Patrick Mcgeown (26 results)

Condition: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: good. USED book in GOOD condition. Great binding, pages and cover show normal signs of wear from use.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Condition: Good. Fourth printing. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Little wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Good DJ with faded spine.

192 S 21x12,8cm, OLn, goldgeprägter Rücken, Vorsatzseite beschädigt, Gebrauchsspuren an Einband und Schnitt.

Book club Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 192 p ; 22 cm. Subjects; Iron and steel workers Great Britain. Memoirs. Steel industry. Working life 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 192 pages, 22 cm. Subjects: McGeown, Patrick. Iron and steel workers. Steel industry and trade History. Genre: Biography. Language: English. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. With an introduction by Professor Asa Briggs, then Professor of History at Sussex University. Professor Briggs considered this an important autobiography, chronicling as it does the life of a person working in steel. He likens it to the Wheelwright's shop, another socially important historical book.Written as Patrick NcGeown was retiring, it charts his life at Craigneuk, twelve miles from Glasgow. Craigneuk was a centre of heavy industry - steelworks, ironworks and coalmines. 22 chapters including trade depression, the steelworks, furnaces, sickness and accidents and all aspects of working in and liveing for the steelworks. 192pp 21cm x12.5cm Very Good in Very Good red boards. Pictorial dustwrapper is chipped and sl torn but complete.…

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Book club Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 192 p ; 22 cm. Subjects; Iron and steel workers Great Britain. Memoirs. Steel industry. Working life 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 192 pages, 22 cm. Subjects: McGeown, Patrick. Iron and steel workers. Steel industry and trade History. Genre: Biography. Language: English. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 162 pages, illustrated, 145 x 215 mm, 0.56 Kg This is the sequel to the first book written about the Pattaya Orphanage, "Thoughts from the Pattaya Orphanage". It includes many photos by Sean Godsell of children who were rescued from precarious situations, and taken care of.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club. crease in back of dustjacket.

Condition: very_good. Supports Goodwill of Silicon Valley job training programs. The cover and pages are in very good condition! The cover and any other included accessories are also in very good condition showing some minor use. The spine is straight, there are no rips tears or creases on the cover or the pages.…

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. A near Fine copy which has an inscription to front endpaper with a small indentation to lower front edge with near Fine dustjacket. The Pattaya Orphanage started when a child was given to Father Ray, and now, twenty years later, he has over 400 - orphans, deaf, blind, handicapped, street-kids and stateless old people. The secret to reading this book is to sit and ponder the quotations and photographs by Paul Knights. Whilst you do this it is suggested you listen to the music you like best in all the world. It is a very personal experience and will leave you thinking about your own life and its direction. 11 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Dust jacket unclipped with light edgewear. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. no dj. This is the sequel to Thoughts from the Pattaya Orphanage with photographs of children rescued and cared for by the orphanage. The brief introduction outlines the work of the orphanage over the past 30 years. Proceeds from the book will be used to help the orphanage. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: New. no dj. A beautiful and touching collection of photographs of children from the Pattaya Orphanage, run by Father Ray Brennan. Proceeds will finance a nurse for the orphanage. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Publisher - Readers Union/Hutchinson, London, 1968. Very good+++ condition book, red boards with gilt lettering and mild crushing to lower front corner. Unclipped jacket very good with mild edge wear, creasing and small tears to top of back panel. This book has acquired a special status as a document in social history. Steel has been Mr. McGeown's life, but it has not been the whole of his life. He describes simply, but vividly what it has meant to work in the steel industry during the twentieth century. In describing both the events of his life and his attitudes to work and life he is imaginative without being sentimental, and he can convey the sense of noise and heat and effort to readers who have never shared his experience.…