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Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C, 1927. Edition Unstated. Softcover (Side-stapled). Good Condition/None (as issued). Book . Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Trade promotion series No, 50. Wrapper is dark brown and worn around edges with 1/2" of bottom outside corner missing; title on cover and spine. Spine is creased. Text block is tight and unmarked; paper brown from age with several bottom corners dogeared. Dept. of Commerce report on response by countries to tanner's needs for "better grade leather at minimum prices." Overall summary and country-by-country report. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 210 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; International / General; United States; 1900-1920; Business, Finance & Marketing. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 824. .

Law Research Service, Cincinnati, 1944. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book . G+ HB with no DJ. vii, 138 p.; 19 cm. Red textured cloth over boards with faded gold title on cover. Scarce (WorldCat finds only four copies). Legal treatment of "New Deal" labor policy and fascinating early advice on how to supervise women workers. Proposes eight types of women, including Loquacious, Repulsive and Voluptuous. "It is true that women in industry constitute a problem, however much difficulty can be avoided by application of proper personnel methods." Size: Duodecimo (12 mo; up to 7 3/4" / 17.5-20 cm tall). 138 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Management; Business, Finance & Marketing. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 265. .

The Argyle Press, Chicago, 1925. 3rd printing. Hardcover. Very Good- Condition. Book Third printing (January 1926) of the first book by Dies, a financial writer who served on the Chicago Board of Trade. It provides an explanation of how the Grain Exchange operated. Several books on commodities trading followed, including a fictional account, "The Plunger: or, the Story of the Wheat Pit," with a story that draws from the non-fiction background in this book. In a story that sounds familiar, the AP reported on Sept. 30, 1930, that the Chicago Board of Trade was investigating wheat hedging by Soviet Russia. The last paragraph of the story mentions this book: "To other statements, in which it was suggested the government should go beyond the Russian charges and investigate 'grain gambling,' officials referred their inquisitors to a book called 'The Wheat Pit' by Edward Jerome Dies of the board of trade. In it Dies explains the necessity for hedging as a means of insurance… Read More