Dust jacket has a faint stain at head and foot of spine, no other defects. Book has a few small and neat inked marginal checkmarks on a few pages, no other defects. . Author is an anthropologist and Professor Emeritus of the Human Environment at Yale University. A solid copy of the first edition, this is a hardcover book in dust jacket. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 246 pages. D1 View More...
Spine of jacket is age-toned, now in protective mylar cover. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . A sociological study of alcoholics who happen to be priests. Oddly, I have just finished reading Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory, where such men are called "whiskey priests. " . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 181 pages. J2 View More...
No defects. Book is As New and unread. No dust jacket, as issued. Bound in blue cloth with bright gilt titles. . Facsimile reprint of a book originally published in 1924. This is a classic examination of race and race relations from a world perspective. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 434 pages. M2 View More...
Jacket is lightly stressed at extremities. Top page ends of book are lightly spotted, no other defects. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . A beautiful copy, . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 182 pages. G6 View More...
Bright blue boards with bright gilt lettering and decoration; boards are slightly warped, some foxing to endpapers and title page. A few pages were cut improperly and have folded corners. Back cover of one volume is soiled. Still an attractive set. . Volume 1 consists of selected articles from 1904-1929; volume 2 from 1929-1953. Illustrated, with a few articles in French, the remainder in English. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 290 + 300 pages. S4 View More...
Jacket is stressed at extremities with a few small tears, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Page ends of book are lightly spotted, extremities of boards are rubbed. First free endpaper is lacking a one-inch strip at it top edge, text not affected. Tight, square, pages clean and bright. . All about the Sixties -- and how they shaped the author's life. Music, sex, speed, sport, war, dissent, and art. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 287 pages. K2 View More...
Decorated paper-covered boards, chipped paper spine label with author and title readable, rubbing and light chipping to extremities. Owner's name and bookplate on pastedowns. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. No foxing. . A play about the Luddites, an English social movement that protested the Industrial Revolution by destroying the new machines that were stealing their jobs. An Appendix gives the speech by Lord Byron to the House of Lords on the Second Reading of the Frame-Work Bill, in which he spoke passionately about the effects the new machines were having on the poor. A sol... View More...
No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Alternative Criminology Series. Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 186 pages. D6 View More...
No defects. . Mark Twain -- a great American orator. Author gives five critical analyses on Twain as an orator, a bibliographic essay, and a Chronology of significant speaking events. . Great American Orators, No. 18 Series. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 184 pages. F4 View More...
Ex-library book with the usual defects. About half of the last page has been torn out; no text appears to have been present on the missing piece. Paper covers are lightly soiled, with a bit of creasing. . This is a doctoral dissertation; includes bibliography. The dissertation examines how and why social legislation developed in the state of Indiana, from its earliest days as an unorganized wilderness and then Territory, to the "recent" times, circa 1920. Tight, square, pages clean and bright. A valuable contribution to Indiana history. . Ex-Lib. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 103 pages. T4 View More...
A few corner creases, mild bump to upper corner. Pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; book appears unread. . Reprint of a book originally published in 1968. Twelve scholarly papers on aspects of the general subject, glossary, index. In wrappers. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 334 pages. L4 View More...
No defects. This is an oversized stapled booklet printed on coated paper (11.8 inches x 8.2 inches). . The MRG reports are intended for academics, lawyers, journalists, development agencies, and governments. They provide the past history and contemporary situation of the group or area, current problems and issues, recommendations, notes, and bibliography. . Minority Rights Group International Report Series. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 50 pages. M7 View More...
No defects. Book is As New. . Printed on coated paper in full color. This is a spectacular exhibition catalog, profusely illustrated with authoratative text. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 104 pages. M1 View More...
Dust jacket is somewhat rubbed at extremities, price-clipped. No other defects; pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; book appears unread. . A beautiful copy of this important work. Thirteen articles in all, each written by an expert, on particular aspects of civil defense as it relates to nuclear weapons: psychological aspects, human behavior in disaster, medical and ecological effects, economic recovery, social recovery, and much more. The editor is one of the architects of the atomic age, having won numerous honors, including the Nobel Prize in Physics. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 307 pag... View More...
No defects. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . Conference proceedings from the sixteenth annual conference on the Caribbean held in Gainesville, Florida, in December 1965. Twenty-one papers on aspects of the subject, index. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 243 pages. F6 View More...
Book has been read, no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Lacking the dust jacket. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 326 pages. K6 View More...
No defects. Book is As New. . Thirteen papers treat aspects of the general topic. . Library Trends, Summer/Fall 1990, Vol 39, Nos 1 & 2 Series. Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 185 pages. L3 View More...
