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52 pages. Wonderful cover illustration of heroic Canadian marathoner Terry Fox wearing his Order of Canada medal. Contents include: The Nature of Heroism - featuring photos of Canadian heroes; Whitewater kayaking the world's wildest whitewater on the tumultuous rivers of the Himalayan foothills; Allan Fotheringham on the success of the skiing-related development of Whistlery, B.C.; Canada Post; Inuit TV; Indonesia on the Hustle; Greece joins the European Community; Italian Prison Siege; New York City Transit grinds to a halt; Retail sales - Bay eyes the rest of Zeller's; Northern Telecom's woes; Winning with drugs in competitive athletics; Emmy winners Rose and John Kastner; Hypnosis enters the mainstream; Illegal immigrants swamp the U.S. Moderate wear. Bits of writing on front cover. A precious piece of Canadiana. Book
170 pages including index. "The Washington Post's National Editor examines how obsolete cold war policies and Henry Kissinger's 'Realpolitik' contributed to crises in Greece and Cyprus and their tragic aftermath." - from dust jacket.. Usual library markings. Back free endpaper removed. Light wear. Binding sound. We understand copies of this work were pulped by decree of an emminent American politician soon after publication. A rare surviving copy. Book
In 8° (23,5x16cm), legatura in tutta tela editoriale con titoli, fregi in oro al piatto e al dorso, piatto riccamente ornato, pp. (XXII), 442, (2), CVIII tavole + due carte dell'isola di Cipro. Ottimo esemplare.
Features: D.N. Aidit, Head of the Communist Party of Indonesia (Partai Kommunis); The armed Negro civil-rights organization, Deacons for Defense and Justice; King Constantine II of Greece; Flight Director Chris Kraft masterminds the upcoming Gemini 5 mission; The Pilots of Danang Aren't 'Flyboys'; Martha's Vineyard is the place to go. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
88 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Colonel Gaddafi of Libya with Nasser in background; Many fantastic color fashion ads; Colonel Qadhafi - Libya's Mystical Revolutionary - article with photo of Anwar Sadat seated between Quadhafi and Vice-President Mahmoud al-Ayubi of Syria, plus photo of Qadhafi seated with Gamal Abdel Nasser; The Secrecy Dilemma - Schlesinger expounds on the conflict between freedom of the press and government secrecy; The French Connection in Real Life - searching for clandestine heroin labs in Marseilles - article with photos; The American Malaise - a sociologist disagrees with Nixon's suggestion of a parallel with ancitn Greece and Rome; Gold Key Estates real estate development ad; New China Policy in Rock Glad, N.J.; Photos of Jade jewellery; Psychedelic one-page Peter Max ad; Oriental Mix - color photos of Manhattan apartment designed by Winkler-Patino; Many camp ads; and more. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Cover: Civil Strife in Athens: Lt. Gen. Ronald Scobie, British Commander in Greece, and the Prime Minister, M. George Papandreou, Who Have Been Striving to Restore Law and Order. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "The Island" by Francis Brett Young; The Great World War: The Menace of Private Armies; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Birds of Australia and New Zealand. Pictorial Journals include: Anarchy in Athens: Views of the Principal Areas Affected; British Troops in Blerick: Frontline Pictures from Holland; Sidelights on the War in the West: Scenes from the Fighting Zones; Showing the Width of the Rhine at Various Strategic Points: Road and Rail Bridges Spanning the Great River; The Jungle Road to Mandalay: Obstacles Faced by the 36th Division; Sweeping the Vital Waterway of the Scheldt: A Fleet of British Minesweepers Clearing the Channel to Antwerp (illus, by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Eastern Front: Scenes of the Great Soviet Drive Across Hungary; Bombing Through the Clouds: A British Target-Finding Invention (illus. by G.H. Davis); The National Fire Service: The Control Room at Lambath (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Queen Inspects Firewomen; Arnhem Heroes at the Palace; and An Exhibition That No One Should Miss "Constable to Cezanne" In Aid of the Airborne Forces Security Fund. Page 677/678 missing. 3" clipping removed pages 686-687. Page 695/696 loose but present. Remainder of contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
Pages 77-92 (16 in this issue). Features: Why the Money Trust Wants War - The Curtain Raised on Wall Street's Underworld, by Charles A. Collman - includes charts linking large American companies and industrialists with munitions production; The Case of F.X. Weinschenk, by J.X. Resch - Mr. Weinschenk was sent to an insane asylum after sending letters to the White House; England's Interference with Our Trade - Upward of 2,000 American cargoes, involving millions of dollars, held up or confiscated - includes an extensive list of ships; German Sympathizers, Roosevelt and Others, by Frederick Franklin Schrader; The Friends of Peace Make History, by Rutledge Rutherford; England's Growing Financial Decline; Mr. Hearst's Paper Pleads for Real Americanism - "Are we an independent nation, or an English colony?"; Napoleon Bonaparte's Indictment of England; Bryan and Roosevelt; The Resignation of the English Naval Board in Greece; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Opening to bottom end of coverfold otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
Pages 181-196 (16 pages in this issue). Features: Why the Money Trust Wants War - Part IX - The "American" Pilgrims, by Charles A. Collman - includes a list of Americans who supported the $half-billion loan to the King of England; Are the English a Civilized Race? - Affidavits on the Destruction of a German Submarine and Murder of its Crew by Captain McBride of the English Ship "Baralong" Flying the American flag; Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg's Great Speech - An Interpretation, by R.L. Orchelle; The "Brooklyn Eagle" Sounds Alarm on War Loan; A Manifesto of the Indian National Party; Belgium Under German Rule - "The Capital of the Monkeys", by Louis Viereck; Mr. Roosevelt and the Hyphenates; The Allies' Betrayal of Greece; How About the Jews?; Financial Forum; Back cover full-page ad for the German Relief Fund; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
In-4 p., bross. Di questa serie disponiamo: - Vol. I. "Fouilles exécutées à Mallia", premier rapport (1922-24), par F. Chapouthier et J. Charbonneaux, pp. 63, con figg. nel t. e 36 tavv. f.t. - Vol. III. "Les villas Minoennes de Tylissos", par J. Hazzidakis, pp. 116, con figg. nel t. e 34 tavv. f.t. - Vol. IV. "Fouilles exécutées à Mallia", deuxième rapport: Exploration du palais (1925-26), par F. Chapouthier et R. Joly, pp. 53 con 36 tavv. f.t. - Vol. V. "Deux épées d'apparat découvertes en 1956 au Palais de Mallia", par F. Chapouthier, pp. 62, con 32 figg. nel t. e 20 tavv. f.t. - Vol. VI. "Fouilles exécutées à Mallia", troisième rapport: Exploration du palais, bordures (1927-28-31-32), par F. Chapouthier et P. Demargne, pp. 83, con 47 figg. nel t. e 55 tavv. f.t.<br> - Vol. VII. "Fouilles exécutés à Mallia", Exploration des nécropoles (1921-33), premier fascicule, par P. Demargne, pp. 75, con 71 tavv. f.t. Ben conservati.
PARIS, Lib. Renouard 1878/1892 - Complet en 6 vol. in-8 - Texte et traduction nouvelle, publiée pour la Société de l'Histoire de France par Edm.Cougn - Brochés - V-420 + XII-531+ IX-385 + VIII-400 + XV-500-XII + XXIII-267 pages - Bibliographie, index - Traduction juxta-linéaire - Exemplaires non coupés - T. I débroché & taches en page de titre, Sinon propre.
Mm 245x350 "Repertorio d'Arte dell'Egitto Greco-Romano" fondato da Achille Adriani - Volume in copertina rigida con sovraccoperta, xix-609 pagine con 137 tavole con gruppi di figure in nero non comprese nel testo. Copia eccellente poco o nulla consultata; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Lugduni Batavorum apud Ioannem Maire, 1624. Pp. (8), 467, (12). Unito a: Gerardi Ioannis Vossij Ars Historica, sive De historiae, & historices naturâ, historiaeque scribendae praeceptis, commentatio, ad illustrissimum virum, Ioannem Berckium. Lugduni Batavorum apud Ioannem Maire, 1623. Pp. (8), 153, 1 c.b. Due opere in un volume. (mm. 210 x 155). Pergamena coeva con titolo manoscritto al dorso; tagli rossi. Splendido esemplare di due prime edizioni di argomento storico, importanti anche come bibliografie, descrivendo più di 1000 opere di vari autori. Bibl: Besterman 1406.
4to, ril. tela e sovrac. edit. pp.307.
In 4°; due tomi: XII, 139, (5), 425, (3) pp. e 15 c. di tav. fuori testo protette da velina, (4), 488 pp. e 33 c. di tav. fuori testo protette da velina. Legatire coeve in ,mezza pelle con titolo, fregi e numero del volume, impressi in oro al dorso. Piatti foderato con bella carta marmorizzata coeva. Tagli spruzzati in azzurro. Esemplare in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione dalla carta bianca e pulita, privo delle solite macchioline di foxing presenti nella maggior parte degli esemplari. Qualche tavola con leggera ed uniforme brunitura, come i tutti gli esemplari, a causa della qualità della carta utilizzata per la stampa delle stesse. Prima monumentale edizione di quest'opera, illustrata da 500 finissime incisioni nel testo e da 48 fini incisioni fuori testo, protette da veline coeve verdi ed azzurre, del celebre poeta, drammaturgo e politico astigiano, Angelo Brofferio (Castelnuovo Calcea, 6 dicembre 1802 – Minusio, 25 maggio 1866). Brofferio, figlio di medici, ricevette un'educazione illuminista e anticlericale. Preso parte alle sommosse anti-monarchiche del 1821, fu costretto a rifugiarsi nel suo paese natale nel quali iniziò a scrivere le sue poesie e opere drammatiche di ispirazione libertaria. In politica fu tra i massimi rappresentati della sinistra italiana nel periodo risorgimentale e si oppose alla politica monarchica di Cavour. Proprio la sua anima risorgimentale, pervade questo celeberrimo scritto dedicato alla Grecia ed alla sua recente lotta per la libertà. Dopo una descrizione della storia della Grecia antica (le prime 139 pagine del primo volume), l'opera prosegue nella descrizione dei fatti risorgimentali greci (ai quali prese parte anche Lord Byron), ripercorrendone le battaglie, gli eccidi, le lotte politiche, la guerra civile. Una delle più monumentali opere dedicate al Risorgimento greco. Esemplare in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione.
- EDIZIONE ORIGINALE, COLORITURA COEVA -Importante e decorativa mappa tratta dal "Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale delineato sulle ultime osservazioni", edito a Roma dal 1792 fino al 1801, opera che la Calcografia Camerale commissionò al Cassini al fine di sostituire l’ormai obsoleto "Mercurio Geografico".Giovanni Maria Cassini, Chierico Regolare Somasco fu geografo e cartografo, ma anche intagliatore di architetture e prospettive - uno dei migliori discepoli di Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Cassini fu uno degli ultimi sferografi italiani del Settecento ed i suoi globi ebbero una notevole diffusione, come pure questo "Nuovo Atlante Geografico".Incisione in rame, coloritura coeva dei contorni, leggere bruniture, per il resto in ottimo stato di conservazione. L'Atlante del Cassini fu ristampato dalla Calcografia Camerale nel primo quarto del XIX secolo, prima del 1839. Solo gli esemplari di prima edizione come questo sono stampati su carta vergata coeva e sono colorati a mano in epoca. Le tirature del XIX secolo sono già su carta meccanica, priva di vergelle, e generalmente in bianco e nero. - FIRST EDITION, CONTEMPORARY OUTLINE COLOUR -The Italian painter and engraver, Giovanni Maria Cassini, produced this splendid map of as part of his epic three-volume atlas. Published in: Nuovo atlante geografico universale delineato sulle ultime osservazioni. Roma, Calcografia camerale, 1792-1801.Cassini was geographer and cartographer but he was also good at engraving architectural items and perspectives – he was one of the best disciples Giovanni Battista Piranesi had. Moreover, Cassini was one of the last artists to engrave spheres in the XVIII century and his globes were quite famous and widespread, and realized the most important Italian Atlas of the XVIII century; his maps always bear a cartouche, extremely rich in colours and details. Copperplate with fine original hand colour, some foxing, otherwise in very good condition.The Cassini's Atlas was reprinted by the Calcografia Camerale in the first quarter of XIXth century (before 1839). Only the first edition of the atlas is printed on contemporary laid paper, while the late issue are on XIXth century paper and often without colour.
Cm. 25; pp. (2), 108, (2). Brossura posteriore, una grande tabella più volte ripiegata: "Genealogia dei signori Terzerii di Negroponte". Ottimo esemplare 406
Napoli, presso la Nuova Società Letteraria e Tipografica, 1785, volumi 11, in-8, piena pergamena coeva, doppio tassello (simulato) al dorso, con titolo e fregi oro, tagli spruzzati di rosso, nastrini, pp.(4), 290, (2); 320; 276; 280; 267, (1); 286; 279, (1); 312; 303, (1); 314, (2); 240. Testate e piccoli fregi xilografici. I volumi 4° e 9°-12° presentano fori di tarlo ai margini delle prime ed ultime carte, ma buone condizioni salvo fioriture. Questi 11 volumi (sui 33 dell'opera completa di Marsy, poi continuata da Adrien Richer) offrono un ampio panorama su storia, geografia (comprese notizie di botanica e zoologia), clima, religione, scienze e arti, lingua, costumi, architetture private e pubbliche, milizia, materie prime e commerci, ecc. di Cina, Corea, Giappone, Siam, Cambogia, Laos, Tibet, Mongolia, India, Maldive, Ceylon, Sumatra, Giava, Borneo, Molucche, Filippine, Tasmania, Persia, Penisola araba, Turchia, Curdistan, Siria, Libano, Palestina, Egitto, Grecia e isole...
8vo, hardcover in dj, pp224. Given the intense competition among aristocrats seeking public office in the middle and late Roman Republic, one would expect that their persistent struggles for honor, glory, and power could have seriously undermined the state or damaged the cohesiveness of the ruling class. Rome in fact depended on aristocratic competition, since no professional bureaucracy directed public affairs and no salary was attached to any public office. But as Rosenstein adeptly shows, competition appears to have been surprisingly limited, in ways that curtailed the possible destructive effects of all-out contests between individuals. "Imperatores Victi" examines one particularly striking case of such checks on competition. Military success at all times represented an abundant source of prestige and political strength at Rome. Generals who led armies to victory enjoyed a better-than-average chance of securing higher office upon their return from the field. Yet this study demonstrates that defeated generals were not barred from public office and in fact went on to win the Republic's most highly coveted and hotly contested offices in numbers virtually identical with those of their undefeated peers. Rosenstein explores how this unexpected limit to competition functions, reviewing beliefs about the religious origins of defeat, assumptions about common soldiers' duties in battle, and definitions of honorable behavior of an aristocrat during a crisis. These perspectives were instrumental in shifting the onus of failure away from a general's person and in offering positive strategies a general might use to win glory and respect even in defeat and to silence potential critics among a failed general's peers. Such limits to competition had an impact on the larger problems of stability and coherence in the Republic and its political elite; these larger problems are discussed in the concluding chapter.
Tratta dall'edizione del "Cartes Gènerales de toutes les parties du Monde" curata da Pierre Mariette, edita nel 1663. Sanson era il più famoso cartografo francese della storia moderna, cosmografo al servizio di Luigi XIV, re di Francia; dotò le sue mappe delle più recenti informazioni geografiche e delle incisioni più belle e acute del periodo. Il "Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde" rappresenta il più importante prodotto della cartografia commerciale francese del diciassettesimo secolo.Le mappe furono compilate a partire dal 1630 e l'atlante edito per la prima volta nel 1654, stampato da Pierre Mariette. Map taken from "Cartes Gènerales de toutes les parties du Monde" by Sanson.The maps were compiled by Nicolas Sanson who published his atlas in 1654, with 100 maps, and printed by Pierre Mariette; they were issued progressively from 1630. Sanson was the most noted French cartographer in modern history. Mapmaker to Louis XIV, King of France, Sanson endowed his maps with the most recent geographical information as well as the finest and sharpest engraving of the period. His "Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde" was the most important single product of French commercial cartography of the seventeenth century.Copperplate, good condition. Zacharakis 3140
Bella e decorativa carta geografica della Grecia.Sul lato destro, su un basamento, sono raffigurate quattro figure maschili a rappresentare degli abitanti dell'arcipelago nel loro costume tipico. Sulla facciata del basamento, distribuito su tre colonne, l'elenco delle isole dell'arcipelago. Decorativa carta geografica pubblicata nell'opera di Heinrich Scherer Atlas Novus exhibens orbem terraguem per naturae opera, historiae navae acveterus monumenta, artistique geographicae leges et praecepta edita in 8 parti, stampate tra il 1702 e il 1710 a Monaco di Baviera. Heinrich Scherer, professore di matematica a Monaco di Baviera, era un gesuita devoto la cui opera sottolineava la gerarchia cattolica e la diffusione delle missioni gesuite in tutto il mondo. Il suo Atlas Novus contiene mappe di tutte le altre parti che mostravano la diffusione del cattolicesimo e delle missioni gesuite. Le 180 mappe incluse in questo lavoro sono state preparate tra il 1699 e il 1700 e sono state incise da Leonard Hecknaeur, Joseph Montelegre e Matthus Wolfgang; ogni volume è introdotto da splendidi frontespizi allegorici dagli stessi incisori. Incisione su rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Decorative map by Heinrich Scherer for his Atlas Novus exhibens orbem terraguem per naturae opera, historiae navae acveterus monumenta, artistique geographicae leges et praecepta...published in eight volumes from 1702-1710 in Munich. Scherer, a devout Jesuit, produced this geographical compendium to depict the Catholic hierarchy and the spread of Jesuit missions throughout the world. The 180 maps included in this work were prepared between 1699 and 1700 and were engraved by Leonard Hecknaeur, Joseph Montelegre or Matthus Wolfgang with each volume introduced by fine allegorical frontispieces by the same engravers. Copper engraving, in very good condition.
(mm. 263). Solida pelle moderna con titolo in oro al dorso. Antiporta, frontespizio figurato, pp. XXIV, 458 con una carta geografica e 24 tavole f.t. di vedute e XV di monumenti. Molte illustrazioni nel testo.
Very Good Greek, Modern (post 1453) Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Greek (Modern). 79 p. Not in OCLC. The Metropolis of Chalcedon is an ecclesiastical territory (diocese) of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Christianity spread in Chalcedon during the 2nd century AD. The city was initially the see of a bishopric before being promoted to a metropolis at 451 AD, at the time of the Fourth Ecumenical Council. It is one of the four remaining active Greek Orthodox Church metropolises of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Turkey today and the only one surviving in Asia Minor (Anatolia). During the 14th century, the metropolitan see remained vacant, due to the Ottoman conquest of the region. However, it was reorganized in the 15th century, possibly after the Fall of Constantinople and the subsequent incorporation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate into the millet system of the Ottoman society. The first recorded metropolitan of that time was Joseph, in 1477. In the following years, the jurisdiction of the metropolis was extended to the east. During the late 17th century the see of the diocese was transferred to Kuzguncuk (Ermoulianai, Chrysokeramos), where it remained until 1855. At that period a number of monasteries were established, like the one of Saint Panteleimon, which was declared Stauropegic. The metropolitan of Chalcedon was one of the five Elder metropolitans from the wider region of Constantinople, the other being those of nearby Herakleia, Cyzicus, Nicaea, and Nicomedia. Following an Ottoman decree of 1757, they had to be always present in the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and had direct access to the Ottoman Sultan, to whom they announced the election of the new Ecumenical Patriarch. From the mid-19th century, the local metropolis prospered thanks to the significant population increase and economic development of the local Orthodox population. In 1855 the see of the metropolitan returned to Chalcedon during the primateship of Metropolitan Gerasimos. Moreover, the newly erected church of Saint Euphemia became the new cathedral. The metropolitan mansion was built near the cathedral in 1902. This is the first and only known printed regulation book of the Greek Community in Chalcedonia (Kadiköy). Extremely rare.
Moderate wear to boards and with a few unobtrusive spots to front board. First few pages and most maps are a bit frail. First blank page with neat pencil notes and former owner's stamp ; Nicely taped fold-out map in rear pocket. 1905 is a rare edition. With 11 Maps, 25 Plans, and a Panorama of Athens ; 16mo - 6" to 7" tall; 434 pages
Very Good Latin Original map. Oblong 4to. (25 x 34,5 cm). In Latin. From 'Mercator Atlas'. A very good copy. A detailed and decorative engraved map. B/w. Including Europae Pars (Thrace) and Black Sea, Aegean and Mediterranean, and with all ancient toponyms and names of regions including Cyprus and Syriae (Syria). Could not be find map-maker and being from which book. An early and decorative map of Asia Minor.
Light shelfwear to book. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Scarce. ; Deals with the question of when and how the Spartan state came into being, and how it developed. Looks at the Emergence of the Spartan State and its characteristic features; Spartan Society in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BC; & Hellenistic Sparta; Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences; 347 pages