Townsend Plan: First Edition (13 results)
Published by Workers Library, New York 1936
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.Vashon Island Books
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. In stapled wraps, 12mo, 46pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Language: English
Published by Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press 2006
Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives, Book 24 of 67. Book 24 of 67 - Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
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First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Description: viii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Old age pensions --United States --Individual retirement acc…ounts --Social security. 3 Kg.
Published by Sheridan Downey Publishing Company, Sacramento 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.Independent Books
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good (-). No Jacket. First Edition (stated). A stated first edition. An affirmation, though not quite entirely, of Francis Everett Townsend's old-age pension proposal made during the Great Depression. Known as the Townsend Plan, this proposal influenced the establishment of the Roosevelt administration's S…ocial Security system. While Townsend wrote the introduction to this book, a partial re-explanation of the Plan by Townsend and his rejection of changes to the plan proposed by Downey in the book is tipped in at the title page. Condition notes: 122 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; frequent penciled margin bars, several dog ears, a.e. mildly sunned. Cover: med blue cloth, black titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, extrems worn, soiled. Of historical and social interest.
Published by Privately Published 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Book Booth, Berea, OH, U.S.A.Book Booth
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. covers have heavy wear, corners and ends of spine heavily bumped and creased, binding tight, no writing, disclaimer from Dr. Townsend on title page, 122 pages, proposal to pay everyone over the age of 60 a pension of $200.00 per month with changes proposed by the author and disputed by…Dr. Townsend Size: 6.25 x 9.25.
Language: English
Published by Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press 2006
Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives, Book 24 of 67. Book 24 of 67 - Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, , IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Description: viii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Old age pensions --United States --Individual retirement acc…ounts --Social security. 1 Kg.
Language: English
Published by Old Age Revolving Pensions, Washington DC 1935
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Manuscript
Seller: Bohemian Bookworm, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.Bohemian Bookworm
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stapled softcover brochure explaining this legislation regarding old age pensions by its founders, 32pps, some soiling, creasing, dampstaining but uncommon, loose insert subscription order slip to Townsend Weekly @ $2 p.a. Eventually led to FDR's Social Security legislation.
Published by Thompson 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Canford Book Corral, Freeville, NY, U.S.A.Canford Book Corral
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A VG or better tight copy , 1st Edition.
Published by The Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 329p., front., illus., first edition, review copy with notice pasted down on front end paper, very good condition in a good dust jacket (chipped at the head of the spine, spine faded, some edge wear).
Published by Caxton Printers, Caldwell ID 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Introduction by Bruce Bliven. Advance Review slip tipped in. Small chip on upper front jacket corner, else a fine unclipped jacket in a Brodart cover.
More imagesPublished by University of Chicago Press (1936), Chicago 1936
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.Old New York Book Shop, ABAA
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Original wraps. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 37p octavo A very good copy in blue printed wraps.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Austin's Antiquarian Books, Wilmington, VT, U.S.A.Austin's Antiquarian Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. good +. First Edition. Octavo; pp. viii, (ii), 81; red cloth lettered in black in a dust jacket; Very good in a jacket with a faded spine and a little wear at edges. The Townsend Plan was a proposal by Dr. Francis Townsend, a retired medical doctor, during the Great Depression for an old-age pens…ion in the United States. For a few years it spawned a popular movement, but with the passage of Social Security the Townsend movement lost most of its steam.Cousin and intimate friend and advisor to both Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, Nicholas had a long and interesting life and career.
Published by The Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by Bruce Blevin. Octavo. 329pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with shallow nicking at the crown. A handsome copy.
Published by The Caxton Printers, Ltd., Caldwell, ID 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.Resource Books, LLC
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1936. First edition, 1936. Analysis, critique and examination of potential effects of the Townsend Plan, a proposal to furnish the elderly with a $200 per month pension, and which was relied upon heavily in…development of Social Security. Red cloth printed in red, frontis cartoon in black and white, orange printed dustjacket. The book is near fine with firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [2.00] and is very good with some spine darkening and a tiny chip from the top edge of both front and rear covers, almost no paper loss. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
