Chase Stuart Foreword (11 results)

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. New York, NY: The Modern Library Random House. Very Good/Very Good. 1934. Reprint. Hardcover w/DJ. 12mo., 404pp, Dust jacket has wear to edges and corners; otherwise in Very Good condition. Cover has wear to edges and corners; otherwise in Very Good condition. Some pages are slightly bent in top corner; Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. . Not Illustrated (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + DJ. Reprint. Xv, 404 Pp + Catalog At End. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Published In 1934 With This New Foreword By Stuart Chase; 242 Titles On Dj, Thus This Printing Issued In 1946. Book With No Wear, Gilt Brilliant Except Last Four Words In Title Which Have Oxidized But Are Not Worn. Dj With Standard 95 Cent Price On Rear Panel, With Light Browning, Unclipped. 1/2" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel, Minute Losses At Corners. Exceptionally Well Preserved. Per Wikipedia, Stuart Chase (1888 - 1985) Was An American Economist, Social Theorist, And Writer. His Writings Covered Topics As Diverse As General Semantics And Physical Economy. His Thought Was Shaped By Henry George (1839-1897), By Economic Philosopher Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929), By Fabian Socialism, And Briefly By The Communist Social And Educational Experiments In The Soviet Union To Around 1930, Though Chase Was Broadly A Modern American Liberal. Chase Spent His Early Political Career Supporting "A Wide Range Of Reform Causes: The Single Tax, Women's Suffrage, Birth Control And Socialism." Chase's Early Books, The Tragedy Of Waste (1925) And Your Money's Worth (1927), Were Notable For Their Criticism Of Corporate Advertising And Their Advocacy Of Consumer Protection. In 1929 Chase Co-Founded Consumers' Research, A Consumer Protection Advocacy Organization. In 1932, Chase Wrote A New Deal, Which Became Identified With The Economic Programs Of American President Franklin Roosevelt. He Also Wrote A Cover Story In The New Republic, "A New Deal For America", Which Appeared Days Before Roosevelt Promised "A New Deal" In His Speech Accepting The Presidential Nomination Of The Democratic Party. Whether Roosevelt Speechwriter Samuel Rosenman Got The Phrase From Chase Is Unknown. Chase's 1938 Book The Tyranny Of Words Was An Early And Influential Popularization Of Alfred Korzybski's Theory Of General Semantics.…

Paperback. Condition: Like New. Paperback 2011. Flat spine. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref N14. Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf. Edited and Introduced by John B. Carroll. ISBN: 1614270724. …

Paperback. Condition: Good Plus. 5th Paperback Printing. PAPERBACK 1970. xi+278 pages. Spine is creased. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref DFLK.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A NF 8vo hardcover in a VG- dust jacket. No edition, printing, or print code stated in the book itself but also no obvious book club markings. The bottom of the front flap of the dust jacket does have the markings 'No. 0033A' and '01260' while the bottom of the rear flap is marked 'No. 0033B'. Aside from a dog-eared page, the contents are Fine. Fine orange cloth boards with silver spine lettering and a silver publisher's logo in the lower corner of the upper board. The off-white dust jacket is not price clipped ($4.50) but does have edge wear including small chips, tears and related creases. No ex-library markings.…

Blue-grey Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good DJ. First Edition, First Printing. 258 Pp.Blue-Grey Cloth. 1947 Date On Title ;Page. Lightly Used, No Fraying, Hinges Tight, No Names Or Marks. Dj Priced $3.40, Edge Wear, Small/Tiny Loses At Corners, Spine Background A Little Faded, Not Price-Clipped. "How The Forces Of Technology Will Bring Good Fresh Food To Americans And Take Malnutrition Out Of American History". Right. Let's See , Is Fresh Food, Or Over-Processed Food, The Economic Driver Of The Food Industry? More Sugar And Salt, Anyone? Per Wikipedia, Stuart Chase (1888 - 1985) Was An American Economist, Social Theorist, And Writer. His Writings Covered Topics As Diverse As General Semantics And Physical Economy. His Thought Was Shaped By Henry George (1839-1897), By Economic Philosopher Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929), By Fabian Socialism, And Briefly By The Communist Social And Educational Experiments In The Soviet Union To Around 1930, Though Chase Was Broadly A Modern American Liberal. Chase Spent His Early Political Career Supporting "A Wide Range Of Reform Causes: The Single Tax, Women's Suffrage, Birth Control And Socialism." Chase's Early Books, The Tragedy Of Waste (1925) And Your Money's Worth (1927), Were Notable For Their Criticism Of Corporate Advertising And Their Advocacy Of Consumer Protection. In 1929 Chase Co-Founded Consumers' Research, A Consumer Protection Advocacy Organization. In 1932, Chase Wrote A New Deal, Which Became Identified With The Economic Programs Of American President Franklin Roosevelt. He Also Wrote A Cover Story In The New Republic, "A New Deal For America", Which Appeared Days Before Roosevelt Promised "A New Deal" In His Speech Accepting The Presidential Nomination Of The Democratic Party. Whether Roosevelt Speechwriter Samuel Rosenman Got The Phrase From Chase Is Unknown. Chase's 1938 Book The Tyranny Of Words Was An Early And Influential Popularization Of Alfred Korzybski's Theory Of General Semantics.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. EXTREMELY RARE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET! **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION** The Theory Of The Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen. New York. First Modern Library Edition 1934 stated on copyright page. This is a very attractive copy of a rare Modern Library title. Bound in blue balloon cloth (spine #7) with Kent end papers. The book is VERY GOOD. Solid binding, bright gilt on cover and spine, matching blue topstain nice, slight age toning to pages. Contents are clean with no owner's signature or other writing in text. GORGEOUS! The beautiful dust jacket is VERY GOOD- with chipping at extremities otherwise VERY clean and bright! 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. The back of the dust jacket mentions 225 titles matching a 1934 First Modern Library Edition. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION IN DUST JACKET! This book is part of the Modern Library collection from the Boston Book Company which comprised 1,917 modern library volumes and was used to create A Descriptive Bibliography of The Modern Library: 1917 - 1970 by George M. Andes in 1989. If you see anything else you like in my store let me know before you order as I always offer discounts to repeat customers! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. EXTREMELY RARE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET! **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION** The Theory Of The Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen. New York. First Modern Library Edition 1934 stated on copyright page. This is a very attractive copy of a rare Modern Library title. Bound in brown balloon cloth (spine #7) with Kent end papers. The book is NEAR FINE. Solid binding, bright gilt on cover and spine, matching brown topstain nice. Contents are clean with no owner's signature or other writing in text. GORGEOUS! The beautiful dust jacket is NEAR FINE- with slight chipping at extremities otherwise VERY clean and bright! 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. The back of the dust jacket mentions 225 titles matching a 1934 First Modern Library Edition. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION IN DUST JACKET ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION! This book is part of the Modern Library collection from the Boston Book Company which comprised 1,917 modern library volumes and was used to create A Descriptive Bibliography of The Modern Library: 1917 - 1970 by George M. Andes in 1989. If you see anything else you like in my store let me know before you order as I always offer discounts to repeat customers! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. EXTREMELY RARE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET! **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION** The Theory Of The Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen. New York. First Modern Library Edition 1934 stated on copyright page. This is a very attractive copy of a rare Modern Library title. Bound in green balloon cloth (spine #7) with Kent end papers. The book is NEAR FINE. Solid binding, bright gilt on cover and spine, matching green topstain nice. Contents are clean with no owner's signature or other writing in text. GORGEOUS! The beautiful dust jacket is NEAR FINE- with slight chipping at extremities otherwise VERY clean and bright! 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. The back of the dust jacket mentions 225 titles matching a 1934 First Modern Library Edition. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION IN DUST JACKET ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION! This book is part of the Modern Library collection from the Boston Book Company which comprised 1,917 modern library volumes and was used to create A Descriptive Bibliography of The Modern Library: 1917 - 1970 by George M. Andes in 1989. If you see anything else you like in my store let me know before you order as I always offer discounts to repeat customers! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTORE, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. RARE SURVIVING BOOK: Has blue balloon cloth with very faded spine; gold torchbearer on front; blue tinted top edge; pages clean. DJ unclipped, 95 cents a copy; covered in mylar; has a tear. SUMMARY: (Still Very Relevant in the 21st Century) Veblen asserts that the contemporary lords of the manor, the businessmen who own the means of production, have employed themselves in the economically unproductive practices of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure, which are useless activities that contribute neither to the economy nor to the material production of the useful goods and services required for the functioning of society, while it is the middle class and the working class who are usefully employed in the industrialised, productive occupations that support the whole of society.…

Paperback. Condition: As New.