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19309162New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith 1930. First edition. 8vo 234pp. Publisher's yellow cloth with red and black lettering in illustrated jacket by Arthur Hawkins Jr. Slightly dusty top edge else a near fine book in very good jacket with chipping and scuffing at spine ends and corners. <br /> <br /> Scarce second novel from the Russian-born Chicago writer and playwright Albert Bein 1902-. This novel is semi-autobiographical drawing from his experiences as a child in a Southwestern reform school. "The brutality of the reformatory system and the bestiality and its surroundings are here dramatized in pictures of a dozen or more of these boys and the demoralizing effects of the life they are forced to lead." Surprisingly uncommon in the trade and in a distinctive Hawkins jacket. Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith unknown
1904MA0038Printed by The National Press Agency Ltd. and published by The National Reform Union as #234 of the 'National Reform Union Leaflet' series Manchester 1904. 1904. Book. Good. No Binding. 1st Edition. First edition. A single sheet measuring 27cm x 22cm. Folded once with some tenderness to the fold and the paperstock a little toned marked spotted and brittle. Some further soiling to the unprinted reverse. Above the title is a black and white cartoon of two ghostly British officers from the Boer War "Ghosts of the British Dead" alongside the skeleton of a third. One figure points at a line of Chinese labourers and is allocated the quotation "Look there Bill that's what you and I and twenty thousand others died for" this in reference to a labour shortage at the gold mines on the Rand a result of the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 displacing large numbers of the indigenous population which resulted in the importation of Chinese labour in 1904. The cartoon was originally printed in a January 1904 issue of the British newspaper 'Morning Leader' and is reproduced here as #234 of the National Reform Union Leaflets. A good copy of a most uncommon survivor. Printed by The National Press Agency Ltd., and published by The National Reform Union as #234 of the 'National Reform Union unknown
197059905Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 1970. Wraps. Good. 3 vols.; 24 cm. Volume I: Relating to Chapters 1-13 of the Study Draft of a new Federal Criminal Code xxxv 742 vii; Volume II: Relating to Chapters 14-36 of the Study Draft of a new Federal Criminal Code xxxiv 743-1448 vii; Volume III: Miscellaneous Memoranda and Guidelines for Conforming Title 18 Parts II-V and Other Titles of the United States Code to the Proposals for a New Federal Criminal Code xv 1451-1748 publ. 1971. This commission was established by Congress in Public Law 89-801. Ex-library. Name of previous owner present. Usual library markings. Covers have some wear and soiling. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
199839501Washington DC: GPO 1998. good. 24 cm 1059 wraps illus. Serial no. 105-61. GPO paperback
200066639Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2000. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. iv 280 p. Includes illustrations. Title continues; One Hundred Sixth Congress First Session July 22 1999. Serial No. 106-126. From Wikipedia: "Human immunodeficiency virus infection / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome HIV/AIDS is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus HIV. During the initial infection a person may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. This is typically followed by a prolonged period without symptoms. As the illness progresses it interferes more and more with the immune system making people much more likely to get infections including opportunistic infections and tumors that do not usually affect people with working immune systems. HIV is transmitted primarily via unprotected sexual intercourse including anal and even oral sex contaminated blood transfusions and hypodermic needles and from mother to child during pregnancy delivery or breastfeeding. Some bodily fluids such as saliva and tears do not transmit HIV. Prevention of HIV infection primarily through safe sex and needle-exchange programs is a key strategy to control the spread of the disease. There is no cure or vaccine; however antiretroviral treatment can slow the course of the disease and may lead to a near-normal life expectancy. While antiretroviral treatment reduces the risk of death and complications from the disease these medications are expensive and may be associated with side effects. Genetic research indicates that HIV originated in west-central Africa during the early twentieth century. AIDS was first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC in 1981 and its cause HIV infection was identified in the early part of the decade. Since its discovery AIDS has caused nearly 30 million deaths as of 2009. As of 2010 approximately 34 million people have contracted HIV globally. AIDS is considered a pandemic a disease outbreak which is present over a large area and is actively spreading. HIV/AIDS has had a great impact on society both as an illness and as a source of discrimination. The disease also has significant economic impacts. There are many misconceptions about HIV/AIDS such as the belief that it can be transmitted by casual non-sexual contact. The disease has also become subject to many controversies involving religion." U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
191936908New York December 11 1919. 1919. Very good. - Over 30 words typed on his 6 inch high by 8 inch wide buff "Free Synagogue / New York" stationery. Stephen Samuel Wise is pleased to accept American impresario and lecture agent James B. Pond's invitation to serve on the committee welcoming Maurice Maeterlinck to America. Wise writes "I accept with much pleasure your kind invitation to serve as a member of the Honorary Reception Committee." Signed "Stephen S. Wise". Folded for mailing with a small piece out from the top left corner. Very good. <p>Born in Budapest Stephen Samuel Wise 1874-1949 emigrated to the US when his father accepted service as rabbi of Brooklyn's Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes. After completing his studies at Columbia University Wise pursued rabbinical studies under several noted rabbis of the era including Richard J.H. Gottheil Kohut Gersoni Joff and Margolis. He was appointed assistant rabbi of NYC's Congregation B'nai Jeshurun becoming the Congregation's senior rabbi later that year. Taking over as rabbi of Portland Oregon's Congregation Beth Israel he attacked many of the social and political ills facing the country. He soon broke with the traditional reform movement and established his "Free Synagogue" in 1907 launching a movement. Wise was an early supporter of Zionism and laid the groundwork for what became the Zionist Organization of America and served as president of the American Jewish Congress. His good friend Albert Einstein profoundly praised him in a tribute that Einstein presented at the celebration of Wise' 60th birthday. In 1914 Wise co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP. Wise early on saw the threat posed by Hitler's rise in Germany and fought to shape U.S. public opinion against the growing German threat leading efforts for a Jewish Boycott of Germany and the creation of the World Jewish Congress.<p>James B. Pond the American impresario and lecture agent who headed the J.B. Pond Lyceum Bureau brought the great Belgian poet Maurice Maeterlinck to America for a series of lectures. The first lecture took place at Carnegie hall on January 2nd 1920. Unfortunately Maeterlinck failed to carry out his intention to lecture in English because of his labored "phonetic" English. He declared his intention to continue his lectures in French and have the translation read by another person. As a result the lecture tour was a failure and lawsuits ensued on both sides. New York, December 11, 1919. unknown
19582090502113717892Not Available 1958. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19572090502113703580Not Available 1957. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19892090502113709261Not Available 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19392092902137305707Toei-sha 1939. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Toei-sha paperback
19982111902158301579Fusosha 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 336 p Out of print Size: Size cm: 21 x 15 x 2.2 Number of books: 1 Fusosha paperback
193254896Huntington WV & Washington D.C.: Prisoners Relief Society 1932. 8vo. x 342 pp. With numerous photo plates text illustrations. Textured blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering stamped on front cover & spine very minor shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art image of the West Virginia penitentiary gate minor chipping head & foot of spine wear to corners VG/VG copy. First edition of this gripping memoir by former prisoner convicted of manslaughter describing the deplorable conditions of West Virginia Penitentiary which Dudding describes as a vermin-infested “damnation.†Of particular interest are his extended essays on metabolic imbalances poor brain chemistry and drug abuse as contributing factors to crime along with unwanted pregnancies and marrying too young often resulting in delinquent progeny. Prisoners Relief Society, hardcover
200039579Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 2000. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. good. 24 cm 1723 wraps illus. footnotes tables. House Report 106-1037. From July 26 through August 1 1995 this committee's Subcommittee on National Security International Affairs and Criminal Justice and the Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Crime held joint hearings on all aspects of the Federal Government's role in the 1993 tragedy at the Mt. Carmel Center a religious community about 10 miles northeast of Waco TX. This is one of several reports produced. The committee has reached the following conclusions as a result of its investigation: THE EVENTS OF APRIL 19 1993: Aerial Forward-Looking Infrared videos filmed on April 19 1993 include flashes around the Mt. Carmel Center that at first blush resemble muzzle blasts. Careful scientific analysis of the flashes does not however appear to support allegations that these flashes are the result of gunfire. Analysts who submitted reports to both this committee and the Office of Special Counsel reached similar conclusions: that the <br /> flashes they were asked to examine appeared to be solar or other thermal reflections emanating from debris. However the analyst retained by this committee reported that an overhead FLIR camera of the type used by the FBI on April 19 1993 would not record every muzzle flash occurring within its field of view. Therefore while the flashes that have generated such controversy do not appear to represent gunshots it is within the range of possibility that gunshots may have occurred that were not captured by the FLIR camera. This conclusion is bolstered by the March 21 2000 FLIR reenactment performed at Ft. Hood TX. Every FBI agent interviewed by the committee has denied discharging any weapons other than for the delivery of CS gas on April 19 1993 or knowing of any gunfire from <br /> government sources. This committee has uncovered no evidence to contradict these claims. There is no evidence that HRT snipers stationed at a house designated the Sierra One sniper position across the Double EE Ranch Road from the compound fired shots on April 19 1993. Shell casings recovered at the house by the Texas Rangers have been tested by the Office of Special Counsel and matched weapons used by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms on February 28 1993. The operations plan approved by Attorney General <br /> Janet Reno called for a gradual section-by-section insertion of CS gas over the course of 2 days followed by ``deconstruction'' of the building if the Branch Davidians had not surrendered after 48 hours. Nonetheless on the morning of April 19 1993 the HRT punched large holes in the walls of the building drove M-728 Combat Engineering Vehicles deep into the building and destroyed one-half of the gymnasium on the side of the building. At approximately 8 a.m. on April 19 1993 HRT member David Corderman after obtaining authorization from HRT commander Richard Rogers fired either two or three pyrotechnic M-651 rounds in an attempt to insert gas in an underground tornado shelter on the Green side of the Center. Corderman had fired non-pyrotechnic ferret rounds at the shelter's tarpaper and plywood roof but they had failed to penetrate it. Although HRT leadership was aware of the possibility that HRT personnel might need to use M-651 rounds they failed to include the contingent use of M-651 rounds in the operations plan they sent for approval to the Attorney General. They also failed on April 19 1993 to obtain authorization for this deviation from higher up the chain of command. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
1995204591Edmonton: Alberta Law Reform 1995. First edition. Paperback. Very good/No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp. iii 212.paperback edition Alberta Law Reform paperback
200051871Place_Pub: Washington DC: GPO 2000. good. 1838 total wraps 2-vol. set illus. footnotes. 106th Congress 2d Session House Report 106-1023. Union Calendar No. 583. GPO paperback
190352594Rockford IL: Calvert-Wilson Co. Press 1903. 12mo. 95 1 pp. Two photo plates 1 floor plan. Olive-green pictorial publisher’s cloth w/ iron jail cell gate in white on front cover white lettering NF copy signed by Lewis on ffep. First edition signed of this fascinating anthology of writings and poetry advocating penal reform including excerpts from Clarence Darrow’s Resist Not Evil. Lewis 1857-1949 was a cigar store owner in Rockford IL and local gadfly who supported “socialist†causes like prison reform and free parks. This work was published by the author to encourage the Rockford city fathers to construct a new jail which was subsequently built at First and Walnut. Calvert-Wilson Co. Press, hardcover
1925215021Bucarest.: Cartea Românească. 1925. 23pp. Original stapled wrappers trifle browned leaves little bumped and creased throughout overall a good copy. A report from the Bratianu government declaring the land reform of 1921 to be an "agrarian revolution in Roumania without any disorder or violence thanks to the great foresight of the Government". . Cartea Românească. unknown
195553815New York: Vantage Press 1955. 8vo. 373 1 pp. Photo frontisp. plates. Blue cloth gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. minor toning to fore-edges light toning to endpapers still NF/VG copy. Revised edition of this brutal memoir which served as the basis for Jack London’s Star Rover. This autobiographical account provides an invaluable first-hand look at the brutality that characterized the American prison system in the West at the beginning of the 20th century including the extensive uses of torture devices such as the strait jacket and the derrick which were later banned. Jack London began corresponding with Morrell before his release from prison and drew much of Morrell’s experiences with astral projection during his brutal imprisonment for his 1915 novel. Mildred McEwan Ward left the Univ. of California in order to publish accounts of Morrell’s ordeal and the full story of his life as a member of the Evans-Sontag California Feud Bandits. Vantage Press, hardcover
190254696Girard KS: Appeal Publishing Company 1902. Revised Edition. Octavo 18.75cm; original pictorial wrappers; 56-96pp; illus. Light wear and toning to spine and wrapper extremities with shallow loss to base of spine a short split to upper spine and some faint creasing to upper right corners; Very Good. A tax reform utopia originally published serially in the Chicago Sentinel between 1879 and 1885 and subsequently in pamphlet format by Norton in 1892 which sold over a hundred thousand copies. Ten Men of Money Island was variously reprinted even as late as 1930 including editions by Wayland's Appeal to Reason the London utopian publisher Reeves and the Chicago publisher F.J. Schulte. SARGENT p.45 citing only the London ed. Not in Negley or Lewis and not found in Wright. Appeal Publishing Company unknown
1988229620Edmonton: Institute of Law Research and Reform 1988. Soft cover. Near Fine-. 200 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Page edges are lightly darkened. Bound in blue card covers with white titles. Lightly worn around the edges. Wrinkled and lightly bumped on the spine. NF- <br/> <br/> Institute of Law Research and Reform paperback
199847964Washington DC: GPO 1998. First Edition. First Printing. good. 424 wraps illus. Serial No. 105-66. GPO paperback
193284363New York: Dial Press; Lincoln Mac Veagh 1932. First American Edition. Octavo. 19.5cm. Original deep red cloth titled in black to spine with embossed publisher's imprint to front board. Dustjacket. 383pp. Bumped to spine ends with some minor wear to corners some minor darkening to the cloth in places; internally clean fore-edge untrimmed top edge a trifle dusty; in the John Gram dustjacket with some toning to the spine panel shallow chipping and loss to the spine ends intruding upon the author's first name and a short closed tear to the front upper front spine hinge. A good strong copy with some wear.<br /> <br /> Leonov's novel of Soviet labor centred around the building of an enormous factory; Sotstroy. Gorky provides the preface; the novel was notable at the time as an antidote to the image of the USSR as an enormous generator of plans progress noble artistic and industrial endeavor and a shining beacon of energy. Leonov tends towards a more on the ground depiction of enthusiastic ineptitude paranoia and fanaticism. Bookplate of Alvin Kapusta to front pastedown a Special Assistant for Soviet Nationalities at the US State Department and a notable scholar of the Soviet Bloc whose collections are housed at the Hoover Institution. Dial Press; Lincoln Mac Veagh unknown
19912080302106808472Fujishuppan 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Fujishuppan paperback
19962111902156001044Japan Institute of International Affairs 1996. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Japan Institute of International Affairs paperback
19802080202103700240Japan Book Center 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: 22cm A5 Japan Book Center paperback
