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In-4 (263 x 218 mm), broché sous couture, couverture de parution, 68 p., grand tableau dépliant. Edition originale de cet ouvrage pionnier dans l'histoire de la démographie et de la statistique moderne, illustré d'un très grand "Tableau de la population et rapport des naissances, mariages et morts dans toutes les généralités du royaume" plié en fin. Sur cet ouvrage et son importance fondatrice cf. André Corvisier, 'Le chevalier Des Pommelles, arithméticien politique et militaire' in "Sur la population française au XVIIIe et au XIXe" (Hommage à Marcel Reinhard), Société de démographie historique, p. 161-179. (Goldsmiths, 13816. INED, 1396. Martin & Walter, 10541. Manque à Einaudi et à Kress). Couverture de parution légèrement défraîchie. Le titre y est manuscrit à la plume à l'époque. Très bon exemplaire, entièrement non rogné, imprimé sur papier fort, tel que paru.
48 pages. Follow-up work to "The Workingman's Revolt: The Vancouver Asiatic Exclusion Rally of 1907." "... Jarvis has dug into the historical record, and gone to the original sources... and discovered that things were not as we had been told. The eventual decision by waffling federal authorities to expel the 'Komogata Maru' was a reluctant bow to overwhelming public opinion, that was firmly opposed to changing B.C.'s population." - from introduction. Some black and white ilustrations. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Book
pp. vii, 581. Front inner hinge cracked. Large 12mo. Original full gray cloth binding, slightly worn and rubbed at extremities. Hardbound. Includes Jewish calendars for Holidays, Festivals, Sabbaths, and Fasts. JUDAICA BOX 5
pp. x, 937, (25) [Publisher's catalogue]. Illustrated with a full page photograph of Simon Wolfe Rosendale (1842-1937). Edges beginning to brown but not brittle. Inner hinges cracked. Large 12mo. Original full olive green cloth binding, worn and rubbed at extremities. Hardbound. Includes Jewish calendars for Holidays, Festivals, Sabbaths, and Fasts. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUDAICA BOX 5
pp. xii, 691. Illustrated with a full page photograph of Judge George Zerdin Medalie (1883-1946). Pages 362/363 stained with old newspaper clipping. Large 12mo. Original full green cloth binding, worn and rubbed at extremities. Small loss head of spine. Hardbound. Includes Jewish calendars for Holidays, Festivals, Sabbaths, and Fasts. Also an article on British and Palestinian Jews in World War II. JUDAICA BOX 5
"The defeat of the Greek armies in Asia Minor in August 1922 led directly to the flight of Greek refugees from Asia Minor, the compulsory exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey and the resettlement in Greece of 1.3 million displaced people." [The author's thesis (Princeton University, 1959) was originally issued under title: The 1922-23 exchange of populations and its impact upon Greece.] This is a photographic facsimile in paper wraps.293 p. maps, tables, bibliography. NOTE: 900gr [30x22x3 cm] Book
153p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, old pricing label on front jacket. ARCH 1
No marks or inscriptions. Very faint creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 157pp. Features prehistoric rock art, Royston Grange, Minning Low and Little Chester excavations, Fieldwalking, Roman roads, early Saxon broach, Bradbourne Mill timbers, Calke Priory, population and tax assessments in King Charles II's time, Long Eaton education, Samuel Slater and title and benefice incomes.
200 p. Loss bottom margin corner of title page. Lacks fly leaves. Page 197 torn without loss. Very age stained. Early pencil manuscript ownership of Ms. Eliza Johnson, Derby, CT. 12mo. 185 mm. Original worn leather binding. Title continues: "Part I. Containing A History of The Town Of East Haven. 1644-1800. Part II. Containing An Account Of The Names, Marriages, And Births. 1644-1800. Part III. Containing An Account Of The Deaths In The Families Named In The Second Part From The Year 1647 To The End Of The Year 1823." Includes interesting details about early East Haven Connecticut: boundaries; iron-works and mills; land divisions; controversies with New-Haven and Branford; town charters; ecclesiastisal affairs; schools; population and taxes; losses by war; natural history and curiosities; roads and public lands; etc. Howes D-387; S&S/AI 15987. Hardbound. Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 6
pp. vi, 232. Heavily underlined. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn. Second printing. A very important contribution to understanding the problems of modern cities. ARCH 1
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked orange cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to edges. 238pp. A study of the apparently inexorable migration of people from rural to urban settings including what success two planned societies (Russia and China) have met with in their attempts to contain city growth.
Two Volumes bound in one: pp. viii, 464; pp. 276. Age stain. Damp stain. Lacks first fly leaves. XLib Pennsylvania Military Library. Stamp on first title page and elsewhere. 225 mm. Virtually disbound. Leather boards very worn. Lacks spine. Spine crudely taped. Poor. Howes F200; Thomson 423; AI / SS 12424. "The text of the second volume had not appeared previously." - Graff 1356. Includes much useful and early infomation on Texas and Oregon. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W10 Rt. Rear
Pages 561-588. Features: Three photos of the new Sherman tank which helped to smash Rommel; Two pages of photos of 'The Great Battle of Egypt" which generated 75,000 Axis casualties; Two-pages of illustrations of the work of the men of the R.A.S.C., without whom the Egyptian advance would not have been possible; Twelve photos illustrate "The Mightiest Naval Operation in History - The Allied Occupation of North Africa, Without Losing a Ship; Re-Opening the Mediterranean (article); Miscellaneous photos from the desert pursuit of Rommel; Photos of ten personalities of the week include Captain E. Rickenbacker, Rear-Admiral Daniel Callaghan, Miss Violet Vanbrugh, Henry Fox, G.C., G.M., and Charles de Gaulle addressing Free French at Albert Hall; Dramatic photos of naval action; Amazing centerfold explanatory illustration of "A Major Landing Operation as Accomplished in North Africa; Incredible photos of how Stalingrad's population lives under continues bombardment; Aerial photo of U-boat base at Lorient being bombed; Dramatic one-page aerial photos shows bombs falling toward the Lorient U-boat base; Two-page photo feature of work of the the Army Film and Photographic Service in action. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 425-452. Features: Before and after air photos of bomb damage to St. Nazaire; Three aerial photos German battleship "Tirpitz" located under a Norwegian cliff in Aas Fjord; Air photos of blazing fires of Lubeck; Photos of Mandalay, Colombo and Vizagapatam Harbour; Photos of people in the news, including Lt. (T/Capt.) J.J.B. Jackman, V.C.; Six photos of troops in Tobruk and the Western Desert; Britain's Proposals to India - with photos of Gandhi, Sir Stafford Cripps, Mr. Jinnah, Mr. Nehru, and Dr. Maulana Azad; Two pages of photos of the astounding Trans-Iranian Railway - stupendous engineering!; Burma and India - article with photo of Prome, chief city of the Irrawaddy, to which the British authorities retreated after leaving Rangoon; Fascinating photos and illustration of the St. Nazaire Lock Gates and their construction; Dramatic two-page illustration shows the H.M.S. Cambeltown speeding towards the Huge Dock Gates at St. Nazaire; Very dramatic centerfold illustration shows the "Cambeltown" ramming the St. Nazaire lock gates as commando troops leap ashore and go into action; Eight great photos of women at work in British heavy industry, supporting the war effort; Photo of German submarine pens on the Atlantic; One-page aerial photo of Russia's Tobruk - Sebastopol, still a thorn in Germany's side after 160 days of siege; Two-page pictorial map of Australia showing its desert areas, minerals, and ratios of population; Six photos of cameras which record R.A.F. low-level raids and air combats; Cross-section illustrations of the American fighters "Airacobra" and "Tomahawk"; Classy colour back cover BSA ad shows peaceful Dutch scene with windmill; vintage ads. This issue was never stapled. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A nice wartime issue. Book
pp. xiii, 105. Ownership and notes of Marion L. Chamberlain, N.Y., 1904. Small 8vo. Original full printed linen wraps. An important early study by one of America's most influential historians and thinkers. It investigated the process and effects of Britain's industrial revolution. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Coldwar/Economics 4
pp. x, 301. Illustrated with photographs and tables. Map endpapers. Tall 8vo. Original full pictorial paper binding. Original full dust jacket, faded and worn. Chapters include: The Crisis in Public Transport; Adapting to the Automotive Age; Role of Public and Private Transportation; and Transport Financing Policy. ARCH 1
pp. xix, 931. Color map endpapers. Double column. Very XLib. 4to. Original full buckram binding, remnants of library call numbers on spine. Hardbound. Twenty-first edition. ISLAM BOX 1
pp. vii, 92. Illustrated with numerous photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, worn. Original dust jacket, worn. ARCH 1
Approximately 250 pages. Library binding with usual markings. Pencil markings and highlighting to contents which include: A nine-page summary of Negro history in Nova Scotia from pre-loyalist times; A Brief Summary of Nova Scotia Negro Communities; From Slavery to the Ghetto - The Story of the Negro in the Maritimes; Summary of Information Obtained from the Survey of the Negro Population of Nova Scotia (1963); Survey of the Negro Population of Annapolis County (1963); Survey of Negro Population of Antigonish County (1963); Similar Surveys are included for Cape Breton Island, Colchester County, Cumberland County, Digby County, Guysboro County, Halifax County, Hants County, Kings County, Queens and Lunenberg Counties, Pictou County, Shelburne County, and Yarmouth County. Average wear. Binding tight. A sound working copy of this informative reference. Book
66p. + 10 Charts of age distribution. Oblong 8vo. Original pictorial spiral bound wraps. PA PAMPH 20_8 BX2
289 pages. Bibliography, glossary and index. Footnotes. Charts, maps and diagrams. Topics include: English Migration; Folk Architecture in Trinity Bay; Peopling of Central Bonavista Bay; Sealing and the spread of settlement in Northeastern Newfoundland; Initial permanent settlement in the Strait of Belle Isle; Ethnic diversity and settler location on the Eastern Lower North Shore of Quebec; Highlands Scots Migration to Southwestern Newfoundland; Settlers and Traders in Western Newfoundland. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
pp. 240, 10, 2. 16 mo. Original full cloth binding. Parkhurst was an inventive man who, at a young age, learned short-hand and became a well-known Boston court reporter. He was taken by the idea of spelling reform (as well as other forms of social change) and published, at his own expense this little quasi-magazine. In addition to topics relating to short-hand, spelling, pronounciation, and punctuation - this little magazine dealt with: Universal Suffrage; Economics; Science (especially Astronomy); Population Control; Land Reform; Voting Rights; and much more. Very Scarce. OCLC records only the copies at Georgetown and Rutgers. VERY SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W147/Rt Stk
294p. + Index. Illustrated with portrait engravings of past Presidents. Foxed. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold. Front board very fragile. Binding worn. Hardbound. interest. Of course, there is much here of Civil War interest, including a "chronology of the Rebellion" through to May, 1865. Also included is a 1860 speech against secession by Alexander H(amilton) Stephens (1812-1883) of Georgia, who was later the Vice President of the Confederate States of America. AMERICANA BOX 3
Pages 207-312 plus 6 pages of ads. Maps. Black and white photos. Contents include: An Expedition to the Coral Reefs of Torres Straits; The Cellular basis of Heredity and Development (II); The Decreasing Population of France; The Rise of a New Profession - The Age of Administration; The Place of Illustration in Book-making; Determining Educational Values; A League of Peace; Nice one-page illustrated ads for Thomas Dunham Company sidecars for motorcycles, and Reading Standard (RS) Motorcyles. Front cover missing. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Some pages unopened. A sound working copy. Magazine
562 pages including index. Contents include: Introduction; The facts of population growth; Social and political analysis; Regional statements; Biology and population; Action Programs; The Use of World Resources. With introductory contributions from Earl Bertrand Russell and Sir Julian Huxley. Brilliant gilt lettering upon navy blue cloth-covered boards. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket, now in mylar. Lovely copy overall. Book