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The People's Journal; edited by John Saunders -- vol. 1, nos. 1-26 by Howitt, Mary; Hunt, Thornton Leigh; Gillies, Mary Leman; Mazzini, Giuseppe - 1846
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Manuel des constructions rurales. Deuxième édition.
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Agriculture and Industrialization: The Adjustments that Take Place as an Agricultural Country Is Industrialized. (Harvard Economic Studies).
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Éléments d'économie politique.
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Der moderne Kapitalismus. Erster Band: Die Genesis des Kapitalismus. Zweiter Band: Die Theorie der kapitalistischen Entwicklung. Mit Registern über Band I und II. [TWO VOLUMES].
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Leipzig, Duncker & Humblot, 1902. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Five books in two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. xxxiv, 669; viii, 646, (2) publisher's ads. With a divisional title to each book. Indices. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, spines gilt, decorative endpapers, cloth inner hinges, marbled edges. Binding in poor condition but the interior of both volumes is in fine condition. Excellent binding copy. ~ FIRST EDITION of Sombart's most important work. [Provenance:] From the library of noted Dutch pediatrician Ph. H. Fiedeldij Dop, with his handsome bookplate to first free endpaper of each volume. Werner Sombart (1863-1941), German economist. A specialist in Marxian socialism he was not a socialist himself but expressed radical views in many of his books. In "Der moderne Kapitalismus" Sombart offered a systematic historical picture of economic development in Europe from the beginning to 1927. (Sills. IESS. 1972. Schumpeter 1963, p. 816-7). "A history of…
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Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co, 1915. Paperback. Good. 251, [5] p.: tables; 19 cm. Paperback with plain brown wrapper and black cover titles. Publisher's catalog on final 4 unpaginated pages. Printed pastedown on front cover from the United Mine Workers of America to a newspaper editor urging the paper to use the information in this book when writing about the negotiations for the next anthracite wage agreement. Stamped over the pastedown and on the title page: "Editorial Page Library" (newspaper not identified). Attached to the inside of the front wrapper is a folded sheet with detailed information about the agreement, which was set to expire on March 31, 1916. Very scarce in paperback with the United Mine Workers additions. In Good Condition: lacking wrapper over spine; chipping along edges of wrapper, with partial loss of title on front wrapper; back wrapper is detached but present; front wrapper almost detached; tape residue along spine from old repair; minor loss from…
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From Capitalism to Socialism: Day to Day Pamphlets No. 8
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Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1932, Very Good Softcover, 53 pages, 5" x 7.25", crease on front cover, slight edgewear, otherwise clean and tight. John A. Hobson (1858 - 1940), was an English economist, social scientist and critic of imperialism.
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The Sky and the Forest
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Samuel The Seeker
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp
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William R. Gillis. Goldrush Days with Mark Twain (H. Glintenkamp woodcuts). Copyright 1930. Albert & Charles Boni, NY. With an into by Cyril Clemens. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS 6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH. Summary: Mr. Gillis was a friend of American author/humorist Mark Twain and was with him at Virginia, Nevada in the Goldrush days. In 1859 placer miners in the Great Basin discovered the largest gold and silver strike that had happened in the United States up until that time. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS. Used. Good- Condition. 264 pages. Used. Good condition. First few pages are loose. Frontis is still affixed to binding. Green cloth boards gold titling. No titles left on spine. Spine is sunned.
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The Polynesian Triangle
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Worlds Revealed - The Dawn of Japanese and American Exchange
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Tokyo: Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1999. 1st. Softcover. Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto in illustrated wraps. very good condition, except for remainder of small price label on front. Ships from Hawaii. In collaboration with the Peabody Museum, this publication and exhibit marks the 200th anniversary of the first commercial contact of America with Japan. Few know that in 1799 an American ship called "Franklin" docked in Nagasaki and engaged in trade. The ship was constructed in Salem, home of the Peabody Essex Museum. Captain Devereaux brought back with him a a large number of Japanese works of art, thus initiating an ongoing exchange and appreciation of Japanese culture and art. Show less.
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Grand Hotel
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Another Part of the Forest
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Resistance and Change: The Struggles of Guyanese Workers (1964 to 1994), with Emphasis on the Sugar Industry
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