Basil Browne (4 results)

- Hardcover
Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.Hennessey + Ingalls
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More imagesGambling : Public Policies and the Social Sciences
Eadington, William R. & Cornelius, Judy A (eds.) Colin S. Campbell; Cory Aronovitz.; Basil R. Browne; Lisa Morris ; Alan Block; William L. Holmes; David Spanier; Russell T. Barnhart; John O-Hara; John R. Mills;
Language: English
Published by Institute for The Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 1997
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Seller: Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.Pistil Books Online, IOBA
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Very small tear bottom inside front hinge. Previous owner's name or sticker in front sect…ion of the book. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 694 pages of fine print with multiple fold-out charts. Contents include: Essays on the spread of gambling (Gaming and entertanment, Gambling in Europe), Gaming and new jurisdictions (Regulation and economic impact of riverboat casino gambling in Illinois, Charity gaming in Western Canada, Casinos in Margarita Island, Venezuela), Indian gaming (American Indian gaming law, Impact of Native American gaming on rural areas -- Wisconsin, Development of casino industries on American Indian reservations and South African homeland: a comparison) Economic and social impacts of commercial gaming (in several sections) Planning processes and bidding for casino licenses (in several sections), Studies in history and culture of gambling (in several sections), Lotteries (in several sections), Legal and regulatory issues (Under the halo of good causes, Organized crime and casinos: an international phenomenon, When is a pay-off a pay-off?) Keywords: Spread, Gambling, Gaming and entertanment, Gambling in Europe, New jurisdictions, Regulation, Economic impact, Riverboat casino gambling, Illinois, Charity gaming, Western Canada, Casinos, Margarita Island, Venezuela, Indian gaming, Indian gaming law, Impact of Native American gaming on rural areas -- Wisconsin, Development of casino, Industries, American Indian reservations, South African, Homeland, Comparison, Economic social impacts, Commercial gaming, Planning processes, Bidding, Casino licenses, Studies, History, Culture, Gambling, Lotteries, Several, Sections, Legal, Regulatory, Issues, Good causes, Organized Crime, Casinos, International, Phenomenon.
Published by Vernell Coriell, 1956
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. THE BURROUGHS BULLETIN #12, Vernell Coriell, 1956, first edition, fine in wraps. While a good starting bibliography exists at the end of this issue, this publication mostly deals with the death of ERB and prints tributes by Joe McCarthy, Darrell C. Richardson, Samuel Peeples, Basil Wells, Lex Barker, Elmo Lincoln,… Ray Bradbury, Allan Howard, Johnny Weissmuller, Howard Browne, Buster Crabbe, J. Allan St. John, Philip Jose Farmer, Robert C. Ruark, et.al. There are also essays by ERB, Stanleigh B. Vinson, Ted McInerney, Maurice Gardner, etc. This issue also contains photos of actors who have portrayed Tarzan as well as the artwork of Rex Maxon, Hannes Bok & Reg Manning.
More imagesLarge Family Archive of the Benwell Rees - Family, including William Benwell Rees (brother to actor Benedict Cumberbatch's grandmother Helen Rees, by marriage to British Diplomat Henry Arnold Cumberbatch, who was Consul in Romania, Turkey and Lebanon ). The archive includes at least one manuscript letter by Henry Arnold Cumberbatch and around one thousand documents chronicling the lives of the ex-patriate Benwell Rees family from 1890-1970 in Alexandria and Monaco, including William Benwell Rees, whose marriage to Etheldreda Blanche Barker cemented the family's role in the highest circles of Alexandria life. The archive also charts their son Basil Rees' decade in Monaco under Princess Grace and Prince Rainer III where he served as President of the British Association in the 1950's-'60s and solicited a letter written by Sir Anthony Arthur Duncan Montague Browne, on Winston Churchill's behalf on Chartwell headed paper in which the former Prime Minister declined to attend an event in Mona
[Cumberbatch, Benedict] Cumberbatch, Henry Arnold / Rees, Helen / Basil Benwell Rees / William Benwell Rees / Etheldreda Blanche Barker / [Sir Winston Churchill / Sir Anthony Arthur Duncan Montague Browne [Private Secretary to Sir Winston Churchill]]
Language: English
Published by Alexandria / Monaco / etc., c. 1902 - 1967, 1967
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, IrelandInanna Rare Books Ltd.
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Condition: Wie neu. Octavo. Six Volumes with hundreds of pieces of Ephemera, an original Theatre Couplet, photographs, newspaper-clippings, Theatre Programmes etc. Half Morocco. Bindings stronger rubbed and slightly damaged.