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193742456Chicago: University of Plenocracy Publishers 1937. First American Edition. Octavo 22cm.; publisher's cloth in orange pictorial dust jacket; 8507pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece full-page illus. by George Clayton Field throughout. A few tiny chips to jacket extremities small stain from previously removed tape at top edge of rear panel else a Near Fine copy in the uncommon jacket. Contemporary photographic ex-libris to front pastedown of a "John J. King" a.k.a. "Buddha" with gift inscription to front free endpaper: "To Dear Lady Moore / High Priestess of Long . From 'Buddha.'" Treatise on so-called "Plenocracy" "The Science of Creating Abundance for All" rear jacket panel by the author of "Unseen Forces and How to Use Them" 1933. Ownership markings as wacky as the contents. OCLC locates five copies in the United States as of October 2018 Cal. State Northridge UCSB LC Illinois and Tennessee. University of Plenocracy Publishers unknown books
193916152New York: McGraw-Hill 1939. Second Printing. Two octavo volumes 23cm. Original maroon cloth titled in black and gilt on spines; pp 1-448; 449-1095. Mild external wear with some rubbing to spine ends; scattered marginalia in pencil mostly to first volume; ownership signature of Werner Schott. A solid attractive set about VG. Landmark of 20th-century economic analysis; still in print; early printings are notably scarce. McGraw-Hill unknown books
19770000469Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1977. First edition this copy inscribed & initialed by Galbraith in the year of publication. Hardcover. Slight foxing at the edges of the text block otherwise Fine in rubbed dust jacket with moderate edge wear including nicks & small losses Good or better. Tall 8vo 365 pp. illustrated. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. <br/><br/>Professor Galbraith's ambitous & exhaustive history of economics "from Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer through Marx and Lenin to Keynes ." which was the basis for the BBC documentary series. This copy is inscribed almost certainly to Andrea Hill Williams who for 47 years was Galbraith's book editor and personal assistant: "For Andrea with love/ and thanks for making/ it publishable as well/ as good/ once more/ J.K.G. - 1977." Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1727WRCLIT52793London: Printed by J. Watson. 1727. 231pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound volume. Paper flaw in blank portion of half-title some dust-spotting in gutter of title but a good copy. Second edtion of at least three editions cited by Goldsmiths all dated the same year. Shippen's "probity was best displayed in 1727 when singlehanded he opposed the settlement of the civil list urging its reduction by 200000l. annually in a speech of great frankness. He spoke of the 'frequent journeyings to Hanover' and the 'bottomless pit of secret service;' but no member could be found to second his motion" - DNB. GOLDSMITHS 6558. HANSON 3748n. KRESS 3724. Printed by J. Watson... unknown books
199641006Centreville:: Cornell Maritime Press. Fine. 1996. Paperback. 0870334824 . First edition paperback. Fine in illustrated wraps. . Cornell Maritime Press, paperback books
200022438Cambridge: MIT Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0262050609 . Second printing. As new in like dust jacket. . MIT Press hardcover books
199625527San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 078790192X . First printing. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. . Jossey-Bass hardcover books
199333417NY: John Wiley & Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0471514063 . Sixth printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
196252420Saigon: Chinese Technical Mission to Vietnam on Crop Improvement 1962. 4to pp. 4 50; CIM Information Series No. 24; numerous black & white photographic illustrations; extremities lightly soiled spine has faint title in ink else very good in original green and yellow wrappers. <br/><br/> Chinese Technical Mission to Vietnam on Crop Improvement unknown books
199822436Cambridge: MIT Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0262061910 . Second printing. As new in like dust jacket. . MIT Press hardcover books
199722426Cambridge: MIT Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0262061546 . Third printing. As new in like dust jacket. . MIT Press hardcover books
191928312London: George Allen & Unwin 1919. First Edition. Octavo. Olive drab boards lettered in black on spine and front cover; xvi 336pp. Inserted advertising leaf tipped in before first page of Preface. Tight straight and unmarked copy Near Fine. Social survey of British labourers mainly in the city of Sheffield undertaken immediately following the Great War. The Society was under the directorship though not credited herein of the prominent Fabian Socialist anthroposophist and educator Arthur James Freeman 1886-1972 who also founded the Sheffield Educational Settlement 1918. Among contemporary testimonials included on the inserted advertising leaf is the following from the Daily Mail: ".One of the most interesting social studies that have been made since Charles Booth's Life and Labour in London.Anyone who agrees that 'the proper study of mankind is man' could not fail to find this fascinating." See Helen Smith "Love Sex Work and Friendship: Northern Working-Class Men and Sexuality in the First Half of the Twentieth Century" in Alana Harris & Timothy Jones eds Love and Romance in Britain 1918-1970 Lon: 2015. George Allen & Unwin unknown books
200531944NY: Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0679448918 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Knopf hardcover books
199726662NY: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0195115120 . Third printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
19302451Fedonia Wisconsin: Gilson Brothers Company c. 1930. Staplebound. Cream illustrated wraps. Very good. 20 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Manufacturers of Iron and Steel Mixers along with fence posts and farming tools. Each interior page includes a product description measurements price and a black and white photograph or illustration of each of the available products. First 3 pages include lists of reasons for why many of the products will be helpful additions to farms and business. Covers lightly soiled interior clean. <br/><br/> Gilson Brothers Company paperback books
19763964Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0674548108 . Second printing. . Harvard University Press hardcover books
199522428Cambridge: MIT Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0262071681 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . MIT Press hardcover books
200638771Boston:: Harvard Business School Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 1578511836 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Harvard Business School Press, hardcover books
189141660V.p. 1891-1899. Six volumes bound in one; thick 12mo 18cm.; contemporary half green calf over cloth gilt-ruled spine in six compartments all edges speckled red. Leather rubbed with some peeling at corners spine toned contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper textblock of one tract rather browned due to poor paper stock else Near Very Good internally near fine. Contents as follows:. 1. Henry George. Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth. - The Remedy. London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co. 1889. x406pp.<br/><br/>2. Robert Blatchford. Merrie England. London: Clarion Office 1894. "Cheap Edition." 206pp. Facsimile illus. <br/><br/>3. John Smith. England's Ruin; or John Smith's Answer to Mr. Blatchford's Plea for Socialism as contained in the widely-circulated book Merrie England. London: Walter Scott 1895. 31pp. Portrait illus. <br/><br/>4. Thomas Paine. The Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution. London: Progressive Publishing Company 1891. "Centenary Edition." xiii14-163pp. <br/><br/>5. George Blaiklock. Socialism: False and True. A Review and an Exposure. London: G. Cohen n.d. ca. 1890s. 16pp.<br/><br/>6. Leo Tolstoi alt. spelling Tolstoy; A. Hulme Beaman trans. Master and Man. London: Chapman and Hall 1895. 125pp. unknown books
1830223585London: Smith Elder and Co 1830. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Tables. Previous owner's name written at top of title page. No pencil or ink markings in text. Full brown leather binding with black spine label gilt lettering. Previous archival repair to spine. Corners bumped. Some chipping at top of spine with a small loss of leather. Very Good binding. Smith, Elder and Co unknown books
200421213Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0471469203 . First printing. As new in like dust jacket. . John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
200321209Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0471263923 . First printing. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. . John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
195545769Jerusalem 1955. Paperback. Very Good. Jerusalem: n.d. 1955. 47p. Softcover. 23cm. <br/><br/> Jerusalem paperback books
200633458NY: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0195156595 . First printing. Publisher's promotional material laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
199922430Cambridge: MIT Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0262082802 . First printing of the second edition. As new in like dust jacket. . MIT Press hardcover books
