McCulloch, J. R.MareMagnum
191 résultats
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.
Good Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Boards marked and spine sunned. A slight bump on one corner. Minor pen marks pages 103-6. Otherwise clean. 144p Used
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.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly rubbed unmarked boards and softening to some corners. 281pp. Pitman's standard work with tables and ready reckoner for the working office before the days of calculators and computers.
301pp. 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Pencil underlining to some chapters and previous owner's name to front end paper. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 344pp. In this Open University book the authors have attempted to re-unite the various sub-disciplines of sociology including occupational sociology and industrial sociology.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A clean tight booklet with dusty unmarked boards, rusty staples and no bumping to corners. 19pp. A discussion paper put forward by the author telling the history of trade unions and of the Independent Labour Party (the I.L.P.) and advocating a strong link between the two to move socialism forward. Undated ca 1907. Extremely scarce.
Name on front cover. No other marks or inscriptions and very slight creasing adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 37pp. Women's and men's work in the home and its effects on their paid employment.
Contents include: Retail trade establishments by geographic areas, kinds of business and type of operations, including such data as number of establishments, sales, employment, payrolls, inventories and commodities. The 1951 census, held two years after Newfoundland became part of Canada, marked Canada's first census as a nation of ten provinces and two territories. The content of the population and household questionnaire covered name, sex, age, marital status, relationship to "head" of household, and the structural type and tenure of dwelling. This census also provided information for small areas such as counties, municipalities, cities, towns, etc. Multi-paginations. 11.25" x 9" x 1.7". 2.0 kg. Forest green buckram with gilt lettering upon backstrip. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
Contents include: Wholesale trade establishments and service establishments by geographic areas, kinds of business and type of operations including such data as number of establishments, sales, employment and payrolls, with inventories and commodities shown for the wholesale trade. The 1951 census, held two years after Newfoundland became part of Canada, marked Canada's first census as a nation of ten provinces and two territories. The content of the population and household questionnaire covered name, sex, age, marital status, relationship to "head" of household, and the structural type and tenure of dwelling. This census also provided information for small areas such as counties, municipalities, cities, towns, etc. Multi-paginations. 11.25" x 9" x 1.7". 2.0 kg. Forest green buckram with gilt lettering upon backstrip. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
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 or torn or creased with slight rubbing to rear and to top of spine and nicks to upper and lower front edges. 160pp. The history of the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants 1889-1964. British trade unions.
80 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Dominion Inlaid Linoleum inside front cover; Editorial topics include - Advertising our country, Typical problems in the western provinces, The Return of Employment, and The Cost of Sickness; The Smooth Silence (short story); The Carpenter (short story); Peiping (Beijing/Peking) Under Martial Law - photo-illustrated article of events in troubled China; Not a Case for the Jury (short story); The Girl Who Wouldn't Get Up (short story); The Spongers (short story); First Easter Among the Godless - photo-illustrated article told by Alexander Welikotny describes his experiences in Russia; Heil Summer, Heil Sport, All Heil! - article looks forward to the Olympics, with photos of Canadian Crew Champions, The Leanders "Eight" of Hamilton, broad jumper "Sammy" Richardson, and walker "Hank" Cieman of Toronto; Nice one-page Plymouth ad features a four-Door Touring Sedan and photo of A.B. Ellis, Radio Engineer of station CKLW; Parker pen one-page ad features photo of Princess Rostislav; Nice one-page Dodge care ad includes photo of a Model "D2" four-door Touring Sedan, and photo of Mr. F. Lyle Kelly, of Windsor, Ontario; First report of the Bank of Canada; Great two-page Easter Chevrolet ad features a green two-door; Movie news includes photos of Warner Baxter, Charlie Chaplin, Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Billy Lee, and Shirley Temple; Great one-page Lux soap ad features photo of Grace Moore; Pond's ad includes photo of Eleanor Roosevelt, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt of Washington, D.C.; Blue Jay Corn Plaster ad entitled "Corn Demon Killed"; Half-page Canadian National Railways ad features Jasper National Park; Cooking article; Nice one-page ad for Magic Baking Powder; features Miss Lillian Loughton; Spring Cleaning article; Nice one-page Heinz ad features photo of Josephine Gibson; Canadian Pacific half-page ad features photo of the Empress of Britain; Uncommon half-page ad for Ingram's Milkweed Cream; Beauty article; Tangee ad features photo of Lyle Talbot who picked the most appealing lips in an interesting test; World Sayings; Ad inside back cover protests preferential treatment of foreign periodicals in Canada; Wonderful colour back-cover ad for Tea features a Ripley's Believe it or Not theme and says "Drink More Tea for Vitality!"; and more. Average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Book in mint unread condition. 48pp. Social history at Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, textile manufacturing works in Cheshire from 1784.
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.
Name on half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. Reading crease to front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, three page corners creased and no bumping to corners. 192pp. A study of gender in the workplace, comprising and comparing the experience and views of male and female childcare workers.
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
Plastic protected blue hard cover with silver lettering on spine and contents in very good clean condition. Illustrated with graphs. Clean Copy
64 pages. Features: The Court-Martial of Smedley Butler - an off-the-cuff remark about Mussolini spelled trouble for this famous Marine Corps hero - photo-illustrated feature article; Bell Telephone ad features photo of Edward Ohm, David Hogg and Robert DeGrasse working with a large horn reflector; Nice illustrated ad for the Sikorsky S-64 flying crane; Small Atomics (bombs) - a Big Problem; Tong Yong Operation near Pusan, Korea in August 1950; Block Buster - airlifting palletized Caterpillar tractors; Flying Saucers - A Hard Look - illustrated article on ground effect vehicles; No Pitch, No Roll - article on amphibious helicopters; The Soviet Officer Corps - Just how good are the officers who command the Red Army?; Article on Soviet military pay; Organized Air-Ground Reserves - 1959; Support by Fire - Part VI - Target Information; Colt .45 vs. the Luger; Employment of Recon; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this important issue. Magazine
Signed by Peter Townsend to front end paper. The author's notes alongside a few paragraphs. Crease to lower corner of front cover and to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight browning to pages and no bumping to corners. 224pp. This book sets out a programme to establish Britain in full control of its own economy and trade, to secure full employment and restore the welfare state. 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.
Appears unread. Trace of label removal inside front board. No other 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. 127pp. a study of the factors which affect an organisation's efficiency as a multicultural entity. Covers recial discrimination, language barriers, preferential promotion, different behavioural norms and religious customs.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 248pp. A practical effective program to transform managers into skilled facilitators.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight dustiness to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 212pp. Livelihoods in rural Africa are changing in response to disappearing job prospects, falling agricultural output and collapsing infrastructure. Responses to these challenges are very different in different parts of Africa. This book explains why.
112 pages. Features: Human Smugglers - Running refugees into the U.S. from the Akwesasne Reserve; Chinese migrants risk their lives to be smuggled to North America; Patrolling 'Little Korea' - illegals from all over jump the U.S. border in southern B.C.; Chinese migrants seek release in B.C.; The Tragedy of Andrew Rich - teen Innu suicide victim; Problems with Emploi Quebec; Britain's hereditary peers fall victim to reform; Plunge of Flight 990 off Massachusetts; Feature Article - Wayne Gretzky's New World - he talks of family, life, and the public perils of selling himself; Bill Gates - as Microsoft fights antitrust findings, rivals gear up in the battle for web markets; Smart Appliances are set to rival the PC's role; Chris Staples and his Vancouver ad agency Palmer Jarvis DDB; Photo of young entrepreneur award recipients Stephen J.P. Comeau and Michael-Andreas Kuttner with their mentor, Wendy Paquette; Photos and short write-ups of additional entrepreneurs: Colleen Kennedy, Paul Wareham, Mark McLane, Allen and Tim McCandless, Ariel and Ron Shlien, Dave Zakutin, Kirt Eliza Kootoo, Chris Bond, Ken Zorniak, Daniel and Garnette Weber, Alan and Ian Andreasen, Susan Ireland, Daniel Sacks; Johan Arnet, and Samson Hartland; Brian Scudamore and 1-800-Got-Junk?; The Harry Potter Series; Pianist Naida Cole; Alexei Yashin and Carol Alt; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. One-inch opening to top of cover fold. A high-quality copy. Book
Features: Humorous cover art by Norris shows bored boy in church; Can We All Get Jobs? - an argument to boost exports; Home-Front Booby Traps - returning servicemen with their war earnings must beware sharpsters targeting their funds; It's The Happy Gang! - They boast over a million weekly radio listeners; Our Crazy Clothes - Eminent Toronto doctor claims never have so many worn so much - or so little - in the wrong places; This is Berlin - The crippled city struggles to its feet; Bug Busters - DDT and dimethyl phthalate; London Letter - Who Got Slapped?; Washington Memo - approval of the United Nations Charter; Backstage at Ottawa - Dominion-Provincial talks next month; Get in the Swim - photo-illustrated article on aquabats/ornamental swimmers/synchronized swimmers, including nine-time champion Doris Geldard of Toronto; It Happened in Norway - Paper shoes, paper clothes, no meat, but even traitor Quisling will get a fair trial; Turn Again Home (short story); A Date for Agnes (short story); Russian Lady (short story); Canny Canning; and more. Nice ads for: Fleet Aircraft; Moore Business Forms, Koroseal by B.F. Goodrich, Miracle Whip, White Rose petroleum products, Canada Dry sparking water, Absorbine Jr., John Labbatt Ltd., Kreml Hair Tonic, Arrid deodorant (featuring photo of Jessica Dragonette), Hiram Walker & Sons, Limited ("Serving the United Nations with War Alcohol"); Pep O Mint Life Savers; Eveready Flashlight Batteries (featuring photo of young radio singer Cleone Duncan of Calgary); Vitalis; Eversharp Red Top Lead (fantastic colour ad on back cover); Wonderful colour ad inside back cover by the Blue Top Brewing Company of Kitchener encourages readers to support Red Cross Blood Clinics to help soldiers. 52 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Small perforations in front cover to right of title. Several peripheral openings. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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
