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A Symposium on America’s Stake in Vietnam
American Friends of Vietnam
New York: American Friends of Vietnam, 1956.The edited record of the Conference on Vietnam held in Washington D.C. on 1 June 1956. Attendees included almost 250 representatives of government, the armed services, universities and national civic organisations. John F. Kennedy was amongst the speakers.
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Letters from Orange and Lemon Growers in the Tulare County Citrus Belt
California Grove Planting Company
Los Angeles: California Grove Planting Company, 1914.Eight letters from citrus growers in the Tulare County area that verify the output and recommend the purchase of citrus orchards in the district. Unrecorded in OCLC.
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How to See Kobe
Tourist Association of Hyogo Ken
Japan: Tourist Association of Hyogo Ken, 1936.History and sight-seeing places of Kobe, along with suggestions of hotels, shopping, eating and transport. August 1936 issue.
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Native Japanese Music: Popular and Classical: Specially Selected for Foreign Guests
Columbia Records
: Columbia Records, 1955.A brief history of Japanese Music with a list of vinyl records of examples of the various types.
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From the Car Window
Japan Tourist Bureau
Tokyo: Japan Tourist Bureau, 1937.‘This pamphlet is intended to enrich passenger’s mental baggage as much as possible by their attention to the principal places and drawing things of interest seen along the Tokaido Main Line from the car windows. A Tokyo – Kobe train journey of nearly 370 miles offers passengers varied attractions.” (from page 1). February 1937 issue. Survey form laid in.
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Additional Hotels in Japan
No author
[Japan]: No publisher, No date.1930s Japanese hotels. A supplement of additional hotels which have opened since the publication of Yamaguchi’s Inns and Hotels in Japan.
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[Murat] New Temple Ceremonial
John E. Milnor
Indianapolis: Murat Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, 1922.in Murat’s Jama Masjif on the twenty-fifth day of the fourth month Rabih Ul Akhir, 1343 which is to say Friday, December 15, 1922. An invitation to the opening celebrations of the extensions to the Murat Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in the Oasis of Indianapolis, Desert of Indiana. A great ballroom, it was decorated with an Egyptian theme to match the Arabic concept of the Shrine, with hieroglyphics and drawings found in ancient palaces and tombs near Thebes. Shriners membership form laid in, and housed in an original unmarked posting envelope. Unrecorded in OCLC at October, 2022.
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John Wolseley: Land Marks
Sasha Grishin; John Wolseley
Sydney: Craftsman House, 1998.The first in the Land Marks monographs of British-Australian painter John Wolseley (1938-). This copy inscribed by Wolseley, For Martin.
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Contraception (Birth Control): Its Theory, History and Practice
Marie Carmichael Stopes
London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, 1923.A Manual for the Medical and Legal Professions. With an introduction by William Bayliss and introductory notes by James Barr, C. Rolleston, Jane Hawthorne and Obscurus. Third printing of the pioneering work on the subject by the seminal figure of the English birth control movement, Marie Stopes (1880-1958).
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Embassy Girl
Emily Thorne
New York: Airmont Publishing, 1964.The Glamour and Adventure of Embassy Life in London.
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Enjoy the 1960 Winter Olympic Games from Nearby Nevada & Skiing (3 Volumes)
State Printing Office, Carson City, Nevada
Carson City: State Printing Office, 1960.Accompanied by 2 similar brochures titled Nevada: Gateway to the 1960 Winter Olympics: Skiing. The Skiing brochures each have the same text, but some of the illustrations differ.
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A Summer at the Top o’ the World
William Walter Shaw
Los Angeles: Sixth Avenue Publishing Company, 1927.Chronicling the impressions received by the author during a summer’s vacation spent among the National Parks of the United States and Canada. Locations visited included the Carquinez Strait, the Redwood Highway, Portland, Columbia River Highway, Yellowstone National Park and its geysers, Jackson Hole country including a rodeo there, Buffalo Bill Country, Glacier National Park, Turtle Mountain, the Banff-Windermere Highway and the Okanagan Valley.
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The Story of Pure Vanilla with Recipes
Vanilla Bean Association of America
New York: Vanilla Bean Association of America, 1955. -
McClure’s Library of Children’s Classics
The McClure Company
New York: The McClure Company, 1907.Booklet advertising the first five books in the McClure’s Library of Children’s Classics edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith. There is a detailed description of each book: Pinafore Palace, The Posy Ring, Golden Numbers, Magic Casements, and The Fairy Ring.
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Open Sesame! Varnum Electric Door Engines – for Safer Safety
Varnum Door Engine Company
Los Angeles: Varnum Door Engine Company, No date.Early 1920s catalogue for the Varnum Door Engine. Contains a short history of the Varnum door opening and closing engine, followed by details and photographs of them as installed in bank vaults and the gates of grand estates. Also included are letters of recommendation from happy customers, and a list of banks across the United States using the door engines.
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Frigidaire
Frigidaire
Dayton: Delco-Light Company, No date.Describes the benefits of the oak or white enamel Frigidaire, including the ice cube drawers in which may be made 72 ‘crystal-pure cubes of ice for table use.’ Also includes recipes for Frozen Dainties made with the Frigidaire. This copy with The Frigidaire Corporation printed through on the colophon and printed No Made and Guaranteed by Delco-Light Company, a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation.
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Frigidaire
Frigidaire
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The Luxury of the Four Stream Needle Shower
Reddan Specialty Co.
New York: Reddan Specialty Co., 1914.The benefits of the four head shower invented by Mr. A. E. Kenney are many: the year around way to start your day; send you down to your office feeling like a boy; no longer confined to the rich man’s home; the only curtainless shower; the price is low as you don’t have to tear the walls out to install; stimulates your whole system without shock to the head; no rubber cap needed to keep your hair dry and so prevents hair thinning, dandruff and catarrh; takes up no room; fits any bath tub. Unfortunately it doesn’t put out the cat or turn off the lights. This copy with the stamp of the sales Agent Wm. B. McMahon, Troy, New York, stating a free 5 day trial to the wrappers front panel.
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Antiquities of Roman London
Edward Foord
London: Proprietor of the Roman Bath, No date. -
Antiquities of Roman Britain: Guide to the Principal Roman Sites in England Outside London
Edward Foord
London: Proprietor of the Roman Bath, No date.