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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015. Stated First Edition, First Printing. pp.xii, 306 includes Bibliography & Index. A tight, clean copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Heinemann Reed , 1988. 194pp. Library signage to endpapers and text block edges. Feps have been neatly removed. This book looks at all aspects of this social condition. It examines both Maori and Pakeha attitudes towards adoption; legal changes and social attitudes which have affected, often adversely, so many lives; and the progress through to 'open adoption' in the 1980s.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Lib.

London: Bloomsbury, 1994. Second Printing. Black boards, gilt title on spine. 349pp. includes References. Lower corner tips bruised. DJ has price intact, edgeworn, laminate surface lifting in several places. Aman is the intimate first-person account of a young woman's coming-of-age in Somalia. The daughter of tribal leaders, Aman recounts her dramatic life with stark simplicity and winning candour. The true story of how one young girl sought, with spirit and courage, to break out of the traditional world that confined her. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995. 197pp. Light wear to covers, small surface loss inside front cover, small gift label secured to top edge of half-title page. Contents clean and tight. . Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Ruth Moyler . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sydney, Australia: Tyrrell's Pty Ltd, 1953. Staple-bound wrappers. 52pp. Fading to covers, several small marks to covers and internally. Centre leaf is loose. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New Zealand: Bantam Books, 1997. Blue boards, white text to spine. 205 pp. Tail of spine very slightly rubbed. DJ is lightly rubbed on top edge. . First Australasian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

University of California Press, 1971. With a Foreword by David C. Mandelbaum. Behind Mud Walls is a humane, dispassionate study of North Indian village life. 287pp. includes Glossary & Index. Moderate wear to covers. Name on half-title page. Pages are clean, binding is tight. . New & Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Stated First Edition. Grey cloth, copper titles on spine. 424pp. Binding tight, text clean. DJ unclipped, chipping to joint extremities, small paper loss to head of spine, 3 tiny tears to rear top edge. Caged is the true, previously untold drama of the longest and most peaceful strike by prisoners in the history of the federal prison system. Weight: 880gms.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

U.S.A.: VGM Career Horizons , 1995. Card Covers. 165 pp. includes Appendices. Light wear, text clean, binding tight. Career paths for those with an interest in health.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1990. 274pp. B/w photos taken by the author. Frontispiece map of the Fiji Islands. Neatly printed name on top edge of Ffep otherwise a tight, clean copy. DJ has price intact, minor shelfwear with one tiny chip to top of spine. When life as a harbourmaster in a Hawaiian out island began to seem too civilized, fifty-four-year-old Joana McIntyre uprooted herself to Fiji, in search of adventure and a new life. Changes in Latitude follows Joana as she struggles to make real a long-aspired-to personal mythology based upon the integration of nature and a life well-lived. It documents the lush life of the torrid zone; an uncommon anthropology of the flora, fauna, rituals, passions, and day-to-day lives of the Fijian people, and of a feisty American woman who adopts it all, and shares it with us. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by The Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Reading, England : Educational Explorers Ltd, 1965. My Life And My Work: A Career Series. Green cloth, white lettering on spine. 136pp. B/w illustrations. Cloth worn on edges. Top corners bruised. Gift inscription, p/o details and stamp on Ffep. Priceclipped DJ is chipped and worn with several tears, small surface losss on loower spine and pen mark on front.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by Milein Cosman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1960. Translated from the French by Peter Green. Green cloth, black insert to spine with gilt text. 192pp. B/w Frontispiece Map (2 pages). B/w Illustrations & Maps. Cloth is lightly rubbed at spine tips with slight softening to lower corners. Internally clean, binding firm. Priceclipped DJ has moisture damage (slight rippling) and small amount of dampstain along inside top edge.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Australia: Primary English Teaching Association , 1984. Pictorial Card Covers. vii plus 120 pp. Rear cover has creasing. Internally bright and clean with tight binding. Thirteen leading educators present stimulating, thought-provoking and challenging ideas for classroom teachers on the topic of children and learning. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1978. Brown cloth, gilt text on spine. 214pp. includes Index. Minimal library stamps. Small amount of pencil marginalia and underlining. DJ has not been clipped, protected in library jacket. Examines a number of related concepts which are of importance to educational theory : equality, class, work and leisure.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: Hutchinson, 1978. Card Covers. 336pp. includes References & Notes, Works Cited in the Text & Index. Light crease to spine. Name and small wite-out mark to half-title page. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1962. Seventh Impression. Red cloth, gilt text to spine. 208 pp. B/w illus. Name on Ffep. Tape marks to endpapers, one tape mark to top and bottom edges of boards. Small felt pen mark across lower edge of text block. Pages clean, binding tight. DJ has price intact, well-protected in a custom fitted jacket with reinforcing on the reverse side. The theme of this book is that children can learn thoroughly and happily through a balanced mixture of initiative and control. It suggests just how they can learn this way.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Signed by Author on Title Page. Previous owner's details to top corner of first page.

Blue faux-leather covers, gilt title to spine. Black and white Portrait Frontispiece of The Hon. J. R. Hanan. 114 pages includes Index. Name on Ffep. Tiny red felt mark across the bottom edge of text block. Black and white photographs. Dust Jacket (unclipped) is rubbed on surfaces with shelfwear to edges.

London: Routledge, 1997. Trade Size. 215pp. includes References, Index. Top front corner bumped and has small label mark.. First page has 5 words underlined in pen. Small amount of pencil underlining. Binding tight. Erica Burman takes a fresh, critical look at developmental psychology and the gender and cultural assumptions that underpin much of the research on child behaviour and parenting. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

169 pages includes Appendices. Double Black and white Frontispiece of Beijing. Very light wear, clean with tight binding.