democracys danger addresses occasions di gepp herbert (10 risultati)

xiv+316pp. 8vo. Original boards, backstrip faded, lower board water damaged, also affecting rear endpapers. Scattered foxing to edges and endpapers. A very good copy. First edition. Signed by the author.

xiv+316pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, backstrip yellowed. Foxing to edges. A very good copy. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Sir Herbert William Gepp (1877-1954): Australian mining metallurgist & manager, public servant, industrialist and publicist. Awarded Gold Medal of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (UK) with Gilbert Rigg (1924). --- Original red cloth boards, lettered gilt on spine (18.7 cm height). Scattered age spotting to edges and preliminary leaves. Pp. xiii, 316 (last colophon) including A Biographical Note (by G. C. Remington), Contents [addresses take place between 1923 and 1938]: - The Defence of Australia and the Part of Her Primary and Secondary Industries In That Defence - Dynamics of Development - Hard Times and Hard Thinking - The Responsibility of the Individual - The Mining Industry - The World's Present Economic Position and the Relation of the Primary Industries of Australia Thereto - The Future of Gold - The Work of the Royal Commission on the Industries of Wheat, Flour, and Bread - The School of Agriculture, University of Melbourne, and Its Director - The Place of an Economic Research and Advisory Council in the Modern State - Gold and the National Economy - Youth Employment - Forest Problems - Gold and the Cost of Living - The Scientist in Industrial Administration - Soil Erosion - Problems of National Development - The Real Purpose of Life - One Democracy to Another - Duties and Responsibilities of Youth - First Principles - Some Recent Impressions of the Economic Position in the United States of America - At What Age Does Youth End?

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Personal inscription inside cover appears to be by the author. The dust jacket is sun faded and has general wear and several tears. This is spotting inside and around the page edges. 315 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size D: 7"-8" Tall (177-203mm). Signed by Author (?).

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very Good small octavo x + 315pp., Chipped dj o/w nice copy.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 315 pages; Description: xiii p. , 1 l. , 315, [1] p. Diagrs. 19 cm. Subjects: Economic history --1918-1945. Australia --Economic conditions --1918-1939. Signed and inscribed by author. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Hardback edition, without dust wrapper. Red boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Head and tail of spine well bumped and showing wear and tear. Page edges are discoloured. Pages throughout are moderately discoloured and foxed. Binding tidy, pages thumbed. Otherwise this book is in fair condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 315 pages; Description: xiii p. , 1 l. , 315, [1] p. Diagrs. 19 cm. Subjects: Economic history --1918-1945. Australia --Economic conditions --1918-1939. Signed and inscribed by author. 1 Kg.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Very Good small octavo xiii + 315pp., Some underlining, browning to preliminaries o/w VG.

GEPP, Sir Herbert. DEMOCRACY'S DANGER: ADDRESSES ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS. London: Angus and Robertson Limited, 1939. 12mo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Gepp on the front endpaper: "Mr. Dudley Schoals with best wishes Herbert Gepp. Nov. 1946." Very Good (bright); some edgewear & tanning (few tears) d/j. $85.00.