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By: N/A
Price: $293.00 USD
Publisher: Tokyo, Bureau of Commerce and Industry, Dept. Of Agriculture and Commerce, Japan: 1893
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 005603
Original maroon cloth with gold titles on boards. Issued in anticipation of the World's Fair of 1893, in Chicago, as a promotional piece. Detailed records of production, exports. imports,etc. Foldout maps of the Empire and Tokyo, as well as two-page maps of several major cities - Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, Hakodate, Niigata, Kyoto, and Osaka. Previous owner's name on first free endpaper. 492 pp. including index. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $95.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, The International Nickel Company of Canada, Ltd.: 1947
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 005757
Original black paper boards backed in black cloth. Aside from one page of introduction, this book consists of 100 or more full-page b/w reprints of actual advertisements placed in various publications. Ads from 1932 dwelt on the history of nickel, while those of 1947 pointed out the inter-dependent nature of various businesses. Unpaginated. Minor lower corner bumps. No writing. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $45.00 USD
Publisher: London, J.M Dent & Sons: 1926
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 005873
Original highly-decorated grey paper boards. A history of the J.M. Dent publishing business, with many drawings illustrative of benchmark volumes and key authors such as Joseph Conrad. At date of publication, Hugh Railton Dent had just taken over from his father, Joseph Malaby Dent, who died in 1926. Presumably, this volume was issued as a tribute to the founder of the firm. 39 pp. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, Heaton's Agency: 1916
Edition: Twelfth Year
Seller ID: 005920
Original red cloth on boards. Soil and spots on front cover. Over 500 pp. of every conceivable fact, figure, or item related to Canadian business. 506 pp. including many ads. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $35.00 USD
Publisher: N.Y., Commercial National Bank and Trust Company of New York: 1929
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 006847
Original blue cloth on flexible boards. No writing or damage. This book is "A gathering of information regarding corporate structure, financial arrangements, property holdings, production facilities, operations, and personnel of the companies engaged in all branches of the industry." Interesting that the publication date was July 1, 1929. The Wall Street crash happened four months later ! 156 pp. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $35.00 USD
Publisher: London, Religious Tract Society:
Seller ID: 011498
Salmon hardcover, embossed front and back. Previous owner's name. The philosophy, history, use, and abuse of money. 192 pp. with appendix on the subject of Savings Banks for the poor. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $30.00 USD
Publisher: Scranton, PA, International Textbook Company: 1899
Seller ID: 012270
3/4 leather on leather boards. Arithmetic, Formulas, Geometry. Trigonometry. Mine Surveying. Mapping. Mechanics. Other volumes of this set are listed separately. Heavy book of about 450 pp. will need extra postage. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $30.00 USD
Publisher: Scranton, Pa., International Textbook Company: 1899
Seller ID: 012271
3/4 leather on leather boards. Steam and Steam-boilers. Steam-engines. Air Compression. Pumping. Hydromechanics. Haulage. Hoisting Appliances. Percussive and Rotary Boring. Questions and Examples. No marks or damage. Heavy book of approx. 450 pp. will need extra postage. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $30.00 USD
Publisher: Scranton, PA, International Textbook Company: 1899
Seller ID: 012272
3/4 leather on leather boards. Blowpiping. Mineralogy. Assaying. Geology. Prospecting. Placer and Hydraulic Mining. Heavy book of approx. 500 pp. will need extra postage. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $30.00 USD
Publisher: Scranton, PA, International Textbook Company: 1899
Seller ID: 012273
3/4 leather on leather boards. Preliminary Operations at Metal Mines. Metal Mining. Surface Arrangements at Metal Mines. Ore Dressing and Milling. Practical Questions and Examples. Heavy book of 450-500 pp. will need extra postage. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $30.00 USD
Publisher: Scranton, Pa., International Textbook Company: 1899
Seller ID: 012274
3/4 leather on leather boards. Contains answers to Questions in Vol. I-IV. Only one copy of this volume is available. Heavy book of approx. 200 pp. will need extra postage. View more info
By: Allaby, Eric
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Grand Manan, N.B., Grand Manan Museum: 1984
Inscription: Inscribed and Signed By Author
Seller ID: 012341
An excellent book, well-illustrated and described. I found the illustrations and descripions of lobster boats, herring pumpers, and scallop draggers especially informative. 64 pp. View more info
Price: $60.00 USD
Publisher: New York, Harper and Brothers Publishers: 1930
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011814
Red cloth on boards. DJ shows wear and hand soil. Book is generously underlined throughout in light pencil. Previous owner's name. The author was Advertising Manager for the Rogers Peet Company and Instructor of Advertising, Columbia University. 178 pp. with index. View more info
By: Bata, Thomas J. With Sonja Sinclair
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, Stoddart Publishing Co., Ltd.: 1990
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 012837
The story of Thomas J. Bata and Bata Shoes, a family business with headquarters moved from Switzerland to Batawa, Ontario, in order to escape Hitler. A "feel good" story. 341 pp. with index. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Hantsport, N.S., Lancelot Press: 1983
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 012401
Green softcover. No writing except author's signature. Cover corner bent. Not intended as autobiography, but gives numerous details of various jobs and related activities around the world. 132 pp. View more info
By: Chester, Lewis/Fenby, Jonathan
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: London, Andre Deutsch: 1979
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012955
Red cloth on boards. Price-clipped DJ protected by Gaylord wrapper. The inside story of how the "Little Brown Man" sold his publishing business. 256 pp. with index. View more info
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: London, Blandford Press, Ltd./ Postal History Society: 1955
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012539
Although mail was being distributed in some cases by stagecoach, the service was slow, drivers were immature and undependable, and robberies were frequent. John Palmer proposed quicker delivery accompanied by guards, at a slightly higher cost. After a week's trial the new plan was accepted. Palmer's troubles weren't over, but he and his system survived. 109 pp. View more info
By: Cole, G.D.H.
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, and Company: 1925
Edition: First American Edition
Seller ID: 009874
This prominent businessman was concerned about his employees and the public poor. His New Lanark became a model for socialist experiment, with emphasis upon educatioinal methods, among other topics. Previous owner's name. Newspaper clipping pasted in. 267 pp. View more info
By: Coleman, D.C.
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: N.Y., 1945
Seller ID: 003870
An address delivered July 11, 1945, by D.C. Coleman, Chairman and President, Canadian Pacific Railway, in honour of its first president, George Stephen. Interesting accounts of quarrels with William Van Horne and James J. Hill as to routes of the new railway, and disappointment over Sir John Macdonald's failure to give Canadian Pacific joint and equal rights over the Government-owned route from Saint John to Halifax. 15 pp. View more info
By: Colton, Asa
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: Scranton, Pa., Institute of Business Science: 1923
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 005573
Original black cloth on boards. Faultless condition. General principles, Transportation agencies, Principles and technique of packing, Cushioning, Special articles, Baling, Box design, Wood quality, Pilferage. A thin volume of important considerations for any shipper. Marbled endpapers. 30 pp. View more info