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1925 Catalogue
of the Collection in the Science Museum, Kensington. Geodesy and Surveying
Catalogue
of the Collection in the Science Museum, South Kensington With Descriptive and
historical Notes and Illustrations. Geodesy and Surveying. Compiled by E. Lancaster Jones, B.A. 1925.
HMSO (His Majesty’s Stationery Office). London. 110 pages + plates. 9-5/8
inches. Printed wraps. Soft cover. Bookseller’s label on the back
cover: “The American Library Service.”
The binding has a few nicks, chips and tears. Overall good+ condition.
- - - Seven Roads: Gallery of Book Trade Labels has a later “The American Library
Service” label in their digital collection. Well worth a visit if you have an
interest in Book Trade labels.
- - - Bookseller Symon Gould did business as the
"American Library Service"
in New City, New York.
- - - Symon Gould, editor of American Vegetarian
magazine and leader of New York's Vegetarian Society, decided to capitalize on
the moment and transform the dietary and lifestyle choice into a political
cause. In 1947, Gould and a group of naturopathic doctors, who relied on
nutrition and fasting rather than medicine to treat ailments, organized the American Vegetarian Party. The group
selected as their presidential candidate 84-year-old vegetarian restaurateur
John Maxwell, who told TIME magazine he had "tasted no meat for 45
years"
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