Search Results: Sociology from Rose's Books, IOBA

Washington, D. C.: Worldwatch Institute, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Soft cover. 70 p. Notes. Very minor wear to head and tail of spine. Near fine..

New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1974. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Harper paperback edition. 8vo. Soft cover. 175 p. Illustrated. Notes, Bibliography. Index. A perceptive analysis of the techniques poor urban blacks utilize to survive. Fine..

Washington, D. C.: American Historical Association, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. Washington, D.C.: American Historical Association, 1991. First edition. 8vo. Trade paperpback, 331 pp. Includes articles: Of Poverty and Primacy: Demand, Liquidity, and the Flemish Economic Miracle 1050-1200, Nicholas; Peasant Politics?: Village Community and the Crown in Fifteenth-Century England, Goheen; The Role of Fear: Transitions in American Emotional Standards for Children 1850-1950, Stearns and Haggerty; The History of the Family and the Complexity of Social Change, Hareven. Near fine..

New York: Doubleday, 1956. Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. 12mo.. New York: Doubleday, 1956. No edition stated. 12mo. Trade paperback, 263 pp. Unread older paperback, sunning to edges. Near fine..

Garden City, NY: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1976. Garden City: Anchor/Doubleday, 1976. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 375 p. One of the most thorough investigations of the subject of androgyny at the time it was published, it is a book full of psychological and spiritual insights that speak to the subject of sexual confusion and shows how a person can at one embrace complimentary and contradictory attitudes toward sex and gender. Light spotting to page edges. Dust jacket worn at extremities, soiled, somewhat fragile. Very good in fair dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D. C.: Worldwatch Institute, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Soft cover. 50 p. Notes. Very minor wear corner wear. Near fine..

U.S.A.: Spartan Books, 1972. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No date. Hardcover. Ex-library. 464 pp. Usual stamps and markings. Book is in good condition, dust jacket is very good. Dust jacket has edgewear and very small tears. Spine tight. Great reading copy..

New York: Columbia University, 1952. New York: Columbia, 1952. Reprint of first edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 162 pp. Includes Art and the Symol; The Tool and the Object; From Handicraft to Machine Art; Standardization, Reproduction, and Choice; Symbol and Function in Architecture; Art, Technics, and Cultural Integration. Stamp on free front endpaper. Near fine.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo.

New Haven, CT, USA: Yale Univ Pr, 1955. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Maroon cloth, gilt titles, 188 pp. Stamp from library on front and rear endpapers (no other marks, no pocket, no spine label). Edgewear to dustjacket, chipping at spine. Very good in dustjacket..

New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 346 pp. Discussion of society from a conservative viewpoint. Bump to front board, light edge wear and fading to dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

Washington, D. C.: Worldwatch Institute, 1986. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Soft cover. 46 p. Notes. Spotless. Fine..

New York: Henry Holt, 2008. Book club edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 288 pp. Acclaimed as "extraordinary" (New York Times) and "a classic" (Los Angeles Times), The Big Necessity explores a subject we'd prefer not to talk about it, but should; disease spread by waste kills more people worldwide every year than any other single cause of death. Moving from the underground sewers of Paris, London, and New York (an infrastructure disaster waiting to happen) to an Indian slum where ten toilets are shared by 60,000 people, Rose George breaks the silence, revealing everything that matters about how people do and don't deal with their own waste. New in new dust jacket.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo.

New York: Henry Holt, 2008. Book. New. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo. Book club edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 288 pp. Acclaimed as "extraordinary" (New York Times) and "a classic" (Los Angeles Times), The Big Necessity explores a subject we'd prefer not to talk about it, but should; disease spread by waste kills more people worldwide every year than any other single cause of death. Moving from the underground sewers of Paris, London, and New York (an infrastructure disaster waiting to happen) to an Indian slum where ten toilets are shared by 60,000 people, Rose George breaks the silence, revealing everything that matters about how people do and don't deal with their own waste. New in new dust jacket..

Washington, D. C.: Worldwatch Institute, 1988. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Soft cover. 58 p. Notes. Spotless. Fine..

Washington, D. C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1969. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 1969. Hard cover binding, 259 pp. Ex-library. Good..

Washington, D. C.: Worldwatch Institute, 1986. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Soft cover. 57 p. Notes. Spotless. Fine..

New York: Random House, 1961. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. New York: Random House. First edition, stated first printing. Oversize 8vo. Cloth binding. Previous owner's bookplate inside and mark on ffep. No dust jacket. Very good..

New York: Random House, 1998. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 783 pp. Index. Notes. Black and white photographs. Halberstam's brilliant and moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement. Fine in fine jacket in mylar cover..

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First edition. 4to. Soft cover. 252 p. Index. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations. Minor edgewear. Near fine..

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First edition. 4to. Cloth. 397 p. Index. A social history of the people and architecture of cities through the ages, illustrated with over 300 color and black and white art reproductions and photographs. Minor edgewear. Near fine in near fine jacket in mylar cover..