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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
610p. Inner hinges cracked. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding, soiled. Extremities worn. Hardbound. Very good. Scarce. RELIGION BOX 10
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".
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.
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
Paris, Soye & Bouchet, 1853; in-12, 212 pp. + 217 pp., reliés plein-veau d’époque, dos lisse orné. Histoire du fameux chancelier de Henri VIII, auteur de 'l’Utopie', qui renonça à sa charge et fut finalement condamné à mort. Bon état.
Madrid, CSIC, 1991. 4to. alargado; 493 pp. Cubiertas originales.
Toulouse, Société des livres religieux, 1903. In-8 relié toile marron, VIII-371 pp. avec quelques illustrations.
410p. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding. Hinges weak. The discussion includes topics such as: awakening = moderation 1785-1826; progression = abstinence 1826-1851; taxation; culmination = prohibi tion; Internal Revenue Act; moral movements since the Civil War; legal and political measures since The War; ground won and ground of conflict; the alleged failures of prohibition; the lessons of expe rience; a temperance constituency; Prohibition Party Movement; Etc. PHREN 2
Madrid, Librería General de Victoriano Suárez, 1934. 4to. mayor; XXXV-455 pp. Encuadernación en media tela.
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is as new also. 252 pages. Contents include: The structure and dynamics of major league baseball's recruitment of foreign baseball talent, Globalization of baseball, etc.
Madrid, ArcoLibros, 1988. 4to.; 75 pp. y 7 hojas, 126 pp., 1 h. Cubiertas originales.
London, Robert Hale, 1968. 4to.; 218 pp. + 221 pp + 284 pp. Encuadernación original en tela.
Fine Turkish Original bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 718, [2] p. Rare First Edition. Reform movements and National Struggle in the Ottoman Empire. Osmanli Imparatorlugu'nda inkilap hareketleri ve Milli Mücadele.
Book shows considerable wear: scuffing, edgewear, creasing to covers with green page ends, Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Published in same year as the hardback 1st. N.Y.T. says " The autobiography of the foremost living singer of the blues -- slillful, shocking, brutal." Age toned paper. The glue in this perfect bound book is over 50 years old and is likely fragile.
New New English Original bdg. with original dust jacket. 147, [2] p. B/w photos. Folio. (41 x 31 cm). In Turkish and English. Dressing for change: Early 20th century women's fashion in Turkey.= Cumhuriyeti aydinlatan kadinlar. "Dressing for change: Early 20th century women's fashion in Turkey / Republic period / Women's dress and fashion in Turkey 1920-1925 / Women's fashion in Turkey after 1925.".
In-8, reliure éditeur, IX-106 p. Reprint. Epuisé. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf.
br., (couv. fanée, mouillures n’altérant pas la lisibilité du texte), intérieur restant frais. [Cet ouvrage provient de la bibliothèque personnelle du professeur Jean Carbonnier (1908-2003)] Ouvrage décomposé de la manière suivante : I. Le style et l’homme ; II. Le théologien ; L’organisateur des églises et de la société. Édition originale !