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277 pages including extensive notes, bibliography and index. Author's signature and inscription to her cousin, dated 1990, upon dedication page. Throughout his career of nearly seventy years in public education, whether as a teacher, a professor, Director of Rural Education in Nova Scotia, or as promoter of the Home and School movement in Canada, subject's main desire was to improve the quality of public education for children in the schools of Nova Scotia. Undated. Book is clean, tight, unmarked and shows lightest wear. Some wrinkling to bottom edge of dust jacket which is otherwise in excellent condition. Excellent copy. Book
347 pages. Index. Selected Bibliography. Footnotes. "Follows Caroline Macdonald's life and career, focusing primarily on her work in Japan on behalf of incarcerated criminals... (Macdonald) also established a social settlement, Shinrinkan - the Home of the Friendless Stranger - and was a mentor of labour union leaders and social democratic politicians." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked. Light overall wear with some bumping to bottom edge of boards. A sound copy. Book
10 pages. "A lecture delivered before the Psycho-Therapeutic Society at the Caxton Hall, Westminster, January 17th, 1910." - from page 3. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Some age-toning. Pencil underlining and marginalia. Prior owner's ink stamp atop front cover. Book
262 p. XLib. [Questions of the Day, #57]. An important contribution to the study of the "Negro Problem" in the era after Reconstruction. Philip Alexander Bruce (18561933) was an American historian who specialized in the history of the Commonwealth of Virginia. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! LOC?
Very Good English Modern cloth bdg. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script. 383 p. First Edition. Hegira 1330 = Gregorian 1914. Özege 20112. Tatli emeller aci hakikatler yahud bant-i müstakbele adâb-i siyasiye talimi.
385 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "This book is a study in the history of ideas, specifically with reference to the conjunction of the movements of religion and social reform in Canada in the years 1914 to 1928... The book catches the social gospel in mid-passage, in a period when its influence was high but its fortunes in crisis." - from Preface. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is preserved in protective Brodart cover. Nice copy. Book
New New Turkish Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (33 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 255 p., many color and b/w ills. Osmanli finans sisteminde modernlesme. Vol. 1: Devlet-i Aliyye-i Osmaniyye'de Merkez Bankasi arayislari. Modernization in the Ottoman financial system; 1) Central Bank searchings of the Ottoman Empire. A very heavy volume.
New New Turkish Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (33 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 302 p., many color and b/w ills. Osmanli finans sisteminde modernlesme. Vol. 2: Osmanli para reformu. Modernization in the Ottoman financial system; 2) Financial Reform in the Ottoman Empire. A very heavy volume.
This is a very good hardcover copy in dark blue cloth covers, titles in gilt and decorated with a subtle embossed design. Just light wear to the spine tips. Very clean inside. Signed by Tel Sono in Tokyo, on the front endpaper. Black & white photograph of the author as frontispiece. 7" high X 5" wide, 66 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Fine English Modern cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 278 p. First Edition. Tanzimat edebiyatinda Fransiz tesiri. French impression in Turkish / Ottoman Reform literature.
pp. 190 + Map. Lacks frontis map. Well illustrated, including caricitures and wood engraved plates (some from photographs) showing: Native Americans; African Americans; Chinese Americans; etc. Foxed. 8vo. 230 mm. Original decorated blue cloth binding; faded. Hard bound. Good. Issued in the series 'Bibliotheque des ecoles et des Familles' this abridgment of 'Conquete Blanche' (Vattemare's translation of the Dixon's 'White Conquest' deals extensively with: race relations; social life and customs; and travel in the U.S. Especially valuable are the sections on Texas and California. William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879), historian and traveller, born near Manchester, England. In 1846 he became connected with The London Daily News, for which he wrote articles on social and prison reform. In 1850 he published John Howard and the Prison World of Europe, which had a wide circulation. Dixon was editor of The Athenaeum from 1853 to 1869, and later wrote many books of travel and observation. FR-VOYAGES
In-4, 780p. Biographie nouvelle écrite d'après les documents originaux par un groupe d'historiens, professeurs et pasteurs de Suisse, de France et d'Italie. Orné d'un portrait en couleurs et de 25 planches h-texte. Bel exemplaire.
Grand in-8, broché, couverture abîmée, x, 318 p., non coupé. "Par Pierre Marcha, seigneur du Prat, maître des requêtes de Marie de Médicis et en 1626 intendant de l'armée royale. Histoire complète des guerres dans le Vivarais de 1619 à 1629. Mais protestant d'abord, catholique ensuite, il émet des jugements partiaux, aussi l'éditeur prend soin de publier la 'Relation du duc de Rohan' à la suite". (Sources de l'histoire de France, 3588). Couverture abîmée, parfait état intérieur. Exemplaire non coupé.
BETHOUX Pierre, 1995, 1068 pp., relié, très légères traces d'usage, bon état.
In-8, broché, couverture imprimée, 98 p., 7 tableaux dépliants hors texte in fine. Rapport de Pierre Ceccaldi, directeur de l'éducation surveillée, au Garde des Sceaux, pour l'année 1961. In : "Rééducation. Revue française de l’enfance délinquante déficiente & en danger moral". Numéro 152-153 de mai-juin 1963.
In-12, broché, couverture illustrée, 382 p. Edition originale. Réunion des articles qui valurent des condamnations pour délit de presse à G. Hervé. Préface de l'auteur. (Maitron, XIII, 53).
In-8, broché (dos fendu), (2) f., iii, 248, (1) p., non coupé. Deuxième édition 'revue et augmentée'. Etude historique sur le bagne, la transportation et le bannissement. L'auteur était directeur des Colonies au Ministère. Exemplaire non coupé.
In-4, broché, couverture de papier marbré, (163) p. Tiré des mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. Documents en annexe : Farel, "Calvin et ses calomniateurs", Michel Servet, etc.
Genève, Megariotis Vers 1970. 2 volume in-8, pleine reliure éditeur, pièce de titre, Titre doré sur le plat, XV + 534 + 508 pages. Bel exemplaire
In-8, broché, papier moderne, 23 pp.
178 pages. Analyses Quebec's drive to be a sovereign state with Canadians paying the bill. Exposes the dangers of the Meech Lake Accord to the Canadian nation. Author was born in Rhodesia in 1905, emigrated to Canada in 1929, and has lived and worked in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. Glossy blue covers. Unmarked. Light wear. Small nitch to fore-edge of back cover. (ISBN 1969179014) Book
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (31 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 319 p., color and b/w ills. II. Mahmud. Osmanli yenilesmesinde bir çigir açici. A study on reformist Ottoman sultan Mahmud the Second.
New New Turkish Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (31 x 22 cm). In Turkish. 319 p, b/w and color ills. Osmanli Altin Çagi'nin hükümdari Kanuni Sultan Süleyman. A richly illustrated and comprehensive biographical study on Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, (1494-1566).
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English and Turkish. 96 p., b/w plts. Music publications from Ottoman Empire up today, 1876-1986.= Osmanli Imparatorlugu'ndan günümüze belgelerle müzik (nota) yayinciligi, 1876-1986. "Publications of music is an enlightened part of our history of music. The subject was not considered as a whole, various important writings appeared on magazines stayed scattered, and the dpcuments were not collected. This book is the first step taken on this subject. The publication houses which mostly cannot be remembered in our days our presented for interests in this book depending on the notescores and other documents. And so, the untrue argument stating that the first publications of Turkish music were realized by the minorities is falsified and the line of progress of the Turkish music publications which began with Haci Emin Efendi in 1876, is put together the first time according to the documents, in chronological order.". This is still the best reference for not only history of Turkish / Ottoman classical music publications, but also collectible sheet musics.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Modern cloth. 12mo. (17 x 11 cm). In Ottoman script. 63, [1] p. Zehr-i füsûn. Sealed by author with his personal seal. First Edition.