Search Results: Business from Great Expectations Rare Books

New York: Random House Inc, 1991. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 642pp., Bibliographic References, Bibliography, Index. First edition, first printing [with number line starting with 2, and stated First Trade edition written below, as per Random House practice]. No previous ownership marks. A tiny ink spot, possibly from printer at lower extremity of front free end-paper, else as new. Essentially the history of one iconic American business: television, and how technology, stagnation and the adverising dollar have all contributed to its fall. Very fine in a very fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 404pp., Index. First edition, first printing. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, crisp copy. As new in an as new dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Currency/Doubleday, 2006. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket 320pp., Index. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, tightly bound copy. Near as new in a like dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Free Press, 1998. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 360pp., Index. First printing. The Wharton School's groundbreaking research on the future of management. No name, no book-plate, no remainder mark, etc. An unread, crisp clean as new copy in as new dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2003. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 281 pages. Bibliographic References, Index. First edition, first printing with full number line. A history of the evolution of corporate power in America. Previous owner's initials on front free end-paper. No remainder marks. Not ex-library. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Near fine in near fine dust-jacket. .

Paramus, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Press, 2000. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Advance Uncorrected Proof. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback in glossy pictorial covers. 341 pages. Uncorrected galley. Title page blank, waiting for copy. Business card of account executive handling pre-publication marketing stapled to title-page. A clean sqaure, fresh and crisp copy, like new. Fine. .

New York: Nation Books, 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 284 pages. Bibliographical References, Index. First edition, first printing with full number line. The sordid tale of profits and politics; Bush and Cheney; and how an oil company transformed into a formidable military force, No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

New York: John Wiley & Son, 1998. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 344pp., Index. First printing with number line intact. No name, no book-plate, etc. An unread, as new copy in an as new dust-jacket.. First Edition. Buckram. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cincinnati: Brain Brew Books, 2001. Large format trade paperback. 339pp. Illustrated with charts and graphs. First edition, first printing with number line intact. A clean, unmarked, unread copy. Fine.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Broadway Books, 2000. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 218 pages. First edition, first printing. No previous ownership marks. No remainder marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Stein and Day, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 198 pages. Glossary. Index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. First American edition, first printing with not other printings listed. A history of the famous British based insurance company, which does two thirds of its business in the USA. A clean, square, unmarked used copy. Mild wear to upper edge of dust-jacket on rear panel, together with small faded retail sticker. Very good in still very good dust-jacket. .

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1993. Hardcover, large octavo, dark blue boards in original dust-jacket. 266pp., First edition first printing. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, crisp copy, As new in an as new dust-jacket.. First Edition. Boards. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Newcomen Society in North America, 1973. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pamphlet, white laid-paper covers printed in black and red, staple bound. 36 pages. Printed and bound at the Princeton University Press. Illustrated with drawings, photographs and charts. First edition, stated first printing. A copy of the address presented before The Newcomen Society in North America, in at Kansas City, Missouri, October 17, 1972 by the President and CEO of the company [McNally Pittsburgh Manufacturing Corporation] and other officers. No previous ownership marks. White covers clean, interior unmarked. A tight, clean and sound copy. Very good+..

San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 342pp., Index. Illustrated with photographs. First edition, first printing. The story of Gary Erickson, who turned down a 120 million dollar offer to buy his company and instead chose to stay and work even harder to sustain his employees, his community and the environment. An as new copy in an as new dust-jacket.. First Edition. Boards. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bryan Welch, 2012. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format folio, hardcover in color decorated white boards, in matching decorated white publisher's dust-jacket. 71 pages. Prefatory note by Deb Nelson. Forward (sic) by Bryan Welch. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. Stated first edition. A brief history and celebration of the SVN, first founded in 1987 as a group of values-driven entrepreneurs and investors. Some of the success stories covered are Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield [Bed and Jerry's], Anita Roddick [The Body Shop], and Sir Richard Branson [Virgin Group], among others. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. A large, oversize book. Priority and International order may require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .

New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1998. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 269pp., Bibliography, Index. Nmae on title and penciled notes on half-title listing page numbers, with small marginal checks in pencil on corresponding pages. Else a very fine copy with clean text and dust-jacket.. Revised Edition. Buckram. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oakland, California: New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2000. Large trade paperback. 207pp., References. Strategies for working with narcissists, borderlines, sociopaths, schizoids, and others. No previous ownership marks. Used book with several pages creased and mild crease to front cover. A book that has been read but is clean, tight and unmarked. Good+.. Later Printing. Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Roseville, California: Forum/Prima Publishing, 2001. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 276pp., Bibliography, Index. First edition, first prinitng, Signed and inscribed by author on half-title in bold hand, dated 10/24/01. Library invitation card to signing laid-in. Previous owner's name neatly written on upper front free endpaper, else a very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, near as new. Near fine in a fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1955. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, red cloth in publisher' cream colored non price-clipped dust-jacket. 170 pages. Appendix of Tables, Bibliography, Index. First edition. A treatise on the effect of aggressive union activity on a specific, highly competitive industry, dispassionately argued and presenting both gains and losses for both sides. This is volume 4 in the Yale Studies in Economics series. No previous ownership marks. Dust-jacket age toned as per usual. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy in a complete dust-jacket showing minor wear to upper tips. Near fine in a good+ dust-jacket. .

New York: The Newcomen Society in North America, 1973. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pamphlet, white laid-paper covers printed in black and red, staple bound. 24 pages. Printed and bound at the Princeton University Press. Illustrated with drawings. First edition, stated first printing. A copy of the address presented before The Newcomen Society in North America, in Los Angeles, California on November 20, 1972 by both the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the President of Borax. No previous ownership marks. White covers clean, interior unmarked. A tight, clean and sound copy. Very good+. .