CULTURAL

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[Printed 'University of London Institute of Education' pamphlet.] Education and U.N.E.S.C.O. Being a Lecture deliverd in the Institute.

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Professor Howard E. Wilson, Deputy Executive Secretary of U.N.E.S.C.O., Formerly Professor of Education in the University of Harvard [University of London Institute of Education]
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[University of London Institute of Education.] London, New York, Toronto: Published for The Institute of Education by Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press. 1946.
£50.00

19 + [1]pp., 8vo. In grey printed wraps. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in worn wraps. Stamps, shelfmarks and label of the Ministry of Education Reference Library, London. Nine copies on COPAC.

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[Mimeographed, stapled] China topics documentation on specific current topics taken mainly from the press and radio of the Chinese People's Republic, eight issues

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[Propaganda; periodical]
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No place of publication given (WorldCat entry suggests "Great Britain, US Embassy"), all 1967, irregular run.
£450.00

Issues YB 412, 425, 426, 441,, 442, 447, 448, 450, varying number of pages, most substantial 38pp, all folio. Subjects include the Cultural Revolution, "the power struggle in China", etc (comprehensive coverage of events etc). Copies/runs in several OCLC/WorldCat Libraries (American). None on COPAC. Names of recipients sometimes recorded. From the personal papers of C.A.A. Nicol, latterly Special Branch, Hong Kong, but at the time of publication of this periodical Head of E.I. Department, Federal Police Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), these being his office copies.

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[coloured comic book] JOHN F. KENNEDY. NEW U.S. PRESIDENT.

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[John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States of America]
Publication details: 
[1961, United States Information Service.] Publisher not stated, but item stamped on cover 'With the Compliments of the AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER | 217, avenue Louise | BRUXELLES 5'.
£450.00
Coloured comic book. JOHN F. KENNEDY

4to (25 x 17.5 cm), 16 pages. Stapled. Colour throughout. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. An interesting piece of Kennedy ephemera, using the comic-book medium in a serious manner at the beginning of the 'Pop Art' era. Attractively and professionally drawn, and laid out in panels like a Marvel or DC Comic. Giving a positive account of Kennedy's background and political activities (for example his 'forward looking stand on U.S. domestic issues'). Caption to last panel reads 'On January 20, 1961 Kennedy and Johnson were inaugurated President and Vice President for a four year term.

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