Poor Laws (237 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, 8vo, xii,161pp, 16pp publisher's adverts at rear, text clean and binding tight, owner's name on endpaper, original blue boards, gilt spine titles, Very Good condition.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 18 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 20 cms. Category: Annual Register; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 345 pages; Physical desc.: ix, 345 p. ; 22 cm. Subject: Poverty --History --Social Welfare --Poor --Great Britain --Public welfare --Unemployed. 3 Kg.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 7 pages. An original essay from the Monthly Review, 1775. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 12 x 21 cms. Category: Monthly Review; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 345 pages; Physical desc.: ix, 345 p. ; 22 cm. Subject: Poverty --History --Social Welfare --Poor --Great Britain --Public welfare --Unemployed. 1 Kg.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 7 pages. Pageâs argument is considered with attention to his distinction between legal relief and voluntary charity. The reviewer weighs his proposals for reform, noting their appeal to economic prudence and moral discipline, and situates the pamphlet within the wider national debate on pauperism and rural distress. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 12 x 21 cms. Category: Monthly Review; Special Interest. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Paper. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. .Chiefly drawn from the evidence and reports of the Poor-Law Commissioners. Section I and 2.Section 1 'Present Operation and Proposed admendment 44pp; Section 2 Part 1 Present Operation of Poor Laws and their amendment Part 11 Proposed Remedial Measures 45-95pp. Each section has a title page dated 1834. Printed title-page. Dis-bound copy from a nonce volume. rare item [Copac 4 Copies].

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. ; 343 pages; Physical desc. : 343p. Subject: Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century. 3 Kg.

Condition: Good. - Sir Edwin Chadwick's closing sentiments "to education. Yours truly E. Chadwick" penned on 1-1/2 inch high by 4-1/4 inch wide creamy white paper. The letter "s" in "yours" is smudged. Once folded, the corners are clipped and the edges are darkened. The autograph was likely once mounted into an album as evidenced by glue stains and paper remnants adhering to the edges of the verso. Good. The English social reformer Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890) was a leader in reforming England's Poor Laws. A follower of the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, Chadwick instituted major reforms in urban sanitation and public health and pioneered the use of scientific surveys to identify all phases of social problems.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. ; 343 pages; Physical desc. : 343p. Subject: Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Worn paperback copy. Front page is torn. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Physical description: 646 pages. Notes: Volume 3. Notes: Includes appendix. Subjects: Great Britain. Law. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy bound in quarter aniline calf over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 276 pages. Subjects; Poor Laws. Relief and Distress. Royal Commissions. Minutes of Evidence. Ireland. 3 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. folio., 474 pp. plus 2 pp list of the appendix volumes. ex library. Foredges browned library labels to browned front endpapers, small library stamps to title page, pp. 1, 25, 51, 75, 101 etc. otherwise very good in original black, blind stamped morocco gilt witth gilt class mark to spine, boards worn, biding tight, very good minus. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. folio., viii., 101pp. plus 2 pp list of the appendix volumes. ex library. Foredges browned library labels to browned front endpapers, small library stamps to title page, pp. iii., 1, 25, 51, 75, 102. Pages lightly cockled otherwise very good in original black, blind stamped morocco gilt witth white class mark to spine, boards worn, biding tight, very good minus. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

First Edition. Near fine copy in half aniline calf over buckram boards with R. G. Duff in gilt block; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Marble-edge all round will marble end papers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 81 pages; Description: v, 81 p. : tabs. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Poor law --Politics and government --Great Britain --Economics. Cd. 4944 4 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in half aniline calf over buckram boards with R. G. Duff in gilt block; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Marble-edge all round will marble end papers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 461 pages; Description: 461 p. : tabs. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Poor law --Politics and government --Great Britain --Economics. Cd. 4983 4 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in half aniline calf over buckram boards with R. G. Duff in gilt block; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Marble-edge all round will marble end papers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 193 pages; Description: xii, 193 p. : tabs. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Poor law --Politics and government --Great Britain --Economics --Scotland. Cd. 5073 4 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in half aniline calf over buckram boards with R. G. Duff in gilt block; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Marble-edge all round will marble end papers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 51 pages; Description: i, 51 p. : tabs. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Poor law --Politics and government --Great Britain --Economics. Cd. 5244 4 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in half aniline calf over buckram boards with R. G. Duff in gilt block; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Marble-edge all round will marble end papers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 32 pages; Description: vii, 32 p. : tabs., figs. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Poor law --Politics and government --Great Britain --Economics --Unemployed. Cd. 4890 4 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in half aniline calf over buckram boards with R. G. Duff in gilt block; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Marble-edge all round will marble end papers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 72 pages; Description: 72 p. : tabs. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Poor law --Politics and government --Great Britain --Economics. Cd. 5074 4 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in half aniline calf over buckram boards with R. G. Duff in gilt block; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Marble-edge all round will marble end papers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages; Description: 212 p. : tabs. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Poor law --Politics and government --Great Britain --Economics. Cd. 5072 4 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in half aniline calf over buckram boards with R. G. Duff in gilt block; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Marble-edge all round will marble end papers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 120 pages; Description: 120 p. : tabs. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Poor law --Politics and government --Great Britain --Economics. Cd. 5036 4 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in half aniline calf over buckram boards with R. G. Duff in gilt block; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Marble-edge all round will marble end papers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 40 pages; Description: 40 p. : tabs. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Poor law --Politics and government --Great Britain --Economics --Hospitals. Cd. 4631 4 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in half aniline calf over buckram boards with R. G. Duff in gilt block; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Marble-edge all round will marble end papers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 90 pages; Description: iv, 90 p. : tabs. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Poor law --Politics and government --Great Britain --Economics. Cd. 5243 4 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine in the original gilt-blocked calf-backed buckram boards with gilt armorial motif to front panel. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 162 pages; Description: 162p. Chiefly statistical tables. Subjects: Poor laws -- Scotland. Paupers -- Scotland. 3 Kg.