Business Adventures by John Brooks - Feb 1969: / Twelve classic tales from the worlds of Wall Street and the modern American corporation

A. W. Shaw Company. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. 1589 pages: 5.5 x 8.25 in.: 8.8: KB#001558: No Jacket as Issued. Series consists of six (6) volumes: "Advertising and Service"; "Accounting and Costs"; "Loans and Discounts"; "Management and Executive Control"; "Buildings, Equipment and Supplies"; and "Credits and Collections". All books have black cloth boards, with bright gold gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Some corners are bumped; most are sharp, with slightly worn edges. All pages of each volume appear to be clean, complete and tight, unless otherwise indicated. Many have several fold-out maps and layout charts. "Advertising and Service" volume has 312 pages + index. "Accounting and Costs" volume has 225 pages + index. "Loans and Discounts" volume has 264 pages + index; two pages (Part 1 and pp. 2-3) are torn, with a 1" square piece torn… Read More

New York: Time Inc., 1932. Three volumes each containing 3 issues complete with covers, Vol. 5, Jan.-Mar.; Vol. 5, Apr.-Jun.; and Vol. 6, Oct.-Dec., 1932. A total of 9 issues, including the March issue with the stunning Diego Rivera cover and the December issue with the 4 page insert advertising the classic film "Grand Hotel", starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, and Joan Crawford. Each volume bound in quarter leather over cloth boards, gilt titles and rules, the binding Very Good, leather rubbed and splitting at spine ends and corners. The magazines are all Fine. This oversize 3 volume set is quite heavy; please select media mail only, and no international shipping. . First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Rare/collectible. The book is in excellent condition. The dust jacket has some wear particularly on the edges. See pictures.Subject: Business & Economics. Topic: Management.

1866 New York City Business HUGE MAP Manhattan Color Illustrated Corporation

'Manual of the Corporation of New York' is a rare, Civil War-era handbook written for businesses and businessmen in New York in 1862. This book provides details on various companies and notable buildings in New York, providing details on committee members, locations in the town, and impressive illustrations.

This 1866 edition is filled with a myriad of color full-page and folding plates!
Item number: #19725
Price: $750
VALENTINE, D.T.
Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, 1866.
New York: Valentine: 1866.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xvi, 17-820
o Heavily illustrated throughout, including large color folding map at frontispiece
· Provenance: Handwritten – Joseph Van [Clift], 1897
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o
Dark green cloth
· Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)
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Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott, Printers, 1861. New Catalogue of 1881 of Stocks, Bonds, Western Lands, Town Lots and other Real Estate, belonging to the estate of Jay Cooke & Co. in bankruptcy : to be sold agreeably to the terms and provisions of the plan for closing the estate...on the 31st day of March, 1881. First edition. Original stapled wrappers. Published Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott, printers, 1861. 8vo. stapled wrappers with green covers, 6" x 9 1/4", 93pp., listing over 1,100 lots, Errata page and Catalogue Note on pink paper bound in. Second catalogue of the assets of Jay Cooke & Co. that were sold in an 1881 bankruptcy auction. Jay Cooke, regarded as the first major American investment banker, aggressively and successfully sold dormant U.S. Treasury notes that financed the Civil War. Later, investing heavily in timber and railway ventures, he was forced into bankruptcy after the financial Panic of 1873. 2 1/4" loss to the backstrip of wraparound at… Read More

A. W. Shaw Company. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. 1589 pages: 5.5 x 8.25 in.: 8.8: KB#001558: No Jacket as Issued. Series consists of six (6) volumes: "Advertising and Service"; "Accounting and Costs"; "Loans and Discounts"; "Management and Executive Control"; "Buildings, Equipment and Supplies"; and "Credits and Collections". All books have black cloth boards, with bright gold gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Some corners are bumped; most are sharp, with slightly worn edges. All pages of each volume appear to be clean, complete and tight, unless otherwise indicated. Many have several fold-out maps and layout charts. "Advertising and Service" volume has 312 pages + index. "Accounting and Costs" volume has 225 pages + index. "Loans and Discounts" volume has 264 pages + index; two pages (Part 1 and pp. 2-3) are torn, with a 1" square piece torn… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1926. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full dark green leather, gilt lettering on spine, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Inscribed to Mrs. Frank M. Smith by the author on the half-title. . Hinges professionally repaired, covers and spine are sunned, else unmarked and clean. VERY GOOD+. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 279 pp. Signed by Author .

New York: Time Inc., 1932. Three volumes each containing 3 issues complete with covers, Vol. 5, Jan.-Mar.; Vol. 5, Apr.-Jun.; and Vol. 6, Oct.-Dec., 1932. A total of 9 issues, including the March issue with the stunning Diego Rivera cover and the December issue with the 4 page insert advertising the classic film "Grand Hotel", starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, and Joan Crawford. Each volume bound in quarter leather over cloth boards, gilt titles and rules, the binding Very Good, leather rubbed and splitting at spine ends and corners. The magazines are all Fine. This oversize 3 volume set is quite heavy; please select media mail only, and no international shipping. . First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Rare/collectible. The book is in excellent condition. The dust jacket has some wear particularly on the edges. See pictures.Subject: Business & Economics. Topic: Management.

1866 New York City Business HUGE MAP Manhattan Color Illustrated Corporation

'Manual of the Corporation of New York' is a rare, Civil War-era handbook written for businesses and businessmen in New York in 1862. This book provides details on various companies and notable buildings in New York, providing details on committee members, locations in the town, and impressive illustrations.

This 1866 edition is filled with a myriad of color full-page and folding plates!
Item number: #19725
Price: $750
VALENTINE, D.T.
Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, 1866.
New York: Valentine: 1866.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xvi, 17-820
o Heavily illustrated throughout, including large color folding map at frontispiece
· Provenance: Handwritten – Joseph Van [Clift], 1897
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o
Dark green cloth
· Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping… Read More