Sociology from Berthoff Books

Crane Russak, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. 109 pages, with bibliography. Preface by Prof. Menachem Amir. Profile of the late-Soviet ruling strata, written half a decade before the USSR's demise. Trade paperback, scant wear, spine sunned, small nick in front cover, very faint foxing to top edge. Pages unmarked.

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1984. Soft cover. Near Fine. 192 pages, with index, bibliography, list of dramatis personae, diagram of the Souls circle. Covers the influence of this group as "an elite in English society, 1885-1930", which included influentials such as Lord Curzon and PM Arthur Balfour. Wide trade paperback (7-3/8" x 9-5/8"), practically no visible wear. Errata slip… Read more about this item

The Macmillan Company, 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 455 pages, with index. First printing of American first edition. Political, social, cultural history of the 20th century interwar period in the UK. Medium 8vo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2"), dark blue cloth with faded gilt lettering on spine, wear to crown/heel, cocked, light soil to boards, edges/end papers… Read more about this item

Wideview Books, 1980. Soft cover. Very Good. 470 pages, with index. Illustrated with 16 pages of b&w photos. First Wideview edition of book originally published 1976. A cultural history of the influence of Harold Acton, Brian Howard and their circle on British life between the wars. Trade paperback, light wear, faint foxing to top edge. Names of former… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1992. Soft cover. Good. 188 pages. Inaugural issue, Spring 1992, of Common Sense, a cross-disciplinary journal in the humanities. Thick journal, 6-7/8" x 10", reading crease and shelf wear including small loss patch along fore-edge near top. Critical marginalia by former owner Prof. Ann E. Berthoff (author of The Mysterious Barricades: Language and Its Limits)… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1938. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1743 pages, plus 80 pages of front matter including an Introductory Survey by Harrold; also, Chronological Outline (1830-1901), biographical chronologies, Selected Bibliography. Excerpts from writings on philosophy, social sciences, science by an array of authors including Carlyle, Macauley, Cardinal Newman, John Stuart Mill, Thackeray, Ruskin, Matthew Arnold, Robert Louis Stevenson. Text… Read more about this item

Pantheon, 1981. Soft cover. Good. 306 pages, with introduction by John Berger, map of Sicily across two pages. Translated from Italian by Justin Vitiello and Madeline Polidoro. Interviews with and monologues by residents of impoverished villages in western Sicily, collected by the Italian sociologist, poet, and apostle of non-violent action. Small trade paperback (~5" x 8"), shelf wear… Read more about this item

Impress, 2015. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 303 pages, with "books consulted" list, illustrated with b&w photos. The author had volunteered at the Hospice of the Fisher Home, in Massachusetts. Trade paperback, a few smudges to exterior, binding tight. Inscribed by the author on title page, to friends. Pages bright and unmarked.

Rutgers University Press, 2017. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 268 pages, with Index and Bibliography. Published in the Global Perspectives on Aging series. Trade paperback, practically no visible wear, light smudges to top edge, binding tight, pages bright and unmarked. Inscribed by author on half-title to friends, one a former teacher.

Three Rivers Press (Random House), 2006. Soft cover. Fair. 363 pages. An account of police investigations and conflicts with organized crime in Boston. Trade paperback, wraps worn/creased/soiled, dust soil to end papers, last ~150 pages wavy from water damage (but not musty). Pencil notation on front free end paper, writing observed on one page in text.

Oxford University Press, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 187 pages, with index, bibliography. The book discusses the social basis of cognition. 8vo, black paper over boards with beige quarter, copper gilt lettering on spine, scant shelf wear, foxing to edges. Names of former owners written on ffep, underscoring and/or marginalia by Prof. Ann E. Berthoff on… Read more about this item

The Viking Press, 1946. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 355 pages. Fifth printing of work published 1914. 16mo (5" x 7.5"), brown buckram, black lettering and decoration, spine sunned, corners bumped, gray topstain. Old price and name of former owner Prof. Warner Berthoff written on ffep, his underscoring and/or marginalia throughout pages 1 - 110 and on rear end papers,… Read more about this item

Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 240 pages, with index. Former library book with card sleeve remnants on rear end papers, library marks on spine and elsewhere, bit clipped from absent DJ's flap affixed to front pastedown. Name of former owner Prof. Ann E. Berthoff written on ffep, her underscoring and marginalia on… Read more about this item

Random House, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 237 pages. A study in dialogue form of the ethical basis of public life. Medium 8vo (9-1/2" x 6-1/4"), light beige paper with black decoration over boards, black cloth quarter with gilt lettering, some smudges to boards, a bit of wear and fading at crown and heel, foxing to fore-edge,… Read more about this item

W. W. Norton & Company, 1963. Soft cover. Good. 272 pages. Translated from Spanish. Reprint of 1963 Norton Paperback edition of book first published in English 1957. Includes short publisher's note and biographical blurb. Trade paperback, crease to front bottom corner, other light shelf wear, light foxing to edges extends to first and last pages of text block.… Read more about this item

The Noonday Press (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), 1995. Soft cover. Good. 295 pages. Diary of one year in the poet's life, with wide-ranging observations on society and intellectual life. Trade paperback, wraps curling, light foxing to edges. Name of former owner written on inside front cover, her underscoring and/or marginalia on approximately 60 pages, rfep and inside back… Read more about this item

Vintage Books (Random House), 1962. Soft cover. Good. 297 pages. First Vintage edition (V-32). Mass-market paperback, scratches to front cover, spine creased, foxing to wraps and edges, binding sturdy. Name of former owner written on half-title, handwritten notes on inside front cover and half-title, underscoring and/or marginalia in pencil on approximately 20 pages.

Vintage Books, 1971. Soft cover. Very Good. 128 pages, with Index of Sources, Subject Index. First Vintage edition - V-682 (book copyright 1970). From back cover: ". . . what few social scientists would have dared to attempt: . . . an introduction to the economic study of history, in all of its complexity." Mass-market paperback, shelf wear… Read more about this item

Stanford University Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 129 pages. Introduction by Marjory Wolf. Trade paperback, crease to spine, rubbed along spine, other shelf wear, faint foxing to top edge, binding firm, rear end papers stained tan from newspaper clippings, one of which - NYT obituary of Pruitt, 1985 - is paperclipped to rfep. Names… Read more about this item

Vintage Books (Random House), 1970. Soft cover. Good. 269 pages (plus list of Vintage books), with index. First Vintage edition (V-584) of book published in hardcover 1969. Eight chapters of economic history, six-part Appendix containing diagrams of various processes: export-generating, import-replacing, patterns of economic activities, and a list of definitions. Mass-market paperback, average wear and age-toning to wraps,… Read more about this item