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Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

FULLER R Buckminster · 1969

$165.00 (€149.71 | £124.90 | ¥26,348)

Southern Illinois University Press price clipped dust jacket with light rubbing to spine folds and head and tail some rubbing loss, single pen name to free end paper, two toned papered boards and spine, 143 pages H First Edition Very Good Carbondale Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9...

The Retreat from Liberty ( the Erosion of Democracy in Today's Britain)

MOORCOCK Michael · 1983

$95.00 (€86.20 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Zomba Books folded sheets stapled in palin card wrappers with printed dust jacket, 95pp, VG, sticker to cover ( from publisher?) "The Truth about 1984!!!" S First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall Booklet

BETWEEN STATES AND MARKETS The Voluntary Sector in Comparative Perspective

WUTHNOW Robert · 1991

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Princeton University Press VG lacks DW 318pp H First Edition No Jacket Princeton Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Road to Serfdom (Australian First edition)

HAYEK Friedrich August Von · 1944

$750.00 (€680.50 | £567.73 | ¥119,766)

Dymocks First Australian issue, papered boards, ink name to fep otherwise clean copy with some mild age related fading to boards and toning to paper stock, dust jacket has some insect damage with loss to the edges and the folds, ends of dust jacket spine missing, no text is af...

Veil: the Secret Wars of the Cia 1981-1987

WOODWARD Bob · 1987

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Simon and Schuster VG unclipped DW 543pp +plates "Veil is the story of the covert wars that were waged in a secretive atmosphere and became the centerpieces and eventual time bombs on American foreign policy in the 1980s." H First Edition Very Good New York Very Good 8vo - ove...

Production for victory not profit!

EDELMAN Maurice · 1941

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Victor Gollancz Left Book Club Edition in red papered boards which have been nibbled to the joints by insects, showing the underlying cloth weave. Spne faded. Cheap war era paper stock browned, stamp to foot of half-title page by a New Zealand bookseller of Left Book Club titl...

Existentialism, Marxism and Anarchism, Chains of Freedom

READ Herbert · 1949

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

FREEDOM Press papered boards soiled and lacks backstrip, former owner inscription to free end paper being the philosophy professor [Denis Dutton | Santa Barbara 1971] 56pp uncommon work on existentialist political theory, Denis Laurence Dutton (9 February 1944 - 28 December 20...

The Natural History of Commerce with a Copious List of Commercial Terms

YEATS John · 1870

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Cassell Petter & Galpin spine and corners rubbed, light surface soiling, pencil to endpapers and fly, xvi 436pp +16pp publishers catalogue, includes errata slip, colour frontis map, light foxing to page edges, the various raw materials and where they are to be found around the...

We're Not Going to Do Nothing, a Reply to Aldous Huxley's "What are You Going to Do About it?"

LEWIS C Day · 1936

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

The left Review pink paper wrapper with black titling, well worn at edges with short tears and some chipping loss, 8 sheets folded once giving 31pp, stapled through at spine, staples are rusted, Lewis' refutation of Huxley's essay "What are you going to do about it?" Lewis c...

Deliver Us from Evil, Warlords and Peacekeepers in a World of Endless Conflict

SHAWCROSS William · 2000

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Bloomsbury as new , 404pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Lend Me Your Ears, great Speeches in History

SAFIRE William Editor · 1997

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Norton DW price clipped, very tidy, 1055pp second revised and expanded edition, includes; memorials and patriotic / war and revlution / tributes and eulogies / debates and argumentation / trials / gallows and farewell / sermons / inspirational / lectures and instructive / soci...

A History of Political Thought in the XVI Century (Sixteenth 16th century)

ALLEN J W · 1961

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Methuen price clipped dust jacket foxed and soiled, book is clean, xxii 527pp, includes Lutheran and Calvin doctrine, English constitutional thought, Catholic and Puritan dissent, French Huguenots and allies, Catholic League, Jean Bodin, Machiavelli, Guicciardini and later Ita...

Spokesmen for Liberty a Record of English Democracy Through Twelve centuries ELSIE LOCKE'S COPY

LINDSAY Jack & Rickword EDGELL · 1941

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Lawrence & Wishart Ltd First published as ' A Handbook of Freedom', first edition in 'A Worker's Library', sewn sheets in printed wrappers, spine leans, wrappers handling soiled and lightly rubbed, Elsie Locke signature to half title (New Zealand labour activist) xxiii 408pp ...

J V Stalin on the Draft Constitution of the USSR

STALIN J V · 1936

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the Ussr small format spine a little insect damaged, small amount of staining to covers and front pages, name and date stamps to title and contents, faint date stamp to cover 'Report delivered at the extraordinary eighth ...

Christianity and Patriotism

TOLSTOY Leo N · 1933

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Jonathan Cape price clipped dust jacket handling soiled with a tear to front panel, spotted closed edges, otherwise tidy, cheap edition, 102pp, originally written 1894 (500 gram rate) H New edition Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

From Smoke to Smother (1938-1948) a Sequel to Insanity Fair

REED Douglas · 1950

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Jonathan Cape fourth impression of first edition published in 1948, pale blue cloth, DW unclipped but the publishers price has been blacked out, light wear and rubbing to spine ends, minor insect damage to DW fore edge folds, light fade to spine, small bookseller label to pas...

The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America

PEIKOFF Leonard · 1982

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Stein and Day near fine book in unclipped dust jacket, cloth spine, x 383pp. hint of spotting to closed edges, introduction by Ayn Rand H First Edition Very Good New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

On the Problem of War and Peace

Foreign Languages Publishing House · 1964

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Foreign Languages Publishing House paper wrappers, 135pp Communist propaganda from Vietnam 1- problem of war and peace, 2- some viewpoints on war and peace, 3- man and weapons, 4- the correct road to defend world peace, cheaper shipping than checkout rate S reprint No Jacket H...

Ostrich Heads

MILNE Kenneth Lancelot · 1937

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

F.W. Preece and Sons presentaiton copy from the author (signed as Lance Milne) to JGD with memories of St Peters [1927-1934], this is John Geoffrey Denniston, who served with King Edward's Horse (The King's Oversea Dominions Regiment) in WWI, the author comments on the publics...

Say No! To the New World Order

ALLEN Garry · 1987

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Concord Press (200 grams) 268pp follow up to None Dare Call it Conspiracy, how the One World Government agenda of US politics is playing into the hands of World Communism and subverting the American Constitution etc S First Edition No Jacket California Very Good 16mo - over 5...