Business/Industry from Gilt Edge Books

New York: Summit Books, 1981. Stated First but is BOMC. Paper Money is a brilliant and tremendously important work. From this book the reader will understand how the age of paper money arrived, what it means, and how it has changed our lives.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1981. 512pp including index. A permanent program that will protect you against inflation and depression. It shows you how to design your own investment program, one that suits your needs and objectives. With the ideas in this book, you can prepare for the future without knowing what the future will bring. Price-clipped… Read more

New York: John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited, 1989. Fred Harmon offers a timely strategy to put you back in the driver's seat of your career....a strategy that can help you achieve any level of corporate success you want, no matter how oppressive the prevailing business climate seems. You'll learn that you don't have to become a workaholic… Read more

London: Heywood & Company Ltd., 1955. Preface to Fifth Edition.... Foreword to Sixth Edition by G.F. Andrews (with errata). A. Selwyn's book has proved to be indispensable to the person entering the jewellery trade, and a convenient and reliable book of reference for the more experienced. For this sixth edition, chapters on clocks and watches have been added and… Read more

Toronto: Methuen, 1985. The Thompson empire is the complete saga of an international corporate giant with assets of over 10 billion dollars in fourteen countries. It offers a telling portrait of the major executives and advisors and the family members who make up the Thompson network.A clean bright book in a price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good.… Read more

Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1988. Pennziol Co. Vs Texaco Inc. The court battle that embroiled two corporate giants and an army of attorneys in a bitter struggle that spanned half a decade. Shannon was a member of the jury. Christmas gift sticker to ffep.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994. Wendy's founder Dave Thomas knows there are all kinds of success and many different ways to achieve it . A lot goes unnoticed. Noticed or not, one thing for sure- the ingredients of success are basically the same for everyone.Illustrated with color photos. A very nice copy,. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.… Read more

Toronto: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1983. Spanning six generations and more than two hundred years, the Molson Saga tells the story of the Brewery line of the Molson family. Illustrated with 64 b/w photographs and a family tree. Gift inscription to ffep. Bruise to lower corner of front board. Price intact dust jacket.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover.… Read more

North Vancouver: J.J. Douglas Ltd., 1977. The story of that extraordinary expansion of the West Coast of Canada is closely connected to the careers of two extraordinary men : the Englishman Edward Stamp, Crimean veteran, merchant sailor and instigator of innumberable business ventures and the "enterprising Mr. Moody," a tenacious and self-effacing American. Illustrated with a section of b/w… Read more

Massachusetts: Addison- Wesley Publishing Company, 1983. The Fifth Generation: A new breed of supercomputers so fast they can surpass today's machines a thousand times over, so smart that they can outthink humans. Science Fiction? Not quite. An immaculate bright book in a price-clipped dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. This author provides a perceptive, far reaching and profoundly original analysis of the economic crisis of the seventies, and finds that we are at a turning point, a crucial time of decision that will affect the future of America and the world for generations. Name to fep. Price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition, First Printing.… Read more

Ottawa: DSS, 1984. Foreword by J.C. Corkery. This book is filled with an unprecedented wealth of information, certain to fascinate any reader who has felt the lure of coins and their story. It's a book of history and of people. John Cabot walk its pages as well as Winston Churchill, Earl Grey etc. Highly illustrated in b/w and color.… Read more

Toronto: MacFarlane Walter & Ross, 1992. Illustrated with b&w photos. Canada's state oil company ranks as one of the great financial disasters in the long and messy history of Government intrusion into private enterprise. Self-Serve puts the Petrocan story in its international context, tracing the conflicts between oil companies and governments since the turn of the century. Remainder mark… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. The author takes us behind the lines of six major corporate battles of the 70's and 80's to illustrate ways in which war is calculated, planned and waged: Ted Turner vs The Networks, Coke vs Pepsi, Penthouse vs Playboy, People Express vs The Airlines and General Motors vs The Japanese. Illustrated price-intact dust jacket.. First… Read more

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1986. A lively, multi-faceted story of business, politics, technology and the people who brought the twentieth century air transportation revolution to Canada. From the formation of Trans-Canada Air Lines in 1937 to become Air Canada a major intercontinental airline. 368 pp. Illustrated with b/w photographs on semi-gloss stock. Eps are illustrated with drawings of the… Read more

New York: Doubleday & Company ., 1950. This is the inspiring story of the origins and growth of one of the most famous organizations in the world - The American Express Company. A 100 years of history. 287 pp includes index. Illustrated with two sections of b/w photographs on semi-gloss stock. A list of illustrations provided. An Advance of… Read more

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1982. What this book is about is to show how careless policies in Canada over-rewarded the multinationals and why it is so important that Canadians, at a minimum manage to reach the target of 50 percent control of production revenues by 1990. A bright clean copy in an illustrated price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition, First… Read more

New York: Mayflower Books, 1978. This book provides brilliant insights into how a business actually makes its impact on markets, society and itself.... and how it should. It is aimed primarily at managers and will also be of interest to young people who are thinking of going into business. Preface by the author. Profusely illustrated.... in b/w and much… Read more

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1963. Inscription reads " With best philatelic wishes Herman Herst Jr" written in ink to ffep. One of America's leading stamp collectors and dealers has packed hundreds of anecdotes, stories, memories, all true, into this generous chronicle. Not only does the reader receive Mr. Herst's personal history but also rare items… Read more

Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 1979. This outstanding biography deals with the remarkable career of Donald Gordon, who came to Canada from Scotland as a twelve-year old immigrant and rose from a first position as bank clerk to be a deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, chairman of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board during World War II, president of… Read more