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.
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.
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.
FAMILY ALBUM Diamond Jubilee Knox Gelatine, Inc.
Privately printed, (Johnstown, N.Y.), (1964), 1964. First Edition. Soft cover. Oblong red flocked wraps with gilt titles & elaborate gilt-filigree decorations. 8 1/4" x 9 5/8". (20pp). Illustrated with photos & prints. A really nice item printed for the 75th anniversary of the Knox Gelatine Co., which was established in.....
LEDGER, 1845 PENNSYLVANIA - VIRGINIA ? POHICK CHURCH
n.p. n.p., 1845. First Thus. Hardcover. 1840s ledger with entries written by a fine hand in ink. About 180 pages, but with a few pages torn out or large pieces torn off. Tall leather bound (leather deteriorating), 6 ½" x 15 ½" x 1 ½". Hinges broken & binding loose.....
TRICKY PENS
1937: Protection Society & Rand-McNally, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Probably 1st (and only?) printing. Silver-stamped cloth larger than usual octavo. 142pp. Printed endpapers. Illustrated with clear & well-done drawings by the author. "Property of (owner)" on title page. A terrific & simply-put expose of how crook forge & change stolen.....
BUSINESS WRITING THAT COUNTS (Signed)
Hara, Seattle, 2000, 2000. Soft cover. 2nd printing. Glossy pictorial trade wraps. 226pp. Illust.. Signed by Dr. Miller. "Be clear! Be concise! Be confident!" Dr. Miller shows you how. Fine, as new.
MILWAUKEE A Picturesque and Descriptive Account of the Present Mercantile and Industrial Interests and Advantages of the Metropolis of Wisconsin
Milwaukee: Merchants' and Manufacturers' Ass'n of Milwaukee, 1903. First Edition. Soft cover. Original printing. Very attractive 4to (8" x 11 1/4") decorated & printed pictorial heavy wraps, slightly overlapping text block. Covers are gray, dark gray, orange, & red with raised lettering & raised seal on back. (88pp.). Illus. Six.....