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NY: Rutledge Books, 1976. Reprint of 1876 Ed; 192pp; Folio (16" tall); "with illustrations and descriptions of mercantile and manufacturing establishments, machinery, works of art, mechanism, trade-marks, etc."; illustrated with more than 1,000 engravings; Index; HB/DJ; Near Fine/VG+ (light edgewear with several small tears). ISBN: 0-87469-000-5. American Industry; Business; American Business; Business History; Manufacturing;. more information

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Djakarta, Indonesia: Amerasian Ltd., 1972. Hardcover/DJ; VG (prev owner name)/DJ-Good+ (edgewear; light soil; 2" tear top right corner); 1st Edition; SIGNED by all FIVE authors; xi,419 pgs; 8vo; Foreword by Soeharto, President of the Republic of Indonesia; history of the Indonesian Oil Company as well as the country; illustrated; Selected Biographies; Glossary; Bibliography.

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Cleveland, OH: Jones Day, 1993. Hardcover/DJ; Near Fine/Near Fine; 1st Edition; ix,423 pages; 8vo; photo illustrated; history of Cleveland's largest law firm.. Cleveland, Ohio; Law Firms; Attorneys;. more information

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NY: Hastings House, 1946. 278pp; 12mo; "a vivid chronicle of the early growth of the world's first commercial oil enterprises and the pioneers in Pennsylvania who made the industry what it is today"; w/drawings by Harry Hoehn; cloth; VG (very light cover soil; 1" spot front cover; spine number w/initials, which appears to be the prev owner's numbering system; dust jacket flap info & author info pasted to inner pastedowns; small name label removed). Pennsylvania; Oil Industry; Oil;. more information

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MI: Bramson Publishing Co., 1945. Hardcover/DJ; VG+ (pages darkened from age; small owner label)/DJ-VG (light edgewear; spine sunned); 1st Printing stated; 144 pgs; 12mo; profusely illustrated with B&W photos, drawings & ads; includes significant dates in American Mass Production, Invention and Progress; Bibliography. "How the Dreams of Inventors Were Made Commercial and Social History by the Engineers of Production in America". . American Industry; American Business; Mass Production;. more information

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NY: The Newcomen Society, 1965. Softcover, stapled, VG+; Newcomen Publications #1965; 1st Printing stated; 28 pages; illustrated with 9 B&W sketches. . Business; Business History; LaGrange, George; Newcomen Publications; Gardens;. more information

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NY: The Newcomen Society, 1985. Softcover, stapled; Near Fine; Newcomen Publication #1246; 1st Printing stated; Alltel Corporation of Hudson, Ohio; 20 pages; illustrated with 17 B&W photos, drawings & documents. 

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TX: Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, 1976. Hardcover; X-Library w/usual markings o/w VG+ (Note: interior pgs clean & unmarked); Probable 1st Ed; xiv,287pp; 8vo; this book was researched & written to honor the 100th Anniversary of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, and for "...the courage, daring and determination of the pioneer cowmen who founded the Association in Graham, Texas, in 1877"; illustrated with B&W photos, many historical, & some ads of early times. . Texas Livestock; Texas Cattlemen Associations; Texas Cow Ranchers; Cows; Cattle; Livestock;.

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PA: Wolfson Publishing, Hardcover (gold-stamped cloth)/DJ; Near Fine/VG+ (light edgewear); 1983, 1st Edition; (8),88 pages; includes Depts of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Surgery, Medicine, Dermatology, Pediatrics, Pathology, Radiology, Pharmacy, with info on Doctors associated with each Dept; many factual stories & amusing incidents; photo illustrated; Index of Names.

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The Lakeside Press, 1977. Probable 1st Ed; xvi,110pp; 8vo; philosophy of the R.R. Donnelley Publishing Company; illustrated; Fine-in shrinkwrap. R.R. Donnelley Company; Publishing;.

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Hardcover/No DJ; VG+; MN: Itasca Press: The Webb Publishing Co., 1954, 1st Edition, published in Commemoration of its 100th Year; xv,144 pages; "... traces the 'family tree' of the bank" and chronicles the major events necessary for its growth; illustrated with B&W photos & drawings inc a triple fold-out drawing depicting important dates; List of Officers & Directors; Bibliography; Decorated End Papers-city views; 12/1/54 Commemorative Card laid in. 

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Chicago, IL: R.R. Donnelley Company, 1989. Fall, 1989 Ed; 72pp; tall 8vo; this issue celebrates the 125 anniversary (1864-1989) of the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and The Lakeside Press; profusely illustrated in color & B&W; bound in gold-stamped burgandy leather-like cover; Fine. R.R. Donnelley Company; Lakeside Press; Publishing Companies;.

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Everett, WA: General Hospital Medical Center, 1994. Softcover; Near Fine; Presumed 1st Edition; viii,64 pgs; oblong 8vo; the history and story of General Hospital Medical Center, Everett, Washington in celebration of its 70 years of existence; profusely illustrated with B&W photos, some historical.. Washington; Everett, Washington; Washington Hospitals; Hospital Histories;. more information

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Western Producer Prairie Books (Saskatchewan), 1984. Hardcover/DJ; Near Fine (slight bit of wear bottom spine area of book)/Near Fine; 1st Edition; xiv,318 pages; illustrated with black & white photos; Notes; Abbreviations; 21 pg Bibliography; Index. . ISBN: 0888331274. Canada; Saskatchewan Wheat Pool;. more information

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Spiral-bound Softcover; VG+ (light fade to covers); 1st Ed; (6),101 pgs; tall 8vo; typewritten format; "This book is a companion volume to the Author's Heritage of Guthrie County"; & its purpose was "...to find and preserve, so far as possible, the facts regarding the antecedents, activities, leadership and adversities of our early lawyers, together with the chronology of their lives and years of practice"; 4 B&W photos; 1875 map; copies of Professional (business) Cards for several Attorneys, published in the Guthrian, Oct. 16, 1879; Bibliography.

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CA: Poor Richard's Press Publishers , 1968. Hardcover/DJ; VG+/Good+ (edgewear w/taped tear rear spine; rubbed; light soil rear panel); INSCRIBED by Johnson; Probable 1st Ed; ix,235pp; 8vo; biography of Walter Samuel Johnson, a lawyer who became President of Friden, Inc. & "...helped build it into one of the world's great business machines enterprises"; photo illustrated.. Walter Samuel Johnson; Friden, Inc;. more information

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DE: University of Delaware Press, 1974. Hardcover/DJ; x-library w/usual markings, tape remnants, o/w VG/VG (Note: interior text pgs clean & unmarked); 1st edition; xiii,345 pgs; 8vo; "Because of Anzin's size and the nature of its product, its history touched most of the key issues concerning economic growth and development during an age of transition from a traditional to a modern industrialized economy"; 14 pg Bibliography.. ISBN: 0-87722-100-6. France; French Coal Industry; French Industrialization; French Mining Firms; Coal; Coal Industry;. more information

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St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1958;. Probable 1st Printing; 55pp text + unpaged numerous photos of tractors from 1920 to 1950; technical information & charts; stiff wraps; VG (very minor cover soil). Tractors; Farm Equipment; Farm Machinery;. more information

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Denver, CO: Mountain Bell (1986);. Probable 1st Edition; (14),384pp; tall 8vo; history from its beginnings in 1878; profusely illustrated in color & B&W with photos, paintings, etc; Historic Milestones; cloth; NF/NF (light rubbing). Telephone Companies;. more information

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IN: Guild Press of Indiana, 1995. Probable 1st Ed; (5),161pp; tall 8vo; a Fort Wayne, Indiana-based company, "...from its modest beginnings...to today's success as a $50 billion fiancial services corporation with global operations...(Lincoln National Corporation)serves as a model...in the changing insurance industry..."; profusely illustrated with color & B&W photos, some historical, ads & documents; HB/DJ; Fine/Fine . ISBN: 1-878208-68-3. Indiana; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Lincoln National Corporation; Lincoln National Life Insurance Co.; American Insurance Companies; American Life Insurance Companies;. more information

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Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, 1991. Hardcover/DJ; Near Fine (1/2" edge fade bottom front cover; 1/4" hold in cloth on rear cover)/DJ-VG+ (2 small closed tears have been taped on the underside); Note: pg 26 has an inscription: "Best regards to you and Irving" signed "Fred", referring to Director Fred Niblo showing photo of him shooting Ben-Hur;1st Ed, 1st Printing; 335pp; tall 8vo; includes The Kindom is Born, The Lion Roars, The Reign of Louis B. Mayer & The Lion is Tamed; 700 illustrations (150 color & 550 duotone) inc photographs, posters, lobby cards, magazine covers, etc; cloth w/the MGM Lion on the cover.. ISBN: 1-878685-04-X. NOBN; Movie Studios; Hollywood; MGM Studios; NOBN;. more information

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Self-Published, 1968. Hardcover/No DJ; VG+ (minor edgewear); 1st Edition/Special Limited Edition, #40 of 100 copies; 84 pgs; tall 8vo; in celebration of its 100th Anniversary; profusely illustrated; Plus: letter on Union & New Haven Trust Company stationery from Bank President, Henry H. Pierce, Jr., and signed "Henry" laid in.. Banking History; Connecticut; New Haven, Connecticut;. more information

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OH: TRW Inc. , 2001. Hardcover/DJ; Fine/Near Fine; Probable 1st Ed; 128pp; 4to; "The place is Cleveland, Ohio...(and) between yesterday's belts and pulleys and today's computer-assisted-design screens stretches the history of TRW..."; profusely illustrated with color & B&W photos, ads, documents & newspaper & magazine articles.. ISBN: 0970418108. Cleveland, Ohio; TRW Corporation; Cleveland Corporations; Cleveland Cap Screw Company; Thompson Ramo Wooldridge;. more information

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Center for Entrepreneurship, The Wichita State University, 1987. Hardcover (ivory cloth with rust leather spine)/Clear Acetate DJ; Fine/Fine; 1st Edition; Inscribed & Signed by Lyle Edgar Yost beneath his frontis color photo; xi,237 pgs; 8vo; illustrated with numerous black & white photos including many of their farming equipment; Bibliography; Index. Biography of Yost who founded the Hesston Corporation in Hesston, Kansas, the manufacturer of various agricultural equipment.. Lyle Edgar Yost; Hesston Corporation;. more information

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NY: The Newcomen Society, 1968. Softcover, stapled; VG (slight darkening of covers); 1st Printing stated; 24 pages; illustrated with 2 B&W sketches. 

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Bartlesville, OK: Phillips Petroleum Company, 1965. Probable 1st Ed; 126pp; tall 8vo; introductory words from Dwight D. Eisenhower; history of the man & his rise to the Presidency of Phillips Petroleum Company; includes much history of Phillips as well; profusely photo illustrated; Chronology; VG (slight wiggle to backstrip; small spot front cover). Oil; Phillips Petroleum;.

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NY: Gallery Books, 1986. 1st Printing; 255pp; 4to; "...covers every stage of television's progress from its first halting steps to the sophisticated satellite technology of today"; includes a chapter on British TV; profusely photo illustrated in color & B&W; HB/DJ; Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 0-8317-4218-6. Television; Communication Mediums; American Broadcasting; Television Programs;. more information

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NY: The Newcomen Society, 1981. Softcover, stapled; Near Fine; Newcomen Publication #1138; 1st Printing stated; Worthington Industries of Columbus, Ohio; 20 pages; illustrated with 5 B&W photos.

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Self Published. Hardcover/No DJ; Near Fine; SIGNED by Author; Probable 1st Edition; No date, circa 1999; (6),119 pages; tall 8vo; "... history of Mullins Food Products...with its roots in a saloon on the westside of Chicago into a major foodservice enterprise ... (and) the story of the Mullins family"; illustrated with B&W photos, some historical. . Chicago, Illinois; Illinois Food Products; Mullins Foods, Illinois; Illinois Bars & Restaurants; Illinois Food Purveyors;. more information

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Self-Published, 1967. Hardcover/No Dust Jacket; Near Fine; 1st Edition; viii,173 pages, illustrated with 25 black & white photos. (Prepared as a Foundation Project, Commissioned and Financially Underwritten by National Selected Morticians).

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CA: Air Mail Pioneers, Inc, 1962. Softcover, spiral-bound; VG+ (5 spiral tips msg); 1st Ed, stated; (1),xiii,128pp; tall 8vo; this volume "...is an authoritative, accurate and complete history of the beginning of modern air transportation, by the men who made the system work...the Air Mail Service, operated by the U.S. Post Office Dept..."; illustrated with over 500 B&W photos, mostly historical, some of crashes, with "...most of them culled from members private collections.."; Statistics; Rosters. . U.S. Air Mail; U.S. Post Office Dept; Air Mail; Air Transportation Systems;. more information

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Cleveland News & Cleveland Leader, c1936;. 193pp; 8vo; bios & photos of prominent Ohioans; Ohio (& Cleveland) businesses w/photos & short histories; X-Lib; VG. Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Business;. more information

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NY: The Newcomen Society, 1982. Softcover, stapled; Near Fine (light bump top front corners); Newcomen Publication #1168; 1st Printing stated; the Elano Corporation of Dayton, Ohio; 24 pages; with 1 B&W photo of Erwin J. Nutter, President & CEO. Brief history of the Elano Corporation of Dayton, Ohio.

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Softcover; VG+ (taped closed tear front cover); MN: Northwest Publications, 1983, Presumed 1st Edition; 175 pgs; tall 8vo; "For 134 years, dedicated men and women have been publishing the St. Paul newspapers...yet, no history of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch, set in the context of the people who made the papers alive and vital, had been published...until now"; profusely illustrated with B&W photos, drawings, newspaper clippings, & some cartoons; Appendices; Bibliography. 

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NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1987. Hardcover/DJ; Fine/Fine; 1st Printing; xiii,161pp; 8vo; "...a comprehensive study of the implementation concerns associated with using the market approach for dealing with acid rain...(and) illuminates the most critical issues at stake in forthcoming efforts by the United States to remedy the acid rain problem"; illustrated with tables & charts; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography. . ISBN: 0-8476-7555-6. more information

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NY: The Newcomen Society, 1985. Softcover, stapled; Near Fine; Newcomen Publication #1259; 1st Printing stated; The Grange Mutual Casualty Company of Columbus, Ohio; 16 pages; illustrated with 3 B&W photos. 

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MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Hardcover/DJ; Near Fine/Near Fine; 1st Ed, 1st Printing; x,278pp; tall 8vo; a look at the men & women who made history in their fields of American industry; profusely illustrated with photos, drawings, ads, etc; Selected Bibliography; Index.. ISBN: 0395420202. American Business; Business History;. more information

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Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University Libraries, 1993. Trade Paperback; X-library (only marks/envelope on half-title page; spine label gently removed) o/w VG; 1st Ed; ix,94pp; 8vo; memoirs from her beginning at Bowker Publishing to starting her own publishing company, Oryx Press; photo illustrated.. ISBN: 1-879286-05-X. Oryx Press;. more information

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NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1960. Hardcover/No DJ; X-Library w/usual markings, o/w VG (Note: interior text pgs clean & unmarked); Presumed 1st Edition; xiii,214 pgs; 8vo; "The objective of this bibliography was to include all items published commercially or privately in English, which had to do directly or essentially with some aspect of petroleum.". American Petroleum Industry; Petroleum Economics; Oil Industry; Gas Industry;. more information

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Niagara Falls, NY: Self Published, 1955. Hardcover/No dust jacket, as issued; Near Fine; 1st Edition; xi,109 pages; 8vo; written to celebrate Hooker's 50th anniversary from 1905 to 1955; illustrated with black & white photos, many historical; with complimentary note from Chairman & President laid in.. Hooker Electrochemical Company;. more information

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No Publisher, 1897. 272pp; 8vo; Program of the Meeting held 9/29-30/1897 at Chicago's Auditorium Hotel; 1st & 2nd Day Opening & Afternoon Sessions with discussions on insurance related topics by various speakers; Memorial Proceedings inc reports on deaths of agents, adjustors, investigators employed by insurance companies of the day with photos/tissue guards; Directory of Membership-9pp; HB; Good only (light cover & edgewear, especially top, bottom spine & corner tips; hinges are tight, but papers along same have cracked, front & rear; 1 photo plate loose from binding; few ink marks, especially in Directory; 2 small name/address labels front end/paper) . Insurance Industry; Insurance Underwriters; Underwriters Associations; Insurance Investigators;. more information

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No Publisher. Hardcover/No DJ; VG (prev owner, a member of the Board of Trusteees, has neatly & lightly highlighted his name on several pgs, several paragraphs neatly highlighted as well); No Date, c1987; Presumed 1st Edition; iv,196 pgs; illustrated with B&W photos, some historical; List of Presidents of the Medical Staff. (Note: the highlighting is very light, almost imperceptible; o/w outwardly the book looks like new).

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MA: Rams Head Publishing, 1965. Hardcover/No DJ; VG+; 1st Printing stated/Limited #5 of 200; INSCRIBED by Author: "For Harry Marks from Bob, 8/15/65"; 95 pages; illustrated with 6 full-page black & white drawings by Kitsy Converse; family biography of Weaver who became President of Ferro Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio.. Roberta A. Weaver; Ferro Corporation; Cleveland, Ohio; Kitsy Converse; Business History;. more information

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Presumed 1st Edition; (6),x,362 pages; 8vo; written in conjunction with & in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper; & also appeared in the Golden Jubilee edition of the Chronicle on January 16, 1915; biographies of California's "great men and their achievements"; profusely illustrated with B&W photos & drawings.

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