Search Results: Business/Occupations & Professions/Organizational Studies from Gargoyle Books

First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Star athlete turned educator & then president of the historically all-black Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia, offers a review here "for the new Negro" in the heyday of the Civil Rights movement an overview of the "tremendous job & career opportunities opening up for educated young blacks everywhere in America." In 274 pages, with Index. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1969, this hardcover 8vo has bright magenta cloth-covered boards lettered in peach to spine. Condition is Near Fine: just slightly dust-dulled, else as clean & bright as brand new! Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked. Mild corner bumping.The unclipped DJ is VG, with some discoloration, a few short unclosed tears, & mild rubbing/wrinkling to extremities, tiny corner chips. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day… Read More

Chicago, Illinois: American Wook and Cotton Reporter, 1895. First Edtion . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Full title: "The Manual of the American Cotton Industry, Containing Illustrated Descriptions of Various Machines and Mechanical Appliances in Use in the Cotton Mills of the United States.' Describes growing & harvesting cotton, cleaning & bleaching, weaving & spinning, etc., with focus on the machinery involved, which is profusely illustrated. Hardcover with dark blue boards w/gold lettering & illustrations, embossed "Frank P. Bennett's American Cotton Manufacturing Manual," date (1895), & price (One Dollar). FIRST EDITION. Hand numbered on first page of text, which also bears a very faint embossed stamp from the Public Library of Dover, N. H. (no other library markings). Somewhat shaken & rubbed, edges of spine are frayed. Pages are all tanned & stitching of binding is coming loose, but still completely intact. Back board is separated from text… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. Historical account of the humankind's pursuit of the whale across different epochs & civilizations from early Icelanders through the dawn of the New England whaling industry. In 423 pages, with map endpapers, illustrated with maps, charts, & pen-and-ink sketches by the author throughout. A First Edition, first printing from 1956, this hardcover book has deep blue cloth-covered boards with silver lettering & design to spine. Condition is VG+: very clean, binding tight & square, hinges secure. Old Boston bookstore stamp in front matter; modest rubbing to extremities, tape discoloration to endpapers, light soil, bumped corners, page tanning. The price-clipped DJ is VG-, with fading to spine & chipping at all corners, else bright & clean; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we… Read More

Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books, 1997. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Sociological analysis of the rise of franchise law firms & their impacts on both lawyers & their clients. In 156 pages with Index. A First Edition, first printing from 1997, this hardcover book has been stored since acquired Brand New for review, notice laid in. Condition is Fine/Fine: looks & feels new! Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white. The unclipped DJ is equally flawless. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Pasadena, California, 1896. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine. The HMMBA (Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association) was an organization comprised of the leading hotel men in the US, created in Chicago, IL, in 1879. They held annual meetings around the country, & while in each area, engaged in "excursion parties.with the entertainment on so colossal a scale that all who attended were amazed, delight, & enthusiastic as never before." Authored by then HMMBA president G. Wharton James, the present volume chronicles the group's 1896 California trip, lavishly illustrated throughout with duotone photos & drawings of the cities & attractions & hotels they visited. Self-published by the author from Pasadena, CA, he dedicated the book "to those who came & enjoyed & to those who stayed home & sighed." In 338 pages + unpaginated (16 pages) of vintage ads in rear, edged on all sides in gilt, which is bright. Textured floral patterned… Read More

Brooklyn, New York: Intertype Corporation, 1929. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. Complete guide to the use & maintenance of the Intertype, "the simplest line-casting machine in the world," written for both the machinist & the mechanically unskilled operator. In 421 pages, well illustrated. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1929, NOT a modern reprint! Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with an embossed title box in gilt to front/faded gilt lettering to spine. Condition is Good: text block secure, though both front & rear hinges are cracked. Pages off white & unmarked, all diagrams & illustrations intact. Only real flaw is ink smudges throughout, obviously from someone using the book as they attempted to fix their machine! No DJ, as issued. Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later… Read More

Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1967. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Empirically based study of the practice of law & the characteristics of lawyers & their clients among private practitioners in "Prairie City" (a mid-sized midwestern locale) vs New York City. Part of a collection of social science books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. A chance to build your library with essentially new books that have been long out of print or not seen the light of day in decades! A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1967, this hardcover book is Near Fine: new except for light foxing to top outside page edges. Else, completely clean & unmarked. The unclipped DJ is VG+, with modest rubbing to extremities & a few tiny chips to same. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books… Read More

New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1936. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Bourke-White, Margaret (Photographer). Documents the origins & growth of the chemical manufacturing industry in the early 20th century United States, with 17 plates featuring stunning black-and-white photographic images by then-rising-photojournalist Bourke-White. Still unknown at the time, she did not even merit a mention on the DJ description, but her photos speak for themselves. In 104 pages + unnumbered plates. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1936, this hardcover 8vo (6" x 8.50") is in stunningly Fine condition: black cloth-covered boards are stamped on front & spine with a silver Art Deco design of a factory & smokestacks, lettered in same silver to spine. Aside from a slight push to heel of spine, the book is virtually flawless: completely clean inside, pages creamy white & unmarked, save for an inscription (Presented by W. H-B. Perry February… Read More

University Of Hawaii Press, 1983. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Written by a Hawaiian-born scholar, this is an extensively researched, comprehensive history of life & work in the sugar plantations of Hawaii. In 213 pages with Notes, Bibliography, & Index, illustrated throughout with vintage black-and-white photos. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1983, this hardcover book has brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine. Condition is Fine (our highest grade): just removed from storage where it has been since received Brand new! Completely clean, binding tight & square, pages white. The unclipped DJ is equally fine: bright & clean, nicely protected in new mylar cover free!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Institute of Race Relations/Oxford University Press, 1975. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Part of a five-year project on different aspects of race relations in Britain conducted in the 1960s, this volume reports on immigrants & minorities working in the London pubic transport sector. Just removed from storage where it has been since received brand new for review for an academic publication, this is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1975in 389 ages with Index, extensive Bibliography, charts & diagrams throughout text. Hardcover 8vo has bright red cloth-covered boards lettered in gilt to spine. Condition is Fine: as clean & crisp as Brand New! The price-clipped DJ is Near Fine, with just a tad of edgewear, including light soil & rubbing. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually own! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders,… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Literary Digest Books/Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1934. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. As the Great Depression that began with the crash of 1929 wore on, this book was designed to offer career guidance for pioneering young women entering the workforce, most likely for the first time, in the 1930s, written in "the business girl's own vernacular" with "counsel & information [like] a good personnel director would give." This includes reassurances that it is perfectly "within the proprieties" to stay late at the office working with the boss, "altho you would never think of going to a man's apartment at any hour.unchaperoned," & whereas once "references & good school records" were enough to land a job, now this may depend on the way " a girl walks, or talks, or does her hair, or the quality of her complexion.or her ability to say "no" in a perfectly delightful… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1986. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Very Good+. Offers a new translation of the ancient Buddhist text, the "Tao Te Ching" & explores its applications to modern business, entrepreneurship, leadership, management, & personal mastery. Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION,6th printing, from 1986, this softcover small 4to is in VG+condition: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked but with light foxing to all outside page edges. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1983. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Renowned sociologist Sutherland's groundbreaking 1949 analysis of the crimes committed by 70 of America's largest corporations & their executives was censored when it was first published. At long last, here is the unexpurgated version, which names names & provides details of their crimes. In 291 pages with Notes & an Introduction by Gilbert Geis & Colin Goff. Just removed from storage where it was packed Brand New as a review copy (notice laid in), this is a FIRST EDITION, First printing in Near Fine condition in a Fine, unclipped DJ: only flaw to book is very light foxing to outside page edges. Else, completely clean, pages creamy white, binding strong & straight. The DJ is equally flawless. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm… Read More