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Book in mint unread condition. 272pp. The author puts forward arguments for a future with values that are more sustaining than the values of the free market. Money is the means of life, not the point of it.
Features: Title page illustration of French Cavalry on the Oise Front; Two pages of illustrations of Royal visit to 'Khaki Country' - among the mills of the West Riding; Reserves and Their Employment (article); The Patron Saint of the Allies (article); Concerning National Kitchens (article); Photos of events in Italy, Portugal, Greece and France, including two photos of the funeral of Sister G.M.M. Wake, a Canadian nurse killed by a German bomb; Article on current events by G.K. Chesterton; Photos of John Robert Clynes, M.P., Sir Richard David Muir, The Duke of Rutland, Sir William James Tatem, and Sir John Merry Le Sage; Text and two illustrations describe the American's First "Big Thing" in France - The Cantigny Fight; The Moral and Material Effect of Bombing Germany (article by C.G. Grey); Six photos of British and U.S. Observers training Aerial Gunnery together; Wonderful 11-photo spread over two pages of the United States Army at the front where it is 'taking a gallant share in resisting the German offensive; Three illustrations and text describe the shelling of Paris from 74 miles by German super-gun "Long Bertha"; Seven photos of Sea-Warfare mementos from Zeebrugge - war museum additions; Centrefold illustration "The Last of the Albert Madonna - British Artillery In Action Near The Town; Photos of injured German POWs; Article on the saving of clerical labour; Two half-page aerial photos illustrate a British air attack on the main railway station at Metz; Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers including Lieut.-Colonel James Hugh Coles, D.S.O.; Several lovely car ads; Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for "Erasmic" The Dainty Soap features well-dressed lady in boudoir studying her mirror; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Unread book. 144pp. The story of the Johnnies of Roscoff in France who for 175 years migrated annually to sell their celebrated red onion to the people of Britain. At its peak in 1931, about 1500 men came to spend the winter months in harsh conditions and a miserable climate. This trade is still continued by a company today. Illustrated with black & white photographs.
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.
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
16568Bessie Rayner Parkes. The Market for Educated Female Labor. 1859. First Edition. 8 1/4 x 5 in. Unbound. 6 pages missing last 2 pages. No other copies in institutional or library collection in the US according to OCLC Worldcat. "The daughter may may marry but her husband may die.or be too poor to support her and her children; let her at least be trained beforehand to some possible way of getting her bread." Bessie Rayner Parkes one of the most prominent women's rights activist of her day writes that girls and young women must receive an education or a useful trade in the same way that boys do. "We lay it down as a primary social law conceded by all political economists that a father ought to provide for all his children or give them the means of providing for themselves." She emphasizes how common it is for middle-class women to join the workforce: "Probably every person present has a female relative or intimate friend whom trade-failure the exigencies of a numerous household or the early death of husband or father has compelled to this course; it is the experience of every family." An argument for the importance of skilled and educated women in the work force their place in the market and the challenges that they faced. Repairs to top right corner and right edge of page 1. Small repair to left edge page 6. Good condition. unknown books
1527737233.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
184p. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First Edition. Coldwar/Economics 8
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 132pp.
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean copy with bright unmarked white card boards and spiral binding in excellent condition. 225pp. Study carried out in 1982 using a ten per cent sample of members of the Institute of Personnel Management. Typescript publication. Very scarce.
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.
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. 432pp. A study of unionisation and employment in the telecommunications industry from the date that private ownership of the telegraph service ceased in 1870.
pp. x, 131. 215mm. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. ECONOMICS/BUS BX 1
1563700514.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Name to front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. Creasing to lower corner of front covers. A very clean very tight copy with purple card covers and no bumping to corners. 77pp. Gender in the workplace and how trade unions play a vital role.
1889150630.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
DADAX1889150630Facts on Demand Press 2017-03-07. Third. paperback. New. 8.11x1.40x9.51. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Facts on Demand Press paperback
New condition. Blue cover with gilt lettering to spine. Clean Copy
Inscription on front end paper and slight foxing to upper page edges. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn with slight creasing to edges. 280pp. Reprint of the work first published in 1929 telling the story of chemistry, industry, philosophy, cotton, music, the arts, the university, the press and drama in Manchester.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with slight rubbing and small tear to lower front edge. 212pp. Study of the development of water power along the River Tame in Staffordshire.
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.
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.
30078aafLondon, King, 1907, in-8°, VIII + 60 p., ‘Hommage de l'auteur’, paberback.
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.
16266Circular of the Working Girls' Society. Bylaws for one of the first organizations in New York that was created specifically to support women workers. Extremely rare.Two very light horizontal fold marks. Light thumb-soiling. 2" tear at bottom of center fold. Very good condition. <br/><br/>The Working Girls' Society was designed to provide space for girls and women to gather take classes and socialize after working hours; it was dedicated to providing working women with a safe and clean space that could help them advance their professional lives. Information in the bylaws related to membership and to members' uses of the organization's library and rooms at 222 West 38th Street. Perks of joining the society the club even include special vacation benefits and discounted train tickets. An extremely rare early document that details the social communities which developed around a larger urban female workforce in the late 19th century. Extremely scarce OCLC Worldcat lists no other known copies of this document in any institution of library worldwide. unknown books
