middle class progresssives like Jane Addams and the Women's Trade Union League. "Among it's founding cadre, " note Buhle, Buhle & Georgakas (Encyclopedia of the American Left, pp. 16-18) , "nearly every variety of left-wing politics was represented: Lithuanian revolutionary nationalism, Bohemian free-thought, Italian syndicalism, the revoltionary unionism of the IWW, Jewish and Italian anarchism, the orthodox socialism of the American Socialist Party...and thetactically bolder socialism of the Jewish Bund. " This political rainbow is cleary evident in the pages of the FORTSCHRITT.SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Employment -- Periodicals. Labor unions. OCLC: 40576795. OCLC lists 5 holdings, of unclear completeness, worldwide (JTS, U of I, Dept of Labor, YIVO, IISH). Front board has edgewear, paper is browning and somehwat fragile, but with minimal wear . Good Condition thus. (yid-35-2)
Mérida de Yucatán, Imprenta de Castillo y Compañía. 1845. 484p. 8º mayor. Holandesa algo rozada. Lomo de piel con dorados, con corte. Puntos de óxido. Buen ejemplar
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original wrappers. No bdg. Wear spine, dispersed pages. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 197, 6 p., 5 panoramic folded huge b/w plates (Including the photographic plts.; 1-) Turkish Convention May, 13, 1923, Detroit, Mich by Photo Craft Byallen -23x39 cm-; 2-) [Among the Young Turks in Detroit, -23x106 cm-; 3-) In the White House with the President, -23x106 cm-; 4-) Islamic Society in the US, -32x40 cm-; 5-) Among the Young Turkish people in Chicago, -23x26 cm-). First and only edition of this exceedingly rare travel account of America by Dr. Mehmed Fuad [Umay], (1885-1963), who was a Turkish doctor and the founder of Himâye-i Etfâl [i.e. Society for the Protection of Orphans], a society that was established in 1921 to provide orphanages to children of the deceased soldiers in the Turkish War of Independence; began visiting many of the Turkish colonies in the US, giving lectures and raising a considerable amount of money for the establishment of these orphanages in Turkey. On 21 March 1923, Fuad Bey was granted permission from the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to go to the US in order to raise funds among the Ottoman immigrants for immediate war relief. Thus, for the first time, humanitarian action became an organized effort by fostering diaspora mobilization. Fuad Bey arrived in Ellis Island on 6 April 1923 on a ship named SS Aquitania and headed to the Ottoman Welfare Association at 35 Rivington Street. In the first meeting held by the Ottoman Welfare Association for the benefit of Turkish Orphan Society, Fuad Bey notes that a total of USD 17,500 was raised in just six hours. To those who donated over USD 1,000, a personally autographed picture of Mustafa Kemal was given by Fuad Bey. He visited the Turkish colonies in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He lectured about the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1922) and the success of the struggle, and many Turkish and Kurdish workers residing in these cities donated their life savings to support the construction of orphanages and the reconstruction of the entire country. Fuad's visit to Peabody, Massachusetts aroused exceptional excitement among the Turkish and Kurdish immigrants. It was the first chance for the Muslim Anatolian immigrants to manifest their national pride and attachment to the homeland. At the same time, their socioeconomic achievement was evidenced with the arrival of Fuad Bey in Peabody in an auto decorated with a large American flag and followed by a dozen autos filled with Turks, the machines decorated with American and Turkish flags.". A day before his arrival, the Turks refrained from work and "went around with badges in honor of his coming. Mehmed Fuad noted that there were around 600 Turks when he visited Peabody in 1923. Despite their small number, they had established Kizilay [i.e. Turkish Red Crescent] society. After being shown some of the tanneries in Peabody and Salem, Fuad gave an address to the Turks and Kurds at the Peabody Institute. The scene was described as: "All the Turks in town were present. They made a spectacle of the doctor's visit, many of them taking a day off. They wore badges in his honor and displayed in front of the Institute the American and Turkish flags. Great enthusiasm was shown. Baskets of roses were carried down the aisles and the flowers were bought at any price, bunches of money being put in the baskets. It was said that USD 8,000 was raised among the Turks of this city for Dr. Fuad Bey to take back with him.". Fuad Bey visited Peabody for a second time on 14 August 1925, as he came for the National Conference of Social Workers held in Denver, Colorado in June, 1925. When he arrived in Massachusetts, he was met by a delegation of Turkish people from [.]". (Source: Ottoman Immigrants and the Formation of Turkish Red Crescent Societies in the United States). No printed copy in OCLC.; Özege 727.; TBTK 11126.
Folio (Large); 1st edition. Period Cloth, Folio (newspaper), ca 600 pages. Bound volume of the ACWA's Yiddish weekly. (Its English language counterpart was called ADVANCE) The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America originalted as a heavily Jewish & Italian union out of the successful 1910 strike against Hart, Schaffner & Marx in Chicago, aided by middle class progresssives like Jane Addams and the Women's Trade Union League. "Among it's founding cadre, " note Buhle, Buhle & Georgakas (Encyclopedia of the American Left, pp. 16-18) , "nearly every variety of left-wing politics was represented: Lithuanian revolutionary nationalism, Bohemian free-thought, Italian syndicalism, the revoltionary unionism of the IWW, Jewish and Italian anarchism, the orthodox socialism of the American Socialist Party...and the tactically bolder socialism of the Jewish Bund. " This political rainbow is cleary evident in the pages of the FORTSCHRITT. Subjects:Jewish labor unions -- United States -- Periodicals. Yiddish newspapers -- United States -- Periodicals. Labor movement -- New York -- Periodicals. OCLC: 40576795. OCLC lists 5 holdings, of unclear completeness, worldwide (JTS, U of I, Dept of Labor, YIVO, IISH). Paper very brown and fragile, lacking 2 leaves from the first issue and the remaining first 6 leaves loose with some loss. otherwise Good Condition.(yid-35-3)
Folio (Large); 1st edition. Period Cloth, Folio (newspaper), ca 600 pages. Bound volume of the ACWA's Yiddish paper. (Its English language counterpart was called ADVANCE) The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America originalted as a heavily Jewish & Italian union out of the successful 1910 strike against Hart, Schaffner & Marx in Chicago, aided by middle class progresssives like Jane Addams and the Women's Trade Union League. "Among it's founding cadre, " note Buhle, Buhle & Georgakas (Encyclopedia of the American Left, pp. 16-18) , "nearly every variety of left-wing politics was represented: Lithuanian revolutionary nationalism, Bohemian free-thought, Italian syndicalism, the revoltionary unionism of the IWW, Jewish and Italian anarchism, the orthodox socialism of the American Socialist Party...and thetactically bolder socialism of the Jewish Bund. " This political rainbow is cleary evident in the pages of the FORTSCHRITT.SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Employment -- Periodicals. Labor unions. OCLC: 40576795. OCLC lists 5 holdings, of unclear completeness, worldwide (JTS, U of I, Dept of Labor, YIVO, IISH). Aproximately 25 leaves are loose, with occational text loss at the edges. Paper is browning and somehwat fragile, but generally with minimal wear otherwise. Good Condition thus. (yid-35-2A )
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, half-title and title lightly spotted; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, gilt edges, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Contemporary burgundy cloth. Fading and foxing on boards, stains on pages. Overall a good copy. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 184 p. Extremely rare first edition of this last utopian work, printed before the proclamation of the Republic in 1923, by the Turkish / Ottoman Women Magazine publishing house, including an enthusiastic call for the political unity of the Turks outside Anatolia. Müfide Ferid Tek was one of the first female representatives of the Turkism and Turanism movement in the novel genre and she would later support the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1922) with her literary works. Özege 1343.; 10 copies worldwide located in OCLC: 314528178 (5 copies), 1030064092 (1 copy), 49367479 (4 copies). (Utopias from the Middle East 4).
Very Good Urdu Extremely rare first and only edition (not in institutional catalogues and market) of this travel book to America in the mid 20th century by Pakistani journalist and intellectual Sharif Farooq, who was invited to visit the USA on the Leader Specialist Programme in 1958. Sharif Farooq visited America in 1958. In his travelogue, he highlights the lifestyle, educational system, and foreign policy of America in detail. He also introduces the economical situation of the country, economical trends, and the condition of different institutions. Reports of press conferences are also a part of this travelogue. (Source: Travelogues of America in the Urdu Language: Trends and Tradition). "Wherever the Americans deserve appreciation for their intense patriotism and enthusiasm for labor, the author has given unstinted praise but where criticism is due he has not spared them, though the language used is very sober and moderate. I am confident that this book will be widely read and aimed as one of the good travel books written about America". (From the preface of the book by advocate-general Muhammad Ali). In original boards with lettering in both Latin and Arabic, spine missing. Otherwise a good copy. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). Text is in Urdu with a one-page English preface. 387, [1] p. In the Land of Lincoln. First Edition. No copy in OCLC.
Paperback. First issue of radical underground newspaper. Includes contributions by John Wieners, Joel Oppenheimer, John Sinclair, Andre Breton and others. Pages are very tanned. Minor foxing on front page. Several tears and nicks on pages. Text and illustrations remain clear. AF Used
1911. In-4 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. Journaux 9 ème année du 10 janvier 1911 au 25 decembre 1911. Ouvrage de bibliothèque avec code collé sur le dos, annotation et petit tampon en page de titre. 1 page 131 coupée. Journal religieux.
Very Good Turkish First and only edition of this very rare 20th century Turkish-Americana, and the first book written to introduce the world of Hollywood to the Turkish audience, by the first Turkish society reporter. Turan Aziz Beler was a modern pioneer of magazine journalism in Turkey. Beler was born in Istanbul in 1912. He started his literary career as a journalist. His first novel "Sevda" [i.e. Love] also stands out but "Türedi Ailesi" [i.e. Türedi Family] brought him fame. According to Beler's foreword in the book, the purpose of his travel is to clarify all things known incorrectly about Hollywood in Turkey. He spent three and a half years in Hollywood with many celebrities and interviewed American stars. He examined the conditions under which American popular cinema was formed. According to his own statement, he expressed the witty language that he was grateful to Hollywood for not having gotten married or gotten beaten He has very interesting and funny wording in this 1930s Hollywood travel memoirs. This book caused him to be sentenced to two years in prison in Turkey according to contemporary sources. Paperback. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18,5 cm). In Turkish. 213, [3] p., many b/w plates.
Barcelona, Rafael Figueró, s.a. (1688). 4to.; portada grabada, con pérdida de la mitad inferior donde figurarían los datos de impresor,, 3 hojas de preliminares, la última de ellas con la "Lista de los Españoles que se hallaban en la Batalla de Hersan el año pasado de 1687", más 136 pp. sin numerar. Ejemplar con pérdida de papel y alguna letras en primera hoja de preliminares y cuatro primeras páginas de texto. Por lo demás, ejemplar correcto. Encuadernación moderna en media tela.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 20 plates on 19, neat signature on front free endpaper, moderate offsetting from cutting to frontispiece and title; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in brown, covers moderately faded, backstrip heavily sunned (but all lettering wholly legible), a good, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. LOOSELY INSERTED ARE (1) AN A.L.s FROM THE AUTHOR ON DAILY EXPRESS STATIONERY, (2) A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF WINN; (3) A CUTTING FROM THE SUNDAY EXPRESS NEWSPAPER OF MARCH 29 1942 CONTAINING AN EXTENDED BYLINED ARTICLE BY WINN. THE PIECE IS ENTITLED 'WORKER OF MIRACLES' AND DESCRIBED IN MOVING FASHION WINN'S ATTENDANCE AT AN OPERATION TO SKIN GRAFT A BADLY BURNED AIRMAN [THE SURGEON PORTRAYED MAY WELL HAVE BEEN MCINDOE HIMSELF]. The field of plastic and restorative surgery held a constant fascination for Winn, who would cover this topic several times during the war years. Winn's first book of WWII includes twenty-nine essays arranged in four sections: 'The Air Force', 'Naval Occasions', 'The Army' and 'Home Front'. One of Britain's leading WWII and post-war journalists, Godfrey Winn (1906-1971) enlisted as an anonymous ordinary seaman after three years as a war correspondent. After training at Ganges and service abroad HMS CUMBERLAND he was invalided from the service. He then joined the Merchant Navy and served aboard POZARICA throughout PQ17. His well-known account of this ill-fated convoy forms a separate work. After the war he resumed his career as journalist, principally with the Express Newspapers Group, and developed parallel careers as novelist and actor. A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY DEEPLY EVOCATIVE OF THE EARLY YEARS OF WWII. Enser p.350.
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces, plates and maps; pictorial boards, backstrips lettered in black, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked slip-case. Classic collection of Orwell's non-fiction work. The set comprises: Down and Out in Paris and London. Introduced by Michael Foot; Homage to Catalonia; My Country Right or Left, and other selected Essays and Journalism; Funny, but not Vulgar, and other selected Essays and Journalism; The Road to Wigan Pier. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Madrid, en la Imprenta de Antonio Roman, a expensas de Sebastian de Armendariz, 1686. 4to.; 8 hs., 232 pp. Ejemplar carente de frontispicio. Encuadernación moderna en media tela, con algunas faltas en los planos.
Madrid, en la Imprenta de Antonio Roman, a costa de Sebastian de Armendariz, 1687. 4to.; 8 hs., 252 pp. Ejemplar carente de frontispicio. Encuadernación moderna en media tela.
EXTREMELY RARE collection of 53 issues of the Polish-language illustrated weekly newspaper "Tygodnik Illustrowany" from the year 1910. The issues are BOUND IN TWO VOLUMES. Each issue is illustrated with numerous b&w photographs, mostly relating to theater and architecture. The issues also feature numerous b&w reproductions of paintings, mostly of works by Polish artists. 380x295mm. 1082 pages (pagination: 8+536/537-1082+8). Brown cloth Hardcover. Gilt and black illustration and lettering on front cover. Gilt lettering and embossed decoration on spine. Embossed decoration on rear cover. Cover worn and stained. Cover edges bumped. Cover corners bumped and peeling. Spine edges peeling. Spine detached from rear cover. Spine torn at several places and partly missing. Pages browning. [VOL.1]: Spine lettering faded. [VOL.2]: Binding slightly visible on pages 539, 984 and 1062. Pages 555-558 detached from binding and have worn edges. Last page whitepage edge slightly (20&50mm) torn. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of richly-illustrated Polish newspapers from the early 20th century has undergone some external wear is internally in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
Barcelona, Imprenta del Diario de Barcelona, 1858-1861 El Álbum de las familis. Colección de leyendas, novelas históricas, viajes, etc., por distinguidos escritores modernos. Ilustrada con gran número de grabados. Tomo I) del Nº1 del 30 de Octubre de 1858 al nº 54 del 6 de Noviembre de 1859 con 428 páginas. Tomo II) Del número 1 del 13 de Noviembre de 1859 al número 48 del 7 de Octubre de 1860 con 304 páginas. Tomo III) del nº 1 del 21 de Octubre de 1860 al número 50 del 29 de Septiembre de 1861 con 396 páginas. Encuadernados en guaflex moderno. Manchas de humedad sin afectar a los textos. Puntos de óxido. Buenos ejemplares. retratos de personajes como O'donell, Napoelón III, Prim, Domingo Dulce, Ros de Olano, Juan de Zavala, Alcalá Galiano, conde de Montemolín, etc. Muchos grabados de la Geurra de Africa como: mapa a doble página del terreno comprendido entre Ceuta y Tetuán, grabado de voluntarios de Cataluña, reconocimiento de los fuertes de Tetuán por la goleta a hélice "Rosalía", Vista del campamento español en Africa, plano de la batalla 4 febrero frente de Tetuán, tercios vascongados, etc, plano del cielo eclipse 18 julio 1860, etc.
EXTREMELY RARE single volume containing all 1894 issues of the daily Hebrew newspaper "Ha-Tsefira". This influential publication, published in Warsaw and read throughout the Jewish world, featured news in matters of international politics, global economy, science and religion, literature and so forth. The issues were sent by mail, and still feature contemporary Austrian-Hungarian stamps. The publication was edited and most of it written by Nachum Sokolov, and is written in the elevated Hebrew prose typical of that era. 400x275mm. 1262 pages. Bound in black cloth Hardcover. Most page edges slightly torn (no damage to text). Many pages taped and nicely restored - NO damage to text. First and last text pages partly torn and detached from binding; these pages are sold along with the volume, but a photocopied version of them is bound within it. Pages yellowing/browning. [SUMMARY]: In spite of the wear it has sustained, this rare collection of Jewish newspapers is in good reading condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
