Search Results: the complete upmanship by stephen potter

Hardback. Very Good.

New American Library, 1978. New American Library, 1978, 2nd edition, 8vo, 349 pages. Softcover edition in good+ condition.. Second Printing. Paperback. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970. First edition. 349p, cloth, DW, ill, very nice copy, FINE/Near Fine

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 349pp. Rubbing, toning, chipping, and tears to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Light rubbing and toning to covers and edges of purple cloth over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This volume contains Stephen Potter's four best-known works: Gamesmanship, Lifemanship, One-Upmanship and Supermanship. With these Potter achieved perhaps the greatest distinction among humorists - he created a wholly new concept which in a few years has infiltrated all our minds. He revealed that a complete system of cut-throat affability barely suspected in the dark ages before Gamesmanship but deployed with urbane and delicate mockery throughout this inspired quartet. For many, Pottermanship is now virtually a way of life.(Publisher).

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Good; Ex. Library Book. 1970. First Edition. Hardback. 349 pages .

UsedGood. Book is in good condition and may contain underlining or highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include library labels. May not contain miscellaneous items (toys, dvds, etc). We offer 100% money back guarantee and fast customer support.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. hardcover. Good. 8x6x1. No marks noted in text, 1971 hc with worn dj, foxing outer edge,AND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing

St Albans: Granada Publishing Ltd, 1977. Inscription on front end paper and ink comment to one page. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked blue cloth boards, price crossed out on rear, slight foxing to page edges and bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with slightly sunned spine. 349pp. With Stephen Potter's four best-known works in one volune - Gamesmanship, Lifemanship, One-Upmanship and Supermanship.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9.25 x 6 inches.

Penguin Books Harmondsworth, 1900. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Henry Holt & Company, Inc, 1971-07-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8x6x1. New York, 1971; purple cloth covered boards; spine edges mildly bumped; illustrated jacket in good condition with edge and corner wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; fore-edges foxed; underlining and notations on page 211, otherwise Interior is clean and unmarked; 349 pages.

Granada Publishing, London, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Illustrator: Lt-Col. Frank Wilson. Third impression . 349 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in fine condition as protected by plastic cover. Dust Jacket price-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Stephen Meredith Potter (1 February 1900 – 2 December 1969) was a British writer best known for his parodies of self-help books, and their film and television derivatives. The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship: Or the Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating, illustrated by Frank Wilson, was published in 1947, and sold prodigiously. It was the first of his series of books purporting to… Read More

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, book is in excellent condition, softness to the spine-tips is the only remarkable flaw, the jacket has slight tanning to the white spine and moderate edge-wear, the jacket Is clean and presentable, the original price (8.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "Here - in one volume - the entire library of Manship studies - the pioneering works that brought 'gamesmanship,' 'upmanship,' and countless other terms and techniques into the language and into our lives"; 349 pages .

London: Granada, 1978. hard cover with dust jacket. VG/VG. Very good book in very good price-clipped dust jacket with light shelf wear, a little fading around spine. Letter to the author about the Australian Lifemanship Correspondence College and reply from the author, dated 1959, loosely inserted./Very Good. Signed by author. Illustrated with black and white drawings. 24 cm.

Henry Holt & Company, Inc.. Hardcover. 0030640458 First Edition. DJ has a few small tears that have been taped inside the DJ to prevent further damage. Price intact $8.95. Book has a small black dot to bottom of the text block otherwise it is in Fine condition. No markings. Solid binding. We ship M-F. . Very Good.

Minor toning, else content appears as unread and unblemished with very good wraps displaying minor surface/edge wear, as shown, small crease to back corner. Review of "The Complete Upmanship" by Stephen Potter. This benchmark work is comprised of the four short books by the same author: Gamesmanship; Lifemanship; One-Upmanship; and Supermanship. With his subtle satire Stephen Potter writes and expounds upon his belief that the clever (but courteous) gentleman can be superior to the "expert" in any social situation. He offers solutions and demonstrates in the forms of ploys and gambits how a "psychologically well equipped gentleman can win at the games of life without really being able to play them well." In short, it is a primer for the rest of us. For example, when confronted with the troublesome aspect of the appreciation of music Potter instructs us as such: "The general aim in music is to make other people feel outside it - or outsiders, compared to yourself. Don't look… Read More

Henry Holt & Company, Inc, 1971-07-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1971. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0030640458 . B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 349 pages; 1st American edition of the 4 collected works by Potter. Soundly bound in original purple cloth with original pictorial dust jacket; publisher's $8.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Soundly bound and clean; dust jacket lightly toned to the white areas of the design and with shallow chips missing from the bottom edge. A few short closed tears at jacket edges. Uncommon in jacket. VG/VG- .

HarperCollins Publishers, 1986-09-11. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!