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163 pages. Can profits, people and place co-exist in harmony? Does conservation of nature necessarily mean a loss of jobs? Deals head-on with the massive ongoing threats to the world's ecosystems. Examines a number of case studies from different sectors of the Pacific Northwest and comes up with some surprising answers. Explodes the spotted owl myth by showing that employment and economic activity actually increased. Shows that future job opportunities exist when local residents steward their resource base, not when non-locals have the power to plunder it. "Grant Copeland is one of my eco-heroes..." - David Suzuki. Glossy illustrated covers. Average quantity of pencil markings to text. Light wear. Excellent copy. Book
202 pages. Family income, income equality, wages, employment, unemployment, work time, working conditions, poverty, social programs, taxes, and more. "A Careful documentation of two decades of bad policy and poor economic performance. Required reading for all policy commentators." - Mike McCracken, Chair-Infometrica. Staple puncture to front cover and first three leaves. Minimal wear. Book
212 pages. "These essays emphasize the social, cultural, economic, historical, and geographical contexts in which women work, and the effect of specific conditions on women's experineces." - from back cover. Soiling to top edge. Few markings to contents. Light wear. Sound working copy. Book
101 pages including references and select bibliography. An objective appraisal of the position and role of the Black worker in South Africa. Discusses employment and earning patterns, details educational and training facilities available to the Black worker as well as the health, safety and security provided him, as well as industrial relations as they affect the Black worker, including the question of Black trade unions in South Africa. Provides a better understanding of the roots and symptoms of the problems concerning the Black worker by two academicians who have many years of research into labour and other economic problems of South Africa in particular and Africa in general. Book unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket with average wear and rubbing. Number '50' written upon front panel of dust jacket. Book
132 pages. Features: Is the Metropolitan Vancouver Economy Uncoupling from the rest of the province?; British Columbia's Private Sector in Recession, 1981-86 - Employment flexibility without Trade Diversification?; Sharks and Red Herrings - Vancouver's Male Employment Agencies, 1898-1915; Bibliography of British Columbia. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
241 pages including index. Serves as an indispensable guide for translating clinical skills into an organizational setting. "...clearly fills a critical yet unmet need for the growing number of mental health practitioners and trainees who want to base their careers primarily in the corporate arena." - Lenore S. Blum, Ph.D. Northwestern University. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Excellent copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. Reading crease to front cover and crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 237pp. Book two of the mini company histories of thirty-five American trucking companies, celebrating 100 years of existence since the first firms were set up in 1890. This volume concentrates mainly on the 1950s and 1960 for the small companies who led the way with trade and transport across North America. Each mini history is accompanied by at least one full-page image of one of their trucks. Extremely scarce in the UK.
8vo., 34pp., on laid paper, BLACK-LETTER, with fine woodblock arms of George III on front cover, woodblock head-piece; disbound, a remarkably bright, crisp copy ideal for framing and display. 16 Geo. III, 9. DARROCH & TAYLOR, 4159, RECORDS THIS ACT AS THE FIRST SEPARATELY PUBLISHED REFERENCE TO THE HUNDRED
Jackdaw no 17. Contents sheet and a complete set of documents in wallet. A few marks to dusty container wallet. pp. Folder containing a collection of contemporary facsimile documents relating to the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester in 1819. Excellent teaching material. Extremely scarce.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 219pp. A very studied account of work, employment, wages, politics, finance and the economy. Originally published as a text-book in 1825. In the 'Famous Books For All Time' series. Undated ca 1890.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, single crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 213pp. Book one of the mini company histories of forty-eight American trucking companies, celebrating 100 years of existence since the first firms were set up in 1890. These were mostly the small companies who led the way with trade and transport across North America. Each mini history is accompanied by at least one full-page image of one of their trucks. Extremely scarce in the UK.
261 pages including index. Told for the first time, here are the stories of twelve of Canada's outstanding labour leaders and organizers. Their accounts tell the behind-the-scenes story of some of the key events in twentieth-century Canadian history from the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, the 1935 On-to-Ottawa trek of the unemployed which played a major role in the defeat of Tory prime minister R.B. Bennett and the 1945 Ford strike in Windsor which consolidated the rights of big industrial unions through to the 1972 Common Front of Quebec's public sector workers. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding solid. Book
12 pages. Published monthly in the interests of employees of the T. Eaton Co., Western Ltd., Edmonton. George Simpson hits the 25 years of employment mark. Guy Turner honoured on retirement. Welcome to many newcomers. New season for Eaton's bowling league. Nurse Joy Cox leaves Eaton's. Mrs. L. Peeling joins staff as welfare nurse. Photo of George Gale with his wonderful new CJCA 'radiobike'. Photos and stories of employee trips. Employee wedding bells. Additional employee news. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 364 pages, very clean copy with sharp corners, perfect interior. B&w photos, tables, charts. Text is in French
minor softening to head and tail of spine, foxing to page block, creasing to corners of pages 703 - 713, otherwise text clean and tight Ex - Library
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 211pp. Book three of the mini company histories of thirty-one American trucking companies, celebrating 100 years of existence since the first firms were set up in 1890 - the small companies who led the way with trade and transport across North America. Each mini history is accompanied by at least one full-page image of one of their trucks. Extremely scarce.
56 pages. Covers The Five Positions and Their Employment - Practical Study of the Demanche. Translated from the third French edition. "Adopted by the Conservatories of Brussels, Amsterdam, The Hague, Glasgow, Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle, and the principal Academies of Belgium, Holland, Rhenish Prussia, France, South America, etc. Clean with moderate wear. Prior owner's signature and ink stamp inside front cover. Binding intact. A quality copy. Please note: we are offering part II only of this four part work. Book
208 pages including index and bibliography. Virtual slaves, these children were uprooted from their villages in central and southern Italy to perform as barrel-organists, harpists, violinists, fifers, pipers, and animal exhibitors. "This extremely, unusual study, enlivened by photographs, throws a floodlight on ethnic prejudice, cultural constructs of childhood, Tammany Hall politics and 19th-century immigration and working conditions." - Publishers Weekly. Very light wear. Glossy laminated covers. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
Previous owner's name/label to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, very faint crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked, very slightly sunned boards, foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 368pp. Results of the UN University survey on migrant workers to the Arab world from seven Asian countries - Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Republic of Korea, The Philippines and Thailand. Scarce.
Signed by one of contributors on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty, very slightly foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. 405pp. A collection of papers covering different area of Africa and examining forced labour and labour migration during the 19th and 20th centuries from Senegal to Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa and Namibia.
40 pages. 74 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Full-page photo of British Vickers-Wellington bombers which sweep over Germany; Out with the Dover Patrol; In and above the Maginot Line; Article by Ernest Brown, Minister of Labour, on Employment in Wartime; Full-page photo portrait of General Sir Walter Kirke; With the Nazis on the western front; Victims of German bombing at sea - the Royal Crown and the Yewdale; Their Majesties' visits of inspection; Supreme war council in Paris; Meeting of the Balkan States Council; New Zealanders training for overseas; centerfold illustration by C.E. Turner depicts British destroyers hunting a U-boat and attacking with depth charges; Pictorial news from the British war front; Street scene photo from Warsaw shows Jews wearing yellow triangles on their backs as ordered by the Gestapo; Photo of Germans fleeing that part of Poland occupied by the Soviet Union to German occupied Poland; Article and photos on the Royal Army Medical Corps; Cutaway diagrams of a Torpedo - The most Destructive Naval Weapon of the War; Contraband control at Gibraltar; Photos from the Finnish-Russian front; A commentary on the war this week; British trawlers armed as mine-sweepers; Heavy guns atop Gibraltar; Summary of the chief daily events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
16 pages. Contents: Lovely front cover illustrated with four Bridal Coiffures; What Enemy Hath Done This?, by Gail Hamilton; New York Fashions - Wedding Toilettes, Miscellaneous Dress Goods, The Von Moltke Collar, Regalia; Personal; Glimpses of Paris Before the War; Illustrations of Collars and more; Front and back illustrations of a shawl costume; Nice traveling hoods; Three beautiful wrappers; The Lovels of Araden, by Mrs. Braddon - Chapter One; Lovely full-page illustration of four Bridal and Evening Dresses; Illustrations of eight lovely caps; Paletot with Sutache Embroidery for Elderly Lady; Poplin Basque-Waist; A Cat with Nine Lives; Life in Dresden; Sayings and Doings; Educated Women Seeking Employment; Entertainment at the Capital; Illustration of the Baby Hippopotamus; Illustrations of five trimmings for under-skirts, children's dresses, etc.; Humor on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Magazine
64 pages. Features: Jimmy Carter's Report Card; Rosalynn - Jimmy Carter's closest emissary; Color-photo ad for the Chrysler LeBaron; Robert McCarney - king of the referendum in North Dakota; Anita Bryant and gay rights showdown in Miami; Ian Smith's dangerous new gamble in Rhodesia; Decade of occupation in the West Bank - article with color photos; Spanish campaign between Suarez and Gonzalez; Japanese venerate their WWII war dead; The the best and brightest of the class of '77 see ahead for themselves - with photos of Judy King, David Bryan, Catherine Burke, Ron Ridgeway, Cady Perkins, and more; New Cardinal Giovanni Benelli; Bill Moyers and Fidel Castro; Environment - Prescription for World Survival; Employment - court strikes blow for seniority; Illegal TV set rebates; Cracking down on the payoffs for amateur athletes; Diagnosing Lyme's Malady; Sumptuous Robes from Japan; Passing of Paul Desmond, Goddard Lieberson, Ben Grauer, Roberto Rossellini and Bruce Bliven; The Hot New Rich - cover story article with color photos of Famous Amos, Peter Frampton, Marc Howard, Alan Silverstone, Steve Cauthen, Joe Morgan, Colleen McCullough, Robin Cook, Nolan Bushnell, Fred Furth, and Rick Byers; Nice one-page photo-illustrated article on ELP (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) - with the photo showing their entire crew assembled at Cobo Hall; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Professionally rebound with original boards, new end papers and spine. Name to title page and that of Professor Peter Townsend on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean slightly tanned slightly wrinkled pages in a very tight binding with roughly trimmed dusty page edges. 362 pages plus Supplement No 1 of 128pp. Official Report on the workings of The Poor Law and the Poor Law Amendment Act which led to the establishment of workhouses. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works.
68 pages. Features: Film-Maker Robert Altman; Two-page color-photo ad for the Volkswagen Rabbit features Mr. Leslie T. Cho-Chu and family of Agincourt, Ontario; Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP Foundation) ad; Norman Bethune - Not Yet Ready for Prime Time; Two-page color-photo ad for the Honda Accords (2- and 4-door); The Sheik of Massawippi - Saad Gabr of North Hatley, Qubec; Election coverage of Joe Clark vs. Pierre Trudeau; Federal election race in Atlantic Canada, where bread and butter count; Lie Detectors used in employment screening; Bone marrow transplant between twin brothers Barry and Gary Armstrong of Chipman, New Brunswick; Ed Broadbent - The Third Man; NDP - the party that rose from the dust - with nice photo of CCFers in 1933; Idi Amin looses power in Uganda; Violence in Nicaragua; Warfare inside the Teamsters union; Actor John Voight; Jake Moore of Brascan attempts to buy F.W. Woolworth Co.; Guitar Manufacturer Normand Boucher of La Patrie, Quebec; Archaeology article re: Old Crow; Overuse and Abuse stalk Lake Louise - "The Coney Island of the Rockies"; Childhood Leukemia - stalemate in a long war - article with photo of Carol and Becki Scott; Musician Murray McLauchlan; Michael Ondaatje - "Home is Where the Hurt Is"; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
