Search Results: Authors starting with A from The Book Firm

New York, The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, 1871. Hardcover. Half-bound leather, gilt to spine, marbled boards. Some wear and rubbing to edges, some rubbing to covers, internal hinge cracked but holding, otherwise good condition. Includes articles on The Downfall of Bonapartism; Parties in the Episcopal Church; Early English Texts; The War of 1870; The Early Sieges of Paris; Royal Commission on International Coinage; The American Press; The War of 1870-1 etc. 320pp; 312pp. .

The Executive Council of the Ancient Order of Foresters' Friendly Society, 1879 and 1881. Hardcover. Bound into plain green covers. Marbled edges. Some marks to covers, rear internal hinge cracked, otherwise good. No dj. Provides an historical insight into economic, political and social aspects of British life in the second half of the 19th century. Includes papers on The 23rd Clause of the Poor Law Amendment Act; Court statistics; Chronic and Age Old Sickness; Camp Life in South America; Art and the Industrial Classes; Modern British Workmanship; Thomas Carlyle as a Social Reformer; Valuations; The Public House and the Coffee Tavern; The Hygenic Influence of Plants in Rooms; Investments of Friendly Societies; Friendly Societies and the Poor Law; etc. 528pp; 548pp. .

Routledge, 2006 (1998). Paperback. Small mark to top edges, otherwise good condition. 619pp. ISBN 13: 9780415412643. .

Sierra Leone University Press, 1978. Hardcover. Slight wear to dust jacket, a little foxing to edges, top corner of front endpaper clipped, otherwise condition very good. Argues "...that in nineteenth century Mendeland s new system was developing, consisting of both territorial and personal chiefdoms and that the effect and intention of British policy was to frustrate the development of their system and to break up unities which already existed". 330pp. ISBN 0197116388. .

The Free Press, 1977. Hardcover. Mark to fep, o/wise good condition. No dj. An in-depth study into feelings of political effectiveness & political trust among black schoolchildren, which posits a number of explanations for the findings. Scarce. 195pp. Out of print. .

Land Resources Division, Ministry of Overseas Development, 1975. Ring-bound 4to paperbacks. Volumes 1-5 and separate vol of large maps. B/W diagrams, colour images and fold-out maps. Previous owners signature to covers, some sunning to rear cover of vol. 1, a little pencilling to vol. 2, otherwise good condition. 135pp; 160pp; 71pp; 96pp; 147pp. .

Cambridge University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Fine in dj. Analyzes the relative importance of small firms in industrial economies, bringing together a series of studies spanning a spectrum of selected countries in developed Western nations & Eastern Europe to identify the exact role of small firms, & how this role has evolved over the last 15 years. 240pp. .

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. Hardcover. Ex-library, o/wise good (no markings to text) in dj. 310pp. ISBN 0710078382. .

Del Duca Paris, 1962/1968. Hardcover. 5 vols. Ex-library, a touch of sunning to spines, 2 vols with light marks to spines, a touch of yellowing to pages, o/wise contents good (no markings to text). In French. Scarce as a set. 615pp; 420pp; 432pp; 391pp; 359pp. .

The Systematics Association, 1967. Paperback. Ex-lib. B/W illus. Contents in good condition. Scarce. Provides a series of papers that set out "...to explore two aspects of the evolution of this sea [Tethys]... What control has such a rapidly changing environment had on the course and rate of evolution? What peculiarities of the fauna and flora exist that differentiate "Tethys" from other areas, and what control can we postulate as a cause?", as well as using palaeontological data to test geological hypotheses. 336pp. .

Small 4to. Paperback. Some light staining to spine, small tear to bottom of spine, o/wise good condition. An in-depth monograph study. 43 B/W plates. 280pp. .

Lexington Books, 1986. Hardcover. Top corners bumped, o/wise good condition in dj. Scarce. 216pp. ISBN 0669110175. .

Associated Business Programmes, 1977. Hardcover. Ex-library, o/wise good (no markings to text). No dj. Scarce. 178pp. ISBN 0852270739. .

Melbourne University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Good condition in dust jacket. 220pp. ISBN 0522848761. .

Gower, 1990. Hardcover. Ex-library, o/wise good (no markings to text). No dj. 269pp. ISBN 0-566-05750-6. .

Macmillan, 1989. Hardcover. Ex-library, otherwise good (no markings to clean text) in dust jacket. 276pp. ISBN 0333422082. .

Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Condition very good. 396pp. ISBN 0792389166. .

D.W. Thorpe, 1991. Hardcover. Ex-library, otherwise good (no markings to clean text). No dust jacket. 270pp. ISBN 0909532907. .

Operation Lifeline, 1980. Paperback. Ex-library, o/wise good (no markings to text). Examines government policy, the international background, the community response etc. 165pp. ISBN 0-9690-599-0-6. .

CABI Publishing, 2003. Hardcover. B/W illustrations. No dust jacket. Ex-library, otherwise good condition (no markings to text). Describes trophic interactions between species that carry out the decomposition of organic matter in the soil. 335pp. ISBN 0851996612. .