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East Jordan, Michigan: Portside Art and Historical Museum Society, 1996. CD3 - A paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, some wrinkling on the cover edges, sides and corners, some scattered light scratches and rubbing, light tanning and shelf wear. East Jordan Remembers: A Collection of Stories About East Jordan's Past. 11"x8.5", 108 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. East Jordan is a city in Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is at the end of the south arm of Lake Charlevoix at the mouth of the Jordan River. The corporate headquarters of EJ, an international company formerly known as East Jordan Iron Works, is located in East Jordan. EJ was founded in East Jordan in 1883. The area was first settled by Canadian William Empey in 1873. He built the first store here in 1874 at the mouth of the Jordan River at the southernmost point of Lake Charlevoix. He became the first postmaster when a post office opened on May 31, 1878. The community… Read More

Traverse City, Michigan: Rhodes & Easton, 1998. AV2 - A first printing harcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Foreword by Governor John Engler. 9.25"x6.25", 205 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Empire Builders is the remarkable story of how Michigan's early entrepreneurs led the United States to world prominence in cars, chemicals, and cornflakes. Henry Ford, Billy Durant, Herbert Dow, and Will Kellogg all became famous around the globe. Empire Builders tells how, in each case, they failed before they succeeded - and sometimes even after they succeeded. What they shared was a stubborn persistence to invent and market something that would make life easier and simpler for millions of people. In other words, these Michigan entrepreneurs delayed the gratification of their own wants in order to satisfy the wants of others. They had faith that in free and open… Read More

San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass, 2006. BS3 - An uncorrected page proof paperback book SIGNED by author in very good condition that has some bumped corners, wrinkling and crease, and light shelf wear. As in Joyce Maynard's previous books - including To Die For, based on a true crime, and her best selling memoir, At Home in the World - Joyce Maynard's themes here involve family secrets, the deep fissures that lie below the surface of the glittering exteriors, and the deep, potentially fatal, fissures in the American Dream. 9"x6", 479 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. BY3 - A hardcover book in very good condition that has some cover edgewear, rubbing, foxing, previous owner's bookplate adhered on the front fixed endpaper, moderate discoloration, and light shelf wear with no dust jacket. American Commonwealths, Edited by Horace E. Scudder. 7.25"x5", 376 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. 7th Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University Of Michigan Press, 1967. AU1 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has wrinkling, chipping, crease, and some tears on the edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Signed and inscribed by the author to the previous owner "To Stephen Spurs in appreciation of his many services to the Michigan Historical Collections. Ruth Bordin" on the title page. A Sesquicentennial Publication.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.