Search Results: Business History from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York et al.: Harper & Row, 1989 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, xvii, 393 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth worn through at bottom corner of rear board, else very good, top corners bumped. DJ spine slightly faded, small tear to head of spine; in Brodart archival cover. Klingaman relates the financial crisis of 1929 to other events occurring around the world in that year. Much of the flavor of events as experienced at the time is retained by relying heavily on contemporary magazine and newspaper accounts. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . G+/VG-. 24 X 16 cm.

Minneapolis: Greater Minneapolis Area Board of Realtors, 1978 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Maroon cloth with Gopher gold titles and decorations, 218, [114] pp, advertising on endpapers. Contains photos of officers and board of directors; list of committees; code of ethics; by-laws; arbitration manual; multiple listing service (mls) rules, regulations, and operating procedures; commercial-industrial mls by-laws; professional standards of practice; the 1975 injuction prohibiting the Board from setting fees or otherwise restraining trade (Edward C. Forbes vs. Greater Minneapolis Area Board of Realtors, et al.); examples of forms for drawing purchase agreements; statement on affirmative marketing, education requirements; speaker's bureau; salesman membership; lists of supplies and forms available from board; energy conservation program; housing inspection; list of school districts and parochial school locations; congressional delegation; state legislators;… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, series title gilt-stamped on front board, x, 373 pp, 8 ff photo plates, bibliography, index. DJ slightly chipped, tide marks along bottom of dj are matched by faint marks on boards and first and last few leaves, head and tail of spine lightly rubbed, 2 leaves dog-eared, 1 small stain on p. 65. Tight and clean except as noted. DJ in Brodart cover. Part of the Mainstream of America Series. How America's early millionaires made their money, from New York fur trader and real estate tycoon John Jacob Astor to William Randolph Hearst. From secondary sources. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . G+/G+. 24 X 16 cm.

Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1965 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, foil titles on spine & decoration on front board, xv, 265 pp, 8 ff b & w plates, many illustrations in text, index. Previous owner's name & address on ffep, else fine. DJ extremities lightly rubbed, in Brodart archival cover. Focuses on the business of automobile manufacturing rather than on technology or social consequences. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1928 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, printed paper labels on front board and spine, xiii, 181 pp, 7 ff b & w plates. A few bumps, top edge a bit dusty, some bubbles in cloth, owner's name stamped on rear paste-down. Biography of a garment manufacturer by his son & partner. The Dixes gained notice in the early 20s by turning control of their business over to their employees. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . VG/No dj. 22 X 15 cm.

Washington, D. C: Farragut Publishing Company, 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Review Copy. Putty cloth, black titles on spine, x, 341, [1] pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. Publisher's review sticker on ffep. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Warren Webster was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1901, and worked for 48 years for the Joyce-Cridland Company, a maker of jacks and hydraulic lifts, until his retirement in 1973. This is as much a history of a successful American manufacturer as a biography. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 14½ cm.

New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth, blind-stamped eagle on front board, gilt titles on spine, 384 pp, numerous illustrations, bibliography, index. Spine slightly faded, boards a bit warped. Introduction by Nobel Prize winning economist Paul A. Samuelson. American business from Jamestown (1607) to 1972. Title page faces an aerial photograph of the twin towers of the World Trade Center under construction. Fits in medium flat-rate box. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. . VG/No dj. 28½ X 22 cm.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Leather-textured paper over boards, dark green spine & medium green boards, gilt titles on spine, xxi, 380 pp. Corners & spine ends rubbed, spine cocked, top edge a bit dusty. DJ paper browned, lightly soiled, edges rubbed with a few small tears; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Here is an anthology of the critical decisions--the bluffs, the risks, the hoardings, the drives for power, the incredible feats of sheer chutzpah--that put Ford and General Motors, Time, Inc., and Xerox Corporation on the Dun & Bradstreet map." Excerpted from the writings of Bernard Baruch, Bert Cantor, Andrew Carnegie, Peter Cohen, Jerry Della Femina, John H. Dessauer, F. N. Doubleday, Robert T. Elson, Henry Ford, Clayton W. Fountain, Gerard B. Lambert, David E. Lilienthal, J. C. Penney, Donald Regan, Helena Rubenstein, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Andrew Tobias, Robert… Read More

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1960 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Volume two only of Baruch's memoirs. Full blue-green cloth, gilt titles on spine & facsimile signature on front board; xiii, 431 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, index. One corner bumped. DJ with slight edge wear, corners clipped but price still present; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ of volume one: "Bernard M. Baruch--one of the most remarkable men of our time--was an office boy at nineteen, a Wall Street partner at twenty-five, and a milllionaire before he was thirty-five. ... In the fifty years since he made his first fortune, Bernard Baruch has been a trusted counselor of presidents, an adviser on social and economic reforms...." This volume begins with Baruch's departure from Wall street, after which he served as chairman of the War Industries Board during World War One, and on the peace missions at the ends of both World Wars. "Of… Read More

New York: American Express Company, 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue cloth, titles blind-stamped on spine, 200 pp, many photos & other illustrations. DJ rubbed, has a few tears of 1 to 2 cm; in Brodart archival cover. Presentation letter from CEO Harvey Golub & President Kenneth Chenault laid in. History of the company from its origins as a freight forwarder to the financial services giant of today. Fits in Priority Mail flat rate box. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/VG. 28½ X 28½ cm.

Boston: Beacon Press, 2006 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Orange boards & endpapers, black cloth spine with foil titles, xviii, 318 pp, notes, index. Bottom corners of a few leaves creased. DJ price-clipped, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "Mitchell traces the dramatic growth of mega-retailers...and the precipitous decline of independent businesses. Drawing on examples from virtually every state in the country, she unearths the extraordinary impact of these companies and the big-box mentality on everything from soaring gasoline consumption to rising poverty rates, failing family farms, and declining voting levels. Along the way, Mitchell exposes the shocking role government policy has played in the expansion of mega-retailers and builds a compelling case that communities composed of many small, locally owned businesses are healthier and more prosperous than those dominated by a few large chains." Shipping… Read More

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Copyright page says 1995, but this is a reprint of a 1955 company history. Red, black & yellow card covers, xiii, 318 pp including 24 pages of photos and other b & w illustrations, notes, index. History of 3M from 1901 to 1955. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. New/No dj. 23 X 15 cm.

New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1984 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, foil titles on spine & device on front board, xiii, 349 pp, glossary, index. DJ browning slightly, in Brodart archival cover. McClellan predicts vast changes in the computer industry in the late 1980s. Read it and see if he was right. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York: Times Books, 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth, grey paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, xiv, 354 pp, notes, index. Some scattered highlighting, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Sampson studies the culture inside large companies from the mid-19th century through their bureaucratic height in the 1950s through 1970s. "Then, for good reasons, everything began to unravel, with consequences not only for the companies but also for the millions of people who relied on them for their livlihoods. The changes of the last twenty years have been brutal and are continuing." (From DJ.) Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First US Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24½ X 17 cm.

New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1975 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pictorial cloth, map on endpapers, 239 pp, hundreds of photos and other illustrations, bibliography, index. Boards lightly soiled, bottom corners bumped, a small brown stain on bottom edge, gift inscription on verso of ffep. History of the Continental Oil Company. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Edition. . VG/No dj. 26 X 21 cm.

New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full natural linen, green titles on spine, 336 pp, notes, index. Stains in bottom margins of a few leaves, a few leaves dog-eared, otherwise very good. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Billed on the jacket as a narrative account of the great stock market crash of October 24, 1929: "In this vivid, hour-by-hour narrative documentary, based on the personal recollections of hundreds of individuals, author Tom Shachtman reconstructs the events of that fateful day as they affected the rich and powerful bankers and brokers of Wall Street, the small investors and businessmen, the farmers, and the multitude of white- and blue-collar workers across the country. Into the events of that day, the author skillfully folds the broader picture of what life was like in the America of fifty years ago." Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . G/VG+. 23½ X… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth, orange paper-covered boards, map of Wall Street on endpapers, xvii, 484 pp, 12 ff b & w photo plates, index. Bottom edge bumped & faded, gift inscription on preliminary blank. DJ paper browned chips & tears at corners & spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Using previously untapped memoirs, contemporary documents, private papers, as well as interviews with survivors of the event, the authors capture the feeling of the era, the intoxicating expectancy, the hope that ruled men's hearts and minds (and their investments) before the bubble burst, and the black dispair that was its aftermath. This is a book about investors whose optimism gave way to unease, to panic, to abject terror...." The authors' previous books all were about catastrophes of one sort or another. Shipping weight 3 lbs.… Read More

Vancouver: UBC Press, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, xvi, 456 pp, 34 cartoons, 19 photos, notes, index. Corners lightly bumped, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. This account of the negotiations leading to the bilateral free-trade agreement between Canada and the United States is written by three Canadian participants. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Natural linen, titles in black & red on front board & spine, vii, 285, x, [1] pp, index. Light soil to cloth, owner's name on fpd. Blurb & author bio clipped from DJ are laid in. Despite the title, which is taken from the first essay in the book, Villard writes about a wide range of topics related to newspapers--both general articles on the big issues facing the industry, and essays focused on individual newspapermen and newspapers. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/Poor. 22 X 15 cm.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles on front board, gilt titles and decorations on spine, top edge dyed grey, frontispiece, x, 396 pp, footnotes, index. Extremities lightly rubbed, a few faint spots, gilt titles and decorations still bright, slightly shaken front hinge repaired with acid-free PVA, bookplate on recto of ffep. The history of the du Pont family and company from founder E. I. du Pont de Nemours' flight from France and founding of a gunpowder factory in America in 1802, through its metamorphosis into a diversified chemical company after WW1. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). 3rd ptg. . VG+/No dj. 23½ X 16½ cm.