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

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
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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L’etude experimentale de l’intelligence by BINET, Alfred

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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.
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]
Seller
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
Seller
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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Title
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.
Earnings Required for Minimum Living Standard [drop title]

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

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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books
Title
Earnings Required for Minimum Living Standard [drop title]
Author
AFL-CIO
Seller
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
Seller
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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