Chadwick william s (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. 94 pages.

4to. 94 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. This premiere issue features excerpts from the previously unpublished "Lost Chapter" of William S. Burroughs' NAKED LUNCH. Contributions also by Broughton, Codrescu, Eigner, Hejinian, McCaffery, Kyger, and many others including a dawing of WSB by S. Clay Wilson.…

Pulp fiction magazine. Includes seven stories, numerous Features. Overall a bright clean copy. Scarce issue. 7 x 10, 178 pp, b/w illus & ads. VeryGood+ unmarked, bright wraps, no spine creases, very light edgewear, small chip at lower spine. Pulp Magazine in color illus wraps, inside side-stapled.

Zustand: New. Print on Demand.

1p., 4to. 12 lines, in close, neat hand. Good, on aged paper. He received Brett-James's paper that day, and 'read it through all except some of the statistics'. He discusses the 'exceptional' nature of Middlesex, college maps and the difference between the estates held in Hendon and Edgware by Alls Souls College, and 'some of our Midland estates'. In the second paragraph he comments on 'letting values in Tudor times', 'the effect of the depreciation of coinage' and 'the awful meddling with currency between 1543 and 1548'.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Hinges of first volume quite loose but holding, hinges of last three volumes weakening, boards soiled (especially first volume), but spines quite presentable. 1911 Hard Cover. Ten hardcover volumes. Tall 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt titles. Miller's famous visual history of the American Civil war. Vol. 1: The Opening Battles (contributors: William Taft, James Barnes, et al); Vol. 2: Two Years of Grim War (text: Henry W. Elson; photographic descriptions: James Barnes); Vol. 3: The Decisive Battles (introduction: Frederick Dent Grant; text: Henry W. Elson; photo. descriptions: James Barnes); Vol. 4: The Cavalry (editor: Theo. F. Rodenbough); Vol. 5: Forts and Artillery (editor: O.E. Hunt); Vol. 6: The Navies (text: James Barnes; introduction: French E. Chadwick); Vol. 7: Prisons and Hospitals (editor: Holland Thompson); Vol. 8: Soldier Life, Secret Service (contributors: Charles King, A.W. Greely, et al); Vol. 9: Poetry and Eloquence of Blue and Gray (editor: Dudley H. Miles; foreword: William P. Trent; appendix - "Songs of the War Days" edited by Jeanne Robert Foster); Vol. 10: Armies and Leaders (contributors: Robert S. Lanier, William Conant Church, et al). …

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover, light blue printed wrappers with title to cover, 87pp. Book Condition: Very Good, light soil to covers, light tanning to spine and edges, previous owner name Harold S. Stevenson printed to front cover (see picture), rust mark to page 37-39 from old paper clip (bookmarking a title heading Not All Conventional Wisdom is Prudent from Roger E. Murray's section -- a good read), interior otherwise clean, bright and unmarked. Contents: Preface, About the Authors, 1. Interpreting the New Prudent Man Standard Introduced by ERISA by Robert W. Murphy, 2. The Prudent Investor's Powers and Obligations in an Age of Market (Index) Funds by Richard A. Posner, 3. ERISA and the Prudent Man Rule by William J. Chadwick, 4. Investment Risk in Pension Funds: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation View by Roger F. Murray, 5. What are Responsible Investment Objectives: The Professional Investor's View by Robert D. Milne, 6. Transactions Costs and Fiduciary Responsibility by Seymour Smidt, 7. Fiduciary Responsibility in the Age of ERISA by William S. Gray, References, Closing Remarks - Overview by Robert E. Blixt, C.F.A. -- end. Extremely scarce and very important title on fiduciary duty and the Prudent Man Theory. 87 pp. Excellent read and useful reference.…