Business from Trench Books

Evanston, IL: Row Peterson, 1941. Hardcover. EX-LIBRARY/No Jacket. Clifton Line. Wear to covers, library stamps and rear pocket, pages unmarked other than a few with finger smudges. Illus with drawings and photographs. Written for young people, this is how newspapers worked in the days when they were THE information source of choice. Discard from the Torrington lLibrary. … Read more about this item

New York: Newcomen Society of England, 1950. Second Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. Minimal wear/soiling to covers, date stamped on back. Twenty-four page booklet; a reprint of the Newcomen Address given at the Hotel Lafayette in Portland, in 1950, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Burnham & Morrill Co. Nicely illus with sketches and… Read more about this item

Sun Oil Co., 1936. Paperback. Very Good. Light wear to covers, clean and unmarked. Ten brief excerpts from Thomas' adventure books. Slim paperback booklet (36 pgs). appears to have been a giveaway item for Sun Oil (Sunoco) stations.

Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall, 1957. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Light wear to covers, clean and unmarked. Detailed textbook (400+ pgs) telling everything you need to know about opening up a store. Why anyone would want to do that, I don't know! Eighth printing of the second edition.

Harriman House Ltd, 2016. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean and unmarked, in like jacket. Possibly unread? How to think outside the box when it comes to business. "16 life-changing strategies you can use anywhere".

New York: McGraw Hill, 1962. Second Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Wear at spine ends, clean and unmarked. Price clipped jacket shows light wear. "A penetrating look at the new breed of hustling well-packaged executives scaling corporate heights".

Chicago: A.S. Barnes, 1876. Black Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Heavy wear to edges, rubbing, orig owner's name (dated 1881) in pencil inside front and back covers. Sound copy, unmarked. "Designed as a basis for instruction in that science in schools and colleges". Champlin was the president of Colby. The Treasury Dept. needs a copy of this book.

York, England: The Clique, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Very minimal wear, clean and unmarked. Four volumes: "Children's Books", "Voyages, Travel & Exploration", "Literature", and "Modern First Editions". Extra postage outside the US.

York, England: The Clique, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Clean and unmarked. Four volumes: "Literature", "Voyages, Travel & Exploration", "Children's Books", and "Modern First Editions". Extra postage outside the US.

London: Emmott & Co., 1950. First Printing . Burgundy Cloth. Good/No Jacket. It's Development, Ancillary Processes, Methods and Machinery". Wear to edges and corners, light foxing to covers and endpapers, sound and unmarked. A textbook related to the industry of reclaiming textiles. Many photos and diagrams; numerous ads in the back for textile machinery. This used to be… Read more about this item

Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2010. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. One page is creased, otherwise near fine condition, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows light rubbing, not price clipped. "A Safe Formula for Guaranteed Returns".

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Minimal wear, clean and unmarked. Jacket clean and bright. "The new revised edition of the all-time bestselling real estate book".Some facts and figures are dated, but the info and theories are still relevant

New York: Printers Ink, 1950. Second Printing . Black Cloth. Good+/Fair. Light wear/soiling to edges of cover, underlining to some pages in the first third of the book. Jacket shows wear and chipping to edges, rubbing. Written by a direct mail marketing expert, at one time the 'bible' of the business. Many charts and illus. Indexed.

W. Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing, 1970. Blue Cloth. Very Good+/Good+. Minimal wear, old price sticker on flyleaf, clean and unmarked. Jacket worn at edges, spine faded. "Here are the 21 most successful money-making techniques of all time!

Middletown, CT, 1973. Second Printing . Red Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Released for sale" stamped on flyleaf, otherwise a nice clean, unmarked copy showing only very minimal wear. "A brief account of the more significant events in the history of the County of Middlesex and of the growth of the Middlesex Mutual Assurance Company". Facsimile edition of the… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Inscription on half-title page, otherwise a nice clean copy. Price clipped jacket shows light wear. "How to start your own business and gain control of your life".

New York: Council Publishing, 1967. Black Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. Minimal wear at corners, clean nad unmarked. Jacket shows edgewear, light rubbing. The ultimate guide to the mail-order business. Somewhat dated, still lots of useful tips. Maybe I should read it?

Chicago: Dartnell Corp., 1922. Brown Hardcover. Good+/Fair. Minor shelfwear to edges, light soiling to covers; sound, unmarked copy. Jacket worn and soiled, lower back third missing. Dartnell was a company that trained and educated salesman in all lines of work back in the early 1900s. They had many thousands of salesmen signed up for their magazines and selling… Read more about this item

Chicago: System Co., 1911. Illustrated Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Wear to edges, rubbing to cover illus., unmarked. A compact guidebook to running a successful store. "Selling schemes that bring in buyers-proved plans for arranging and conducting sales-new ways of building trade through personal efforts-complete campaigns for winning country customers-specific follow-up schemes." "84 successful selling plans used and proved by… Read more about this item

Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Clean and unmarked. 675 pages. Slight wear to spine ends. Heavy volume, extra postage outside the USA.