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Cosmographie élémentaire, divisée en parties astronomique et géographique by MENTELLE, Edme

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Title
Cosmographie élémentaire, divisée en parties astronomique et géographique
Author
MENTELLE, Edme
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris, 1781. FIRST EDITION. 9 folding engraved plates (7 in contemporary hand color). Contemporary mottled calf, spine and label gilt, red edges, green silk marker. An excellent copy. First edition of this astronomical and geographical manual for children. Divided into two parts, the first opens with a mathematical guide for calculating sizes and distances in space, then focuses on universal astronomy, including celestial bodies, planetary movements, phenomena, and their atmospheric effects. It concludes with a discussion of astronomic understanding in different civilizations and cultures. The second part of the book comprises world geography continent by continent, with information about governments, regions, history, people, and laws. The chapter on America describes the 13 original states, Louisiana territory, Mexico, and Canada, accompanied by a map that denotes their boundaries. The author includes narratives of the explorers who “discovered” various lands, such as Ponce de Leon, William Penn, James Cook, John Byron, and others. The first two plates show astronomical distances and calculations, and the rest are maps. Edme Mentelle (1730-1815) was a French geographer and teacher to the royal household. He wrote this book for the education of the royal children, but later published several additional geography textbooks for general use. Cioranescu 44344.
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Des Prisons et des prisonniers by VINGTRINIER, Arthus Barthélemy

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Des Prisons et des prisonniers
Author
VINGTRINIER, Arthus Barthélemy
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Versailles: Klefer, 1840. Folding engraved plate and 2 folding letterpress plates, letterpress tables in the text. Unopened in original printed blue wrappers. Slight wear to the extremities of the wrappers, otherwise excellent. First edition of this groundbreaking plan for an overhaul of the French penal system. Here Vingtrinier, a prison physician in Rouen, details his ideas for making prisons humane, hygienic, and efficacious in order to produce reformed society members and reduce criminal recidivism. His plans include apprenticeships through patronage for prisoners, a comprehensive healthcare program, and separation of prisoners based on age, health, mental capacity, and severity of crimes. He frequently references prison codes in other cities and countries and their effectiveness and describes how penal systems changed over time. He vehemently opposes agricultural penal colonies in favor of teaching prisoners trade skills. Vingtrinier’s work helped to expose the cruelty and filth of French prisons in the early 19th century, and as a result encouraged the largest reform of a penal system to date. Brunet VI: 4096.
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L’etude experimentale de l’intelligence by BINET, Alfred

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Title
L’etude experimentale de l’intelligence
Author
BINET, Alfred
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris: C. Reinwald, 1903. FIRST EDITION. An amazing copy in the original printed wrappers, uncut, with the author’s presentation inscription on the half-title to the French artist Louis Prat. First edition. “The present work is one of his valuable studies on children's intelligence which played a role in his development of an intelligence test. Binet investigated the mental characteristics of his two daughters by analyzing their solutions to simple problems. He described his observations and experiments which ultimately led him to conclude that it was not possible to use tests of sensory-motor abilities to measure intelligence. The work was an excellent systematic study of the differences between two individuals” (Heirs). Binet (1857-1911), a French psychologist, created the first practical intelligence test for children. It was based on studies and discussions revolving around children with learning disabilities, and whether they should be educated in separate schools or with all other non-disabled children. DSB II 132; Heirs of Hippocrates 2190.
Insights & Poems [Signed by Ericka Huggins]

Insights & Poems [Signed by Ericka Huggins] by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] NEWTON, Huey P. and Ericka Huggins

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Title
Insights & Poems [Signed by Ericka Huggins]
Author
[AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] NEWTON, Huey P. and Ericka Huggins
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1975. First Edition. First Printing. Small octavo (15cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [4],5-84,[4]pp; illus. Signed by Ericka Huggins on the title page. Pinpoint wear to extremities, tiny stress creases to upper left corner of rear wrapper, else a clean, very Near Fine copy. Scarce collection of poems co-authored by Newton and Huggins, chronicling themes of loss, imprisonment, and liberation, including two illustrations in-text by Huggins. Newton's poems were left behind just prior to his self-imposed exile in Havana, Cuba, where he lived until 1977. "Ericka Huggins' poems are the telling introspective record of her own life during the years since her husband, Jon Huggins, was assassinated in Los Angeles in 1969" (from rear wrapper). An especially well-preserved copy, very uncommon signed. 84128.
Bound volume of author's copies of Henry Moir's writings on actuarial science

Bound volume of author's copies of Henry Moir's writings on actuarial science by [ACTUARIAL SCIENCE] MOIR, Henry

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Bound volume of author's copies of Henry Moir's writings on actuarial science
Author
[ACTUARIAL SCIENCE] MOIR, Henry
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
V.p., v.d.. Sammelband. Octavo (22.5cm); cloth covers, containing eleven bound pamphlets, offprints, and extracts. Thin cracks to endpapers at front hinge; one bound article trimmed close at bottom edge; a sound, Very Good volume. Moir (1870-1937) was a leading figure in the insurance industry both in his native Great Britain and in the United States, to which he emigrated in 1901. He was President of the United States Life Insurance Company ("U.S. Life") from 1922 to 1936. He was also a noted bibliophile, especially known for his exptertise on Robert Burns. This volume, apparently bound for Moir himself, contains ten of his own actuarial works, including: 1. On the rationale of Discounted-Bonus Premiums (Prize Essay). Read before the Institute of Actuaries, 31 December 1900. [Edinburgh: 1900]. Marked in ink on front cover: "Own Copy." 2. Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries. No. 2 - Vol. 1: "First Year's Risk" - by Henry Moir, F.F.A., F.I.A., with Abstract of Discussion thereon. London: 1902. 3. Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries. Vol. II - No. 19: "Office Premiums. By Henry Moir...with Abstract of discussion thereon." London: 1905. 4. Reassurance of Surplus Risks. Reprinted from "The Transactions of the Actuarial Society of America," October, 1902. Offprint. [New York: 1902] 5. Group Valuation and Mortality Register. Reprinted from "Transactions of the Actuarial Society of America," October, 1905. Offprint. [New York: 1905] 6. Relationship of Initial Expenses and Selection to Valuation. [Transactions of the International Congress, 1904]. Trimmed close at bottom edge, costing a few characters but no loss of sense. 7. The Recent Amendments to the Insurance Laws of New York. Reprinted from the Insurance Monitor, April, 1906. Offprint. 8. [Extract from] Principles and Practice of Life Insurance. Seventh Edition. New York, 1906. Extracts Moir's contributions to the 7th edition of the American Bible of Life Insurance; includes his Introduction, the section of "Definitions and Explanations of Life Insurance Phraseology," the chapter "Scientific Principles of Life Insurance," and Index. 9. "Purchase and Sale of Policies of Assurance," (in) The Accountants' Magazine, no.38 (August 1900). Edingurgh: 1900. 10. Our American Cousins. Reprinted from Caledonian Jottings, October 1, 1902. Offprint. [Edinburgh: 1902]. 11. "Actuaries on Pleasure Bent" (in) Caledonian Jottings: for Private Circulation Among the Officers & Agents of the Caledonian Insurance Co., 1st April, 1904. [Edinburgh: 1904].
Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings: The Congress of Racial Equality in Brooklyn [Inscribed]

Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings: The Congress of Racial Equality in Brooklyn [Inscribed] by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] PURNELL, Brian

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Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings: The Congress of Racial Equality in Brooklyn [Inscribed]
Author
[AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] PURNELL, Brian
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2013. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo (23.5cm); grey cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; x,353,[9]pp; illus. Generically inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "Brooklyn, represent! / Brian Purnell." Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, with some trivial external wear. A study of the Brooklyn chapter of CORE, founded in the summer of 1960, that "immediately became a leader in the fight against northern forms of Jim Crow racism...Brian Purnell explores the chapter's efforts to shape the northern civil rights debate around issues of economic justice and social equality. He documents their nonviolent protests, which helped establish CORE's reputation as one of the most dynamic civil rights organizations of the era" (from front flap). 82643.
Report of the Royal Commission on Espionage, 22nd August 1955

Report of the Royal Commission on Espionage, 22nd August 1955 by [ESPIONAGE - AUSTRALIA] [ PETROV AFFAIR]

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Report of the Royal Commission on Espionage, 22nd August 1955
Author
[ESPIONAGE - AUSTRALIA] [ PETROV AFFAIR]
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Sydney: A.H. Pettifer, 1955. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Blue flexible cloth covers; 484pp. Covers slightly rubbed; text mildly tanned but not brittle; solidly bound and unmarked. Very Good. Report of the Commission assembled to investigate Soviet espionage activities in Australia, prompted by the revelations of defected spy Vladimir Petrov. The investigation concluded that the Soviets had been actively spying on Australian targets since WW2.
Myths About Malcolm X: Two Views

Myths About Malcolm X: Two Views by [AFRICAN AMERICANS] [CIVIL RIGHTS] CLEAGE, Albert and George BREITMAN

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Myths About Malcolm X: Two Views
Author
[AFRICAN AMERICANS] [CIVIL RIGHTS] CLEAGE, Albert and George BREITMAN
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Merit Publishers, 1968. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Pictorial wrappers; 30pp. Near Fine. Text of two speeches delivered at the Detroit Friday Night Socialist Forum in February and March of 1967.
Review of Economic Activity in Africa, 1950 to 1954: Supplement to World Economic Report, 1953-54 [Review Copy]

Review of Economic Activity in Africa, 1950 to 1954: Supplement to World Economic Report, 1953-54 [Review Copy] by UNITED NATIONS - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

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Review of Economic Activity in Africa, 1950 to 1954: Supplement to World Economic Report, 1953-54 [Review Copy]
Author
UNITED NATIONS - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 1955. First Edition. Quarto (27.25cm.); publisher's tan pictorial staplebound card wrappers; xii,146pp.; text printed from typescript. Some toning along extremities, light wear at spine ends, else Very Good and sound. Review copy with slip laid in.
Officers' Report to the First Biennial Convention, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, 1960

Officers' Report to the First Biennial Convention, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, 1960 by WISCONSIN STATE AFL-CIO

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Officers' Report to the First Biennial Convention, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, 1960
Author
WISCONSIN STATE AFL-CIO
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
[Milwaukee]: Wisconsin State AFL-CIO / Essanel Press, 1960. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 99pp. Minor wear from handling, brief ink check marks to a few leaves, else Very Good or better.
Earnings Required for Minimum Living Standard [drop title]

Earnings Required for Minimum Living Standard [drop title] by AFL-CIO

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Earnings Required for Minimum Living Standard [drop title]
Author
AFL-CIO
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
N.p.: AFL-CIO, [1958]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); side-stapled self-wrappers; 2,[2]ll.; printed from typescript on rectos only. Fine condition. AFL-CIO Fact Sheet / Wage and Hour No. 4. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of May, 2020.
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Vie de Jesus by [Binding - Rene Kieffer] Renan, Ernest

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Vie de Jesus
Author
[Binding - Rene Kieffer] Renan, Ernest
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1863. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. pp. 462. Foxing at the front and back, but what makes this copy is special is that it is a Rene Kieffer binding. Three quarter brown morocco and marbled paper over boards. With stamp and bookplate of Rene Kieffer Paris. Top right corner bumped but a very good+ copy.
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Asher & Adams' Kentucky & Tennessee by ASHER & ADAMS

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Asher & Adams' Kentucky & Tennessee
Author
ASHER & ADAMS
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Description
New York: Asher & Adams, 1872. unbound. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16" x 23". Fantastic, bright double page map of Kentucky and Tennessee divided into counties. Shows towns, waterways, railroads, and topographical details. In excellent condition with a small tear to left edge. Asher & Adams were publishers based in Washington and New York in the late 19th century.

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