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‎The United States of America‎

‎Railways in the United States of America Development Cost and Operation. In R‎

‎Railways in the United States of America Development Cost and Operation. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Zheleznye dorogi v Soedinennykh Shtatakh Ameriki ikh razvitie stoimost i ekspluatatsiya.With a map of railways in the United States of America. St. Petersburg Tip. Hohenfelden and c. 1869. 52 p. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbb706184bf9ba12d7‎

‎China, too, is fighting to defend a way of life, an Address by His Excellency, Dr Hu Shih, Ambassador of China to the United States of America, delivered at Washington, D.C., March 23, 1942.‎

‎San Francisco, The Grabhorn Press, July 1942. 1 volume in-4, 18 pages, hard covers, cloth spine, in very good condition. Rare document, limited edition to 200 copies.‎

‎"Of this significant contribution to a better understanding of events now transpiring in the Far East, two hundred copies have been printed on handmade paper at the instance of Carl I. Wheat and with the generous approval of Ambassador Hu Shih, for whose personal use one hundred such copies have been reserved. The title and signature in Chinese are from His Excellency's facile brush. The address starts by these words: "You know what you are fighting for. You are fighting for the preservation of your democratic way of life which, as I understand it, is the way of freedom and peace."‎

‎Appendix to the Case (presented on the part of the Government of Her Britannic Majesty to the Tribunal of Arbitration (in Geneva) constituted under Article 1 of the Treaty concluded at Washington on the 8th May, 1871, between Her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America). - Vol. II: Correspondence respecting the "Sumter", "Nashville", "Bermuda", "Hector", "Alexandra" and other Vessels.‎

‎(London. s.n., 1872). 32,7x21 cm. XXIV, 741 S. Roter Chagrinlederband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, Rückenvergoldung, reicher Deckelfiletierung, Steh- und Innenkantenvergoldung sowie Ganzgoldschnitt.‎

‎Einer von 9 Dokumentenbänden für das Genfer Schiedsgericht über finanzielle Ansprüche Englands durch die amerikanischen Beschlagnahmungen während des Nordamerikanischen Bürgerkrieges, den sogenannten "Alabama Claims". - "Am 15.9.1872 verurteilte ein in Genf tagendes Schiedsgericht Grossbritannien zur Zahlung einer hohen Entschädigung an die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, weil es im Sezessionskrieg seinen internat. Verpflichtungen zur Einhaltung strikter Neutralität nicht nachgekommen war. Gemäss Urteil beging die brit. Regierung eine schuldhafte Nachlässigkeit, indem sie zuliess, dass von ihrem Territorium aus zwanzig bewaffnete Schiffe -- darunter die Korvette "Alabama" -- an die aufständ. Südstaatler geliefert wurden. Der Genfer oder (geläufiger) Alabama-Schiedsspruch verdankt seine Bekanntheit einerseits seiner Bedeutung als Beispiel einer friedl. Konfliktregelung zwischen zwei Grossmächten. Zum andern stand bei dieser Affäre, die in den Vereinigten Staaten nach Beendigung des Bürgerkriegs hohe emotionale Wellen warf, für beide Länder polit., rechtl. und hinsichtl. des nationalen Prestiges sehr viel auf dem Spiel. Aus Schweizer Sicht ist erwähnenswert, dass der Schweizer Schiedsrichter, alt Bundesrat Jakob Stämpfli, im Schiedsverfahren eine entscheidende Rolle spielte und dass die Schlichtung dieses heiklen Streitfalls der Entwicklung Genfs zu einem internat. Forum förderl. war." (HLS). - Der vorliegende Band, aufwändig gebunden, vereinigt einen Teil der Korrespondenz zwischen einem Teil der Schiffe und der englischen Admiralität. - Titel mit gelöschtem Stempel des Schweiz. Bundesarchivs. Kanten leicht berieben. One of 9 volumes of documents for the Geneva Arbitration Court on the financial claims of England by the American seizures during the North American Civil War the so-called "Alabama Claims". - On 15.9.1872, an arbitral tribunal meeting in Geneva ordered Great Britain to pay high compensation to the United States of America because it had failed to meet its international obligations during the war of secession. It had failed to comply with its obligations to maintain strict neutrality. According to the judgement, the British government committed culpable negligence by allowing twenty armed ships -- including the "Alabama" corvette -- to rebel from its territory. Southerners were delivered. The Geneva or (common) Alabama arbitral award owes its fame on the one hand to its importance as an example of a peaceful, peaceful and peaceful world. Settlement of conflicts between two major powers. On the other hand, in this affair, which in the United States, after the end of the civil war, caused high emotional waves, a great deal was at stake for both countries politically, legally and in terms of national prestige. From a Swiss perspective, it is worth noting that the Swiss arbitrator, former Federal Councillor Jakob Stämpfli, played a decisive role in the arbitration process and that the arbitration of this delicate dispute has helped Geneva's development into an international centre of excellence. Forum." (HLS). The present volume, lavishly bound, unites part of the correspondence between some of the ships and the English admiralty. - Title with deleted stamp of Switzerland. Federal Archives. - Edges slightly rubbed.‎

‎Neumann K. F. History of the United States of America: Volume One: From the Foun‎

‎Neumann K. F. History of the United States of America: Volume One: From the Foundations of the Colonies to the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Neymann K. F. Istoriya Amerikanskikh Soedinennykh Shtatov. Tom pervyy: Ot osnovaniya koloniy do prezidentstva Tomasa Dzheffersona. Translation from German. St. Petersburg. Edition O.I.Bakst. 1866. XVI VIII 527 p. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbd8b8e701079a11c2‎

‎A Geographical, Historical, Commercial, and Agricultural View of the United States og America formig a Complete Emigrant's Directory through every part of the Republic: ... likewise, an account of the British Possessions in Upper and Lower Canada ...‎

‎London, Edwards & Knibb, 1820. 8vo. Recent half morocco with gilt back. Uncut. Engraved frontisp. og General Washington. 738 pp. and 1 statistal table. The title page calls for a sheet map of the United States and a table of the post and cross roads, neither of which are present in this copy.‎

‎First edition. Sabin 26974.‎