Search Results: Titles starting with A from Bloomsbury Books

Los Angeles, CA: Academic Associates. Offered is AA Book News - Mid Season Bulletin published in 1972 by Academic Associates out of Los Angeles, California. A libertarian newsletter offering books for sale, measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing eight pages. The newsletter contains book reviews by prominent libertarians and objectivists, including "Nine Lies About America" by Arnold Beichman reviewed by Barbara Branden; "Psychosomatics" by Howard R. and Martha E. Lewis reviewed by Nathaniel Branden; "The Origins of Modern Science" by Herbert Butterfield reviewed by George H. Smith; "Critique of Religion and Philosophy" by Walter Kaufmann reviewed by George H. Smith; "Hypnosis: Is It For You?" by Lewis R. Wolberg reviewed by Nathaniel Branden; "The Time of Our Lives" by Mortimer J. Adler reviewed by R. [Roy] A. Childs, Jr.; "On Becoming a Person" by Carl R. Rogers reviewed by Nathaniel Branden; "Church, State and Freedom" by Leo Pfeffer reviewed by George H. Smith; "The Impudent Snobs" by John R.… Read More

Fort Knox, KY: U.S. Army Armor School, 1984. Book. VG+. Soft cover. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A left-stapled softcover containing 150 pages including front and rear covers. Reproduced from PS Magazine, as stated on the cover, an instruction book for the use of small arms accompanied by operational illustrations using illustrated characters (as if from an action comic book) using dialogue. The Table of Contents are as follows: Machine Guns (5 types); M16A1 Rifle; M203 Grenade Launcher. Covers show the lightest of soil; tiny corner crease..

Washington, D.C.: American Association of Retired Persons, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A left-folded publication measuring 10-1/2" by 13-1/2" and containing 20 pages including front and rear covers. With photographs throughout, contents include Feds Launch Generic Drug Probe ("Corruption and fraud trigger major inquiry"); FAA: It's Flying Blind ("Flawed study supports forced retirement rule"); Who Pays? ("Employers and employees hope someone else will foot the benefits bill"); Why AARP Supports Catastrophic Benefits; Who's in 'Good Hands'? ("Congressmen take aim at insurance industry's antitrust shield"); Some States Tax Former Residents' Pensions; America's Oldest Old Need a Raise, Hill Told ("Poverty Rate is 19.2 Percent"); Drug Safety Charges Draw Challenge: No Reason for Fear; All For the Wild: [Mardy] Murie Pursues Preservation from Alaska to Yellowstone.… Read More

Washington, D.C.: American Association of Retired Persons, 1989. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A left-folded publication measuring 10-1/2" by 13-1/2" and containing 20 pages including front and rear covers. With photographs throughout, contents include Drug Price See-Saw ("Store charges differ widely, AARP sleuths find"); Female Faces Are Still a Rarity Atop the U.S. Corporate Ladder; Catastrophic Overhaul Now Seems Likely (on Medicare); Older Workers: Out In the Rain ("Supreme Court Decrees that ADEA Does Not Protect Benefit Plans"); Access to Care Needs To Be a Basic Right; HHS Head Accepts Premium Change (Dr. Louis Sullivan); Budget Battles ("Older Americans have special interest in this year's squabbles"); "Bravissimo, Maestro" ('The music is still with you,' says conductor [Victor Norman]); Regional Bell Companies Lobby to Relax Profit Caps; Spreading the Pain ("Supreme Court ruling leads to… Read More

Washington, D.C.: American Association of Retired Persons, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A left-folded publication measuring 10-1/2" by 13-1/2" and containing 20 pages including front and rear covers. With photographs throughout, contents include: 'No way to fix this' law: Congress stymies catastrophic act (on the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act); SSA 'payee' program leaves thousands at risk; Too far down to look up: When feeling blue turns to depression; Mis-measure of man: Bad performance reviews can signal age bias; Office of Management and Budget backs up Labor Dept.'s private pension abuse warning: Critics call concerns 'hysteria'; Wired for sound: Hearing aid advances offer wide choices; Safety's the talk of this town (on Safety Town, a safety training program for 4- and 5-year-olds, with profile of Dorothy Chlad, with photo). Mailing name and address printed to upper right corner of front cover..

Washington, D.C.: American Association of Retired Persons, 1989. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A left-folded publication measuring 10-1/2" by 13-1/2" and containing 16 pages including front and rear covers. With photographs throughout, contents include Rural Hospitals Squeezed ("We've regressed"); Who Will be 'Mr. Aging?' ("Experts say Pepper's [Claude Pepper] shoes will be hard to fill"); Premium Changes Due Soon: Senate Orders Review of Catastrophic Law; Beyond the Beat: Doctors Take a New Look at Hypertension; Critics of Older Drivers Veer Sharply Off Course; Housing Bill Would Help Elderly Stay Independent; A World of 'Tomorrow' - Modern America Made Its Debut at the 1939 [World's] Fair; Recalling [Claude] Pepper: Elderly America Loses Its Man With a Mission. Mailing name and address printed to upper right corner of front cover..

Portland, ME: Veterans for Peace, Inc.. Offered is the fourth printing of "ABOLISH WAR! THE LAST CAMPAIGN - A VFP [Veterans for Peace] Contribution to Earth Day 1990" signed by VFP notables (see below). [Please note that, as stated, the first three printings had a combined print run of 18 copies; the fourth printing had a print run of 2,500 copies]. Published by Veterans for Peace, Inc. out of Portland, Maine, a softcover with glossy covers measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. With photographs and illustrations throughout, the Contents are: Preface; Premises; The End of the Process; New Impetus; Who is the Enemy?; Veteran for Peace Positions; History of Veterans for Peace; and Action. The Appendix contains: Precis of Veterans for Peace; Veterans for Peace Activities; The Combined Statements of Veterans; Statement of Nuclear Warriors; General Douglas MacArthur: Abolition of War; The Statement of Seville; and Veterans for Peace Chapter Directory. Signed… Read More

Washington, D.C: National Impact. Offered is "ACTION - NATIONAL IMPACT" (No. 99-E10 dated May 2, 1986) published by National Impact out of Washington, D.C. A single-paged legislative update measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and printed on both sides. As stated, National IMPACT is "a legislative information network sponsored by the national agencies of twenty-three Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Jewish groups. National IMPACT monitors legislation before the U.S. Congress under these priorities: Halt the Arms Race; Secure Economic Justice and Protect Human Rights." Headlined, "Congress to Decide Fate of Salvadoran Refugees," the topics are: ISSUE ("The DeConcini/Moakley bill to suspend all deportations of Salvadorans has been approved by immigration subcommittees of both the House and Senate. S 377/HR 822 would temporarily stop the United States from sending Salvadorans back to civil war in El Salvador"); RECOMMENDED ACTION (to support bill); WRITE OR PHONE;… Read More

Oslo, Norway: Wilhelm Hansen, Musik-Forlag. Containing six pages including front and rear covers, with three pages of music and lyrics in three-staff format, with the top treble staff for voice and the lower treble and bass staffs for piano. Lyrics are in Norwegian and German. Probable later printing from the 1950s. Condition: small corner chips, a few short closed edge tears, none of this affecting the music and lyrics. . Good. Sheet Music. 1st Edition. 1931.

New York, NY: AFA (Americans for Amnesty). Offered is the January 1976 issue of "AFA NOTES" (Vol. II No. 1) published by Americans for Amnesty out of New York City. A left-folded newsletter measuring 7" by 8-1/2" and containing 16 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: lead editorial Undesirable Aliens - Ours by Muriel Rukeyser; short About the Editorial ("The author of this month's editorial, distinguished poet Muriel Rukeyser, has a son who spent several years in exile as a draft resister before his situation was legally relieved a year ago"); We Call for Amnesty: Vets With Bad Discharges; All-out amnesty urged; He Had Courage by Norma Hicks ("Norma Hicks is the mother of a resister [Jim Hicks] who has been enduring all kinds of harassment and physical hardship"); New York Times Comes Out for Amnesty; Angola: "Ford's Vietnam"?; reprint of New York Times article of Wednesday, January 7, 1976 by Richard D. Lyons entitled… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: American Friends Service Committee. Offered is the Spring 1974 issue of "AFSC Quaker Service Bulletin" edited by Tevis Rowan and published by the American Friends Service Committee out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A left-folded newspaper measuring 11-3/8" by 15" and containing 8 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: AFSC Trio Captive in Vietnam ("On January 22, 1974, Diane Jones and two other AFSC staff from Quang Ngai Rehabilitation Center in South Vietnam were captured by National Liberation Forces of North Vietnam. The three people were held captive for twelve days. The following is a condensation of Diane's account of their experience"); Court Rules Indians Have Right to Fish; centerfold story Indochina: 'The Cause of the Illness Remains and Is Not Understood' - Ordeal of Cambodia, An Eyewitness Report by Russell Johnson. Folded once; lightly age-toned. . Near Fine. Newspaper. 1st Edition. 1974.

Minneapolis, MN: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1972. Book. Fine. Wraps. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A left-folded pamphlet measuring nearly 3-1/4" by 6-1/4" and containing 12 pages including front and rear covers. Topics include: Is Yours Sour?; Four-Fold Repetition; Marriage is Like a Tent; A Change to Grow; Have You the Designer? With portrait photo of Leighton Ford to front cover..

No Place: American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Offered is a report entitled "APGA [American Personnel and Guidance Association] TASK FORCE REPORT: [Military Armed Forces] RECRUITMENT ABUSES - LEGAL ASPECTS" published by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in 1974. Although not stated in the document, reprinted with APGA's permission. An upper-left-corner stapled document measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing eight pages including front and rear covers. As stated, "This preliminary report deals with the legal recruitment abuses of the Armed Forces. The report further makes recommendations to counselors, American Personnel and Guidance Association and the Armed Forces" ("Although the armed forces today are attempting to give the recruit what he is promised, the enlistee at this time has nothing to rely on but good will"). With a list of APGA Task Force Members; References to rear cover. Rear cover lightly sunned. . Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1974. Read More

Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Resistance, 1973. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Offered is an original brochure entitled "ARE YOU WILLING TO SAVE A LIFE?" published in 1973 by Philadelphia Resistance out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A left-folded brochure with eight panels, with each panel measuring 3-3/4" by 8-1/2". With a front cover photograph of a "Buddhist Monk in Tiger Cage," the brochure begins, "There are 200,000 political prisoners in U.S. financed jails in South Vietnam. This is in violation of the 1973 Paris [Peace] Agreement. The lives of these prisoners and the viability of the Agreement are in jeopardy." With two inside photographs of Mrs. Ngo Ba Thanh, A Vietnamese attorney (the first, advising a group of demonstrators before her arrest in 1971, and the second, several months later at her military tribunal trial), and with relevant passages from the 1973 Paris Peace Agreements on Vietnam with… Read More

Marina Del Rey, CA: Ayn Rand Institute, 1997. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Offered is an original portfolio from the Ayn Rand Institute issued in advance of the seminar "Introduction to Planned Giving" presented by Kathy Cross, Gift & Estate Planning Consultant, on Thursday, July 31, 1997. Enclosed by a quality, outer gray folder measuring 9" by 12" with sticker "ARI - Introduction to Planned Giving - Planning for the future with the Ayn Rand Institute" pasted to the front cover, the inside two pockets contain the following sheets (mostly 8-1/2" by 11"): 1) one-page "Introduction to Planned Giving" (with questions and answers); 2) one-page "The Ayn Rand Institute - Introduction to Planned Giving" providing information on the seminar and topics to be discussed; 3) one-page chart "'Life-income' Charitable Gifts"; 4) one-page "Gift and Estate Tax Table"; 5) stapled… Read More

Managua, Nicaragua: The Guatemalan Church in Exile [IGE], 1988. Book. Near Fine. Magazine. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Offered is "THE ARMY'S WAR AGAINST THE GUATEMALAN CAMPESINOS" published in August 1988 by The Guatemalan Church in Exile [IGE] out of Managua, Nicaragua. Most likely photocopied by Guatemalan rights activists in the United States, the single-stapled publication measures 8-1/2" by 11" and contains 20 pages photocopied on one side, with several photocopied photographs. The front cover photograph of a young Guatemalan man holding an artillery shell is described "A refugee community escaped death when a 105mm artillery shell fired by the army failed to explode." The Contents are: small map of Guatemala (pinpointing several things, including the Ixcan Grande Cooperatives, military bases and garrisons, and airstrips); Introduction (which begins: "In spite of the constant affirmations by the Christian Democrat government of… Read More

Kobenhavn & Leipzig: Wilhelm Hansen, Music-Forlag. Issued in sturdy light green covers with a dark green bordered illustration of a Viking and leafy vines. Ten pages including front and rear covers with three pages of music with lyrics in Finnish, German, and Swedish. ".75" in small pen to lower right corner of front cover; internal pages are lightly age-browned (as per type of paper stock used); else and overall in excellent condition. . Near Fine. Sheet Music. First Revised Edition. 1922.

Dublin, Ireland: The National Theatre Society, Ltd., 1966. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A left-stapled program with illustrated cover, measuring 5-5/8" by 8-3/4" and containing 12 pages including front and rear covers. The program for "Never the Time and the Place" - A Comedy in One Act by Lennox Robinson premiering on Monday, June 27, 1966 (with Siobhan Ni Eaghra, Aingeal Ni Nuamain, Maire Ni Neill, and Uinsionn O. Dubhlainn) and "The Irishwoman of the Year" - A Play in Three Acts by John Power (with Caitlin Ni. Bhearain, Liam O. Foghlu, Sinead Ni Chiosoig, Uinsionn O. Dubhlainn, Eadaoin Ni Cheallaigh, Seathrun O. Goili, Padraig MacLeid, Eamonn Guailli, Micheal O. hAonghusa, Peadar O. Luain, Siobhan Ni Eaghra, Padraig Lafan, and Sile Ni Chonaill). With portrait photos of several of the actors..

Cristobal, Canal Zone: Florida State University, 1972. Book. VG+. Soft cover. Third Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Left-stapled softcover with photographs, map and text in both Spanish and English. Small stamp of the Welwood Murray Memorial Library (Palm Springs) to title page; covers show tiny corner crease and very light wear..

London, England: Libertarian Alliance, 1986. Book. Fine. Wraps. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A left-folded pamphlet measuring 8-1/4" by 11-11/16" and containing four pages including front and rear covers. The topics are: Preface by Chris R. Tame and Brian Micklethwait; Introduction ("My involvement in the Libertarian Party dates back to 1972 when a scraggly group of about 85 of us met in Denver, Colorado, at the Party's first national convention"); Hayekian Intellectuals versus Academics; Academics versus Liberty; The Leninist and Nazi Models of Political Action; Bringing Ideas to the People; Experts and the Decline of American Freedom..