In-Laws and Outlaws and Parkinson's Third Law
by Parkinson, C. Northcote
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good-
- Seller
-
Calgary , Alberta, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962 Stated first printing 1962 edition of Parkinson's followup to Parkinson's Law and The Law of Profits in near fine condition and Very good- dust jacket. Gray linen boards with navy printing and line drawing on front board, binding and corners intact, yellow dyed upper edge, bnright yellow endpapers and crisp clean interior pages. One price in pencil on ffep and another obliterated with black felt pen. No other markings. Very light age toning. Price clipped dust jacket has light edge and surface wear. Upper edge has four short (1/4 inch) tears and creases have formed from one tear to another.There is also wear to the spine bottom. The classic tongue-in-cheek success in business manual offering sensible underlying truths, in fine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sparkle Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000828
- Title
- In-Laws and Outlaws and Parkinson's Third Law
- Author
- Parkinson, C. Northcote
- Illustrator
- Osborn, Robert C.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- NONFICTION HUMOUR BUSINESS
Terms of Sale
Sparkle Books
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About the Seller
Sparkle Books
Biblio member since 2008
Calgary , Alberta
About Sparkle Books
I search out used books on principle to highlight their value, keep them circulating and out of the landfill (and just because I am compelled to tell people to "read this"!)
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- Price Clipped
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- FFEP
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- Fine
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- Crisp
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- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...