Into the Promised Land: Issues Facing the Welfare State
Westport: Praeger, 2001. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; 290pp. Fine and unmarked; an as-new copy. No dustjacket as issued. More
Westport: Praeger, 2001. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; 290pp. Fine and unmarked; an as-new copy. No dustjacket as issued. More
Aldershot: Avebury, 1988. First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Laminated boards (hardcover); no jacket, as issued; viii,166pp. Mild external toning to spine, from sun exposure, else Fine and unmarked. More
London: Souvenir Press, [1965]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in brown dust jacket; ix,[1],495pp. Light wear to jacket extremities; Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First published in the United States a year earlier. More
London: Cassell and Company, [1923]. Cheap Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's green blind-ruled cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; [6],249pp. General shelf wear, corners rather bumped, spine gilt dulled, interior clean and fine. About Very Good overall. "Chapters on the Sex-Discord" - upper cover. More
Paris: Les Editions de France, 1931. Journalistic account of Spain in the aftermath of a very short-lived military revolution which took place on December 15th, 1930. Apart from the author's travel series "Ce Que J'ai Vu," Béraud is best known for winning the Prix Goncourt for his best-selling novel Le..... More
[Pittsburgh: Know, Inc., n.d., ca. 1971]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); self-wrappers staplebound at top left-hand corner; 10pp.; printed from typescript. About Fine. Generously annotated bibliography compiled by Bereaud, a member of the Female Studies Program at Cornell University. Includes monographs and scholarly articles, chiefly published in the 1950s and 1960s..... More
London: Anglo-Israel Association, 1966. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 16pp. Mild soil to covers, else Near Fine. More
New Brunswick, NJ: J. Heidingsfeld Company, 1932. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth, top edge gilt; 304pp. Some light edge wear, corners a bit bumped, else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "For Harvey [or Harry?] E. Molé / With sincere regards of..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1976]. First Edition. Large octavo (24cm.); original boards in white photo-illustrated dust jacket; xi,[1],403pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear and minor dust-soil, else Just About Fine. Biography of the lawyer Fanny Holtzmann who specialized in the film and theater industries. More
St. Paul: Minneapolis Historical Society Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; illustrated wrappers; xxii,314,[8]pp; illus. Inscribed to Minnesota author and poet John Calvin Rezmerski on the title page. A Fine, unread copy. Collection of 340 letters written between the Berman family from Minnesota, who during World War II would..... More
Berkeley: University of California, [1995]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in green pictorial dust jacket; xiii,[1],344pp.; illus. throughout. Just About Fine. More
College Station: Texas A&M University Press, [2005]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; xii,252pp.; text illus. throughout. Boards very slightly bowed, previous owner's pressure-stamp to title page, else Very Good to Near Fine. More
Bari: Editori Laterza, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. Printed card wrapers; 230pp. Slight external soil and wear; text unmarked but for a paper-clip stain to upper margin of first few leaves; about Very Good. Text entirely in Italian. More
Buffalo: University Press, [1970]. Revised Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original orange card wrappers; [4],225pp. Worn from handling, spine quite faded, first 8 leaves separated but present, title page soiled, ownership inscription. Good only. History of the race riots in Buffalo, New York, 1967. More
Moscow: Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the USSR, 1933. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22.5cm). Pale brown cloth stamped in brown; 131,[1]pp; publisher's ad to final page; black and white halftones. Ownership stamp of "Pioneer Youth of America" to front free endpaper. Rubbed with mild fading to edges..... More
Los Altos, CA: William Kauffman, Inc / for Public Education and Research Committee of California, 1973. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 197pp. Mild toning to covers, else fine. Survey of laws relating to venereal disease, abortion, homosexuality, sexual deviance, etc. Kauffman imprint is hand-stamped at base of title page..... More
Reading: Universtity of Reading, 1970. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's grey printed staplebound card wrappers; 16pp. Publisher's extremities a bit rubbed and very slightly faded along top margin, ink ownership signature to upper cover, faint evidence of previously removed paperclips to textblock, else Very Good and sound. Research Paper No..... More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976. First Edition. First printings. Three large octavo volumes (24cm); red cloth spines over ivory linen; lxv, 537; xviii, 542-1031; xvi, 1036-1553pp. Neat ownership signature to front endpaper of each volume, else fine and fresh, with minimal evidence of use. In the publisher's slipcase, lightly rubbed..... More
London: Africa Bureau, 1968. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed card wrappers; 14pp. Fine. Address delivered to the annual general meeting of the Africa Bureau, 11 November 1968. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First English Language Edition. Two volumes; octavo (22cm.); contemporary red polished double-ruled calf, heavily gilt spines in six compartments, morocco gilt spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; [4],viii,627; [2],viii,656pp.; folding map frontispiece in Vol. I. Boards a bit scuffed and corners bumped, tiny chip..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1918]. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original buckram in white printed dust jacket; 253pp. General dust-soil and toning to jacket, some wear to extremities, including tear to bottom inch of front jacket flap, else Very Good or better. World War I-era study, uncommon in..... More
[Washington, D.C.]: Division of Publications, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); original pictorial wrappers; vi,[2],72pp.; illus., facsimiles throughout. Fine. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1963. First Edition. First printings. Three octavo volumes (24.5cm) in glassine and publisher's slipcase. From the library of the noted scholar of Jewish history Irving Levitas, with his printed bookplate to each volume. A Fine set in Very Good slipcase. More
Guelph: The Library [of] University of Guelph, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (27.75cm.); original orange printed spiral-bound wrappers; [6],41 typescript leaves. Top edge of upper wrapper a bit toned, else Near Fine. Bibliography Series no. 1. More
London: Conservative Political Centre, 1954. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Octavo (22cm). Pictorial stiff card wrappers; 55pp. Light rubbing to covers, else clean, tight and unmarked; Very Good. Post-War study of British city planning from a Conservative viewpoint, emphasizing slum clearance, containing sprawl, and preserving agricultural properties. More