Brochure promoting the Vienna Fair for 1936. The Fair exhibited a wide range of goods for merchants, industrialists, tradesmen and agriculturists. Brochure gives General Information, travel hints, Vienna attractions etc. Unfolkds to 44cm by 20cm, printed on both siudes with 8 panels.Bright, attractive front cover in red, white, teal and black; decorative illustrations in vertical panels. Unmarked but a little grubby and worn with several creases where folded. Printed by Kosel, Vienna. Eligible for inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates within Canada, and to the USA and other Countries. View More...
Corporate Newsletter outlining activities of the Vosper Thornycroft Group in the shipbuilding business. Front cover picture and text on the completion of H.M.S. Abdiel a Royal Navy minelayer. Sheet unfolds to 59.5cm wide, printed on both sides. Clean and unmarked. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations View More...
Corporate Newsletter outlining activities of the Vosper Thornycroft Group in the shipbuilding business. Sheet unfolds to 59.5cm wide, printed on both sides. Clean and unmarked. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations View More...
Corporate history of the French Company, Air Liquide. English language text. 191pp, profusely illustrated. Very bright and clean. Unmarked. Sound binding, no wear to cloth. About 'as new'. Heavy book weighing 1.4kg. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. USA postage usually $6.50 or less. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Maximum postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be approx US$15.00- up to 5... View More...
'An account of the coming of the machines, the making of a new way of life in the mill hamlets, the triumph of evangelical capitalists over socialists and infidels, and the transformation of the workers into Christian soldiers in a cotton-manufacturing district in Pennsylvania in the years before the Civil War '. 553pp, illustrated. Bright, clean copy. Ink name to top margin of ffep otherwise unmarked Tight, square binding. Similar, unclipped dustjacket in brodart. Almost 'as new'. Weight, 1.016kg. View More...
Biography of Chinese-American Industrialist, An Wang [1920-1990], founder of Wang Laboratories. 248 pages, [28] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Book is bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square, no wear to the boards. Price-clipped dustjacket is very nearly similar. Weight, 612g. View More...
History of the celebrated Publishing Company, John Wiley, specialists in Books on Science and Technology. Articles by 28 contributors. 1st edition, 4to, 7.5"x10.25", 242pp, photo illustrated, illustrated endpapers. An attrarctive hardcover with brown spine and beige linen boards. Good copy, clean and tight, though lacking dustjacket. Weight, 941g. View More...
Promotion book published by the British Tobacco firm, W. D. &H. O. Will Co., of Bristol. Gives a brief history of tobacco, its uses, manufacture etc., and, an account of the part played by the Port of Bristol in this history. 64pp, photo illustrated. Antique illustration reproduced on front boards. Very attractive copy of a book with above average production values. Bright and fresh. Small ink name, date to ffep, otherwise unmarked. Almost 'as new' in appearance. Weight, 280g. View More...
A history of one of Vancouver's leading private clubs. 196pp, color photo illustrated, b&w photos, illustrated endpapers. Fine copy, 'as new'. Weight, 1.1kg. View More...
A history of one of Vancouver's leading private clubs. Bold signature of the author on the title page. 196pp, color photo illustrated, b&w photos, illustrated endpapers. Fine copy, 'as new' except for a 1/2" tear to top of front panel. Weight, 1.1kg. View More...
Share Certificate issued by the Yukon Tungsten Co. Ltd. Company, Incorporated under the Companies Ordinances of the Yukon Territory, head Office at Whitehorse. The company owned tungsten property in the Rancheria area of the Yukon Territory and commenced operation in the early 1950. The mine/mill was destroyed in a fire in the late 1950s. Certificate for 50 shares at $1.00 each dated 1952. All signed by the Company President, G. Y. Wilson. Not cancelled and not endorsed. View More...
History of the Bank of California and its growth as California and the West grew. 106 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm. OCLC Number: 3102047'. Attractive book with solid production values. A fine copy - bright, fresh and unmarked, though we must mention a very small bookplate to the verso of the front board. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. This item weighs 527g. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance, USA rates by weight alone. View More...
Commercial Invoice from a Business in New York City in 1840. The business was located at No. 56, Maiden-Lane and 597 Broadway in New York City. Made out to a Mr. Henry Pansin [/} for various items, described in detail, totalling $50.19. 15 lines of items! Printed Bill head, balance is handwritten and signed by a store employee. Old folds, otherwise a sound, attractive document. Scan available. View More...
Hilarois anthology of bizarre business stories. Introduction by Sir Peter Parker. Illustrated by Michael Ffolkes. 8vo, 123pp, illus. Hardcover in red cloth with price-clipped dustjacket. Book is Fine, dustjacket is almost so. Weight, 320g. View More...
British college textbook guide to the position of 'Clerk of the Works', a supervisory position in the Construction trade. Undated, circa 1930. A volume in 'The Reference Library of The Bennett College'. 346pp, numerous diagrams and illustrations. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Unmarked. Very minor wear to cloth. Weight, 890g. View More...
The book tells the story of the brewery line of the Molson Family. 1st edition, 8vo, 370pp, photo illustrated. Hardcover in red cloth with unclipped dustjacket. Bright, clean copy in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. Near new condition. Weight, 806g. View More...
An account of the first 75 years in business of the F. W. Woolworth Co Retail Chain. The Department Stores closed in 1997, the name was changed to the Venator Group and , 2001. to 'Foot Locker'. 62pp, [2pp], profusely photo illustrated. Bright, red cloth boards with gilt titles. Internal;ly, card wrappers reaim. The book is 'mint' - bright, clean and unmarked. No wear to the cloth. Unpacked weight, 482g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. No taxes on Canadian, American or Oversea... View More...
A history of the insurance industry of British Columbia. xii, 218 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 x 26 cm. BRight, clean, unmarked copy in a nearly similar, unclipped dustjacket. Almost 'as new'. Heavy book. Weight, 1.316g. View More...
Management of the information systems function in the information-age organization. 473pp, diagrams, charts. Bright, clean, unmarked interior with a sound binding. Minor soiling to boards. Weight, 860g. View More...
A volume in the 'Cutting Edge' series of books on design and designers. 61pp, profusely illustrated in color, high production values. Bright, clean copy. Name to fpde, otherwise unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 450g. View More...
