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The International Encyclopedia of Dogs by Edited by Stanley Dangerfield & Elsworth Howell (£92.00)Publisher: Pelham — 1971Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little ruffled at the edges of the dust wrapper. Edges of the boards a little scuffed. Edges of the textblock lightly tanned. Internally bright and clean. Errata slip tipped in at title page.Description: From the flap: “Here, in one volume, is an encyclopaedia without equal as a reference book for both expert and amateur. It demands a place in every dog-lover’s library. Entirely new, it is the first work of its kind for forty years. It provides up-to-date information, alphabetically arranged, about the history of dogs, the development and characteristics of the great breeds, the world’s leading dog shows, the breed requirements, the training, care and management of dogs, and the major canine ailments. Full-colour plates are included of 125 leading breeds, and there are over 500 additional illustrations in black and white, many of which have been specially commissioned to make the book both compelling and comprehensive.”Notes: Jacket designed by George Sharp. Size: 11¼" x 8¾". Orange boards with Gilt titling to the Spine & Upper Board. 480 pages. Tags: american anatomy apso australian bouvier breeders breeds canine champions charles chihuahua club clubs consultant deerhound des dictionaries dietary dog dog-racing dogs encyclopaedias encyclopedias english expert experts field flandres foxhound german greyhound gun highland hounds irish italian japanese kennel king lhasa livestock management mountain norwich otterhound papillon pointer police pyrenean racing rhodesian ridgeback saluki samoyed setter sheepdog short-haired show shows silky spaniel specialist sporting terrier terriers the tibetan training trial trials vizsla west white working world yorkshire
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Journalism as a Career by W. T. Cranfield (£88.00)Publisher: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons — 1930Binding: Hardback First Edition. Condition: Good+. Faded at the spine and margins of the boards. Top edges of text block dusty. Pages very gently age-tanned.Description: Red cloth with gilt titling to spine, now faded, gilt tiling to upper board. Numerous portraits, personal sketches and illustrations. Plain counsels by leading journalists on the qualifications and training needed. The duties and conditions of work and the monetary and other rewards that may be expected. 24pp Advertisements to rear.Notes: Size: 8½" x 5½". 100 pages. Tags: Thomas Cranfield newspapers journalism journalist reporting reporters news
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Safety Requirements For Contraceptive Steroids: Proceedings of a Symposium On Improving Safety Requirements For Contraceptive Steroids Convened by WHO Special Programme of Research, Development & Research Training in Human Reproduction, Geneva, Feb. 1987 by F. Michal (£64.00)Publisher: Published on behalf of the World Health Organization by Cambridge University Press — 1989Binding: Hardback [ISBN: 0521354595]Condition: Very Good. Gently faded at the spine. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: Illustrated by way of: Charts; Graphs; Tables;
From the cover: “Contraceptive steroids have been in use for the last thirty years and today some sixty million women use them. The importance of ensuring that regulations governing the development and use of new contraceptive steroids are appropriate is self-evident.
This book records the proceedings of a symposium organized under the aegis of the World Health Organization’s Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction. Experts from a wide range of disciplines review the risks and benefits to women of contraceptive steroids, the predictive value of toxicological studies, and the role of controlled clinical trials.
The book ends with a set of guidelines on the toxicological and clinical assessment, and the post-registration surveillance, of steroidal contraceptive drugs.
This important and authoritative compilation will be of value to all those involved in the development, testing and prescription of these compounds, and to those concerned with regulating their use in the public domain.”Notes: Size: 10" x 7". Pictorial boards. [XV] 467 pages. Tags: symposium improving safety requirements for contraceptive steroids oral contraceptives side effects congresses toxicology steroid hormones pharmacology experimental congress
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Teamwork in Industry by F. J. Burns Morton (£63.00)Publisher: Chapman & Hall — 1948Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with loss at the head of the upper panel and closed tears to the lower. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Tanning and spotting to the blanks and endpapers. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned.Description: From the cover: “The author’s previous book, The New Foremanship, endeavoured to propound and analyse the problem of supervision in the light of present circumstances and likely trends. It was suggested that new methods of supervision were "necessary to bring social relationships, which in industry had remained static, into line with the great developments which had taken place in technical organisation; and further, what was needed in foremanship was also necessary in other managerial practices.
This present book, which is also addressed to all in authority and to those thinking employees who believe in the possibilities, of their jobs, sets out to show the direction of the second step. It examines the nature of better working relationships, and shows that harmonious, consciously directed working together leads to increased efficiency. Thus the name Teamwork in Industry.
The twelve chapters discuss such vital topics as the human factor and the influencing of human behaviour, co-operation and industrial relations, job satisfaction, selection and training of staff, incentives, leadership, supervision, discipline, absenteeism, working conditions and social organisation. The book concludes with a useful bibliography and index.”Notes: Foreword or introduction by The Lord Forrester. Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XII] 273 pages. Tags: 360-degree ability absence acquisitions activities adapting adding advertising agents analysis applications appraisal appraising approach approaches assessment avoiding benchmarking biodata branding cases causes centres claims classic commercial competency computer considerations constraints contact context contracts contractual costing counselling criteria criticisms cutting-edge debates defence defining demand demonstrating descriptions developments differences discipline dismissals documentation education
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The Battle of Spicheren August 6th 1870 and the Events That Preceded It: A Study in Practical Tactics and War Training by G. F. R. [George Francis Robert] Henderson (£54.00)Publisher: Aldershot: Gale & Polden — 1909Binding: Hardback Condition: Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with fading to the spine and some small marks to both boards. Description: 2nd (revised) edition, later printing [First Published: 1902] Illustrated by way of: Black & White Drawings; Fold-Out Maps; Fold-out Map to the frontispiece;
From the cover: “This account, penned by a noted British military historian of the late 19th century, remains one of the best narratives of a 19th-century battle yet published.
The Battle of Spicheren was fought in early August 1870, and like many of the battles in the opening phase of the Franco-Prussian war, could be termed an encounter battle. Fighting over very difficult terrain, German forces dislodged the French II Corps after a heroic defence. Henderson not only drew on the General Staff works and other official sources available to military historians of the late 19th century — the value of his work is that he also utilised many other accounts, including regimental histories.
He presents an extremely detailed narrative of the battle. Following a full discussion of the events of 6 August 1870, he also discusses the tactics of the battle, and training and other characteristics of the troops involved.”Notes: Size: 7½" x 5". Red boards with Black titling to the Spine & Upper Board. In the Gale & Polden's Military Series series. [XXX] 300 [12, L, 74] pages. Tags: henderson spicheren battle franco-prussian war 1870-1871 campaigns france european history military battles germany europe french corps
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Feminist Counselling in Action by Jocelyn Chaplin (£52.00)Publisher: Sage Publications — 1988Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good+ - in Very Good+ DJ. Edges of DJ slightly ruffled. Small inscription to ffep otherwise a very well presented copy.Description: Guidebook written for people who want to counsel in a non-hierarchical way. 131pp. Index. Size: 8vo Demy (8½" x 5½") Jacket Designed by Designers & Partners, Oxford.Tags: a-b-c absence abstraction acceptance acquisition active activity actualizing adult affect agape aggression altered analysis anxietizing anxiety apparatus approach arbitrary assertive assertiveness assessment assignment assisting association assumptions attacking attitude attitudinal attributions authentic authenticity automatic autonomy aversion aversive awareness awfulizing bandura basic behaviour behavioural behaviourism beliefs bibliotherapy biographical biological biology bisexuality boundary
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British Naval Aviation in World War II: The US Navy and Anglo-American Relations by Gilbert S. Guinn & G. H. Bennet (£48.00)Publisher: Tauris Academic Studies — 2007Binding: Hardback [ISBN: 9781845113711]Condition: Good+. Upper board lightly marked with a couple of small chips. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: Contains a glossary of terms. Number 11 in the series.Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine & Upper Board. In the International Library of Twentieth Century History series. [XII] 217 pages. Tags: bennet 9781845113711 international library twentieth century history united states navy britain royal air force flight training world war foreign relations
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Science and Football IV by Edited By W. Spinks, T. Reilly & A. Murphy (£47.00)Publisher: London & New York: Routledge — 2001Binding: Hardback First Edition. [ISBN: 0415241510]Condition: Near Fine. Description: Fourth World Congress of Science and Football Sydney, Australia, 22 – 26 February 1999. Illustrated by way of: Graphs; Diagrams; Tables;
From the cover: “The Fourth World Congress of Science and Football was held in Sydney, Australia 1999. Fourth in the series it addresses the rapidly increasing use of scientific identification in the training and development of football talent.
This edited collection brings together the latest research into the range of sports known as football. With contributions by a large number of the leading international researchers in the field, the book aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice in football, and to raise the awareness of the value of a scientific approach to the various football codes. The book contains nearly seventy papers, examining aspects ranging from match analysis and medical aspects of football to metabolism and nutrition, psychology and behaviour, and management and organization. Containing a wealth of research data, and a huge range of examples of how science can be applied; this book represents an invaluable reference for coaches, trainers, managers, medical staff, and all those involved in supporting performers in the many football codes.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Pictorial boards. [XIV] 433 pages. Tags: 0415241510 9780415241519 football congresses players science issues soccer association rugby sports sciences research gaelic medicine biomechanics
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The British Navy: Its Strength, Resources, and Administration Volume II. Part II. Miscellaneous Subjects Connected with Shipbuilding for the Purposes of War by Thomas Brassey (£44.00)Publisher: London: Longmans, Green & Co. — 1882Binding: Hardback Condition: Poor. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with damage, now tape covered, to the bottom corner of the lower board. Rubbed at the joins and a little faded at the spine. Pages gently tanned with scattered spotting throughout, heavier to start and finish. Description: Illustrated by way of: Cutaways; Black & White Plates; Black & White Drawings; Diagrams; Tables;Notes: Size: 9¾" x 6¼". Ruled, gilt illustrated & blind-stamped Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XVI] 421 [2] pages. Tags: naval affairs board admiralty navy dockyard administration shipping ironclads vessels british navies monitors armoured ships war mastless turret-ships bow-battery barbette shipbuilding essays papers opinions policy dockyards reserves training parliamentary speeches letters
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Tiger Ace: The Life Story of Panzer Commander Michael Wittmann by Gary L. Simpson (£44.00)Publisher: Atglen: Schiffer Military History — 1994Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0887405266]Condition: Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. Description: Illustrated by way of: Appendices [7]; Black & White Photographs;Notes: Size: 10¾" x 8". Beige boards with Black titling to the Spine & Upper Board. 346 pages. Tags: military unit armed forces armies land transport vehicles training education germany pre 1945 second war waffen divisions armoured fighting tanks army panzer regiments engineering manufacture tank pzkw sdkfz 142 div abteilung 101 henschel firm
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Your Guide to the Tibetan Terrier by Mrs. Emmy Manuel (£41.50)Publisher: Ballinger Rawlings — 1984Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0950984000]Condition: Very Good - in Very Good DJ. DJ slightly ruffled along edges, mainly top edges at that. A little bruised. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.Description: Illustrated with B&W and Colour photographs. Most of what is written in this book is because of a life long interest in dogs, first Collies, then Shetland Sheepdogs and Tibetan Terriers, which has run parallel with an interesting literary career.Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5½. 228 pages. Tags: Dogs Canine Training Breeds 0950984000 terriers
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The Handyman In The Home: In 3 Volumes by Edited by Arthur W. Judge (£40.00)Publisher: Caxton Publishing Company — 1956Binding: Hardback Condition: Very Good. Pages lightly age-tanned otherwise a pleasant set.Description: September Reprint of the 2nd Edition. [First: 1930] Illustrated with black and white photographs & diagrams. From the preface: “As its title indicates, this work has been prepared expressly for the practical handyman desirous of undertaking a wide variety of jobs connected with the home, garden, garage and small workshop, including not only the domestic repairs and renovations that become necessary from time to time but also useful improvements and additions to the home and its contents. The keen home dweller, with a knowledge of the use of the simple tools and materials described in these volumes, can not only tackle most household repairs and additions expeditiously, but also avoid a good deal of expense. Apart from these considerations, there is always the satisfaction associated with the completion of a job that would otherwise have meant calling in someone else for the purpose. In addition to the extensive range of household repairs, fittings, furniture and other relevant items dealt with in this work, there are also a number of sections, including those on homecrafts, hobbies, sports accessories, outdoor constructions, etc., which will be found both useful and profitable to the handyman and housewife. Since many of the articles in these volumes deal with woodwork repairs and new constructions, it was considered desirable to include a comprehensive section, written by a well-known expert in such matters, on the subject of carpentry and woodworking tools, so that the reader who is not very well acquainted with the use of the latter can improve both his knowledge and experience.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 7". Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 994 pages. Tags: examples ferranti temporal choosing rawlplug cleaners location formulas ragbolts fingered gate-leg concrete patterns stitches shunting tapestry frosting arterial seamless pressing imperial portiere employed schrader wireless utensils handsaws shooting ifailure trimming twaddell scissors dressing prufitol watering injector fastener grinding slater's bandages hammocks mandolin grafting lavatory ironwork basketry chenille grinders transfer fixtures charging
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Children Caring For Parents with Mental Illness: Perspectives of Young Carers, Parents and Professionals by Jo Aldridge & Saul Becker (£33.00)Publisher: Policy Press — 2003Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 9781861343994]Condition: Very Good.Description: From the cover: “Little is known about the experiences of children living in families affected by severe and enduring mental illness. This is the first in-depth study of children and young people caring for parents affected in this way. Drawing on primary research data collected from 40 families, the book presents the perspectives of children (young carers), their parents and the key professionals in contact with them. The book will be of specific interest to policy makers and practitioners in social work and social care; medicine, healthcare and nursing; community mental health care; children’s services — including young carers workers and child protection. It will be invaluable to undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking modules on mental health, community care, informal care, the sociology of childhood and children’s rights — including students undertaking professional training courses in social work, childcare, nursing, community mental health and psychiatry.”.Notes: Size: Trade Paperback (9¼" x 6"). [XIV] 204 pages. Tags: becker 9781861343994 child caregivers britain children parents disabilities mentally ill care mental disorders parent-child relations research families services welfare home nursing caring social psychology psychopathology political science public policy
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The British Way and Purpose by ANON. (£33.00)Publisher: The Directorate of Army Education — 1944Binding: Hardback Condition: Good. Heavily bruised at the head, tail and corners of the boards. Pages deeply tanned by age, some spotting. Edges of the textblock lightly tanned.Description: Consolidated Edition Of B.W.P. Booklets 1-18 With Appendices Of Documents Of Post-War Reconstruction. From the preface: “The initials B.W.P. first appeared in the Army’s crop of cryptic abbreviations in the autumn of 1942. The Army Council had given general approval to the allotment, throughout the months November 1942 - February 1943, of three hours per week from training or working time to education. The implementing of the scheme in formations and units, including A.T.S. units, was left to the decision of Army Commanders, but it was suggested that one of the hours should be devoted to education in citizenship.”Notes: Size: 9¾" x 6". Red boards with Black titling to the Spine & Upper Board. 606 pages. Tags: army educational corps adult education b.w.p citizen nation citizen empire army education democracy political parties social mercantile citizenship
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Hands to Dance by Charles Causley (£31.00)Publisher: London: Carroll & Nicholson — 1951Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn with a chip to the foot of the upper panel, a stain to the foot of the lower, and tanned overall. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Pages lightly age-tanned. Description: From the cover: “In this remarkable first collection of long and short stories, Charles Causley writes with wit and gusto and imaginative power not only of the Navy (in which he spent nearly six years), but also of his native Cornwall. The stories range from the deceptively peaceful market-towns of the West of England to the life of the matelot in Gibraltar, West Africa, the islands of the Mediterranean, Alexandria and Australia. He captures with zest and an infectious enthusiasm such diverse characters as the fantastic Captain Exe, Goldie: the apprehensive ex-p. o. w. , an ill-assorted Spanish family (in Adios, Gibraltar), a whole array of old Naval “sweats,” and pins them down on the paper alive and kicking.
We predict a considerable future for this lively young author whom Henry Williamson has described in The Adelphi, as “a born writer” and of whom J. C. Trewin has written in The West Country Magazine: He is a major discovery in the literature of the West of England.”Notes: Size: 7½" x 5". Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [X] 222 pages. Tags: short stories, english, naval unit histories, great britain, second world war, ranks training schools, hms royal arthur, first edition books, books written charles causley
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Fundamentals of Electronics by Douglas R. Malcolm (£29.00)Publisher: Breton — 1987Binding: Hardback [ISBN: 0534064086]Condition: Good+. Snagged at the head of the spine, remnants of sticker to the upper board. Previous owners inscription to pastedown. Text bright and tight.Description: Second Edition. An introduction to active electronic components for students enrolled in electronics training. The presentation of material is suited for associate-degree programs on the post-secondary level or for technical-level instruction in vocational/technical high schools. Preparation for this material should include the study of dc/ac fundamentals, as well as an understanding of basic electronics mathematics. Since the text contains an extensive amount of circuitry found in all fields of electronics, it should prove especially useful to individuals undergoing training in service-technology electronics.Notes: Size: 9½" x 7½". 452 pages. Tags: telecommunications transformer-type photoelectricity characteristics semiconductors rectification electron-beam photoelectron stabilization microfaceting semiconductor transmission spectroscopy introduction oscillators illustrated common-core electronics solid-state oscillatory electronic microprobe conduction television technology techniques analytical waveguides deflection amplifiers rectifiers stabilizer transients modulation rectifier equalizer recording injection microchip engineers detection full-wave electrons frequency circuits computing electric electron circuits computer magnetic
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The Sailor's Nelson by Admiral Mark Kerr (£28.00)Publisher: Hurst & Blackett — 1932Binding: Hardback First Edition. Condition: Poor. Boards rubbed and bumped, notably at the corners, somewhat soiled in places and sunned at the spine. Top edges of text block dusty. Internally bright and clean but with remnants of sticker to back pastedown and bfep.Description: Black cloth with gilt titling to spine. Fold-out maps. This book is not only for Naval experts, but for any person who wishes to know the unique charm of our best-loved hero, so I have endeavoured to show Nelson, not only as the greatest war-strategist and tactician in history, but also as the foremost leader of men amongst the warriors of the world. In order to do this it is necessary to give authentic stories of his life, and also to show his character as revealed in his letters to his greatest friend, Captain Locker, and other people. Errata slip tipped in at preface. 288pp. Index. Size: 8vo Medium (8" x 5½" approx.)Tags: palmerston carraciolo troubridge fitzgerald devonshire coletalino santissima cornwallis tarantella midshipman marseilles imprisoned conquerant drinkwater foudroyant conception antoinette expedition bull-feast copenhagen wellington enterprise aboukirbay lieutenant commission redoutable bucentaure billington buckingham courageaux villeneuve charlemont fremantle addington dannebrog pregnancy hallowell commander narcissus secretary promotion blackwood floggings sovereign mutineers souverain correglia attitudes rotherham recapture gibraltar
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Honolulu Prepares For Japan's Attack: The Oahu Civilian Disaster Preparedness Programs May 15 1940 to December 8 1941 by Rodney T. West (£26.00)Publisher: Self-Published — 2003Binding: Paperback Signed by the Author.Condition: Very Good.Description: Illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on the title page — unverified and reflected as such in the lack of premium. 4th Printing. [First: 1992]Notes: Size: C Format (8½" x 5¼"). Tags: army activities american and artillery attack battle civilian coast conquests cross eight fleet harbor honolulu island its japan’s japanese naval oahu outposts pacific pearl plantation preparedness red ships sugar the training was with
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Observers and Navigators and Other Non-pilot Aircrew in the RFC, RNAS and RAF by C. G. Jefford (£25.00)Publisher: Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing Ltd. — 2001Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 1840372753]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Price Clipped. Dust wrapper slightly creased at the head of the spine. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: Illustrated by way of: Cutaways; Appendices [8]; Black & White Photographs; Black & White Drawings; Tables;
From the cover: “This book traces the rise of the first generation of non-pilot aircrew between 1914 and 1919, examines the way in which in peacetime the RAF rapidly dispensed with its observer officers and their reinstatement in 1934, and looks at the rest of the century including the 1946 Aircrew Scheme .”Notes: Size: 11½" x 8½". Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XIII] 274 pages. Tags: britain royal flying corps airmen history aerial gunners naval air service force flight navigators crews unit forces administration organisation law military training aviation piloting warfare
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Professionalism, Policies and Values by Lynda Hall; Ken Marsh; (£23.00)Publisher: Greenwich University Press — 2000Binding: Paperback First Edition. [ISBN: 186166074X]Condition: Near Fine.Description: This collection of readings aims to help those who work in post-16 education and training to increase awareness of the nature of their own professionalism and to deepen understanding of the government policies and the social and personal values which impinge on every aspect of their work. The main sections are: The Concept of Professionalism; Professional Development; The Policy Framework; Qualifications and the World of Work; Professionalism, Policies and Values;Notes: Size: Other / Oversized Paperback. 166 pages. Tags: Policy Policies education teaching professors lecturers teachers Professional Qualifications
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Teacher Supply and Teacher Quality: Issues for the 1990's by Edited by Gerald Grace & Martin Lawn (£23.00)Publisher: Multilingual Matters — 1991Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 1853591556]Condition: Good. Rubbed at the tips of the wrappers. Previous owners' inscription to the first blank. Description: From the cover: “When Sir Claus Moser said in his Presidential Address to the British Association (1990) that “central to all school problems is the state of the teaching profession”, he was expressing a widely held view. The decade of the 1980s in many English-speaking countries has done little to improve the morale and work conditions of teachers in publicly provided education.
The gap between the public rhetoric which acknowledge the importance of teachers and the realities which teachers experience remains very great. With reference to England and Wales this timely and critically stimulating book examines the issues which have to be addressed in the 1990s. It provides an agenda for educational policies and practices which take seriously the importance of teachers as key agents for realizing equal educational opportunities for all. This agenda has relevance for educational policy in a wide range of societies.
Many of the issues raised are multicultural and international, not simply British..”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6½". 92 pages. Tags: and britain business demand economics education educational effectiveness great job kingdom labor opportunity quality recruitment satisfaction supply teacher teachers teaching training united
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Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film by Steve Chibnall (£21.00)Publisher: London: BFI Publishing — 2007Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 9781844571550]Condition: Near Fine. Description: Contains: Black & white photographs; Tables; Filmography;
From the cover: “David Lean, John Mills, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, and a host of other famous names from British film surprisingly began their screen careers on ‘Quota Quickies’. These low-budget second features of the 1930s have become notorious as the films that American distributors used to bring British cinema into disrepute and ruin its prospects of international expansion. But is this sorry reputation really deserved?
Steve Chibnall’s carefully researched study questions the received wisdom about these modest films, which so often offered a slice of British life to audiences waiting for the Hollywood main course. It interrogates the conditions of their production, the politics of the attempts to censor and suppress them, and, by examining detailed evidence from one provincial city, supplies insights into their distribution and exhibition.
The quickies emerge from this examination as a significant source of cultural representations, a vital training ground for actors and film-makers, and, occasionally, as innovative and even radical pictures in their own right.”Notes: Size: 9¼" x 6¾". [XV] 314 pages. Tags: great britain cinematograph films quota act, low budget films, motion pictures history, 20th century, picture industry britain, films britain, performing arts films, cinema british isles, film criticism, history, books written steve chibnall, 9781844571550
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Adobe Illustrator CS by Anon. (£20.50)Publisher: Adobe Press — 2003Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0321193806]Condition: Very Good. Includes CD-Rom, unopened and untested.Description: From the cover: “Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does — an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book contains nineteen lessons. The book covers the basics of learning Adobe Illustrator, and countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with Adobe Illustrator. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you.”Notes: Size: 9" x 7¼". In the Classroom in a Book series. 564 pages. Tags: adobe advanced computer features file graphics illustrator image images interactive multimedia processing software static
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Devizes Allsports: A History of Sport in Devizes by Rick Bibby (£20.50)Publisher: RK Publishing (Devizes) — 2003Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0954640713]Condition: Near Fine. Description: Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs;
From the cover: “Devizes Allsports is a local history of sports played in and around Devizes, and should be of interest to sportsmen and women, young and old, and their families and friends.
It comes complete with a wide selection of over 300 images. Eight centuries are covered, giving the reader a unique insight into the sporting heritage of Devizes.”Notes: Foreword or introduction by Ken Palmer. Size: 9½" x 6¾". [IX] 369 pages. Tags: 9780954640712 sport sports recreation outdoor wiltshire fitness training rick bibby ken palmer 0954640713
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Handbook of Individual Therapy by Edited by Windy Dryden (£20.50)Publisher: Sage — 1998Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 080397843X]Condition: Very Good. Light crease to the bottom corner of the upper wrapper. Slight soiling at the leading edge of the text block. Text complete, clean and tight. A pleasant copy.Description: From the cover: “This major new edition of the highly successful Individual Therapy: A Handbook presents a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the 12 key approaches to individual therapy.
A distinguished team assembled from among Britain’s leading counsellors and psychotherapists — all experienced exponents of the particular form of therapy they discuss — introduce the principles and methods of each approach concisely and accessibly. Following a clearly defined structure, chapters place each school of thought in its historical context, outline its main theoretical assumptions and set out its mode of practice, while case examples illustrate the approach in action. The contributors clarify the ways in which practitioners can identify those clients who will most benefit from each form of therapy and indicate the general strengths and limitations of each therapeutic approach.
Further chapters place counselling and psychotherapy in its social context, relate research to actual therapeutic practice and explore the training and supervision of individual therapists.
The handbook is designed for trainee and practising counsellors: novice therapists interested in obtaining an overall picture of the practice of individual therapy as well as experienced therapists interested in learning about alternative approaches to individual therapy. It will also be a valuable resource for others working in the helping professions, and for students of applied psychology.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¾". 413 pages. Tags: Mesh behaviour cognitive counselling general health individual mental psychology psychotherapy therapeutics therapy
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Principles of Gene Manipulation by R. W. Old; S. B. Primrose; (£20.50)Publisher: Blackwell Scientific — 1987Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0632013184]Condition: Good. A reasonable reading copy only. Upper wrap heavily creased. A slightly dog-eared copy with occasional highlighting throughout.Description: 3rd Edition. From the cover; “The teaching of genetic engineering is almost commonplace and an essential element in the training of a modern biologist. The development of this ever more successful text reflects the change in status and growth of the subject. Virtually the whole book has been rewritten incorporating much new material particularly in the applied chapters. Yet despite all the changes and expansion, the authors have retained their clear, direct style. Basic principles are presented in sufficient detail to enable the non-specialist to understand the current literature, while specialists will find this book a useful source of reference.”Notes: Size: 9¼" x 6". 409 pages. Tags: cutting and joining dna molecules plasmids cloning vehicles bacteriophage cosmid vectors cloning strategies gene libraries recombinant selection and screening expression coli cloned dna molecules cloning bacteria cloning yeast microbial eukaryotes cloning plant cells cloning mammalian cells culture microinjecting genes into animal oocytes eggs embryos recombinant dna technology industrial applications gene manipulation restriction endonucleases nucleotide sequence plasmid pbr322 bacteriophage lambda endonuclease cleavage maps construction cloning vectors genetic code single letter amino acid designations microbiology 575.1 qh442
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Dog Training and Behaviour by Geoff Grinham (£19.50)Publisher: The Crowood Press — 1994Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 1852237511]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Slight ruffling at the top edge of the dust wrapper otherwise a very well presented copy.Description: Illustrated with black and white photographs. From the cover: “The basis of all successful dog training must be an understanding of canine psychology and behaviour. In this book this vast and frequently misunderstood subject is tackled in a clear and accessible way, enabling anyone to grasp the essentials and use them to lay the foundations for a long-lasting, mutually satisfactory human/canine partnership.
The critical development periods of the puppy and the adolescent dog, establishment of rank order, canine language and communication, and the variables of temperament and disposition are explored before the author sets out in detail a comprehensive, easy-to-follow training programme. Working logically and progressively through each stage of the dog’s learning process, the handler is shown how to teach and consolidate each lesson, from the basics of Sit, Heel and Come, to the more advanced Search and Scent Discrimination exercises. Finally there are chapters dealing with individual behavioural problems, which explain how it is possible to retrain the errant dog and prevent future regression. Throughout, the practical day-to-day relevance of the various training exercises is emphasized, and the process by which mutual trust and understanding are achieved is made clear. Thus the book is more than a training manual; it is a complete guide to getting the most out of your partnership with your dog.
Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and original line-drawings, Dog Training and Behaviour is both a practical step-by-step guidebook and a valuable source of reference for all dog owners.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¾". Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 144 pages. Tags: admonishment aggression anxiety aptitude association attention auto awareness barking behaviour bone breed bully canine canis castration centres charity check-chains chemistry chewing classification collars commands compelled competition compulsion dangerous destructive diet discipline disk disposal disposition distraction dogs dysplasia entry-exit equipment examination false farming fishing folding games genetic grooming guarding handbooks heel hide-and-seek
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Professional People by Roy Lewis; Angus Maude; (£19.50)Publisher: Phoenix House — 1952Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good+ — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with tape-reinforced head and tail of the spine, on the reverse. Price Clipped. Leans. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: From the cover: “Professional is a word bandied about. It has a high prestige value. But what is a profession? What is the hallmark of the professional man — or woman? Is journalism a profession equally with the practice of the law, for instance?
In this shrewdly probing book the authors of the highly praised The English Middle Classes have sought answers to this kind of question. They have discovered why, although the numbers and apparent power of professional people are greater than ever before, many of them feel unhappy at their prospects. What is to be their future social status? Will most become salaried State servants, with no real guarantee of professional freedom? Would that matter? If so, how can they prevent it? These are problems posed, and discussed at length.
But it is not intended only for the professional reader although he is, of course, most directly concerned. Like The English Middle Classes it is a witty social history of our time. With humour and humanity, the authors have related their findings to the whole structure of our society. They debate, for instance, among many aspects of the survey, ‘The State as client’,’ Professional people in business’, ‘The impact of nationalization’, ‘The disappearing clergy’, ‘The “socialized” professions’. They warn readers about certain training methods and the tendency for professional people to hand over direction of their affairs to non-professional administrators. They criticize the ignorance prevailing in most professions about the affairs and problems of the others. Particularly valuable to parents and students are the summaries of training costs, and financial prospects, and the discussion of the relative advantages of private practice and public employment.
The authors of The English Middle Classes have here produced a similarly lively and profound book. In original research they have amassed a corpus of knowledge, especially on the development of professions since the ‘20’s, which was not available before. Their conclusions prove to be of some moment to the community, as well as the professions. Acutely reasoned, provocative, their book will be welcome to all observers of the social scene.”Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 284 pages. Tags: angus britain class classes conditions edmund great maude middle professions social upton
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Quality: Total Customer Service by Lynda King Taylor (£19.50)Publisher: Century — 1992Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good - in Very Good DJ. Very slightly ruffled edges of DJ. Overall a very pleasant copy.Description: Notes: 290 pages. Tags: differentiating personalisation commoditisation personification differentiators depreciation's categorisation sophistication questionnaires organisational differentiator responsibility technological competencies entertainment globalisation understanding intelligence relationship cost-cutting experiences resegmenting technologies deficiencies redefinition contributing expectations philosophies battleground construction geographical contribution satisfaction organisation personality empowerment improvement effectively maintenance emotionally overlapping competition franchising transaction sustainable differences consultancy measurement ineffective definitions fulfillment
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Signifying Nothing: The Story of All My Yesterdays by A. W. Felton (£19.50)Publisher: The Pentland Press — 1992Binding: Hardback First Edition. [ISBN: 1872795455]Condition: Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Ex-library with usual marks. Appears to have been rebound for library use although the jacket blurb is tipped in.Description: Notes: Size: 8½" x 5¾". [XIV] 280 pages. Tags: felton naval unit histories navies air force second world war children youth young people cadets cadet forces and establishments stations bases airfields youths british royal corps raf halton manston hawkinge rcaf medicine technical training establishment operations 1872795455 first editions firsts printings 1st
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Prokofiev: From Russia to the West 1891-1935 by David Nice (£19.00)Publisher: Yale University Press — 2003Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0300099142]Condition: Very Good+ — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges. Small personal monogram stamp to the first blank otherwise a very well presented copy. Description: Jacket illustration: Prokofiev in the early 1920s by Natalya Goncharova. Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Musical scores;
From the cover: “Since 1991 — the year that marked both the fall of the Soviet Union and the centenary of Sergey Prokofiev’s birth — a new assessment of the life and work of this remarkable and often elusive composer has become both possible and necessary. For this definitive study David Nice has drawn on an unprecedented range of new archival material, manuscripts of works previously unexamined and interviews.
The book follows Prokofiev’s personal and musical journey from his childhood on a Ukrainian country estate to the years he spent travelling in America and Europe as an acclaimed interpreter of his own works, Nice sheds new light on the striking compositions of Prokofiev’s early years, his training at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and the circumstances of his departure from Russia in 1918 for what the composer thought would be a short tour of America. Through letters and documents, a thorough picture is also presented of his marriage and family relationships.
Nice re-evaluates the music of Prokofiev’s years in the west and traces his unique approach to new melodic thinking from the early works through the more complicated music of the early 1930s and on to the fresh simplicity of his early Soviet scores. He also examines the complex reasons that led Prokofiev to move his family to the Soviet Union in 1936. A second volume, The Soviet Years, will cover Prokofiev’s life from this period until his death in 1953.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine. [XVI] 390 pages. Tags: nice 0300099142 prokofiev studies urss biographies composers soviet union biography petersburg conservatory class lyadov leningrad opera era works maryinsky theatre
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The Beeton Book of Garden Management: A Facismilie Edition with Over 600 Illustrations by Samuel Orchart Beeton (£19.00)Publisher: Ware: Omega Books — 1985Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 1-85007-036-9]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Price Clipped. Description: Contains: Black & white drawings; Diagrams; Tables; Plans;Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 844 pages. Tags: gardening great britain, composts, liquid manures, fountains, fishponds, ornamental waters, rockwork, garden tools, vegetation propagation, planting, pruning, training fruit trees, vegetables, culinary herbs, fruits, horticulture management, books written beeton, 1-85007-036-9
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The Land of Painted Caves by Auel, Jean M. (£19.00)Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton — 2010Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 9780340824252]Condition: Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. Description: Illustrated by way of: Maps to the endpapers and blanks; Comes in the limited edition AR dust wrapper.
From the cover: “Europe is in the grip of the Ice Age. Its harsh but spectacularly beautiful terrain supports many varieties of animal but few people. They are Cro-Magnons — the first anatomically modern people — and Neanderthals, the other race with whom we shared that cold, ancient land.
Ayla is a Cro-Magnon child who lost her parents in an earthquake and was adopted by a tribe of Neanderthal, the Clan. The Clan’s wary suspicion was gradually transformed into acceptance of this girl, so different from them, under the guidance of its medicine woman Iza and its wise holy man Creb. But Broud, the Clan’s future leader, becomes an implacable enemy, and causes her exile Forced into dangerous isolation, she eventually finds her soul mate and fellow Cro-Magnon, Jondalar.
Their epic journey across Europe is complete and Ayla and Jondalar join his people in the region now known as south-west France.
Settling into the rhythm of life in the Ninth Cave, the couple find much pleasure in their baby daughter and in being reunited with friends and family. Ayla plays a vital role in the area of healing: her knowledge of plants and herbs, gleaned from her days with the Clan, strikes awe in her new tribe. They are also both impressed by and wary of her uncanny affinity with long-time companions, the mare Whinney and Wolf.
But, torn between her desire to concentrate on her new child and the rigours of her training as a Zelandoni acolyte, Ayla finds her relationship with Jondalar moving into stormy waters. Can she manage to balance her sense of destiny with her heart?”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Orange boards with Red titling to the Spine. In the Earth's Children series. 661 pages. Tags: ayla fictitious character fiction jondalar prehistoric peoples glacial epoch historical modern contemporary post 1945 literary auel jean 9780340824252 first editions firsts printings 1st
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Toohey Medicine for Nurses by Arnold Bloom (£19.00)Publisher: E & S Livingstone — 1967Binding: Hardback Condition: Good+. Gently bruised at head & tail of spine and corners. Gently faded at the spine. Previous owners inscription to ffep.Description: With a chapter on Psychological Medicine by Henry R. Rollin. Illustrated with colour photographs and charts. 8th Edition. From the preface to the 1st Edition: “In writing this textbook of medicine for nurses I have tried to make it as comprehensive as possible so that it may not only help the nurse during her training but also serve as a reference book afterwards. The basic physiological and pathological facts which are needed for the understanding of the various diseases and their treatment have accordingly been dealt with in some detail. Moreover, summaries of the more difficult chapters are included in order to stress the most significant points. In addition, other summaries have been given at the end of most chapters of the more important drugs and routine procedures used in the major diseases.”Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 676 pages. Tags: electroencephalogram gastro-enterostomy electrocardiogram hyperthyroidism cardio-vascular blood-pressure administration pharmaceutical diverticulosis cerebrospinal intracellular extracellular polyarthritis disinfectants pharmacopoeia sedimentation psychological psychosomatic hutchinson’s drug-induced chemotherapy preparations spoon-shaped sulphonamide frost-bitten bacteriology introduction toxocariasis atheromatous distribution pneumothorax epiglottitis microcephaly steatorrhoea transmission tuberculosis fibrillation circulatory parathyroid gastrectomy terminology radioactive antibiotics coarctation antiseptics air-sinuses trichomonas blood-sugar involuntary auto-immune enlargement
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A Taste of Hawaii by Jean-Marie Josselin (£18.50)Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang — 1992Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 1556701918]Condition: Very Good - in Very Good DJ. Slightly faded at the spine, heavier so toward the top of the lower panel.Description: From the cover: “One of Hawaii's most highly acclaimed chefs, Jean-Marie Josselin, brings his classical French training to bear on the traditions of his adopted in home. Includes chapters on soups; appetizers and salads; fish and seafood; meat and poultry; vegetables and side dishes; sauces, dips, and dressings; and desserts. The recipes include such dishes as Blue Crab Bisque with Filipino Pepper Soba Noodle Salad with Sweet Shrimp Rolls, Sizzling Ginger Mahi-Mahi with Shabu Dipping Sauce, Grilled Paniolo Steak with Maui Onion Rings, and Coconut Cake with Guava Pastry Cream. In keeping with current concerns for health, recipes are low in fat and call for the freshest authentic Hawaiian ingredients, although mainland substitutions are included. Spectacular photographs, many taken on location, show the beauty of the islands and their native ingredients, transformed into delicious dishes that will transport you to a land of sun, sand, and blue waters.” Blue boards with Green titling to the Spine & Upper Board.Notes: Illustrated by Martin Jacobs (Photos.) & Coco Masuda. Size: 11¼" x 8½". 224 pages. Tags: mangos guavas vegetables seafood onions lettuce watercress papayas mangos bananas desserts avocados lychee macadamia dolphinfish swordfish mackerel tuna opihi lobsters crawfish stir-fry steaming broiling seafood noodles rice sesame seeds salads.
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Reality Fictions: The Films of Frederick Wiseman by Thomas W. Benson & Carolyn Anderson (£18.50)Publisher: Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press — 2002Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0809324385]Condition: Near Fine. Remains in publishers shrink wrap. Description: 2nd edition.
From the cover: “Providing in-depth accounts and critical examinations of nine of Wiseman’s films — including Titicut Follies, High School, Basic Training and Essene — this edition features a new introduction, a revised filmography and an updated bibliography.”Notes: Size: Trade Paperback (9¼" x 6"). [XXXVI] 409 pages. Tags: wiseman frederick criticism interpretation motion picture producers directors film film-makers performing arts video direction production history
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Advances in the Care of the Mentally Handicapped by H. C. Gunzburg (£18.00)Publisher: Bailliere Tindall — 1973Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0702004901]Condition: Very Good - in Good DJ. DJ somewhat scuffed and marked. Tape remnants and stain to the reverse of the DJ. Tight. Bright.Description: The Society presents this volume to mark the 21st Anniversary of its foundation in 1952. The papers comprising the volume have all been published in our Journal, The British Journal of Mental Subnormality, down the years, and the authors have kindly brought them up to date for this publication. Consequently the text embodies facets of advances during the past twenty years in various aspects of treatment, training and care of the mentally handicapped.Notes: Size: 8½" x 6". 234 pages.
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Colour T.V. Training Manual by C. P. Oliphant; Verne M. Ray; (£18.00)Publisher: Foulsham-Sams — 1965Binding: Hardback [ISBN: 0572004303]Condition: Very Good. Ex-libris with usual marks. Spine faded. Mildly bumped at head & tail of spine and corners. A tight copy.Description: Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. It seems that the electronics service industry is constantly faced with the problem of training itself in order to keep pace with a rapidly growing industry. In 1946, the servicing of FM receivers presented a real challenge even to those who were well trained in FM fundamentals. Shortly thereafter, an even greater challenge appeared television. Early estimates of the growth of the television industry were far too conservative. Even so, it was feared that the service industry could not maintain and service the television receivers being produced. It is our sincere wish that this book will play its intended part in the tremendous task of training personnel for colour receiver servicing. 22pp. Index. Size: 4to Demy (11" x 8½")
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Eight Steps to Happiness by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (£18.00)Publisher: Tharpa — 2003Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0948006625]Condition: Very Good+.Description: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness. Later printing [2000]. From the cover; “This inspiring book explains how to meditate on eight beautiful verses that comprise one of Buddhism’s best-loved teachings, “Eight Verses for Training the Mind”. Composed by the great Tibetan Bodhisattva, Geshe Langri Tangpa, this short poem shows how we can transform all life’s difficulties into valuable spiritual insights. Cieshe Kelsang Gyatso now shares this ancient wisdom with all those seeking meaning and lasting happiness in their modern lives.”Notes: Size: B Format (7¾" x 5¼"). 296 pages. Tags: tangpa cherish others cherishing love great compassion wishing love accepting defeat offering the victory taking giving bodhichitta buddhist master tibet buddhist path mahayana buddhist buddha purified suffering
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Geography From the Air by F. Walker (£18.00)Publisher: Methuen & Co. — 1964Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good - in Poor DJ. DJ faded at the spine, worn at the top edge with some loss at the head of the upper panel. Ex-Millfield School Library with single stamp to ffep.Description: Illustrated with B&W photographs. This is the first book in English to explain and illustrate fully the use of air photographs in the study of Geography. It sets out in simple form the limited amount of technical information which is necessary in order to enjoy fully the fascinating experience of training oneself to appreciate almost every aspect of the landscape shown on vertical air photographs. Thereafter the book consists of nearly a graphs. Thereafter the book consists of nearly a hundred high quality air photographs, selected from almost every part of Britain, each of which is accompanied by a text describing in detail the features of general, as well as of geographical, interest which can be detected on the photographic prints.Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". 111 pages. Tags: geographical Geography
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Hotel Housekeeping: Principles and Practice by Joan C Branson; Margaret Lennox; (£18.00)Publisher: Edward Arnold — 1965Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good - in Good DJ. Top edge of DJ ruffled, nicked and chipped with slight loss at head of spine. Small stain at top edge of text block, not extending onto the page. Offset to endpapers. Text bright and tight.Description: Whilst the main emphasis of the book is clearly on hotel housekeeping it will be equally useful for all types of institutional housekeepers, e.g. those working in hospitals, clubs, hostels, boarding schools, etc. The book will be of special interest to students studying for the following examinations: Hotel and Catering Management Courses; Membership of the Hotel and Catering Institute; The National Diploma in Hotel Keeping and Catering; General Catering Diploma, Hotel and Catering Institute; Certificate in Housekeeping of the Hotel and Catering Institute; Institutional Management Association, Domestic subjects Teacher Training Courses; City and Guilds of London Institute 150.Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". 222 pages. Tags: Hotel catering mamagment
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Implementing ISO9000 and ISO14000: Quality Assurance and Environmental Management Systems by Christopher A. L. Mouatt (£18.00)Publisher: McGraw-Hill — 1997Binding: Hardback [ISBN: 0074703870]Condition: Very Good. Rubbed at head of the spine otherwise a very well presented copy.Description: The book is designed to provide a 'worked example' of an integrated quality assurance and environmental management system.Notes: Size: 9¾" x 7". Red boards with Gilt on Black Title Plate titling to the Spine & Upper Board. 283 pages. Tags: 9000 9001 9002 9003 access accreditation accuracy agreements aim amendments appraisal approval approved archiving assessment assurance attendants auditor audits authority authorization authorized awareness banking benefits brief calibration call-out capability cards centralized certification certifiers changes changing charts checklists committee communication complaints complex compliance complications computerized concessions conformance conforming contents continuous contracts controller
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Music and Reason by Charles T. Smith (£18.00)Publisher: Watts & Co — 1947Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good - in Poor DJ. DJ faded and spotted, loss at head and tail of spine. Boards faded at head and tail of spine. Top edges of text block tanned. Pages very gently age-tanned.Description: This book reveals the truth about the art of music. It challenges the popular illusion, so ardently fostered by sentimental critics and historians, that great music is the fruit of divine inspiration. In simple language it demonstrates that all composers, from the immortals downwards, are crafts- men, applying knowledge and training on normal lines to the intellectual processes of musical expression.Notes: Size: 8" x 5¼". 158 pages. Tags: music writers musicians composers
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The Buddhist Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Edited by Kenneth Rexroth (£18.00)Publisher: Wildwood House — 1981Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0704504219]Condition: Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Gently faded at the spine with light reading creases. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned.Description: First in this edition. [First: Houghton Mifflin, 1977] From the cover: “Lafcadio Hearn was born on the Greek island of Leucadia in 1850. After a career in journalism in the United States, Hearn travelled to Japan in 1890 to write articles about Japanese life for Harper’s Magazine. He remained there for the rest of his life, taking a Japanese wife (by whom he had three sons and a daughter) and assuming Japanese citizenship in 1895. He died in 1904, and was buried after Buddhist ceremonies in Zoshigaya cemetery in northern Tokyo. This collection of his writings on Buddhism was taken from the bulk of his writings by Kenneth Rexroth. The organization of the selections reflects Hearn’s chronological progress from a rendering of the simple tales and stories illustrative of the common folk’s beliefs in Buddhism to the more abstract philosophic doctrines of the Mahayana Buddhist sects in Japan. Of the many writers who have commented upon Buddhism in Japan, none has stood the test of time so well as Lafcadio Hearn.”Notes: Size: C Format (8½" x 5¼"). In the Wildwood House Rediscoveries series. 303 pages. Tags: abandoning abiding accepting accumulating actions actual adverse advice ageing alertness amitabha amitayus anger appearances arrogance artificial asanga ascertaining aspects aspirational aspiring atisha's attachment attainments attention awakened awareness behold beings belief benefits beseeching beyond blame blessings bodhi bodhichitta bodies brahma breath breathing buddha buddhadharma buddhahood buddha's buddhism buddhist cessation chandra changing changkya
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The Living Church In The Parish: A Symposium by Edited by Frank Colquhoun (£17.50)Publisher: Church Book Room Press — 1952Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a couple of short tears to the panels and the spine ends. Previous owners' inscription to the first blank. Text complete, clean and tight but light offset to the blanks.Description: From the cover: “THIS book is based upon the conviction that the parish is the key to the Church’s work in our land. It does not profess to be a complete handbook on Pastoralia. Six aspects of the subject are singled out for treatment: Parish Church Worship, the Administration of the Sacraments, Parochial Evangelism, the Teaching Ministry, Training for Confirmation, and the Fellowship of the Church. There are also Appendices dealing with the Parish Prayer Meeting, Church Music, and the Parish Magazine.”Notes: Size: 7¼" x 5". Cream boards with Green titling to the Spine. In the Living Church Manuals series. [VIII] 134 pages. Tags: administration appendices church colquhoun confirmation evan evangelism fellowship for frank hopkins hugh jordan laurence leathem magazine meeting music parish parochial prayer sacraments sheath teaching the training wilkinson worship
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Death Ride by Leo Kessler (£17.00)Publisher: Futura — 1985Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 9780708826379]Condition: Very Good. Gently rubbed at the edges of the spine and wraps. A pleasant copy of an uncommon title.Description: First in this edition. Wotan 19. Still reeling from the ignominy of savage defeat on the Russian front, the crack troops of SS Wotan, training hard throughout Christmas 1941, were rallying. The arrival of the new Mark VII Tiger tank indicated that they had been marked out for battle again. But where? German High Command was nervous: clearly they needed, desperately, to win. Yet their target was Stalingrad, a fortified city, and beyond it the untamed oilfields of the Caucasus. It would be a hard and bloody battle – and this time there could be no turning back…Notes: Size: A Format (7" x 4½"). 192 pages. Tags: Russian front Mark VII Tiger tank Caucasus Stalingrad German High Command Wotan
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James McNeill Whistler: Beyond the Myth by Ronald Anderson & Anne Koval (£16.00)Publisher: John Murray — 1994Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0719550270]Condition: Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper a little faded at the spine and pulled at the top edges of both panels. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: Illustrated by way of: Black and White Photographs;
From the cover: “The myth perpetuated throughout Whistler’s life — of a witty, irascible dandy endlessly feuding with the establishment or anyone else who stood in his way — clouds the real extent of his artistic achievement. Now, for the first time ever, his art and life are brought together to recreate the extraordinary career of the man behind that myth.
From a youth in Tsarist Russia, an American military training at West Point and a Bohemian lifestyle in 1850s Paris, Whistler went on to embody the image of the cosmopolitan artist. His friendships with Courbet, Fantin Latour, Rossetti, Millais, Manet, Monet, Degas, Baudelaire, Swinburne, Wilde and Mallarme mark him out as a crucial player in the larger art movements of the nineteenth century, and a pivotal figure between the British and French art scenes.
The many strands that make up Whistler’s personality form a complex and intriguing individual who sought to uphold a public persona often at variance with his private self. His life reflected the title of his only book, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, most notably in his libel suit against Ruskin. Plagued by doubts about his work, his sensitivity made him temperamental, He was often at odds with his family, and was rarely seen without a beautiful woman on his arm, until in his fifties he found happiness in a tragically short-lived marriage to Beatrice Godwin.
By examining Whistler’s life and work together with the impact his followers, collectors and friends made on his reputation after his death, Anderson and Koval show this most controversial and colourful artist to be one of the most remarkable men of his age.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XV] 544 pages. Tags: whistler james mcneill art movements the nineteenth century cosmopolitan artist artists united states biography courbet fantin latour rossetti manet monet degas baudelaire wilde and mallarme
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Women In Educational Management by Jennifer Ozga (£16.00)Publisher: Open University Press — 1993Binding: Paperback Condition: Very Good. Previous owners' inscription to the first blank. Description: First in this, paperback, edition. From the cover: “This book provides us with women managers’ own vivid accounts of their varied career paths into educational management and of their day-to-day experiences as women in management posts. Jenny Ozga and her contributors explore the issues which develop both from a recognition of women’s minority status in educational management, and from the idea that women may manage differently from men. By, offering a series of accounts by women managers at all levels in the education system, Women in Educational Management hopes to encourage other women to consider the possibility of a career in educational management. By describing some of the problems faced by women managers it will help others to identify the barriers to progress, and consider strategies for overcoming them. Finally, by presenting positive arguments for women as managers, it will help combat stereotypical images of management as a ‘masculine’ activity..”Notes: Size: C Format (8½" x 5¼"). In the Gender & Education series. 120 pages. Tags: administration administrators and britain career careers college development differences education educational employment equal executives great in-service management opportunities organisation organization principals role school schools sex studies training women
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Building Great Customer Experiences by Colin Shaw; John Ivens; (£15.50)Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan — 2002Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 0333990137]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper a little rubbed at the top edges. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: Later printing. From the cover: “Building Great Customer Experiences is by the fresh and exciting team of Colin Shaw and John Ivens, who are being called the gurus of the customer experience. It examines the new and emerging area of the customer experience, exploring how it can be used as a competitive weapon as well as a means of reducing costs. Many business books look at new companies and how they have become successful. This book bases itself in the reality in which most business people find themselves daily — working in companies which have been established for some time and which are faced with legacy people, legacy processes, legacy systems, legacy channels and an existing culture. It focuses on how you can change an existing organisation in order to build and deliver great customer experiences.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Grey boards with Silver titling to the Spine. 224 pages. Tags: differentiating personalisation commoditisation personification differentiators depreciation's categorisation sophistication questionnaires organisational differentiator responsibility technological competencies entertainment globalisation understanding intelligence relationship cost-cutting experiences resegmenting technologies deficiencies redefinition contributing expectations philosophies battleground construction geographical contribution satisfaction organisation personality empowerment improvement effectively maintenance emotionally overlapping competition franchising transaction sustainable differences consultancy measurement ineffective definitions fulfillment
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Effective Meetings by VARIOUS (£15.50)Publisher: Century Business — 1992Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine DJDescription: The book is designed to help you improve the performance of the meetings you attend whether as a chairperson or as a contributor. 292pp. Index. Bibliography. Advertisements. Size: 8vo Medium (8" x 5½" approx.)
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