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The Free Press, 1963. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Free Press. Used - Good. Good condition. (low-income consumers, poor families) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Free Press of Glencoe, 1963. first edition. hardcover. near fine: toning to endpapers, age wear to edges of text block, text clean, binding tight and square/very good: age toning, tiny chip at top of spine, NOT price clipped ($5.50). 8vo 220pp. a sociology study of what could be called the "poverty penalty", which is a concept that poor people pay more for the same goods and services as people with more money do. from front flap: "Based on a survey of 464 households in low-cost public housing projects in New York City, The Poor Pay More spotlights the consumer problems faced by these families. Many of them are recent migrants to the city, striving to improve their style of life through the installment plan. By interviewing the merchants who provide the goods these people want, the author describes and analyzes the intricate system of sales-and-credit evolved in poor sections of the city: a quasi-traditional system relying on informal personal controls as well as legal controls, over its… Read More

Free Press, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Browning to page edges and edge wear to jacket. .

The Free Press, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Good. First paperback edition. Signed by the previous owner. Publication of 225 pages. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed. There are scribble mark on the front cover and on the front free end paper page. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Free Pr. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good. Trade paperback edition, 2nd printing. In like-new condition. No marks or stickering. Tight binding. 112723.

Free Pr. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!