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St. Paul: Industrial Commission of Minnesota, 1930 Blue cloth with triple frame stamped on boards, 304 pp plus unpaginated index. Front board spotted near fore-edge, rear board has a few dark fingerprints, spine soiled, corners and ends of spine rubbed. Covers activities of the Commission and the Department of Labor and Industry, charged with enforcing state laws regarding Workmen's Compensation, workplace safety, boiler inspections, mine inspections, child labor and minimum wages, and with providing employment placement services and arbitration and mediation. The book contains summaries of new legislation and agency activities and extensive statistics on causes and costs of accidents, with summary statistics for other areas of responsibility. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . VG/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm. more information

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St. Paul: Industrial Commission of Minnesota, 1938 Grey wraps w/black cloth tape spine, 348 pp incl index. Slightly chipped, 2 cm closed tear at top of front cover, bottom right corner of front cover missing, wraps browned. Covers activities of the Commission and the Department of Labor and Industry, charged with enforcing state laws regarding workmen's compensation, workplace safety, boiler inspections, mine inspections, painting standards, steamfitting standards, child labor, minimum wages and unemployment compensation, and with providing employment placement services and arbitration and mediation. Statistics are provided in all these areas, most extensively in unemployment compensation, workmen's compensation, and mines. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Wraps. G/No dj, as issued. 23 X 15½ cm. more information

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Detroit: Nash Motors, 1949 Tabloid-sized magazine on glossy paper, 12 pp, printed in black & red with many photos. Rubbed along folds, some creasing, cover has 2 cm tears at tail of spine and intersection of two folds. 1950 model-year kickoff issue of this magazine for Nash dealers introduces the new Nash Airflyte with a cover story on wind tunnel testing at the University of Wichita. Shipping weight 1 lb. G+/No dj, as issued. 35½ X 27½ cm. more information

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New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1975 Pictorial cloth, map on endpapers, 239 pp, hundreds of photos and other illustrations, bibliography, index. Boards lightly soiled, bottom corners bumped, a small brown stain on bottom edge, gift inscription on verso of ffep. History of the Continental Oil Company.. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 26 X 21 cm. more information

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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957 Both volumes in full blue-green cloth, gilt titles on spine & facsimile signature on front board; owner's name & address stamped on fpd. My Own Story: xiii, 337 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, index; small spot on bottom edge. The Public Years: published 1960, xiii, 431 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, index. Both DJs with slight edge wear, corners clipped on The Public Years but price still present; in Brodart archival covers. From the DJ: "Bernard M. Baruch--one of the moset remarkable men of our time--was an office boy at nineteen, a Wall Street partner at twenty-five, and a milllionaire before he was thirty-five. ... In the fifty years since he made his first fortune, Bernard Baruch has been a trusted counselor of presidents, an adviser on social and economic reforms...." After leaving Wall Street, Baruch served as chairman of the War Industries Board during World War One, and on the peace missions at the ends of both World Wars. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG+. 21½ X 14½ cm. more information

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Lansdale, PA: American Olean Tile Company, 1973 Brown cloth, foil titles on spine, xvi, 111 pp, many b & w photos. DJ slightly rubbed at extremities; in Brodart archival cover. Official company history of American Olean and its predecessor companies, American Encaustic Tiling and Franklin Tile. (Other predecessors Murray Tile and Olean Tile are mentioned only briefly.) Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . Fine/Near Fine. 28½ X 22 cm. more information

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974 Leather-textured paper over boards, dark green spine & medium green boards, gilt titles on spine, xxi, 380 pp. Corners & spine ends rubbed, spine cocked, top edge a bit dusty. DJ paper browned, lightly soiled, edges rubbed with a few small tears; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Here is an anthology of the critical decisions--the bluffs, the risks, the hoardings, the drives for power, the incredible feats of sheer chutzpah--that put Ford and General Motors, Time, Inc., and Xerox Corporation on the Dun & Bradstreet map." Excerpted from the writings of Bernard Baruch, Bert Cantor, Andrew Carnegie, Peter Cohen, Jerry Della Femina, John H. Dessauer, F. N. Doubleday, Robert T. Elson, Henry Ford, Clayton W. Fountain, Gerard B. Lambert, David E. Lilienthal, J. C. Penney, Donald Regan, Helena Rubenstein, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Andrew Tobias, Robert Townsend, and William Zeckendorf.. First Edition. . VG/VG+. 24 X 16 cm. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1969 Blue cloth with gilt Nabisco logos in decorative frame on front board, 367 pp, bibliography, index, numerous photographs and reproductions of documents and ads included in pagination. Three corners lightly bumped, light soiling and wear to bottom edge of boards and spine, head of spine and top edge, else as new. Front board has a small manufacturing defect, a small spot of glue, partially gilt, that overlaps logo. Pictorial DJ is soiled and rubbed, and has two chips on front panel--1½ X 2 cm on top edge and 3 X 3 cm on bottom edge. DJ is in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/G. 23½ X 16 cm. more information

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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1975 Quarter blue cloth with beige cloth-covered boards, Prudential trademark blind-stamped on front board, [iv], 316 pp, 12 ff b/w photo plates, bibliography, index. DJ has one rather sloppy 1" tear near top corner of front panel, otherwise clean and lightly rubbed, with a printed presentation card designed to hang over front board; in Brodart archival cover. History of the company from its founding in 1875 to 1975 based on "two years of research in which the author had unrestricted access to company records and personnel....". First Edition. . Fine/VG. 23½ X 15½ cm. more information

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Cambridge, England, New York & Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1996 Ex-Company Library; Series: Studies in Economic History and Policy: The United States in the Twentieth Century. Black cloth, foil titles in blue box on spine, xxii, 296 pp, many charts, figures, maps, & tables, index. Lightly used corporate library copy, with card pocket on rfep, catalogue & ownership stickers on DJ, else fine, promotional bookmark laid in, DJ in plastic cover. The authors base their history on documents in company and regulatory agency archives, newspaper clippings, and interviews with current & former employees. Although the focus is on Panhandle Eastern, the book necessarily provides much information about the industry as a whole and the changing nature of its regulation over time. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm. more information

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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927 Black cloth with red printed paper labels, top edge colored red, viii, 285 pp, notes, index. Corners bumped, extremities slightly rubbed, small tears to spine ends, spine a bit sunned. Examination of the quality of consumer goods, accuracy of advertising, adulteration, misrepresentation, standardization and regulation. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Good+/No dj. 19½ X 13½ cm. more information

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Boston, New York & London: Little, Brown and Company, 2002 Two-tone blue boards, black titles on spine, iv, 332 pp, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. History of 's first few years. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 3rd ptg. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 15½ cm. more information

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Berkeley, Los Angeles, & London: University of California Press, 1985 Maroon cloth, foil titles on spine, xix, 159, [1] pp, glossary, index. Bottom corner of rear board bumped, with matching bump to DJ, otherwise fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Narrative of Diamond Shamrock's hostile takeover of Notomas Company in 1983. "In spellbinding detail, Dorman L. Commons, chief executive officer and chirman of Natomas at the time of the struggle, tells the story of these eight days--from the decision to fight the takeover, throug implementation of the defensive strategies, to the final assessment of the consequences, human and fiscal.". First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm. more information

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New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1928 Blue cloth, printed paper labels on front board and spine, xiii, 181 pp, 7 ff b & w plates. A few bumps, top edge a bit dusty, some bubbles in cloth, owner's name stamped on rear paste-down. Biography of a garment manufacturer by his son & partner. The Dixes gained notice in the early 20s by turning control of their business over to their employees.. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 22 X 15 cm. more information

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Austin, MN: George A. Hormel and Company, 1966 Mustard yellow cloth in mustard yellow dj, 357 pp, 105 ill. DJ very lightly soiled with a few small closed tears (largest ¼") along bottom edge; in Brodart archival cover. Company history of George A. Hormel and Company, the Austin, MN meat processor best known as the maker of SPAM. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . As New/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm. more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941 Burgundy cloth with gilt titles on front board, gilt titles and decorations on spine, top edge dyed grey, frontispiece, x, 396 pp, footnotes, index. Extremities lightly rubbed, a few faint spots, gilt titles and decorations still bright, slightly shaken front hinge repaired with acid-free PVA, bookplate on recto of ffep. The history of the du Pont family and company from founder E. I. du Pont de Nemours' flight from France and founding of a gunpowder factory in America in 1802, through its metamorphosis into a diversified chemical company after WW1.. 3rd ptg. . VG+/No dj. 23½ X 16½ cm. more information

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934 Sage green ribbed cloth with black titles on front board & spine, top edge dyed green, pict. endpapers, xi, 308 pp, 8 ff photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. Boards smudged & water-spotted, bookplate on front paste-down, edge wear, edge of one leaf creased. A pacifist history of arms makers and sellers from the 18th century (with a brief mention of earlier times) to 1933.. First Edition. . VG-/No dj. 21 X 14½ cm. more information

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New York: B. C. Forbes Publishing Co., 1921 Dark blue cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, xi, 25 ff b & w photo plates, 442, [3] pp. Corners bumped, spine ends beginning to fray, 3 cm stain on front board. Brief biographies of fifty men picked by other businessmen as the most important in the United States in the years just before 1917. They were originally published in Leslie's. As far as we can tell from looking at the contents, the only change for the fifth edition is to update the table giving the ages of the men and in some cases, the year of death. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 5th Ed. . G/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm. more information

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New York: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2000 Red paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, xv, 351 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, bibliography, index. Tail of spine a bit rumpled, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm. more information

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1934 Blue cloth, foil titles on front board & spine, [vii] 184 pp, b & w photos. 3 cm tear to top of one leaf, board edges faded, paper wavy, faintly musty. DJ rubbed & chipped (large chips at spine ends, small chips at corners), corners of flaps trimmed; in Brodart archival cover. A popular history of the Ford Motor Company, produced for sale at Dearborn Village.. First Edition. . G+/VG-. 18½ X 12½ cm. more information

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Minneapolis: Greater Minneapolis Area Board of Realtors, 1978 Maroon cloth with Gopher gold titles and decorations, 218, [114] pp, advertising on endpapers. Contains photos of officers and board of directors; list of committees; code of ethics; by-laws; arbitration manual; multiple listing service (mls) rules, regulations, and operating procedures; commercial-industrial mls by-laws; professional standards of practice; the 1975 injuction prohibiting the Board from setting fees or otherwise restraining trade (Edward C. Forbes vs. Greater Minneapolis Area Board of Realtors, et al.); examples of forms for drawing purchase agreements; statement on affirmative marketing, education requirements; speaker's bureau; salesman membership; lists of supplies and forms available from board; energy conservation program; housing inspection; list of school districts and parochial school locations; congressional delegation; state legislators; Hennepin county commissioners and officials; Minneapolis city officials and councilmen; credit union; the roster, which constitutes the bulk of the book, giving name, address, and telephone number of each agency with a list of staff and an alphabetical listing of Realtors; 1979 calendar (not used). Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Fine/No dj. 22½ X 14½ cm. more information

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New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1972 Black cloth, blind-stamped eagle on front board, gilt titles on spine, 384 pp, numerous illustrations, bibliography, index. Spine slightly faded, boards a bit warped. Introduction by Nobel Prize winning economist Paul A. Samuelson. American business from Jamestown (1607) to 1972. Title page faces an aerial photograph of the twin towers of the World Trade Center under construction.. . VG/No dj. 28½ X 22 cm. more information

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Denver: Mountain Bell, 1986 Black cloth, blind-stamped titles on front board and spine, [xiv], 384 pp, numerous photos, bibliography, index. Slight edge wear to boards and DJ, else fine; DJ in Brodart archival cover. . Presumed First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 28 X 21 cm. more information

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London: The Blackacre Press, 1960 Red cloth, gilt titles on spine, xvi, 112 pp, many b & w photos, ads. Corners & spine ends bumped and rubbed--top corners just rubbed through, a 3 mm tear to head of spine. DJ torn & chipped without loss of text, soil mostly to blank rear panel, spine slightly sunned; in Brodart archival cover. Intended to promote British exports, this book looks specifically at the motor, chemical, shipping & shipbuilding, steel, engineering, textiles, non-ferrous metals, and entertainment industries, and briefly at various other industries. In addition to the text, there are 35 pp of advertisements. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . G/G. 31 X 24½ cm. more information

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Vancouver: UBC Press, 1994 Black boards, xvi, 456 pp, 34 cartoons, 19 photos, notes, index. Corners lightly bumped, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. This account of the negotiations leading to the bilateral free-trade agreement signed by Canada and the United States is written by three Canadian participants. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm. more information

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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986 Black cloth with grey cloth on front third of boards, gilt titles on spine & rules on front board, red endpapers, xiv, 231 pp, index. DJ slightly worn at rear corners, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Starting in 1909 as a supplier of dyes and tanning chemicals, the company expanded into resins and plastics (most famously developing Plexiglas), and agricultural chemicals. Contents: supplier to the leather and textile trades (1909-1933); redirection and expansion (1934-1959); the modern corporation (1960-1984). Appendices: chemical equations and formulas for selected products; trademarks; stock performance, 1949-1984. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 26 X 18½ cm. more information

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New York & London: New York University Press, 1997 Quarter red cloth, red paper-covered boards, foil titles on spine, x, 199 pp, 12 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. One corner lightly bumped, else as new. DJ in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Hogan traces the history of the hamburger's rise as a distinctive American culinary and ethnic symbol through the prism of one of its earliest promoters. The first to market both the hamburger and the 'to go' carry-out style to American consumers, White Castle, rising from humble origins, quickly established itself as a cornerstone of the fast food industry.". First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 23½ X 15½ cm. more information

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954 Blue cloth, series title gilt-stamped on front board, x, 373 pp, 8 ff photo plates, bibliography, index. DJ slightly chipped, tide marks along bottom of dj are matched by faint marks on boards and first and last few leaves, head and tail of spine lightly rubbed, 2 leaves dog-eared, 1 small stain on p. 65. Tight and clean except as noted. DJ in Brodart cover. Part of the Mainstream of America Series. How America's early millionaires made their money, from New York fur trader and real estate tycoon John Jacob Astor to William Randolph Hearst. From secondary sources. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . G+/G+. 24 X 16 cm. more information

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Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1971 Green cloth, xvii, 348 pp, ill., notes, index, list of patents. Fine in slightly chipped and rubbed photo dj with 1½" closed tear and 1 cm chip at top of front panel near spine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Sperry obtained over 350 patents beginning in 1880 and continuing until 1930, the year of his death. He had a hand in developing technology in electrical systems, mining, street railways, automobiles, rail flaw detectors, and bomb sights, but is best remembered for his work in gyroscopic compasses, ship and airplane stabilizers, and autopilots. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/VG. 26 X 20½ cm. more information

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New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco & London: Harper & Row, 1977 Brown cloth, gilt titles on spine & device on front board, xi, 211 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, index. Slight sunning to edges of boards, top edge slightly cockled. Price-clipped DJ has a 1 cm tear to bottom front corner, slight edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. Authorized biography of the Forbes magazine owner & editor, and father of presidential candidate Steve Forbes. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG+. 24 X 16 cm. more information

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New York: Weybright and Talley, 1972 Black cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine, chartreuse endpapers, x, 374 pp, notes, index. Top edges of boards and endpapers slightly faded. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Contents: the way we were then; pyramids of power; wizard banker of California; crash!; bear raiders; money men on trial; fall of the almighty dollar; brokers in uniform; railroad king from Texas; money lords and the new rules; arsenal of democracy; the way we are now. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 22 X 15 cm. more information

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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934 Black buckram with foil titles on spine, xii, 474 pp, footnotes, bibliography, index. Corners & spine ends bumped, front board very lightly spotted, two internal leaves torn at glue line in gutter, shaken front hinge repaired with acid-free PVA. Activities of Jay Cooke, Jay Gould, Andrew Carnegie, Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Daniel Drew, James Fisk, William H. Vanderbilt, Collis P. Huntington, James J. Hill, Henry Villard, Henry Frick, Mark Hanna. A few of the more revealing chapter titles are: the winning of the west, the fight for Erie, Morgan and the railways, against the robber barons, the great trusts, the empire of Morgan.. First Edition. . Good/No dj. 22 X 15 cm. more information

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New York: Warner Books, 1991 Green boards, blue spine with gilt titles, viii, 320 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, footnotes, index. There is a 1 X 5 cm chip from top of pp 161-2, with loss of about 6 letters on each of 6 lines (3 on each side), otherwise fine. DJ fine in Brodart archival cover. The jacket copy on this biography of Dwayne O. Andreas, long time CEO of Archer Daniels Midland, reads more like an ad for Andreas than for the book. (Portions of this book are revisions of a profile published in The New Yorker in 1984 and 1985.) Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . 23½ X 16 cm. more information

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New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1983 Quarter blue cloth, white paper-covered boards, foil titles on spine, 320 pp including 24 pp of b & w photos, bibliography, index. Spine & top edge sunned, else fine. DJ has some creasing; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Never before has a book so clearly demonstrated that the flaws and triumphs of an institution are the flaws and triumphs of the people who make it run." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24½ X 16½ cm. more information

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New York: Hastings House, 1973 Yellow linen, black titles on spine, 140 pp, index. Front corners very lightly bumped, owner's name & address on front paste-down, else fine. DJ corners & spine ends worn, lightly rubbed at joints & fore-edges, spine slightly faded, sticker scar on front panel; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Here is an insider's own story of how he bacame an international banker and how such banking was conducted in Wall Street when the United States controlled the money market and strong individuals, rather than committees and boards, made the vital decisions.". First Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 21½ X 14 cm. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1979 Red leatherette with gilt titles on front board and spine, red endpapers, [vii], 373 pp including numerous photos and other b & w illustrations. A nearly invisible one-inch slit to simulated leather on rear board mars an otherwise VG+ copy. Rear board slightly soiled, owner's name & address rubber-stamped on endpapers and preliminary blank, very faintly musty. The history of the S. S. Kresge Company and its successor, the K Mart Corporation, from its founding in Detroit in 1899 through 1978. . First Edition. . G+/No dj. 22½ X 14½ cm. more information

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Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1977 No edition statement. Brown laminated paper-covered boards printed with leather pattern, gilt titles on spine, [v], 201 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, index. Bottom corners very lightly bumped, very light wear to corners & spine ends. Price-clipped DJ lightly soiled and rubbed at fore-edges and head of spine, a 4 cm crease along bottom edge of front panel; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Kroc weaves a fast and fascinating tale of the American dream come true. Of days as piano player and paper cup salesman--of success and failure in the Florida land boom of the Roaring Twenties--of selling Multimixers and becoming chairman of the board of the company feeding more people than any other in the world today. The plans that were laid and the financial deals that were made by Kroc and his small group of pioneering executives have intrigued businessmen and journalists for years. Now Kroc gives the inside details.". . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 15½ cm. more information

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New York & London: Viking, 1988 Black cloth, x, 544 pp, 12 ff plates, plus reduced facsimiles of newspaper pages incorporated with text. DJ edge-worn & slightly chipped w/¼" tear at top edge of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover.. The same edition was distributed in both the US & UK. Dj shows price in both £ and $. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/VG. 24 X 16 cm. more information

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Minneapolis: Dorn Books, 1979 Dark blue paper-covered boards textured to resemble cloth, gilt titles on spine, brightly colored DJ features logos of various Minnesota companies, ii, 176 pp incl. 16 pp b&w photos, index. A few small bumps to board edges, slight wear to spine ends. DJ extremities slightly rubbed, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Commissioned by Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. in celebration of the 75th anniversary of its Minneapolis office, this book by the former editor and publisher of Corporate Report magazine covers approximately the same period. This copy presented by Jim Wicker of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. to Don McCullough of Artsign in the year of publication. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 22 X 15 cm. more information

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New York: Crown Publishers, 1995 Speckled beige boards, brick red cloth spine with gilt titles, vii, 405 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, notes, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "There have been a number of books on the Rothschilds, but never one that focused so closely on the French branch of the family. Yet the French Rothschilds with their eventful careers in both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the anti-Semitism they faced; their contribution to the settlement of Palestine; the assults they endured from first the Pétain regime and later the Mitterand Socialists; and their famous racehorses and prestigious wines, are in many respects the most fascinating branch of this astonishing family." Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm. more information

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New York: American Express Company, 1999 Dark blue cloth, titles blind-stamped on spine, 200 pp, many photos & other illustrations. DJ rubbed, has a few tears of 1 to 2 cm; in Brodart archival cover. Presentation letter from CEO Harvey Golub & President Kenneth Chenault laid in. History of the company from its origins as a freight forwarder to the financial services giant of today. Fits in Priority Mail flat rate box. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/VG. 28½ X 28½ cm. more information

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New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1984 Black boards, foil titles on spine & device on front board, xiii, 349 pp, glossary, index. DJ browning slightly, in Brodart archival cover. McClellan predicts vast changes in the computer industry in the late 1980s. Read it and see if he was right. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16½ cm. more information

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Washington, D. C: Farragut Publishing Company, 1995 Review Copy; Putty cloth, black titles on spine, x, 341, [1] pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. Publisher's review sticker on ffep. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Warren Webster was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1901, and worked for 48 years for the Joyce-Cridland Company, a maker of jacks and hydraulic lifts, until his retirement in 1973. This is as much a history of a successful American manufacturer as a biography. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 14½ cm. more information

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New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1996 Black laminated paper-covered boards (simulating smooth leather), gilt titles on spine, xiii, 463 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, index. At the age of eight, Melamed escaped from the Nazis with his parents, eventually landing in Chicago, where he became first a lawyer, then a futures trader, and finally chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for 25 years. The bulk of the book is a memoir of his life in the futures markets.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm. more information

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New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1935 Quarter burnt-orange cloth, beige cloth-covered boards, titles printed in brown on front board & on paper label on spine, dec. endpapers, frontis., [ix], 257 pp. Somewhat soiled & rubbed, spine & endpapers browned by binding glue. Sort of a panegyric to Louis K. Liggett, founder of United Drug Company, which was organized as a retail druggist-owned co-op manufacturing and selling the Rexall brand to its members. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG-/No dj. 21 X 14½ cm. more information

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Chicago: Bonus Books, Inc., 1996 Quarter salmon cloth, grey paper-covered boards, white titles on spine, ill. endpapers, viii, 360 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, index. Top and bottom edges somewhat faded. DJ spine slightly faded; in Brodart archival cover. One reviewer said of this book, "The story of the Polk Bros. stores in Chicago is both a valuable business history and a picture of our times. From the postwar revolution in the home appliance industry through the rise of the electronics superstores in the 1980s, Polk Bros. mirrored and molded the life-style of American families. From the larger perspective, the Polk brothers' innovative business significantly shaped the retailing trends of the twentieth century. This is a remarkable case history. We will be studying it for years to come." (Donald P. Jacobs, Dean, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, as quoted on the DJ.) Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm. more information

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Privately Printed, 1964 Stiff pictorial covers, 166 pp, many b & w photos. Covers curled, covers & edges foxed, else VG, owner's name on preliminary blank. History of the Rochester, MN, hotel & hospital company. Shipping weight 12 oz.. Wraps. VG-/No dj. 17 X 10½ cm. more information

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Minneapolis: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1978 Inscribed by author; Number 37 of 60 numbered copies (from a total edition of 1200). Blue cloth, foil titles on front board & spine, dec. endpapers, viii, 253, [1] pp, numerous illustrations, references, index, list of Associates past & present. Inscribed by author "To J. Harold Kittleson, dean of Twin Cities bookmen, and good friend, with best wishes, Jack" on half-title. Additional items laid in include a prospectus for the book, autograph text of two brief speeches Kittleson prepared to introduce Parker to audiences at the Minneapolis Public Library and the Skylight Club, a flyer for an exhibition of the Bell Library's manuscripts, an Associates' membership flyer, and a newspaper review of the book. The book discusses 15-century Portugese trade in Africa; the role of bankers in the beginnings of European expansion; the tobacco trade; Europe's intrusion into trade in the Indian Ocean; the Canadian fur trade; Dutch and Swedish trading companies in America; 17th century sea law and commerce; the 1688 Siamese revolution; a failed Scottish colony; John Law and the Mississippi Company; the study of nature; indigo production and use; the impeachment trial of Warren Hastings, Governor-General of the East India Company; and the struggle to end the slave trade; as illustrated by manuscripts and books in the Bell Library's collection.. Limited/Numbered. . VG/No dj. 26 X 19 cm. more information

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New York, Edinburgh & Toronto: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1961 Quarter orange cloth-textured paper, black cloth-textured paper-covered boards, black titles on spine, 222 pp. Rear corners lightly bumped, spine ends a bit rumpled & worn, top edge dusty. DJ slightly rubbed & soiled, with small chips & tears (to ½ cm), two ink numbers on front panel; in Brodart archival cover. Penney mixes business advice with stories from his sixty years in retailing.. 3rd ptg. . VG+/VG. 21½ X 14½ cm. more information

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000 Black cloth, white & gilt titles on spine, xiii, 323 pp, 22 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. This is a carefully documented study in which "Erika Rappaport reconstructs London's Victorian and Edwardian West End as an entertainment and retail center. ... Rappaport illuminates the various forces of the period that encouraged and discouraged women's enjoyment of public life and particularly shows how shopping came to be seen as the quintessential leisure activity for middle- and upper-class women." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . As New/As New. 24 X 16 cm. more information

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