Abu-Laban, Baha

An Olive Branch on the Family Tree. The Arabs in Canada.

Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1980. hardcover with dustjacket, 259 pp. . ISBN: 0771007140

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Book number: 2648

Catalogue: Anthropology America/ Latin America

Keywords: Canada, Canadian history, Arab immigrants, Arab ethnicity, family life, 0771007140

Besnard, Albert (1849-1934)

3e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale. Souscrivez Pour Hâter la Paix Par la Victoire. [Mother Holding Child with Olive Branch. ]First Edition of the Poster

Paris: Maquet Gr. 1917. Original color lithograph. 80 x 113cm. Unmounted. Few short marginal tears. Very good. Library of Congress Control Number 99613663: Mother holding child with olive branch. The winged figure of Victory in the background.. Albert Besnard, né le 2 juin 1849 à Paris et mort le 4 décembre 1934 dans la même ville, est un peintre français. Il entra à l’École impériale et spéciale des beaux-arts de Paris le 20 mars 1865, où il fut l’élève de Jean-François Brémond, Sébastien Cornu et d’Alexandre Cabanel. Albert Besnard s’engage volontairement pendant la guerre de 1870. Il obtient le Prix de Rome en 1874 et arrive à Rome l’année suivante. Pendant son séjour, il voyage à Londres, à Venise, à Florence ainsi qu’à Naples. Il quitte Rome le 31 décembre 1878. Albert Besnard fut directeur de l’Académie de France à Rome de 1913 à 1921. Durant son directorat, plusieurs pensionnaires furent mobilisés pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. À son retour en France, Albert Besnard est élu à l’Académie française le 4 mai 1924. Aucun peintre n’avait été élu à cette Académie depuis 1760. Il est ensuite directeur de l’École des beaux-arts de Paris jusqu’en 1932. .

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Book number: 51-6204

Catalogue: Art

M C

Congressional Caucuses For President & Vice-President from the Olive Branch

Philadelphia, 1816. Paperback. 12mo. Loss of top half of title page, pp32 and appendix no1 & no2 on half-title it reports "It is proper to inform the reader, that the contents of this pamphlet form the seventy eighth chapter of the seventh edition of the Olive Branch" Poor.

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Book number: 500020089

Keywords: EPHEMERA

Carey, Mathew

The New Olive Branch, or, an Attempt to Establish an Identity of Interest between Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce: And to Prove That a Large Portion of the Manufacturing Industry of This Nation Has Been Sacrificed to Commerce, and That Commerce Has Suffered by This Policy Nearly As Much As Manufactures

Philadelphia, M. Carey & Son, 1821. 2nd Edition. Softcover. Missing covers; 130 pp, untrimmed and uncut. Includes bibliographical references. Fair (missing covers, pages age toned and lightly foxed) .

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Book number: 190443

Keywords: Misc ; United States Tariff; United States Agriculture, Manufacturing ; ;

[Matthew Carey]

The Olive Branch: Or, Faults on Both Sides, Federal and Democratic. A Serious Appeal on the Necessity of Mutual Forgiveness and Harmony, to Save Our Common Country from Ruin

Philadelphia, M. Carey, 1815. Second Edition. Leather. 336p. A hardcover book in POOR condition. The leather spine is splitting along the edges, leaving the paper-covered boards loosely attached. The edges of the boards are scuffed and chipped, exposing the underlying cardboard. Stains and scuffs on the front board obscure much of the title. The first blank endpaper is detached and clipped at the top. The pages are foxed throughout and a bit age-toned, but otherwise, text unmarked. A badly worn but readable copy that ought to be handled with care. An appeal for political unity in America during the War of 1812. .

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Book number: 177247

Catalogue: War of 1812

Carey, Mathew

The Olive Branch: Or, Faults on Both Sides, Federal and Democratic. A Serious Appeal on the Necessity of Mutual Forgiveness and Harmony, Volume I.

Philadelphia, Published by the author, 1815. 4th edition, enlarged. Hardcover. Bound in brown boards with brown leather spine; 241 pages. Volume 1 only. Includes a preface to the first edition, second edition, and fourth edition. Fair (heavy wear to boards, covers loose, foxing throughout, writing inside front covers.

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Book number: 183572

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: American History ; United States Political Parties ; ; History - American

Cook, T. J. (and) Theodore Perkins (and) Carlo Bassini

The Olive-Branch: A Collection of Sacred Music, to Which Is Added Music for the Singing-School and Instruction for the Voice

New York, F. J. Huntington, 1860. Hardcover. An oblong brown casebound book with black text on the front cover. 304 pages; filled with scores of music sheets. G: The front cover is holding on by one (of two) strings. Cracks and peeling to the spine to expose the binding underneath. Peeling to the wraps on the covers; two impact dents on the back cover that do not affect the pages below. Previous owner notations in graphite on the front end pages. Tanning and stains to the pages, but they remain easy to read.

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Book number: 207790

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Music ; Sheet Music ; ;

David Hirst

The Gun and the Olive Branch: The Roots of Violence in the Middle East

New York, Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books, 2003. Third Edition. Paperback. 627p. A softcover book in very good condition. Bottom corner of spine bumped and crinkled; otherwise clean and tight. A study of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, taking a pro-Palestinian perspective that is critical of the U.S. and Zionism. Very Good .

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Book number: 193052

Catalogue: Post-WWII Military History

Mishal, Shaul.

The PLO under Arafat : between gun and olive branch.

New Haven : Yale University Press, c1986. Hardcover. Dustjacket. xvi, 190 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. . Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. ISBN 9780300037098.

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Book number: #114795

REVELEY, W.TAYLOR

War Powers of the President and Congress - Who Holds the Arrows and Olive Branch?

Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1981. 1981. (ISBN: 0813908086) Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, tall octavo, pp xiv, 394, [ii], Fine in VG+ dj (dj now in protective mylar). Book itself flawless crisp and clean. DJ crisp and clean, spine very lightly sun-touched. Extensive Notes, Bibliography & Index. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 07074

Keywords: Constitutional Law American Legal History Government Political Science Balance of Powers Presidential Politics 0813908086

SORENSEN, THEODORE C.

Decision-Making in the White House: The Olive Branch or the Arrows

New York, Columbia University Press, 1964. Later printing. Paperback. 2nd printing of this paperback edition. Foreword by John F. Kennedy. Pp 94. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Very Good .

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Book number: 88317

Catalogue: History

Keywords: USA; America;