Porter Oliver (217 results)

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: acceptable.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. This book relates the story of the implementation of the new city of Sandy Springs, Georgia. The author played a key role in the creation of the new city which was the rst to be incorporated in Georgia in fty years. Sandy Springs was a city of almost 90,000 people at birth, making it the seventh largest city in the state. The city of Sandy Springs had the rare opportunity to start with a clean sheet of paper. The book describes how, when given this freedom, a team totally composed of volunteers sought to make the most of the opportunity. The implementation of Sandy Springs was unique in a number of ways: -It was necessary to create new laws to enable the incorporation. -The time to implement the city was less than a year. -The organizers had no authority, funds nor staff. -The city was created by volunteers in a major exercise in democracy. - The services of the city were assigned to private industry in the broadest such contract in the nation. The innovative use of private industry, through competitive contracting, to provide the widest possible scope of community services could well become a model for the twenty-rst century city in America. The author has attempted to relate, in easily-read terms, the rather amazing implementation of a wholly new form of municipal government, under very difcult constraints of time and absence of authority. This book is intended to serve as a potential guide for those who may be considering the formation of a new municipal government and also to those in existing cities who may wish to consider the use of private industry in providing services for their city. The Sandy Springs experience will be of value to anyone who has an interest in the developing trends in contemporary local government.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. This book relates the story of the implementation of the new city of Sandy Springs, Georgia. The author played a key role in the creation of the new city which was the rst to be incorporated in Georgia in fty years. Sandy Springs was a city of almost 90,000 people at birth, making it the seventh largest city in the state. The city of Sandy Springs had the rare opportunity to start with a clean sheet of paper. The book describes how, when given this freedom, a team totally composed of volunteers sought to make the most of the opportunity. The implementation of Sandy Springs was unique in a number of ways: -It was necessary to create new laws to enable the incorporation. -The time to implement the city was less than a year. -The organizers had no authority, funds nor staff. -The city was created by volunteers in a major exercise in democracy. - The services of the city were assigned to private industry in the broadest such contract in the nation. The innovative use of private industry, through competitive contracting, to provide the widest possible scope of community services could well become a model for the twenty-rst century city in America. The author has attempted to relate, in easily-read terms, the rather amazing implementation of a wholly new form of municipal government, under very difcult constraints of time and absence of authority. This book is intended to serve as a potential guide for those who may be considering the formation of a new municipal government and also to those in existing cities who may wish to consider the use of private industry in providing services for their city. The Sandy Springs experience will be of value to anyone who has an interest in the developing trends in contemporary local government.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Brown leather spine and corners with marbled boards and gilt print on the spine. Gilt page edging on the top edges. The interior is in good condition with light tanning of the pages. The cover has corner wear. The spine has small pieces missing on the top and bottom end and along the edges and is cracked the full length on both edges. Illustrated. Volume X (10) only. Grand Siecle Edition. 432 pages.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Brown leather spine and corners with marbled boards and gilt print on the spine. Gilt page edging on the top edges. The interior is in good clean condition with light tanning of the pages. Solidly bound. The cover has corner wear. The spine has end wear with small pieces missing, a large crack down the middle and is cracked on both edges. Illustrated. Volume VI (6) only. Grand Siecle Edition. 400 pages.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Brown leather spine and corners with marbled boards. Gilt page edging on the top edges. The interior is in good clean condition with light tanning of the pages. Solidly bound. The cover has corner wear. The book is rated poor because the spine is missing. Illustrated. Volume V only. Grand Siecle Edition. …

Half-Leather. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Brown leather spine and corners with marbled boards and gilt print on the spine. Gilt page edging on the top edges. The interior is in good clean condition with light tanning of the pages. There is some light soiling on the bottom page edging. Solidly bound. The cover has corner wear. The spine has light wear on the bottom end and heavy wear on the top end with some of the surface missing along with cracks the length of both edges. Illustrated. Volume IV (4) only. Grand Siecle Edition. 400 pages. …

Half-Leather. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Brown leather spine and corners with marbled boards and gilt print on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. The interior is in good clean condition with light tanning of the pages. Solidly bound. The cover has some light corner wear. The spine has end wear with small pieces missing along with cracks the length of both edges. Illustrated. Volume II (2) only. Grand Siecle Edition. 400 pages.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 84 pages. Bulletin No. 14 of The New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University. This is a pocket manual for the woodsman - containing surveyor tables, scaler tables, Volume and othe tables to aid the forester. No text - just the tables. Unmarked, tight and clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. About Very Good with light shelf edge wear. A couple very small corner bumps and some spine ends wear with frays. Interior is unmarked with clean tan pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good with light shelf edge wear. A couple very small corner bumps and light spine ends wear. Interior is unmarked with clean off white pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. no jacket. no additional printings listed . NOT an ex library book. Book with red cloth binding, paste on plate on cover. Color frontis. 258 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Cover is rubbed and scuffed with insect damage. Inside hinges weak. No markings in text. Prior owner name on fep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kemp, Oliver; Seymour, Ralph Fletcher (illustrator). Ex Libris.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Special Edition. Special Edition. No dust jacket. Spine cover missing. Some scuffing. Writing on front panel. Poor condition; read copy.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Grand Siecle Edition. Volume 4; spine faded, edges rubbed w/small tears and tiny chips, pages just starting to tone, some mild soiling.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Grand Siecle Edition. Volume 2; spine faded, edges rubbed w/small tears and tiny chips, little bit of soiling, pages just starting to tone.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Grand Siecle Edition. Volume 8; spine faded, edges rubbed w/tiny tears, pages starting to tone, some mild soiling, front interior hinge starting to crack.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Grand Siecle Edition. Volume 5; spine faded, edges rubbed w/tiny tears, some mild soiling, pages starting to tone.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Blue-boards hardback with a blue dust jacket now protected in a new archival-quality, removable Mylar plastic cover. Signed with "Hope that you enjoy the book" on the front free page, with absolutely no further inscription, by the author. A CH2MHILL bookplate graces the bottom of the front free page. A great research tool for any municipality thinking of becoming a city. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: New.

Hardcover - Leather. Condition: Good+. Reprint. Quarter-bound + corners in burgandy leather over green cloth with gilt on top page edges. Four color illustrations by Oliver Kemp. 258pp. Printed by Doubleday Page (author's usual publisher) for Nelson Doubleday. Good+ with some condition issues: one-inch triangle missing from head of spine; edgewear/chips on spine; corners worn; pencil marks on front and rear endpapers; a few lower right-hand page corners bent. Nonetheless, a perfectly acceptable reading copy. Binding is tight. Not certain when this was published, but an unusual binding. Oliver Kemp (illustrator). …

Condition: New.