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Lettres Patentes en Forme D’Edit, Portant Etablissement d’une Compagnie de Commerce sous le nom de Compagnie d’Occident. Donné à Paris au mois d’Aoust 1717.

Lettres Patentes en Forme D’Edit, Portant Etablissement d’une Compagnie de Commerce sous le nom de Compagnie d’Occident. Donné à Paris au mois d’Aoust 1717.

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Title
Lettres Patentes en Forme D’Edit, Portant Etablissement d’une Compagnie de Commerce sous le nom de Compagnie d’Occident. Donné à Paris au mois d’Aoust 1717.
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Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description
Quarto, 12 pages, a fine copy with wide untrimmed margins. This is the charter of John Law's famous Mississippi Company, the Compagnie d'Occident (also known as the Compagnie du Mississippi), was established in 1717 by the Scottish financier John Law and changed its name to the Compagnie des Indes in May 1719, had a monopoly over trade in Louisiana from 1717 to 1731, as well as a monopoly over Canadian beaver exports from 1718 to 1760. As early as 1715, John Law had put to the Regent a plan for the economic and financial recovery of France, the "Système," which was at first refused but which Law finally succeeded in putting into place progressively. After founding the Banque Générale Privée, which developed the use of paper money, in May 1716, he created the Compagnie d'Occident, which received its letters patent in August 1717 (the present item) and was granted a monopoly over trade in Louisiana. The area covered by the company included the whole of the Mississippi valley, the Illinois Country becoming part of Louisiana through a decree in September 1717. The company's obligations were vast: it was to transport 6,000 colons and 3,000 black slaves over twenty-five years; it was also responsible for expenditure related to religion and defense. Over the following years, the Compagnie d'Occident took over all the other large French trading companies, as well as all large sources of state revenue. Farms were to have brought the company the financial support necessary for the exploitation of its immense colonial domain. Nevertheless, these purchases initially forced it to issue new shares, which the general public bought with banknotes. The Banque Générale had been turned into a Banque Royale in December 1718; in August 1719, an edict was issued according to which the state's debt would be written off through the refunding of loans and offices in banknotes. Because the investment market was too rigid, the new holders of banknotes invested them by buying shares in the Compagnie des Indes. From May 1719, the share value began to increase, and this feverish period of investment, fueled by intense propaganda, continued to grow, while the bank continued to Issue bank notes that did not correspond to a metal standard. The "Système" thus found itself at the mercy of a shift in public opinion that took place in the first months of 1720. The inability to refund all investors led to bankruptcy. After July 1720, the "Système" was liquidated: the bank was closed, the original financial and fiscal organization was reintroduced, and the Compagnie des Indes was henceforth only responsible for any trade activity under the tight control of the monarchy. While its actions in Louisiana between 1717 and 1720 had helped to give the colony stability, the company then imposed destructive cuts. Eventually, after the massacre of the Natchez in 1729, the company returned Louisiana to the Crown in 1731. It retained the monopoly over exports of Canadian beaver products until the fall of New France. Wroth and Annan 603, one of several issues of this decree. See Sabin 40716, citing the issue printed by the Imprimerie Royale, "Du Pratz characterizes it as 'A very scarce pamphlet.'" Maggs, French Colonisation of America, 98, listed a variant, Wroth and Annan 601 at £ 10 10s.
Dombey and Son

Dombey and Son by Dickens, Charles

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Dombey and Son
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Dickens, Charles
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Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Fine. Very early issue, with all but 3 of Smith's 'internal flaws.' Finely bound by Bayntun in full red morocco with a portrait of Dickens on the front cover and his signatures on the rear in gilt. Gilt titles and decorative spine compartments on the spine, all edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Complete, with the half title and vignette title, the eight-line errata, and 40 engraved plates (including the first example of a "dark plate" facing page 547). A handsome copy in a lovely binding. Dombey and Son tackles a number of key themes that appear throughout Dickens' authorial career-concerns about family duty, class position, child welfare, and the dangers of arranged marriages in particular. As the titular Dombey builds his shipping company, he fantasizes that his son will someday take over the business and continue his legacy. But England is changing rapidly due to the effects of industrialization, and its effects ripple throughout Victorian culture. One symbol of industrialization's promise (and its perils) is the railroad. In chapter six, Dickens calls the railroad's impact a "great earthquake." Dombey and Son grapples with the effects of industrialization, and the railroad is one of the novel's symbols for this momentous era. Smith 8. Fine.
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Detskoe Chtenie. Knizhechka No. 1/Knizhechka No. 2 (Children's Reading. Books No. 1 and 2) by Various

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Detskoe Chtenie. Knizhechka No. 1/Knizhechka No. 2 (Children's Reading. Books No. 1 and 2)
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Various
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Description
Kharbin: Tipografiia Kazansko-Bogoroditskago Muzhekogo Monastyria, 1929. Softcover. First editions, issues 1 and 2 for January and February, 1929; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; illustrated wraps; issue 1 with thin cuts at tips of spine, spotting to margins of pages, illustrated, very good condition; issue 2 lacking back wrap, front wrap detached with some loss of paper, lower corner trimmed, previous owner's signature to front wrap, illustrated, in about good condition. Quite uncommon and fragile examples of the very first two issues of a children's magazine, published as a supplements to the "Khleb Nebesnyi" (Bread of Heaven) journal for the White emigre community in Harbin, China. Spiritual, cultural, and moral, the publications were printed at the Mother of God of Kazan Monastery in Harbin, which had its own publishing house. They came out monthly from 1929 until 1935, when the Manchukuo Manchuria (formed by the Japanese military administration in the occupied territories) banned their publication. For the next year, the journals came out at interminable intervals under various one-time names. They ceased to exist in 1944. OCLC lists one incomplete run at UC Berkeley Libraries with none others in the trade.
THE BUDDHIST CONQUEST OF CHINA: THE SPREAD AND ADAPTATION OF BUDDHISM IN EARLY MEDIEVAL CHINA [TWO VOLUMES]

THE BUDDHIST CONQUEST OF CHINA: THE SPREAD AND ADAPTATION OF BUDDHISM IN EARLY MEDIEVAL CHINA [TWO VOLUMES] by Zurcher, E.

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THE BUDDHIST CONQUEST OF CHINA: THE SPREAD AND ADAPTATION OF BUDDHISM IN EARLY MEDIEVAL CHINA [TWO VOLUMES]
Author
Zurcher, E.
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1972. Reprinted. Hardcover. Octavo, two volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spines. Boards show mild sunning and very minor wear to the edges. Text blocks have slight age toning to the edges. Very mild wear interiorly. Illustrated. Reprinted. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Office on the Back Shelf. CONTENTS: Vol. One "Text" xiii, 320 pages -- Vol. Two "Notes, Bibliography, Indexes" [146] pages Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. 1381665. FP New Rockville Stock.
The Commercial Law of Malaysia

The Commercial Law of Malaysia by Wu, Min Aun and Betrix Vohrah

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The Commercial Law of Malaysia
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Wu, Min Aun and Betrix Vohrah
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Near Fine
Description
Kuala Lumpur: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia), Ltd, 1979. Paperback. Near Fine. index, 264p. Softcover in original wrappers. 22cm. INSCRIBED on title-page (by "Wu Min Aun").
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IMPROVISED EUROPEANS; American literary expatriates and the siege of London by ZWERDLING, Alex

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IMPROVISED EUROPEANS; American literary expatriates and the siege of London
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ZWERDLING, Alex
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Second Life Books Inc (United States)
Description
NY: Basic Books, 1998. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 383. Notes and index. Illustrated with photographs. Almost as new.
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany

The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany by Ambrose, Stephen E

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The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany
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Ambrose, Stephen E
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
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9780743203395
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 6x1x9. Third printing. Highlighting in text. 2001 Hard Cover. 299 pp. An exciting foray into the lives of the young men - pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners, chosen by the Air Force to embark on the most dangerous missions during World War II details their courage, bravery, and determination.

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