New York: Moody's Magazine, 1909. Small Octavo. 146 pp. [5] pp. index, [8] pp. ads at rear. A very nice copy. Small bookplate of Charles Lipkin (1900-1991) who started the firm of Lipkin & Lipkin in New York. IFA #155 (though there copy is a later edition). Not as scarce..... More
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice Hall, 1987. Illustrated Boards. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 288pp. How a company found the software tools it needed for success. Text, illustrations, tables. References. Index. Near Fine. More
New Jersey: 1836. 1 page signed by S.C.G. Graham on bifolium format notes: "I have placed in this bank 1600 dollars for the state tax due at this time of one-half of one per cent of 320,000 dollars, the Capital Stock of this bank actually subscribed 8000 shares in the..... More
Chicago: Gregg Publishing, 1928. Small Octavo. . iii, 95p. A pristine copy signed on the front free endpaper. When Gregg came to America, he decided to create a shorthand system which not only dominated the business world at the end of the 19th Century but the system dominated offices in..... More
Westport, Conn. (1987): Greenwood Press. First Edition. Octavo. 234p, Contributins in Sociology, Number 69. Durkheim's work on; The sociology of Morals, moral behavio, legitimatin, generation of morality a moral pluralism, society. etc. A near fine copu bound in blue-gray cloth lettered in white, spine lettering white. More
Chadron, Nebraska: Museum of The Fur Trade, 1965. Octavo. Eight volumes: Vol. 1 Numbers 1-4, Volume 2, Numbers 1-3, Vol. 3, Number 1. All bound in pictorial paper wraps. A very nice, clean set. More
London: for W. Meadows, at the Angel in Cornhill, 1747. 12mo. Seventh edition enlarged. 347 pages, (3)pp. ads. Richard Hayes was an English mathematician whose most important works were on calculating interest and annuities upon lives based on early statistics . He also published The Young Merchant's Assistant ( 1718..... More
Chicago: Moses Wartren and Co, 1878. Quarto. 15th edition. 305pp. (3) pp. advertisements. Portrait frontispiece, illustrated, Not only does this book teach you how to write formal letters, business letters, important documents, it also shows how to secure a copyright, tables of weights and measures, Toast, and sentiments, about books..... More
Cincinnati: J.W. Taylor Pub. Co, 1943. First Edition. Octavo. xiii [xiv] 284 pages. Henry Green Hodges After years as a Professor on Management, he wrote what was his most important work on Pawnbroking. Besides being a major study of the principles of pawnbroking, he has written in detail the principles..... More
Indianapolis / New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 328pp. Frontispiece. Black and white plates. Gilt-stamped red cloth; Pictorial dust jacket (chipping at corners, top rear edge, and spine head and heel. More
Houndmills (2008): Palgrave MacMillian. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 257 p. Illus. List of tables, figures, boxes, and maps. Intro, chapters, conclusion, references, and index. More
Chicago; (1932): La Salle Corporation. Small Octavo. 74 pages. La Salle provided technical training through their books and similar publications. This volume was especially adapted for General Electric's Hotpoint Range salesman. While the principles in the book are the same, it has been edited throughout for G.E. It deals with..... More
New York: Russell and Russell, 1968. Re-issue. Calf. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 488pp. Re-issue of the 1913 original classic on the histories of boycotts. Bound in red cloth, with gilt title on spine (light shelf wear). More
Mount Carmel, Conn. William G. Lathrop, 1926. Small Octavo. A study of the origin and the development of the Brass Industry in the Naugatuck Valley and its subsequent extension over the nation. Includes the history of brass which is an alloy of Copper. A list of mines along with the..... More
New York: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1930. First Edition. Octavo. 2nd printing. The author, who is writing under a pseudonym is a financial executive of one of the leading institutions of the country. He boldly analyzes the technique of stock speculations, pointing out its essential risks, but showing how these..... More
New York: D. Halpern Company, 1913. First Edition. Octavo. xvi, 183p. This book is composed of two important parts: first, it deals with the history of pawnbroking noting along the way that it was Queen Isabella of Seville who pawned her jewels to finance Columbus first voyage to America. Second..... More
New York; (1966): Harper & Row, Publ. First Edition. Octavo. 372p. index. How a poor Russian immigrant became the founder of NBC, owner of RCA, and the major force in telecommunications in the 20th Century is told here. Limited edition (no limitation noted) Bound in blue cloth lettered in gilt..... More
Baltimore: George M'Dowell, 1832. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 118p. forms. An important contribution to accounting literature, Previts and Sheldahl feel his work which began in the 1830's marked a significant step in a long transition from traditional merchants' accounts toward a modern approach more suited to the..... More
Spain: Cambridge Univ Pr, 2006. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 259p. index. More
West Nyack, New York, U.S.A. Cambridge Univ Pr, 2000. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 417p. index. More
London;: Printed and Sold By J. Brotherton, 1735. 12mo. Two parts in one volue, two title pages both dated 1735. iv, [1]2-48pp., [1]2- 92pp.. Very scarce. Copies at UCLA and the University of Pennsylvania noted in OCLC. ESTC T093736. When Edmond Haley began to calculate issues of mortality, he was..... More
Quarto. The collection contains 125 pieces of original correspondence including both TLS (Typed Letters Signed) and ((LS) Letters Signed. What began as a small electrical shop for the repair and manufacture of telephone equipment in 1884 as the north Electric Works grew to become the North Electric Company in 1889..... More
Stephenville, TX: CAtherine Nugent, 1896. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 398pp. An early look at Texas, business environments, and the use of money in banking and business circles. Bound in original brown cloth boards (with insect damage to spine, partially obscuring gilt title; light damage to corners..... More
Ocala, Florida(2000): First Impressions Printing. First Edition. Quarto. 411 pages, bibliography, index. The range of what constitutes money from wampum of the American Indian to the mamulis used as the bride price on the Island of Sumba, what is used for money covers the earliest definitions, the comprehensive listing of..... More
Geneva: Slatkine, 1978. Octavo. 150(1)pp. A reprint of the 1905 edition. The gabelle was a very unpopular tax on salt in France. In the 14th century the gabelle denoted any tax on the sale of consumer goods; an ordinance of 1360 made it a permanent tax. In the 15th century..... More