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British airship commander, the first to use a British airship on patrol in World War One and the first to make a transatlantic airship flight in 1919. ALS, 2pp (single leaf), 4½" X 7½", Cardington, England, 1930 February 25. Addressed to the librarian of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Near fine. Single original mailing fold. Blind-embossed crest. Boldly penned in blue fountain pen from the "Royal Airship Works," Scott transmits "the 'Royal Aeronautical Society' Journal, of November 1929 [not present], which include a copy of the lecture I gave before the Society, on the subject of 'Handling & Mooring of Airships'...." Handsomely signed in full. Scott was killed eight months later in the spectacular crash of the airship R 101 in northern France -- which signaled the end of Britain's interest in dirigibles. Extremely scarce in this form, especially with dirigible content.
ALS Autograph Letter Signed Together with an Original Photograph by Layard, Austen Henry - 1878
by Layard, Austen Henry
ALS Autograph Letter Signed Together with an Original Photograph
by Layard, Austen Henry
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Constantinople, 1878. Original letter penned and signed by Layard after the Bulgarian uprising in the Balkans. The letter measures 7 x 9 inches dated February 23, 1878 while he was HBM Ambassador in Constantinople. The letter provides a reference for a James Long, MA who was a humanitarian. Long was about to go to Bazandjik on the Danube in Bulgaria which had recently been occupied by the Russians during the Russo-Turkish War. Together with the letter is an original portrait photograph of Layard measuring 8 x 10 inches as well as a contemporary bigraphical sketch from the 1880's. Letters from Layard while abroad are rare.. Manuscript.
- Seller Independent bookstores (CA)
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- Place of Publication Constantinople
- Date Published 1878
- Keywords Constantinople Konstantinople Istanbul Turkey Turkei
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Autograph Letter Signed
by SCOTT, G. Herbert (1888-1930)
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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Les Joyaux de l'Enluminure à la Bibliothèque Nationale. Avec un Avant-propos du Comte A. de Laborde
by MARTIN, Henry (1852-1927)
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Schilde, Belgium
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Paris & Bruxelles,: G. Van Oest,, 1928.. [ii, blank], xii, 134, [ii] pp. Folio (27,5 x 36,5 cm.). Contemporary half green grained morocco; spine with 5 raised bands, gilt lettered, in compartments gilt decorated with floral motive; hand made marbled boards and marbled end-papers; top edges gilt; original printed wrapper bound in; preserved in a matching slipcase. With a coloured frontispice and one coloured plate (in chromolithography), and 100 fine plates in helio-engraving. Title printed in red and black. ¶ Henry Martin's last work. A superb, and finely bound large paper copy, being one of the 25 copies printed on "papier d'Arches à la cuve". There are only a few copies with the second coloured plate. Including a bibliography of Henry Martin's publications. A very fine faultless 'de luxe' copy.
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La Miniature Flamand au temps de la Cour de Bourgogne (1415-1530). Ouvrage publié avec le concours de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettre (Fondation Piot)
by DURRIEU, Paul (1855-1925)
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Schilde, Belgium
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Bruxelles & Paris,: G. Van Oest et Cie,, 1921.. 80, [iv] pp. Folio (27,5 x 36,5 cm.). Contemporary half green grained morocco; spine with 5 raised bands, gilt lettered, in compartments gilt decorated with floral motive; hand made marbled boards and marbled end-papers; top edges gilt; original printed wrapper bound in; preserved in a matching slipcase. With 103 fine plates in helio-engraving, depicting 153 miniatures. Title printed in red and black. ¶ A superb, and finely bound large paper copy, being one of the 25 copies printed on "papier à la cuve des Papeteries d'Arches". A very fine faultless 'de luxe' copy. Durrieu, seigneur de lhistoire de lart médiéval was one of the greatest illuminated manuscripts specialist, who wrote many standard works in that field.
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An Archive of Over 100 significant Letters and Documents in the Period 1907-1919 of One of the Earliest Telephone Companies In Ohio
by North Electric Company
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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£386.13
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Quarto. The collection contains 125 pieces of original correspondence including both TLS (Typed Letters Signed) and ((LS) Letters Signed. What began as a small electrical shop for the repair and manufacture of telephone equipment in 1884 as the north Electric Works grew to become the North Electric Company in 1889. By the early 20th Century the company became one of the most prominent manufacturing business in Ohio employing over 300 workers. After being in business for over a century, the business first was taken over by Ericsson and the by IYTY. These letters pertain to the problems stemming from a patent for the automatic ringing mechanism, switch boards and operators as well as dealing with their manufacture under Canadian Parents which became know as the Telechronometer Co. The big change ended the flat-rate system and introduced meters which could measure the length of calls and, of course, increase the cost to the consumer. For the next sixty years, the telephone company became a monopoly…
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[Rogers, Bruce] Autograph Letter Signed to Irvin Haas Regarding a Proposed Article on Bookplates
by Rogers, Bruce
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Autograph Letter Signed. One Page. New Fairfield, Conn, 19 March, 1938. To Irving Haas, collector and author who later wrote, "Bruce Rogers: A Bibliography.."in 1968. In part: "My dear Irvin, Here are several book labels to choose from. I hope you can find space for the John M Wing item as I consider it the best of the type-movement ones..." He includes a copy of the Wing Foundation of the Newberry LIbrary's plate for possible inclusion in a proposed article. He also suggests including WIlliam A. Kittredge's bookplate (designed by Rogers) if Kittredge ends up writing the article. Article in question appeared in "The Book Collector's Packet," May, 1938. Included in this lot, a small decorative.John M Wing Foundation stick-on library stamp. Bruce Rogers letters are quite scarce.
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Autograph Letter Signed
by SCOTT, G. Herbert (1888-1930)
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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British airship commander, the first to use a British airship on patrol in World War One and the first to make a transatlantic airship flight in 1919. ALS, 2pp (single leaf), 4½" X 7½", Cardington, England, 1930 February 25. Addressed to the librarian of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Near fine. Single original mailing fold. Blind-embossed crest. Boldly penned in blue fountain pen from the "Royal Airship Works," Scott transmits "the 'Royal Aeronautical Society' Journal, of November 1929 [not present], which include a copy of the lecture I gave before the Society, on the subject of 'Handling & Mooring of Airships'...." Handsomely signed in full. Scott was killed eight months later in the spectacular crash of the airship R 101 in northern France -- which signaled the end of Britain's interest in dirigibles. Extremely scarce in this form, especially with dirigible content.
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Les Joyaux de l'Enluminure à la Bibliothèque Nationale. Avec un Avant-propos du Comte A. de Laborde
by MARTIN, Henry (1852-1927)
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Schilde, Belgium
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Paris & Bruxelles,: G. Van Oest,, 1928.. [ii, blank], xii, 134, [ii] pp. Folio (27,5 x 36,5 cm.). Contemporary half green grained morocco; spine with 5 raised bands, gilt lettered, in compartments gilt decorated with floral motive; hand made marbled boards and marbled end-papers; top edges gilt; original printed wrapper bound in; preserved in a matching slipcase. With a coloured frontispice and one coloured plate (in chromolithography), and 100 fine plates in helio-engraving. Title printed in red and black. ¶ Henry Martin's last work. A superb, and finely bound large paper copy, being one of the 25 copies printed on "papier d'Arches à la cuve". There are only a few copies with the second coloured plate. Including a bibliography of Henry Martin's publications. A very fine faultless 'de luxe' copy.
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La Miniature Flamand au temps de la Cour de Bourgogne (1415-1530). Ouvrage publié avec le concours de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettre (Fondation Piot)
by DURRIEU, Paul (1855-1925)
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Schilde, Belgium
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Bruxelles & Paris,: G. Van Oest et Cie,, 1921.. 80, [iv] pp. Folio (27,5 x 36,5 cm.). Contemporary half green grained morocco; spine with 5 raised bands, gilt lettered, in compartments gilt decorated with floral motive; hand made marbled boards and marbled end-papers; top edges gilt; original printed wrapper bound in; preserved in a matching slipcase. With 103 fine plates in helio-engraving, depicting 153 miniatures. Title printed in red and black. ¶ A superb, and finely bound large paper copy, being one of the 25 copies printed on "papier à la cuve des Papeteries d'Arches". A very fine faultless 'de luxe' copy. Durrieu, seigneur de lhistoire de lart médiéval was one of the greatest illuminated manuscripts specialist, who wrote many standard works in that field.
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An Archive of Over 100 significant Letters and Documents in the Period 1907-1919 of One of the Earliest Telephone Companies In Ohio
by North Electric Company
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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Quarto. The collection contains 125 pieces of original correspondence including both TLS (Typed Letters Signed) and ((LS) Letters Signed. What began as a small electrical shop for the repair and manufacture of telephone equipment in 1884 as the north Electric Works grew to become the North Electric Company in 1889. By the early 20th Century the company became one of the most prominent manufacturing business in Ohio employing over 300 workers. After being in business for over a century, the business first was taken over by Ericsson and the by IYTY. These letters pertain to the problems stemming from a patent for the automatic ringing mechanism, switch boards and operators as well as dealing with their manufacture under Canadian Parents which became know as the Telechronometer Co. The big change ended the flat-rate system and introduced meters which could measure the length of calls and, of course, increase the cost to the consumer. For the next sixty years, the telephone company became a monopoly…
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[Rogers, Bruce] Autograph Letter Signed to Irvin Haas Regarding a Proposed Article on Bookplates
by Rogers, Bruce
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Autograph Letter Signed. One Page. New Fairfield, Conn, 19 March, 1938. To Irving Haas, collector and author who later wrote, "Bruce Rogers: A Bibliography.."in 1968. In part: "My dear Irvin, Here are several book labels to choose from. I hope you can find space for the John M Wing item as I consider it the best of the type-movement ones..." He includes a copy of the Wing Foundation of the Newberry LIbrary's plate for possible inclusion in a proposed article. He also suggests including WIlliam A. Kittredge's bookplate (designed by Rogers) if Kittredge ends up writing the article. Article in question appeared in "The Book Collector's Packet," May, 1938. Included in this lot, a small decorative.John M Wing Foundation stick-on library stamp. Bruce Rogers letters are quite scarce.
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Die Befreiung 1813 - 1814 - 1815 : Urkunden - Berichte - Briefe mit geschichtlichen Verbindungen
by Klein, Tim
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Thessaloniki, Greece
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£38.92
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A 1st ed. good paperback, soiling & other signs of wear on covs. & spine as in image, with stamp fr. end p. & inside of cov. (image_2) "Alfred Rosenberg spende fur die Deutsche Wehrmacht 1939/1941 Gau Danzig" also FON pasted label. 520p. 19x13cm. 500gr. "Die Stempel mit dem Schriftzug: "Alfred-Rosenberg-Spende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht …". Eine kurze Untersuchung nach anderen Belegen und Formen über diesen Stempel ergab, dass solche Stempel auch mit anderen Gaubezeichnungen bekannt sind. Es handelte sich bei diesen Aktionen um deutschlandweite Buchsammlungen, die das Ziel verfolgten, den Soldaten an der Front Bücher zukommen zu lassen.Durchgeführt wurde die Aktion "Buchspende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht" vom Kriegs-Winterhilfswerk, dem ein Aufruf Rosenbergs voranging. Bis zum Jahr 1940 konnten so 8 ½ Millionen Bücher gesammelt werden. Bis zum Frühjahr 1941 konnten in zwei Sammelaktionen 15 ½ Millionen Bücher an die kämpfende Front verschickt werden . Im Oktober 1941 erfolgte… Read More
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DOCUMENT SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT, APPOINTING A JOURNALIST TO THE STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE, 21 November 1917
by Connecticut / Holcomb, Marcus H
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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Hartford, CT: Governor's Office, 1917. Original document. Very Good. Partly printed document, accomplished by hand. In part: "...reposing special trust and confidence in the skill and patriotism of J.S. Anderson, Jr. of the Mirror of Stonington, Conn., do hereby appoint him...Special Representative of the division of co-operation of the press, committee on publicity, Connecticut State Council of Defense...." Large embossed seal. Signed in full by Holcomb, witnessed by R.J. Dwyer, Deputy Secretary. 11.75" x 9.5" Holcomb (1834-1932) was the 66th Governor of Connecticut.
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Junge Liebe in Einer Alten Stadt
by Ickes, Paul
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Thessaloniki, Greece
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£60.54
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A 1st ed. good hardcover (cloth-bound), soiling of cloth & signs of age as in image, with stamp fr. end p. (image_2) "Alfred Rosenberg* spende fur die Deutsche Wehrmacht 1939/1942 Gau Westmark". "Die Stempel mit dem Schriftzug: "Alfred-Rosenberg-Spende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht …". Eine kurze Untersuchung nach anderen Belegen und Formen über diesen Stempel ergab, dass solche Stempel auch mit anderen Gaubezeichnungen bekannt sind. Es handelte sich bei diesen Aktionen um deutschlandweite Buchsammlungen, die das Ziel verfolgten, den Soldaten an der Front Bücher zukommen zu lassen. Durchgeführt wurde die Aktion "Buchspende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht" vom Kriegs-Winterhilfswerk, dem ein Aufruf Rosenbergs voranging. Bis zum Jahr 1940 konnten so 8 ½ Millionen Bücher gesammelt werden. Bis zum Frühjahr 1941 konnten in zwei Sammelaktionen 15 ½ Millionen Bücher an die kämpfende Front verschickt werden . Im Oktober 1941 erfolgte nach den Erfolgen der letzten zwei Sammlungen ein…
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Surveillance; Hearings before the subcommittee on courts, civil liberties, and the administration of justice. on the matter of wiretapping, electronic eavesdropping, and other surveillance. February 6 [through] September 8, 1975. Part 1 [hearings],: 94th congress, first session. Serial no. 26.
by United States. House of Representatives
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Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
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Buff House wrap, good clean volume.
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Agreement of Sale between the American Baptist Publication Society and John Wanamaker
by Wanamaker, John
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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1905. Good +. Signed 3-page typescript of a agreement of sale between the American Baptist Publication Society and John Wanamaker. The American Baptist Publication Society sold to John Wanamaker the Crozier Building at 1420 and 1422 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, for $900,000. The Crozier Building was designed by Frank Miles Day & Brother and was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1980. American merchant John Wanamaker (1838-1922) had made $1.5 million in profits and interest from his stores in Philadelphia and New York in 1904, suggesting that his acquisition of the Crozier Building was an investment. The Crozier Building has continued to function as a successful office building to this day. In Good+ Condition: chipping at edges; loss of lower corner of first page, with minor loss of text; separating along some of the 2 horizontal creases in each page; signatures are clean and intact.
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Invariance of Light Speed: Reality or Fiction?
by Levy, Joseph
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Blairsville, Georgia, United States
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This book was sent to Dr. David Bartlett of the Univ. of Colorado by Dr. Levy of France. Personal letter from Dr. Levy to Dr. Bartlett included. Text is very good——clean & tight & unmarked. Moderate shelf wear with 2 creases on front cover that intersect the spine. Dr. Bartlett's name written on front.
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[Tapuscrit] Maître de sa joie (extraits) / Façons d'exprimer
by Dolent, Jean [Charles Antoine Fournier]
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Paris, France
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1902. Dactylographié. Bon. Cuir. 21 x 13,5 cm (R), deux tapuscrits à l'encre bleue réunis en un volume : 1) Extraits de "Maître de sa joie", Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1902, 2 ff. n. ch. - 39 pp. - 1 f. n. ch. ; 2) "Façons d'exprimer", Paris, Maison des Poètes, sd [1900] (publié par Hélo), 1 f. n. ch. - 47 pp., reliure de demi-basane verte, nom de l'auteur en long au dos. Curieux tapuscrit fait sur un papier de fabrication américaine (le "Cosmos Bond", produit par R. P. Andrews Paper Co. dans la première moitié du XXe siècle). On trouve à la fin du tapuscrit de "Maïtre de sa joie" une bibliographie des oeuvres de Dolent qui comporte de légères variantes par rapport à l'édition Lemerre et indique comme "à paraître" : "Maître de sa joie", "Les Matins" et "Les Parades de Jean…
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La Bohème à travers les Siècles
by Duraccio, Maria Cecilia
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Paris, France
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Naples, 1950. Livre. Bon. Couverture rigide. Signé par l'auteur. Ed. originale. Napoli [Naples], Istituto universitario di magistero "Suor Orsola Benincasa", 1949-1950. 28 x 23 cm, tapuscrit ronéotypé de 3 ff. n. ch. + 262 pp. (i.e. 262 ff.) + 1 f. n. ch., reliure à la Bradel en demi-toile verte, premier plat doré, dos muet. Rare mémoire de maîtrise (tesi di laurea) présenté sous la direction de Vittorio Bertoldi. Centré sur les "Scènes de la vie de Bohème" de l'écrivain Henri Murger, celui-ci analyse, depuis François Villon, la tradition sociale et littéraire de la bohème et celle du quartier latin auquel cette bohème est attachée. Bel ENVOI de l'auteur au peintre Lionello Balestrieri, dont une lettre à l'auteur sur le sujet de la bohème est par ailleurs reproduite en annexe. Coiffe de tête accidentée, sinon bel…
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5 letters, 1873-1879, to William Ward (1837-1895) [re: Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad]
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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1873. Near Fine. 5 handwritten letters to William Ward, 1873-1879, regarding the Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad, which existed from 1872 to 1885; it was succeeded by the Philadelphia Midland Railroad. William Ward was one of the organizers of the Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad and in 1874 was the president and treasurer pro tem. Letters #1 and #2 (Sept. 5 and Dec. 5, 1873) are from Jos. H. McKeehan, an attorney in Philadelphia, who is writing about deliquent subscribers to the railroad. Letter #3 (Dec. 18, 1873) is from the Village Record, a newspaper in West Chester, Pa., with a copy of the advertisement that ran in the paper listing the dates that instalments from railroad subscribers were due in 1872. Letter #4 (Nov. 26, 1875) is from John Smith of Ridley Park, about a plan to petition to vacate a street and public ground adjoining Mr. Bartol's purchase. Letter #5 (Sept. 8, 1879) from the superintendant of the Government Paper Mill in Dalton, Mass., complaining about the…
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Nous dénonçons une grave injustice, des pasteurs et des prêtres prennent la parole.
by [Pétition - Guerre d'Algérie - Prisons - Amnistie - Robert Davezies - Jean-Jacques Brochier]
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Paris, France
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1963. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Ed. originale. In-8 Etroit. Sl, sn, 1963. (imp. Hérissey, Evreux) 21,5 x 13,5 cm, 21 pp. - 1 f., plaquette agrafée, couverture blanche imprimée. Très rare pétition, datée du 14 avril 1963 et lancée par un groupe de pasteurs et de prêtres (premiers signataires : Francis Bosc, Georges Casalis, Jacques Lochard, Etienne Mathiot, Jean-Paul Meyer, Louis Simon, Jacques Walter, M. D. Chenu, Pierre Dabosville, Yvan Daniel, Robert Davezies, André Depierre, Marie-Jean Mossand, Louis Rétif) demandant la l'amnistie des Français emprisonnés pour leur solidarité avec la lutte pour l'indépendance algérienne, parmi lesquels "cinq jeunes hommes et femmes [leur] sont particulièrement proches : Gérard Meier, Jean-Claude Paupert, Jean-Jacques et Nicole Brochier, Claudie Duhamel". Exemplaire de l'un des cinq condamnés :…
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