Johnston marjorie scott (6 Ergebnisse)

Hard. Zustand: Good. First printing. Good. Lacking dust jacket. Neatly penned gift inscription to free front endpaper.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 64 pages; Description: 64 p. Incl. Diagrs. , form. 22 cm. Subject: Peace movements -- Great Britain. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Wear/marking to dust jacket. Previous owners inscripyion on front ene papedr. Foxing/tanning to page edges.

1st edition. Ex Boots library - remains of labels. Text generally clean; spine discoloured, with illegible lettering Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardback. by Viscount Cecil. 64pp card covers, Victor Gollancz, London 1935. Very good copy.

1st edition. The Peace Ballot. The Official History by Dame Adelaide Livingstone (Secretary, National Declaration Committee) in collaboration with Marjorie Scott Johnston with A Statistical Survey of the Results by Walter Ashley. Conclusion by Vicount Cecil(Chairman, National Declaration Committee). "The National Declaration on the League of Nations and Armaments(popularly known as The Peace Ballot) was an attempt to vocalise public opinion on the scale of a General Election, but on a single issue. It was a constructive democratic experiment of major importance. For the first time in history, British people had the opportunity of making themselves heard on a first-class issue other than, and above, party politics, and free from the heated atmosphere and rivalries of a General Election." Pp.64, pencil inscription "Jimmy from the author (of most of it) with deep respect June 29th 1935" (Provenance of Walter Ashley)written in in an 'arrow' diagonal to the front free endpaper. Occasional light spotting throughout, loose sheet (The Peace Ballot - Supplementary Sheet) giving "Total Votes:Latest Figures" but with pencil annotation, loosely enclosed. Black cloth,gilt title to spine.Yellow Gollancz dustwrapper is darkened to spine and edges and has edge tears and losses. G/G. **Walter Ashley's name is in smaller type than that of Dame Adelaide and Viscount Cecil both to the dustwrapper and the title page - hence his inscription hints that as the statistician he wrote most of the book. …