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Les Contes de l'Abbé de Colibri: Nouvelle édition avec préface par un homme de lettres fort Connu
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Paris: Théophile Belin, 1881 French text. From the library of Gerschon Legman bound in three-quarter leather with marbled end-papers and gilt spine titles. Thought to be by Jean-François Cailhava de L'Estandoux (28 April 1731, Estandoux, Toulouse - 26 June 1813, Paris was a French dramatist, poet and critic. He was elected the ninth occupant of Académie française seat 29 in 1803. Rare.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" ... more information
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The Ghost Dance Origins of Religion
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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1972 Historical study of the origins of religion through mythology and symbolism of the American Indian after his defeats in the Indian Wars and that forms of the Ghost Dance are also found in Greek, Hebrew, Christian and Plains Indian religions. Some wear and tear to d/j.. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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The Diary of Sarah Smith Volume 1
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New York?: Np, 1950 Female spanking and bondage story illustrated with line drawings. An original piece of American erotica. c.1950s.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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The Ethics of Opium
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New York: The Century Co., 1924 Study of heroin and opium smuggling from the former British Colonies in the Far East to the United States. By the 1920s, Americans believed drug use was a major social problem. In her study of the ethics of opium, Ellen N. La Motte pointed out that the suppression of drugs through legislation alone was not successful because of at extensive black market trade. The drug traffic was profitable and involved individuals from many nations. La Motte concluded that only some form of... more information
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Alfred Jarry: Nihilism and the Theater of the Absurd
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New York: New York University Press, 1980. Alfred Jarry (September 8, 1873 - November 1, 1907) was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side. Best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), which is often cited as a forerunner to the surrealist theatre of the 1920s and 1930s, Jarry wrote in a variety of genres and styles. He wrote plays, novels, poetry, essays and speculative journalism. His texts present some pioneering wo... more information
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Bureaucracy and Political Development
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Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963 First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. ... more information
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Conflict and Power in Marriage: Expecting the First Child
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Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1977. Preface by Murray A. Straus.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. ... more information
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Solzhenitsyn: A Documentary Record
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London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1970 Documentary record of Solzhenitsyn's courageous fight for creative freedom in the Soviet Union, from his rehabilitation in 1956 and his support by Khrushchev in 1962, through the attacks upon him from 1963 onwards and his reaction to them. An informative, in-depth study of a modern hero.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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Harrow School: Yesterday and Today
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London: Winchester Publications, 1948 Spine worn.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. ... more information
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Survey of Married Women Working for Pay in Eight Canadian Cities
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Ottawa: Department of Labour, 1958 First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. ... more information
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Ministry of Labour Handbook
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London: Ministry of Labour, 1926 Outlines the role and work of the Ministry of Labour. Spines rusted. Some minor underling.. Second Edition. Pamphlet. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. ... more information
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The God-Possessed
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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1963 Christianity had been in existence for three centuries when there appeared in Egypt, Palestine and Syria these men who were 'God-possessed, ' who took the road to the desert to free themselves of their human state, abandoning the life of the flesh in the permanent contemplation of God. Front hinge cracked.. First English Edition. Cloth. Fair/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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Majesty: Elizabeth II and the House of Windsor
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London: Hutchinson, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information
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The Case for Total Abstinence: Prize Essay
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London: National Temperance League, 1889 Anti-alcohol tract.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers
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London: Oxford University Press, 1954 A study of the factors which influence the regulation of numbers of wild animals, including variations in reproduction, mortality, availability of food, predators and migration.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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Poetics of the Pretext: Reading Lautreamont
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Exeter: Exeter Univeristy Press, 1998. A study of the plagiarizing poet Isidore Ducasse, Comte de Lautreamont (1846-1870), who exerted a strong influence on artists and writers as diverse as Kenneth Anger, Andre Breton, Paul Bowles and Dali, and was studied by Blanchot, Derrida and Bachelard.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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Poetics of the Pretext: Reading Lautreamont
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Exeter: Exeter Univeristy Press, 1998. A study of the plagiarizing poet Isidore Ducasse, Comte de Lautreamont (1846-1870), who exerted a strong influence on artists and writers as diverse as Kenneth Anger, Andre Breton, Paul Bowles and Dali, and was studied by Blanchot, Derrida and Bachelard.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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Egypt in Transition
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London: Methuen & Co., 1958 First English Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. ... more information
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History of Prostitution Among All the Peoples of the World, from the Most Remote Antiquity to the Present Day Volume 1
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New York: Covici Friede, 1931 Fascinating and comprehensive cross-cultural historical study of prostitution including much on religious prostitution in antiquity among the Egyptians, Jews, Greeks and Romans along with the cults of Venus and Priapus. Translated by Samuel Putnam.. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality
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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982 Includes a bibliography and index.. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information
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