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, Sutcliffe, Peter H. The Oxford University Press : an informal History. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1978, xxviii, 303pp., dust-jacket in plastic library sleeve taped to cover, call number on spine, very good black cloth but ex-library with pocket, stamps, tape residue on covers. Part VII, chapter 4: Refugee Scholars (257-262) discussing Paul Jacobsthal (Marburg archeologist), Paul Maas (professor from Univ. Königsberg), Rudolf Pfeiffer (Munich), Fritz Schulz (Berlin, Roman Law), Egon Wellesz, Fritz Pringsheim, Arnaldo Momigliano, Martin Wolff, W. von Leyden, Joseph Schacht, Eduard Fraenkel - their humble conditions and how Kenneth Sisam and the press found money to pay them. On Pringsheim's huge manuscript on the Greek law of sale: "The work, delivered into Sisam's hands in 1945, was not only much too long: it was painfully clear that he should never have attempted to write it in English in the first place. For two more years he struggled to shape a short essay out of his material, but the words would not go away and the problem remained insoluble" (262). 9780199510849 ISBN 0199510849. …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Pages 86-168+ 20 pages of nice ads, including photo of Earle E. Liederman, "The Muscle Builder". Features: Mazulla and His Sahib, part 1 - moving Indian adventures, with photos; Neilson's New Man -a story of country life in New Zealand; The Tale-Teller of Algiers - the strange adventure of a visitor to Algiers in October, 1925; Mussolini's War Against the Mafia in Sicily - describes the first stage of the great 'clean-up' - a most dramatic and exciting business - article with photos of Police Commissioner Spano, Signor Mori of Palermo, Gaetono Ferrarello, Carmelo Andaloro, Salvatore Ferrarello, and Nicolo Andaloro; Mr. Stepper, I.D.B. - a diamond story; The Trouble in Coeur D'Alene - part 2 - going undercover to investigage labor-management conflict in the mining district of Northern Idaho - with photos; "Free-Trading" in the Arctic - great photo-illustrated article about white traders living in remote Indian and Eskimo territories; Photo of Korean wedding; One Thing After Another - troubles on the Inyoka Tobacco Estate in Rhodesia, with photo of author and trouble-making jackal; Across North America in a Motor-Boat, part 4 of this record-setting 6,000 mile trip - with maps and photos; The Cleverest Thieves on Earth - The Criminal Tribes of India - a photo-illustrated account of the 'crims' and their hereditary war against society. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, December (Dec.) 1926, Vol. LVIII, No. 344 - Mussolini's War Against the Mafia Gangi Brigands Sansiah photo of Earle E. Liederman, "The Muscle Builder". Features: Mazulla and His Sahib, part 1 - mov. Illustrated by Prater, Ernest; Fraser, Peter; Woodville, R. Caton; Inns,Kenneth; Wood, Stanley L.; Vedder, S.H.; Sutcliffe, Norman (illustrator).…