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![Text Box: Pakistan as an Islamic State, Preliminary Draft by Smith, Wilfred Cantwell 1962 Lahore, West Pakistan: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf Kashmiri Bazar, Lahore. This book, originally published in 1951, is based partly on the writer's conversations with a number of Pakistanis during a visit in 1949. Writer is Professor of Comparative Religion, Faculty of Divinity and Director, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. According to book jacket, "Author applies a remarkable combination of sympathetic insight and careful study. He has attempted to ascertain what various groups and sections in the country mean by the concept "Islamic state". 109 pp. 12.5 x 18.5 cm. Paper on board, good. Dustjacket, protected by plastic sheet, good. (3561) $30.00. Religious/Pakistan/Islam
1968 Peace Calendar & Appointment Book; Out of the War Shadow, an Anthology of Current Poetry Levertov, Denise, Compiler/Editor 1967 New York, NY: War Resisters League, 5 Beekman Street, NYC. Collection of poems by living (in 1967) American and Canadian poets, written in the context of "longing for peace", "we are living at war." Poems by Galway Kinnell, Hayden Carruth, Barbara Gibson, Barbara Deming, Lewis Turco, Muriel Rukeyser, Sister Mary Norbert Körte, O.P., James Laughlin, William Lee Coakley, Dick Lourie, Gary Snyder, Harriet Zinnes, Gilbert Sorrentino, Allen Grossman, W.R. Moses, Gary Youree, Eileen Egan, William Burford, Emmett Jarrett, Vern Rutsala, Gail Dusenbery, Louis Zukofsky, many more. 62 pp. 13 x 20.7 cm. Paper booklet with spiral binding, heavy card cover, pages numbered in pen, good. (7996) $35.00. Cold War/Poetry
Stockbridge Special Complete Manures, Catalogue of; Bowker's Phosphates and Agricultural Chemicals 1893 Boston, MA: Bowker Fertilizer Company. Catalogue provides list of special manures, fertilizers, chemicals, etc. Includes Stockbridge Potato, Corn and Grain, Grass, Seeding Down, Vegetable, Strawberry and Fruit Manures, and more. Photo of twin ears of corn raised by Chaffee Brothers of Oxford, Mass. on Stockbridge Corn Manure. Photo of man and woman in potato field that yields 298 bushels of potatoes per acre, all from Potato Manure. Photo of onion field which was dressed with two tons of Stockbridge Onion Manure, and produced 1203 bushels of onions from two acres. More photos. 24 pp. 15 x 23.3 cm. Paper booklet, rusty staples, good. (7994) $39.00. Farming/Advertising
Youth's Companion, Souvenir Booklet, 1893 Boston, MA: The Youth's Companion. Souvenir booklet tells story of the publication, "Youth's Companion" since its establishment in 1827. Pictures show the counting room, folding, printing, stitching rooms, the premium desks and describe production of 200,000 copies a day. 32 pp. 18 x 12.6 cm. Paper booklet, lightly soiled, staples pulling loose, fair. (7993) $29.00. Printed Matter
Salt Lake City --Seven Days in and around "The Center of Scenic America" 1929 Salt Lake City, UT: Chamber of Commerce. Lots of information and pictures for seeing Salt Lake City and environs, with map of Zion, Bryce Canyon and Grand Canyon National Parks, map of Salt Lake City. List of hotels and rates. Most expensive is Hotel Utah, double rooms with bath $5 a night. If you don't need a bath, most hotels start at $1.00 a night for a single room. 20 panels 10 x 23 cm. Paper folding brochure, very good. (7990) $24.00. Travel
Salt Lake: A Glimpse of the Great Salt Lake, Utah on the Union Pacific System, Illustrated 1894 Omaha, Nebraska: The Union Pacific System. Travel booklet cover shows well-dressed young woman traveler, with inset of woman in bathing garb, with pavilion at Garfield Beach, Great Salt Lake, in background. Includes fold-out map of Union Pacific System from Portland and San Francisco to Chicago. Author describes all the color and drama of a sailing voyage on the Great Salt Lake. 40 pp. 17 x 23 cm. Paper booklet with color illustrated wraps. Wraps slightly soiled, staples rusted, good. (7991) $41.00. Travel
Signal, Jahrgang 5, Heft 6, 1944, erscheint zweimal monatlich [in German] Reetz, Wilhelm, Hauptschriftleiter 1944 Berlin, Germany. Deutscher Verlag, Berlin SW 68, Kochsraße 22-26. Nazi Photo Magazine published 1940-45, propaganda organ widely distributed during World War II. Cover shows black and white photo of Red Cross nurses walking up accommodation ladder of ship, "Im Dienst des Roten Kreuzes" illustrating article: "Schildträger der Ritterlichkeit. Das Internationale Komitee vom Roten Kreuz". "Der korrekte Terror. Die 'kriegswichtigen' Ziele der anglo-amerikanischen Bomber"; "Unter dem Sowjetwappen. Bilder aus Teheran" with photos of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill, reporting their meeting in Tehran, Iran at the Soviet Embassy. "Romantik der Bosnischen Wälder?" Photo of Zwei Könige Peter II of Yugoslavia and George II of Greece; photo of Croatian soldiers killed by Boshevists; Photo of men of Waffen-SS Division, "Befreier von der Schreckenherrschaft." "Panzer -- zwischen zwei Schlachten--nach Einem Tiefen Stoss in die Sowjetischen Linien." Very good black and white and color photos. 40 pp. 27 x 36 cm. Periodical, very good. (7995) $35.00. World War II/History
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Charles River to the Hudson, The; Boston and Maine Railroad photo brochure ca. 1895 Boston & Maine Railroad. Very nice book of pastoral scenes from Waverley, MA and the Charles River in Waltham, MA to the Race Track at Saratoga, NY. Includes, Concord, Marlboro, Hudson, Westminster, West Fitchburg, Princeton, Greylock, Williamstown, Zoar and Shelburne Falls, MA; Keene, NH, Hoosick Falls, Schaghticoke, Stillwater, NY. 40 pp. 20 x 15 cm. Black and white photos on one side of glossy paper. Grey green stiff paper wraps with gilt lettering, two tiny biopredation holes at spine, very good. (7985) $37.00. Travel
Cunard Line: A New Way to the Old World; New York-Mediterranean Adriatic Service of the Cunard Line ca. 1909 New York, NY: Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd. New routes available to the traveler today (ca. 1909). The steamships employed in the New York-Mediterranean-Adriatic service of the Cunard Line are all new, twin-screw, of the modern roomy type, from 10,000 to 13,600 tons, fitted with bilge keeps and all devices for safety and comfort. Ships include Carpathia, Pannonia, Slavonia and Ultonia. Includes description and photos of sights around Italian Peninsula, into Adriatic, including Fiume, Naples, Rome, Jajce, Bosnia, Bucharest, Mostar, Sarajevo, Athens. 32 pp. 14 x 20.6 cm. Paper booklet with color printed cover. Staples rusted. Good.(7986) $35.00. Travel
Wild Flowers; Three hundred and sixty-four full-color illustrations with complete descriptive text; popular edition in one volume, Second printing, September 1935 by Homer D. House. 1935 New York, NY: The MacMillan Co This edition is based on a work of similar title originally issued by the State of New York. This work is reproduced by permission of the Board of Regents of the State of New York. Marvelous introductory description, 24 pp. Descriptions and color plates include Families: Cat-tail, Water Plantain, Arum, Spiderwort, Bunchflower, Lily, Orchid, Buckwheat, Poppy, Fumewort, Mustard, Pitcher Plant, Virginia Stonecrop, Saxifrage, Rose, Apple, Pea, Geranium, Wood Sorrel, Jewelweed, Milkwort, Mallow, Violet, Loosestrife, Wintergreen, Heath, many more.. 362 pp. 23.5 x 29.7 cm. Light green buckram cloth on board, spine lightly sunfaded; gilt lettering. Half-title page shows diagonal crease, no dj, very good. (7987) $58.00. Scientific/Nature
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Narratives of Little Henry and His Bearer; The Amiable Louisa; and Ann Eliza Williams: Three stories in one small book ca. 1849 New York, NY: The American Tract Society. First Narrative is about Harry, left an orphan in Dinapore, East India, while still an infant; how he was looked after by his bearer, Boosy. Missionaries. Henry's faith in Christianity saved him. Amiable Louisa's story ends with her death, in 17 pages. Last narrative, "Ann Eliza Williams; or the Child An Hundred Years Old" is by Rev. William S. Plumer, D.D. about little Eliza, dedicated to God. At age 8 she develops bleeding in the lungs. This is a story of repentance and Christ-like living. 25 pages. Two steel engravings in book, illustrate first and third narratives. 103 pp. 10 x 15 cm. Dark cloth on board with gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped pattern front and back. Very good. (7983) $16.00. Religious/Children's
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Gun and Torpedo Drills for the United States Navy, prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department by Lieutenant Edward W. Eberle, U.S.N. 1901 Annapolis, MD: U.S. Naval Institute. Author Eberle (1864-1929) graduated from the Naval Academy in 1885, and wrote this book, the first of its kind, after service as turret officer aboard USS Oregon in the Spanish-American War. Later, in 1923, he became Chief of Naval Operations. Drill of 3, 4, 5 and 6-inch rapid-fire guns for five or six men per gun: Captain, Plugman, Loader, 2 or 3 Shellmen. Drills for 5, 6, 7 and 8-inch quick-fire guns with seven or eight men per gun. Includes detailed instructions and commands for loading, unloading. Drill of a pair of 8-inch B.L.R. mounted in turret, with an ammunition-lift for each gun, 10 men, five for each gun. Drill for pair of 10, 12 or 13-inch B.L.R. mounted in turret. Secondary gun drills, including 1-pdr. Maxim Automatic Gun. Detailed notes for Turret Mounts. Smith and Wesson Navy Revolver. Krag-Jorgensen Rifle (.30 inch). Torpedo Drills for Whitehead Torpedo. Details on Whitehead Torpedo. Tables for Schedule of Exercises, Regulations for Target Practice, tables for Subcaliber Practice. For Torpedo firing, Range Table. . 222 pp. 10 x 14.6 cm. Leather cover with gilt lettering and Naval Institute seal, with cover flap. Text on high-quality fine paper. Inside front hinge cracked. This copy issued to Commanding Officer USS Monadnock. Leather flap has 6 cm of biopredation along fold. Fair. (7976) $180.00. Naval/History](image358.gif)