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206 pages including glossary, bibliography and index. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. An anthology of more than 250 chronologically arranged exerpts and articles by proponents and opponents of psychiatry's most controversial procedure, which every year is administered to hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world. "A compelling and important addition to the lay literature in this field" - Jessica Mitford, author of The American Way of Death. "What the rack and the stake were to the Inquisition, what the concentration camp and the gas chamber were to National Socialism, the mental hospital and electroshock are to Institutional Psychiatry... This book is a carefully researched documentation of psychiatry's final solution." - Thomas S. Szasz M.D., author of The Myth of Mental Illness and the Myth of Psychotherapy. Minimal high-lighting and prior owner's name inside front cover, else unmarked. Above average wear. Remains a useful working copy. Book
Cover portrait of Major-General Michael F. Rimington - commanded the Indian Cavalry Corps at Douliens. The Great Drivve in the west and the Battle of Loos. The Conquest of Togoland and the Cameroon. Photos/Illustrations: British Gas attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt; Devastation near Loos; and many more. Above-average wear. Covers secured by tape. Book
Cover portrait of Admiral Sir Percy M. Scott, K.C.B., K.C.V.O. The War and the Worker - The Battles Round Hooge. The Battle of Rue D'ouvert and Stoney Mountain and the Struggle for Round Hooge. Photos and Illustrations: periscope attachment for rifles in action; 4-photo montage of England's youth making bombs; full-page photo of French troops removing their dead and wounded from a trench in Argoonne; Full-page photo portrait of Rear-Admiral Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee; Centerfold depicts munitions-making in England; multiple photos of anti-poison gas masks worn by allied troops; Flanders crater photo; Photo of captured German 'Flammenwerfer' or flamethrower/projector in use; and more. Sound unmarked copy with moderate wear. Book
Cover portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert C.O. Plumer, K.C.B. The fighting around the Persian Gulf. Centerfold shows two wide photos of first the British Cyclist Section, then the Regiment of chasseurs Alpins, marching past General Joffre and others. Botha's Victorious Campaign in German South-West Africa. Photos and illustrations: The first territorial V.C. - Second-Lieutenant Geoffrey Harold Woolley, of the Queen Victoria Rifles; Three Highlanders who defeated fifty Huns; Poison gas; Camera pictures of the campaign in the Persian Gulf; Full-page photo of General Joffre with Sir John French and Sir Douglas Haig at the front; Indian Cavalry; 10th Mule Corps; Map of German South-West Africa; Map of Mesopotamia; General Smuts; and much more. Covers secured by tape. Above-average wear. Book
Cover portrait of Sir Robert S. Horne, K.C., M.P., Minister of Labour. Please note: does not include colur map. Includes final portion of the chapter entitled "The Demobilisation of the British Army", with photos. Centerfold photos of captured German booty, including a large cache of gas shells at Luttre, Belgium. Chapter CCCVIII - The Demobilisation and Resettlement of the War Workers, with photos. Chapter CCCIX - The Wonders of Wireless in the War, with photos. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original buff wrappers printed in red, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. A cutting containing a humorous mnemonic verse (identifying war gases) by Peterborough of the Daily Telegraph newspaper is mounted on front paste-down. Last in a series of fourteen ARP Handbooks published by the Home Office (ARP Department) at the outbreak of WWII and covering many aspects of air raid precautions. Despite the number issued surprisingly few appear to have survived in this condition. S.O. Code: 4751. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
16 pages. Features: Wonderful full-age photo-illustrated ad for Interlaken Summer Camp for Boys, La Porte County, Indiana, inside front cover; The Vilest Crime of the Ages - The movement to discredit the Germans at home as well as the German element in this country; An Obsolete Jeffersonian Doctrine - the right to traffic in munitions of war with belligerent nations; Did the Lusitania carry cargo like this? - The Cleveland Automatic Company's high explsive shells break into smaller pieces which are poisonous and will painfully kill victims in four hours without immediate treatment - an ad for these shells from the 'American Machinist' is reproduced here; The German Army as a National Backbone, by Frank Koester; $16,000,000 "Neutrality"; Let Sir Richard Crawford Pack his Trunks; Some "English Outrages"; The New York Herald Admits the Truth; Italy's Entry into the War; American Neutrality a Myth; English Poisonous Gases; British Cabinet Breaking; Gas Bombs used by the English and French; News from Germany; Kaffee Hag ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Three-inch opening to bottom of coverfold, otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
70pp VG/none original editorial green cloth, bright gilt lettering on front board and spine, faint traces of label on lower spine, may lack the first preliminary blank page(?), title page lightly browned on margins, with stamp and small numbered sticker, folding plate facing p.41 loose, however in very good coinditions overall. A nice copy, from the library of Dugald Clerk, the famous Scottish engineer who designed the first two-stroke engine. A scarce book in first edition. Translated from the French in the Revue de Mecanique by Bryan Donkin, with 38 figures, some included as folding plates.
32 pages. Features: The Loneliest Man in New York - an intimate study of Frank A. Munsey by one of his former newspaper executives; Through the colored glasses of Freudism the doctor looks at Judy O'Grady and the Colonel's Lady - and decides that Freud should be repudiated; Building Good Roads by Gasoline - income from tolls, gas tax and licenses pays for U.S. roads; America's Scattered Children - the American flag flies in Alaska and more than halfway across the Pacific on thousands of islands; 'Bad English' is a Heritage from Olden Times - much of the grammar now classed as incorrect has come down to us by word of mouth from the time of Chaucer and before; Henry Ford's Page - understanding how the public mind moves from interest to disinterest; Editorials - the defeat of Mrs. Ferguson in Texas was actually a repudiation of her husband, Jim Ferguson, corn is a huge commodity, taxes hurt the British whisky-making industry; Voyage of the Victoria - The Passage of the Strait (part 9); The Women of Mexico Awake - they claim freedom which their American sisters enjoy; Pity the Poor Baseball Scout! - he deals in human ivory; Phoning in the Woods - photo-illustrated article on phone lines serving fire-fighting Forest Rangers in Montana; Chats with Office Callers - New Yorker article explains how for three times in a row the writer attended church, only to witness the uplifting of those of another religion; Rare Americana in a Unique Setting - the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Some Vanished Towns of Kansas - cities that died before they had lived/State Capital which could not be found; Interesting tree photos inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
This listing consists of pages 1-4 and 7-14 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents: Interesting stories about Honours for Victoria man F. A. Lindsay, B.C. Amateur Golf Championship, Mussolini talking war, Canada-US Fishery treaties, B.C. commences hunt for natural gas, Saanich arsonist, hunters attacked by eagles at Bull Harbour, Smuggling of tools suspected for use in construction of stills, and many more; Photo of Royal Oak Burial Park being developed; editorial page; Social pages; Hudson's Bay Company ad; Fred L. Foster comes to B.C.; photo ad for Dodge trucks sold by Begg Motor Co., Limited; Entertainment page; large ad for Daily Colonist amateur Snapshot Competition; David Spencer Limited ads; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. Bit of writing atop page one. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
55 pages. Black and white illustrations. Articles include: A Photo Voyage Around the Charlottes; Seabirds on the Charlottes - Thumps and Grunts in the Night; The Story of the Ninstints; The Haida - an outline of early contacts with Europeans; Captain Dixon on the Coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands, 1789; Notes on a Haida Text -1; Early Years in Masset, 1909-1915; Hudson's Bay Company Post at Masset Queen Charlotte Islands 1869-1898; The Sandspit Saga; The One Room School of Yesteryear; A Few Adventurous Years; The Last Trip of the Gas Boad 'Mabel'; Memories of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
28 pages. Features: One-Third of Canada lies north of 60; The Harding Family of Frobisher Bay; Housing inequality in Inuvik; Major oil and gas finds in the Mackenzie; Elijay Smith - Chief of the Yukon Native Brotherhood; James Wah-Shee - President of the Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories; Men Who Guide the North - Northwest Territories Commissioner Stuart Hodgson and Yukon Commissioner James Smith; Sea Lift to Spence Bay, the most northerly mainland port of the North American continent; Staying Warm in the North; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Some sunning to edges of front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
114 pages. Features: Reports on Canada's Boom, Washington, and Jordan; Other Worlds Than Ours, by Donald H. Menzel; British Cultural Fatique, by Kenneth Tynan; Hunting Moon, by William Wister Haines; The Kidnaping of Kamlon, by Agnes Newton Keith; Horizon Thong (a poem), by George Abbe; Soviet Industry, by Edward Crankshaw; Cockles, Brambles, and Fern Hill - Dylan Thomas in Wales, by John Malcolm Brinnin; Saturday Night, a Story, by Marjorie Anais Housepian; Educational Television, by Leland Hazard; The Wreath - a story, by Frank O'Connor; T.E. Lawrenc- Man or Myth?, by B.H. Liddell Hart; Charles de Gaulle, by Curtis Cate; Air Travel with Stopovers, by Mitchell Goodman (part 2). Interesting colour ad by the Tennessee Gas Transmission Company inside front cover; Black and white photo ad by the Bell Telephone System shows damage of Hurricane Diane. Nice black and white photo ad by Columbia Records features pianist Robert Casadesus; Colour ad for the European Travel Commission inside back cover; Nice color ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Reports on Wasthington, North Africa, and Israel - David Ben-Gurion becomes Minister of Defense; Owen Wister's Journals - the unpublished journals; Russia's Calamity, by Edward Crankshaw; The Grand Trunk Road to Agra, by Vice Admiral Leslie C. Stevens; Streams (poem), by W.H. Auden; A Patron of the Arts, story by Donald Heiney; Have we Conquered the Business Cycle?, by Sumner H. Slichter; The Diamond Cutters (poem), by Adrienne Cecile Rich; The Oedipus Myth, by Robert Graves; The Under-Educated, by Robert C. Wilson; What Happened to the Girl Scouts?, by Ben H. Bagdikian; Twenty Years of Writing, by William Saroyan; Teaching Creative Writing, by Roy Cowden; Styrian Festivities, by Merloyd Lawrence. Color ad for the Tennessee Gas Transmission Company inside front cover. Color ad for Old Charter Straight Bourbon Whisky on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of a 1935 model 845 Silver Arrow; Photo of Pierce bus at work in the Bay area inside front cover; 1915 Pierce-Arrow news items; photos of a 1910 6-48 close-coupled touring car; four photos of George R. Wood's 1915 P-A in Vancouver, B.C.; Contemporary photos of the former P-A administration building in Buffalo, NY; The Pierce-Arrow lounge at Fred Tycher's Hilton Hotel in Dallas, Texas; Several pages reproduced from the P-A Salesman, circa 1915; One Man's Family... of Pierce-Arrows! - by Roger J. Sherman of Longmont, Colorado; two- page of article reproduced from The P-A. Salesman entitled 'Dual-Valve Six Pronounced a Super Car by Critics - impression created by Extended Demonstrating trip presages Speedy Marketing of Latest Series"; Two page article reproduced from a 1960 issue of this publication entitled "Buffalo to New York via Gas Buggy" which discusses the trip of a 1901 motorette in 1922; A P-A delivers George Raft to the opening of the MGM Grand; reproduction of a 3-page article on "The Parts Division", by C.D. Cowles, Manager Parts Division; 1-page reproduction of an illustrated article entitled "Testing Pierce-Arrow Motors" by L.H. Gates, Foreman; factory photos of three Series 36 Pierce-Arrows - exterior and interior views of Mr.s Calvin Coolidge's 7-passenger French Landau, a 7-passenger Touring, and a 3-passenger Coupe. Back cover features reproduction of a Pierce 'Certificate of Efficiency'. Moderate wear. Date written atop front cover else unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: Savannah and the Vanderbilt - it took 10 races and 3 years to get this famous race south of the Mason-Dixon Line - major article with great photos; Joseph S. Coates - Perfectionist; No. 1 Dupont Owner - Stanley B. Smith of State College, PA; Twice Burned - Twice Restored - A Steam Saga of true devotion - Bob Bohaty has restored his Locomobile steamer twice; A Rare Six Cylinder Sixty Horsepower White; Automatic Transmission 1905 - Gas Au Lec - the Corwin Manufacturing Company of Peabody, Ma; Roving Reporter's Page; In Duster and Veil; National Winners; Prize-Winning 1924 Model T Station Wagon; Covered Bridge Tour; Tire conversion table for car and motorcycle tire and standard beaded edge car tires; Ford Facts - The Ruckstell Axel; Tips on Restorying; Reworking an EMF Rear End; Who was Victor Page?; Making Patent Leather Fenders; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
62 pages. Featuring Antiques as Hobbies: Old Quilts (color); Old Glass, Silver, Bookmarks; Barber's Bottles; Collector's Homes. Includes these nice ads: Hellmann's Mayonnaise (color); Refrigerators; Listerine (shows boys fighting); Natural Gas; Heinz Spaghetti; Shredded Ralston; Aluminum Hoods for Milk Bottles; Scot Paper Towels; Marlboro Cigarettes - "Mild as May... Ivory Tips protect the Lips" - with photo of man and woman (wow, definitely pre-dates the Marlboro Man!); Lovely colour illustrated ad for Bon Ami inside back cover; Gulfspray insect killer cartoon ad; Nice colour photo ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes on back cover features photo of Billie Branch - veteran of 2,000 tobacco auctions. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy Magazine
Mm 145x225 Collana "Nuova Biblioteca di Cultura. Serie Scientifica: Fisica Teorica" - Volume rilegato in tela con titolo oro al dorso, sovraccoperta originale, 607 pagine con figure in nero nel testo. Copia in ottime condizioni, poco o mai consultata; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
* Professore di Chimica, University of Reading - Prefazione all'edizione italiana di Cesare Codegone, Professore di Fisica Tecnica al Politecnico di Torino - Collana Manuali Einaudi, Serie di fisica - Prefazione - Elenco dei pi? importanti simboli usati nel testo - Valori di Importanti costanti fisiche - Introduzione e principi fondamentali - Digressione sulla termodinamica statistica - Alcune relazioni di validit? generale - Sistemi di una sola componente - Sistemi di due componenti che non reagiscono - Sistemi di pi? di due componenti che non reagiscono - Sistemi di specie che reagiscono chimicamente - Sistemi estremamente diluite - Soluzioni di elettroliti - Sistemi elettrochimici - Campo gravitazionale - Sistemi magnetici - Appendici - Radiazioni - Indice degli autori - indice delle materie 1 24x15 cm., legatura in piena seta, titoli e marca in oro sul piatto, titoli in oro sul dorso, pp. 614, oltre 350 figure, moltissime formule, tabelle, schemi ecc. prima edizione italiana, normali segni del tempo, ottime condizioni.
In-24 gr., cartonato, pp. XX,556. Prima edizione. In buono stato (good copy).
4°. 29,5 x 21,5 cm. (3),192 S. Original Leinen mit Rücken- und Deckeltitel. Vorderer Deckel leicht, hinterer Deckel etwas stärker fleckig, Rückentitel berieben. Innen guter Zustand. Mit Sach- und Namenverzeichnis. 1 Tafel ("Fischküche am Zoo in Berlin") und etliche Textabbildungen nach Fotografien und Skizzen. - Die Publikation erschien September 1925 bis August 1928. Ab September 1928 bis 1939 unter dem Titel "Technische Monatsblätter für Gasverwendung".
22,7x15,6 cm; (32) cc. e una grande avola più volte ripiegata. Brossura editoriale con titolo al piatto anteriore. Prima traduzione francese di questo studio contenente varie tavole per l'analisi dei gas, dei vapori e dei composti chimici attraverso vari procedeimenti chimici. Piccolo difetto al droso ma per il resto BUON ESEMPLARE.
92 pages. Features: Glaze Painting; Toward Self-Sufficiency (in clay), Tri-axial Blend, 16 North Georgia Potters; Slab Rollers, Sources of Sodium as vapour glaze, The Craney Hill Oxidation Kiln, Oxidation/Reduction, and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. Undated. Circa 1980? Book
Mm 125x205 "Le camere a gas dei lager tedeschi. L'attendibilità delle statistiche sulle popolazioni ebraiche e delle cifre sull'Olocausto. Note di lettura" - Brossura editoriale, 154 pagine. Copia in stato di nuovo, sigillata. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
In 8? (cm 25,5), Brossura, pagg.142-(4) con numerose ill. b.n. anche a piena pag. n.t., anche a piena pag., cop.ill. a colori, insignificante strappetto al margine bianco inferiore delle prime dieci carte, segni d'uso alla cop., ma buon es. Dal sommario: "Che cos'? la guerra chimica" di Giorgio Nebbia, "Dal fuoco greco ai tempi moderni" di Bruno Ghibaudi; "La strage di Ypres" di Mario Costa; "L'alba su San Michele" di Giuseppe Mayda; "I mezzi di difesa" di Emilio faldella; "Da Versailles a Ginevra" di Dino Zannoni; "I gas nella guerra d'Etiopia" di Giacomo De Antonellis; "Le armi chimiche di Hitler" di Arrigo Petacco; "La nascita del napalm" di Antonio De Falco; "La guerra di Corea" di manlio Maradei; "La guerra nello Yemen" di Lino Pellegrini; "La guerra nel Vietnam" di Egisto Corradi; "Gli aggressivi chimici dell'URSS" di Mario Lombardo; "Le proposte dell'ONU" di Dino Zannoni; "Gli arsenali chimici nel mondo" di Giorgio Nebbia.