Immigration pamphlets (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. 1905. Paperback. "16 p. 19 cm. Original printed wraps. Fine copy with tight staple binding, clean and crisp pages, clean cover with title printed on front .". Not a first edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Very Good. 1905. Paperback. "16 p. 19 cm. Original printed wraps. Fine copy with tight staple binding, clean and crisp pages, clean cover with title printed on front .". Not a first edition copy. . . .

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

The six items are all disbound and in fair condition, with light signs of age and wear. Items One and Five are not productions of the Society, but are closely connected with it. The first five items are scarce: the only copies of One on COPAC at Oxford and the British Library; no copy on COPAC of Two; the only copies of Three and Four at Oxford; Five is a galley proof; and Six only to be found at Oxford, the British Library, the LSE and University College, London. ONE: 'The Idea of an Oxford Modern Ethical Society. A Paper (Read at an Inaugural Meeting held on Friday, March 13, 1891, in University College).' Printed by Parker and Co., Crown Yard, Oxford. 20pp., 12mo. Dated at end: 'W. K. FIRMINGER. | W. GIBSON. | Mert. Coll., Oxon., March, 1891.' TWO: 'Society for the Study of Social Ethics. Foreign Immigration - Facts and Figures.' 2 + [1]pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Main text (2pp., first leaf) ends: 'WALTER K. FIRMINGER, | Editorial Secretary (pro tem.). | Merton Coll., Oxon. | May 19th, 1891.' The recto of the second leaf carries a 'NOTICE.' THREE: 'Society for the Study of Social Ethics. Over-Population - Facts and Figures.' 4pp., 12mo. Possibly a proof: unpaginated, and printed on rectos only. Dated at end: 'Walter K. Firminger, | Editorial Secretary (pro tem.). | Merton Coll., | May, 1891.' Manuscript emendation to final sentence. Punch-holed in top left-hand corner. FOUR: 'An Essay Read before the Society for the Study of Social Ethics, On November 4th, 1892, by Walter K. Firminger, Merton College, Oxford. 28 + iv pp., 12mo. Drophead title, p.3: 'Religion: An Attempt to appreciate the Social Aspects of the Catholic Faith. A Paper read before the Society for the Study of Social Ethics in Mr. L'Estrange's Rooms in Queen's College, Oxford, Nov. 4th, 1892.' With a couple of minor manuscript emendations. FIVE: Galley proof of article titled 'Oxford Reform Club'. Pencil note at head: 'From Oxford Chronicle. Oct. 1892'. Tipped-in at head of p.3 of Item Four above. The article gives a long report of a lecture by Firminger titled 'Need the poor be always with us?' SIX: 'The Journal of the Society for the Study of Social Ethics.' Issue for October 1891. 100pp., 8vo. Prelims not present (perhaps not called for?). Unopened. The reason for the claim by one source that the Society was founded by Herbert Samuel (1870-1963), later 1st Viscount Samuel, is unclear.…

4°, Original wrappers. Zustand: Wie neu. VIII, 76; 32 pages All enumerated entries with bibliographical annotations. - Clean copy Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.