Search Results: Authors starting with K from Douglas Books

Helsinki: Government Printing Office, 1932. 1st Edition . Printed Card. Very Good. 14 Cm X 22 Cm. 29 pp. A clean and unmarked copy of this pamphlet, green printed covers clean and unworn with only v.slight hint of creasing to top outer corner and faint discoloration of edges. 5 full page sets of photos of various racial types, 1 full page map, plus a few additional ills in text. Note: quoted non-UK shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range.

Durham NC & London: Duke University Press, 2001. 1st ed. . Illustrated p/back. Fine. 15 Cms x 23.5 Cms. xx+378, 5 pp.photos in pagination; a virtually mint copy of this penetrating study of the influential philosopher of science. V.sl.curl top fr. outer corner.

Leipzig: Dunder & Humblot, 1892. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG- for age. Black and white marbled boards with black gilt-lettered cloth spines. Vol.1.: xiv + 455 + (2, publisher's list). Vol.2.: (2) + 763. Vol.3.: xi + 891, all edges lightly marbled. All volumes have decoraite book-plate of 'Professor Dr. Hansen' to front pastedown, Hansen's faint purple stamp and 3 library numbers to top fr. end-aper, same faint stamp, 2 library numbers circular purple stamp of University of Bonn (with eagle in centre) to t.p., tanned edges throughout, thin white strip down end-gutters suggest some very professional reinforcement of end-papers. Covers vary slightly in condition: Vol.1. is clean and virtually unworn but some pgment loss to top spine panel and slight top rubbing; Vol.2. in similar but top spine not rubbed, 2 short splits (4 cm) to top front joint; Vol.3. similar but very small closed cloth nick to centre top spine and suggestion of slight rubbing to top back edge. An attractive set.… Read More

Cambridge etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1975. 1st ed. . Red Cloth. VG/Good-VG. 15.5 Cms x 23 Cms. f/piece (Parry photo portrait)+xv+236; creasing to one leaf which looks like a paper fault, faint traces of old pencilled pricing top fr. endpaper, otherwise internally clean, tight & unmarked; covers clean and unworn but two very thin, quite faint, vertical lines to front of little consequence, jacket clean but top edge ragged in parts with 5.5 cm tear from top corner down and sm. tear/chip top fr. joint.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2007. 1st ed. . Maroon cloth. Fine/As New. 16 Cms x 24 Cms. xi+271; pristine copy. Will seal jacket when ordered.

London: Gaskell (Royal College of Psychiatrists), 1986. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Covers would be 'As New' but for small crease across topback outer corner. lxiv (inc. New English Bible version of The Book of Job) + 166; no obvious faults. This is a reprint of 1st ed. issued by Pergamon Press in 1975. 15 cm x 20.5 cm

Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1951. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. This was issued as Psychological Monographs General and Aplied Vol.65 No.13. Red printed grey series cover, top outer fr. corner tip creased, light tanning to sp. region. vi + 37; clean, tight and unmarked, slight top outer corner through to leaf 1/2. 17.5 cm x 25.5 cm

London: National Peace Council, 1943. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Clean light brown printed card, with contributor list verso fr. and series list recto & verso back, no obvious faults. 44 pp. clean tight and unmarked, no significant staple rusting. Issued as Peace Aims Pamphlet 21, undated but web search gives 1943. 13.4 cm x 21 cm

London: Trade Unionists Against the Common Market and NATSOPA. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. Printed paper, 18 pp. inc.cover, in wraparound acetate sleeve. No obvious faults at all. Undated but obviously before 1975 referendum. 14 cm x 21 cm

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG(+)/No Jacket. Red cloth, sp. a tad dull. 249 + (2, pub. notices of related titles), top edge red, no obvious faults being clean, tight and unmarked. Discussion of all aspects of expenditure (as opposed to income) taxation, and also touches on surtax, heradling the introduction of what we now call VAT or Value Added Tax. An excellent copy marred only by sl. dullness of spine. 14 cm x 22 cm

Berlin: R.Gaertners, 1891. 1st Edition . Printed Wrapper. Fair/good. 20 Cms x 25.5 Cm. 26 pp., internally clean & unmarked but browned edges throughout & esp. on covers, edges curled & chipped, becoming disbound. Needs rescuing! Note: quoted non-UK shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1991. 1st ed. . Black Cloth. Fine/Fine. 16 Cms x 24 Cms. x+166; a virtually immaculate copy in fine jacket with protective sleeve as acquired, Born in 1906 Kalmus escaped to London in 1939 and where he joined University College, travelling internationally after the war for research and teaching. He was also a prolific poet in German. Jacket notes that he died in 1988. He began this when he was 82 and Benedictus completed it from notes etc. posthumously. Although clearly a first ed. the jacket is presumably a slightly modified re-issue as it has 13-digit ISBN bottom back.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1923. 1st ed. . Brown Cloth. VG- for age/No Jacket. 14 Cms x 21 Cms. Issued as Criminal Science Monograph No.3 (!) xv+342, very faint triangular water stain bottom gutters through to p.2, genuinely of little consequence, otherwise internally clean, tight & unmarked apart from hints of edge-brwning to endpapers and pastedowns; covers generally clean and minimally worn by bottom sp.has small rub and spine lettering rather dulled. A comprehensive survey of factors associated with 'illegitimacy' but unquestioningly treats it as some kind of pathological phenomenon. Of interest to historians of of women and gender issues as well more generally.

Evanston ILL & Elmsford NY: Row, Peterson and Company, 1961. 1st ed. . Light Green cloth. Good/No Jacket. 15.5 Cms x 23 Cms. ix+687; end-gutters cracked exposing netting, though remain fairly secoure, prev.owner's 1962-dated sig. top fr.pastedown, otherwise internally clean and unmarked; covers generally clean and sound with no significant wear. A useful compndium of papers including some eminent figures in the field such as Talcott Parsons, Devereux,, Elkins, and Robert Sears, providing a good overview of the state of the debate at time of publishing, with some interesting field studies. Working/reference copy only. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range.

New York etc.: Academic Press, 1975. 1st ed. . Grey-green Cloth. VG/VG. 16 Cms x 23 Cms. xiii+325; faint college library stamp to t.p. and accession stamp to verso same, smallstamps to each textblock edge, handwritten Dewey and stock numbers verso rear endpaper, otherwise clean, tight and unmarked, covers clean, bright and unworn with no lib.marks , clean unclipped jacket has some ripple marks to back and very faint brown lines across top and bottom, no lib marks (the lib.number was on a protective sleeve, now removed, which will be replaced by a new one when ordered). A rather uncommon collection, printed in photo-lithoed unjustified typescript as became the vogue for low-cost publishing in the mid-seventies. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range.

London etc.: Cassell & Compan, 1891. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-. Green cloth with black lettering and 4 black images to front, black-lettered spine, a few small brown spots to bottom fr. outer edge otherwise clean and virtually unworn bar sl. spine end rubbing but text-block as a whole slightly shaken. Coloured f/piece with tissue guard + Preface + 182 + (12, pub. list), 11 further col. plates as called for with tissue-guards and facing caption, inc. in pagination, 8 small text ills in first chapter on methods of capturing etc.; outer sides of end-papers tanned, small sig, stamp and same persons small tipped on sig. top front end-paper, otherwise internally clean and unmarked, gutters all seem good but as noted above, text-block feels a little shaken. Coloured plates are very good. 17.5 cm x 23 cm

London: Quartet Books, 1983. 1st UK Edition same year as 1st U.S. . Black Cloth. Fine-/VG. 14 Cms x 22 Cms. 164 pp.; inoffensive small signature top front end-paper otherwise no obvious aults, unclipped jacket is clean but slight edge-rubbing in places, will add protective sleeve when ordered.

London etc.: Quartet Books, 1985. 1st UK edition, year of publication . Grey cl.spine,off-white boards. Fine-/VG(-). 14.5 Cm x 21.5 Cm. 152 pp.; eraseable pencil forename sig. to front endpaper otherwise near flawless, but slightly cocked textblock; unclipped covers generally clean but spine ends rubbed and very slightly chipped (will add protective sleeve when ordered). Stated 'First Edition'. Apparently very scarce and even more so than Harcourt Brace Jovanovich US 1st which was issued simultaneously.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1945. 1st ed. . Green Cloth. VG-/No Jacket. 16 Cms x 23.5 Cms. xxiv+474; clean tight and unmarked in clean covers unmarked bar a trivial surface scratch to front, however slight spine end rubbing feels just a tad shaken, so not unqualified VG. An important work of the Columbia University based 'culture and personality' school.

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1977. 1st British Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good-Fine/Very Good. 16 Cms x 23.5 Cms. xi+283, internally clean, tight and completely unmarked in clean unworn covers; unclipped jacket clean with only sl.rubbing/nicking along top edge.