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2012027058Las Vegas Nevada: Stephens Press 2012. INSCRIBED / SIGNED. The insciption reads: "Lou Enjoy snippets of Las Vegas history Best regards signed Brenda & Tisha." Very Fine condition. Flat uncreased spine. Sharp corners. 2012. First Printing so stated. Edited by Jami Carpenter. From a Google books review: "When it opened in 1923 the two-room school commonly called the Westside School was the first school building on the Westside and is the oldest remaining schoolhouse in Las Vegas. Its importance in Las Vegas black history was recognized in 1979 when the school was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. This book is a collection of photographs memories and stories from teachers and alumni of the Westside school." Oversize Softcover. 8" wide by 10" tall. . INSCRIBED / SIGNED. First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Softcover. Very Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 176pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Stephens Press Paperback
20434Williams Deacon's Bank Manchester 1953 1959 and 1963. Williams Deacon's Bank Ltd which was founded in Manchester in 1836 and subsequently headquartered in London had a large network of branches in the north-west of England. It was acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1930. In 1970 it was merged with Glyn Mills & Co and The National Bank to form Williams & Glyn's Bank. Carpenter was a director of the bank for 21 years serving as chairman for 12 years. He was a leading Manchester industrialist and among the numerous positions listed in his entry in Who Was Who he was for 40 years the chairman and managing director of the Manchester cotton manufacturers Greg Brothers & Co. a leading member of the Cotton and Rayon Merchants' Association the Association of British Chambers of Commerce and the International Chamber of Commerce. He was knighted in 1951 'For services as President Manchester Chamber of Commerce'. Six items. The first five in fair condition lightly aged and worn with the first three bearing rust stains from paperclips. ONE: Typed speech by Carpenter as the bank's chairman on the opening of the bank's new head office. Headed 'THE OPENING: My Lord Mayor Mr. Governor Your Grace My Lords Your Worship last two words deleted as the Mayor of Salford was not present and Gentlemen.' 4pp. 12mo. With pencil and ink autograph emendations. The speech concludes: 'Finally we are truly grateful to the Governor of the Bank of England for so kindly accepting our invitation to officially open the building. In the course of eleven years Chairmanship of the Bank I have had ample opportunity to appreciate the invaluable part which the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street plays in the good conduct of the nation's monetary affairs. I have good reason to say also that under the Governorship of the Earl of Cromer the Old Lady is in very good hands. I have very much pleasure in calling upon Lord Cromer Governor of the Bank of England to officially open the building.' TWO: Typed speech by Carpenter as the bank's chairman during a dinner in honour of the opening of the bank's new head office. Headed: 'LUNCHEON. My Lord Mayor Mr. Governor Your Grace My Lords Your Worship last two words deleted as is 'His Worship the Mayor of Salford.' and Gentlemen.' 3pp. 12mo. He lists the 'distinguished guests present at 'Our Luncheon Table' and describes the 'handsome and generous gifts of silver' which adorn it joking about 'a Loving Cup' and 'the Betrothal Cup' and ending: 'This seems to me to be a rather improper procedfure not in keeping with the decorum of a Bank.' THREE: Typed Note Signed from William 'Bill' Lyth editor of the Sheffield Telegraph. On the newspaper's letterhead 17 November 1959. Returning 'the notes for your speech which you were kind enough to lend me last evening. They were of considerable use in checking the speech taken by our shorthand writer.' FOUR: Printed 'Statement by the Chairman Sir Eric A. Carpenter O.B.E. on the Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st December 1952 to be submitted at the Annual General Meeting in Manchester on Thursday February 12th 1953.' 4pp. 8vo. Bifolium. In double column small print. FIVE: Two leaves extracted from the Guardian newspaper 22 October 1963 the four pages pp.9-12 on a bifolium. A publicity feature with illustrations headed 'New Head Office for Williams Deacon's Bank'. With sections on 'A Vigorous Tradition' 'by Our Industrial Staff' 'The New Design by H. M. Fairhurst' 'The Old Building' and 'Training Bank Staff'. The article carries the following note: 'This article and those on the old buildings of the bank and on training bank staff were compiled from information supplied by the management of the bank'. SIX: Publicity booklet titled 'The New Administrative Headquarters of Williams Deacon's Bank Limited'. 16pp. landscape 8vo. On art paper stapled in card wraps. A glossy production beginning with 'A message from the Chairman Sir Eric A. Carpenter O.B.E.' In woeful condition with damp damage causing loss to text but the page bearing Carpenter's text and featuring a photograph of him fully legible. Williams Deacon's Bank, Manchester, 1953, 1959 and 1963. paperback
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19053iDd0039New York London & Bombay Mumbai India: Longmans Green & Co. 1905. Book. Good. Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Copyright 1905. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 146 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use with clean text. Ex-A.J. Demarest High School Library-Book with all the typical signs stamps stickers and envelopes etc. No dust jacket. Longmans, Green & Co. Hardcover
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1960SFK519-005Los Angeles CA: The Rounce & Coffin Club 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST EDITION of this volume commemorating the work of William Cheney a printer who worked in Dawson's Book Shop. 8vo. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. 6 xi 62 pp. Half-title title page in red and black inks foreword by H. Richard Archer titled "William M. Cheney" monochrome photographs of Cheney throughout; text clean unmarked. Quarter black cloth over olive green boards spine titled in gilt in original white paper dust jacket titled in black on spine of jacket in archival mylar olive green endpapers; binding square and tight very light soiling and toning with small chips at extremities of jacket. Bookplate of Jackson Burke on front pastedown. Muir Dawson's copy: notation in Muir Dawson's hand "With the 5 errata slips printed by Cheney" but these errata slips are no longer present. SFK519-005. Very Good. The volume includes H. Richard Archer's foreword originally published in the Book Club of California Quarterly News Letter Summer 1957 Vol. XXII pp. 62-5. In the foreword Archer says that Cheney's âcontribution to the private press movement of the mid-twentieth century may be slight but his position in it is assured." PROVENANCE: Bookplate on the front pastedown of type and book designer Jackson Burke 1908-1975 who designed several type faces and acted as the Director of Typographic Development at Mergenthaler Linotype from 1949-1963. The provenance in a lineage of California typophiles indicates Cheney's significant impact on private press printing in California and beyond. The Rounce & Coffin Club hardcover books
1951255475Lynchburg VA: Brown Morrison Inc 1951. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Previous owner name; this is a year calendar for students bound as a book; the calendar has metal spiral binds on spine and is bound in hardcover embossed cloth with raised lettering; paper note pad attached inside front board; binding slightly soiled. Very Good binding. Brown Morrison, Inc unknown books
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1974748077PN. New. 1974. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
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