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London: University of London Press Ltd., 1957.. 3rd (Revised) ed. "This attractive and interesting book shows a practical way to the creation of international tolerance and understanding." Pestalozzi Children's Village. Pp. 39, 60 b/w illustrations, toning to endpapers. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w slightly chipped. G+/G+.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971.. 1st English ed. A Pelican Book. "Jean-Pierre Brule examines five aspects of this challenge: demographic, economic, commercial, military and nuclear." Pp.191/1 (ad), toning to pages. Pbk. G+.

London: SCM Press, 1968.. 1st ed. "This book takes a new look at the China position. It is written by an Asian Christian, but is not addressed solely to Christians ... It is fully documented and contains a good deal of material and analysis ... which is of interest to all students of current affairs". Pp.10/241+2 b/w maps; owner's name to fep. P/b with illustrated cover; crease to front cover. G+.

Hull: The University of Hull Press, 1997.. Lecture. Pp.19, signed by author to title page. Pbk. VG.

Boston: Bedford / St. Martin's, 1999.. Edited and with an introduction by John E.Toews. "Intended to engage students and teachers in the imaginative task of reconstructing the historical meaning of the Communist Manifesto as a communication from the past that can stimulate historical reflection and critical self-understanding in the present." Pp.xvi/184, 9 figure illustrations. Paperback. VG.

London: Kogan Page, 1978.. 2nd ed. "One of Britain's leading industrial journalists reviews the growth of trade union power and the progress of industrial democracy over the last decade. He places both the social contract and the Bullock Report in their full historical perspective. Preface by Lord Bullock. Pp.14/306, owner's name to fep. P/b, edges rubbed. G+.

London: Andrew Dakers Limited, 1940.. 1st edition. "In this book L.P.Jacks...makes an urgent appeal for immediate action towards economic federation. His argument is that economic federation should and must precede any successful attempt to achieve political federation. Unless action is taken NOW the economic situation at the end of the war will be chaotic and disastrous..." Pp.112, loose typed sheet 'Notice to the Reader' explaining why the book was published despite the onset of war. Paperback, spot stain to front cover, covers a little dusty. G+."Lawrence Pearsall Jacks (9 October 1860 � 17 February 1955), abbreviated L. P. Jacks was an English educator, philosopher, and Unitarian minister who rose to prominence in the period from World War I to World War II."(wiki).

London: Little, Brown and Co, 1998.. 1st.ed. "The author is a legend in the world of finance. His Quantum Fund has been the best - performing investment fund in history and his foundations have helped re-shape the post - Cold War world. Now he applies all of his wisdom, expertise and insight to explain what's happening in the collapsing global economy." 23.cms. x 15.cms. Pp, 30/245. P/b. VG.

Critical Social Policy. 1982.. A journal of socialist theory and practice in social welfare". Pp 105. P/b. VG.

London: Routledge, 1991.. 1st edition. Professional Rigidity and the Search for Caring Government. "Looks at the struggle of Strathclyde Regional Council, in its early years, to produce a coordinated policy for the regeneration of Clydeside's areas of deprivation. In its examination of Europe's largest local authority, and one of the biggest institutions in Britain, the book presents a theory of decision-making that can be applied to institutions at all levels." Pp.x/224. Black bords, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1939.. 1st edition. "Asserting that communism, just as much as fascism, is incompatible with democracy, he[Murry] conducts a critical examination of the theories of Karl Marx, and although he evidently finds Marx worthy of the respect due to 'a Hebrew prophet' imbued with what amounts to a religious idea of regeneration, he shows that Marx's conception of the proletariat cannot be applied to England.." Pp.315, slight toning to endpapers, spotting to closed page edges. Blue cloth, dustwrapper toned with edge tears and small chipped losses. G+/G-.

London: Oxford University Press, 1941.. The Herbert Spencer Lecture, Oxford 1941. Pp.24, owner's name to top of title page, minor crease to final page. Beige card covers a little dusty with a couple of marks to rear. G+.

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd., 1940.. 1st ed. "In 'Democracy and War'. Mr. Middleton Murry insists on the magnitude of the moral task which the democracies, in pursuing victory, have to accomplish in setting their own houses in order." Pp. 39. P/b slightly rubbed. G+.

New York: World Goodwill / Lucis Trust, 1978.. March 1978. Published in anticipation of the United Nations Special Session on Disarmament in May and June 1978. "The support of world public opinion is vital to convey to keaders the necessity for meaningful progress in this most important of global problems....The choice is clearly between a future of right relationship and harmony, or a future of continued hatred and mistrust, disintegrating into inevitable war...." Pp.20. Pink card covers, a little spotted. G+.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1971.. 1st edition."Barry Reckord, a Jamaican playwright, talked not only to children in Cuba but apparently to everyone - street-sweepers, factory managers, housewives, doctors, students, teachers, farmers, motor mechanics, economists, foreign experts - and they all spoke freely to him about the Cuban revolution, or the Cuban experiment in equality, as he calls it." Pp.191. Green cloth, dustwrapperslightly rubbed. VG/VG.

Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1972.. 1st edition. Collection of speeches and reports by Kim Il Sung, the communist leader of North Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. He was the country�s premier from 1948 to 1972, chairman of its dominant Korean Workers� Party from 1949, and president and head of state from 1972. Pp.152, black & white portrait photo frontispiece. Brown boards, dustwrapper has edge chipping and tear to top rear cover and has some marks. VG/Good.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1978.. Shows how the policy goals, policy instruments and economic institutions of each country are shaped by its historical and political tradition." Pp. 250. Toned pages. P/b.Cover toned. G+.

Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1956.. 1st edition. Edmund Burke was the agent of the New York Assembly during the four years preceding the American Revolution. "The letters of Burke and other members of the Burke family to O'Hara make possible...an intimate insight into the character and private life of the great statesman and political philosopher. They illuminate also many motives of his conduct in American questions and as a party politician." Pp.xiv/632. Blue cloth, dustwrapper rubbed to spine with small edge tear to lower front and chipped losses to top and tail of spine. A heavy book which may require extra to send overseas. VG/Good.

London:C.A.Watts,1964.. 1st ed. Pp.6/154,owners details to fep. Blue boards. VG.

Geneva: Georg & Cie, 1963.. 1st ed. About the origins of the Red Cross. 28cms. x 22.5cms. Pp. 118, 1 colour illustration (by Henri Rousseau), b/w illustrations throughout, + 3 maps. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.