Back Prosperity by Leacock Stephen (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 105 Pages.

HC. 108pp Contents include: The Background of the Conference; Empire Trade; Currency and the Gold Standard; Can Silver Come Back?; and, Summary and Conclusion. very good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A good, solid copy with some wear on the spine and a bit of staining on the covers - no pages are affected.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Canadian Edition. 108 Pages, Dust Jacket Minor Edge Wear O/W Sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This book is bound in bright dark blue boards with bright black letters on the front cover & spine. There is very light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. The dust jacket has a 5 cm closed tear on the top of back cover near the spine with very light wear on the spine tips & cover corners.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Spine and edges of the boards faded, else near fine in very good, soiled dustwrapper with some light wear to the top of the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. pp: [viii] 1 - 108. The first edition bound in a plain brown dust jacket printed in blue, over blue cloth boards printed in black. The first edition with no additional printing noted on the copyright page. Leacock wrote this volume during the Great Depression with the intention of influencing Canada to increase trade with The British Empire in order to find a way out of the economic disaster the depression caused. The work highlights Leacock's perspective on economic policy. This is a very good copy with a stamp of a star on the bottom edge. The top edge has some soiling and the fore edge has light foxing. The jacket has light sunning, soiling, edge wear. Still, it is more than presentable. It is protected with a Brodart cover. There is a stamp on the free endpaper indicating this copy was presented compliments of Senator Lorne C. Webster. Webster was a member of the Senate from 1920 to 1941.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 108 pages; Physical desc. : 108p ; 19cm. Subjects: Empire Conference (1932) Currency question - Great Britain. Great Britain - Economic policy. Great Britain - Colonies - Commerce. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 108 p. 20 cm. Blue cloth in mylar-covered tan dustjacket. Some soiling, chips and tears to jacket. Front flap a bit darkened. Ink signature and offsetting to front endpaper.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 108 pages; Physical desc. : 108p ; 19cm. Subjects: Empire Conference (1932) Currency question - Great Britain. Great Britain - Economic policy. Great Britain - Colonies - Commerce. 1 Kg.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Blue boards. Some wear along edges of covers. Some wear to dustjacket, bends, 1/2 inch tear in upper rear dustjacket.

Condition: very good. 1st edition. 108pp. 12mo. Original blue cloth with black lettering on front cover and spine. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. very good.

Condition: very good. 1st edition. 108pp. 12mo. Original blue cloth with black lettering on front cover and spine in dust jacket. Page 69 is a cancel. Spine slightly fade. Small stains to back of dust jacket. Small tears to edges of dust jacket. very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover; 8vo; 108 pages. First edition. Blue cloth hardcovers with black titles on spine. Sunned spine. Heavily rubbed edges. Bumped corners, some fraying. Prev. owner's name on ffep. Some light staining/rubbing on endpapers. G-/--. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for minor wear to extremities, and the bookplate of Norman Tyler Sobel. the clipped jacket is lightly edgeworn, with a split at front spine fold. A nice copy with interesting provenance.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First edition. (p.69 is cancelled, no priority), light blue binding (no priority). Name o/w fine in d/w.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 108, blue cloth. A fine copy [neat name on ffe] in dustwrapper. Superior example.