Robert c cook editor (13 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Dust Jacket. 1535pp. 1000's of photo portraits.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : N/A. 1st Edition. First edition. 444pp, illustrated with diagrams, drawings etc throughout. Grey cloth-covered boards with blue and gilt accents and gilt titles (worn, a little rubbed at edges, rounded at ends of a rubbed and faded spine, slightly soiled). Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper else generally internally neat, clean, bright and tight barring a corner crease on the rear free endpaper. 8vo.…

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. 372 pp., x. '1' in number line; Stated: "In part a revision of Toward a steady state economy, 1973". Following the Preface and the Editor's "Introduction to the Steady-Sate Economy," Contents are divided into three Parts and 22 Essays (with Notes or References at the end of an essay): Part I ECOLOGY: ULTIMATE MEANS AND BIOPHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS Editor: "Introduction"; (1) Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich, "Humanity at the Crossroads"; (2) __, ___, and John P. Hildren, "Availability, Entropy, and the Laws of Thermodynamics"; (3) Nicholas Georgescu--Roegen, "The Entropy Law and the Economic Problem"; (4) __. "Selections fro' Energy and Economic Myths"; (5) Earl Cook, "Limits to Exploitation of Nonrenewable Resources"; (6) Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons"(7) __ "Second Thoughts on ' The Tragedy of the Commons ' "; Part II: ETHICS: THE ULTIMATE END AND VALUE CONSTRAINTS Editor, "INTRODUCTION";(8) E. F. Schumacher, "The Age of Plenty: A Christian View"; (9) _. "Buddhist Ethics"; (10) Robert L. Sinsheimer, "The Presumptions of Science"; (11) John Cobb, "Ecology, Ethics, Theology"; (12) C. S. Lewis, "The Abolition of Man"; Part III: ECONOMICS: INTERACTION OF ENDS AND MEANS" Editor, "Introduction"; (13) Peter A. Victor, "Economics and the Challenge of Environmental Issues"; (14) Gerald Alonzo Smith, "The Teleological View of Wealth: A Historical Perspective"; [Editor] "On Economics as a Life Science"; (16) Kenneth E. Boulding, "The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth"; (18) E.J. Mishan, "The Growth of Affluence and the Decline of Welfare"; (19) Bruce Hannon, "Energy Use and Moral Restraint"; (20) Talbot Page, "The Severance Tax as an Instrument of Intertemporal Equity"; (21) [Editor] "The Steady-State Economy: Toward a Political Economy of Biophysical Equilibrium and Moral Growth"; (22) [Editor] "Postscript: Some Common Misunderstandings and Further Issues Concerning a Steady-State Economy". Glossy, pale green wrappers with Title and Subtitle lettering in black letters across top half front cover, above black and white photo-illustration of a polluting industrial plant; Editor name lettering in smaller black letters across bottom front cover. Micro-tip wear at corners and a few pages with news clippings having been inserted (documented below) and leaving offsetting (text still eminently readable, binding unstretched): Binding strong (NO cracks); previous owner name, date, and place discreetly at top left inside cover; NO remainder marks; NO rubbing wear but at tips. Clean text. Still timely discussions. News items laid in [offsetting between pages cited; all text eminently readable: (1) Philip Shabecoff, "Temperature for World Rises Sharply in the 1980's" (New York Times, 3 29 1988); (2) David Doniger and Alan Miller, "Fighting Global Warming is Good for Business" (NY, 8 6 1990) [between pp. 112-116]; (3) Andrew R. Solow, "Pseudo-Scientific Hot Air" (NYT, 12 28 1988) [120-121]; (4) Michael Oppenheimer, "Will the Planet Remain Habitable?: Climate Control is a key" (NYT, 6 30 1986) [126-127]; (5) Tom Wicker, "Battered and Abused: Global threats to the environment" (NYT, 11 25 1988) [136-138]; (6) Mary Kate Cranston, "Mitchell optimistic on acid rain bill" (Boston Globe, 8 2 1987), (7) UPI "US, in 1985, feared NRC cover-up of wrongdoing by nuclear utilities" (Globe, 8 23 1987), (8) AP "EPA accused of ignoring pollution law" (Globe 11 24 1987): [158-59]; (8) Matthew L. Wald, "Utility Is Selling Right To Pollute" (NYT, 5 12 1992) [168-169]; (9) AP "Ozone Team To Brave Arctic Night" (NYT, 6 23 1986), (10) JAMES GLEICK, "Hole in Ozone Over South Pole Worries Scientists" (NYT 7 29 1986), (11) N. E. Environmental Conference,Tufts U., Medford, Mass, "Global Effort Urged for Ozone" [263-267]; (12) William K. Stevens, "With Cloudy Crystal Balls, Scientists Race to Assess Global Warming" ((NYT, 2 7 1989), (13) Philip Shabecoff, "Man Said To Tax Earth's Systems" (NYT 2 14 1987) [306-311]. Also, 5 NO-offsetting items: 1988-2014.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Fourth Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hard. Etat : Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Hard cover. Published Nashville, TN: Who's Who in American Education, 1960. 8vo., 901pp., illustrated with photos. Red cloth with gilt titles. Mild age toning to the paper, small bump to the upper corner of boards. Very good plus.

Hardcover. Thick blue hardcover, G+ condition. Light soiling to boards, rubs, pages yellowing. ; 5112.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Near Fine. First Printing - First Thus. (viii) 182 pp. Black boards lettered in red on the spine; headband; illustrated in colour. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction: Populist Culture and Pop Art: Essays: The Pulps: Their Weaknesses Were Their Strengths by Roger T. Reed; The Cover Artists and Their Publishers by Fred Cook; Yes, I Was There by Shirley Steeger. Science Fiction, Science Fact and Fantasy: Painted Answers: Essays: When Pulp Art Was in Flower by Forrest J. Ackerman; Collecting Pulp Paintings: Dramatic Imagery and Color by Steve Kennedy; The Science Fiction Pulps by Sam Moskowitz. The New Knights: Essays: The Pulps and Their Illustrators: A Brief Survey by Walt Reed; The Lure of the Pulps: An Artist's Perspective by Jim Steranko; Remembering Rafael de Soto by John de Soto. The Noblest Savage: Essays: Important Pulp Paintings in the Burroughs Collection by Danton Burroughs; A Conversation with J. Allen St. John, Dean of Fantasy Illustrators by Darrell C. Richardson; The Paper They're Printed on by Alison M. Scott. Ladies in Terror: Essays: Painting the Story by John Locke; The Art That Dared to be Wild by James van Hise; Remembering Norman Saunders by Zina Saunders. To Dare the Devil: Aviation, War and Western Art: Essays: The Cover Art of the Air War Pulps by George Hocutt; Editing the Western Pulps by Bruce Cassidy; and Where Have All the Paintings Gone? by Charles G. Martignette; followed by appendices and an index. Size: 4to. Book. …

Flexibound. Etat : Brand New. 2nd edition. 344 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Vol. 1 First Edition, Vol. 2 Second Edition, Vol. 3 Third Edition. No markings in text, Spines are a bit sunned.; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

paperback. Etat : New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Etat : Good. NY 1935 1st Cook. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 680pp., many photo illustrations. Institution stamps on fore-edges, number at heel of spine. Good, inner hinges wearing but not yet cracked, spine ends worn, cover worn. no DJ.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 1st edition. 440 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

[1976]. (Hardcover) Near fine, no dust jacket. 335pp. A presentation copy bound in full leather. Notes, appendix, graphs, map, ribbon marker. Previous owner's name. Contributors include Richard Allen (The Social Gospel As the Religion of the Agrarian Revolt), Donald Avery (The Radical Alien and the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919), Carl C. Berger (William Morton: the Delicate Balance of Region and Nation), Robert Craig Brown (The Politics of Billingsgate), Ramsay Cook (Francis Marion Beynon and the Crisis of Christian Reformism), D.G. Creighton (The Ogdensburg Agreement and F.H. Underhill), Jacques Monet (The Canadian Monarchy: "Everything That is Best and Most Admired"), Robert Page (Tupper's Last Hurrah: the Years As Opposition Leader, 1896-1900), Frits Pannekoek (The Anglican Church and the Disintegration of Red River Society, 1818-1870), J.E. Rae (The Politics of Class: Winnipeg City Council, 1919-1945), Arthur Silver (French Quebec and the Metis Question, 1869-1885), Lewis H. Thomas (Milton Campbell, Independent Progressive), John Warkentin (The Geography of Franklin and Long: a Comparison), Alan Wilson (" In a Business Way": C.J. Brydges and the Hudson's Bay Company, 1879-1889), Morris Zaslow (The Struggle for the Peace River Outlet: a Chapter in the Politics of Canadian Development). Edited by Ramsay Cook. Preface by W. Stewart Martin, W.D. Smith. Article about Francis Marion Beynon, C. J. Brydges, Milton Campbell, John Franklin, W.L. Morton, Charles Tupper & F.H. Underhill. Locale: ; ; ; Billingsgate; Peace River. (Western Canada, Anglican Church, Hudson's Bay Company, Metis, Monarchy, Winnipeg General Strike).…