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19332084New York: Weil McGinniss & Sloman 1933. First Edition. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Good. 97 pages. 35 x 28 cm.Volume I Number I - Quarterly magazine specifically produced for the drug and toiletry market. Large format and profusely illustrated. Compelling articles include Ephedra Congo Medicine and The Medicine Man; with an early article about "Dr. Seuss" and his early illustrating work for The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. The story goes something like this: After one of Geisel's cartoons that appeared in Judge Magazine mentioned FLIT a common bug spray at the time Geisel signed on with The Standard Oil Company and produced illustrations from May 31 1928 through 1941 which in turn helped him gain notoriety and landed him assignments with Life Liberty and Vanity Fair. Additionally a full two-page center spread color illustrated of Garbo in 1915 and again in 1933. This publication seems to be the first and last published. Covers chipped rubbed and soiled. Some pages toning to the interior. <br/><br/> Weil, McGinniss & Sloman paperback books
193916152New York: McGraw-Hill 1939. Second Printing. Two octavo volumes 23cm. Original maroon cloth titled in black and gilt on spines; pp 1-448; 449-1095. Mild external wear with some rubbing to spine ends; scattered marginalia in pencil mostly to first volume; ownership signature of Werner Schott. A solid attractive set about VG. Landmark of 20th-century economic analysis; still in print; early printings are notably scarce. McGraw-Hill unknown books
193742456Chicago: University of Plenocracy Publishers 1937. First American Edition. Octavo 22cm.; publisher's cloth in orange pictorial dust jacket; 8507pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece full-page illus. by George Clayton Field throughout. A few tiny chips to jacket extremities small stain from previously removed tape at top edge of rear panel else a Near Fine copy in the uncommon jacket. Contemporary photographic ex-libris to front pastedown of a "John J. King" a.k.a. "Buddha" with gift inscription to front free endpaper: "To Dear Lady Moore / High Priestess of Long . From 'Buddha.'" Treatise on so-called "Plenocracy" "The Science of Creating Abundance for All" rear jacket panel by the author of "Unseen Forces and How to Use Them" 1933. Ownership markings as wacky as the contents. OCLC locates five copies in the United States as of October 2018 Cal. State Northridge UCSB LC Illinois and Tennessee. University of Plenocracy Publishers unknown books
19484697Ithaca NY: Cornell University 1948. Two thick quartos not consistently paginated. A collection of recipes in two volumes collected in fourteen sections most likely issued individually: Sandwiches Salads Breads Deserts Cakes Cookies & Frostings Soups Meat & Poultry Meat Extensions Meatless and Fish Recipes Meat Substitutes Dressings Relishes and Sauces Vegetables. Recipes appear to be assembled for a specific course as each section contains a unique identification code most likely a course number. Recipes are large-scale serving between twenty-five and fifty-five and contain remarks on garnishing possible variations cost and size of serving specifically which size ladle/dipper to use in addition to the ingredient list and instructions. New York State College of Home Economics had its early beginnings in 1900 when Martha Van Rensselaer arrived at Cornell to organize a reading course for farmers' wives and evolved into a fully accredited program of home economics. In 1923 the League of Women Voters named Van Renssleaer one of the twelve greatest women in the country. These volumes belonged to Mary Louise Van Allen née Alstein Class of 1950. Mimeographed recipes are bound with colored tab dividers separating each section. In blue cloth with gold titles stamped to spines and the owner's name to lower right corner of the covers. Some rubbing and edgewear to both volumes volume one has staining/discoloration to front cover. With some very slight food stains to interior and creasing to tabbed dividers otherwise very good. Owner's name Mary Louise Van Allen inscribed on prelims and her initials appear sporadically throughout the text. OCLC records various copies of a commercially printed version of this work or a similar work printed in the 1950s and 60s but no copies of this earlier mimeographed printing. (Cornell University) hardcover books
1957005527London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1957. From the personal library of Elinor Ostrom her name and address stamp half- title page. Vincent Ostrom and his wife Elinor founded the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis in 1973 at Indiana University. Elinor Ostrom was the first and to this date only woman to win a Nobel Prize for Economics. which she won in 2009 " for her groundbreaking research demonstrating that ordinary people are capable of creating rules and institutions that allow for the sustainable and equitable management of shared resources" Indiana Univ. website. With her underlining and informed marginal notations. Both volumes are Fine with the aforementioned pencilling in Very Good dust jackets Vol. 1 has a 1" chip at head of spine affecting title and Vol. 2 a 3/8" chip across head of spine 1" chip at base of spine extending 2" across bottom front panel. . Later Printing. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Routledge & Kegan Paul Hardcover books
193335105New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1933. Second Printing. Octavo 24cm.; publisher's cloth in orange printed dust jacket; xviii2490pp. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities spine rather toned top textblock edge heavily foxed compliments card of the Michigan Association of Personal Finance Companies signed by the Director of Social Research Russell J. Darling originally paperclipped now loose to front free endpaper with subsequent rust stains. Still a Very Good or better copy in the scarce dust jacket. The earliest such history of the personal finance business authored by a statistician for the Beneficial Management Corporation a company which supervised and audited the largest group of personal finance companies in the country. Neifeld would go on to write a number of small how-to manuals on personal and consumer credit. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
194643451New York: John Day Company 1946. Second Printing. Octavo 21cm.; publisher's cloth in tan dust jacket printed in red and black; ix3297pp. A few chips and closed tears to jacket extremities none quite touching text spine very slighty toned later ownership signature to front free endpaper else Very Good overall. Important work on the business and managerial structure of General Motors by the Austrian-American political economist and professor of management. John Day Company unknown books
19112375Edinburgh: Andrew Usher & Co. 1911. Hardcover. Illustrated paper covered boards. Very good. 61 pages. Tribute to the royal family along with detailed list of sporting and athletic competitions including horse racing yachting tennis cycling cricket boxing lacrosse baseball swimming hockey golf and rowing. Unmarked blotter and calendar for 1911. Covers rubbed at edges. Interior clean. <br/><br/> Andrew Usher & Co. hardcover books
19770000469Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1977. First edition this copy inscribed & initialed by Galbraith in the year of publication. Hardcover. Slight foxing at the edges of the text block otherwise Fine in rubbed dust jacket with moderate edge wear including nicks & small losses Good or better. Tall 8vo 365 pp. illustrated. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. <br/><br/>Professor Galbraith's ambitous & exhaustive history of economics "from Adam Smith and Herbert Spencer through Marx and Lenin to Keynes ." which was the basis for the BBC documentary series. This copy is inscribed almost certainly to Andrea Hill Williams who for 47 years was Galbraith's book editor and personal assistant: "For Andrea with love/ and thanks for making/ it publishable as well/ as good/ once more/ J.K.G. - 1977." Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
19822500Le Havre France: Jobin et. Co. 1982. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards title in gilt. Very good in very good slip case. 463 pages. 25.5 x 17 cm. Technical but informative presented in list format with 36 color photographs. Bilingual in both English and French. Publishers letter laid in. Interior clean and crisp spine sunned. <br /> Jobin et. Co. hardcover books
192014043Kansas City: Burton Publishing Co 1920. First Edition. Small octavo 19cm. Cloth boards lettered in red and black; 184pp. Presentation copy warmly inscribed on front endpaper to UMWA President John L. Lewis: "To John L. Lewis Esq / I am with you heart and soul in any honest effort to better the condition of the heroic hardies who work under ground / R.D. Kathrens" dated 1920. Light wear and soil to boards; presentation leaf has been tipped-on to a stub; a few marginal marks in text possibly in Lewis's hand; Very Good. Publishes a series of letters from the author to Charles Schwab who at this time was President of Bethlehem Steel seeking Schwab's support in implementing a sort of "maximum wage" scheme in the United States. Kathrens's letters grow increasingly indignant as Schwab steadfastly ignores his requests for the courtesy of a reply: ".it is hardly consistent with the civilities--as we understand them west of the Alleghenies--to shoo me away or send me to the back door or require me to deal with the servants." Kathrens professes his own sanity and good judgment frequently enough that our sympathies fall firmly on the side of Mr. Schwab. Includes a full reprint of Kathrens' earlier effort The Menace of the Millionaire and reprints other letters to and from Samuel Untermeyer and George W. Perkins. Burton Publishing Co unknown books
198615068Amsterdam: North-Holland 1986. First Edition. Two octavo volumes; blue cloth; dustjacket; pp790-1273. Ink hand-stamps and old price-sticker residue to endpapers; Vol I lacking jacket Vol II in moderately rubbed and edgeworn jacket; else tight and unmarked. Very Good. A sound and unmarked working set. North-Holland unknown books
19104739San Francisco: Rincon Publishing Company 1910. Octavo 18 19-249 13 pages. Ads. First edition. A collection of attributed recipes written in narrative format assembled to raise funds for a club house. Includes household tips and a section on Lemon Remedies. Local advertisements precede follow and are interspersed throughout the recipes. Organized in 1898 San Francisco's Corona Club was a women's charitable and civic organization. At the time of this publication the club's numbers were limited to two hundred women but the limitation was later lifted. Sections including Social Services Book Review Child Welfare Dramatic and Household Economics carried out a wide variety of activities providing funds and support "to make this great city a better place in which to live". In rubbed and slightly bumped white oilcloth with blue titles printed to cover. Some light foxing and edgewear throughout otherwise very good. Manuscript recipes throughout twenty-seven written on blanks and in margins one laid in one tipped-in and one clipping laid in. And with the ownership inscription of "Lilian F. John 1015 Gough St. S.F." OCLC locates twelve copies; Brown 93; Cook page 32. Rincon Publishing Company hardcover books
1925106000<p>Folio pamphlet 14" x 9" green paper covers includes double-page map of Atlantic City 64 pp. Slight edgewear some minor tears around staples rear cover with small edge chip: otherwise very good generally bright and clean. This is a promotional piece put out by the Atlantic City Real Estate Board. It starts off with a health report highlighting the virtues of Atlantic City including information on its hospital the temperatures one can expect and the benefits of bathing in its waters. However most of the 64 pages are dedicated to presenting real estate values in Atlantic City. The brochure shows changes in property values from the early part of the last century to about 1925. There is a double page map of the city that shows the various districts.</p> Amusement Publishing Company, books
191928312London: George Allen & Unwin 1919. First Edition. Octavo. Olive drab boards lettered in black on spine and front cover; xvi 336pp. Inserted advertising leaf tipped in before first page of Preface. Tight straight and unmarked copy Near Fine. Social survey of British labourers mainly in the city of Sheffield undertaken immediately following the Great War. The Society was under the directorship though not credited herein of the prominent Fabian Socialist anthroposophist and educator Arthur James Freeman 1886-1972 who also founded the Sheffield Educational Settlement 1918. Among contemporary testimonials included on the inserted advertising leaf is the following from the Daily Mail: ".One of the most interesting social studies that have been made since Charles Booth's Life and Labour in London.Anyone who agrees that 'the proper study of mankind is man' could not fail to find this fascinating." See Helen Smith "Love Sex Work and Friendship: Northern Working-Class Men and Sexuality in the First Half of the Twentieth Century" in Alana Harris & Timothy Jones eds Love and Romance in Britain 1918-1970 Lon: 2015. George Allen & Unwin unknown books
19131291Brisbane: The Government Intelligence & Tourist Bureau 1913. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Good. 172 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Signed by compiler - "with the compliments of P.J. Nally Compiler 5/8/13". An extensive look at the sugar industry at the turn of the century in Australia. Filled with black and white photographic illustrations plus folding color map at rear. Covers rubbed with 2 cm. loss at rear corner interior clean. <br/><br/> The Government Intelligence & Tourist Bureau paperback books
193810797New York: Ronald Press 1938. Second printing. Octavo. Cloth boards dustjacket; 798p. Volume in Near Fine condition with dusting & faint foxing to text block edges. In original dustjacket which is however somewhat worn with small marginal losses and closed tears age-toning to spine; Good only. Elementary economics textbook published at the height of the Great Depression clearly intended as a primer for an American public forced for the first time to comprehend economic dysfunction on a catastrophic scale. Much on New Deal monetary & fiscal policy social spending etc as well as discussion of the failures of Wall Street. Uncommon. Ronald Press unknown books
19182523Bloomington Illinois: Portable Elevator Mfg. Company 1918. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps. Good. Unpaginated 20 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Illustrated catalog featuring a variety of products manufactured by Portable elevator Mfg. Company most notably the National Giant Portable Smoke House is several sizes. The catalog targets farmers with an idyllic narrative of bygone Butchering Day; "when you were a boy - don't you remember the time Gee! It was like a holiday for us.Those days have grown fewer each year. Smoke Houses are scarcer that they used to be. But they are none the less desirable." <br /><br />Company assertions discuss sanitary concerns money and economical issues profit sales recommendationstestimonials methods and ordering instructions. Covers lightly stained. A few penciled annotations on the interior. <br /> Portable Elevator Mfg. Company paperback books
196525042USSR 1965. The 7 year plan economic map with good lithographic color key gives interpretation and on back various charts show growth over time. The district map in black and white with numbers keyed to the list of districts on the back; text entirely in Cyrillic. Approx. 9 3/4" x 13" size; a little edge-wear one short 1/4" closed edge-tear; in very good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. paperback books
19105470San Francisco: Rincon Publishing Company 1910. Octavo 6 19-249 13 pages. Ads. First edition likely second printing. This printing lacks the initial 13 pages of ads but the pagination begins at "19" leading us to believe that this issue followed that with ads in the front. A collection of attributed recipes written in narrative format assembled to raise funds for a club house. Includes household tips and a section on Lemon Remedies. Local advertisements precede follow and are interspersed throughout the recipes. Organized in 1898 San Francisco's Corona Club was a women's charitable and civic organization. At the time of this publication the club's numbers were limited to two hundred women but the limitation was later lifted. Sections including Social Services Book Review Child Welfare Dramatic and Household Economics carried out a wide variety of activities providing funds and support "to make this great city a better place in which to live". In soiled and slightly bumped blue-titled white oilcloth. Tideline to the gutter at the bottom of text block Some light foxing and edgewear throughout. Good. Manuscript recipes throughout twenty-seven written on blanks and in margins one laid in one tipped-in and one clipping laid in. OCLC locates twelve copies; Brown 93; Cook page 32. Rincon Publishing Company hardcover books
194527202Mansfield Ohio: Westinghouse Electric Corporation 1945. Wraps. Good. 36 pages. Blue printed wrappers stapled. 8 1/2 x 11 inches three hole punched as issued. Worn and lightly soiled. Included is an undated Stain Removal Chart provided by Monsanto Chemical Company under the ALL laundry detergent brand very soiled/stained/pencil scribbled. Wraps. A guidebook intended for the lady of the house that reviews washing drying ironing laundry planning and buying of washables. Considering the information available on today's bottle of laundry detergent this guide is remarkably informative. It shows various fiber types classifies them identifies their sources and even shows a magnified illustration. It tells how to sort. Various types of then navailable electric irons including some most readers of this listing haven't seen even in antique shops. It even has a layout for a combination kitchen laundry that will be most efficient.<br/><br/>A useful source for anyone interested in the state of the art in 1945 and what were the hot topics manufacturers felt necessary to address at the time. Only one copy in Worldcat at George Mason Univ. as of this writing. Westinghouse Electric Corporation unknown books
196352405Saigon: Bo cai-cách dien-dia vàphát-trien nông-ngu'-muc 1963. 4to pp. 2 55 8; 55 1; text in Vietnamese with some English numerous photographic illustrations graphs & charts; pictorial wrappers stapled. "Rural Improvement. A Magazine of Extension Information Department of Rural Affairs Republic of VietNam" front cover. <br/><br/> [Bo cai-cách dien-dia vàphát-trien nông-ngu'-muc] unknown books
196152423Saigon: USOM 1961. 4to; numerous black & white photographic illustrations maps & diagrams; spine titles in ink some minor shelf wear overall very good copies in original printed wrappers. Together with USOM Rural Income Expenditure Samply Survey Preliminary Report 1965. <br/><br/> [USOM] unknown books
199137413NY:: Praeger. Fine. 1991. Hardcover. 0275935701 . First printing. Fine in green cloth. No dust jacket. . Praeger, hardcover books
197044815Washington DC: The Bureau of National Affairs Inc 1970. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm; dark green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xviii5037pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with light wear to extremities and two tiny tears. Papers presented to the Collective Bargaining Forum held in New York City May 12-13 1969. Includes contributions by Arthur J. Goldberg William F. May George Meany Virgil B. Day P.L. Siemiller ALgie A. Hendrix George Woodcock Solomon Barkin Joseph R. Crowley and others. The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc unknown books
