Search Results: Sociology from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Bramhall House, New York, 1988. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Caldecott, Crane, Greenaway, Rackham, Parrish. Acknowledgements, All about "Mother Goose", bibliography and index of first lines. Illustrated end pages. the text is illustrated with reproductions of historical, anonymous, woodcuts along with illustrations by Ralph Caldecott, Maxfield Parrish, Walter Crane, Kate Greenaway and Arthur Rackham. 1/4 olive coloured back strip with black coloured titles. 3/4 gold coloured boards with dark gray coloured embossed titles to the front panel. Dark pink coloured tint to the top text edge. Illustrated dustwrapper with white and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. '' ... This ample gathering, containing more than one thousand separate rhymes from the earliest surviving publications to the present day, is the most complete collection ever assembled. The rhymes are usually given in their earliest form, which was often… Read More

Bramhall House, New York, 1988. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Caldecott, Crane, Greenaway, Rackham, Parrish. Acknowledgements, All about "Mother Goose", bibliography and index of first lines. Illustrated end pages. the text is illustrated with reproductions of historical, anonymous, woodcuts along with illustrations by Ralph Caldecott, Maxfield Parrish, Walter Crane, Kate Greenaway and Arthur Rackham. 1/4 olive coloured back strip with black coloured titles. 3/4 gold coloured boards with dark gray coloured embossed titles to the front panel. Dark pink coloured tint to the top text edge. Illustrated dustwrapper with white and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. '' ... This ample gathering, containing more than one thousand separate rhymes from the earliest surviving publications to the present day, is the most complete collection ever assembled. The rhymes are usually given in their earliest form, which was often later… Read More

Harry N. Abrams In Collaboration With The American Museum Of Natural History, New York, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. acknowledgements, foreword by author, bibliography, credits and index. Map illustrated endpapers, showing Asia with the various countries delineated. The text is illustrated with copious colour photography, with photographs of the various Asian countries, and the artefacts have all been photographed from the Hall of Asian Peoples in the American Museum of Natural History in New York; there are sepia toned contemporary photographs throughout as well. Navy blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Colour photographic dustwrapper with French flaps, and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. A combination book of the various Asian countries, there history, culture, and, particularly their arts and artworks. Minor, and I… Read More

Horizon Press, New York, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. 500 g; endpage maps, 286 pages, top edge of the text block has been tinted a blue, slight darkening of the other edges of the text block, and minor rubbing of the edges of the dust jacket otherwise in very good condition. The absorbing adventures of an American judge of his wife uniquely involved in the domestic, legal and social life of the natives of the South Sea Islands. A personal account, Federal Judge Toomin describes the cases that come before him in the U.S. Trust Territory Islands of Micronesia and his adventures in the islands, his wife wrote separate chapters that give a woman's perspective.The contrast between Western concepts of civilization and the beauty and trials of life in primitive lands. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Anthropology; Sociology;… Read More

Cornell University Press, Ithaca & London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Inscribed By Author. 1.0 kg; 512 pages, in original black cloth over cardboard, with photographic illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket has faded on the back strip section, and is rubbed at each of the corners, with a 0.75 inch split at the top of the rear fold over crease. There is a full-page inscription on the front end page to Julian Phillips, Australian legal academic from the author, dated 1977, and signed "Bill Gould Stamford California". There is no indication that this William B Gould is any relation to a slave of the same name who escaped to a Union gunboat and served in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Sociology; Politics; Unions; America; Inscribed By Author. ISBN:… Read More

Cardinal, London, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. List of figures, list of plates, acknowledgements, chronological table, introduction by author, bibliography and abbreviations, and index. The text is illustrated with four inserts, of eight pages each, of black-and-white photography; with numerous black-and-white drawings, house plans and line drawings throughout the book. Colour photographic paperback binding with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting News Statesman on the rear panel blurb " ... Her book is a synthesis of all the available evidence, from archaeological research in Britain, literary sources, and relevant discoveries aboard, into an extremely thorough description of life in Britain during the Roman occupation." Minor creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the edges and either side of the back strip. Light tanning of the text block edges and pages. The lower right-hand corner of the first… Read More

Duckworth and Companies, London, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 144 pages. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of author. The text is illustrated with contemporary black and white photographs. Grey coloured boards with green writing on the spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine. There is offset tanning to the endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing three boys in an urban landscape, with white writing on the front panel and black on the spine. Corners of the dustwrapper are slightly rubbed. There is slight bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine. Browning and slight foxing to the verso of the dustwrapper. The story of the author, who in the 1930s decided to run a one-man boys' club in London. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography &… Read More

Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. Acknowledgements, list of tables and graphs, list of maps, list of abbreviations, introduction by author six appendices, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with tables, graphs and maps. Beige coloured cloth covered boards with blue coloured insert to the back strip, and within that insert gilt coloured titles. Illustrated dustwrapper with white and apricots coloured titles to the front panel white coloured titles to the back strip. In this book the author studies the West Suffolk town of Bury St. Edmunds, from 1290 – 1539. The pervading thought has been that all English towns suffered from abject economic decline for two centuries after the bubonic plague. From his studies of Bury St Edmunds the author found that it "... enjoyed an economic boom throughout the later Middle Ages and into the Tudor period. The home of a great… Read More

Oxford University Press For the Early English Text Society, London New York Toronto, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. list of plates, introduction by editor, notes, bibliography, glossary and index of names. Photographic frontispiece – being a reproduction of letter 241 from William Cely, and the text is illustrated with another four reproductions of other letters. Brown coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed decoration to the book edges and gilt coloured embossed decoration in titles to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Plain text dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. "This is the first complete edition of the Cely Letters, a fact which helps explain why the correspondence has been rather neglected by students of the Fifteenth Century. The letters are of special interest to students of English for… Read More

University Press of New England, New Hampshire, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 385 g.; X, 214 pages, preface and introduction by authors, notes and index. Purple coloured endpapers. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with silver titles to the backstrip. Bumping and discolouration to the text block edges and rubbing to the book corners. Slight cocking of the spine. Light age toning of the internal text and text block edges. A previous owner has placed their name rubberstamp to the top and front fore text block edges. Underlining and notations, in pencil, throughout the book. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with blue background with black and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Chipping to the top dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Creasing to the dustwrapper edges and there is very heavy rubbing to the front dustwrapper panel and lighter rubbing to the rear panel. Fading to the backstrip. The remains of a sticker can be seen to the top… Read More

Left Book Club ( Gollancz ), London, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 92 pages, + 4 blank text has several charts/tables. Aside from a darkening of the page edges, and foxing of the endpapers, the book is in very good order. "It is the task of this part to work out the considerable differences in the development of labour conditions under bourgeois democracy and under Fascism these differences, however, virtually disappear if we compare the development of labour conditions in Great Britain and Germany on the one hand, and in the soviet union on the other hand." Page 67 Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Sociology; Unions; Britain; Inventory No: 0279230. .

Thames & Hudson, London, 1967. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. introduction by author, suggestions for further reading, sources of extracts and illustrations and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography and illustrations. Photographic card cover with white and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A small book about the ancient civilisations of Greece and Rome, aimed at the higher School student. Part of The General Studies Library series under the editorship of Percy Wilson. Minor creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book panels. Browning and bank foxing of the textblock edges and browning of the pages. Reading creases to the backstrip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9-110 pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator:… Read More

Faber & Faber, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Acknowledgements, list of illustrations, references to quotations and index. Between pages 96 and 97 there are eight pages of black and white illustrations and photographs. Tan coloured boards with black coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic / illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound) with tan and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. To anyone who has the remotest interest in cats, Mildred Kirk's the Everlasting Cat will be endlessly fascinating. It contains a wealth of information about cats and their unique hold on the human imagination. Very minor rubbing of the book edges. The occasional foxing spots to the text block edges with most of the spotting to the top text edge.'s foxing of the end pages and there is the very occasional spot in the text. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and pages with fading of the back… Read More

Faber & Faber, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 14 illustrations in black-and-white. Indexed. Photographic illustrated dustjacket. The book and dust jacket show no signs of damage. To anyone who has the remotest interest in cats, Mildred Kirk's the Everlasting Cat will be endlessly fascinating. It contains a wealth of information about cats and their unique hold on the human imagination. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 207 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; mythology; Sociology; ISBN: 0571111122. ISBN/EAN: 9780571111121. Inventory No: 0227917. . 9780571111121

The University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Poor Condition. 700 g; LVIII, 246 pages, last five pages blank, includes references cited, index. Photographic illustrated dustwrapper. The top edge of the text block shows signs of foxing, and there is some softness to the hinges. The text appears to be free of any marginalia. The dust jacket is badly rubbed, and chipped, with the front fold over flap almost detached. Now protected. Bertrand Russell, in his History of Western Philosophy, does not even mention Spencer. The reason was twofold: the principal subject of his investigation -- cultural evolution -- began to lose popularity at the beginning of the 20th century; also, many of his most illuminating ideas had been absorbed into the general domain of modern thought. A reverse trend has now set in, however. The study of cultural evolution is once again being actively pursued, and Spencer is beginning to be recognised as the… Read More

Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. list of illustrations, preface by author, list of abbreviations, for appendices, notes and index. The text is illustrated with graphs and tables. Photographic paperback binding with black, red and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. In this book 400 " ... Australians from around the country shared their experiences of work, family and community for this book, creating a striking picture of Australian society as it heads into a new century." -- from rear panel blurb. Rubbing of the book corners and panels with some sunning of the book panels. Handling marks to the text block edges. Size: Trade Paperback. [8], IX - XVII, [1], 244, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; sociology; Australia; Economics. ISBN: 0521658446. ISBN/EAN:… Read More

Arrow Books, London, 1977. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Preface by author and notes. Colour illustrated paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A report in to the most misunderstood, though most publicised, violent crime – that of rape. The author spoke to victims, the police, judges, police surgeons, solicitors and barristers and judges to get their thoughts and opinions on this crime. Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Reading crease to the back strip with sunning to the book panels. Tanning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 12 mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Sociology; 1970s; Women & Feminism. ISBN: 0099145707. ISBN/EAN: 9780099145707. Inventory No: 0290740. . 9780099145707

Thames & Hudson, London, 1966. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. General Editor's Preface – Professor Stuart Piggott, introduction by author, chronology, bibliography, list of illustrations and index. The text is illustrated with both colour and black and white photographs and illustrations. Civilisations of the Mediterranean region, the Egyptians, Babylonians, Hurrians, Canaanites, Hittities, Minoans, Cypriots and Mycenaean Greeks had one major contact with each other and that was the Syrian and Palestinian seaboard. As civilisations waxed and waned – the merchants,the Levants, plied their trade with whoever. This book tells the story of the commercial history of the ancient Mediterranean. Library of the Early Civilisations series. Minor creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book panels. Browning and bank foxing of the textblock edges and browning of the pages. Size: 8vo - over… Read More

Thames & Hudson, London, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. General Editor's Preface – Professor Stuart Piggott, introduction by author, chronology, bibliography, listed illustration and index. The text is illustrated with 109 black-and-white illustrations and 30 coloured plates. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt embossed publisher's logo to the front panel and gilt titles to the backstrip. Colour photographic dustwrapper with blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. All the great civilisations of the Mediterranean region, the Egyptians, Babylonians, Hurrians, Canaanites, Hittities, Minoans, Cypriots and Mycenaean Greeks had one major contact with each other and that was the Syrian and Palestinian seaboard. As civilisations waxed and waned – the merchants,the Levants, plied their trade with whoever. This book tells the story of the… Read More

Jonathan Cape, London, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Includes bibliographical references and index. front of Dustwrapper lightly rubbed, with minor edgewear to top of jacket. Changes forever the way all of us, men and women, think about ourselves as we grow older and the way society thinks about aging. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 672 pp.,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Anthropology; Sociology; ISBN: 0671400274. ISBN/EAN: 9780671400279. Inventory No: 0236070. . 9780671400279