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Features: Humorous cover art by Norris shows bored boy in church; Can We All Get Jobs? - an argument to boost exports; Home-Front Booby Traps - returning servicemen with their war earnings must beware sharpsters targeting their funds; It's The Happy Gang! - They boast over a million weekly radio listeners; Our Crazy Clothes - Eminent Toronto doctor claims never have so many worn so much - or so little - in the wrong places; This is Berlin - The crippled city struggles to its feet; Bug Busters - DDT and dimethyl phthalate; London Letter - Who Got Slapped?; Washington Memo - approval of the United Nations Charter; Backstage at Ottawa - Dominion-Provincial talks next month; Get in the Swim - photo-illustrated article on aquabats/ornamental swimmers/synchronized swimmers, including nine-time champion Doris Geldard of Toronto; It Happened in Norway - Paper shoes, paper clothes, no meat, but even traitor Quisling will get a fair trial; Turn Again Home (short story); A Date for Agnes (short story); Russian Lady (short story); Canny Canning; and more. Nice ads for: Fleet Aircraft; Moore Business Forms, Koroseal by B.F. Goodrich, Miracle Whip, White Rose petroleum products, Canada Dry sparking water, Absorbine Jr., John Labbatt Ltd., Kreml Hair Tonic, Arrid deodorant (featuring photo of Jessica Dragonette), Hiram Walker & Sons, Limited ("Serving the United Nations with War Alcohol"); Pep O Mint Life Savers; Eveready Flashlight Batteries (featuring photo of young radio singer Cleone Duncan of Calgary); Vitalis; Eversharp Red Top Lead (fantastic colour ad on back cover); Wonderful colour ad inside back cover by the Blue Top Brewing Company of Kitchener encourages readers to support Red Cross Blood Clinics to help soldiers. 52 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Small perforations in front cover to right of title. Several peripheral openings. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
216 pages, including index, plus 64 pages of advertisements. Illustrated with 184 engravings. Chocolate brown cloth exterior moderately worn with clearly legible gilt lettering upon backstrip. "I have been engaged in the construction of toothed gearing all my life, and many years ago felt the want of such a book as this. There is no work yet of this particular type published either in England or America, none which deals with the subject of toothed gearing from the standpoint of the workshop and drawing-office, none which goes over the whole field as this does. Only so much mathematics is introduced as is necessary to establish fundamental principles. But the practical methods of formation of tooth profiles, both cycloidal and involute, special forms, and the employment of Willis's Odontograph, have been treated fully. The various screw gears, angle wheels, worm wheels, helical wheels, etc. have received full illustration, and the essential elements of the practice of machine moulding have been described..." - from Preface. Prior owner's details neatly upon title page else unmarked. Fold-out drawing loose but present at page 18. Binding soundl Light to moderate soiling externally. Overall, a solid and pleasing opy of this pioneering work. Book
16265Woman's Work For Woman A Union Illustrated Magazine Published Monthly by the Women's Foreign Missionary Societies of the Presbyterian Church. Vol. XI No. 1. January 1896. New York. 28 pages. Vertical fold down the center of the booklet with soiling on the front and back cover water damage on the top and right edge of the front cover and small losses on the bottom edge of the back cover. Very rare; OCLC locates no other known copies.<br/><br/>Woman's Work for Woman was published from 1890-1904. The magazine contains articles and updates about life in different missionary locations in Asia South America and the Middle East. With most of the submissions by women and with an all women Editorial Committee this magazine is indicative of some of the most acceptable ways for women to participate in public life in the late 19th century. Women were not allowed to participate in Presbyterian church councils or leadership until the mid-twentieth century but working with the Women's Missionary Societies gave new opportunities for writing organizing and leadership positions. In the late 19th century women who sought work outside the home were often criticized for abandoning family and domestic responsibilities but women who pursued religious work did not face this same criticism since they had an altruistic motive. Working on religious causes allowed women agency and independence that they would not be able to access in other occupations. Very rare; OCLC Worldcat locates no known copies at any library or institution. unknown books
19542092902143800092Japan Public Employment Security Association Hokkaido Branch Kaboro City 1954. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Japan Public Employment Security Association Hokkaido Branch (Kaboro City) paperback
18936644St. Louis: A. R. Fleming & Co 1893. First edition. Very Good. Original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to spine and front board. Brown coated endpapers. Some wear to corners and head and tail of spine. Some staining to covers and corresponding dampstaining to corners of endpapers. A very good copy internally clean and unmarked. Collating viii 9-220: complete including frontis. The first book published by a policewoman in America.<br /> <br /> Despite assumptions to the contrary "women have served in organized law enforcement in the U.S. almost from the beginning. The first police departments in America were established in the 19th century and in 1845 women began working as matrons in New York City jails" Smith. The practice rapidly spread across the country where police forces needed assistance in supervising female prisoners and dealing with the specific challenges faced by this population. Women's clubs -- particularly the American Female Moral Reform Society and the Women's Christian Temperance Union -- urged recognition for the widespread violence perpetrated on female prisoners and called for meaningful change. "It was these women's groups that fought for these distinctly female positions demanding there was a need for women to take care of women.and they provided police departments with funds for paid matron positions until the government could be convinced of the necessity of having women in the police force" Maiorano.<br /> <br /> Louisa Harris having served in the prisons and courts of Missouri for nearly a decade became the first of these women to publish about her experience. The resulting narrative reflects an awareness of the social forces that put women at a disadvantage driving them toward arrests or recidivism. Domestic violence poverty and the stigma placed on sex work all do damage to women; and according to Harris these women should not be treated as or placed with violent offenders when they could with proper assistance find safety or build more secure lives. This is the motivation for Harris' memoir. In the introduction she explains that while she hesitated to publish the book which might in some readers awaken a "morbid curiosity" she ultimately moved ahead because "I reasoned that if the world knew more about the unfortunate and their revolting experiences together with the causes that promote misfortune there might be more true sympathy exhibited.While I have from personal observation become familiar with so-called criminals I have had the opportunity to learn many of the causes of the committal of crimes. The law seldom recognizes the palliating influences but humanity should." Harris calls for reforming the handling of juvenile offenders advocates for therapeutic programs for young women and taps into a number of other systemic issues of concern within policing today. Very Good. A. R. Fleming & Co unknown
Sm. 8vo., First Edition; original yellow boards printed in black, blue cloth back with printed paper label, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped pictorial dustwrapper, the latter wanting about one sixth of rear panel. WALTER CRONKITE'S COPY WITH HIS HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The signature reads 'Walter Cronkite, United Press' in blue ink. There is an additional signature in pencil on front paste-down. Cronkite joined United Press in 1937 after a year as sports announcer (only his second job in broadcasting) at KCMO in Kansas City, Missouri. This switch from national to international status was effectively the birth of an American legend, for Cronkite went on to become one of the best-known and most respected American reporters of WWII. After covering the North African theatre he turned his attention to Europe, where he was one of eight journalists selected by USAAF to accompany B-17 bombing raids over Germany. During MARKET GARDEN he landed by glider with 101st Airborne and subsequently covered the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes. His extended post-war career as anchorman with CBS created an American icon. A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD OF HIS BROADCASTING CAREER. THE WORK ITSELF IS SCARCE; THIS COPY IS VERY POSSIBLY UNIQUE.
1916183494London: Chiswick Press 1916. First edition of this illustrated government publication promoting women's wartime employment. Women's War Work contains a detailed list of several hundred roles left vacant by men that women successfully fulfilled. Several of these are demonstrated by characterful photographs which show women employed in a range of professions including the postal service factories breweries and shops. The War Office recruited women into the workplace to maintain productivity produce munitions and ensure that as many men as possible were available for the Armed Forces. By July 1916 it was estimated that 750000 women across Britain had taken up such work and the War Office produced Women's War Work in September to further increase their numbers. The preface asserts that employers who had women in their workface would "readily admit that the results achieved by the temporary employment of women far exceed their original estimates and even so are capable of much further extension" p. 5. Women's contributions to the war effort drastically changed public perception of their capabilities and helped women over 30 to achieve enfranchisement in 1918. Provenance: from the collection of the suffrage historian Elizabeth Crawford. Quarto. 72 black and white photographs. Drab paper wrappers front and rear cover printed in black. Library sticker of the Women's Service Library and withdrawal stamp on front inside cover former shelfmark to front cover in pencil former bookseller's price to half-title. Spine repaired loss to ends wrappers lightly toned extremities a little creased extending to outer leaves at bottom corner occasional light finger-soiling to contents but otherwise clean: a very good copy of a fragile publication. unknown
Approximately 50 pages. Many fold-outs. This large 15" x 12" work presents the master plan for Erin Mills. "A fortunate combination of circumstances should make Erin Mills New Town a singular community. First, the company had the foresight and resources to acquire a tract of land in excess of ten square miles in one of the most favourable growth regions on the continent. Secondly, there exists a strong demand in this region of Southern Ontario for all types of residential, commercial and industrial land and buildings... Erin Mills New Town presents our company an opportunity to create, in cooperation with the public authorities, one of the most imaginative planned communities on the continent. It offers us an unparalleled opportunity to direct our resources to a sound business venture that will provide an urban environment in which a prime consideration is quality living for those who live and work there." - from Foreword by A.E. Diamond, President, Don Mills Developments Limited. Sections include: Erin Mills in the region; West Credit Development Area; Land Ownership; Natural Features; Existing Land Use; Development Concept; Employment; Commercial Facilities; Education and Institutions; Open Space and Recreation; Housing and Residential Environment; Special Housing Studies; Landscaping; Road System; Public Transportation; Transportation Corridor; Services; Staging and Growth; General Plan; Erin Mills Centre; Erin Mills South; West Credit Development Plan; Development Policies; Fiscal Consideration. Gift Greetings inside front board, otherwise clean and unmarked with very light wear. Binding intact. An excellent copy. Book
188 pages. "To Torchy Peden with Best Wishes, Ray Smythe, July 1 1935" written boldly upon front free endpaper. A newspaperman's close-up of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) - subtitle. "Offers the first constructive close-up of the people who are administering the National Housing Act, and the banking, industrial and employment problems with which this group is dealing so effectively." - from dust jacket. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
20122092902140700156Japan Map Center 2012. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B5 Number of books: 2 Japan Map Center paperback
19445698Washington DC 1944. Very good. 16pp. Gathered signatures stapled. Minor creasing light discoloration to outer leaves. Pencil note on last page reads "From Natl Council for a Permanent FEPC Wash DC." A rare slip-bill printing of Senator Dennis Chavez's first attempt at legislation intended "to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race creed color national origin or ancestry." New Mexico Senator Dennis Chavez 1888-1962 was a lawyer and only the second Mexican-American to serve in the United States Senate. The present document represents a critical moment in Chavez's career in the Senate which occurred near the end of World War II. Chavez saw the need to protect fair employment practices for minorities returning home from war or for those who had worked in the defense industry during the conflict. FDR's Executive Orders 8802 which forbid discrimination in hiring practices within the defense industry and 9346 which created a five-member Fair Employment Practices Committee FEPC to ensure fairness helped during the war but were only a temporary fix. During its three-year run Senator Chavez reported hundreds of cases of discrimination to the FEPC with regard to unfair hiring practices wage differentials and discrimination in public accommodations but he wanted a more permanent and broader-ranging solution.<br /> <br /> The present document is Senator Chavez's first shot across the bow. In it he proposes to end employment discrimination across the whole of American life through the establishment of a permanent Federal Employment Practices Commission. In addition to defining the composition and other details of the commission membership salaries reporting duties location of offices etc. the bill stipulates that the commission's chief duty is the "Prohibition of Unfair Employment Practices" defines the commission's investigative powers gives it authority to make or change regulations to align with this act requires non-discriminatory language in government contracts stipulates penalties for persons resisting impeding or interfering with the commission's work and so forth. Of course Chavez's bill did not pass into law in 1944. Through a series of procedural gymnastics including a Senate filibuster opponents killed the bill a few different times in the years to come. When Chavez finally withdrew his bill following a failed cloture vote in February 1946 he commented that it was only the beginning of the struggle for civil rights and that the country would indeed move forward.<br /> <br /> In his article entitled "Dennis Chavez and the National Agenda: 1933-1946" Roy Lujan concludes: "Chavez's failure in civil rights legislation may be attributed to the fact that his vision and goals were too far-reaching. In the mid 1940s the United States was not ready to accept civil rights. Many people throughout the country and some of his Senate colleagues could not or would not recognize or correct discriminatory practices. Nevertheless through Chavez's fight for civil rights legislation he challenged southerners longstanding control of the Senate on this issue. Chavez's strong commitment to fight racial intolerance laid the groundwork and encouraged and inspired other congressmen to introduce civil rights legislation which finally came to pass under the Lyndon Johnson administration. In 1964 twenty years after Chavez first introduced his bill to create a permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission Congress invoked cloture to cut off debate after a fifty-seven-day southern-run filibuster and then enacted the 1964 Civil Rights Act. A provision of that act prohibits employers and labor unions from discriminating because of race color sex religion or national origin." <br /> <br /> Sadly Chavez died in 1962 and thus did not live to see many of the ideas in the present document passed into law as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The present document defines what could have been.twenty years earlier. <br /> <br /> Roy Lujan: "Dennis Chavez and the National Agenda: 1933-1946" New Mexico Historical Review Vol. 74 No. 1 1999 pp.55-74. unknown
7714, Paris, J. Rothschild, 1869.**, Relie de l' epoque, demi - maroquin rouge, plats marbre, dos orne de fil fleuronne dore et piece de titre dore, dos a nerfs (5), plats de papier dore, couverture originale d' editeur, 27x36cm, 52pp
2020sun0000001782Center for Education & Employmen 2020T. paperback. Good. 1.2500 in x 9.0000 in x 6.0000 in. Used books may not include access codes or one time use codes. Proven Seller with Excellent Customer Service. Choose expedited shipping and get it FAST. 20 Center for Education & Employmen paperback
2020sun0000005580Center for Education & Employmen 2020T. paperback. Good. 1.2500 in x 9.0000 in x 6.0000 in. Used books may not include access codes or one time use codes. Proven Seller with Excellent Customer Service. Choose expedited shipping and get it FAST. Center for Education & Employmen paperback
18934179St. Louis: A. R. Fleming & Co 1893. First edition. Near Fine. Original publisher's cloth binding with gilt to spine and front board. Brown coated endpapers. A square tight copy with just a bit of rubbing to extremities and light shelfwear to bottom edges of boards. Some cracking to hinges but both holding firm. Internally clean and unmarked collating viii 9-220: complete including frontis. Inscribed on the front endpaper: "Presented by the Author Mrs. Louisa Harris." The first book published by a policewoman in America it is scarce both institutionally and in trade. OCLC reports 23 copies and the modern auction record shows only three; of these only one was signed. <br /><br />Despite assumptions to the contrary "women have served in organized law enforcement in the U.S. almost from the beginning. The first police departments in America were established in the 19th century and in 1845 women began working as matrons in New York City jails" Smith. The practice rapidly spread across the country where police forces needed assistance in supervising female prisoners and dealing with the specific challenges faced by this population. Women's clubs -- particularly the American Female Moral Reform Society and the Women's Christian Temperance Union -- urged recognition for the widespread violence perpetrated on female prisoners and called for meaningful change. "It was these women's groups that fought for these distinctly female positions demanding there was a need for women to take care of women.and they provided police departments with funds for paid matron positions until the government could be convinced of the necessity of having women in the police force" Maiorano.<br /><br />Louisa Harris having served in the prisons and courts of Missouri for nearly a decade became the first of these women to publish about her experience. The resulting narrative reflects an awareness of the social forces that often put women at a disadvantage driving them toward arrests or recidivism. Domestic violence poverty and the stigma placed on sex work all do damage to women; and according to Harris these women should not be treated as or placed with violent offenders when they could with proper assistance find safety or build more secure lives. This is the motivation for Harris' memoir. In the introduction she explains that while she hesitated to publish the book which might in some readers awaken a "morbid curiosity" she ultimately moved ahead because "I reasoned that if the world knew more about the unfortunate and their revolting experiences together with the causes that promote misfortune there might be more true sympathy exhibited.While I have from personal observation become familiar with so-called criminals I have had the opportunity to learn many of the causes of the committal of crimes. The law seldom recognizes the palliating influences but humanity should." Harris calls for reforming the handling of juvenile offenders advocates for therapeutic programs for young women and taps into a number of other systemic issues of concern within policing today. Near Fine. A. R. Fleming & Co books
1747ABC_47930Amsterdam 1747. Folio. Wed. J. van Egmont en Zoon Contemporary half vellum sewn on 3 vellum tapes laced through the joints marbled paper over boards with a heart shaped printed title-label on the front board green ties. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page and 2 decorated woodcut initials in the text. 2 2 blank 53 3 blank pp. Very rare work with the terms of employment of the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie VOC. It contains 121 clauses with rules of conduct and an extra chapter with formularies of oaths. This second revised edition was published after some changes had been made to the rules in 1747. This VOC publication is very rare. It is available in just a few libraries and we have only been able to trace one other copy in sales records of the past 100 years.The clauses deal with everything an employee of the VOC could face during employment. They explain exactly who is in charge how to deal with religion on board of the ships when and how payment of wages takes place what the VOC pays in case of injury or death how to climb in rank rations on the ships the repercussions of illegal trading and the rights of former employees. The VOC struggled with staff shortages throughout the 18th century but the situation became especially dire from 1744 onwards. This was in part because the VOC was not known to be a good employer. The present publication can likely be seen as an attempt by the VOC to improve its image as an employer and attract more staff.With an additional loose large square title-label added before the front flyleaf and with the blindstamp of a previous owner "Gulden Passer - Labores et Constantia - HV" on the front and back free flyleaves. As usual the title has been extended with a slip-cancel mounted under the title partially covering the printers device. The edges of the boards are slightly scuffed. The front endpapers the title page and following blank leaf have been reinforced in the gutter with paper the endpapers are slightly browned with a small brown stain on the title-page and first blank leaf. Overall in very good condition.l Landwehr VOC 940; STCN 17341558X 6 copies; WorldCat 48255045 1200508712 7 copies; cf. Schimmel R. De VOC als werkgever. Een vergelijkend onderzoek naar de invloed van de VOC op maritieme arbeidsmarkten in Azië master thesis 2023. hardcover
19542091202132802401Employment Security Bureau Ministry of Labor 1954. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 394 pages Size: 25cm Number of books: 1 Employment Security Bureau, Ministry of Labor paperback
