Losing Ground

New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1984. First edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Minor wear and creasing to jacket, including two small, closed tears to head of front and rear jacket; small, neat pencil marks in the margins of a handful of pages. This first edition inscribed by Charles Murray to Robert Nisbet on front… Read more about this item

Scarborough, ON, Canada: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 1986. Some shelf wear and scuff to the covers. Former owners name on the inside cover page. Some scuff to the page edge quite a nice clean text.. Paperback. Good.

Basic Books, 1986. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Basic Books, 1984. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii, 232 pp. Previous owner name inside front cover. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.

Basic Books, 1994. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., February 1986. Paper Back . 3.1 PB standard 50%.

Basic Books Inc.,U.S., 1986. Trade Paperback Paperback. GOOD/NOT ISSUED. • Binding: Trade Paperback • American Social Policy: 1950-1980 • 1986 • Previous owner's gift inscription written in book, otherwise clean pages. Smooth spine. Edgewear. •

New York: Basic Books, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Former Owner Signature. Later Printing. A close, scholarly study of the history of various American social programs from the 1950s through and into the early 1980s, all intended to raise certain population groups out of poverty and into the mainstream - but which have in fact backfired and had the… Read more about this item

Basic Books, 1984. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

New York: Basic Books, 1984. Soft cover. Very Good+. William Davis cover. Trade paperback, blue & white on brown covers. No spine creases. No names, clean text. Indexed. Charts. 7959 shelf

Basic Books, 1994-01-01. Anniversary. Paperback. Used:Good.

Basic Books, 1994-01-01. Paperback. Good.

Basic Books, 1984-10-17. Hardcover. Good. 8x1x5. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Jacket sunned. Markings on rear end page.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

UsedVeryGood. Ships Within 24 Hours M-F- Satisfaction Guaranteed! Has a publisher overstock mark. Item is in Good Condition. Clean Copy With Light Amount of Wear.

Basic Books, 1984. Very good condition paper back. Paper Back. Very Good.

Basic Books, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Basic Books, 1984-11-26. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Basic Books, Inc. Publishers,, 1984. 323 pp. White endpapers. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Corners bumped. Brown DJ. Light wear along the edges. VG+/VG+.

UsedGood. We flipped through this book and didn't notice any notes or underlines. The cover has visible markings and wear. There is staining on the text block edges Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!