Alston Edward (82 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Some loss from spine head, light stain on bottom fore edge corner of a few pages, a few pages dog-eared, front and rear endpapers faintly foxed. Binding tight and square. 1890 Hard Cover. viii, 384 pp. Color frontispiece of an arctic aurora, monochrome plates, and hundreds of black-and-white illustrations in text. A collection of scientific articles contributed by numerous authors, including: The Northern Lights; The Mathematics of Plants; How the Wind Changes; Dreams; Why the Sea is Salt; The Anatomy of a Lobster; Rust; A Glass of Wine; Voyages in Cloudland; The Chemistry of Water; Nuggets and Quartz; The Sun Our Fire, Light, and Life; A Fish in the Water; A Microscopical Biography; Firing a Shot; What is 'Power'?; History Out of Refuse Heaps; What Is in the Interior of the Earth?; How Sunshine Warms the Earth; What Are the Stars Made Of?; The Protective Colours of Animals; Great Sea Reptiles; Shooting Stars; Continental Islands, and How They Were Formed; Teeth; How the River Severn Cut through Wenlock Edge; Moles and Mole-Hills; The Mariner's Compass; Spiders' Webs; Glaciers; Diamonds; The History of a Hen's Egg; Growth; The Magic Lantern; A Primrose; A Cannon Shot; Why the Rain Falls; The Story of a Volcano as Told in History; Can Science Conquer Rust?; How the Airs Were Discovered; What is 'Work'?; The Hand; How Glaciers Move; Dust; A Piece of Rock Salt; Protective Mimicry in Animals; The Physics of Music; Touch; Animal Colonies and Co-operation; Colour-Blindness; Oceanic Islands and Their History; Modern Explosives; The Gravel on the Garden Path; A Peat-Bog; A Piece of Iceland Spar; Polar Ice; Rubies and Sapphires; Weather Telegraphy; Lodgers and Boarders in Lower Life.…

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 208 pp., x. '1' in number line. Following the list of Contributors and "Introduction: Looking Forward Into History" by Editor, Contents divided into 24 Essays in 6 Sections: [I] INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS (1) Jeffrey G. Williamson, "How Tough Are Times in the Third World?"; (2) Julian L. Simon and Rita James Simon, "Do We Really Need All These Immigrants?'; (3) Lance E. Davis and Robert A. Huttenback, "Do Imperial Powers Get Rich Off Their Colonies?"; (4) Robert Higgs, "How Military Mobilization Hurts the Economy"; [II] WORKERS AND EMPLOYMENT (5) Price V. Fishback, "Does Workers' Compensation Make for a Safer Workplace?"; (6) Lee J. Alston, "American Farming: If It's Broke, Why Can't We Fix It?"; (7) Elizabeth Hoffman,"How Can Displaced Workers Find Better Jobs?"; [III] WOMEN AND MINORITIES (8) Robert A. Margo, "What is the Key to Black Progress?"; (9) Elyce J. Rotella, "The Equal Rights Amendment--Yes, But Whose?"; [IV] GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY (10) Barry Eichengreen, "As Good As Gold--By What Standard?"; (11) Mark Thomas, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Trade Deficit?"; (12) John Wallis, "The Great Depression: Can It Happen Again?"; (13) Benjamin Baack and Edward Ray, "The Income Tax: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone and Come?"; (14) Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill, "Are Government Giveaways Really Free?"; (15) Jonathan Hughes, "Do Americans Want Big Government?"; [V] REGULATION, DEREGULATION AND REREGULATION (16) Richard Sylla, "Should We Reregulate the Banks?"; (17) Hugh Rockoff, "Can Price Controls Work?"; (18) Susan M. Phillips and J. Richard Zecker, "The Securities Exchange Commission: Where From, Where To?'; [VI] TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETITIVENESS (19) Gary M. Walton, "Fulton's Folly"; (20) Peter Temin, "Down the Primrose Path"; (21) Gary Libecap, "What Really Happened at Teapot Dome?"; (22) Paul Uselding, "Does Government Intervention in the Economy Hurt Competitiveness--or Help It?"; (23) Donald N. McCloskey, "Competitiveness and the Antieconomics of Decline"; (24) Nathan Rosenberg, "Does Science Shape Economic Progress--Or Is It the Other Way Around?"; Appendix: Chronology of Important Dates, pp. 181-199; For Further Reading, pp. 201-203; Index, pp. 205-208. Taupe cloth with bold black lettering on spine. Glossy beige dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) with Title lettering in large, thick, purple letters on top third front cover, above Subtitle lettering in smaller purple across middle front cover; Editor name letters in smaller purple across bottom front cover. Only peccadilloes are spine sunned to lighter taupe than rest of cover (all lettering still bold purple and eminently readable) and SLIGHT crease remaining at top edge front cover from once having had a paper clip positioned there. Book itself is As New: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Apart from collecting sun's rays on the shelf, book looks unheld, UNREAD. …

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. In English.

Softcover. xxviii, 882 pp. Softcover. LCC: 9513775 Very good condition; touches of wear on edges of covers and on bottom edges of papers.

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Disbound. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Complete, original disbound issue in near fine condition. Abbey Alston, 2 illustrations (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book details the creation of a Court of Arbitration in Charleston, South Carolina, as sanctioned by the state legislature in 1875. The court was authorized to settle mercantile disputes and relieve the burden on local civil courts. Included in the book are the act creating the court, the rules and forms of procedure, and additional commentary from the author. The book provides insight into the history of commercial law in the United States and the development of specialized courts to address the unique needs of the business community. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…