THE CANADIAN WORKER IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1978. 1st Canadian Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. 310pp. Bibliographical Note. Front cover corner creased, but vg.
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CLUB WOMEN OF NEW YORK 1933-1934
NYC: Club Women of New York Co., 1933. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing thus. Royal 8vo gilt-stamped & decorated burgundy cloth. 292pp. Illustrated with wonderful ads and several portraits, some full page. Frontispiece: Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (Eleanor), who wrote the facing address to the club women. Photo of "Reception.....
TEN (10) APPLE IIc MANUALS AND GUIDES
Cupertino: Apple. Soft cover. 1st or early editions. Wraps, with four spiral bound. Appleworks Reference Guide, AppleColor Composite Monitor Owner's Guide, The Apple IIc, Apple IIc Imagewriter User's Manual, Setting Up Your Apple IIc, System Utilities, Monitor IIc User's Manual, Apple Presents the Apple IIc - An Interactive Owner's Guide.....
BREWERIES OF WISCONSIN
Madison: Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 252pp. Illus., including color plates. Appendices. Index. Fine in dj.
ART AND DECORATION IN CREPE AND TISSUE PAPER
Boston: Dennison Manufacturing Co, 1906. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing this 17th edition. Printing pictorial light blue wraps. 96pp. Profusely illustrated with descriptive drawings & photos. One plate in color. Index. Price list bound in. Small repair to bottom of spine; slight curling of corners. Vg copy of a......
THE BAIN WAGON: Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of Farm and Mountain Wagons Manufactured by The Bain Wagon Company
Kenosha: Bain Wagon Co., 1913. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus. 4to pictorial wraps. 55pp. Illustrated with superb architectural - type drawings of the Bain Company's products & a few photographs making wheels, axles, etc. Index. Price listed printed for each product. We grade this copy good even though.....
MEN AT WORK Rediscovering Depression-Era Stories from the Federal Writers' Project
Salt Lake City: Univ of Utah, 2012. First Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial wraps. 328pp. Illus. Contributors' Biographies. Fine.
THE LITTLE BERTHA GOLD MINING CO., LIMITED: Non-Personal Liability: Memorandum and Articles of Association
Rossland, BC: Stunden & Perine, 1899. First Thus. Soft cover. Original orange tall folio size stapled booklet 13 1/2" x 8 1/4"). (34pp). Inside is printed what presumably are all the legal details of establishing this mine including Articles of Association. Names formally printed inside include the following: A. T......
SEW YOUR WAY TO FASHION Tips and Instructions for Perfect Home Sewing
West Germany: Burda, 1971. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus. Small color pictorial wraps. 19pp. Illus. On the back blank space reserved for the retailer is ink-stamped authorized dealer, Viking, Hodag Sewing Center, Rhinelander, Wisc. Fine.
World's Best Creative P. O. P. Displays
Italy: Happy Books, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Glossy pictorial hardbound. 217pp. Lavishly illustrated. Over 400 "Point of Purchase" displays all the way from tires to watches, "illustrating the historical development of the medium through the most prestigious brand names" Apparently organized for displays in the 1980s & 1990s, the displays.....
NOTICE TO PATRONS: This Tavern is a Member of Tavern Service
Chicago: Tavern Service and Tavern Keepers Assoc, 1950. Original. Soft cover. Original, circa 1950 notice poster for tavern patrons posted in Chicago taverns and printed/published by the Tavern Keepers Association. The Service was headquartered at 431 So. Dearborn St. and the prefix of the telephone number WEBSTER 9-0727 is noted.....
TRIBE BOOK OF THE LONE WOLF
Chicago: Wm Wrigley Jr & Co, 1932. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 12mo pictorial flocked red wraps. 28pp. Illus. Portrait of Sitting Bull on p26. An interesting promotion to sell Wrigley's gum, & then trading in the wrappers for wampum. Vg.
PUBLIC LEDGER ALMANAC 1890
Philadelphia: Geo. W. Childs, 1890. First Thus. Soft cover. Highly decorated tall 12mo wraps. 73pp. Tables, lists, etc., & 1890 calendar. 21st Annual Issue. Top corner of back cover chipped triangle about 1"; top of spine chipped 1/2". 2 1/2" tear adjacent to spine on edge of front cover. Circular.....
THE BLACK HAWK BOILER WORKS Rocky Mountain National Bank (2 checks)
Central City: Rocky Mountain National Bank, 1912. Original. Soft cover. Two original checks dated Dec 30 and 31 1912. On left side sideways block is printed, "The Black Hawk Boiler Works. From the account of George Stroehle and Sons. Checks made out to James A. Richmond in the amount of.....
OLD HAND-WRITEN LEDGER
n.p. Privately written, 1809. Hardcover. Hardbound, original 1/4 leather & paper over boards. Original handwritten (in ink) ledger, small folio, 8" x 12". Non-ruled paper. Unpaginated. 94pp, representing approximately 40% of the pages, are filled out, and also the rear paste down. The rear free endpaper lists births & deaths.....
THE BARLEY AND THE STREAM: The Molson Story (association signed)
n.p. McClelland and Stewart, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 398pp. Illus. Index. Pictorial endpapers. Presentation on verso of ffep, "_____ (can't make out name) from __ (can't quite make out initials) Molson Christmas 1955". From the dj: "... the story of a great Canadian manufacturing enterprise, one.....
DOWN ON THE FARM (1901-1925): A nostalgic glimpse of farm life in Western Ontario during the First Quarter of The 20th Century (limited & trade copies together)
London, Ont. Privately printed & Phelps Pub. Co., 1980. First Edition. Soft cover. Two copies offered together: 1) "Author's Edition #44 of 50 copies in 4to comb bound, pictorial wraps, 67pp printed one side with drawings by the author. 2) Trade edition printed by Phelps Pub. Co. in 1981 in.....
THE YOUNG MILL-WRIGHT AND MILLER'S GUIDE
Phila: Carey & Lea, 1829. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Stated 6th edition. Original calf with original gilt-stamped label on spine. 282pp. Charts and tables. All 28 engraved plates are present. Covers worn. Hinges cracked but binding still tight. Foxing. Text block completely flexible. The ffep is barely attached and.....
GRANDS MAGASINS AUX GALERIES LAFAYETTE
Paris: Galeries Lafayette, 1926. First Thus. Hardcover. Most attractive hardbound (paper over boards) with raised decorative motifs. Binding in turquoise, pink, gold, light purple, and black.432pp. Art deco printed endpapers. Includes highly detailed folding map (18 1/4" x 24 1/4"), "Plan de Paris" with some print in red. Sections of.....
EATING DIRT: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe (Signed)
Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2012. 1st printing in wrappers. Soft cover. 1st printing of trade wrappers edition. 247pp. Selected Bibliography. Signed (signature only) by Gill. Fine, like new in dj.
UNITED STATE GOLD COIN DRAFTS
n.p. n.p., 1900. Soft cover. Two (2) unused paper drafts (size of a check) promising to pay in "United States Gold Coin." I have had these for many years and don't know how old they are. They are originals and not photocopies. One has a 1 1/4" tear & the.....
GOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY: Catalogue "G"
NYC: Good Manufacturing Co., 1925. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing thus. Gilt-decorated 8vo cloth. 135pp. Illus. Index. This book is called a "price supplement." It appears that most of the stock described & illustrated in this edition is for plumbing. Some moderate wear to the extremities. Good, naturally. Scarce.
THE HEADWEAR WORKERS A Century of Trade Unionism
United Hatters,Cap and Millinery, Workers International Union, NY, (1944), 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Gilt-stamped cloth. 254pp. Bibliographical Note. "The story of (men's hatters) unions... their struggles to win... industrial democracy." The millinery workers joined them. There is a section on each, and also cap makers. Concluding section is "One Union.".....
BANKERS AND CATTLEMEN
NY: Knopf, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Decorated cloth. 320pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. "The stocks-and-bonds, Havana cigar, mahogany-and-leather side of the cowboy era; politics, investors, and operators from 18j70 to 1900." A scholarly work. Fine in dj.
CHASING MOLECULES: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry
Washington: Island Press Shearwater, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 249pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Signed (signed only). Fine, like new in dj.