Economics & The History of Commerce
New York: B. K. Bliss & Sons, 1884. First Edition. Paperback. 9" X 5 3/4". 74pp. Pictorial paper wraps show rather heavy edgewear, with small open tears, chipping to spine, and moderate soiling. Dampstains to rear wrap and very faintly to top corners of pages. Binding remains quite sound. Occasional... More
Providence, Rhode Island: Baird-North Co., 1923. Paperback. 9 5/8" X 6 3/4". 162pp. Pictorial paper wraps. Moderate wear to binding, with small tears to edges and extremities and chipping, tears, and losses to paper over spine. Wraps starting to separate but remain attached. Ring-sizing insert missing size 11. Typed letter... More
Browns Green, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, England: Privately Printed, circa 1850. Wraps. This rare dramatic retelling of Beauty & the Beast takes place between Baghdad and Cairo, where an Iraqi merchant in dire straits steals a rose from a bear and must send his favorite daughter (Beauty/Fatima) to live with the... More
Quincy, Massachusetts: Boston Gear, 1982. Paperback. 7" X 4". 192pp. Moderate to heavy wear to stiff pictorial wraps, with creasing, shallow chipping, spots of soiling, and light scratching. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid copy of this 1982 electronics catalog from Boston Gear, with... More
New York: The Home Pattern Company Inc., circa 1920. Staplebound wraps. 9" X 6 1/4". Unpaginated, 22pp. Printed staplebound wraps. Mild edgewear to wraps, with shallow open tears to head and tail of spine. Pages age-toned but clean and unmarked. A very well-preserved, circa 1920s trade catalog of bridal fashions, for... More
Detroit, Michigan: Chrysler Corporation, November 1935. Second Edition. Staplebound wraps. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". Envelope, 40pp instruction book for Plymouth De Luxe and Plymouth Business, folded service policy, plus 1936 inspection certificate, 1924 paid note to Abingdon Motor Co., 1924 Motor Finance Corporation policy and three related letters. Moderate... More
Edenton, North Carolina: Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce, 1937. Staplebound wraps. 9" X 6". 28pp. Moderate wear to staplebound wraps, with rusting to staples, creasing to corenrs, and light soiling to wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A charming copy of this 1937 guide to Edenton... More
New York: United Nations Department of Economic Affairs, 1954. Staplebound wraps. 9" X 6". 59pp. Mild wear to paper wraps, with sunning, light dust soiling, mild edgewear, and bumping to tail of spine. Binding is sound. Very occasional underlining and notations in red ink, else clean. Binding is sound. From... More
Baltimore: Montgomery Ward & Company, 1941. Paperback. 13 1/8" X 9 3/8". 62pp. Paper wraps show rather heavy edgewear, with tears to edges and extremities, chipping and tears to spine, dust ssoiling, and faint dampstains. Front hinge tender. Binding remains quite sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Blank order form... More
Chicago: Eugene Dietzgen Co., 1941. Staplebound wraps. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 18pp. Moderate weary to yellow printed staplebound paper wraps, with center crease to pamphlet, creasing to wraps, edgewear, soiling and small tears at head and tail of spine. Pencilled equation to rear wrap. Binding is sound. Pages are... More
Arlington, Texas: Martin Sprocket & Gear, circa 1989. Hardcover. 11 1/8" X 8 5/8". Glossy blue pictorial cloth over boards. Mild edgewear to binding with gentle bumping to extremities. Binding is firm and sound. Previous owner's names to front endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid copy of Catalog... More
Chattanooga, Tennessee: Milne Chair Company, 1939. Staplebound wraps. 12" X 8 7/8". 36pp, with 1940 Supplement laid in, 8pp. Moderate wear to textured pictorial staplebound paper wraps, with mild creasing, soiling, ring stain, and small tears to extremities. Binding is sound. Pages are musty and show occasional crease, else unmarked... More
London: The National Trust, [1939]. Staplebound wraps. 9 1/2" X 6". 38pp. Moderate wear, toning, and sunning to stapled paper wraps, with bumping, edgewear, and small open tear to tail of spine. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A nice, solid copy of this government publication detailing the National Trust Acts. More
New York: National Cloak & Suit Co., 1907. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. 9 3/8" X 7". 60pp, plus order forms and size guide. Blank post card for requesting sample materials laid in, with heavy toning to front pastedown. Pictorial staplebound paper wraps show moderate wear, with open tears to corners... More
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Eastern Seed Company, Circa 1920s. Staplebound wraps. 9" X 6". Unpaginated, 20pp. Rather heavy wear to staplebound pictorial wraps, with closed tears to spine at head and tail and small tears and chipping to edges and extremities. Some pages disbound from staples. Eastern Seed Company ordering form laid... More
Frederick, Maryland: The Frederick County Agricultural Society, 1930. Paperback. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 96pp. Moderate wear to staplebound wraps, with small tear to head of spine and top edge of rear wrap, edgewear, and rusting to staples. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A wonderful... More
Chicago and Detroit: Thybony Wallcoverings, Circa 1960. Hardcover. 21 1/2" X 14 1/4". Unpaginated, 360 pages including 93 wallpaper designs on strippable Tyvek & I-Peal and 37 fabric squares. Ex-Boehmer Paint & Wallpaper of Cincinnati, Ohio, with their stamp to front endpapers. Tan cloth over boards. Heavy soiling, discoloration, and... More
Austin, Texas: John Quincy Adams III, 1966. Hardcover. 11 1/8" X 8 5/8". 406pp, printed rectos only. Blue cloth over boards, with cover and spine lettered in gilt. Mild scattered rubbing to cloth and bumping to corners. Light dust soiling to edges of text block. Binding is tight and sound... More
Chattanooga, Tennessee: Leadership Development Institute, 2003. First Edition. Paperback. 8 5/8" X 5 1/2". ix, 118pp. Signed by John Q. Baucom to half-title page. Light shelfwear to binding, firm and sound. Pages are clean and bright. A nice signed first printing of this guide to what the world's greatest leaders do differently. More
Lochem-Gent: Uitgeversmaatschappij de Tijdstroom, 1987. Hardcover. 10" X 6 3/4". 116pp. Moderate edgewear and mild soiling to dust jacket, with small tear at edge of spine and price sticker to rear and front flap. Gray cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Gentle bumping to corners. Bookplate, stamp, and... More
New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1972. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/8". 267pp. Hard bumping and mild rubbing to corners and edges of brown cloth hardcover binding. Gilt lettering to cover and spine. Front board rather loose. Binding remains sound. Previous owner's label to front paste-down. Small stain... More
New York: Coward McCann, Inc., 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 3/8" X 5 1/2". 128pp. Signed by Eugene Carr and dated November 14, 1956 at front free endpaper. Moderate wear to unclipped dust jacket, with small closed tears to edges and extremities, dust soiling, and faint dampstain to rear panel... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". vii, 530pp. Tan cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt over dark gray. Moderate wear to binding, with edgewear, heavy scattered rubbing to spine, and slight lean to spine. Binding is sound... More
de Vries, Margaret G.; Horsefield, Keith; Driscoll, David D.
Washington DC: International Monetary Fund; The Atlantic Council of the United States, 1969, 1976, 1997, 1978, 1980, 1983. Hardcover. 10 3/4" X 7 1/4", xviii, 663pp; xviii, 621pp; xxii, 699pp; viii, 339pp (Books). 9" X 6", 23pp (What is.., two copies). 10" X 6 3/4", 22pp (Floating Rate). 9 1/4"... More
East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/4" X 4 1/8". 83pp. Lacking dust jacket. Dark brown cloth over boards. Moderate wear to binding, with heavy rubbing to white lettering, small dampstains to spine and boards, and mild edgewear. Binding is firm and sound... More
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