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President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in Accordance with Article II of the U.S. Constitution, Formally Seeks the “Advice and Consent” of the Senate to an International Treaty

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in Accordance with Article II of the U.S. Constitution, Formally Seeks the “Advice and Consent” of the Senate to an International Treaty by Franklin D. Roosevelt

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in Accordance with Article II of the U.S. Constitution, Formally Seeks the “Advice and Consent” of the Senate to an International Treaty
Author
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seller
The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
27/01/1939. “To the end that I may receive the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification of the revised regulations, I transmit herewith a certified copy of the revision of the General Radio Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunications Convention…” A rare letter of any president to the U.S. Senate, and the first seeking the Constitutionally required “Advice and Consent” that we have ever seenThe International Radiocommunication Conference was the first of the administrative radiocommunications conferences. It dealt with telegraph as well as telephone issues and was held simultaneously with the Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference in Cairo in 1938, under the banner of the International Telecommunication Conferences. The Telegraph Consultative Committee (CCIT) was reorganized and would function similarly to the Telephone Consultative Committee (CCIF). The CCIT would, from now on, be charged with the study of rate questions submitted to it by a plenipotentiary or administrative conference.The unification of code and plain language rates for telegrams within the European regime was adopted. The new fixed rate for coded telegrams was changed to 92% of the existing rate of plain language telegrams. The Telephone Regulations were modified to include the establishment of “reversed-call charges” and “urgent aircraft calls.” Urgent aircraft calls would be given priority over all other types of calls except urgent government calls.Participants agreed to use English as a supplementary language in conferences and meetings. The United States offered translating services for both of the conferences and compiled unofficial English translations. A vote determined that the Bureau would be responsible for future translations. A committee was created to resolve issues related to voting and to establish a recommendation for the next conference. A report was compiled and was approved for future voting at conferences.The increased demand and need for frequencies on intercontinental air routes was recognized. It was also decided that higher technical standards for transmitters through improved tolerance and band tables would be established. Limits were placed on the use of spark sets and maritime use was restricted to three frequencies. In addition, modifications were made to the regulations of the Maritime Mobile Service.The Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR) was reorganized. It would now be charged with the study of both technical and operations questions. Interval meetings would be held every three years.Changes were made to the Additional Radio Regulations with the establishment of a maximum charge of 20 centimes for radiotelegrams in the aeronautical service and the adoption of detailed regulations for new radio maritime letters.The Final Protocol to the General Radio Regulations was adopted and the agreement was ready to be ratified by the nations involved.A treaty is a binding agreement between nation-states that forms the basis for international law. Thus the agreement that resulted from this Conference was a form of treaty, and treaties signed by the United States must be ratified by the U.S. Senate to become law. Article II of the United States Constitution provides that the president ""shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur.” President Roosevelt formally sought the Advice and Consent of the Senate to the Conference agreement.Typed letter signed, The White House, Washington, January 27, 1939, “TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES”. “To the end that I may receive the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification of the revised regulations, I transmit herewith a certified copy of the revision of the General Radio Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunications Convention, signed at Madrid on December 9, 1932, adopted on April 8, 1938 by the International Telecommunication Conferences which convened at Cairo, Egypt, on February 1, 1938 to revise these regulations as well as the Additional Radio Regulations and the telephone and telegraph regulations also annexed to the Madrid Convention but which were not signed for the United States.Accompanying these revised general radio regulations is a certified copy of the Final Protocol to the General Radio Regulations, in which reservations thereto made by certain governments are recorded. The attention of the Senate is invited to the accompanying Report by the Secretary of State and to the Report of the Chairman of the Delegation to the Cairo Conference relating to the General Radio Regulations.”Letters of presidents to Congress are rarities.
POEMS

POEMS by (BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF). WILDE, OSCAR

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
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POEMS
Author
(BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF). WILDE, OSCAR
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: David Bogue, 1881. FIRST EDITION, First Issue. 192 x 126 mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). ix, [1], 236, [1] pp. EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE CRIMSON MOROCCO, INTRICATELY GILT, BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed and dated 1909 on front turn-in), covers framed in gilt, with delicate pointillé cornerpieces surrounding inlaid green morocco drawer handles and oblique floral tools, raised bands, spine panels densely gilt in the pointillé style of Bozerian, with stems of flowers radiating from pairs of inlaid green drawer handles, turn-ins gilt-ruled, red silk endleaves, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Original (slightly soiled) gilt limp vellum binding bound in at rear. Mason 304. A few trivial spots internally, but A VERY FINE COPY--the leaves fresh, clean, and wide-margined, and the binding lustrous and virtually unworn. This is a finely bound copy of the first edition of Wilde's first book of poetry, and his first substantial work of any kind. The collection is made up of 61 poems, 31 of which appear here for the first time. Many reflect Wilde's delight in his visit to the art towns of Italy; other poems, such as the tender "Resquiescat," written in memory of Wilde's sister Isola, who had died at the age of eight, show a more personal emotional sentiment. According to Mason, "the first printing (June 1881) consisted of 750 copies, of which only 250 copies were used for the first edition, the remaining 500 being equally divided between the second and third editions." Wilde himself oversaw the layout and design of the book, choosing the handmade Dutch paper on which it is printed, and the design of prunus blossoms on the vellum binding, here bound in at the rear. The only published books by Wilde to appear before the present work were his student poem "Ravenna," which was named the "Newdigate Prize Poem" at Oxford for 1878 (issued in wrappers), and his drama "Vera; or, the Nihilists," printed in 1880, of which Mason had knowledge of only two copies. Our attractive binding is a fine example of the work of the Zaehnsdorf firm, long a top-ranked English bindery. Born in Pest, Hungary, Joseph Zaehnsdorf (1816-86) served his apprenticeship in Stuttgart, worked at a number of European locations as a journeyman, and then settled in London, where he was hired first by Westley and then by Mackenzie before opening his own workshop in 1842. His son and namesake took over the business at age 33, when the senior Joseph died, and the firm flourished under the son's leadership, becoming a leading West End bindery. Over the years, Zaehnsdorf employed a considerable number of distinguished binders, including the Frenchman Louis Genth (who was chief finisher from 1859-84), and trained a number of others, including Roger de Coverly and Sarah Prideaux. A family-run business until 1947, the Zaehnsdorf bindery continued to produce consistently attractive and innovative designs executed with unfailing skill..
Chace, The Turf, and the Road, The

Chace, The Turf, and the Road, The by ALKEN, Henry; NIMROD; APPERLEY, Charles J.

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Chace, The Turf, and the Road, The
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ALKEN, Henry; NIMROD; APPERLEY, Charles J.
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
London: John Murray, 1837. Alken Off To The Races With Apperley In The Saddle First Edition [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. NIMROD (pseud. of Charles J. Apperley). The Chace, The Turf, and the Road. With Illustrations by Henry Alken, and a Portrait by D. Maclise. London: John Murray, 1837. First edition in book form, originally serially published in the Quarterly Review. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/8 in; 223 x 135 mm). xx, 301, [1, printer's slug], [18, publisher's catalogs] pp. Thirteen hand-colored plates, some in aquatint, with tissue guards, and plain, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece. Publisher's original pictorial green cloth with gilt vignette and borders blocked in blind, expertly recased. Gilt decorated spine. Spine very slightly faded, still an excellent copy. Housed in a later green cloth clamshell case. Charles James Apperley (1777-1843), English sportsman and sporting writer, better known as Nimrod, the pseudonym under which he published his works on the chase and on the turf. A devoted fox-hunter, around 1821 Apperley began to contribute a series of articles to The Sporting Magazine, under the pseudonym of "Nimrod," that covered horse races, hunt meets and other sporting events. His references to the personalities of the people he knew or met at such events helped to double the circulation of the magazine within a few years. Mr. Pittman, the proprietor of The Sporting Magazine, gave Nimrod a handsome salary and defrayed all the expenses of his tours. He also gave Nimrod a stud of hunters. After Pittman's death, the proprietors of the magazine sued Apperley for the money that had been advanced. To avoid imprisonment, Apperley moved to Calais in 1830, where he supported himself by writing. Apperley is best known for his two books, The Life of a Sportsman, and Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton, both of which were illustrated with colored engravings by Henry Thomas Alken. Apperley eventually returned to England and died in Upper Belgrave Place, London, on 19 May 1843. The Plates: 1. Preparing to Start. 2. Getting Well Off. 3. The Race - Epsom. 4. The Melton Hunt. 5. Getting Away. 6. A Queerish Place. 7. A Pull Up. 8. The Lane. 9. Whissendine Brook. 10. The Death. 11. It's The Comet, &c. 12. The Regulator. 13. The Quicksilver Mail. Podeschi 152. Siltzer. p. 73. Schwerdt I, p. 36.
A Young Egyptian Writes Pen-Pal Letters To An American Girl

A Young Egyptian Writes Pen-Pal Letters To An American Girl by (EGYPTIAN PENPAL ARCHIVE)

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A Young Egyptian Writes Pen-Pal Letters To An American Girl
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(EGYPTIAN PENPAL ARCHIVE)
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
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(EGYPTIAN PENPAL LETTERS). An archive of a dozen letters from a young Egyptian, Hassan Hafez Adb el Bari, to an American woman named Ruth ODonnell. They range from 1938 to 1946 and state in part:ALS. 2pg. 7 x 9. August 25, 1938. Cairo. An autograph letter signed Hassan Hafez Abd el Bari: On November 14 I shall be sixteen years of age. Schools in Egypt are: four years in primary schools; 5 years in secondary schools (high schools); after that the pupil goes in any faculty which he prefersOur family had spent this summer in our farm but I spent it in Cairo. The letter is in fine condition,ALS. 2pg. 7 x 9. September 8, 1938. Cairo. An autograph letter signed Hassan: Our government will spend on the Egyptian part of New York Hair 250,000 Egyptian pound. The building will be like the Ancient Egyptian buildings. I think that you know that Cairo is the capital of our country. Cairo is the eighth city in large in all the world. You find in Egypt all means of transport: trains, aeroplanes, tramways, busses and at last ships in the Nile. All the cultivated lands in Egypt is watered by the Nile. The Nile is the second river in all the world. You find in Egypt also all sorts of amusement: cinemas, theatres and dancing halls. In towns the people wear suits and fezes are their heads covers In villages the farmers wear galabias (a galabia is like a log shirt). The letter is in fine condition. ALS. 2pg. 7 x 9. December 18, 1938. Cairo. An autograph letter signed Hassan: The people in Egypt are happy with the new Princess. Our King had called her Feryual. In Egypt we have no Christmas because we are Moslems In Egypt we have our own feasts Every year we have two feasts: the small feast which last 3 days and it come in November. The big feast which lasts 4 days and it comes in February. So the Egyptian children do not know anything about Christmas. Arabic is our native language. We study English as just a subject in school. We do not have no dances connected with our school. We also have in our school a good orchestra which plays in the ceremonies. The winter in Egypt in few days is some cold The other days of is the winter are rather cold nor hot This good weather in winter attracts the tourists from all the world to Egypt. Thy summer is generally hot but ecept I the ports as Alexandria and Port Said. The letter is in fine condition.ALS. 3pg. 7 x 9. April 11, 1939. No place. An autograph letter signed Hassan: April 11, 1939. Last days were very hot because of the Khamasin. The Khamasin are dusty winds which come from the desert toward Egypt in this part of the year and it says for 50 days. I wish to tell you something about Egypt for there are many people in Europe and America seem not to know anything about Egypt. There are some rude tourists who come to Egypt and take a photograph of a clean beggar or something else and send it to their countries to be published in the newspapers over this title "one of the richest people in Egypt. I do not know why do these people do such a work. I want to tell you that Egypt is like any of the modern countries in the World, and that Cairo is one of the finest Capitals in the World and it is the eighth big city ifwe counted New York. Trams motor cars & aeroplanes are found in Egypt. Cinemas theatres, & music halls are scattered in Cairo and the large cities. One of the large Zoos in the World is found in Egypt (Cairo) Our Zoo is full of many and different animals and birds which cannot be found in other countries. Public gardens are also found in many part of every city and we have our Nile which is enough to have a look at its beautiful sights at sunset. Schools with their different kinds are opened inEgypt to every sort of people Our University contains many faculties and they are not less than those I the other countries. Daily, weekly and monthly newspapers and magazines can be bought cheaply in Egypt. The modern machines are used in many places I Egypt to help th farmers in their work for Egypt is a big agriculture country. So you see that the Egyptian Nation is like any other one. The letter is in fine condition. ALS. 3pg. 5 x 8. July 19, 1939. Cairo. An autograph letter signed Hassan: I am going to tell you a small bit about what you asked me for I have many works. In Egypt the people or the families are separated to three parts like any other country. 1.. The high life families In these families the girls and women sit with the men anywhere and do every thing with them. In these families the man marry the girl he chooses & whom he loved. 2. The poor families who are in the opposite direction of the lastfor they see that the girl who sis and talks with a man who is not a relative to her is impolite an the man in these families marry the girl chose by his father or mother and it perhaps may be a girl he did not see before. 3. The middle life families between 1 and 2 are separated to two parts a. The first part do as no. 1 do and I am or my family is of this part. B. The second part do as no. 2 do. The letter is in purple ink and in fine condition. ALS. 2pg. 6 x 7. December 16, 1942. Giza. An autograph letter signed Hassan: First I must apologize for not writing to you, since about 3 years, but it is not my fault, it is the war, it is that mad man called Hitler. I thought that the sea way is closed between America & Egypt except for military purposes, but few days ago a friend tolled me that letters could be sent. The letter has a toning box and is in very good condition. ALS. 3pg. 8 x 10. April 1, 1945. No place. An autograph letter signed Hassan: About snow in Egypt there are no parts in our country cold enough for snow. About American movies I try to see as much of them as I can. Now, I go once a week to the cinema, during the holiday I go thrice or thrice (sometimes) a week. I have seen Princess Droke" it is a nice one. Three days ago I have been to the Metro theatre, the film was Speech of Moskow it was not bad. I think will have a nice attraction in two weeks at most & that is Patty Grable in Pin up Girl...You wonder to what extent the people in Egypt speak English & I answer that only the educated people speak that language. We study it as a subject in primary and secondary schools, we study French also in secondary schools. All the study & lectures in the following faculties are in English: Faculty of Engineering, Medicine and Science. Other faculties in the University uses the Arabic Language. The reason is that all reference books for the above mentioned three faculties are in English. Last January we had our half year holiday & our faculty made up a scientific journey (for the B. Sc. Degree students only) from the top of our country to its bottom. It lasted for 15 days. We began with Alexandria & the neighboring cities then we went to upper Egypt, we visited Luxor where we say the marvelous remains & antiquettes of the Ancient Egyptians...We visited Aswam where we saw the Aswam Dam, it is a very large structure, its length about 2 Kms with 180 openings. When war is over we hope to generate electricity for the water flow at that dam. The letter is in fine condition.
Pursuit of the Marvelous: Charles Howard Stanley William Hayter Gordon Onslow Ford [SIGNED BY ONSLOW FORD]

Pursuit of the Marvelous: Charles Howard Stanley William Hayter Gordon Onslow Ford [SIGNED BY ONSLOW FORD] by Anderson, Susan M.

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Pursuit of the Marvelous: Charles Howard Stanley William Hayter Gordon Onslow Ford [SIGNED BY ONSLOW FORD]
Author
Anderson, Susan M.
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
vg++
Description
Laguna Beach, California: Laguna Art Museum, 1990. First edition. Softcover. vg++. Full page original drawing and dedication "To Barbara Poe with all good wishes from Gordon OF" on title page." Quarto. 64pp. Original illustrated wrappers with red and blue lettering on cover, purple and black on spine, protected in modern mylar. Beautifully designed catalog of the museums contribution to the Festival of Britain, Orange County, with color and b/w reproductions of artwork in this exhibition. Block with very light age-toning in margins not affecting images. Wrappers and interior in very good to near fine condition.
Packard Clipper Owner's Manual 1956, with Supplement for the Packard Executive

Packard Clipper Owner's Manual 1956, with Supplement for the Packard Executive by Studebaker-Packard Corporation

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Packard Clipper Owner's Manual 1956, with Supplement for the Packard Executive
Author
Studebaker-Packard Corporation
Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Detroit: Studebaker-Packard Corporation, 1955. First Ediiton Thus. Original Wraps. Very Good. Octavo, 52 pages. Owner's Manual for the 1956 Packard Clipper, with the 4 page supplement, "Your New 156 Packard Executive." The removable Owner Identification Card not present. Very good+.
I Had A Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story

I Had A Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story by Aaron, Hank

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I Had A Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story
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Aaron, Hank
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780060163211
Condition
Good
Description
NY: Oxford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Light foxing to top edge of textblock, else a very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by Aaron on the front free endpaper thus: To--/ Best Wishes / Hank Aaron.
Wholphin: DVD Magazine of Rare and Unseen Short Films, No. 7

Wholphin: DVD Magazine of Rare and Unseen Short Films, No. 7

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Wholphin: DVD Magazine of Rare and Unseen Short Films, No. 7
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
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9781934781128
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As New
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As New. 2008. 1934781126 . As New copy, still in original shrinkwrap .

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