Search Results: Business from Tangible Tales

California: Parker & Son, 1979. Hardcover. Good. Brown leatherette cover with gilt titles, no statement of edition. A good copy overall but with much underlining throughout the first half of the text. Binding is solid, bumping to corners and spine ends. A reading copy only - not for collectors. 134 pp., with chapters on questioning technique and style, challenges and objections, biases and the influence of various socio-economic measures.

Boston: McNeel's Financial Service, 1927. Revised. Hardcover. Good. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt titles and cover illustration, revised edition, 8th printing. A good copy, but with bending at the corners and spine tips and bit of dampstain to the rear board and endpapers. Text is clean and unmarked. The hinges and joints are solid - there is one split at nearly the center of the text from being laid open, but the binding is solid. 155 pp. of advice on brokerage and speculation. Interesting and perhaps still useful, the volume also appears to be a fairly dated timepiece. A particularly dicey chapter details why women are unwelcome in brokerage houses.

Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Green cloth hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author, and members of the Stewart and Pittman families who led the company through the years. All inscriptions are to "Doc" and signers are Michael Thoele, L.L. Stub Stewart, Dorothy Chapman Stewart, and S.E. Pitt Pittman. A very good copy with wear at the spine heel and 2 previous owner's inscriptions to the front pastedown (one of whom is "Doc"). Unclipped jacket is also very good with minor wear at the spine ends, still bright and attractive. 647 pp., indexed, filled with black and white photos of the history of this Oregon grown timber legend.

Taiwan: Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Black cloth hardcover with gilt titles in near fine condition - clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket is very good, but with some light soiling and scuffing - still crisp and attractive. 373 pp., indexed. A collection of articles examining business relationships and human resource policies in Asian countries. Contents: Shaping employment relations for the 21st century: Challenges facing business, labor, and government leaders / Thomas A. Kochan --Careers of white-collar employees in the Japanese electronics industry / Rajah Rasiah --Reforming the Australian automotive industry: toward lean production or human centered manufacturing? / Russell D. Lansbury and Greg J. Bamber --Industrial relations and human resources management in the Taiwanese auto industry / Shih-wei Pan --The US auto industry: innovation amidst uncertainty / Thomas A. Kochan --Challenges facing the clothing industry of… Read More

New York: Harrington Park Press, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Trade paperback in very good condition. Prepublication information on the first two pages. Minor wear to the cover edges and a bit of a lift to the front cover. Clean, tight and unmarked. Bright and attractive. 261 pp., the monographic print of a double issue of the Journal of Homosexuality Volume 13. Faye's Books

South Carolina: The History Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "Enjoy the Scoop on Graeter's! - Robin davis Heigel. A good copy but with the front free-endpaper removed - the title page is the first page now. Autographed copy sticker to the front cover and minor wear to the boards. Interior is clean and unmarked in a solid binding. One page with the corner bent/creased. 127 pp., indexed, some photos. A journalistic history of this midwest Ice Cream icon.

Germany: PROBAT-WERKE, Emmerich, 1968. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated boards, hardcover lacking dustjacket as issued. A good only copy with soiling and scuffing to the white-based covers. Bumping at the corners and spine ends. The interior is much better - binding and hinges solid, pages clean and unmarked. Advertising half-sheet from Probat laid in at front. A history of Probat-Werke, created in 1868 as the Emmerich Machine Factory and Iron Foundry. They have been a force in the coffee industry for more than 150 years. 107 pp., black and white photos.

Germany: PROBAT-WERKE, Emmerich, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Illustrated boards, hardcover lacking dustjacket as issued. A fair to good copy with soiling and scuffing to the white-based covers. Bumping at the corners and spine ends with the spine tip paper torn about a cm into the spine board. The interior is much better - binding and hinges solid, pages clean and unmarked. A history of Probat-Werke, created in 1868 as the Emmerich Machine Factory and Iron Foundry. They have been a force in the coffee industry for more than 150 years. 107 pp., black and white photos.

New York: The Penguin Press, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Good/very good. Signed without personalization by the author on the title page, "Maureen Stanton June 15, 2011." A good copy, but with hard bumping to the head and heel of the spine, and another shallow bump to the bottom edge. Interior is very good - clean and unmarked, tight as if unread in a solid binding. The unclipped jacket is very good wtih some shelf-wear to the top edge of the panels - artfully discolored by the publisher for patena. 326, indexed, referenced, Stanton's detailed and fascinating look at the world of the second-hand treasure seekers, flea markets, and antique peddlers.

New York: Deloitte Consulting Group, 2008. Paperback. Good +. Small blue paperback with no statement of edition. Number 9 in the Straight Talk book series from Deloitte Consulting. Wear at the edges and corners and a bit of scuffing to the covers. A good plus copy overall. Pages clean and unmarked an binding tight as if new. 28 pp., some illustrations.

Amsterdam: Pergamon, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover 1st in very good condition. Minor wear to the cover edges and light bending at the spine tips. Clean and unmarked inside. Binding and hinges solid. 415 pp., indexed.

New York: Times Books, 1983. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Blue hardcover, 2nd printing in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, "To Mary. All the best. Bob Reich." A very good copy, clean, tight and unmarked. Wear to the spine tips an light edge wear. A small crease on the spine cap from the printers, evidenced by the streak of gilt clinging to it. Unclipped jacket is crisp and has minor matching shelf-wear. 324 pp., indexed. Reich has become a household name on the economy and social justice issues in his later years. Contents: Part One: Origins --I. Two Cultures --II. The Era of Mobilization --Part Two: The Era of Management, 1920 -1970 --III. The Managerial Imagination --IV. The Profession of Management --V. The Superstructures of Management --VI The Novelty of Management --Part Three: Impasse, 1970- --VII. Global Change --VIII. Paper Entrepreneurialism --IX. Historic Preservation --X. Dead-End Labor --Part Four: The Era of… Read More

California: Trivium Test Prep, 2014. Paperback. Good. Oversize paperback in good condition. Some writing and highlighting in pencil, pen, yellow and pink throughout - this is a used copy. Covers are clean, minor wear to edges and corners. Binding is solid and all pages intact. 158 pp.

Netherlands: BIS Publishers, 2004. Hardcover. Good. Oversize hardcover in slipcase. A good copy with bumps to the lower board corners and some chipping to the paper on the spine. All wear is external with the interior clean and bright. Binding and hinges solid, but lacking tightness. No dustjacket as this is a slipcased volume. Slipcase is black and brown with shipping to the paper and scuffing to the dark panels - but intact and solid. Unpaginated, a large volume of full-color examples of QuA's magnificent graphic and interior designs from 1985 to 2004.

California: Food Research Institute, Stanford University, 1943. Hardcover. Good/good. Signed and inscribed delicately by trade and commodoties expert Wickizer on the first blank, "Mr. John E. Wuff - Thanks again for your help. V. D. Wickizer." Blue cloth hardcover in dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. A clean, square copy with wear and bending at the corners and spine tips. Binding and hinges are solid though lacking tightness. Price-clipped jacket is fair to good with sunning/fading at the front edge of the front panel, chips and short tears at the top edges and some soiling/staining to the rear panel. 258pp., indexed, mapped endpapers, graphs.