A Guide to Public Opinion Polls, Signed + Signed Typed Letter (TLS) by Gallup, George - 1944

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1948. Second Edition. First? Printing. fair, fair. 21 cm, 117, DJ worn and soiled, endpapers discolored, edges soiled, form letter from Public Opinions Surveys, Inc., laid in. Revised edition of the seminal work by one of the founders of political polling.

Princeton: Princeton university press, 1944. First ed. Hardcover. Very good (+) copy in a Very Good DJ. Light signs of use to boards; light bumps to hardcover corners; mild sunning to edges of DJ; small tears to edges and corners of DJ; light soiling to DJ; personal library stamp from previous owner on front end page; else very nice copy; pages are bright and free of marks; binding is tight.. Octavo in orange boards with bw illus. DJ (red spine) ; 104 p. 21 cm. The function of public opinion polls -- Size of the sample -- The cross section -- The problem of questions -- Interviewers and interviewing problems -- Polling accuracy -- Election predictions -- Interpretation and reporting of results -- Significance of public opinion poll results -- Polling and the process of democracy -- Measurement of the intensity of opinion -- Miscellaneous problems of public opinion.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1944. Second Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 104pp.; HB salmon w/maroon&gilt; some rub w/residue,tp.edge; some pencil, otherwise clean,tight pgs. DJ maroon w/white-photo cover; rubed w/chips&tears. "If you wish to learn as much as you possibly can about public opinion polls in the shortest possible time, this is the book for you.

Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine-/Good-Very Good. Orange cloth with gilt sp. lettering partly on black panel, virtually pristine, sl, hint of sp. end rubbing of little consequence. vii + 104; one creased leaf with short, now closed, edge tear otherwise clean, tight and unmarked, top edge red. Top clipped ill. jacket clean but tanning to back edges, sp.ends slightly chipped, several sm. edge nicks now internally closed, remains attractive and will add protective sleeve when ordered. Scarce in UK and generally uncommon in U.S. with jacket. 14 cm x 20 cm

Princeton : University Press, 1948. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. Physical description; xxiv, 117 p. Subject; Public opinion polls.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1948. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Octavo, 117pp. A fine, fresh copy in the publisher's grey cloth. In a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, with an area of scuffing (probably sticker removal) to the front panel, else quite nice. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the pioneering pollster on the front free endpaper to an influential professor of history at Stanford University, Thomas A. Bailey: "To Prof. T. A. Bailey with highest regards to one who has made intelligent use of polls. George Gallup." This was Gallup's first published book, and remains the scarcest of his books, whether signed or unsigned. The volume served as a kind of manifesto of data-driven, scientific approaches to understanding the American polity. Bailey was best known for his book published the same year, "The Man in the Street: The Impact of American Public Opinion on Foreign Policy." Naturally, Bailey and Gallup would have had much to discuss regarding the subject matter of… Read More

Harpercollins, 1991. First edition, as stated, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/near fine. r. 446 pp. This is a rare first edition copy signed by both Oliver North and William Novak. North's inscription, "Margo and Sam, all the best," appears in blue ink on the half title page with North's signature and the date "3 Nov 91" and Novak's signature in black ink. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled at top of spine. Free USPS tracking with every US order. Ships from MA.

New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes… Read More

New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition

1990 (INSCRIBED BY THE EDITORS) "Best wishes to Frances McLaughlin fellow member of the writers guild" Rosalie Davis Mathilde Ruggles (Collette) Hurrah for My New Free Country covers a wide span of events, from the settlement of Kansas in the late 1860s (which included Indian wars and the near-extermination of the buffalo), to the Oklahoma land rush, to the peaceful growth of the area around Chandler, Oklahoma, in the early 1900s." Book: clean and unmarked - pages are crisp/white DJ: minimal shelfwear - colors are vibrant

New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .

New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).

RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.

True FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated). "Flap Jacket Press trade paperback edition / First Printing July 2007" on copyright page. This small run printing precedes the hardback edition. NEW. Cover Clean, no wear, no tears, no spine creases, protected in Brodart cover. Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Books are Carefully Packed in a Box and Shipped Daily with Delivery Confirmation from Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed. B103

SIGNED, FIRST UK LIMITED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated, complete number line to 1) Harvill Secker, London, 2010. NEW, Unread. Author's Signature, no inscription, on a bookplate attached to the first chapter page. Note on bookplate reads "This edition of I Curse the River of Time, signed by the author, is limited to 1,000 copies". Dust Jacket Bright in Brodart protective cover, Clean, no wear, no tears, not price clipped (£12.99). Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Not book club. Fast shipping from Dry, Smoke-Free home. Email Confirmation with Tracking Number. International ships Air Mail.