democracys danger addresses occasions di gepp sir herbert (6 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?

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

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.