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Newark, NJ: Prudential Press, 1900. Hardcover. Good/None. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine, rubbed at extremities, especially crown of spine and spine moderately toned. Upper edges of boards are soiled, and splash marks to bottom third of rear board. Binding is sound, but hinge is cracked at title page and again at pages 1 and 98, showing webbing. Interior is unmarked. Upper page edges toned. Lacking dustjacket. 8vo. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Illustrated in B&W photography and engravings. 'This work has been prepared at the request of the United State Commissioner to the Paris Exposition of 1900, as part of an exhibit of charts, diagrams and statistics illustrating fully the methods and results of Industrial insurance in the United States, as represented in the history of tThe Prudential Insurance… Read More

Sparks, NV: Western Printing & Publishing. Ltd First Edition (2,000 copies). Paperback. Very Good/None. Signed. SIGNED by the author and inscribed by his son on the title page. Sepia toned pictorial paperback. Binding sound. Interior unmarked. Quarto. BOOK INFO: '...an illustrated account of one of Nevada's oldest and most famous businesses. It was an enterprise that got its start in territorial days and weathered depression, bank closures and the unhappy experiment of prohibition until it closed its doors on March 31, 1948.' (-from the foreword by Robert Laxalt)

Carlsbad, NM: New Mexico Potash Industry, 1965. Paperback. Good/None. Pictorial staplebound pamphlet, toned and wrinkled at spine heel and bottom corner. Back cover creased. Stamped with Potash Co. of America and address on front. Page corners are softened. Text is unmarked. 5.5 x 8.25 ins. BOOK INFO: Potash, its use, history, importance to NM and development as an industry in the state. Illustrated in B&W. ephemera

Whiteface, NY, 1953. Hardcover. Good/None. Black textured faux leather photo album with gray pages and original B&W print photographs. Photos affixed primarily to one side of each page with black photo corners, some coming loose, and two blank pages. Front hinge cracked. 7.25 x 9.5 ins. BOOK INFO: This is a book of candid photographs presented and inscribed to 'Col.? John F. Mee, For our very good friend. The Boys from Texaco, Lake Placid, NY, July 1953.' Mee was then president of the Academy of Management, Indiana University, and ultimately left a legacy of pioneering and excellence in management. With interesting period B&W photographs of the participants, in situ, participating in meetings, enjoying cocktails and smoking. Check out the length and width of the neckties! Also pictured are family members and the venue's grounds and buildings. 18 student photos signed by themselves are: Harry Nigro, Chuck Cutler, J. Pannill, George Pfahler, D. B. Monroe, M. J. Breiner, H. L.… Read More

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1925. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Good/None. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Brown cloth boards with gilt titling on front and spine; rubbed, especially at extremities, and library sticker on spine heel. Publisher's logo blindstamped on front. Lafayette College library stickers on pastedowns and pencilled notations in gutter of preface page: these appear to be the extent of library treatments, overall, not bad. Binding is sound. Interior is otherwise unmarked. Errata slip tipped in opposite TOC page. Upper page edges toned. Lacking dustjacket. Some pages near the end are creased at the upper corner. Heavy 8vo. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Illustrated in B&W photography. 'At the present time the United States is consuming 700,000,000 barrels of oil a year. Twenty years ago its needs were less than 100,000,000 barrels. The total value has increased even more as the average return per barrel has been practically doubled in this… Read More