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303p. Hardcover Good condition, spine lightly faded, front flyleaf clipped Notes: The work is based on an essay entitled: The new decalogue of science, which appeared in the Century magazine of March, 1922; the correspondence between the author and G. Bernard Shaw in reference to this essay is here reprinted from the August, 1922, issue.
(Collana : I Rossi e i Blu) Romanzo da cui è stato tratto l'omonimo film diretto da Sidney Lumet e interpretato da Rod Steiger. "I Rossi e Blu", una collezione di romanzi e di libri della realtà che raccoglie in elegante edizione, opere famose di grande successo e destinate a durare in ogni biblioteca .
(Collana : Il Cammeo - n. 111) Traduzione dall'originale inglese "Les Girls" (58c).
90p. Hardcover Very good condition
pp. 318, in 8°, brossura, tracce del tempo, manca la quarta della sopracoperta.
76 pages. Features: Sheila Wallace - artist in wax; The Marque Doll; The Door of Hope Reopened; Mid-Victorian China-Headed Infant Dolls; Comic Strip "Pillow" Dolls from the 1920's period; Compo Corner; Preview of Collectors History of Teddy Bears, Part II; The New Baby; The Dolls with the Contagious Smile - a photographic essay; A House Full of Dolls; Ask the Doll's Dressmaker; Dressing an 11.5" China Head Doll; Eugenia, A Lady of Quality; What is Restoring a Doll?; Schoenhut Restoration; Supplement to Advertising Paper Dolls, Part III; A Miniature Round-up Down Texas Way; From Elspeth's Inkpot. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
pp. (20), 95, [1]. Small 8vo. (in 4). 18 cm. Latin text. Illustrated with printer's devices and intials. Very foxed. Names crudely inked-out in a couple of places. Original full leather binding, board s detached. Early ownerships of Thomas Hun. This is probably the Hun that was one of the founders of Kappa Alpha Society in 1825 at Union College, Schenectady, New York. An This important London printed Latin edition of AN ART ON HOW TO HAVE HANDSOME CHILDREN includes "Ad Eudoxum Epistola" and "In obitu Petri Gassendi. lugubre encomium". Very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 4
In-8 (cm. 24.10), 2 volumi, brossura illustrata, con alette, pp. (8), 295, (3); VII, (3), 245, (1) con numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero fuori testo. L’opera rielabora i materiali presentati all’omonimo Convegno tenutosi presso il Museo Bagatti Valsecchi di Milano nei giorni 26, 27, 28, Novembre 1998. In ottimo stato (nice copy). .
Paschetto, Eugenia Demoni e prodigi. Note su alcuni scritti di Witelo e di Oresme. Torino - Cuneo, G. Giappichelli-Editore - S.p.A.-Stabilimento Tipografico Editoriale « SASTE » (Via XX Settembre 8) 1978 italian, in ottavo pp. (4)+137+(3)=144 I ed.: aprile 1978. VIII/(4)+137+(3)=144/brossura in cartoncino martellato avorio con grafica seppia. Stato buono (copertina polverosa).
Lacks front end paper. Good Condition; 8vo; 128 pages; A eugenicist view that blames the contemporary decline of civil ization on the bad genes that are being passed on He exorts the paretns of the future to not reproduce if they are weak. Ironicaly, Ott's frontis photo shows him to not be the most flattering example of the species--if only his parents could have heeded their own son's advice. (MX14-4)
(Collana : Il Giallo Mondadori - n. 1475) Settimanale poliziesco appartenente alla collana "Il Giallo Mondadori"; in appendice "La Rivista" di Ellery Queen - Settimanale 8 Maggio 1977. Copertina di Carlo Jacono.
Former owner's name faintly in pencil atop front cover, else unmarked. Stapled contents separated from cover. Covers well-worn but contents good or better. Back cover graced with black and white advertisement from the Committee on Mobilization of Relief Resources featuring image of a man tightening his belt. Features: Seeing with invisible light - use of ultr-violet light makes possible the 9000 power microscope; A new dam-reconditioning method - concrete facing is of novel construction; Editorials - synthetic rubber - studies in sex - we build ships; Is space expanding? - evidence points to the fact that the universe is exploding; Mechanical stevedores aboard ship - ship is converted into a "self-unloader"; Gorilla - greatest of all apes - thrills of a scientific expedition's hunt for gorillas; Safety rules for the airways - Department of Commerce regulations are all-inclusive; Eugenics for cows but not for humans - much of so-called eugenics is based upon fallacies; Marking the nations's boundaries - Questions of state's boundaries are complex and interesting; New York's newest subway cars - cars for new line are greatly improved; What science really is - why had the Greeks or the Chinese no Industrial Revolution?; Erosion Dares the west - a menace and the measures that must be taken to defeat it; From the archeologist's note book; Curious lead tablet, Luristan bronzes, a benevolent hippopotamus, a road of the ages; Analyzing "Archies" shots - Theodolite records shell-bursts in movies for close study; New and exotic delights for our table - many delicious fruit and vegetable immigrants in American markets. Book
Ritratto di S. M. l'Imperatrice Eugenia
335p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. EROS5
151p. Small 8vo. Original red cloth binding. Slightly worn. Authorized edition. First published 1919. EROS1
1 Vol. In-8 pag. 426 numerose tavv. f.t PROG 2246 CATT_ATT 20
[Travelers' Literary Companions Series $# 5] Discover Greece... through its best modern writers. Against a superb landscape of islands, rocks, caves, villages, windmills, vineyards, cities, ports, beaches, and ruins, all bathed in the rich light of the Mediterranean, these twenty-four stories draw from the long oral and written evolution of the Greek literary tradition. Incorporating myths, the meditative tranquility of the region, and a past full of struggle and civil war, these stories are arranged by geographical region for the traveler and provide an enriching odyssey through the Greek landscape and mind. Contributors include Elli Alexiou, Melpo Axioti, Odysseus Elytis, Michel Faïs, Eugenia Fakinou, Rhea Galanaki, Marios Hakkas, Dimitris Hatzis, Nikos Kazantzakis, Margarita Karapanou, Alexandra Papadopoulou, George Seferis, Vassilis Vassilikos, Ilias Venezis, Leonidas Zenakos, Yiorgos Chouliaras, Georgios Drosinis, Yorgos Ioannou, Christoforos Milionis, Kostas Ouranis, Thanassis Valtinos, Eva Vlami, and Manolis Xexakis.Visits to places in Greece as reflected in this selection of passages translated from a variety of Greek writers . 271p. bibliography Book
(Collana : Caleidoscopio) Opera illustrata (21g).
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (19,5 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 14 p. First and only Turkish edition of this important, rare, and the first work on eugenics in Turkey in book form, translated by Balaban from English, from a lecture Pearson gave at Oxford University, including the idea of the human race can be grown more perfectly in the future as well as the species of animals and plants. Balaban indicated in his preface of the work that Eugenism is discussed in the western world under the leadership of Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911), and it should be progressed in Turkey as well. Especially in this period when epidemics are common, the book emphasizes how important it is to combat these diseases. Mustafa Rahmi Balaban (1888-1953), tried to spread the principles and methods of modern pedagogy and contribute to the training of teachers in that period when the number of modern education and training institutions and the number of books and teachers is extremely low since 1923, when he was appointed as a member of the Turkish Ministry of Education, Copyright and Translation Committee, as a well-trained educator. He wrote about eighty copyrighted and translated works in fields such as pedagogy, philosophy, ethics, Turkish language, children's literature, civilization, and cultural history, and more than sixty of them were published. "Karl [Carl] Pearson (1857-1936) was a biometrician who became the first Galton Chair of Eugenics at University College London, where he also taught as a professor of applied mathematics and mechanics (Porter, 2013). He is remembered for being a founder of modern statistics (Porter, 2013). Pearson published the book, The Grammar of Science in 1892, which prompted him to emphasize the importance of data and statistics in biological and social sciences (Porter, 2013). These beliefs influenced Pearson's thoughts on natural selection and turned him towards eugenics (Porter, 2013). Pearson also helped found the first journal dealing with modern statistics, Biometrika with Sir Francis Galton, and Walter F. R. Weldon (Porter, 2013). Pearson was fascinated with heredity and statistics (Paul & Moore, 2010). He launched various studies on the differences in eye color, fertility, and longevity (Paul & Moore, 2010). Although he was influenced by Galton, his eugenic views were much harsher. For instance, he believed that "superior and inferior races cannot coexist; if the former is to make effective use of global resources; the latter must be extirpated" (Pearson, 1901, as cited in Paul & Moore, 2010, p. 39)." (Source: Kubergovich & Leung). Özege 8158.; OCLC 1030931792 (Only one copy in Orient-Institut Istanbul).
128 pages. Black and white illustrations. An abridged reprint of the original published in 1915. "Sharply portrays the dysgenic effect of war - and especially of modern war." - from Foreward. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
512 pages. Glossary. Index. Black and white illustrations in text. "Many of the wrecks of humanity which fill our public institutions owe their pitiful condition to the terrible exaggerations, the downright falsehoods, and the shameful sex thrills which pervade the so-called literature of the day. If, therefore, this book serves to wipe out some medieval bigotry, to disperse some entangling misunderstandings, and to increase to some extent, at least, the happiness of the human race, its purpose shall have been splendidly fulfilled." - Preface. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. One of the more intriguing titles we have handled. Something to please, offend or humor most folks on almost every page! Book
512 p. + Frontis. Numerous text drawings. End papers foxed. Text age stained. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding, very stained. Well read condition. "During the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th century, eugenics was considered a method of preserving and improving the dominant groups in the population; it is now generally associated with racist and nativist elements, as the movement was to some extent a reaction to a change in emigration from Europe, rather than scientific genetics." - Wiki. WOMEN 1
36 pages. Many black and white illustrations. "An objective and unbiased look at an important historical component of the European anthropological scene." - from page 1. Average wear. Some curling to corners. Unmarked. Book
Index. Bibliography. Approximately 200 pages. An excellent and uncommon overview of the life and accomplishments of prolific plant breeder Luther Burbank, one of the greatest Americans in history. This copy is in such lovely condition that it appears to be a current reprint, but we can find no evidence to support this. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
648 pages. Two volumes bound together. Complete title of first book continues - The regeneration of the human race - the privileges and duties of bringing children into the world, elimination-segregation-selection, the right to get married, the law of opposites, the mother the sole arbiter of her child's fate, how to have perfect children, the effects of environment on children, the science of reproduction in all animal and plant life, how the human body can be made immune to disease, physical and mental training of children and the development of the brain of a child, the sexual laws of nature and the effects of their violation, the bible on sex hygeine. Title of second volume continues: Life centers, man's ideal woman, woman, woman's ideal man, choosing a mate, scientific mating, cupid's conquest, the honeymoon, what marriage involves, the reproductive organs, pure sex-love, womanhood, pre-natal influence, the gift of motherhood, the successful mother, the power of the mind, etc. etc. etc. Lots to sink your teeth into.! Black and white plates plus line drawings. Textblock and front free endpaper detached. Heavily worn. Rebind this copy and you'll really have something! Book