Cockerell, H.A.L. Sixty Years of the Chartered Insurance Institute 1897-1957
CII, 1957 First Edition. Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth). Book Condition: Very Good Book. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1.25 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 0009034. (Book ref. 0009034) £4.00
Luessenhop, E & Mayer, M: RISKY BUSINESS - AN INSIDER'S ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER AT LLOYD'S OF LONDON
(Scribner 1995) Demy 8vo 352pp. Inscribed by Betty Luessenhop on ffep. F/F. (Book ref. 8217) £8.00
Fryer Martin A Newcastle Century 1886-1986
Newcastle P & I, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 0951295004 One hundred years of Newcastle P & I Association, insurance and the shipping industry, 156 pgs, appendix, price clipped jacket otherwise book and jacket are as new (Book ref. 003213) £4.20
North British and Mercantile Insurace Company Centenary 1809-1909
Edinburgh: Banks and Co, [1909] First edition. Cream paper-covered boards, gilt, bw plates Pagination: 75. . Book: head of spine chipped, other extremities a little rubbed, boards dusty, endpapers lightly browned, contents VG boards VG-, Jacket: n/a (Book ref. 3130) £12.00
Aris, Stephen Going Bust: Inside the Bankruptcy Business
London: Andre Deutsch, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0233976930 (Book ref. 038992) £9.99
SUPPLE Barry: THE ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE - A History of British Insurance 1720-1970
London. CUP. 1970. lst edn. HEAVY hardback which will require extra postage. Before ordering please contact us direct for a postage quote as this saves time in processing orders. 584 pages. B.w. and colour illustrations with fold-out colour illustration at front. Fine in dark green buckram with gilt motif on front board and gilt lettering to black label on spine, in a v.g. d.w. SBN: 0-521-07239-5. (Book ref. 5268) £5.95
McArthur, Charles The Policy of Marine Insurance Popularly Explained; with a Chapter on Occasional Clauses
London: George Philip & Son, 1875. Hardcover. Second Edition. Hardback. Black cloth with gilt titles on front. 92 pp. Has been in active service as it has several original (very old) handwritten notes, printed clippings of extra information, etc., pasted (tipped) into front and rear endpapers. Pages very clean. Boards have minor corner bumpings, etc, but are very good. Spine very good. Slight, minor splits to some page hinges,though binding sound. GOOD+ (Book ref. 0431) £15.00
Gray, W Forbes: ''A Brief Chronicle of the Scottish Union & National Insurance Company, 1824-1924''.
H & J Pillans & Wilson (Edinburgh) 1924. Printed for private circulation. 192pp; 15 illustrations. Brown cloth with gilt decoration. VG. [the frontispiece portrait is of Sir Walter Scott who was first Governor of the Company]. (Book ref. 4365) £15.00
Deacon, Alan In search of the scrounger: The administration of Unemployment Insurance in Britain, 1920-1931
Paperback Bell [for the Social Administration Research Trust] 1976 110 0713519924 All items in stock -posted First Class on day of order (if received before 4.00pm) - expect next day delivery in UK, or within 3-6 working days for all non-UK destinat Very Good (Book ref. 540293) £15.00
Noakes, Aubrey: The County Fire Office, 1807 - 1957, A Commemorative History
London: H F & G Witherby, 1957 1st Ed., vg but with light brown mark to fep , in good unclipped dw torn and chipped at edges , red clothboard with gilt embossing to front and blocking to spine, 188 pp., 12 col. and b/w full plate illusts., ...reviews the history and achievements of a great insurance company. The year 1957 marks the150th anniversary of the County Fire Office. (Book ref. 353) £10.00
Committee of LLoyd's 1957, Walter Barrie (Chairman): Order of Proceedings on the Occasion of the Visit of H M Queen Mother to open LLoyd's New Building on 14th November 1957
London: Lloyds, 1957 Programme for Order of Proceedings on the Occasion of the Visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother accompanied bt HRH the Princess Margaret, to open LLoyd's New Building on Thursday, the 14th November 1957, 10" x 7", eps plus 14 printed pages, detailed order of proceedings plus list of the Committee of Lloyd's 1957,----- stapled booklet plus blue ribbon to first half, very good tight condition, two small stains on front card covers (see scan), internally clean tight and bright (Book ref. 2851) £45.00
Fenton, Alexander: The Turra Coo : A Legal Episode in the Popular Culture of North-East Scotland;
Aberdeen,Aberdeen University Press, 1990; Reprint. Softcover. Nr fine condition. xi, 84pp with 55 illustrations. "The first full story of the 'riot' in Turiff, Aberdeenshire, in 1913 after a cow was poinded, for public sale, following the refusal of farmer, Robert Paterson to pay National Insurance for his men. Pottery and glass souvenirs, poems and jingles were produced to mark this rural response to central legislation. " (Book ref. 17133) £12.00
Burness, William ( Compiled by): The Parliament-House Book for 1863-64;
Edinburgh, William Burness, 1665; Hardback. Good+ condition. 183pp plus 20pp Insurance Advertisements. Maroon leather covers with gilt lettering, rubbed at edges. Internally very good. (Book ref. 16163) £28.00
Banfield, G. E.: Principles and Law of Accident Insurance;
London, Pitman, 1950; Fifth edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dust jacket very good. 172pp. Brown covers with gilt motif on the front, title on spine. Dust jacket has price intact. (Book ref. 14977) £18.00
: Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. With an Abstract of the Proceedings at Board and General Meetings,and the Premiums Offered by the Society in 1890. Fifth Series. Vol.II;
Edinburgh, Blackwood, 1890; 1st edition. Hardback. Good condition. Pp iv, 399, 62, 89, iv. includes index. Royal blue lightly marked covers with gilt motif on the front, gilt title on spine. Fascinating insight into Victorian Scotland. Contents include: Cattle Insurance in the Rhins of Galloway, Trawl-Net Fishing Fruit Farming and a lot more. (Book ref. 18370) £28.00
Halls, Henry 'Essex' Copper Plate (being the Story of the Copper Fire Plates Issued By the Essex and Suffolk Insurance Company Ltd Between 1802 and 1829)
London: Spottiswoode, 1968. Slip-case. Good. 8vo 8vo. 35pp pamphlet.Good in original card covers. Some light browning and amrks to covers but overall good. (Book ref. 21038) £9.50
A BILL to amend the LAW relating to INDUSTRIAL ASSURANCE.
London: HMSO, 1891. iv pp + 10pp. Folio. Paper wrappers. Disbound British Parliamentary paper. Bill 319. Industrial Assurance. "This Bill is based on the recommendations of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into and report on the operation of section 30 of the Freindly Socieities Act, 1875. A clean copy. (Book ref. 158772) £8.00
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE. REPORT on the ADMINISTRATION of NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE in SCOTLAND during the Years 1917-19.
London: HMSO, 1920. 85pp. Folio. Paper wrappers. Rebound in card covers. British Parliamentary paper. Cmd.827. A clean copy (Book ref. 158769) £35.00
National Insurance (Health) Acts, 1911 to 1918. SIXTH REPORT on the Work of the NATIONAL INSURANCE AUDIT DEPARTMENT. 1919.
London: HMSO, 1920. 18pp. Folio. Paper wrappers. British Parliamentary paper. Cmd.629. A clean copy. (Book ref. 158745) £8.00
PARLIAMENT: A BILL TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO DENY FACILITIES of insurance, loan, mortgage, finance, hire purchase or other forms of credit TO ANY PERSON SOLELY ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX;
[Bill 48] ...to provide for continuity of employment of women with rights of re-instatement after confinement.., 4pp., spine strengthened, folded as issued, Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed, London, HMSO, 1973. (Book ref. 22065) £15.00