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1985A collection of essays on information issues published to honour Mrs Edith Korner CBE Chairman of the NHS / DHSS Health Services Information Steering Group 1980 - 1984
1985Cover has general wear of ends of spine and corners. Minor foxing on some pages. Library stamps on FEP, page 200 and page block. Illustrated with tables and text - figures. Ex - Library
1982ex library. taped sticker to spine. sticker inside front cover, and 2 inside rear cover. book is in very good clean condition with very few signs of use or other wear. Ex - Library
2000Very good condition, clear bright and tight. Used
1994Ex - library: label on spine; plastic cover on cloth; remains of return slip and barcode on FEP; ink stamps on top edge of page block and front matter. Contents otherwise clean, sound, and bright throughout. Used
1994Ex - library: label on spine; bookplate on pastedown; remains of return slip and barcode on FEP; ink stamps on BEP, top edge of page block and front matter. Contents otherwise clean, sound, and bright throughout. Used
1994Christmas inscription on inside cover Ex - Library
1989Library stickers and stamps on FEP and BEP. Some stamps also on title page and publications page. Library sticker on spine. Plastic protective cover. Ex - Library
1997Library sticker on the spine, inside of the cover and on the FEP. Stamp on title page. The Reality of Management, now in its third edition, carves a clear course through the fads and fashions of management theory providing the manager with a practical and usable guide to managing effectively. First published in the 1960s, this thoroughly revised and updated edition finds the fundamentals of managing remain the same. It provides a unique long perspective on current managerial fashions, on the evidence of their utility and distinguishing what is new from what is reinvention. The Reality of Management is addressed to all managers who wish to learn more about their jobs for the practical reason of becoming better managers and to all students who seek to learn something of the realities of management Government Reference Library
1991Light wear to DJ edges
2000Black cover with silver gilt lettering on spine and contents in very good clean condition. Dust jacket is sound with light creases along edges. Clean Copy
réf. 144305U.S. General Services Administration. Softcover Wraps. A. Parker's Books Offering antique books vintage books and rare books for over 43 years View our other listings: A.Parker's Books WPA Artwork in Non-Federal Repositories Edition II Washington D.C.: U.S. General Services Administration 1999. Oblong quarto 10 3/4 by 8 1/4 inches v 476 pp. appendix. Maroon softcover with white titles and sienna illustration to front cover. Light shelving wear foxing to block edges and endpapers crease to upper right front corner. Contains over 17000 WPA works of depression era art in non-federal repositories like art institutes and museums. PH Ds6 V. U.S. General Services Administration unknown books
1938réf. 152845New York: National Service Bureau 1938. First Edition. First Edition. The Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project sponsored and published a series of monographs throughout the late 1930s this volume being a compilation of articles on folk songs and spirituals throughout the US published in the New York Times by Robert Winslow Gordon. Gordon founded the Archive of American Folk Song later renamed the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress in 1928 and was a pioneer in the use of Edison cylinder recordings to document folk music. Very Good in wrappers with light soil toning and wear to the extremities. National Service Bureau unknown books
1939réf. 152848San Francisco: Works Progress Administration 1939. First Edition. First Edition. The Works Progress Administration's Division of Social Research sponsored and published a series of monographs throughout the late 1930s this volume being a thorough history of regional San Francisco burlesque. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers with brief wear at the heel. Works Progress Administration unknown books
1941réf. 96244n.p. 1941. Very Good. Generally 2-pqge reports printed on one side of 2 leaves and stapled together in upper left corner. 28cm. Reproduced from typewritten copy. This was just produced during 1941 and ceased with No. 41 because of the attack on Pearl Harbor. unknown books
1970réf. 231521970. War on Drugs Press photographs of drug enforcement addiction treatment and anti-violence intervention in Houston New Orleans and El Paso 1970-1992 documenting how the War on Drugs functioned across policing rehabilitation public messaging and newspaper circulation. Several prints retain typed caption slips assignment sheets and Houston Chronicle stamps locating the group within newsroom and wire-service use rather than private snapshot production. The strongest images show not only arrests and seized evidence but the wider apparatus surrounding narcotics policy: the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso Intelligence Center U.S. Customs canine inspection work in Houston a New Orleans anti-drug and anti-violence rally at the Desire Housing Project and rehabilitation scenes tied to Bridge House and Charity Hospital detox with Black urban communities especially central to the visual language of late 1980s coverage. Photo archive of 12 silver gelatin press photographs all 8 x 10 inches Houston El Paso and New Orleans 1970-1992. The group includes a February 16 1970 press image identified as "Dope Raid" showing officials examining a crate of seized drug paraphernalia; a 1971 "Drug raid" photograph; and a 1979 image of the control center of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso Intelligence Center with consoles screens desks and seated staff in a surveillance-heavy operations room. A likely 1975 evidence display isolates a syringe spoon folded packet and narcotics sample against a dark ground with an attached caption describing a "$5 package of cocaine" and a glassine of heroin; another early 1970s image bears a clipping caption about Drug Enforcement Administration agents seizing a tug and a large marijuana cache. Late period photographs shift toward street-level enforcement and public intervention: a 1990 Houston image captioned "Drug Traffic Houston" shows U.S. Customs using a dog named Magnum to search vehicles; a 1992 Houston Chronicle photo records Sgt. G.U. Rodriguez inspecting a Corvette after a chase connected to a drug dispute involving fake drugs and real guns; one image marked "Operation Crackdown" shows a Texas officer handcuffing a young Black man on the lawn outside an apartment building; another captioned "Crowd at service ctr. made into booking desk" shows a packed intake scene around tables and paperwork. The New Orleans photographs are especially strong: one print shows Dr. Keith C. Ferdinand speaking beneath a banner reading "Preventing Violence in the Black Community" at an anti-drug and violence rally at the Desire Housing Project in 1988; another shows a group discussion at Bridge House captioned on verso as "John speaking about crack addiction;" a third presents Ron identified on verso as "a crack addict seeking rehabilitation" seated in silhouette by a wired window at Charity Hospital detox with a wall poster reading "Charity is a Winner!" The group traces American drug policy imagery from early raid and evidence photographs in 1970s press usage through the institutional expansion of intelligence coordination neighborhood sweeps addiction treatment and anti-violence campaigns during the crack era. These photographs depict both the scale and the impact of the War on Drugs: federal intelligence and customs work local police enforcement medical detox residential recovery and public-facing community rhetoric all appear here in concrete captioned form. Editorial markings stamps clipping residue light creasing and surface wear from newsroom handling; overall good condition. The concentration of captioned Texas and Louisiana press images reveal how narcotics policy was staged enforced and narrated in the urban Gulf South as well as depicting the community response and its notable effect on African American communities. unknown books
1997réf. 70188Washington DC: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1997. Five broadside color aviation maps the largest measuring 42 x 55.75 in. a few slightly shorter 1:12000000 scale; some light edgewear ex University of Chicago library with their deaccession stamps on versos and near legend. Composite map with some penciling near fine. Includes the Northeast 9 NOV 1995 Northwest 27 MAR 1997 Southeast 4 JAN 1996 Southwest 9 NOV 1996 and Composite 9 NOV 1995 maps. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration unknown books
1995réf. 70230Washington DC: NOAA 1995. 26th edition broadside color map 36 x 44 in 1:4860700 scale; soundings and traffic guidance; ex-University of Chicago with their stamp on verso else fine. Nautical chart catalog No. 2 Panels B C D E Q R and Catalog No. 3 Panels H I M N. 530. NOAA unknown books
2011réf. 68685Dharamsala: Central Tibetan Administration 2011. Second edition 8.5 x 5.5 in. pp. vi 121 1; green paper wrappers; a little lifting of the plastic protection on the wrappers else fine. A defense of the Middle Way Policy in the face of declining popular support. The Middle Way remains the official policy of the Central Tibetan Administration. Central Tibetan Administration unknown books
1953réf. 64092New Delhi: published by the manager of publications Delhi printed at the Pressident's Press 1953. 8vo pp. 4 ii 66; ex-University of Minnesota with 2 small rubberstamps; all else very good. At head of title: Cabinet Secretariat. This copy with the ownership signature of Lloyd M. Short 1897-1981 Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota in 1935 until his retirement in 1965. He became the first director of the Public Administration Center now known as the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs in 1945. He became the chair of the political science department in 1952. Paul H. Appleby 1891-1963 was an American theorist of public administration in democracies. He was the dean of Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He made several trips to India as a consultant with the Ford Foundation and in 1955 returned to political life by serving as Budget Director for the State of New York. He retired in 1957 but remained active in his role as a consultant to India and published several articles. As a result of Appleby's Survey Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru then the Prime Minister of India established the Indian Institute of Public Administration IIPA on March 29 1954 based on Appleby's recommendations. published by the manager of publications, Delhi, printed at the Pressident's Press unknown books
1941réf. 194898New York: Hastings House Publishers 1941. First edition. Hardcover. 431 pages. Part of the American Guide Series. An examination of Los Angeles and some of the surrounding area. Features a preface by John D. Keyes. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A clean very good plus copy in green cloth boards with some minor wear to the spine ends. Internally a clean copy. No dust jacket. Hastings House Publishers unknown books
1661réf. 754811661. London: 1661 & 1663. London: 1661 & 1663 Two Scarce Books of Rates Great Britain. Customs Administration. A Subsidy Granted to the King Of Tonnage And Poundage And Other Sums of Money Payable Upon Merchandize Exported and Imported. Together with a Book of Rates Agreed Upon by the Honorable House of Commons And Hereunto Annexed. Also an Act for the Encouraging And Increasing of Shipping And Navigation; With an Act to Prevent Frauds And Concealments of His Maiesties Customs And Subsidies. London: Printed by Chr. Barker 1661. ii 180 pp. Bound with Rules and Instructions for the Tare of Goods & Merchandize Imported into Any Port of England. Revised and Published by the Farmers of His Majesties Customs. As a Direction to All Their Officers Concerned Therein. London: s.n. Printed Anno Dom. 1663. ii 14 pp. 12mo. 5-1/2" x 3". Contemporary sheep blind rules to boards rebacked retaining existing spine with blind fillets endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and a few minor stains to boards small hole to fore-edge of front board moderate rubbing to board edges corners bumped and worn. Light toning to interior faint dampstain to first few leaves of first work light soiling to a few leaves. $1500. Only edition; first edition. Two scarce books of rates for customs administrators under Charles II. The first work also includes the text of the Navigation Act of 1660 and the Customs Act of 1660 which significantly restricted colonial trade by requiring that certain goods such as sugar tobacco and indigo be exported only to England and that only those "born within the allegiance of our sovereign lord the King.or naturalized" could become merchants. OCLC locates 4 copies of the first work in North America Harvard New York Society Library UCLA Yale and 1 copy of the second Harvard. Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature 1608 1712. English Short-Title Catalogue R228060 R171955. unknown books