Terebecki, M. K.MareMagnum
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1993Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 211pp. Book three of the mini company histories of thirty-one American trucking companies, celebrating 100 years of existence since the first firms were set up in 1890 - the small companies who led the way with trade and transport across North America. Each mini history is accompanied by at least one full-page image of one of their trucks. Extremely scarce.
1990No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, single crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 213pp. Book one of the mini company histories of forty-eight American trucking companies, celebrating 100 years of existence since the first firms were set up in 1890. These were mostly the small companies who led the way with trade and transport across North America. Each mini history is accompanied by at least one full-page image of one of their trucks. Extremely scarce in the UK.
1905réf. 190541905. Women Employment Albumen photograph of two women and a male supervisor working in a textile factory 1905. Measures 6" x 8.5". The photographer captures two women in modest long day dresses leaning upon a large table filled with various textiles and cloths. Beside them a man in a large black top hat stands stoically as his hands rest behind his back. In the background piles of cloth and textiles lay upon large tables and large pipes connect on the ceiling. During the second half of the 19th and early 20th century women began to work in textile clothing factories workshops coal mines tin mines commerce and on farms. Many women were employed in small industries including shirt creation nail making chain production and shoe stitching. Consequently these were known as "sweated industries" as the working hours were lengthy with low pay. Factories organized work along the lines of gender--with men performing the supervisory roles and work which was categorized as "skilled". The edges are minorly worn and the bottom right edge is cut not affecting the image. In very good condition. unknown
1905réf. 190541905. Women Employment Albumen photograph of two women and a male supervisor working in a textile factory 1905. Measures 6" x 8.5". The photographer captures two women in modest long day dresses leaning upon a large table filled with various textiles and cloths. Beside them a man in a large black top hat stands stoically as his hands rest behind his back. In the background piles of cloth and textiles lay upon large tables and large pipes connect on the ceiling. During the second half of the 19th and early 20th century women began to work in textile clothing factories workshops coal mines tin mines commerce and on farms. Many women were employed in small industries including shirt creation nail making chain production and shoe stitching. Consequently these were known as "sweated industries" as the working hours were lengthy with low pay. Factories organized work along the lines of gender--with men performing the supervisory roles and work which was categorized as "skilled". The edges are minorly worn and the bottom right edge is cut not affecting the image. In very good condition. unknown books
1834Professionally rebound with original boards, new end papers and spine. Name to title page and that of Professor Peter Townsend on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean slightly tanned slightly wrinkled pages in a very tight binding with roughly trimmed dusty page edges. 362 pages plus Supplement No 1 of 128pp. Official Report on the workings of The Poor Law and the Poor Law Amendment Act which led to the establishment of workhouses. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works.
1980Name on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight pamphlet with slightly foxed unmarked rear cover and no bumping to corners. 20pp. A report on the problems facing women in gaining employment.
1937No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly rubbed unmarked boards and softening to some corners. 281pp. Pitman's standard work with tables and ready reckoner for the working office before the days of calculators and computers.
réf. 260519024Audio CD. Used: Very Good. 5x5x0. Very good condition. From a private collection. Comes from non smoking home. unknown
réf. 61071173Blackwell Publishing . Papeback. New. pp. xi 449 Blackwell Publishing unknown
réf. 16266Working Girls' Society. Circular of the Working Girls' Society late nineteenth century sets out the rules and benefits of a New York organization created for wage-earning women. The Society provided working women with rooms for social meetings classes reading and recreation after working hours while its bylaws governed membership and access to the organization's facilities. Contemporary accounts of New York working girls' clubs describe them as cooperative organizations in which members pursued self-education social activity and practical assistance rather than simply receiving charity. Circular of the Working Girls' Society. New York: Working Girls' Society n.d. Bylaws governing membership and use of the Society's library and rooms at 222 West 38th Street. The circular describes benefits available to members including special vacation privileges and discounted railway tickets combining educational and social provisions with practical assistance for women earning wages in the city. The regulations document the daily administration of a women's club formed around the needs of an expanding urban female workforce and show how membership could provide access to books meeting rooms instruction recreation and reduced-cost travel. The circular survives from the period in which working women's clubs expanded in New York; by the early twentieth century contemporary descriptions traced the movement to clubs organized during the 1880s and emphasized their classes member government and opportunities for social intercourse and self-improvement. Two very light horizontal folds and light thumb-soiling with a 2-inch tear at the bottom of the center fold; overall Very Good Condition. unknown
réf. 16266Working Girls' Society. Circular of the Working Girls' Society late nineteenth century sets out the rules and benefits of a New York organization created for wage-earning women. The Society provided working women with rooms for social meetings classes reading and recreation after working hours while its bylaws governed membership and access to the organization's facilities. Contemporary accounts of New York working girls' clubs describe them as cooperative organizations in which members pursued self-education social activity and practical assistance rather than simply receiving charity. Circular of the Working Girls' Society. New York: Working Girls' Society n.d. Bylaws governing membership and use of the Society's library and rooms at 222 West 38th Street. The circular describes benefits available to members including special vacation privileges and discounted railway tickets combining educational and social provisions with practical assistance for women earning wages in the city. The regulations document the daily administration of a women's club formed around the needs of an expanding urban female workforce and show how membership could provide access to books meeting rooms instruction recreation and reduced-cost travel. The circular survives from the period in which working women's clubs expanded in New York; by the early twentieth century contemporary descriptions traced the movement to clubs organized during the 1880s and emphasized their classes member government and opportunities for social intercourse and self-improvement. Two very light horizontal folds and light thumb-soiling with a 2-inch tear at the bottom of the center fold; overall Very Good Condition. unknown books
1984little creasing on the corners of the cover and on the spine, last owers name on the FEP.
1986minor wear along spine, library plate on front inside cover, library stamp on FEP and page block, text clean and tight Ex - Library
1931réf. 2111902160500469Not Available 1931. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: same consultation office Not Available paperback
1994réf. 9825Albin Michel Fort in-8 Couverture souple Paris 1994
1987Initials to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, bump to top of spine, two page corners folded and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very light creasing to upper and lower edges. 386pp. Practice and law in the staff/employer relationship.
1927Previous owner's name/address to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, sunning to part of spine, dusty top of page edges and minor bumping to corners. 282pp. Written after his death, this work comprises very detailed notes from Toynbee for a book he intended to write.
2026réf. LRB48023922Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 798 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1868. Text in English. This comprehensive report presents the findings of the British Commission on the Employment of Children Young Persons and Women in Agriculture. It includes detailed appendices and covers multiple years of investigations providing valuable insights into labor practices and conditions in the agricultural sector during the late 19th century. The work is essential for historians and researchers studying social and economic history labor laws and the role of women and children in the workforce. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
réf. 1396730389.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1991réf. G1563700514I5N00JIST Works 1991. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. JIST Works paperback
1873réf. 165641873. Association of Factory Occupiers in the Four Counties of Lancaster York Chester and Derby. Mr. Mundella's Bill for Limiting the Hours of Labour in Factories 1873. First edition of a response by northern English factory owners to Liberal Member of Parliament Anthony John Mundella's campaign to reduce working hours for women and children in British textile mills. Following Mundella's speech before the House of Commons on June 11 1873 the employers challenged his allegations of dangerous working conditions excessive hours and elevated mortality among female and child workers. Mundella condemned the "shameful treatment" of factory laborers and drew particular attention to infant deaths associated with mothers returning to industrial employment shortly after childbirth declaring that "the return of the mother to the mill was a sentence of death on the child." The employers countered his arguments with statistics intended to demonstrate improvements in workers' health and living conditions documenting organized industrial opposition to legislation intended to protect women and children. Association of Factory Occupiers in the Four Counties of Lancaster York Chester and Derby. Mr. Mundella's Bill for Limiting the Hours of Labour in Factories. Observations of the Employers upon the Speech of Mr. Mundella M.P. Made in the House of Commons on Wednesday the 11th of June 1873. Manchester: John Heywood Excelsior Printing Works 1873. First edition. 32 pages. Original paper wrappers measuring 8¼ x 5 inches. The pamphlet reproduces passages from Mundella's parliamentary speech alongside the employers' corresponding rebuttals allowing direct comparison of the competing arguments. Three statistical tables in the appendix present mortality data employed in the controversy. Issued on behalf of the regional factory owners' association the response is dated July 24 1873 and identifies Richard Haworth as chairman Joseph Simpson as treasurer and Henry Whitworth as secretary. The dispute preceded the Factory Act of 1874 which restricted the working hours of women and young persons in textile factories and established a ten-hour working day. Mundella's campaign connected industrial working conditions with public health childhood education and infant mortality while manufacturers resisted further statutory limits by disputing the medical and statistical evidence supporting reform. The pamphlet preserves the employers' organized response to proposed labor protections including their use of mortality statistics to challenge parliamentary testimony about the consequences of factory employment. Very good condition. unknown
1873réf. 165641873. Association of Factory Occupiers in the Four Counties of Lancaster York Chester and Derby. Mr. Mundella's Bill for Limiting the Hours of Labour in Factories 1873. First edition of a response by northern English factory owners to Liberal Member of Parliament Anthony John Mundella's campaign to reduce working hours for women and children in British textile mills. Following Mundella's speech before the House of Commons on June 11 1873 the employers challenged his allegations of dangerous working conditions excessive hours and elevated mortality among female and child workers. Mundella condemned the "shameful treatment" of factory laborers and drew particular attention to infant deaths associated with mothers returning to industrial employment shortly after childbirth declaring that "the return of the mother to the mill was a sentence of death on the child." The employers countered his arguments with statistics intended to demonstrate improvements in workers' health and living conditions documenting organized industrial opposition to legislation intended to protect women and children. Association of Factory Occupiers in the Four Counties of Lancaster York Chester and Derby. Mr. Mundella's Bill for Limiting the Hours of Labour in Factories. Observations of the Employers upon the Speech of Mr. Mundella M.P. Made in the House of Commons on Wednesday the 11th of June 1873. Manchester: John Heywood Excelsior Printing Works 1873. First edition. 32 pages. Original paper wrappers measuring 8¼ x 5 inches. The pamphlet reproduces passages from Mundella's parliamentary speech alongside the employers' corresponding rebuttals allowing direct comparison of the competing arguments. Three statistical tables in the appendix present mortality data employed in the controversy. Issued on behalf of the regional factory owners' association the response is dated July 24 1873 and identifies Richard Haworth as chairman Joseph Simpson as treasurer and Henry Whitworth as secretary. The dispute preceded the Factory Act of 1874 which restricted the working hours of women and young persons in textile factories and established a ten-hour working day. Mundella's campaign connected industrial working conditions with public health childhood education and infant mortality while manufacturers resisted further statutory limits by disputing the medical and statistical evidence supporting reform. The pamphlet preserves the employers' organized response to proposed labor protections including their use of mortality statistics to challenge parliamentary testimony about the consequences of factory employment. Very good condition. unknown books
réf. 9282854213.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0656397640.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 0656820969.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
