Compelled: First Edition (33 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Boston: Little Brown and Company. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Golden yellow cloth with black lettering, 322 pages, illustrated frontispiece plus three other full page black and white drawings on coated stock Very good copy with bumping to the spine heel rear corner and with som…

Condition: New. In the American imagination, Asian Americans are considered an immigrant success story. Vivian Louie challenges the idea that race and class do not matter. Though most Chinese immigrants see higher education as a safeguard against racial discrimination, Louie finds that class differences do indeed shape the stude…

Softcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Large 5" tear to tail of front wrapper. 1 1/2" tear at head of spine. ; 126, [1], pages. Card wrappers. Page dimensions: 185mm x 122mm. "Has not this love been the true motive power through the years? Notwithstanding all the sore trials and difficulties with which the Mi…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. An interesting writer, known for a spiritual approach and also for his early experiments with LSD which he detailed in another book. This copy of this early novel is in straightforward secondhand condition. A couple of spots on the page edges but and a very slight area o…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing, appears little read, not price clipped, no owner's name or other inscription, D/j spine sunned, D/j has some shelf wear at extremities and mild discolouration to inside flaps. D/j protected by a clear removable sleeve. This copy in my posses…

Condition: New. Explores issues relating to reproduction. Analyzing medical ethics and the law in a variety of jurisdictions, this book makes suggestions on reforming the law in the UK. It examines: embryo research; failed sterilization; and, the fertility of the incompetent international initiatives with regard to the applicati…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 144 pages, pages 149-292 (that is, 288 pages) ; 20 cm. A very rare work. A solid copy in the original publisher's cloth; wear to the corners. A chip to the spine and the remnants of the original paper spine label still extant. Light foxing, especially to the first few pages. An old inscri…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First rev Edition. Sm8vo Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends ar…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 161-200. Features: Coup D'Etat in Egypt leaves army in control; The Adbication of King Farouk - Final scenes in Alexandria; The passing of Eva Peron of Argentina - article with nice photo; Large photo of Democrat presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson; Personalities of…

First edition. 181pp, [3]. Printed in double columns. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper boards, recently rebacked. Boards rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. The sole edition of an incongruous selection of letters, articles, and addresses on such diverse subjects as road building, farming, and parliamentary refo…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stanley Middleton- Him they compelled - first u.k hardback printing- Hutchinson 1964. Fine protected jacket priced 21s net. Near fine boards- small bump bottom of spine of spine- contents fine-neat owners name top fep [ small]. Signed [ name only ] by author…