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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.
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.
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.
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.
New condition. Blue cover with gilt lettering to spine. Clean Copy
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.
pp. x, 131. 215mm. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. ECONOMICS/BUS BX 1
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.
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 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.
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.
184p. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First Edition. Coldwar/Economics 8
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Slight foxing to page edges. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with two small tears to upper front edge and a little fading to spine. 254pp. The story of the Labour movement's first great victory based on London's East End Docks.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, the tiniest of bumps to upper front spine margin and no bumping to corners. 204pp. With strategic and practical perspectives for those who are responsible for adapting, transitioning and exploiting change into more effective ways to improve core business relations.
145p. + Large folding city map. Illustrated with photographs and charts. Oblong 8vo. Original pictorial spiral bound wraps. PA PAMPH 20_8 BX2
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked embossed red cloth boards, gilt lettering to slightly sunned spine, foxed end papers, very tiny marks to fore-edge and no bumping to corners. Partially trimmed top of page edges. 257pp. A concise and readable statement in this series of seven lectures of the main theories of the scientific school of political economy, founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Scarce first edition.
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.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, slight marking to front cover and bump to spine foot. 28pp. Accounts of disturbing social conditions involving young children working in Litton Mill and Cressbrook Mill in Derbyshire in the first half of the 19th century. Typescript publication with some illustrations.
Name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly rubbedboards and no bumping to corners. 96pp. A study of the course and consequences of industrial development under capitalism in five areas - Benwell in West Newcastle, North Shields, Batley in West Yorkshire, Saltley in Birmingham and Canning Town in East London. The authors suggest that the decline that has happened there could one day happen to any of Britain's apparently successful areas.
Inscribed To Peter - Lewis Minkin on front end paper. 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. 681pp. For a comprehensive defence and analysis of the trades unions' relationship with the Labour Party in these difficult times. 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.