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New York: Oxford University Press, 1924. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Two volumes bound in red cloth with titles and rules stamped in gilt. Corresponding 1924 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. Top edges gilt. Inscribed and signed by the author, dated Jan. 31, 1925, to fellow author Eugene McAuliffe, with McAuliffe's bookplates to the front pastedowns of both volumes. Pps xix, 1-475 (I); 476-959 plus index (II). In this forward-looking pre-crash work the author promotes a comprehensive program for a happy life through practical business management. Both volumes show only a touch of edgewear, with solid hinges and square bindings. Other than the authorial inscription, the books are unmarked. Eugene McAullife, the author of "Railway Fuel", was president of the Union Pacific Coal Company. His bookplate illustrates an ore tower with crossed picks, the border of which shows chunks of coal. Altogether a handsome set with an excellent… Read More

New York: Vantage Press, 1952. First Edition (NAP). . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Bound in pale green cloth with titles in red. Review copy with the publisher's stamp to the front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Essays on religion, politics, economics, education and demographics. The cloth shows only a hint of edgewear. The jacket has a bit of light edgewear and a tiny chip at the heel of the spine. Clean and tight; jacket in mylar. Uncommon.

Privately Printed, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. photographs. Very Good in very good dust jacket. First edition. . The life of this Omaha businessman, whose specialty was plumbing and heating. Large section of historic photographs of Omaha. Rear of book has large fold out panorama of downtown Omaha