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James Stewart & Company, Inc., 1945. 159 pp., hardcover, light wear to edges of covers, else text and binding clean and tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

James Stewart & Company, Inc, 1/1/1945. Hardcover. Very Good. 12x9x0. 4to. Hardcover. No dust jacket as issued. Good binding and cover with blue spine label and gilt lettering. Clean, unmarked pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs of various Stewart-produced buildings.<br><br> James Stewart & Company was one of North America's most accomplished and longest-standing contractors (1845-1953). In 1865, anticipating opportunities in the U.S. after the Civil War, James Stewart (1822-1902) relocated to St. Louis from the former Canadian capital of Kingston. His firm earned profits and acclaim building railroads west of the Mississippi River and, by the end of the 19th century, had grown impressively with the nation's expanding industrial might. Beginning around 1900 and under the leadership of Stewart's sons, the company added banks, department stores, hotels, and civic structures to its portfolio. <br><br> An excellent volume in very good… Read More

Privately Printed / James Stewart & Co., 1944. Hard. Very Good. Number 1634 of 2000 copies. Cloth backed boards with lightly scuffed corners, else Fine -- tight, bright and unmarked. Folio. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Photogravure illustrations. No slipcase. Designed by T.M.Cleland. Printed by Marchbanks Press and Photogravure & Color Co.

New York: James Stewart & Company, 1944. Boards. Near Fine. A superb copy of the 1944 1st edition of this lavish company history. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its 1/4 cloth over light green boards. Bright gilt-titling along the spine, gilt top-edge, deckled fore and bottom edges. Lovely gravure photos throughout. Folio, also includes a solid, sturdy example of the publisher's printed slipcase, with very light wear along the edges.

New York: James Stewart & Company, 1944. Quarter buckram over paper covered boards, gilt title, top edge gilt, deckle edge. 189 pp.; photogravure illustrations. This limited (1422 of 2000 copies) edition designed by T.M. Cleland and produced under his supervision. This handsomely designed work records such diverse projects as skyscapers and steel mills, monumental buildings in New England and ore docks on the Great Lakes, pulp and paper mills in the Canadian wilderness and a great Naval Base in Trinidad. An exceptionally clean, tight and bright copy in a publisher's slipcase showing some wear Size: Folio. Limited/Numbered.. Cloth. Fine.

NY & Chicago,: Privately Printed,. Very Good. 1944. Hardcover. Duotone photographs throughout. Limited edition of 2,000 copies (this copy is not numbered but presented to Mr. Harry Dorsey Watts). Also INSCRIBED to Watts by T. M. Cleland, the book's designer. Folio, half-bound in dark green leather with gilt lettering and design, marbled boards, raised bands along spine, top edge gilt. A bit darkened along the spine, else very good. Housed in a very good (minor edge wear and surface scratches) slipcase. ; 189 pages .