Search Results: Industry & Trade from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

Framingham MA: Hodgman Rubber Co (Franklin Advertising, Boston), 1938. Illustrated by two-color photos and line drawings. Wire-O Binding, Silver covers pr & dec brown and red. (8"). pp. [23]. VG. Included is single fold sheet announcing the New Laboratory, October 21, 1943, (2 b/w photos and text verso)..

Hamburg: Gesellschaft der Bucherfreunde, 1958. Limited edition. No. 314/450. Blue paper covered boards with topboard title paste-on. 8vo. pp. 43, [5]. Very Good. Ca p chipping and stain to boards, internally fine. Foreword by R. Johannes Meyer. [50 years the company book-lovers to Hamburg EV List of events and publications in the years 1908-1957]..

Scranton PA: International Correspondence Schools, 1968. Illustrated by 26 b/w and 34 b/w Text Figures. First edition. 4015A and 4015B, both Edition 1. 2 volumes. Tan and Blue stapled wraps. 8vo. pp. 51, 5; 58, 6. Near Fine. Internally fine, soil to cover, rusted staples. ICS Course and examination questions. Post as one book..

Scranton PA: International Correspondence Schools, 1971. Illustrated by b&w text figures and photographs throughout. later printing edition. c.1954, 1964, 1968. 6698-1, Edition 2. Tan and Blue stapled wraps. 8vo. pp. 58, 4. Near Fine. Internally fine, light cover soil, rusted staples. ICS Course and examination questions..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Illustrated by b/w text photographs and reproductions. Stated first (SD) edition. Quarter paper boards, uncut fore-edge. 8vo. pp. 501, [1] Abouts. Notes, Index. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Matching corner bump to book and jacket, light wear. ISBN: 0679445943. [Winner of Pulitzer and Bancroft for "Midwife's Tale"]..

New York: Bruce Publishing, (1939). Illustrated by 141, 166, 190, 178 (respectively) figures in text (photos and line drawings). c.1938-39. Stated second printing. 4 volumes. Cloth backed burgundy striped wraps. 8vo. pp. 504. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. School bookplate each pastedown. Unit 1: Power plants, oiling and cooling systems (NF, ink name on cover ); Unit 2: Engine repair and maintenance (NF); Unit 3: Fuel ignition systems (NF); Unit 4: Automotive electricity (VG, short crease, corners slightly curled)..

Berlin: Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), 1918. Illustrated by 24 color plates of production figures for fabrics and textile industry. Stated 2nd edition. Illustrated clay stitched wraps. 8vo. pp. 40, 24 talfel, vii (ads). About Very Good. Cover chipped at caps and bottom corner; heavily toned pages, plates fine. Example of Plate title: Die Leinenspinnereien der Welt (Linnen Mills of the World)..

Philadelphia & London: Henry Carey Baird & Co, 1888. Illustrated by one pull out plate, 27 engravings, 77 text figures. First (SD) edition. Original blind-stamped cloth with gilt print. 8vo. pp. 419, [iv ads], 32 catalog. Index. Very Good. Joint nick, tight beeautiful copy..

Boston: Press of Crocker and Brewster, 1853. Illustrated by Tissue ports. First edition. Original Brown blind-stamped cloth. 8vo. pp. 432. Very Good. Foxed note clipping left in. History 1795 to 1853, founded by Paul Revere and Benjamin Russell promoting mechanic arts in the Green Dragon Tavern. "Founding members included tailors, hatters, hairdressers, bakers, blacksmiths, whitesmiths, goldsmiths, watchmakers, coopers, engine-builders, painters, printers, bookbinders, booksellers, curriers, shipwrights, riggers, sailmakers, ropemakers, cabinet-makers, housewrights, masons, bricklayers, paint-sellers, saddlers, farriers, furriers, cordwainers, silk-dyers." Buckingham started the New England Journal in 1831 and later joined the group..

London & New York: Theol Audel & Co, 1912. Illustrated by 380 b/w figures. First edition. c.1911 New York. Green cloth backed leather. 12mo. pp. [2] blank, [4] Cross-Sectional diagram 4-cylinder car, [16], xvi, 17-476, [19] Illustrated Ads, [3]. Very Good+. Repaired spine, internally near fine with tiny endpaper chip and straightened corner crease. Sturdy copy worth an eventual rebacking..

New York: (Burough Press), (1927). Illustrated by Dark black and white text engravings. First edition. Double brass pin bound faux texture printed card binding, gloss paper (Cover title: Textile Balances and Scales). 4to. pp. 33, [1] Equivalents. Near Fine. Light cover depressions from brass pins, internally fine with (broadsheet) price list for Catalog No. 37 T laid in. Nineteen scales, four balances and two accessories, each with illustration. Includes 'vanity' company listings using eight categories of scales and balances of the Torsion Balance Co. (Established 1886) and Christian Becker, Inc (Established 1836). Scale example: "Cotton and Worsted Yarn Calculating Scale No. 5010, To ascertain the yarn number (from No. 200 to No. 5) of cotton, worsted yarn or spun silk without calculation or use of weights". Balance example: "Conditioning Oven Balance No. 60, Especially designed for use with conditioning ovens for determining moisture content in textiles"..

: National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs, 1941. Illustrated by b/w photographs by R. V. Roberts throughout. Later edition. c.1939. Stitched wraps. 8vo. pp. 52. Notes, Index, Ads. Very Good. Ink cover owner, overall toning..

Zurich: Fraumunster, (1946). Illustrated by color, tipped-in and b&w plates with line drawings, photographs and reproductions in text. First edition. Mock quarter cream backed taupe cloth with topboard print and emblem. 4to. pp. 244. About Very Good/Lacks jacket. Edges are worn and frayed, cloth joints starting, internally near fine with overall page toning and sound hinges. Wonderfully illustrated History of Tobacco with additional chapters by Dr. Albert Baur, Albert Ehrismann, Hermann Hiltbrunner, Dr. Gottlieb Henrich Heer, Max Mumenthaler, Ernst Hanhart M.D., Dr. Richard Kirchbraber. Reading copy, oversize..

Cambridge Ma: Sterling Chemical Co, 1918. Illustrated by b/w line drawings. First edition. Stapled-wrap, color pictorial cover in red and black, punched hanging hole top near spine. 32 mo. pp. 72. Good. (Some curling to page edges, darkening and some staining). Control of assorted home, pet, gardening and human pests and Ads for products such as Whale Oil Soap, Bird Tonic, Ant Driver, Diarrhea Remedy, Croup Remedy, No Scab, Anti Crow Corn Oil, Sheep Dip, Arsenate of Lead..

New York: McGraw-Hill , 1947. Illustrated by b/w line drawings. 4th edition. Blue cloth, gilt print and dec. 8vo. pp. 188. Index. Fine/No jacket..

Cambridge MA: Harvard University, 1925. Illustrated by b/w forms, charts, tables. First edition. Bulletin No. 25. Burgundy ribbed cloth, gilt print spine. 8vo. pp. x, [2], 215, [1], [2] Series Ad to No. 55. VG-/No jacket. Cap and corner wear, (ink owner), minor board stain, one foxed page spot..

Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, (December 1977). Illustrated by b/w photos and line drawings. 4th printing of first edition. c. March 1976. Brown washable softcover. 8vo. pp. 392. Index. Near Fine. Slight pucker to spine, internally as new..

Cambridge MA: Harvard University, 1912. Illustrated by charts. First (SD) edition. Harvard Economic Studies VIII. Crimson cloth, gilt print spine. Short Royal 8vo (22.5cm). pp. xii, 415. Very Good. Cap and corner wear, owner stamp, light vertical ink lines pp. 255, rear hinge starting..

New York: OSC 565-67 Broadway NY 12, 1952. Illustrated by b/w. First edition. Stapled wraps. 8vo. pp. 15. Near Fine. Period mailing label rear..

Brooklyn, NY: A. Schrader's Son (Scovill Manufacturing), n.d. Unspecified edition. [Catalog 45 was issued in 1939]. Stapled wraps. 8vo (21cm). pp. 65. Very Good+. Distributor label (Brierly, Lombard & Co., Worcester, MA) to lightly soiled cover, internally near fine (unread)..