SIMONART Ed.F. (RICHET Ch. & PRESCOTT Fr., préfaces)Livre Rare Book
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Jours de famine et de détresse. Illustré par Gaston Nick
1927001457Paris Mornay 1927
Henri Picard et Fils · Paris, France200,00 €
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1947P74092Bruxelles / Paris, Acta Medica Belgica / Maloine 1947 262pp.avec ills., 26cm., br.orig., bel état, P74092
19901-1125225785University of Michigan Library 1990. Paperback. New. later printing edition. 588 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.47 inches. University of Michigan Library paperback
19901-1125225807University of Michigan Library 1990. Paperback. New. 604 pages. Ukrainian language. 9.00x1.51x6.00 inches. University of Michigan Library paperback
19901-1125225793University of Michigan Library 1990. Paperback. New. 604 pages. Ukrainian language. 9.00x6.00x1.51 inches. University of Michigan Library paperback
19502090502113706464Not Available 1950. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19392090502113708885Not Available 1939. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1927001457Paris Mornay 1927
191920102Paris, Edouard-Joseph “Petites Curiosités Littéraires”, 1919 ; in-16 (198 x 148 mm), broché ; 187 pp., [2] ff. Achevé d’imprimer et vierge, suite du titre et 11 illustrations tirées en sanguine, couverture crème illustrée au dos du second plat d’une guillotine imprimée en rouge et noir.
1943234951943. Indian famine crisis press archive depicting hunger relief work and public unrest from Bengal famine conditions through later food riots in independent India. The Bengal Famine of 1943 killed an estimated three million people and food scarcity remained politically volatile in India for decades afterward. Street demonstrations over grain rationing and hunger drew police deployments in multiple cities turning food access into a public order crisis as well as a humanitarian emergency.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of 7 silver gelatin press photographs mostly measuring 8" x 10" India 1943-1964. Crowds gather outside food distribution points children sit with metal bowls during feeding mounted police face demonstrators and uniformed officers move through dense street scenes. Press captions identify Calcutta famine conditions food rioters dispersed by police in Kerala fighting and fire in Lucknow and relief activity for famine victims. Typed captions identify "food rioters" being dispersed outside the Travancore state government house in Trivandrum Kerala where police and mounted officers filled the street after looting over food. Another caption describes Lucknow fighting in which "rioters set fire to about a six-block square" with crowds massed near burning buildings and shopfront signs. Calcutta scenes show famine victims clustered around relief vessels and feeding bowls with one caption stating that people had been "reduced to skin and bone" after food shortages. A street-side feeding scene shows children and adults crouched in rows with metal dishes receiving food from a man holding a large bucket.Verso stamps include Acme Newspictures NEA reference markings New York Bureau labels editor crop marks typed captions and publication dates.<br /> <br /> The group connects famine mortality postwar scarcity and street protest in India across a period when food distribution became a central test of colonial and postcolonial government authority. Press handling wear caption remnants crop marks corner creasing and scattered surface marks; overall in very good condition. A strong press group linking famine relief imagery with the public unrest that followed hunger into India's mid-century political life. unknown
