Fought by Chase Stuart (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Number 6.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 123 pages. Ex-university library marks, some wear to the edges; pages yellowed; a solid reading copy. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Economics; Inventory No: 215116.

hardcover, Condition: poor, Twentieth Century Fund, NY, 1946, small 8vo., cloth, 123pp., waterstained covers, so poor, ow G in G dj $.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. No. 6. (reconstruction, united states, economic policy) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Condition: Fair. Fair Twentieth Century Fund, 1946 hardcover Some cover wear Pages clean, binding tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: USED Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair Jacket. First Edition. Spotty discoloration to boards. Jacket has rubbing and edgewear. Text clean and binding tight; spotting to page-edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tight, solid copy with firm hinges and just lightly-bumped corners. Boards lightly mottled but book is solid. DJ has light wear and minor chipping to tips, top edge and spine ends o/w clean. KRM/WWII.

Green Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover, Green Cloth. First Printing. 123 Clean, Unmarked Pages. Book Is Near Fine. No Inscriptions. Dj Spine Age-Toned And Slightly Shelfworn Top Edges. Dj Not Price-Clipped. 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.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Slightly smaller book, gray cloth with a number of very tiny lighter spots on front and back, illustration of city skyline with title at bottom front right in dark blue, 123 lightly browned pages. Two tiny tears to right edge of first front end paper, ink note not affected, a neat piece cut out along top right edge of 2nd front end paper, possibly to remove owner's name? (Number 6 in Series) On first front end paper: "To Anthony Adams with Best Wishes from Stuart Chase, November, 1946." DJ heavy paper beneath mylar, brown background with illustration of factory and rays on front, spine slightly browned, list of titles in series on back. DJ has nick at upper front tip, two tiny nicks at spine bottom left, one tiny nick at spine top left. Near Very Good DJ/Near Very Good book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. none. x, 123p.