Porterfield austin (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 338p hardback snag at top of spine (now repaired) - otherwise a VG ex-library copy.

HARDCOVER. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. Hardcover edition. 152pp, octavo. boards clean, mild lean to book yet tight binding, interior clean throughout, Good+. dj spine lightly faded, chipping to edges, Good+.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1948 Original Edition. No dust jacket. Ex-home library book with numbers written throughout title pages/corner of front cover. Stickers on front and back inside covers. The rest of the interior pages are crisp and clean. An informative and interesting book by several acclaimed Sociology Professors! "P"orterfield (PM).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Very good with fair to good dust jacket. Top one inch of front free endpaper is mildly scarred. Dust jacket is faded on spine and edges, is well worn at spine tips and corners, and has two one inch tears near top of spine. 274 pages.…

8° , Leinen. Abb., 118 S., ausgesch. ehem. Bibliotheksex., Rückenschildchen, gestempelt, hs. Nummern, etwas berieben. 35 Sprache: Englisch.

dj. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover, titled in gilt; dustjacket; 136pp; included bibliography. Tight, square copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $1.50 on front flap), lightly rubbed and worn, Very Good or better. Ownership signature of Wiley B. Sanders to front endpaper (see note below). Porterfield, a pioneering sociologist at Texas Christian University, seeks to demonstrate that juvenile criminal behavior is nearly always related to parental neglect or abuse, and asserts that it is the responsibility of the community to provide a surrogate: ".the community is responsible for all youth whose parents fail them and for the training and improvement of oppoortunities of parents so that they can escape failure." (from jacket copy). Includes three detailed case studies and a wealth of statistical data. This copy with the ownership signature of Porterfield's contemporary and colleague, University of North Carolina sociologist Wiley Britton Sanders (1898-1973). …

First Edition. Presentation, lengthily inscribed: "To Edward Hopper / Assistant Superintendent of a work that is more than mere prevention of disaster in young peoples' lives - it is a program of building creative personalities - with the best wishes always," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. First printing. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover, titled in gilt; dustjacket; 136pp; included bibliography. Tight, square copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $1.50 on front flap), slightly rubbed, soiled and worn with small losses at margins; Good or better. Porterfield, a pioneering sociologist at Texas Christian University, seeks to demonstrate that juvenile criminal behavior is nearly always related to parental neglect or abuse, and asserts that it is the responsibility of the community to provide a surrogate: ".the community is responsible for all youth whose parents fail them and for the training and improvement of oppoortunities of parents so that they can escape failure." (from jacket copy). Includes three detailed case studies and a wealth of statistical data. This copy inscribed to an "Edward Hopper," presumably not the noted painter of this period (at least, we can find no evidence of Hopper's involvement in a program to rehabilitate troubled youth).…