constitutional press (28 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Light normal exterior wear, with library marks including a spine sticker, front pastedown bookplate, and rear card slip. A legal reference on the issues of the church as a nonprofit. 147 pages. Book.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x, 389 p ; 20 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Executive power Australia Western Australia; Political corruption Australia Western Australia; Constitutions Australia Western Australia; Western Australia Politics and government; Western Australia Constitution; Western Australia Politics and government 1976-1990; Politics Power; Western Australia. 3 Kg.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Signed Constitutional Press soft cover, 1991. VG, w/ clean text, tight binding, straight and uncreased spine. Appears to have never been read, despite creased upper corner of front cover. Signed and inscribed (to the late poet and historian Robert Conquest) on half-title page. Free delivery confirmation. Signed by Author(s).

Etat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition book.

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. Spine has slight wear to the lower end and is sun-faded. Owner's information written on the title page. ; Approx. 5 5/8" wide by 8 1/4". ; 80 pages.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: x, 389 p ; 20 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Executive power Australia Western Australia; Political corruption Australia Western Australia; Constitutions Australia Western Australia; Western Australia Politics and government; Western Australia Constitution; Western Australia Politics and government 1976-1990; Politics Power; Western Australia. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Etat : Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 80 pages. Well illustrated with photos. Still well bound. Interior in nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions. Top corner of front cover cut off, Picture of this book available.

paperback in very good condition; 162 pages.

paperback, vi,138pp, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges rubbed, corners scuffed, Good condition. ISBN: 0902782010.

Stapled softcover booklet. Etat : Good. By Her Majesty the Queen Colonel-in-Chief. Some red inked corrections to the program/service by previous owner. Covers separated.

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. Undated, circa 1960s. 80pp. Glossy printed light card covers. Light chipping to edges, wear to covers. Sun faded spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. Book number one in the series featuring The River and the Brew houses and The Taverns and Inns. An illustrated guide to the historic and interesting 'pubs' where the traditional hospitality of the English tavern can be enjoyed. Period advertisements.

Etat : Very Good. Very Good condition. 50th Anniversary Edition. No date stated, ca. 1960s. (Great Britain, Royal Air Force, Military History) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Softcover. Etat : Near Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. 16pp. Light rubbing, near fine. Program for Royal Air Force at Home, Hendon, Saturday 15th September 1956.

Softcover. Etat : Near Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. 16pp. Light rubbing, near fine. Program for Royal Air Force at Home, Hendon, Saturday 14th September 1957.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. A fact filled programme with details and photos of staff, squadrons, helicopter history, search and rescue operations and much more. Includes four full page colour photos. Used some age discolouration but overall good. Size - 185mm. x 248mm. (oblong 8vo.). Pp.84.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. HARDBACK BOOK AND DUST JACKET IN NEAR FINE CONDITION.

Mass Market Paperback. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Signed and dated on the first page by the editor Rhodes Boyson. Paperback edition - there was a simultaneous hard cover edition. This copy has been priced at 50p for Members of the Constitutional Book Club. Very slight browning to the covers and the page edges. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Signed by Author(s).

B-format paperback (20 X 13 cm. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. 389pp incl epilogue by the editors and two appendices. Contributors include Hal Colebatch, Ann Duffield, Anthony Ley, Leslie R. Marchant and Patrick Mugliston. Tanning to the pages and light soiling to the edges of the text block. Light general wear to the card covers. Quite a heavy crease across top corner of the back cover. Some staining to the lower fore-edge of the last 15 or so pages (text not affected at all). The spine is uncreased and the binding is tight.

Paperback. Good condition. Includes papers on Coercive Federalism: the Commonwelath, the State and the Constitution; The Role of an Elected Convention in Constitutional Revision; Accounatability and the Fiscal Constitution etc. 158pp. ISBN 0731520408.

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. Softcover. 181 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Constitutional Press, Australia, 1996. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition except for previous owner's name ink-stamped. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; ISBN: 064627404X. ISBN/EAN: 9780646274041. Inventory No: 21010198.

Paperback. Etat : nrVG. Not dated, circa 1950's. 32 pages stapled into blue card covers. In very good, clean, tight condition BUT staples rusty and minor cover wear.

Etat : Very Good. Second edition. Paperback. Slim paperback. Slight wear, annotated at first page, otherwise very good indeed. Copy previously owned by company who advertised in this book and have referenced their ad and dated the book on cover.

First Edition, 8°, VI, 120 S., Text: englisch, original Leineneinband mit illustr. original Schutzumschlag, der Umschlag zart angerändert und an den Kanten auch leicht beschabt, sonst ein schönes, sauberes Exemplar Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Musterschule) möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend, close to Musterschule) is possible. It saves the shipping costs.

Paperback. First Edition. Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 1995; Kent Town, Australians for Constitutional Monarchy and Wakefield Press, 1997; and Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 2009. Three volumes, octavo (of differing heights); colour-pictorial paperbacks (the only bindings issued); trifling signs of use; excellent copies. All three volumes are inscribed and signed by the author (the 28th Prime Minister of Australia, from 18 September 2013 to 15 September 2015) to his editor and friend Christopher Pearson (1951-2013). The fulsome inscriptions are, respectively: 'To Christopher, without whom this could never have happened. Tony Abbott. 30/9/95'; 'To Christopher without whose help this could not have even been begun. Cheers Tony Abbott, 11/11/97'; and 'Christopher, This could not have happened - certainly not have happened so well - without you. To my co-author! Tony Abbott'. [3 items]. Signed by Author(s).

b/w photos. Card covers. 56pp. Oblong-Large-8vo. Covers rubbed, pages little browned, else good.

No Binding. Etat : Good. In Russian. 4 pages, complete. 46 x 31 cm. In acid free Mylar sleeve. Creased, easily remedied. This issue of RUL' is a snapshot of the concerns of the Russian émigré community in mid-1921, when the Russian Civil War was ending but the future of Russia - and of exile life - remained unresolved. Published in Berlin, then the chief center of Russian emigration, the paper maintains a sober liberal-democratic tone aimed at educated readers: former professionals, intellectuals, & political moderates displaced by revolution. The front page is dominated by the regular column, EVENTS OF THE DAY, which surveys international and Russian developments with particular attention to relations between Soviet Russia and Western powers. The editorial rejects Bolshevism but emphasizes that isolation will not resolve Europe's "Russian problem." Instead, the paper argues that economic relations with Russia are unavoidable, even as political recognition remains problematic. The tone reflects growing European fatigue with intervention & blockade. Considerable space is devoted to Russia's internal condition. Reports and commentary describe economic devastation, disorganized administration, food shortages, & industrial paralysis. While condemning Bolshevik policies as destructive and doctrinaire, RUL' stresses that Russia's collapse cannot be explained by ideology alone; it is the outcome of war, revolution, and the systematic uprooting of professional & economic life. The audience is a displaced intelligentsia aware that national recovery cannot occur without legal stability, property rights, and technical expertise. Foreign affairs coverage: correspondents' dispatches and telegrams from Poland, Finland, the Baltic states, Britain, and France. These items trace shifting diplomatic positions, border questions, and commercial negotiations. A recurrent theme is the gradual movement of Western governments from moral condemnation toward reluctant engagement with Soviet authorities, driven by commercial pressures and strategic calculation rather than ideological sympathy. Page 2 includes commentary on the émigré press itself. An article titled THE PRESS addresses the challenges of maintaining independent journalism in exile: financial precarity, factional rivalry, and dependence on foreign environments that do not always share Russian priorities. The discussion reveals anxiety about the long-term survival of a free Russian press abroad and the risk that political exile may devolve into intellectual fragmentation. The middle pages are filled with factual notices and telegrams reporting on provincial fires, economic disruptions, strikes, population movements, and administrative measures inside Russia. Their restrained style reinforces RUL's self-presentation as a reliable chronicle rather than a polemical weapon. These short items collectively convey a sense of exhaustion and instability rather than imminent renewal. The final page shifts focus to Russian life in Berlin, documenting the everyday reality of exile. Cultural listings announce theatrical performances, concerts, and lectures, demonstrating a conscious effort to preserve Russian cultural continuity outside the homeland. Extensive classified advertisements form one of the issue's most historically revealing sections, offering medical services, language instruction, employment, boarding houses, and spa accommodations in German resort towns. Particularly notable is the ADDRESS BUREAU, a service designed to help scattered émigrés locate friends, relatives, and former colleagues. This issue of RUL' embodies a moment of uneasy transition. It reflects neither revolutionary fervor nor monarchist nostalgia, but a liberal, rational attempt to interpret catastrophe, sustain civil discourse, and preserve social networks in exile. The paper records not only political events but the quiet labor of survival by Russians who no longer expected an early return home but had not yet accepted permanence abroad.

No Binding. Etat : Poor. In Russian. 6 pages, complete. 46 x 31 cm. Title (Cyrillic): ???? Latin transliteration: Rul' English translation: The Rudder. Daily political newspaper. Issue: ? 6. Saturday, 7 January 1917 (Gregorian calendar already in use in the masthead wording). Petrograd. complete; typical 6-page issue. RUL was a liberal-constitutional, anti-extremist daily closely associated with the Constitutional Complete, but: Edge losses and significant chipping, leaves broke into 4 sections; loss in margins (not affecting core text continuity), Browning consistent with wartime paper stock (1916-1917 shortages). Despite wear, all main columns are legible, and the item remains archivally meaningful due to historical date and content. This issue of Rul was published at a decisive historical moment: two months before the February Revolution and less than a year before the paper itself would be suppressed by the Bolsheviks. The issue is dominated by wartime political analysis, front-page reporting, and extended commentaries on Russia's internal instability. Prominent sections address: Voina / War): Detailed battlefield reporting and strategic assessments from multiple fronts. The tone is sober and critical, avoiding the triumphalist rhetoric found in more nationalist papers. Police reports): Civil disturbances, arrests, and public order concerns - indicative of growing unrest in Petrograd. Telegrammy / Telegrams: Rapid updates from domestic and foreign correspondents. (Khronika / Chronicle): Daily political and cultural notes, giving insight into Petrograd intellectual life. A notable characteristic of RUL is its analytical editorial voice. Articles emphasize constitutional reform, ministerial incompetence, food shortages, and bureaucratic paralysis. Several columns reflect concern that continued war combined with governmental stagnation may lead to systemic collapse - a prescient tone in hindsight. The paper also contains extensive advertising for: Literary journals (Russkaya mysl' - Russian Thought); Scientific and cultural periodicals; Theatre programs, subscription offers, and professional services. These advertisements reveal a still-functioning bourgeois reading public in early 1917, just before Russia's civil order disintegrated. Published weeks before the February Revolution; Represents the voice of the liberal opposition shortly before its extinction; Most issues of RUL were suppressed, discarded, or destroyed in 1917-1918. After 1917 Gessen emigrated and RUL was revived in Berlin (1920s) - again under Gessen's leadership,