Brink's: The Money Movers: The Story of a Century of Service
by R.A. Sing, J.V. Gilmour
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: The Lakeside Press / R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1959 The Lakeside Press / R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. 1959. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; trace shelfwear to head, tail, and lower tips; two small splash spots on front board and on small streak on rear board. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board; Brink's Logo on the front board. Brinks endpapers. Gilt tint on textblock top. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 128 pp 8vo. This short history, documented as fully as practicable, is published on the occasion of Brink's centennial. It is a chronicle of how a commonplace enterprise was started, how it grew along conventional lines and gradually evolved into the specialized business of transporting money and valuables by armored card which today is an integral and necessary part of modern business and banking. List of Brink's offices and subsidiary businesses in rear. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016901
- Title
- Brink's: The Money Movers: The Story of a Century of Service
- Author
- R.A. Sing, J.V. Gilmour
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Lakeside Press / R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Brink's Armored Car Service, Brink's Banking Service, Brink's Federal Reserve Service, Brink's United States Mint Service, Brink's Parking Meter Service, Brink's Pickup Service,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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