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Toulouse, Société des livres religieux, 1903. In-8 relié toile marron, VIII-371 pp. avec quelques illustrations.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original autograph letter signed by Lawyer Usmanbas sent to his daughter Fetânet Hanim who was sister of Turkish musician Ilhan Usmanbas, (1921-). 22x14 cm. In Ottoman script. 1 p. Full. Dated 26-7-[1]946. He mentions a lawsuit in detail.
pp. xxx, 575. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Third Edition, Fourteenth Printing. A very nice copy dust jacketed. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WHISKEY 4 **
380 p. Curiously illustrated by the author in a naive style. Worn original full cloth binding. Lacks endpapers. Large 8vo. 23 cm. A remarkable self-published epic free verse poem that covers a vast landscape of late Victorian-American social and cultural issues and situations. Included is a chapter in black dialect. The heroine of the work is "Millie Floss." Though not a brilliant copy, the book is genuinely scarce. Bascom was a Prohibition Party politician in Steuben County, New York. Probably there is much of local interest in this book. Quite remarkable. W145
pp. x, 269. 12mo. 19.5 cm. Original full cloth binding. Some age stain. Manuscript ownership of H. A. Mills. Coffin was a New York journalist and litterateur. His books (usually written under the pseudonym Barry Gray) were extremely popular through the Civil War era, but were quickly forgotten. His humor and observations seemed to lack the bite and originality that made for long-term loyalty and reputation. This particular work, however, contains some entertaining observations on the practice and content of popular publishing in the era. Curious contemporary domestic habits are, of course, discussed in colorful detail. Wright 'American Fiction' II:591. "Marriage is neither heaven nor hell. It is simply purgatory" -- Abraham Lincoln. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W 147.
pp. 38 +Plus frontis portrait. 12mo. 180mm. Original publisher's pictorial full pebbled cream cloth binding lettered and decorated in gilt. Cover designs of torches strung together with ribbon. Spine blank. Cover is slightly. Spine rubbed. Some Wear to base and head of spine. Corners worn. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Richard Olney (1835-1917) was an American statesman. He served as U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State under President Grover Cleveland, and in the latter position, briefly, under Cleveland's successor, William McKinley. As attorney general, Olney used injunctions against striking workers in the Pullman strike, setting a precedent, and advised the use of federal troops, when legal means failed to control the strikers. As secretary of state, he raised the status of America in the world by elevating U.S. diplomatic posts to the status of embassy. This book is a transcription of 'An address Delivered before the Alumni of Brown University.' NW63
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright, clean copy. Standard biography of the 'Gastronomic Regenerator'. SCARCE.
Barcelona, Imprenta de los Herederos de la Viuda Plá, 1850. 12vo.; 432 pp. Encuadernación en piel marbreada, de la época. Tras la obra de Cobbett y ocupando la mitad del volúmen se halla la traducción de la Disertación leída en Roma en 1830 por el Cardenal Wiseman que recoge interesantes datos sobre las Misiones en la India e Islas del Pacífico. Dicha traducción fue abruptamente titulada por los hispánicos editores como "Esterilidad de las Misiones Protestantes para la conversión de Infieles".
610p. Inner hinges cracked. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding, soiled. Extremities worn. Hardbound. Very good. Scarce. RELIGION BOX 10
228 pages. "If ever there was a definitive examination of Preston Manning and the birth of his movement of Western Canadian Populists, this is it." - Peter C. Newman. Gift greetings upon title page else book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket. Attractive copy. Book
178 pages. "... the author has not pulled any punches in his condemnation of Jean Chretien's record. But he reserves a special contempt for Chretien's cabinet and Liberal caucus, who could have stopped Chretien in his tracks at any time, but ttook the dishonourable path of clinging to their comfortable offices and fat pensions and vaporous celebrity." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked but for gift greetings on page iii. Negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
288 pages including index. Demonstrates that only a complete reform of society's treatment of both victims and perpetrators can stop the violence against women. Light curling to illustrated covers. Unmarked. Light moisture-induced rippling to top edge of pages. Light wear. Remainder mark to top edge. Book
528 pages including index. Exposes the myths and the realities of the global economy in terms of human struggle. Contends that the global economy is sowing 'creative destruction' everywhere: while making possible great accumulations of wealth, it is also reviving forms of human exploitation that characterized industry 100 years ago. Warms that without reform, social peace and middle-class lifestyles will be threatened. Bright, clean and unmarked but for remainder dot upon bottom edge. Excellent copy. Book
532 pages including bibliography and index. The first full-scale study of the history of the Civil Service Commission of Canada, an organization launched on a wave of civil service reform to uphold the merit principle of selection. Culminates in the 1967 legislation which reshaped personnel policy in the federal bureaucracy and set the Public Service Commission on its contemporary path. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book
176 pages. Index. "...Gives an inside look at the man who would become leader of the new Canadian Alliance Party, positioning himself to take a run at Prime Minister Jean Chretien in the next federal election." - from back cover. Mr. Day went on to become a prominent cabinet minister in minority Conservative governments led by Stephen Harper. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
188 pages. "I believe there is an urgent need to reform the tax system so that it is simpler, fairer and more efficient.... The Single Tax provides a better solution." - Author. Mills was MP for Broadview Greenwood. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
186 pages. A dramatic insight into our penal system and the critical need to seek reform. "It's refreshing to encounter a quiet voice of reason amid the rising clamor for a return to capital punishment and harsher treatment of prisoners." - William French, Globe and Mail. A dramatic insight into our penal system and the critical need to seek reform. Rubber stamp atop front cover and title page else unmarked. Average wear. Solid copy. Book
216 pages including index and bibliography. The first in-depth examination of the leader of the Reform Party, a Party which presented itself as a grassroots movement, but which appealed primarily to the interests of rich, white, middle-aged and older men. Front endpaper very neatly removed. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
399 pages including index. How did China succeed at economic market reform without changing communist rule? Shows that Chinese communist political institutions are more flexible and less centralized than their Soviet counterparts were. Excellent copy with minimal wear. Considerable light pencil markings to contents. Book
In-12, broché, couverture défraîchie, 155 p. Sur la méthode révolutionnaire "Galin-Chevé-Paris" d'enseignement de la musique, liée à la promotion du culte protestant. Envoi de l'auteur sur la page de faux titre.
Montpellier Université III, Centre d'histoire moderne et contemporaine de l'Europe méditerranéenne et de ses périphéries, 2003-2007. Trois volumes in-8 brochés, 642, 344 et 459 pages. tome 1 : Clergé, identité et fidélité catholiques. tome 2 : La Réforme. tome 3 : la Révolution Française Michel Péronnet (1931-1998). Professeur à l'Université de Montpellier, Président-fondateur de la Commission régionale d'Histoire de la Révolution française Languedoc-Roussillon.
Honoré Champion, 1998, 352 pp., relié, couverture légèrement empoussiérée, bon état.
In-12, demi-percaline à la Bradel, dos orné, couverture conservée, II, 239 p. Bon exemplaire, très frais, bien relié. Envoi autographe signé à Lucien Franche.
Providence, Rhode Island, Blackstone, 2010. 4to.; LXVII pp., 283 pp. Cubiertas originales.
In-8, modeste demi-reliure amateur, dos à nerfs orné de petits fers et filets dorés, 2 pièces de titre de veau vert, plats de papier marbré, couverture conservée, xl, 470 p., qqs rousseurs. Dans la collection des Mémoires relatifs à la Révolution française. Exemplaire en partie non rogné.
