Copies Worldcat (134 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. (Display of Information) The Story of Highways, results of Federal Aid t the States and an Outline of Postwar Needs. An Exhibit in charts and pictures. Washington, DC. 1944. 10"x 13", 26 charts (ca. 52pp). Automotive Safety Foundation. Original wrappers. Plastic comb binding. GOOD copy, only. There is a bend in the first fifth or so of this oversized pamphlet. This is an interesting display of quantitative data, in bright colors. Uncommon. Provenance, Library of Congress, with a 10mm rubber stamp on the front cover plus a rubber stamp on the title page. WorldCat reports only 6 copiesunexpected!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. How to build and operate short wave receivers: including receivers for the beginners, short wave converters, S-W superheterodynes, super-regenerators, television receivers.Separate printing from Short Wave and Television, 1937. 9.75x7.25", 72pp, loaded with diagrams and schematics. Original wrappers. VG copy. NO COPIES located in WorldCat.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Milholland, Visa. Justice: an Address Pointing out that the False Leaders of Jewry, the Priests and Rabbis, and not the Jewish Nation, Were responsible for the Crucifixion of Jesus. New York, Radio Station WHAP, 1926. Original printed wrappers. 11Pp, 9"x6". Provenance: Library of Congress, with their 10mm perforated "LC" on front wrapper bottom and surplus rubber stamp on the rear cover. There's an ink smudge on front cover, otherwise this is a Very Good copy. Only 5 copies located in WorldCat. [++] Milholland's effort here is to deliver an antisemitic trope without it seeming to be so, a sort of pseudo-apology, pretending to be not-prejudiced and then being so; camouflaged antisemitism.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. (Archiecture and City Planning) ) "Post-war Cities, a proposal advanced for discussion by the National association of real estate boards" (1944), published by the National Association of Real Estate Boards. 20pp, 11x8", original wrappers. Small illustrations sprinkled liberally throughout the publication, like salt. Provenance: Federal Housing Administration, and then the Library of Congress, with their two small rubber stamps on the cover and one LC surplus stamp on the rear cover. This isn't so much a work on restoring war-time bombed-out losses it uses the war losses as metaphor for blighted and challenged areas and makes suggestions for the future.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. (World War II, France, 1944) Ce que veulent les chretiennes de France. (What the Christian Women of France Want.) Les Presses Bretonnes, Saint-Brieuc, 1944 (16 November 1944. 9x5", 19pp. Original wrappers. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their stamp on the front cover. Condition: Fair/Good (3/10). The pamphlet has become browned and is fragile will not withstand double-fold. That said, at least it exists, and is intact. Scarce. WorldCat locates only three copies, all in France: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Bibliotheque interuniversitaire Sainte-Genevieve, and Institut catholique de Paris.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. (Nebraska) Ernest W. Robbins. Drouth. Arapahoe, Nebraska, 1940. Original wrappers. 9"x 6", 6pp. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their stamp on rear wrapper, and small 10mm perforated "LC" on the front cover bottom. G/VG ("Drouth"="drought".) It seems as though there are 2,000 souls in Arapahoe today; in 1940 there were 1,000 people--so, not tiny, but not very large. Rare. [++] "PREFACE. The author of this pamphlet, though a native of Minnesota, has lived in the Republican River Valley of Nebraska, since the fall of 1900, and was a Farmer until bad years, and the depression got him to where he could no longer farm. He feels that he understands conditions in the Great Plains States, and he is quite certain that the people of these states, or a very large part of them, will agree with him when they read this pamphlet and think it over. He hopes to unite the people on a plan that will make these states a comparatively green, and fertile land, instead of becoming a desert, as it has threatened to in the past eight or ten years. This writer admits that Earth Quakes, Tornadoes, Blizzards, and Hail Storms are disasters beyond Man's control, and probably always will be. But he is just as certain that drouth and floods can be controlled, to a large extent, by united effort of the people. He does not wish to appear conceited, nor claim to know more than others, but he has given this matter considerable thought, and he is hardly content to finish this life without letting the people know of his ideas.".

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Holz-Leutner. Kritik der Gottesbeweise. Wien, Freidenkerverlag; Freidenkerbucherei (1927?) 8"x5", 24pp. Original wrappers. Provenance: Library of Congress, with two of their stamps The cover graphic/political/religious cartoon is signed "H.B.". Printed on newsprint. FAIR condition, given the original inferior state of the paper used for printing, this pamphlet is just waiting to break. Weimar existentialism questioning the existence of God. The cover illustration features a preacher distracting a factory worker from his plate of food as another hand slides across the table to steal it. The second panel shows a fit and powerful (and angry) worker ready to pummel a church with a gigantic sledgehammer. [++] WorldCat locates only THREE copies: two in Germany and one in the Netherlands.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Laws Amended 1899 Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne, Ford & Sons, Printers, 1899. 8"x 5", 10pp. Original wrappers. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their fading rubber stamp on front wrapper. Old vertical fold through the pamphlet. GOOD/VG WorldCat locates NO copies.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 5"x 4", 16pp, illustrated throughout, mostly with photos. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their surplus stamp on the front cover. VG condition. NO COPIES listed in WorldCat. The Littleport Society UK (WWII collection) refers to the pamphlet being published in 1943. The pamphlet gets right down to business discussing the Casablanca Conference where FDR met with Churchill and their advisors one of the major results being the announcement that the Allies would accept nothing less than total victory and unconditional surrender of the Axis forces. (Just for the record the pamphlet quotes the opening day of the conference which took place 14-24 January 1943 in discussing unconditional surrender though the announcement is made 24 January 1943.) There was much else decided of tactical and strategic importance deceided there, of course the island-hopping switch in the Pacific, the new invasion of Sicily, preparation for the cross-Channel invasion, for example but for the purposes of understanidng the context of this pamhlet, the unconditional surrender part was pretty big. (Some have argued that it could have created some harm, too, feeding into Nazi propaganda that the German forces fight to the last man and not surrender because of the implied terrors of the "unconditional" part of surrender.).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Pierre Constanini. L'Heure de la France. Text de la Grande Conference faite a Dijon, le 2 Mars 1942, au cours d'une reunion organisee par la Ligue Francaise. 1942. Printer?publisher not stated. 8"x7" 34pp, original wrappers. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their stamps on the front wrapper. GOOD condition. WorldCat finds NO copies of this work. Constanni founded the Liue Francaise, which was a collaborationist group, giving aid to the Nazis, and were anti-Brit, anti-American and very highly anti-Semitic. There's some rough stuff in this pamphlet, like applauding the increase of anti-Semitism in the USA. [No copies in WorldCat.].

Soft cover. Condition: Good. "4 Millionen suchen eine Wohnung" ("4 million looking for housing/apartment.") Informations-Schriften Nr. 6, published by Europa-Verlag, Paris/Berlin, London (though probably published in Berlin by Deutsche Zentralbucherei 1940. (As dated by WorldCat.) WorldCat finds only 4 copies in libraries Worldwide, in Zurich, Leipzig, and Stuttgart, with one copy in the USA at Harvard. 15Pp, 15cm. Very impactful cover design. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their 10-mm perforated "LC" at near-bottom center front cover, and a duplicate stamp on the rear cover. Donated by Manuel Sanchez to the LC in 1944. GOOD copy, though the binding is tender. [++] Nazi propaganda on the desperate situation in London and its housing shortage (amongst other things).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Great Depression. Progressive Education Association. Study Guide to Wild Boys of the Road. Human relations Series of Films excepted from photoplays, Commission on Human Relations, NYC. 1939. 7"x 5", 27pp. With synopsis of film, plus suggested question for discussion (16pp long with a review of each work), plus bibliography. Original wrappers. Provenance: Library of Congress, with two small stamps on front cover, a pencil notation, and a surplus stamp on rear cover. VG condition. Scarce. [++] This is a guide for discussions on "One of the most unrelenting and bleakly desperate of American films made in the 1930s, William Wellman's "Wild Boys of the Road" chronicles the hard-luck life of the road of literally hundreds of thousands of teenagers boys and girls alike who were forced out into the world at large when their family life at home collapsed. Literally torn from the headlines, "Wild Boys of the Road" was based on a story by Daniel Ahern, "Desperate Youth," which unflinchingly documented this unparalleled phenomenon, as written for the screen by Earl Baldwin.Of all the films made during the Depression, "Wild Boys of the Road" is perhaps the most realistic and unsparing, due in no small part to Wellman's penchant for unvarnished realism."--"Wild Boys of the Road" by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster at the LOC site on film history.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. [Stockton, Ca.] NO COPIES in WorldCat. The Public Schools of Stockton, California. 9.25x5.5", 16pp, 18 photos. Odd little pamphlet opens into double-wide mode about halfway through. Original wrappers. Provenance, Library of Congress, with their stick on rear wrapper. There is no date printed here though the Library received it as a transfer in 1916 so the pamphlet is at least that old. GOOD condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. (Roads and Cars) International Pavedway from the Rio Grande to the Great Lakes. (No publisher, no place of publication, no date) ca. 1916. 11"x 8.5". 6pp. Stiff wrappers. Provenance: rubber stamped "The White House", and then on to the Library of Congress, with their stamp on rear cover. Three photo illustrations. GOOD copy only, the front cover becoming detached. [++] Original stiff wrppaers with name of the organization embossed on the cover. Offered with a separate 4pp pamphlet (with a full-page map) that is in Fine condition.[++] NO copies in WorldCat. One minor hit on the title from Google looks like nothing is out there. [++] This seems part of the National Highway Association movement for constructing a national highway. Looks like the HQ for this organization was Danville, Illinois; most of the reps were involved in roads, or rubber, or cement, or automobiles at high exec levels.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. RECHT, Charles. American Deportation Laws, a Report Submitted by Charles Recht, Counsel, to the N.Y. Board of Legal Advice, January 15, 1919. National Civil Liberties Union, NYC. 8.5x5.75", 33pp. Original wrappers. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their surplus stamp on rear cover and two penciled noted on front cover. GOOD copy. Note: only 3 copies of this printed pamphlet found in WorldCat. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. LUNDGREN, Emma. Pioneer Town. The King Company, Chicago, 1939. 11"x8.5". 125pp. Lithoprint (?) of typed pages; occasional text illustrations. Scarce original edition of a history of Rockford, Illinois. Original wrappers, bound in a pair of metal 4-pronged combs. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their rubber stamp on rear cover and a very small rubber stamp on the front cover. The title page is pulled away from the top comb. Good condition. Only FIVE copies located in WorldCat.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Constitution and By-Laws of the National Telegraphic Union as Revised and Amended by the Convention of 1866. Boston, J.B. Fawell and Co., 1866. 130x87mm. 28pp. Original wrappers. Provenance: Library of Congress, with a small 10mm stamp on title and another larger stamp on rear wrapper. VG condition. NO COPIES located in WorldCat. "The Union [formed in 1864] is composed of the principal telegraph operators throughout the country, and is an association formed for benevolent and social purposes." Sept 6 1864, pg 1 NYT.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. The New Oleh and the Kibbutz. Discussion material for bonim and noar. Published by the Habonim Camping Association (Zionist Youth), Summer 1947. 11"x 8.5", 7 leaves. MIMEOGRAPHED. NO COPIES located by WorldCat. Provenance: Gift from the National Jewish Welfare Board to the Library of Congressthere is a small 10mm perforated "LC" stamp on the title page as well as a rubber stamp on the rear wrapper. GOOD copy, only.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. After an Air Raid, an A.B.C. Of Information. Published by the Bute County Council, at the Rothesy Express office (Scotland). 6"x4", 8pp. Original wrappers. VG Provenance: very lightly stamped from the Library of Congress. There are NO copies found in WorldCat. This seems to be 1940-1945, though it has a feel to it of WWI.I'm positive though that this must be WWII. Scarce!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The Lake George Gold Cup Regatta Program. 1934. 12"x 9", 40pp, photo illustrated throughout, featuring places to stay, stories of the boats, great ads (!), and even a bird's-eye view of Lake George. The pamphlet is near-FINEthe glassine dustjacket (made of about the flimsiest dj material on Earth) is a little tatty and torn here and there. And is at best Fair/Good. It does however have the title of the work imprinted in gold on it. There is no indication of the printer or place of publication though I suspect the whole thing was done by Chris-Craft, given the placement of its ads and their frequency. Surprisingly I can find NO copies of this in WorldCat.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Charter and Bye-Laws of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1901. London, Spottiswoode & Co., 1901. 8"x 5", 24pp. Wrappers. Nice copy. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their rubber stamp on front cover. NO copies located for this year in WorldCat.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. (GOODMAN, Robert) Whirler Cranes, for Floating Drydocks. Operation and Maintenance. Wagner & Co, 1943. 9"x5", 92pp, with illustrations throughout the work. Stiff wrappers. VG copy. NO COPIES found in WorldCat.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 9"x6", 45pp. Original wrappers. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their rubber tamp on front wrapper. WorldCat locates only 7 copies--only one copy in the U.S.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Outlie, Marthe (1901-1945). Finlande Terre di Courage. Flammarion, dated 13 March 1940, 7"x4.5", 30pp Original wrappers. Fragile, browned, but it exists there are no paper copies of this work found in WorldCat. Fair copy. "Printed in France", this just two months away from the beginning of the Battle of France on 10 May 1940, with France capitulating 25 June 1940. Finland at this point was nearly at the end of their defensive war (the Winter War) that began after the Soviet nvasion in November 1939. This booklet interestingly was printed the day after the end of the Winter War on 12 March. Provenance: Library of Congress, Pamphlet Collection, with a few small rubber stamps on the cover. This pamphlet is tender.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Paolo Tedeschi, I communisti otaliani, l'unita nazionale contro l'invasore. Edizioni della Federazione campana del Partito Cinnunista Italiano, Naples. (Dated on the last page of text for Naples, November 1943.) 6"x4.25". 15 leaves. Provenance: Library of Congress, rubber stamped on the rear of the title page 2 March 1945, also with the LC surplus stamp on the rear wrapper. Wrappers. [++] This is an odd printing of this document it seems to be stapled leaves of photographic paper of the original document and is printed no later than March 1945. [++] NO COPIES are found in WorldCat. [++]"Paolo Tedeschi was an Italian partisan during World War II, known for his involvement in the resistance against Fascist forces. He became notable for his efforts in fighting against the Nazi occupation and the Italian Fascist regime. Tedeschi's experiences during the war influenced his later philosophical and social work, particularly in advocating for community support and rehabilitation."--POE AI He also served at least in 1944 as the leader of the Communist Party in Italy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Fifty Facts about Hitler. Published by the War Facts Press, London, [1939]. 4.75x3.5", (52)pp. Original wrappers. GOOD copy, though becoming a bit frail. Provenance: Library of Congress, with two very small stamps on the front wrapper and one larger rubber stamp on the rear cover. [++] WorldCat locates 9 copies, NONE in the U.S.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. SWINNEY, H(arold) E(dward). SMOE, Latrine Orderly. Fort Worth, Texas, 1947 by the Ledger Company. 9" x6', 32pp (unpaginated). Original stiffish wrappers. Provenance: Library of Congress, with a couple of marks on the front wrapper, and a rubber stamp on the rear wrapper. Pretty nice copy of a book NOT LOCATED in WorldCat. Includes the original carbon copy of the LC card catalog card. GOOD condition. Rare. [++] Is it possible that James Steveson's Paddington : report on the necessity of latrine accommodation for women in the Metropolis, published in 1879, is the first book published in English to use the word "latrine" in the title?! Well, in a lightly interesting and perhaps stupefying way, the answer is "yes". And this just to get to this very obscure graphic/cartoon/book, "Smoe, the Latrine Orderly", by H.E. Swinney, published by the Ledger Company in Fort Worth, Texas. According to WorldCat there aren't any copies of this book in any subscriber library anywhere in the world. I'm both surprised and underprised. The cartoons all appeared in the Fort Worth Army Air Field's newspaper "Lone Star Scanner", which is also a publication that doesn't seem to have survived anywhere. I do not know for sure who Mr. Swinney was, though it seems that he was Harold Edward Swinney (1921-2008, born in Texarcana, Texas) who served in the USAAF and was stationed in Texas in 1939. The pamphlet's jokes and cartoons I can appreciate as having been funny once upon a time, making people laugh as they snapped their newspapers over their eggs at the Rexall. Some of the humor is humorous, and some isn't. Anyway I'm sure that "Smoe" did its job for when it was called upon. [++] By the way the word "latrine" is from the French and from the Latin before that, and appears fairly early in English (1642 according to my 1933 OED), but for whatever reason, it just doesn't find its way into the title of any English books for more than two hundred years. [++]The reason I'm spending any time at all on this little pamphlet is because its title is so entirely unexpected. And that, as the man said, is all I have to say about that.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Help Norway. Brooklyn, Norwegian Relief Committee, [1940]. 237x105mm, 6pp, trifolded. Provenance: Library of Congress (received 1945), cover illustration, two interior text photos of "German ruthlessness". On the fighting spirit of Norway, providing monetary support, review of Nazi atrocities. NO COPIES located in WorldCat.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. (Ocracoke Island, North Carolina) Hyde County Chamber of Commerce Annual Convention, Ocracoke Island, July 3, 1939. Hyde County, N.C., 1939. 12"x 9", 22pp, illustrations and advertisements throughout! Printed on glossy paper. Bound in stiff paper wrappers. Condition: Fair/Good. The edges of the pamphlet are pretty worn and bumped and chipped. This is a scarce publication, as WorldCat locates NO copies.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. (Japan and China) (Thomas W. Lamont.) L'Amerique, la Chine, et les Dictateurs, le Suicide du Japon. (Detroit) 1943. 9"x6", 21pp. Signed "R.V." at the end of the last paragraph. Only FOUR copies located in WorldCat (none in the U.S.) Original wrappers, with several small stamps on cover and first page of text. Provenance: Library of Congress. GOOD copy. Looks to me like a review of the recent militaristic history of Japan going back to the Russo-Japanese War, with the overall sensation of negative interpretations of Japanese actions against China and the ultimate failure of Japan. [++] "Lamont [former chair JP Morgan] later undertook a semiofficial mission to Japan in 1920 to protect American financial issues in Asia. However, he did not aggressively challenge Japanese efforts to build a sphere of influence in Manchuria; indeed, he supported Japan's non-militaristic politics until late into the 1930s.Ron Chernow won the National Book Award for his book The House of Morgan in which he claimed that Lamont had authored the infamous Japanese response to deceive the world about the Mukden incident, which was used as a pretext for Japan's invasion of Manchuria. That defied the expressed position of US government and the League of Nations that Japan, not China, was the aggressor."--Wikipedia.