The Railway Shareholder's Manual; or Practical Guide to all the Railways in the World, completed, in progress, and projected; forming an entire Railway Synopsis, indispensable to all interested in Railway Locomotion by Tuck, Henry - 1847

Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Quorum Books, 1994. First edition, first printing. Hard cover. Published Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1994, first printing. 8vo., xiii+319 pp. Inscription on front pastedown, otherwise fine.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo..

2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small blue covers with gilt title on diagonal, 2nd edn, VG, as strange a book as ever published, 4400 ready phrases with 400 more you develop with equivalent 4774 code words for unclear business purposes when you don't want anyone else to know what youy're communicating. But who would really care? For example rather than write the expression If you have any difficulty you just use the code word Sabaism; not-- if the weight does not exceed-- but Squillgee; not-- repeat your message-- but Skewback. CIA can't be more opaque than this in 122pps, plus 1894 list of people who actually use these words and phrases, including the Bank of North America (well, that makes sense, banks' don't want anyone to know what they're doing as it they do) ready for 1895 update. Lovely ink scroll name on pastedown.

London: NIsbet & Co., Ltd., 1929. Very Good, no dustjacket, cloth rubbed and with small remnants of a paper label. Contents clean, tight and unmarked. Book plate front pastedown, that of John F. Mee, who was the former chairman of the Dept. of Management at the Indiana University School of Business, an authority on the changing concepts of management and a pioneer of management education. Lyndall Urwick is recognized for integrating the ideas of earlier theorists like Henri Fayol into a comprehensive theory of management administration, most notably in his 1945 classic 3 volume work " Making of Scientific Management". SCARCE in the First Edition and NOT ex-library. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Macmillan Company 1953. (4to) 319pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Color frontispiece, black and white and color photographs, bibliography, index. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn with a shallow chip to the top of the spine and diagonal creasing and closed tears to the bottom 5-1 / 2 inches square corner of the back panel of the dust jacket. "Footprints of Assurance is a comprehensive and complete record of fire marks used by fire insurance companies in sixty-three companies. These insignia themselves tell the story of the development of one of the world's most important economic institutions. Mr. Bulau enriches the story by introducing the reader to some of the men who had been responsible for the growth of the institution. He has enlivened his account with incident and anecdote so that the lay reader may share with the profession an understanding of the spirit which has from the beginning been the distinguishing feature of the enterprise of providing security… Read More

New York. Van Norden & Amerman, Printers, no. 60 William-Street., 1852. 8vo, 22.8cm, 18p., light printed printed with with titles in publisher's decorated frame border, very good condition, (Pol). WorldCat located six copies. None on line.

John Wiley & Sons Inc. New in New Dust Jacket. 2001. First Printing. Hard Cover. 270 pages: 6.25 x 9.5 in.: 1.8: KB#005184: First Printing Number Line (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. No Remainder Marks. "This artful management primer combines in-depth lectures on finance, marketing, management strategy, leadership, and other important business topics with case studies in which a physician is faced with a critical management challenge. These cases illustrate the types of management problems faced by physicians every day, and are designed to help readers identify and acquire the core skills needed to put sound management principles into practice. This highly focused guide helps physicians develop the knowledge and management skills they need to: Expand a practice while retaining control * Influence healthcare policy * Convince someone that an idea is worth the cost * Evaluate a proposal * Position a practice… Read More

New York, Alfred A Knopf, 2010, hardcover, xiii-531 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the half-title page. Straight, tight and clean, slight spine-end and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light rubs, slight edge bumps, short scratch to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The prominent American historian and winner of the National Book award for Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and the Great Depression presents an in-depth look at the life and work of Henry Luce, widely regarded as the most important publisher of the twentieth century and founder of Time, Fortune, and Life magazines. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-&-white photographs. Appended: Author's Notes, Index. ISBN 9780679414445

Unit Editions, 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New/New. New, in publisher's shrink wrap. AVAILABLE NOW. The Original Edition by graphic design publisher Unit Editions. Size: 260mm×310mm Pages: 432 Format: Hardcover Printing: Screen printed clothbound cover. 1 colour Pantone® wrap. CMYK throughout. Typeface(s): TSTAR Printer: 1010 Printing International Ltd ===. New, in publisher's shrink wrap. AVAILABLE NOW. The Original Edition by graphic design publisher Unit Editions. -- Manuals 2: Design & Identity Guidelines is a comprehensive survey of corporate identity manuals from the golden era of identity design, the book features reproductions of 20 examples created for companies and organisations such as IBM, Westinghouse, Reuters, Knoll, the Montreal Olympics and the Dutch police. Manuals 2 also features contributions from R. Roger Remington, an insightful text by Martha Fleming, daughter of Allan Fleming, designer of the Canadian National Railway logo, alongside additional interviews with… Read More

Delhi IN, Ajanta Publications, 1991, hardcover, xvi-224 pp, First Edition, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, Signed and inscribed to by the Editor on the half-title page "To Dear Garth with pleasant memories of our meeting at the Institute on 29/X/'92 George Mathew". Straight, tight and clean with no markings, a few small spots to boards, one section of pages unopened at the top edge. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, spine slightly faded, in new Brodart sleeve. A collection of essays dealing with democratic socialism from a wide range of authors both scholarly and activist. Contributors include; Willy Brandt, Nikhil Chakravartty, U.R. Anantha Murthy, Hans Janitschek, George Stevenson and Dick Gupwell, Petra Kelly, Stephen Sherlock and, Allan J. Scarfe. Index appended. ISBN 9788120203181

This 160 year-old book is in very good condition considering its age. Binding is soiled, scuffed and gilt titles are faded. Corners and spine ends are bumped. Hinges are tight and pages somewhat browned with age with occasional foxing, especially on end papers. Twelve black and white engravings throughout. The early days of New York's stock market is described with all its characters, swindlers, winners and losers playing their part.
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