Dictionaire Historique et Critique Volume 2 D - L by Pierre Bayle - 1720 by Pierre Bayle - 1720

Paris; 1902 and 1910: Imprimerie Nationale. Quarto. 212pp. and 108pp.Two volumes in one with two title pages, volume two with the original wrapper bound in. At the initiative of the French government, an International Conference for the Suppression of the White Slave Trade Traffic was concluded in 1904. followed by an International Convention of the same name in 1910. The agreement provided for the establishment of national machinery to coordinate information relative to the procuring "for immoral purposes" abroad of women or girls. States parties pledged to exchange this information and to take concerted measures for detecting persons involved in the traffic and repatriating its victims. In addition, the parties undertook to punish the traffickers if the victim was under twenty years old, even in cased in which the victim had consented. In the case of older women, who were presumed to be exercising the profession freely, traffickers would be punished only if they had used fraud violence or… Read More

A Paris: Chez Agasse, An V (1797).. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. viii, 392pp. []4, A8-Z8, Aa8, Bb4. Half-title present. Third edition, published by Sophie Condorcet and Daunou. Later quarter calf over boards by GKB Pynaker, Bookbinders at the Hague, with their small bookplate. A. Martin & G. Walter, Catalogue de l'histoire de la Révolution Française 8083.

Edward Arnold, London U.K., 1900s. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/--. 7 1/8 H x 5 1/8 W x 5/8 inch. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book VERY GOOD/ Covers Good Please read my detailed description. Coated Paper. Boards and spine are blue cloth, lettering black. FRONT COVER has black embossed Britannia Seated, a depiction of what appears to be a head-on view of sailing ship sails and mast figurehead, and in black embossed lettering Arnold’s School Series, Britannia History Readers, Book II, 1s 6d (this is the price in shillings and pennies). The front cover has two bent corners one with the cloth worn and one with a small tear, some edge wear, some light soil on open side edge. The SPINE text has been worn with the years and parts are not as clear but the entire text is present and legible, the spine is worn at top and bottom with wear to the cloth on the top 1/8 inch of spine and same on bottom, the spine has a bit of edge wear to front and back edges.… Read More

Edinburgh: Francis A. Niccolls & Co., 1913. Hardcover. Good, 8 volumes in blue cloth, numbered set, one volume was replaced from a different numbered set, some outer wear and rubbing, some inner hinges cracked.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1983. Paperback. Very Good. vii, [3], 248 p.: illustrations, tables; 25 cm. Paperback with green and white cover. Part of the Yale Language Series: McGill University Companions to Modern Greek Studies. Former owner's name inside front cover: Stephanie Kordas. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; front cover has several small indentations; other than former owner's name, clean and tight.

Paris: Furne et Cie, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good +. Vol 1 � vii, 528 pgs. Vol 2 � 502 pgs. Vol 3 � 510 pgs. Vol 4 � 494 pgs. Text in French.6 x 9 in. Half chocolate-brown morocco with red marbled shiny paper boards. 4 raised bars on spine with gilt lettering and designs. Brown marble endpapers. Marbled edges to text block. Brown silk bookmark. Tissue-protected frontis illustration. Vol 4 has fold-out map at end. Condition of books is VERY GOOD+ ; leather and gilt on spines very clean and bright, some very slight wear, very faint cracking. Some wear to paper boards. Tops of text block darkened with age. Foxing sporadic throughout text. Large David B. Ogden bookplate on front paste down. Wear to and very small tears to corners. Very tight Vol 1 � slight damage to raised bars on spine, wear to front board.Vol 3 � tiny damage to one raised band of spine.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887. Hardcover. Fair. Gift inscription signed by author on half-title page - dated March 2, 1888. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Boards have bumping at corners and fraying at head and tail of spine. Book is cocked. Hinges are exposed. Front board partially separated from text block. 355 pp.

ANZIA YEZIERSKA: 1932, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, First Edition, 1932. Printed and bound in the U.S.A. by Chas. H. Bohn & Co. . USED. Good/ No DJ Included. About the author: "Yezierska's fiction focuses on Jewish immigrant life at the turn of the century, and she sees herself as giving voice to her people".

Frankfurt und Leipzig: Göbhardt, 1762. Hardcover. Very Good. [32], 576, [8] p., frontispiece; 21 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 a-b8 A-2N8 2O4 (4to). Full contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; blind-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges red. Paste paper endpapers. First volume of the first German edition of La Science du Gouvernement by Gaspard de Réal de Curban (1682-1752). Scarce. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at head of spine and at upper corner of back board; minor worm damage to back board; internally clean and tight.

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS The Rose Tattoo. !950, New Directions, NY. STATED FIRST PRINTING. Used. Very Good/ Good- Condition Original Lustig pink rose dust jacket. Front flap Price $3.00. Nice. Summary: A drama with comedic elements. Set in the 20th Century American South. About an Italian family. 144 pages. 5 1/2 X 8 3/8