Their Language (4 results)
Encounter March 1975 / Philip Larkin "The Real Wilfred Owen" / Janis Sapiets "Conversation With Solzhenitsyn" / Jorg Steiner "Lorca" / Cyril Connolly "Remembering Auden" / Frank Gibney "The Japanese & Their Language" / George Feaver "Wounded Knee & the New Tribalism (II)" / Mark Abrams "The British Middle-Class Socialist"
Melvin J Lasky and Anthony Thwaite (Editors) / Philip Larkin "The Real Wilfred Owen" / Janis Sapiets "Conversation With Solzhenitsyn" / Jorg Steiner "Lorca" / Cyril Connolly "Remembering Auden" / Frank Gibney "The Japanese & Their Language" / George Feaver "Wounded Knee & the New Tribalism (II)" / Mark Abrams "The British Middle-Class Socialist"
Published by Encounter Ltd, 1975
- Softcover
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Shore Books, London, United KingdomShore Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 97 pages. Philip Larkin "The Real Wilfred Owen" / Janis Sapiets "Conversation With Solzhenitsyn" / Jorg Steiner "Lorca" / Cyril Connolly "Remembering Auden" / Frank Gibney "The Japanese & Their Language" / George Feaver "Wounded Knee & the New Tribalism (II)" / Mark Abrams "The British Middle-Cl…ass Socialist".
Published by Druckerei de Jong & Co. (1964), Hilversum Holland., 1964
Seller: antiquariat volapük, Berlin, Germanyantiquariat volapük
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Add to basketOMappe mit 18 eingelegten Bögen. Designed by Ton Raateland. Ausgabe viersprachig: holl., dt., frz., engl. Fotos auf Anfrage.
Meredith
Sassoon, Siegfried [1886-1967] George Meredith (February 12, 1828 - May 18, 1909) was an English Victorian poet and novelist, whose novels are noted for their wit, brilliant dialogue, and aphoristic quality of language.
Published by Published by Constable and Company Ltd., 10-12 Orange Street, Leicester Square, London First Edition . 1948., 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United KingdomLittle Stour Books PBFA Member
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains collogravure frontispiece, (viii), 269 pp. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chip to the top of the spine, rubbing to the corner…s, not price clipped, 15/-. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).
More images[Wanted Poster] $100 REWARD WANTED IN ROBINSON, ILL.,FOR WORKING CONFIDENCE GAME NAME,- Prof. H. C. Belmont. Aliases:--Prof. Credo, Prof. Amand, Prof. King, Prof. Raphael, Count P. A. Pulaski, John Schiller, Dr. Alvina and Paul Thomas, but his original and correct name is Paul Thomasky. born in Poland, occupation accountant, stenographer, clairvoyant, palmist, (and while here advertised as the World's Greatest Seer, Clairvoyant, Palmist-Healer.) This man is a Jew by birth, but was educated for a Catholic priest. Has a fine Polish and German education, and speaks seven different languages fluently -Polish, German, Flemish, English and three other languages that I do not recall. He has had experience in the general mercantile business. . .
. . . suite of rooms at the finest local hotel, and purchase advertisements in local newspapers. He branded himself as an aristocratic European seer - sometimes claiming to be a Polish "Count" (Count P. A. Pulaski) or a highly credentialed mystic academic (Prof. Belmont). The "Hot" and "Cold" Readings: His background as an educated clerk, accountant, and stenographer meant he was very organized and hyper-observant. Before staging readings, he would review local newspapers and hear gossip at hotel bars to gather intelligence on wealthy, grieving, or desperate residents. He combined standard "cold reading" techniques (making high-probability guesses based on body language. . .
Language: English
Published by Police Department Robinsnon, Illinois, Robinson, Illinois, 1909
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.Meir Turner
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. Wanted Poster 284 x 170 mm. In acid free Mylar sleeve. Will be shipped flat between heavy cardboard layers, never rolled. [Transcription:]"$100 REWARD! [Photograph 1] Snap Shot on street 1908 [Photograph 2] P. A. Pulaski 4807 While in Penitentiary 1903 WANTED IN ROBINSON, ILL., FOR WORKING CONFI…DENCE GAME NAME,- Prof. H. C. Belmont. Aliases:--Prof. Credo, Prof. Amand, Prof. King, Prof. Raphael, Count P. A. Pulaski, John Schiller, Dr. Alvina and Paul Thomas, but his original and correct name is Paul Thomasky. .DESCRIPTION. Age, 45, height 5. ft. 8 in., weight 145 to 155, build medium, hair brown and curley, eyes brown, complexion dark, usually shaves smooth, born in Poland, occupation accountant, stenographer, clairvoyant, palmist, (and while here advertised as the World's Greatest Seer, Clairvoyant, Palmist-Healer.) Mark scars and cut, scar left side top of head; pit scar just above right ear; cut scar outer corner right eye; Several scars index finger left hand; cut scar left elbow. Measurements: Breast 36 1-2, hips, 35, neck 15 1-2, arms 34 1-2, leg 32 3-4, head 23 1-4, waist 32, foot 7 1-2, (these measurements were taken five years ago.) This man is a Jew by birth, but was educated for a Catholic priest. Has a fine Polish and German education, and speaks seven different languages fluently--Polish, German, Flemish, English and three other languages that I do not recall. He has had experience in the general mercantile business, and as a clothier, he drinks excessively, and is a professional gambler; is a pretty good mixer but talks a little too much for the close observer. His wife and family reside at Ogden, Utah, and are passing under the name of Thomas; his wife's given name is Mary. He will probably address her as such, and she will probably address him as Paul Thomas. I hold a warrant for him, charging him with a confidence game. He was arrested on this charge and delivered to me in Butte, Mont., March 23rd by the officers there, and escaped custody by jumping from a toilet window of a fast moving train, near the city limits of Denver, Colo., on my return home two days later. It will require the greatest skill to find and apprehend this man as I am sure he is working under cover, and will use every precaution to keep in the clear. I ask the co-operation of every brother officer in apprehending and bringing him to justice. I will pay ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS reward for his arrest and detention in ANY jail until I can come or send after him. Wire all information to me at my expense. C. V. COULTER, Sheriff Crawford County, Illinois. Robinson, Illinois, July 31, 1909." Handwritten on verso: "Belmont case / $33 Evans" indicates the poster was likely a file copy used by a law enforcement agency or detective agency - "Belmont" referring to Thomasky's most prominent alias, Prof. H. C. Belmont, and "$33 Evans" tracking an expense or fee related to the case. Newspaper accounts from late 1909 relate that Thomasky was born in Poland, was highly educated and exceptionally charming. He used his linguistic talents and alleged psychic abilities to target communities across the United States. Posing as "Prof. Belmont" or "Count Pulaski," he would set up shop in local hotels as a "Palmist-Healer" and "World's Greatest Seer", conning wealthy or desperate locals out of thousands of dollars before vanishing. Following his leap from the moving train toilet window in March 1909, he fled east. In September 1909, just over a month after the poster was printed, he was recognized and arrested in Augusta, Maine, was extradited back to Illinois to face trial for his extensive confidence games. Paul Thomasky (operating under the alias Prof. H. C. Belmont) ran what was known in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a "Clairvoyant-Healer" or "Fortune Telling" confidence game. His operations were meticulously planned to exploit small-town midwestern communities: he would arrive in a new town, rent an expensive suite of rooms. . . body language and age) with "hot reading" (using pre-gathered local facts) to convince marks of his supernatural powers. Once he gained a client's absolute trust by "proving" his psychic sight, he would claim to see a curse on their money, predict a. . . (illustrator).
