Principle by Peter Laurence Raymond Hull, First Edition (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Possible 1st. 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. First edition. Very good hardcover with very good dust jacket in new Brodart jacket. Previuous owner's name on fep - otherwise unmarked, bright and clean with square and tight binding. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. Shipping from North Carolina. Dedicated to delighting our customers. Delivery confirmation provided on all domestic orders. Happy to ship to international locations. Consider expedited shipping - just a little more moves your purchase a lot faster. Digital photos available on request for any book.

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Copyright 1969. 179 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Minimal shelf wear and edge wear. Light wear and staining on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1969 William Morrow hard cover - 1st edition 1st printing - some wear to dust jacket - price clipped - some staining to cover and closed page edge - inscription inside front cover - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Third Printing (Nov. 1969). Not price-clipped (£1.50 price intact). Published by Souvenir Press, 1969. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with date stamp on flyleaf and spotting to top page ends. Dust jacket is very good with edgewear. A nice copy of this vintage psychology title. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: COLLECTIBLE - NEW. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition, First Thus. BRAND NEW & Collectible. Red & black bi-color boards; white dust jacket; and, yellow endpapers. Photograph of Dr. Peter and Raymond Hull on dust jacket rear. Classic exposition on the universal phenomenon of occupational incompetence. Dr. Peter's Principle #1 is: In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompentence. His witty, ironic and disquieting social commentaries (truths?) are accompanied w/illustrations from Punch. Complement to Robert Merton's concepts on Trained Incapacity?

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn. First Edition. 179pp Illus "Why things always go wrong.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Red boards with black cloth spine wrap and gilt lettering to the spine. This copy is FINE in a NEAR Fine , unclipped ( $4.95) DJ designed by S.A.Summit. First Edition with matching dates to TP and CR page. Yellow EPs. Exterior is pristine, no noticeable blemishes. Top page edges dyed pink. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tight with minimal toning. Illustrated.DJ is rich. Small smudge to rear. Light line to front where seam of book is. Quite lovely !

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Punch (illustrator). First Thus 23rd Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Moderate Moisture Damage (Staining); Slight Yellowing Due to Age. THE OUTRAGEOUS #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER! THE BOOK PEOPLE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT AS LONG AS THINGS GO WRONG. Why Things Always Go Wrong. In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. FOR HOW TO MAKE THINGS GO RIGHT READ THE PETER PRESCRIPTION. BOOK NUMBER: T8563. ALSO KNOWN AS: Chapter I and III appeared in Management Review February 1969; Excerpts appeared in Medical Economics November 1969; Serialized in Newsday Syndicate 1969. CONTENTS: Introduction by Raymond Hull 1. The Peter Principle 2. The Principle in Action 3. Apparent Exceptions 4. Pull & Promotion 5. Push & Promotion 6. Followers & Leaders 7. Hierarchiology & Politics 8. Hints & Foreshadowings 9. The Psychology of Hierarchiology 10. Peter's Spiral 11. The Pathology of Success 12. Non-Medical Indices of Final Placement 13. Health & Happiness at Zero PQ 14. Creative Incompetence 15. The Darwinian Extension; Glossary; A Note on the Illustrations. SYNOPSIS: It tells why incompetence is no mistake in any area of human endeavor--why schools do not bestow wisdom, why governments cannot maintain order, why courts do not dispense justice, why prosperity fails to produce happiness, why Utopian plans never generate Utopias . . . Laurence J. Peter was born in Canada and received an Ed.D. from Washington State University. With wide experience as a teacher, counselor, school psychologist, prison instructor, consultant and university professor, he has written more than thirty articles for professional journals, and a book, Prescriptive Teaching (1965). He is now Associate Professor of Education, Director of the Evelyn Friedan Center for Prescriptive Teaching, and Coordinator of Programs for Emotionally Disturbed Children at the University of Southern California. Raymond Hull, the son of an English Methodist minister, has lived in British Columbia since 1947. He has had thirty TV and stage plays produced and four stage plays published. His articles have been featured in such magazines as Punch, Macleans, and Esquire. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Like New. There Are No Marks Or Tear Inside The Book. The Binding Is Tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Fine in Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Two dog-eared pages and slight discoloration to rear pastedown. Text and images unmarked. The white dust jacket shows small isolated stains, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 179pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. A very slight lean. The dust jacket has a short closed tear to the bottom front cover. Publisher's price of $4.95 to the front flap. Black cloth spine over red boards, with yellow endpapers. Binding sound, an unmarked copy. A satirical look at the world of incompetence.; 179 pages.

Hard cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD. First Edition. First edition. Book is nice and bright. White DJ has some wear at top of spine and a crease down length of inside flap. Otherwise it sparkles. In Brodart archival.illus. 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. Black cloth on red boards. Bright yellow endpaper. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. Shipping from North Carolina. Dedicated to delighting our customers. Delivery confirmation provided on all domestic orders. Happy to ship to international locations. Consider expedited shipping - just a little more moves your purchase a lot faster. Digital photos available on request for any book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Ninth Printing. Not price-clipped ($4.95 price intact). Published by William Morrow, 1969. Octavo. Hardcover. Red topstain. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with crease to front flap. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

First Edition; uncorrected proof in printed wrappers. Very good, All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. 1 inch open tear at top of both gutters and top of rear flap fold.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 8vo. [8], 9-179, [5] pp. Half black cloth over red paper boards. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with in-text and full-page drawings. A humorous examination of certain principles of human psychology and society. A tiny brown spot on the fore-edge; jacket has a minute discoloration on the bottom edge of its front panel.