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188 pages. "To Torchy Peden with Best Wishes, Ray Smythe, July 1 1935" written boldly upon front free endpaper. A newspaperman's close-up of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) - subtitle. "Offers the first constructive close-up of the people who are administering the National Housing Act, and the banking, industrial and employment problems with which this group is dealing so effectively." - from dust jacket. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 189pp. A thorough discussion of evidence-based practice as applied to social work.
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. 351pp. An overview of organizational behaviour with a detailed explanation of human resources management policies and techniques plus industriial relations and employment law. Fourth Edition.
creasing to the cover and the corners, stickers namd stamps on the inside of the cover, FEP and on the page block. Ex - Library
380 pages, tables, appendices, index. eng
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 48pp. Advice and Information for Women Wishing to Return to Work.
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. 195pp. A powerful study of how the leisure society evolved but how it imposes rigours of its own on those who service it. 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.
Paris, Eslevier 1975. In-8 Etroit cartonnage éditeur illustré de 229 pages. Bon état
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
No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with faded but otherwise unmarked boards, minor damp effect to lower part of book, no effect on text and no bumping to corners. 330pp. A reassessment of the social role of African workers in terms of the extent to which a working class had formed.
Paris, First 1991. In-8 broché de 250 pages; Exemplaire de bibliothèque. Bon état
minor rubbing along the edges of the cover and minor sunning to the spine. pages are bright and tight.
White hard cover with gitl lettering on maroon spine and contents in very good clean condition. Some last pages are uncut at top. Dust jacket is slightly sun faded and lightly edge worn, otherwise it is sound. Used
Dust jacket shows minor wear; gilt title on top board and spine wearing off a little. Contents remain clean and sound throughout. Used
Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean very slightly tanned pages in a tight binding with bright slightly rubbed boards. 152pp. The author documents the life of the hostel dwellers of Cape Town, for whom a bed is literally a home for both themselves and their families. Well illustrated.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 151pp. 'The most comprehensive sourcebook for gender-based experimental exercises available. Creative and thought-provoking.'
in-8°, 232 pages, broche, couverture illustree.- Tres bel exemplaire. [CA29-1]
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
First edition, 12mo (160 x 100 mm), [8], 122, [14]pp., with a final advert leaf, text very clean and bright, cont. calf, joint split, spine chipped, covers held by cords (rear cover by upper cord only). The anonymous author stresses the importance of the poor laws in his introduction and also points out "that in the Streets of this great Metropolis (the Capital, for Trade and Riches, of the whole World) more Unhappy, Miserable People are to be found, than in the Cities of the Poorest Nations Abroad; which is the greatest Scandal to the Kingdom of Great-Britain. By the Abuse or Non-use of our Excellent Laws for Providing for the Poor, we have Thousands of Beggars pestering our Streets...". Of this first edition ESTC locates 6 copies (3 in the UK: BMu; L; Lu; and 3 in North America: CaOHM; CLU-C; CaOTU), the second edition of 1727 is of similar rarity. Hanson, 3252; Goldsmiths'-Kress, 6333.
Name inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. Creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 248pp. A significant contribution to the literature on black migrant labour.
pp. ix, 243. Illustrated with maps. Crisp copy. PA PAMPH 20_15 BX1
Signed by Peter Townsend to front end paper - otherwise 'fine'. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 196pp. Six months after the miners' strike of 1984-5, the author visited the north-east of England where he interviewed people on both sides of the dispute - miners, their wives, Union officials, policemen, shopkeepers, young people, Coal Board officials, schoolteachers and many others. This vivid social documents sets out their words. 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.
minor wear along spine; creases on soft cover; library sticker on spine; library plate on front inside cover and FEP; library stamp on page block Ex - Library
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with nick to lower rear corner, light creasing to upper edge and very faint indenting. 230pp Successful writer Susan Page who has had books publshed all over the world provides excellent advice through each stage of the publishing process, from the first signs of an idea to planning your second bestseller. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.