FINANCIAL RACKETEERING And How to Stop It by Stoddard, William Leavitt - 1931

New York: Abercrombie & Fitch Co.. Near Fine. 1956. First Edition. Soft covers. Clean pictorial soft covers. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Octavo. Illustrated In color and b/w. "Let Summer Take Over....." Various outdoor games, Picnic Hampers, Travelling bags, Men and women's clothing, Shoes, Watches, Kitchen & Outdoor Equipment, etc. Trade Catalogue; Color & B/W Illustrations; 8vo; 40 pages .

Chester, Pennsylvania: Board of Trade. Very Good. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Pictorial frontispiece. Engraved illustrations of locations and portraits. Two small mended bottom edge tears that do not interfere with text. Text Is tight, clean and intact. Located on the west bank of the Delaware River. 99 pages including 31pages of advertisements. Pennsylvania ; 8vo 8" - 9" ; 99 pages .

London: Effingham Wilson, 1847. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8th Ed. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 409+12pp, tables, folding diagram, original dec green cloth/gilt/blindstamped boards, new spine and endpapers..

Delhi IN, Ajanta Publications, 1991, hardcover, xvi-224 pp, First Edition, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, Signed and inscribed to by the Editor on the half-title page "To Dear Garth with pleasant memories of our meeting at the Institute on 29/X/'92 George Mathew". Straight, tight and clean with no markings, a few small spots to boards, one section of pages unopened at the top edge. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, spine slightly faded, in new Brodart sleeve. A collection of essays dealing with democratic socialism from a wide range of authors both scholarly and activist. Contributors include; Willy Brandt, Nikhil Chakravartty, U.R. Anantha Murthy, Hans Janitschek, George Stevenson and Dick Gupwell, Petra Kelly, Stephen Sherlock and, Allan J. Scarfe. Index appended. ISBN 9788120203181

This 160 year-old book is in very good condition considering its age. Binding is soiled, scuffed and gilt titles are faded. Corners and spine ends are bumped. Hinges are tight and pages somewhat browned with age with occasional foxing, especially on end papers. Twelve black and white engravings throughout. The early days of New York's stock market is described with all its characters, swindlers, winners and losers playing their part.
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New York: Marcel Dekker Inc., 1981. 597 bright, white pages. Bumped and worn lower corners. Heavy volume, extra shipping may apply to any service other than US Media Mail. This volume covers "both material properties and the design of components by an engineering-oriented approach...designer's-eye-view of material properties and selection, including environmental and degradation factors." Contents include: Mechancial Properties of Polymers; Thermal Behavior and Environmental Stability; Flame Retardants; Reinforced Plastics; Designing Acrylic Parts; Designing Polycarbonate Parts; Components; Designing for Elastomeric Ring Seals; Elastomer-covered Industrial Rollers; Sandwich Panels; Vibration Dampers; Hinges and Straps; Snap Fits and Press Fits; PVC Piping; Gear Design. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, DC: Congress of the United States office of Technology Assessment, 1995. 95 bright, white pages with some black and white charts. Contents include Innovation and Commercialization and Elements of Innovation Systems. Much rubbing to covers. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase price benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Stapled Wraps. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

American Bar Association (February 28, 2006). Paperback. BRAND NEW. Brand New Book in Mint Condition! Packed Professionally. Publisher: American Bar Association (2006) (420pgs). Ships fast from NYC. Expedited Shipping Available. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.

New York: Harper & Row, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 285pp. Black cloth, silver lettering. SIGNED. Book is clean inside and out, rear panel of dust jacket has a crease and 2 short clean tears along top, otherwise in very good condition. Author has written and signed a warm and lenghty inscription to a friend and colleague on the front free endpaper. Briloff was a ;highly respected accountant and critic of the industry.

New York: Macmillan Company 1953. (4to) 319pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Color frontispiece, black and white and color photographs, bibliography, index. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn with a shallow chip to the top of the spine and diagonal creasing and closed tears to the bottom 5-1 / 2 inches square corner of the back panel of the dust jacket. "Footprints of Assurance is a comprehensive and complete record of fire marks used by fire insurance companies in sixty-three companies. These insignia themselves tell the story of the development of one of the world's most important economic institutions. Mr. Bulau enriches the story by introducing the reader to some of the men who had been responsible for the growth of the institution. He has enlivened his account with incident and anecdote so that the lay reader may share with the profession an understanding of the spirit which has from the beginning been the distinguishing feature of the enterprise of providing security… Read More