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Documentos Que el Poder Ejecutivo de Colombia Presenta a la Republica en Negocios Conexionados con el Emprestito de 1824

Documentos Que el Poder Ejecutivo de Colombia Presenta a la Republica en Negocios Conexionados con el Emprestito de 1824 by [Colombia]

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Seller: McBride Rare Books
Title
Documentos Que el Poder Ejecutivo de Colombia Presenta a la Republica en Negocios Conexionados con el Emprestito de 1824
Author
[Colombia]
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McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
[Bogota]: Imp. de la República; por Nicomedes Loro, 1826. Very good.. [2],55pp. Disbound. Light toning and dust soiling, heavier to outer leaves. Simon Bolivar and his Vice President Francisco Santander attempt to bring up to date the Colombian Congress on the country's debt crisis in 1826. In that year, the country defaulted on its foreign debt in great part due to the worldwide financial panic that began the previous year. The English bank B.A. Goldschmidt, which provided large loans to the Colombian government, collapsed because of the panic, and left Colombia unable to finance its debt. The present work provides documents regarding the situation, the problems now facing the nation, and the dire international banking crisis. Fascinating, first-hand documentation of the first international debt crisis of developing countries, and quite scarce; OCLC locates two copies, at Stanford and Texas. Posada, Bibliografia Bogotana 893.
Slapstick or Lonesome No More! (Special Edition, Signed)

Slapstick or Lonesome No More! (Special Edition, Signed) by VONNEGUT, Kurt Jr.

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Title
Slapstick or Lonesome No More! (Special Edition, Signed)
Author
VONNEGUT, Kurt Jr.
Seller
Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
In blue cloth boards, with some sunning to spine; near fine. In papered slipcase with golden label to spine; some sunning, else
Description
Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1976. In blue cloth boards, with some sunning to spine; near fine. In papered slipcase with golden label to spine; some sunning, else also near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. A Special Edition, hand-numbered as 55 of 250, and SIGNED by Vonnegut to colophon.
Collection of items (offprints, pamphlet, ALS) by early telephone historian and author John E. Kingsbury

Collection of items (offprints, pamphlet, ALS) by early telephone historian and author John E. Kingsbury by Kingsbury, John E.

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Collection of items (offprints, pamphlet, ALS) by early telephone historian and author John E. Kingsbury
Author
Kingsbury, John E.
Seller
Kuenzig Books (United States)
Description
London: various, 1923. The collection offered here includes two offprints, one early pamphlet, and a signed letter from Kingsbury to his son on a Turkish telephone company letterhead. 1)  J. E. K. [ Kingsbury, John Edmund ]. The Telephone in Principle and Practice: Its Origin and Development. London: David Bogue, 1882. First Edition. [4], 39, [1,blank] pages. 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches). Light blue stapled wraps. Rear wrapper lacking (advertisements, we provide a printout of another copy for reference), spine taped with cellotape (fragile thus with binding loose). Penciled notes on half-title identifying Kingsbury and noting it is his first work (not independently confirmed). Good. Wraps.    An early discussion of the telephone.  There were 10 copies of this pamphlet in OCLC as of this writing.  [28076] 2)  Kingsbury, J. E. [ John Edmund ]. The Future of the Telephone in the United Kingdom: Paper read before Section G of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Belfast, September 15, 1902. London: George Tucker, 1902. First Separate Edition. [1]-16 pages. 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches). Light brown stapled wraps. Light soiling overall. An offprint from the Electrician, September 26, 1902. Occasional penciled line in the margins highlighting passages. Spine is worn and split bottom two inches. Near Fine. Wraps.   This story was Paper read before Section G of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Belfast, September 15, 1902.  There were no copies of this offprint in OCLC as of this writing. [28075] 3)  Kingsbury, J. E. [ John Edmund ]. The Story of the Telephone. London: The Electrician Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., 1916. First Separate Edition. [1]-11 pages. 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches). Tan stapled wraps. Light soiling overall. An offprint from the Electrician, September 15, 1916. Near Fine. Wraps.  This story was "contributed to the special number of 'The Electrician' commemorating its 200th issue" and is a more personal narrative discussing some of his experiences including being at the earliest international telephone test between London and Calais. He was "on the Edison side" and talks about some of the issues confronting early adopters.  There were no copies of this offprint in OCLC as of this writing.  [28074]  4)  Kingsbury, J. E. [ John Edmund ]. Autographed letter signed from John E. Kingsbury to his son Harold. Turkey: Constantinople Telephone Company, 1923. An autographed letter signed from telephony historian and participant John E. Kingsbury to his son Harold on "The Constantinople Telephone Company" letterhead: 18 June 1923  My dear Harold:  I was very glad to get yours of 13th this morning. I arrived here on my return from Angora lake y'day afternoon. I shall have something to tell you about the journey when I come back. Just when that will be I cannot say but I shall leave this week I hope. I may however have to break the journey at Paris for a day or so. I am more than sorry at not being home by the 23rd + have written Marjorie to say so.  My best love to mother & all Your loving Father  J. E. Kingsbury" Folded for mailing, a few edge tears and one fold is torn several inches. No loss of content. Verso is blank. Printed letterhead notes return address should read: "Box 36, British Post Office". Near Fine. Wraps.  [28077]. John E. Kingsbury is best known to collectors for his book "The Telephone and Telephone Exchanges Their Invention and Development" published in London in 1915.  That work was termed by Shiers/Sterling "An important and detailed technical history, with emphasis on British and European developments." (see Origins of Cyberspace #170) Kingsbury traveled extensively and was involved in the telephone trade from an early age. He was instrumental in the development and deployment of the telephone in London (see Power of Speech by Peter Young for an extensive discussion of his involvement). Letters and early material by Kingsbury are hard to find. None of these items were found in Sterling/Shiers (History of Telecommunications Technology, An Annotated Bibliography: Scarecrow Press, 2000).
Half-length oval portrait stipple engraving

Half-length oval portrait stipple engraving by ARNE, Thomas Augustine 1710-1778

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Half-length oval portrait stipple engraving
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ARNE, Thomas Augustine 1710-1778
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
[?London], 1791. 138 x 96 mm. The image within an ornamental border within yellow hand-colored frame and hand-drawn rules. Hinged at upper margin; slightly worn and foxed. Arne is considered to be the most significant figure in 18th century English theatre music.
L'Europe, Suivant les dernieres Observations de l'Acad-Royale des Sciences; English translation: Europe, according to the latest observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences

L'Europe, Suivant les dernieres Observations de l'Acad-Royale des Sciences; English translation: Europe, according to the latest observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences by BUFFIER, Le Pere Claude de la Companie de Jesus

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L'Europe, Suivant les dernieres Observations de l'Acad-Royale des Sciences; English translation: Europe, according to the latest observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences
Author
BUFFIER, Le Pere Claude de la Companie de Jesus
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Paris: Geographie Universelle, Pierre-Francois Giffart, rue S. Jacques, a Sainte Therese, 1758. Ephemera no binding. Fine. 10" x 13" size, 5 ¾" x 7 1/8" mat opening, 5 7/16" x 6 13/16" within the neat line; hand-colored copper plate engraving; gilt-bordered archival matting and backing board; fine. Claude Buffier (1661-1737) was a Jesuit priest who was born in Poland of French parents. Returning to France shortly after his birth, he was educated in Rouen but spent his life at the Jesuit college in Paris. He was a philosopher, historian and educator. Encyclopaedia Britannica. A lovely small map of Europe with good hand-coloring.
Burrowes' Piano-Forte Primer, Containing the Rudiments of Music Calculated Either for Private Tuition or Teaching in Classes, Twentieth Thousand

Burrowes' Piano-Forte Primer, Containing the Rudiments of Music Calculated Either for Private Tuition or Teaching in Classes, Twentieth Thousand by PETERS, W.C.

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Burrowes' Piano-Forte Primer, Containing the Rudiments of Music Calculated Either for Private Tuition or Teaching in Classes, Twentieth Thousand
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PETERS, W.C.
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Cincinatti: W.C. Peters & Sons, 1849. cloth. Very good. 12mo; 58pp; blind-stamped brown cloth over board, gilt-stamped title to front board; ownership in pencil to ffep; light damp staining to some pages without any odor, light wear to boards; very good. A small piano primer packed with information on Keys, Notes, Time, Hand position and manner of playing, Marks of musical expression, Intervals, Scales, and practice exercises.
Railroad Stories, Formerly Railroad Man's Magazine, Volume XXI, No. 1, December 1936

Railroad Stories, Formerly Railroad Man's Magazine, Volume XXI, No. 1, December 1936 by William T. Dewart, President

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Railroad Stories, Formerly Railroad Man's Magazine, Volume XXI, No. 1, December 1936
Author
William T. Dewart, President
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description
New York City: The Frank A. Munsey Company, Publisher, 280 Broadway, 1936. Small 4to (9 7/8" x 6 7/8"); (A-H), 144pp; color pictorial wrapper featuring a train on the front and an ad for Luckies cigarettes on the rear; chipping and small splits to edges, small tape repair on verso front wrapper, paper age-toned, binding tight; very good minus. Railroad enthusiast's monthly magazine, the Table of Contents is divided into the following sections: Illustrated Features, Fiction, True Tales, and Popular Departments. See the Table of Contents in the Photos.
Inmitten aller Sterne

Inmitten aller Sterne by COHN, Ruth C.

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Inmitten aller Sterne
Author
COHN, Ruth C.
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York: Peter Thomas Fisher, 1952. Hardcover. Good. Second edition. Thin octavo. Off-white cloth gilt. Text in German. Ownership stamp and signature of noted American psychologist and anthropologist Henry Guze, (a founder of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and co-founder of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex) and his wife, psychologist Vivian on the front fly, boards bowed, soiling on the boards, a good copy. Inscribed by the author: "To Vivian & Henry with the love of a physiological (& psychological) co-traveller. Ruth. August 1961." Ruth Cohn was a German-born psychotherapist best known as the creator of Theme-Centered Interaction (TCI), a method of group learning. (The Ruth Cohn Institute for TCI International is today headquartered in Basel.) Cohn left Germany in 1933 and, as a German Jew, lost her German citizenship in 1936. Cohn immigrated to the U.S. in 1941 and returned to Europe (Switzerland) in 1974. She writes in the introductory letter to another volume: "T.C.I. germinated in my experience of the Nazi holocaust and its apathetic surroundings. I longed as a student of psychoanalysis for therapeutic ways which would not limit progress in awareness and communication to patients and some eager students but would spread to the population at large - so 'it would never happen again.'
Serpent's Tooth

Serpent's Tooth by WOODS, Sara

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Serpent's Tooth
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WOODS, Sara
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Crime Club / Collins, 1971. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); red paper-covered boards titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket design by Alan Burton; 190pp. Fine. The dustjacket is price-clipped else Fine. Eighteenth novel featuring barrister Antony Maitland. HUBIN, p.445.
The Men's Center of Palo Alto

The Men's Center of Palo Alto by MEN'S CENTER OF PALO ALTO

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The Men's Center of Palo Alto
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MEN'S CENTER OF PALO ALTO
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Palo Alto: Men's Center Collective, 1976. First Edition. Broadside flyer (28x21.5cm.); printed offset from typescript on green stock. Light wear from handling, else Very Good or better. Promotional handbill for the Men's Center, a "place in the community for men who want to examine their lives and the roles in which they have been cast." Activities include learning awareness "of the habits which are the result of our socialization and which handicap us as human beings" and finding "alternative ways of being which are more healthy and viable." A list of concerns feature "Sex roles and sexism," "Learning how to play," and "Preserving a balance between our diversity as individuals and our unity as brothers.
The Jews of Rhodes: The History of a Sephardic Community
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The Jews of Rhodes: The History of a Sephardic Community by Angel, Marc D.

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Title
The Jews of Rhodes: The History of a Sephardic Community
Author
Angel, Marc D.
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
ISBN
9780872030725
Condition
g
Description
New York: Sepher-Hermon Press, Inc. and The Union of Sephardic Congregations, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. g. Inscribed by author on half title-page: "For Mrs. Elizabeth Montezinus, my student in Rambam Class - Marc D. Angel." 8vo. [15], 199pp. Maroon faux-leather with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Map endpapers. Comprehensive study of the Rhodian Jewish community, looking at its history, tracing the economic and cultural life, customs and traditions, rabbis and scholars, as well as its folklore and literature. Illustrated with few b/w reproductions of photographs. Foreword by The Haham Rev. Dr. Solomon Gaon. Age wear, creasing, chipping and some tearing on dj. Head of spine on inside of dj repaired with tape. Dust jacket in fair, book in very good condition.
[Set of 12 postcards depicting scenes from The Hymn of the Kosovo Heroes]

[Set of 12 postcards depicting scenes from The Hymn of the Kosovo Heroes]

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[Set of 12 postcards depicting scenes from The Hymn of the Kosovo Heroes]
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Zagreb: Edition Caklovic, [192-?]. Set of postcards with couplets on the back from the The Hymn of the Kosovo Heroes, a Serbian folk song describing the 1389 Battle of Kosovo; the artwork on the other side depicts the relevant scenes. The cards are numbered S. I, 1-12. Unused, generally in very good condition with a couple of minor corner chips.
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The Poly High by [LOS ANGELES]

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Title
The Poly High
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[LOS ANGELES]
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Polytechnic High School, Vol. I, No. 4, April 28, 1908., 1908. 68 pages including original stiff stitched printed wrappers. Very good, fresh. Scarce. No signatures or bookplates.. Soft cover. Very Good.
Catalogue of William Blake's Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library. Enlarged and revised by R.R. Wark

Catalogue of William Blake's Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library. Enlarged and revised by R.R. Wark by Baker, C.H.

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Catalogue of William Blake's Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library. Enlarged and revised by R.R. Wark
Author
Baker, C.H.
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1963. San Marino: 1963. 8vo, vii, 55 pp., 38 plates. Original quarter cloth; a very good copy. § Second edition, revised and enlarged by Wark from the 1957 edition. See Bentley, Blake Books, 646.

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