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![Text Box: La Commune de Paris aujourd'hui, sous la coordination de Jacques Zwirn [The Paris Commune Today, in French] 1999 Paris, France: Les Éditions de l'Atelier/Les Éditions Ouvrières. "Une Oeuvre Toujours Au Coeur L'Acualite" par Claude Willard; "Une Monde Que Nous Avons Perdu?" par Michel Caron (CFDT); "Faire Oeuvre de Mémoire" par Louis Viannet (CGT); "La Commune n'est pas Morte" par Marc Blondel (CGT-FO); Eugène Varlin biography; "La Commune de Paris: Un Mythe Fondateur" par René Berthier (Féderation anarchiste, Groupe Février); "Éphémère et Fertile Commune" par Jean-Claude Barbarant (FEN); "Les Maçons, de la Conciliation aux Barricades" par André Combes (Grande Orient de France), "Les Leçons de la Commune de Paris" par Louis Mexandeau (PS); aussi les contributions de Dominique Comelli (FSU), Sylvie Jan (Femmes Solidaires); Pierre Dharréville (JOC); Jean-Jacques Kirkyacharian (MRAP); Fodé Sylla (SOS Racisme), etc. 174 pp. 15.5 x 22 cm. Paper booklet very good. (7959) $45.00. History/Social Commentary
Oradour-sur-Glane Vision d'Épouvante, Ouvrage Officiel du Comité du Souvenir et de l'Association Nationale des Familles des Martyrs d'Oradour-sur-Glane; Fifth Edition [in French] par Pauchou, Guy; Masfrand, Dr. Pierre1955 Limoges, France: Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie, Imprimeurs. Ten years after World War II ended, the Committee to Remember the Murder of 642 in this French town published this book. The event happened on 10 June 1944 in a village of 1574 inhabitants near Limoges, in western France. This small book provides photos and text to re-construct the horror of this event. It also contains a table listing inhabitants who were martyred, with their dates and place of birth, profession and domicile. Book also contains a fold-out reproduction of a map of the region and a fold-out map of the village and key sites, entitled Lieux des Supplices. 203 pp. 14.4 x 22.2 cm. Paper booklet cover decorated with red Deutsch eagle and "SS" initials , very good. (7960) $20.00. World War II/History
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Le Livre des Otages, la politique des otages menée par les Autorités allemandes d'Occupation en Fgrance de 1941 à 1943; Préface de Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier [Story of French Hostages during Occupation of France by Germans in World War II.] [In French.] by Klarsfeld, Serge 1979 Paris, France: Les Éditeurs Français Réunis. Preface by Auschwitz survivor. Author has collected files which detail arrests of French citizens by Nazis during World War II, for various crimes, including "communists", "Recrutement de membres our le PCF clandestin", "Activité terroriste", more. Photos include those of key S.S. officers Lischka, Hagen, Heinrichsohn. Files reproduced in book include reports from Romainville camp, detailing Raisons de la désignation comme otage, passé et activités politiques. Un des ouvrages les plus émouvants et les plus révélateurs de l'histoire de l'occupation et de la résistance. 295 pp. 13 x 21.5 cm. Trade paperback, text block loose from cover, good. (1682) $42.00. World War II
Londres Ses Environs et Les Principales Villes d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande; 33 cartes et plans; Collection des Guides Joanee, Guides Diamant 1886 Paris, France: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 79 Blvd Saint-Germain, 79. Very detailed 1886 Guide to London and UK, in French. Includes 33 plans and maps including two detailed large folding maps in pocket at back of book, one shows London and surrounding countryside, the other is a detailed map of the city of London. Also includes smaller fold-out maps of Chateau de Windsor, Jardins de Kew, De Paris a Londres, Dublin, Sheffield, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Brighton, more. Plan of Crystal Palace. Ads in front and back of book for Hotel de France, Abbeville; Hotel de L'Univers, Arras; Grand Hotel Christol and Bristol, Boulogne-sur-Mer; Hotel Dessin, Calais; Hotel du Chapeau-Rouge, Dunkerque; Chocolate Menier, Albert Jéanne, L'Excursionniste; Dentifrice de Botot; Buckingham Palace Hotel, London; Vichy Éstablissement Thermal-Propriété de l'État, Paris; more. 580 pp + adv. 8.5 x 14 cm. Green cloth on board, blindstamped design and gilt title on front cover. Newspaper articles in French pasted onto front pastedown and first free endpaper. Fold-out maps in pocket have numerous small tears along folds. Good. (7939) $120.00. Travel
Effie's Cookbook, Collection of Recipes cut from Boston Newspapers, ca. 1917 Prepared by Cunningham, Effie 1917. Boston, MA: ephemera. This is one woman's collection of recipes clipped from the Boston Post (Recipes for New England Housewives), Boston Globe and other papers, as well as a few specialty advertisement cookbooks for Polar Star (1909), etc. and pasted in an older handwritten journal. Includes recipes for Oysters with Mushrooms, Pittsfield Gems, Rice Bread, Arrowroot Jelly, Pineapple Omelet, Suet Pudding, Virginia Corn Pudding, Mock Olives, Frozen Currant Foam, Brown Soup, Friccadilloes, Killarney Cake, Mock Indian Pudding, Snow Pudding made without Gelatin, many more. 45 pp. 19.5 x 26 cm. Paper on board with leather spine, quite worn, cover very worn. Pages of older journal nearly completely covered with clippings, several pages of journal cut out. Poor. (4665) $22.00. Cookbooks
International Harvester Farm Equipment: The Working Tools of American Agriculture [Advertising Booklet] ca. 1949 Chicago, IL: International Harvester Co. Booklet describes progress in American Agriculture, provides pictures of Farmall Cub, Super-A, C, H, M; also Orchard and Grove, Rice Field equipment, and Crawlers. Most recent development is Farmall Touch-Control for complete control of mounted implements on Farmall Cub, Super-A and C. Photos illustrate Tillage Tools, Middlebusters and Listers, Grain Drills and Seeding Equipment, Corn Belt Planters, Cultivators, Hay Machines, Grain and Corn Harvesting Equipment, Potato Diggers and Planters, Dairy Equipment and Household Freezers and Refrigerators. Includes insert of three inquiry postcards on heavy stock. 32 pp. 20.5 x 25.7 cm. Paper booklet, moderate wear, 2 cm closed tear in cover. Imprinted with "Atherton Farm Equipment, Laconia, New Hampshire". Fair. (7931) $16.00. Farming/Advertising
Bassett: An Oration Delivered on Monday, the Fifth of July, 1824, in Commemoration of American Independence Before the Supreme Executive of the Commonwealth, and the City Council and Inhabitants of the City of Boston by Bassett, Francis 1824 Boston, MA: Wells and Lilly, Court Street. Francis Bassett (1786-1875) delivered this address in Boston on the 48th anniversary of the American Independence. Bassett, an 1810 graduate of Harvard, was from Yarmouth, near Dennis, on Cape Cod. He practiced law in Boston as a contemporary of Webster, served in the Massachusetts legislature for many years, and was a designated orator in the City of Boston. In this oration on page 23 he refers to "an American Congress, the Greeks have found an advocate whose eloquence'may give them courage and spirit, teach them that they are not wholly forgotten by the civilized world...'". And Bassett notes in handwritten mark below "Webster". It was Webster's eloquent support for Greek independence at this time to which the orator refers. American support for Greece became diffused later in 1824 by adoption of the Monroe Doctrine, but the support of Webster and Henry Clay, our "Great Philhellenes" is admired in Greece today. This copy is inscribed by Mr. Bassett: "Hon. Timothy Fuller from his Obed't Servant, F. Bassett". Fuller was another Boston orator at the time, noted for his anti-Masonic rhetoric. 24 pp. 13.8 x 21.6 cm. Disbound paper pamphlet, inscription by author on title page. Fair. (7934) $65.00. History/American
Boston: Walker's Vest Pocket Map of Boston, Giving All Points of Interest with every Railway and Steamboat Terminus ca. 1924 Boston, MA: Walker Lith. and Pub. Co. Fold-out map enclosed in small folder. Map covers Boston from Chelsea shoreline south to South Boston, West to Back Bay Fens and Cross Street in Somerville. Shows American League Fenway Park, Airplane Landing Field in East Boston, Scollay Square. 1 map 45 x 50 cm. Paper map, 1.5 cm biopredation holes in folds, fair. (7933) $16.00. Maps
Karachi Morning News, Voice of the Nation, Karachi West Pakistan, March 21, 1958 (Shaban 29, 1377) 1958 Karachi, West Pakistan: Morning News, Kutchery Road. Newspaper published simultaneously in Dacca and Karachi. "Cut Motion in W. Pak Assembly"--- 26-vote victory for government. Begum Salma Tasadduq Hussain, an ardent Muslim leaguer, was first to quit the league and vote with Republicans. From Cairo: "Nasser Attacks Feisal and Hussein". Gamal Abdel Nasser sharply attacked leaders of Iraq and Jordan who had rejected his efforts to establish "peaceful co-existence". Prime Minister Malik Firoz Khan Noon declared in Lyallour that his Government was determined to eradicate all evils before the general election. 8 pp. 43 x 57 cm. Newspaper, very good. (7927) $19.00. History/Cold War Era
Pakistan Times, The: Largest Circulation of any English Language Daily in Pakistan; Lahore, Saturday, March 22, 1958 (Ramazan-ul-Mubarak 1377 A.H.) 1958 Lahore, West Pakistan: The Pakistan Times. "West Pakistan Budget Passed" Five more members of the Muslim League crossed over to the Republican side on Friday. "E. Wing Govt. Crisis" news from Dacca that 11 members of the Awami League Coalition Parliamentary Party have withdrawn support from the Government. AFP reports from Damascus that more than 200 Iraqi army officers have been arrested following an attempt to execute a coup d'etat in Iraq. Ramazan moon has been sighted in Lahore and Lyallpur. Tomorrow the Republic of Pakistan will celebrate the second anniversary of its birth. Festivities have been planned on an elaborate scale all over the country. Photo of Pakistani flag being raised on stern of PNS Jahangir, formerly destroyer HMS Crispin, in ceremony at Southampton, UK. Photo of Princess Birgitta of Sweden, in gymnastics uniform, rehearsing for yearly exhibition in Stockholm. Tehran paper reports new pact by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey, says initial move was by Pak Prime Minister, Malik Firoz Khan Noon. 8 pp. 44 x 60 cm. Newspaper, 2 cm closed tear in front page, good. (7928) $22.00. History/Cold War Era
Canning: Sketch of the Character of Mr. Canning. From the National Intelligencer of Sept. 15, 1827 By Rush, Richard (?) 1828 Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton. Blistering picture of Great Britain's Foreign Minister, George Canning (1770-1827) published shortly after his death, apparently written by Richard Rush, but also attributed to John Quincy Adams. Sketch accuses Canning of "British selfishness", toryism, undeviating support for monarchy, ridiculing popular movements. Canning was never the political friend of the U.S., writer states. "From Mr. Canning, literally nothing has been obtained -- no, never; though we have held frequent and protracted negotiations with the British Government, during his administration of the Foreign Office." 22 pp. 13 x 21 cm. Paper booklet, pencil notes on cover wrap: "Richard Rush, author". Minor foxing. Good. (7929) $42.00. History/Great Britain](image361.gif)