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Representative Bureaucracy, an Interpretation of the British Civil Service
by Kingsley, John Donald
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
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About This Item
The Antioch Press. Very Good+. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Briefly inscribed by the author as "Don" in ink on the half-title page, addressed to the bookbinder as "Free," in the year of publication. Rebound in black calf, gilt titles, patterned black endpapers. Light rubbing and soil, heel tears, foxing. Kingsley presents history, corruption, and contemporary issues facing the British government organisation, and coins the titular phrase with this book. Scarce. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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- Boards and Wraps
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Representative Bureaucracy, an Interpretation of the British Civil Service
- Author
- Kingsley, John Donald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Antioch Press
- Date Published
- 1944
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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