Old Bookshelf

The Truth About Corporate Accounting

Briloff, Abraham J. · 1981

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

New York Harper & Row First Edition 64mo - up to 3" tall Signed by Author(s) 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...

New -England Mercantile Union Business Directory Part 6.- Connecticut. Containing a New Map of Connecticut, an Almanac for 1849, a Memorandum for Every Day in the Year, and a Business Directory For the State

1849

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

New York Pratt & Co. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall 149pp + 22 addendum, folding map of Connecticut. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering. Spine faded, light wear and tiny chip at head of spine, contents age-toned but clean and unmarked, folding map is in very sound conditi...

The Elgin Almanac Illustrated; Elgin National Watch Co.

Elgin National Watch Co. · 1876

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,927)

Chicago/New York Elgin National Watch Co. Frederick Stuart Church Pictorial wraps, unpaginated. Water staining to cover, contents unaffected and clean, margin tear to one leaf with no loss of text. Cleverly illustrated by Frederick Stuart Church. Whimsical poetry, fascinati...

The History and Romance of the Paisley Shawl

Stewart, A.M. · 1946

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 33pp. No listing of publisher, or publisher place or date, though c1946. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, 4 photogrpahic plates, errata slip tipped-in on front free endaper, former owner's name and date (1954) on front endpaper. Very good...

The Letter Writer's Own Book: or, the Art of Polite Correspondence.

Unknown · 1844

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Lipsiae (Liepzig) John B. Perry 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall 180pp. Blue cloth with heavy paper book cover bound to book. Light foxing, text otherwise clean and binding is tight, former owner's name and other notations in pencil on front endpapers. Evidently former owner applie...

The Business Man and His Government

Lawrence, David · 1929

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, DC The United States Daily Publishing Corporation First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Signed by Author(s) Unpaginated 45pp. Salmon colored boards and salmon endpapers. Book is clean, unworn and unblemished. SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper. Near ...

Writing and Communicating in Business

Janis, J. Harold · 1964

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York The Macmillan Company First Printing Signed by Author(s) 502pp. Black cloth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. Book is in bright and clean condition. Dust jacket is lightlly worn. Near Fine Very Good

Confederate and Southern Bonds; Criswell's Currency Series - Vol. II

Criswell, Grover C. Jr. · 1980

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Florida Criswell's & Criswell's Publications Second Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 374pp. Grey cloth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper. Book is clean and sound inside and out. Photo illustrations of every bond listed. Very Good

Your Insurance and How to Profit By It

Levy, Michael H. · 1955

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York Harcourt, Brace and Company First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Carl Rose Signed by Author(s) 173pp. Black boards. Unworn condition, mild toning to pages, dust jacket has some short tears to edges. Front free endpaper is warmly and creatively inscribed by the a...

The President of a Small College

Sammartino, Peter · 1954

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Rutherford, New Jersey Fairleigh Dickinson College Press First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 163pp. Grey cloth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Author on front free endpaper. Spine darkened, cover and contents clean and sound. Very Good No Jacket

How to Get Workmen

Worman, H.A. · 1913

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Chicago A.W. Shaw Company First Edition Tall 8vo 64pp. Light green cloth, pastedown label to front cover. Very little wear, light soil to cover, contents are clean . Advice on seeking and retaining employees. Very Good No Jacket

Ladies and Gentleman Said the Ringmaster (Signed)

Kahn, Joan · 1938

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

New York Alfred A. Knopf First Edition First Impression 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Joan Kahn Signed by Author(s) 42pp. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. Covers faded and stained, contents occasionally foxed, some child's coloring, underlining and scribbles to several pages...

The American Silk Journal (Vol. I, No. 4 April 1882)

The American Silk Journal · 1882

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

New York Rose & Clifford Folio - over 12" - 15" tall 20pp +4pp ads. Printed grey wraps. Covers chipped, detached and lightly soiled, cover detached, chipped and missing a 2 x4 inch piece (no loss of text, contents are partially detached, but all is present. pages are age-ton...

Red-Lead and How to Use It In Paint

Sabin, A.H. · 1917

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York Privately Published Sixth Printing 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 97pp. Blue flexible baords, gilt lettering. Very light wear, endpapers partially darkened, text is clean, owner's stamp on front pastedown. An early publication of this title. Very Good No Jacket

With a Great Deal of Luck

Cromwell, Jarvis · 1976

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Dalton, Massachusetts Privately Printed First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 149pp. Blue cloth. A clean and fresh copy, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. Near Fine No Jacket

The Short Rule Arithmetic and Accountant's Referee

David, Wm. K. · 1903

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Philade;phia Wm K. David 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 88pp. Very light soil and wear, contents toned but clean and unmarked. In a well-preserved state. Illustrated. Basic math and accounting. Very Good No Jacket

Canada 1939; Manuel Official des conditions présente et des progrès Récemts

Bureau Fédéral de la Statistique Ministère du Commerce · 1939

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Ottawa Ministèe du Commerce 195pp, folding map and folding plates. Text in French. Corner chipped and other moderate wear, some cover bleeding to edges and margins of last pages, text mostly clean and sound. Good

Sidelights on Aluminum and Non-Ferrous Metals

Brile, L.M. · 1919

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New Haven, Connecticut United Smelting & Aluminum Co. First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 152pp. Black and grey printed card wrapper. 2 color frontispieces plus black and white illustrations, folding table of alloys tipped-in at rear. Cover moderately worn and lightly s...

How to Obtain a Patent

Victor J. Evans & Co. · 1932

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Washington, DC Victor J. Evans & Co. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 56pp. Stapled pictorial wraps. Short tears to lower edge, cover and contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Laid-in is an introductory letter from Victor Evans Co., a blank Record of Invention certificate and a r...

Developing an Industry

Dodd, Philip S. · 1910

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Cleveland Philip S.Dodd 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 61pp. Limp suede over card stock, gilt lettering and logo. Chipping to head and tail of spine, a 3/4 inch sot on front cover, rough cut edges, text is clean. The history of the National Electric Lamp Association which was c...