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1966318c6601Port Moody BC Canada: Self-Published 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 130 pages. Numerous black and white photographic plates. Gilt lettering upon backstrip. Gilt decoration upon forest green cloth-covered front board. "Recounts the development of the Flavelle cedar mill and timber holdings. A story that spans 60 years of a great province that is barely 100 years old; over 60 years of the lives of a group of men pioneers who were dedicated to the growth of this province and the lumber and logging industry." - from Preface. Prior owner's small address label atop front free endpaper otherwise contents clean bright and unmarked. Light external wear to book. Moderate wear to gilt-decorated slipcase. A quality copy. Self-Published Hardcover
1946443h5793London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd. Fair with no dust jacket. 1946. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Selected by both the New York Public Library and The Times Literary Supplement London as one of the 100 most influential books of the 20th century. Warned the free nations that the extended collectivism toward which they were gradually veering was incompatible with democracy and that social planning as interpreted then might eventually cause the end of all individual freedom political as well as economic. vii 184 p. Index. Sixth printing of the British 1944 first edition. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Toning to endpapers. Binding intact. Sunning to publisher's blue cloth mostly to backstrip. Small vintage bookseller's tag inside front board. Top corner of front free endpaper clipped. A sound early copy of this most prescient work. Cody & Ostrem B-6 Machlup B-6 Pressman 2e p.180. ; 8vo . George Routledge & Sons Ltd. hardcover
1966429c7518New York: Augustus M. Kelley Publishers. Very Good. 1966. Reprint. Hardcover. 244 pages. Index of authors cited. Chapters include: The Problem of the Trade Cycle; Non-Monetary Theories of the Trade Cycle; Monetary Theories of the Trade Cycle; The Fundamental Cause of Cyclical Fluctuations; Unsettled Problems of Trade Cycle Theory. Translated from the German by N. Kaldor and H.M. Croome. From the Reprints of Economic Classics series. Originally published in 1933. Bright gilt lettering upon front board and backstrip. Clean with very light wear. Binding tight. Prior owner's name neatly stamped in upper corner of front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. A high quality copy of this significant work. Cohen 184 Cody & Ostrem B-1 Sraffa 2428.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Hayek Friedrich A. Monetary Theory and the Trade Cycle Economics Economic Theory 244 pages including index. Chapters include: The Problem of the Trade Cycle; Non-Monetary Theories of the Trade Cycle; Monetary Theories of the Trade Cycle; The Fundament . Augustus M. Kelley, Publishers hardcover
1961159a2814USA: The University of Chicago Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Third Printing. Hardcover. "A thorough exposition of a social philosophy which ranges from ethics and anthropology through jurisprudence and the history of ideas to the economics of the modern welfare state." - dust jacket not included. A National Review Panel ranked this work as the ninth best non-fiction book of the twentieth century. x 570 p. Footnotes. Index. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound early example of this important work. Cody & Ostrem B-12 Pressman p.180. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Constitution of Liberty Hayek F.A. Economics Philosophy . The University of Chicago Press hardcover
1907417H4163Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company Limited. Good. 1907. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. A rare surviving issue of this publication which was renamed Maclean's in 1911 after its founder Lt.-Col. John Bayne Maclean and remains in publication with the same name over one-hundred years later. "Containing the choicest and most entertaining articles and short stories appearing in the current numbers of the leading magazines of the world." - front cover. 9.25" x 6.25" in red card covers. 176 pages including 38 pages of wonderful ads many illustrated. Contents include: James Bryce LL.D. new British Ambassador to the U.S.; Lumber king and billionaire Frederick Weyerhaeuser; The Rapid Advancement of George Bruce Cortelyou; The Lords as the Supreme Court of Appeal; Great Men as Commercial Assets; A Solution to the Problem of the Unemployed in large English cities; The Financial Supremacy of London; Guatemala - land of opportunity; The Great Jewish Invasion - the industrial and social progress made by the Jewish population of New York; A Contrast between the American and British City; New York Businessman Pearcy K. Crocker in Jamaica; On the Value of Thrift; Work is the World's Law; Short Stories; Fire Waste and How to Reduce It; Capturing Wild Elephants in Mysore; Hints on Dismissing Unwelcome Callers; Brawn and Character; Cattle Raising in the Argentine; Other Contents of Current Magazines; and more. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Busy Man's Magazine February Feb. 1907 Vol. XIII No. 4 James Bryce LL.D Frederick Weyerhaeuser George Bruce Cortelyou Human Resource Valuation Unemployment - England City of London - Finance Guatemala Jews - Immigrants Jews - New Yor . The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited unknown
1984429c9054USA: Richardson & Snyder. Very Good. 1984. First Unabridged English Edition. Hardcover. 0943940079 . 138 pages. Footnotes and charts. "The breakdown of international order that usually occurs during a depression along with a sense of America's economic weakness increases the likelihood that some nation will pursue military aggression somewhere in the world. In order to preserve international stability America may feel it necessary to intervene. And so the cycle continues." - Introduction. Author was banished to Siberia due to his politically incorrect thinking. A classic work of economic forecasting. Clean with light wear. Former library copy with usual markings. Tight and square. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; ECONOMIC FORECASTING BUSINESS Cycles ECONOMICS Long Wave Cycle capitalist Society . Richardson & Snyder hardcover
1933313c5032USA: Longmans Green and Co. 1933. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 145 pages. A rare surviving copy of this classic Depression-era guide. "Here is a book that gives the devices people have employed to make saving painless. But it is more. It is a philosophy of personal economics - of spending as well as saving a development of the idea that the act of saving is merely a postponement and enlargement of the act of spending." - from dust jacket. Binding sound. Moderate wear to book which is unmarked but for a tiny ink dot atop front free endpaper. Soiling to text edges. 3"x 2" chunk missing from bottom edge of dust jacket front panel. Other smaller bits of loss from dust jacket which is now preserved in mylar. Surely a special item in light of today's challenging economic environment. Longmans, Green and Co. Hardcover
1990166j0989Canada: Treeline Publishing. Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Paperback. 096934211X . Signed without inscription by both authors upon title page. "Presents a brief outline of the history of logging in the Fraser Valley. The area under discussion is the Lower Fraser Valley. On the south shore of the Fraser River the area includes and extends east from Surrey. On the north shore the area extends east from the Pitt River. The area covered includes the major drainages of the Fraser River east to Boston Bar North Bend and the Nahatlatch River. The period considered extends from Simon Fraser's voyage down the Fraser River to the present. Most effort however has been directed at recording the earlier logging and that of the first half of the twentieth century." - Introduction. 176 pages. Profusely illustrated with maps sketches and black and white reproductions of archival photos. Chronology glossary references index. Clean bright tight and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality signed copy of this exceptional reference. ; Maps and Sketches; Sm 4to; Signed by Author . Treeline Publishing paperback
1991237j0712U.S.A.: The National Commission for Judicial Reform. Good. 1991. First Edition. Paperback. Originally delivered to the Lawrence Patterson Financial Strategy Organization in 1991 as a legal opinion upon the 80th anniversary of the secret writing of the Federal Reserve Act at Jekyll Island. "It would be difficult to read into this phrase the general welfare any ambiguity or any opportunity for demagoguery and yet such a purpose was found. In this book we have a dual purpose first to explain how ruthless men adopted this phrase to further their great conspiracy against America and second the techniques which they employed to incorporate this phrase as the very cornerstone of their Welfare State a creation which they intended as the replacement for the free republic of the United States. From the powers derived from that overthrow they confidently anticipate that they will now initiate what they fondly refer to as "the New World Order". - Author's Foreword. 10 37 pages. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Glossy navy covers with gilt lettering and decoration. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Mullins Eustace The Great Portrayal - The General Welfare Clause of the Constitution Federal Reserve Ezra Pound Lawrence Patterson Financial Strategy Organization legal opinion Federal Reserve Act Jekyll Island New World Order United States Welfare Stat . The National Commission for Judicial Reform paperback
2002727c8412USA: Time Inc. Magazine Company 2002. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 186 pages. Features: Rumble between Eliot Spitzer and Harvey Pitt; AOL's new music man; New Qwest CEO; With Bill Gates at Work; How a War With Iraq with Change the World; USA Today dubs itself America's paper; Will R&D Make Merck hot again; The Olsen Twins; Craig McCaw still dreams of an internet in the sky; America's 50 best companies for minorities. Address label clipped from front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Time Inc. Magazine Company Paperback
1908721H3717Toronto: The Champlain Society 1908. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition - Numbered Copy. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. cxxiii 380 pages. Index. Hand-numbered copy 29 of 520 printed. "Brings together some serviceable selections from the source material available for the study of the Seigniorial Tenure in Canada from its introduction by the French government to its abolition in 1854. Documents have been selected which illustrate the various chronological stages in the evolution of Canadian seigniorialism - its rise its paramountcy and its decline. Here will be found despatches memoirs reports royal edicts colonial ordinances title-deeds jurists statutes and the unofficial chronicles of contemporary observers." - Editor's Preface. Former librarry copy with usual markings. Front hinge just starting. Somewhat above-average wear to red boards. A sound copy of this impressive scholarly reference. TPL 3459 Thibault 177 Amtmann 2728. The Champlain Society Hardcover
1956201G4686Montreal: Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers. 1956. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Good. 108 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration of the Royal 22nd Regiment in Quebec City; Nice colour ad for International Trucks shows them at work in a growing baby-boomer subdivision; Colour-photo ad for GE kitchen mixers in '3 Festive Colours'; Duplessis is Not Unbeatable; Colour photo ad for Hoover Vacuums features lady in heels dress and apron happily cleaning her home; One-page colour ad for Dodge features Dodge Mayfair Hardtop with push-button transmission; Who Really Owns Canada - great article by Peter C. Newman explains how outsiders own most of our oil mining pulp and other biggest industries; How Man Will Conquer Mars - the detailed story complete with timetable of how the first Mars journey may be carried out - with nine illustrations eight in colour by Chesley Bonestell not in Schuetz; I Married a Count - Catherine Cziraky explains how she married Hungarian Count Laszlo Cziraky; You Don't Have to Panic Over Rabies; The B.C. Coast - with large colour night photo of the intersection of Georgia and Granville in Vancouver; One-page photo of logger faller beside gigantic cedars he has taken down on the west coast of Vancouver Island; The Most Baffling Show on Television - Holiday Ranch is Canada's most popular show; You Really Run by Electricity - the electrical system of the human body is so ingenious that it makes man's inventions seem like clumsy toys; The Secret of Stolen Love Letters; I Cry at the Movies; Classy one-page colour-photo ad for the Remington 60 de luxe Auto-Home electric shaver shows it at work at home and in a car; Nice 2/3-page colour ad for Tappan electric and gas ranges; Fancy half-page ad for Allied Van Lines in bright orange; One-page colour ad for Chevrolet features six of their station wagons for 1956; Classy colour-photo one-page ad for Leonard appliances features glamorous photo of Anne Leonard; Heinz baby food colour-photo ad features mother breastfeeding; Nice 2/3-page colour ad for Maxwell House coffee features smiling lady and card game; Classy one-page colour ad for the yellow 1956 Chrysler Windsor Newport; Trans-Canada Air Lines ad; Colour Molson's Export ad features smiling newspaper man at quitting time; Half-page Olsonite ad features open toilet seat which eerily resembles a crocodile waiting to snap someone's backside!; One-page colour ad for Ford 225 HP V-8 cars battling a big truck on the highway; 3/4-page photo ad for Electrohome Fans of Kitchener Ontario; Toronto-Dominion TD Bank colour-photo ad features funky family checking into Motel; Classic colour O'Keefe's Ale ad features lumberman with peavey jumping over floating logs outside mill; Colour ad features five of the 1956 car models made by Packard - Clipper - Studebaker; R.O.T.P. Regular Officer Training Plan ad features smiling young man; Labatt's ad features photo of Arthur G. Turner of Toronto delivering ice; Nice colour GWG ad inside back cover features lineman climbing utility pole; Back cover colour-photo Coke ad shows four scenes; and more. Unmarked with average wear and external soiling. A sound vintage copy of this stellar issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine June 9 1956 - Wernher Von Braun and Willy Ley Explain How Man Will Conquer Mars Rex Woods cover illustration of the Royal 22nd Regiment in Quebec City; Nice colour ad for International Trucks shows them at work in . Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers unknown
1980324G4446USA: Cambridge University Press 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 365 pages. Index. List of Sources and Works Cited. Extensive footnotes. Tables and Charts. "During the eighteenth century European governments began systematically using an international credit structure whose center was the Amsterdam capital market. This work reconstructs that system and surveys its principal effects on the European and especially the Dutch economies." - from preliminary page. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight and square. Anonymous bookplate upon front free endpaper. A quality copy. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
2000452j0946Canada: Stronghold Publishing. Good. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 0920033059 . "Canada's 'Battling Barrister' Douglas Christie defends freedom of religion and freedom of expression up to the Supreme Court of Canada in the highly publicized trials of Malcolm Ross." - front cover. "The reader will discover the evidence upon which Malcolm Ross was judged and how a powerful lobby exerted its tremendous influence to ensure that his Christian perspective of history and theology would be quashed." - back cover. vi 329 pages. Contains excerpts from the 23 volumes of transcripts of the Human Rights Inquiry of December 1990 and April/May 1991 and relevant court actions with comments. Includes notes on the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this historic record.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Cross-Examination: Christianity on Trial Talmud Free Speech Law Canada Freedom of Expression Malcolm Ross Douglas Christie Supreme Court . Stronghold Publishing paperback
19382111902160801548Nagano Prefecture Economics Department Cultivated Land Division 1938. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Nagano Prefecture Economics Department Cultivated Land Division paperback
19322091502135501217Manzhou Cultural Association 1932. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 8 163p Standard size: 13x19cm Manzhou Cultural Association paperback
2005SBS-9780754641889ASHGATE 2005. Hardcover. New. ASHGATE hardcover
2005SBS-9780754641889ASHGATE 2005. Hardcover. New. ASHGATE hardcover
1953022798New York: Ballantine Books 1953. First Edition Hardcover Issue . Unprinted Blue Cloth. Good/No DJ. First Ediiton Hardcover Issue. The Publisher's Personal Copy Never Sold Or Circulated Direct From The Publisher's Library. Book Is Clean No Names Or Marks But Frayed At Top And Bottom Of Spine Pages Aged. The Very Scarce Hardcover Issue Not Seen By A Bibliographer But Noted As Being In Existence In His Addenda One Of A Few Hardcover Copies Printed To Fulfill Contractual Publishing Terms; The Scarcest Ballantine Hardcover. Kousoulas Was An Assistant Professor Of Government At Howard University In Washington D. C. He Also Lectured On Soviet Policies And Institutions At The National War College. Having Earned His Law Degree In The University Of Athens Greece In 1948 He Received His Doctor'S And Master'S Degree From Syracuse University During 1951-1956. He Served In The Greek National Army From 1948-1950. The Author Of The Price Of Freedom; Greece In World Affairs 1939-1953 Published In 1953; And Key To Economic Progress Published In 1953 And 1958; He Was Also Completing The History Of The Communist Party In Greece. <br/> <br/> Ballantine Books hardcover
1829009259London : Richard Rush 1829. First Printing . Disbound. Good. 45 Iii. Unsigned Pamphlet No Title Page With "London 1829" At End Containing The Complete Text Of This Argument For Issuance Of Highly Important Bonds By Cities The Argument Being Made Here As To The Soundness Of The Investment And The Power Of The United States To Compel Payment. A Copy Of The Pamphlet Appears In The Archives Of The Trading/Investment Firm Daniel Crommelin & Sons And They May Be Involved In Its Distribution If Not Authorship. It Is Attributed To Richard Rush. Per Wikipedia Richard Rush August 29 1780 - July 30 1859 Was An American Lawyer Politician And Diplomat Who Served As The 8Th United States Attorney General From 1814 To 1817 And The 8Th United States Secretary Of The Treasury From 1825 To 1829. He Served As John Quincy Adams's Running Mate On The National Republican Ticket During The 1828 United States Presidential Election. He Served As Attorney General Of Pennsylvania In 1811 And As Comptroller Of The Treasury During The James Madison Administration. Rush Became One Of Madison's Closest Advisers During The War Of 1812 And Madison Elevated Him To United States Attorney General In 1814. Rush Remained In That Position After James Monroe Took Office. He Served As The Acting Secretary Of State Briefly In 1817 And Negotiated The Rush-Bagot Treaty Which Limited Naval Forces On The Great Lakes. Rush Served As The Ambassador To Britain From 1818 To 1825. He Negotiated The Treaty Of 1818 Which Set The Boundary Between The U.S. And Canada And Had Discussions With George Canning That Led To The Announcement Of The Monroe Doctrine.In 1829 He Went Overseas At The Behest Of The Cities Of Alexandria Virginia And Georgetown To Secure Funds For The Construction Of A Canal Connecting The Chesapeake Bay And The Ohio River Hence This Pamphlet. He Served As Minister To France From 1847 To 1849. He Helped Establish And Served On The Board Of Regents For The Smithsonian Institution. He Was The Second Son And Third Child Of Benjamin Rush And Julia Stockton Rush Daughter Of Political Kingpin Richard Stockton And Annis Boudinot Stockton. His Papers Are At The University Of Michigan Library. <br/> <br/> Richard Rush unknown
First Edition. Un volume (11x18,5 cm) di 241-(3) pagine. In lingua inglese. Graziosa legatura coeva in mezza pelle avana, dorso liscio con titolo in oro e fregi a secco e dorati; piatti con carta marmorizzata. Ottime condizioni. Rara questa Edizione Originale.
1914318562Thomas Newey & Sons Central Tool Works Birmingham 1914. Hardcover Leinen Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Exemplar einer Klosterbibliothek mit Kennungen. Thomas Newey & Sons Central Tool Works, Birmingham, hardcover
Octavo. Pp. xi, (iii), 361. Appendix, notes, index. Half-title present. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's light-blue cloth, spine lettered in white, spine ends lightly bumped, bookplate removed leaving very small, unobtrusive rubbing marks on first paste-down. A few pages with single underlining or minute annotation in pen, else in fine condition. ~ First edition, first printing. Reprinted in 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962. "The most elegant overview in the discipline of historiography." - - The Peace Palace Library Centennial Exhibition: The Collection As a Mirror of the Historical Development of International Law (2005). Arthur Nussbaum (1877-1964), German legal scholar.
1930248566London : P.S. King 1930. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Boards stained. Physical description; 22 cm ; xv 438 p folded maps. Subjects; Labour and labouring classes — England — London. London England — Economic conditions. London England — Social conditions. London : P.S. King hardcover
17872518Amsterdam et se trouve à Paris Chez la veuve Valade 1787. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Royal octavo. Pp. 499 3 notes 2 errata verso blank. Engraved device to title engraved head-piece and many tail-pieces. Footnotes. HARDCOVER bound in quarter calf and marbled boards spine lettered and dated in gilt bit curved; head of spine mended for a tear a partly split joint neatly restored; contemporary signature to title small stamp to verso. An entirely uncut wide-margined copy printed on handmade paper. Overall an excellent interior in fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION uncommon in the original unaltteredd state and entirely uncut. Gabriel Senac de Meilhan 1736-1803 a French writer. In 1790 he published "Des Principes et des causes de la Révolution en France". His "Considérations" was republished in 1789. Kress B.1336. Goldsmith 13327. Cf. Palgrave 1894-1901. Not in Einaudi 5228 which lists the 1789 edition only. I-4 OUT <br/> <br/> Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez la veuve Valade hardcover