Taken For a Ride - Special Residential Homes for Confused Old People: A Study of Separation in Social Policy
by Michael Meacher
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0582127017
- ISBN 13
- 9780582127012
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longman Group Ltd, 1972 Book. Good. Purple Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Account of a detailed survey undertaken in residential homes for the elderly mentally infirm in the mid twentieth century. 546pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners and former owner's name to endpapter, otherwise good copy. Unclipped DJ has some edge and surface wear, otherwise good..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012463
- Title
- Taken For a Ride - Special Residential Homes for Confused Old People: A Study of Separation in Social Policy
- Author
- Michael Meacher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0582127017
- ISBN 13
- 9780582127012
- Publisher
- Longman Group Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
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