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], by United States. House of Representatives - 1975: 94th congress, first session. Serial no. 26.

1958. Carte de voeux. Très bon. Aucune reliure. Signé par l'illustrateur. Ed. originale. Carte de voeux de l'artiste israëlien Michael Argov pour l'année 1958. 23 x 15,5 cm, 2 ff., avec une lithographie originale en couleurs en page 3 numérotée 13/50, signée et datée à la mine de plomb, en page deux un envoi autographe signé à la plume. Bel état..

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… Read More

Three original British Official nitrate photographs. Issued for the British Information Services by the Central Office of Information. London. 7 February 1963. 20.5 x 25.5 cm. Royal Marines conquer another Antarctic Peak. Pictures just received from the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Ship H.M.S. Protector, taken during the successful climb to the top of the hitherto unscaled 9,000 feet Mount Gaudry, highest mountain on Adelaide Island inside the Antarctic Circle... made the final ten hour ascent in a night assault cutting steps and hand holds in a steep ice face... Each photograph has the original typewritten information pasted to reverse. Crown Copyright reserved (Admiralty) Stamped Daily Mail Filed 8 Feb 1963.*Halt for refreshment along Fuchs Piedmont during the 17 miles haul to base camp. In front are: Marines M Constance; M Pike; P Bitcheno; A Cawthorne. Middle row: Corporal J Morton and Marine R Brotherton. Behind: Captain T J Wills, RM, and Corporal G Kingdon.*Royal Marine detachment of HMS PROTECTOR… Read More

1776. Near Fine. 56 x 75 cm. Attractive calligraphy on vellum. Christopher Gullett of Exeter, gentleman, grants to the Rev. Saint Andrew Saint John of Somerly in Southampton Co., John Burton of Jacobstow in Devon Co., esq., and Ambrose Hall of London, administrators and assigns, the property known as Hayton in Sampford Spiney, Devon Co. With an ebossed grey-and-gilt one shilling stamp affixed to one side and an engraved stamp on the reverse; and the signature of Christopher Gullett at the lower edge with a red seal. Sealed and delivered in the presence of Wm. Kirkby and H. Hall. In Near Fine Condition: exterior when folded slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and bright.

New York: Vantage Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. [10], 95 p.; 21 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. White dust jacket printed in blue with portrait of the author on the front section. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, with added inscription noting that he died in January, 1978. The author's obituary from the Evening Bulletin is taped to the front fixed endpaper. With 2 pieces of photocopied correspondence from John B. Hannum to Margaret Hileman, daughter of Leo H. McKay, thanking her for the gift of this book (one taped to the half title page, the other loose). John B. Hannum (1915-2007) was a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1991. Leo H. McKay was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County, Pa., from 1954 to 1968. In this book, he discusses 12 trials of particular interest during his time on that bench. Scarce. Book is in Very Good Condition: provenance-related items described above; underlining in… Read More

Philadelphia: s.n., 1850. Pamphlet. Very Good -. 8 p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "24" in ink at upper right-hand corner of first page. Caption title. Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862) was a prominent lawyer in Philadelphia. In this opinion he argues that the city of Philadelphia did not have the authority to extend the railroad over the Schuylkill River on the existing Market Street bridge. The city nevertheless used the existing Permanent Bridge to bring the railroad across the river to the city. Very scarce. In Very Good- Condition: disbound; last leaf is partially detached; minimal foxing; otherwise, clean.

RARE/SCARCE.USED. GOOD CONDITION. HARPER & BROTHERS. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1870. MAN AND WIFE, a novel by WILKIE COLLINS, author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White. Brown boards with ornate gold gilt titles on spine. Large octavo, original cloth, 239 pages [text printed in two columns] (followed by 4 pages of adverts). ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece portrait and text vignettes. Signed and dated by former owners Mr. & Mrs. A. B. Wiswall of Newton Lake Falls, Mass. Sept. 1869.

Oslo, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1933. SCARCE. From the collection of noted semiotician and linguist Thomas A. Sebeok, his signature in ink front end pages of all 3 volumes. A Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, Sebeok was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica, the leading periodical in the field. Very Good, chips to edges of wrappers, corner chips rear end pages.. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hellman, Lillian: The Searching Wind. PLAY The Viking Press, 1st Ed., First printing Thus, June, 1944. DRAMA. Used. Good/Good unclipped DJ $2.00 price. Protected in a mylar wrap.

Wharton, Edith et al. Stories from Scribner: Stories of New York. Charles Scribner's Sons, Copyright 1893. Authors and stories included in this book are: From Four to Six, Annie Elliot; The commonest possible Story, Bliss Perry; The End of the Beginning, George A. Hibbard; A Puritan Ingenue, John S. Wood; Mrs. Manstey's View, Edith Wharton. Used. Black, leather-bound pocket-size edition. Pink closure ribbon has gone. Good condition. Binding is a little loose. RARE.