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Ambition: A Novel Bonner, Charles
New York, New York, U.S.A. Coward-McCann, Inc. 1946 Hard Copy Near Very Good Fair 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Inscribed By Author
Coward-McCann, New York, 1946. Inscribed by author on front flyleaf as follows: "To Leigh and Jim Pollak - Art is long, and so is my affection - Charles Bonner October 18, 1946". Book is in Near Very Good condition: crease and two small stains on front board; wear at top and bottom edges of spine; pages are age-tanned; binding is tight and pages are clean. Dust jacket is in Fair condition: piece of about 7" by 4-1/2" missing along the top; missing another piece of about 1/2" high on the bottom of the spine; other smaller chips; not price clipped. From the dust jacket: "...concerns the ambition common to men since they began trading in shells or wampum - the ambition to acquire wealth and power. To tell this old, ever-new story, Mr. Bonner has chosen a perhaps wryly 'dated' vehicle, the respectable banking tradition, which all but survived the crash of '29."
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14.00 USD
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Cases on Commercial Transactions Mentschikoff, Soia
Boston, MA U.S.A. Little, Brown and Company 1969 Temporary Edition Soft Cover Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
2 volumes. 1110 pages. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1963. Soft bound, with spiral binding. This is the soft bound temporary edition published one year before the hard copy "Commercial Transactions: Cases and Materials". Books are in Very Good+ condition: discoloration on exterior covers.
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20.00 USD
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Commercial Information Relative to the Principal Products of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi
Bruxelles Centre D'Information Et De Documentation Du Congo Belge et Du Ruanda-Urundi 1953 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
73 pages. Soft cover. Book is in Very Good condition - fading around all edges of covers; wear on spine. Binding is tight and pages are clean. Stamp on rear cover "Exemplaire gratuit". Contents headings are: Wood; Cacao; Coffee; Tea; Rubber; Beeswax; Copal; Copper; Diamonds; Tin; Fruits; Ivory; Corn; Cassava; Skins; Oily plants (The peanut; The sesame plant; Castor-oil plant; Oil-palm trees); Perfume plants; Textile and fiber plant (Kapok; Sisal agave; Urena Lobata and Cephalonema-punga; Cotton); Pyrethrum.
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8.78 USD
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Corporate Collections in Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, May 15 through June 20, 1976 Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Montgomery, Al, U.S.A. Museum of Fine Arts 1976 089280002x / 9780892800025 Soft Cover Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, 1976. Soft cover. In Good+ condition: chipping along spine; other light edge wear and corner wear; inside front cover has a library stamp from Cornell University but no other indicia of being ex-library; binding is tight and pages are clean. Full-page b/w illustrations of 10 works of art each from 5 different corporations in Montgomery, Alabama.
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12.50 USD
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Economic Geography Jones, Clarence Fielden
New York Henry Holt and Company 1935 Hard Copy Very Good+ No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
448 pages. Book is in Very Good+ condition - light edge wear and corner wear; slight discoloration on front board; book plate of prior owner. Binding is tight and pages are clean and bright. Laid is in a one-page document of The Classical Association of New England by its Secretary/Treasurer, dated April 15, 1941, Middletown, CT.
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13.50 USD
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Employment and Output in Protected Manufacturing Industries Vaccara, Beatrice N.
Washington, D. C. Brookings Institution 1960 0313223025 / 9780313223020 First Edition Hard Copy Very Good Minus No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Brookings Institution, Washington, D. C., 1960. First Edition. 107 pages. Book is in Very Good Minus condition: ex-library (Bowdoin College Library) with usual markings; edge wear; some discoloration on rear board; binding is tight and pages are clean and bright.
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9.90 USD
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Forty-One Years With General Motors And a Little Before and After Morgan, A.M.S.
New York, New York, U.S.A. Vantage Press 1992 0533097320 / 9780533097326 Stated 1st Edition/1st Printing Hard Copy Very Good+ Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
Vantage Press, New York, 1992. Signed by author on front free end page with date 7/31/92 (flat signed, meaning that the author signed the book but did not inscribe it to any person). Stated 1st edition/1st printing. Book is in Very Good+ condition: slight edge wear; spine slightly cocked; binding and hinges are tight, and pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition: slight rubbing at edges; price-clipped; no tears or chips. From the dust jacket: "When in 1928, A.M.S. Morgan walked into the Chevrolet plant in Georgia, just wanting to work a few days to earn the money to get to Texas, he could not have known that this would be the start of a lifelong adventure throughout the country with one of the Big Three automakers in the glory years of the industry. A story of people and places as well as automaking, this autobiography is full of good times and sad. Here is entertaining reading about one of the grand old men of one of America's grand old industries."
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15.00 USD
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Graphic Design and Reproduction Techniques Croy, Peter
London Focal Press 1972 0-240-44872-3 / 9780240448725 Second Edition, Revised Hard Copy Very Good Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
284 pages. 2nd edition, revised. Book is in Very Good condition - small stains on exterior front board, light stains on half title page, and binding shows on some pages. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition - minor edge wear. From the foreword: "This book tries to give an answer to all questions on the technical aspects and practical problems of advertising design. It is meant to be a reference work as well as a basic text book for this field. It should help the reader to develop his own advertising ideas, and enable him to influence them from the first designs through to the finished printed product."
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Investment and Speculation Woodruff, George P.
New York Alexander Hamilton Institute 1942 Soft Cover Very Good+ 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
394 pages. Faux leather cover - flexible. Paper edges are marbelized. Gilt print on spine. Book is in Very Good+ condition - has a little nick on the rear exterior board. A very handsome publication. Part of "Modern Business A Series of Texts prepared as part of the Modern Business Course and Service."
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9.68 USD
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Labor Day: A Corporate Nightmare Kemske, Floyd
North Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A. Catbird Press 2000 0945774486 / 9780945774488 Hard Copy New New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Catbird Press, North Haven, CT, 2000. Stated 1st edition. Book is new; both book and dust jacket are in New condition with dust jacket having light shelf wear. From the publisher: "Labor Day is the stepchild of holidays. It signifies the end of summer. The beginning of school. Going back to work everyone's favorite four-letter word not what we want to celebrate, at least if we've got a job. Floyd Kemske's wryly nightmarish novels don't quite celebrate work, but his fantasies certainly do get deep into the realities of the lives we lead at work: office politics, reorganizations, the management of people by other people. And they entertain as they disconcert. Labor Day is Kemske's fourth novel about the business world and his fifth novel overall. A young, unconventional union organizer, Gregg Harsh, has decided to unionize the headquarters staff of a large national union. In order to stop the unionizing effort, the president of the national union, Harvey Lathrop, asks his greatest adversary, union-buster Stillman Colby, to come out of retirement. Colby's wife is fiercely opposed to Colby's donning his business suit again and going out to battle. And then their marriage becomes even more imperiled. In Kemske's hands, what sounds like cut-and-dry drama (or possibly farce) is turned into a darkly comic labor of lies. Each of the characters bases his life on a set of ideals, but it is hard to tell the difference between ideals and desires as the characters manipulate and undermine each other and sometimes themselves. Beneath the conflict, humor, and passions, Labor Day is sad in its depiction of what people will do to defend and to spread their psychological turf."
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Life Is a Contact Sport: Ten Great Career Strategies That Work Kragen, Ken; Graham, Jefferson - FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
New York William Morrow & Co 1994 0688132820 / 9780688132828 Stated 1st Edition/1st Printing Hard Copy Very Good+ Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Inscribed By Author
202 pages. Inscribed by author Ken Kragen in gold sharpie on front deep red flyleaf as follows: "Claudia - Be a "star" in your career! Ken Kragen 1994". Stated 1st edition/1st printing. Book is in Very Good+ condition - slightly cocked spine. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition - light wear; no tears or chips; not price clipped. From the dust jacket: "...fifteen powerful chapters that use vivid examples from Ken's own star-studded life to illustrate his key concepts: *how to utilize personal assets and eliminate personal liabilities *how to think backward from your goals; how to use your career to gain a better life; how to stay optimistic and enthusiastic *how to utilize the power of your personal network *how to find and exploit opportunities *how honesty is the best gimmick *how to time your critical moves for the best result; and (as Ken's own career heartily attests) * how the power of giving is the most important career enhancer of all. Most important, 'Life is a Contact Sport' will show you how no career move can be successfully launched without a strategy based on events. When he wanted to draw attention to world hunger, Ken staged one of the biggest events of the decade - We Are The World - to both raise money and attract public attention. Whether you are a housepainter from Des Moines, an aspiring country star, or an established CEO, Ken Kragen's book provides take-home, put-to-work value on every page - advice that can be applied to any career, at any stage, and create results that you never dreamed possible." Book is in gift condition. Gift wrap and gift card available.
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12.38 USD
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Lifetime Employment: A Novel Kemske, Floyd
North Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A. Catbird Press 1992 0945774184 / 9780945774181 Hard Copy New New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Catbird Press, North Haven, CT, 1992. Book is new; book and dust jacket are in New condition; dust jacket has some shelf wear. From the publisher: "Growth Services, Inc. has a unique corporate culture: due to an extreme policy of lifetime employment, the only way to get ahead is murder. In Lifetime Employment, Kemske mixes wry humor with a few good twists of suspense to make a refreshing concoction of corperate satire. The story of Growth Service, Inc. is told throught the eyes of Gene, an assistant manager who has given up hope of ever doing what it takes to get ahead. When there is a major reorganization of the company, Gene finds himself with a big promotion and even bigger problems: his first assignment is to kill the head of Computer Operations. Gene becomes part of plots he doesn't understand. The major plotters are two women: Cynthia, who has taken control of the company; and Faith, a computer operations manager, who has her own ideas about how the company should be run. Each of them needs Gene to carry through her plan. And Gene's life is as out of control as his company; both are as comic as they are tragic. Office politics, reorganization, dog-eat-dog world -- all these terms will take on a new meaning when you read this darkly humorous novel. It is the first of a series of corporate nightmares featuring different protagonists and different sorts of companies."
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10.35 USD
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Mind Your Own Business Harman, Sidney
New York, New York, U.S.A. Doubleday 2003 0-385--50959-6 / 9780385509596 First U. S. Edition Hard Copy Near Fine Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
Doubleday, New York, 2003. 196 pages. The book is both signed and inscribed by the aurthor on the front end page. Inscription is to Ernesto Nunez. Laid in are: (1) a card saying "Harman International is proud to present Ernesto Nunez JBL Professional with a copy of 'Mind Your Own Business' by Dr. Sidney Harman", and (2) a photograph of the author at a book signing with a man standing in front of him at a table, and a yellow sticky on the rear of the photograph on which "Ernesto Nunez" is written in ink. From the dust jacket: "...Harman shares his visionary ideas about leadership, providing a welcome contrast to the bad behavior of business leaders recently dominating the news. Harman focuses on creating a culture of personal responsibility throughout his company. He likens his top management team to a jazz quartet that listens to and improvises with one another to create harmony, He stresses the need to do more for workers at every level because employees are the company's most valuable asset." Book and dust jacket are both in Near Fine condition.
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18.00 USD
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Most Uncommon Jacksonians: The Radical Leaders of the Early Labor Movement Pessen, Edward
Albany, NY State University of New York Press 1970 0-87395-066-6 / 9780873950664 First Paperbound Printing Soft Cover Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
208 pages. Stated 1st paperbound printing. Book is in Near Fine condition - light edge wear at top and bottom of spine. From the cover: "The age of Jackson saw the beginnings of America's labor movement in the emergence both of trade unions and of the Working Men's political parties. The leadership of this movement was one of its most outstanding and fascintating features. These radical leaders were 'uncommon Jacksonians' in that they stood apart from both main currents of their day -- the optimistic pursuit of material gain, and the moralistic cricticism of that pursuit by traditionalists. They advocated a different, if minority, ideology, and it is this ideology that is Professor Pessen's major concern in this book."
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7.88 USD
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Older Than The Nation: The Story of the Hartford Courant McNulty, John Bard
Stonington, CT The Pequot Press 1964 Hard Copy Very Good+ Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
The Pequot Press, Stonington, CT 1964. 231 pages. Signed by author on front end page. Book is in Very Good+ condition: dedication page has a gift card dated 1965 glued in, which was apparently the card used to give this book as a gift in 1965; light foxing. Dust jacket is in Very Good condition: chipping on edges, price-clipped, and yellowing from age. Contents are: 1764-1777 Getting Started; 1777-1779 The Darkest Days; 1779-1800 Establishing the Firm; 1800-1815 Supporting the Old Guard; 1815-1836 The People's Paper; 1836-1854 From Weekly to Daily; 1855-1864 Politics and Civil War; 1864-1869 Rocky Road to Broad Highway; 1870-1890 Gentlemen of the Press; 1870-1890 A New Home and New Horizons; 1890-1900 Modernization; 1900-1913 Editor Clark; 1913-1919 War-time Changes; 1920-1928 The Old Lady and the Flapper; 1929-1947 Depression and World War II; 1947-1964 Yesterday Today Tomorrow; Appendix A-Proprietors and Officers of The Courant; Appendix B-Circulation Volume and Rates and Advertising Volume and rates.
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17.00 USD
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Out of the Bottle Webb, Graham
UK The Webb Press, Ltd 2005 0954870905 / 9780954870904 Hard Copy Near Fine Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Inscribed By Author
The Webb Press, Ltd, UK, 2005. "Updated in February 2005 and July 2005". Inscribed by author on bookplate on front free end page with "To Prescilla: With love [signed] Graham Webb/x" Book is in Near Fine condition. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition: slight rubbing on edges; light scratches on rear. From the publisher: "'Out Of The Bottle' tells the story of Graham Webb. A high school dropout at age fifteen, he grew up in London, in government subsidised housing, and overcame the challenges of congenital spina bifida to forge a name in the world of business and haircare. Graham is the figurehead of globally distributed, multi million dollar hair care company Graham Webb International. The company was sold to Wella in 2001, who themselves were purchased by Proctor and Gamble in 2003. This is the compelling account of Graham's personal and professional struggles and accomplishments that will resonate with all readers. An instinctive entrepreneur, the teenage Graham ignored sixty-two job application rejections, and went on to build a successful career in the UK; and in the USA with his business partner Robert Taylor, the man behind the blockbuster successes of Softsoap; and the Obsession and Eternity fragrances. After being appointed chairman of the Institute of Directors (Kent) and serving on councils of the Confederation of British Industry, Graham was asked by patron HRH Prince Andrew, and Lord Kingsdown, to be honorary chairman of the NSPCC Kent 'Full Stop Campaign' (the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children). Graham rose above the medical problems he kept secret, gained confidence, and despite doctors expectations, became a happily married father of four children after marrying his best friend Mandy - his wife of thirty three years. With tales of his unpredictable encounters with scores of famous and influential musicians, Graham describes how he balanced drumming professionally in rock'n'roll bands with building his own global business from scratch. The motivational story 'Out Of The Bottle' is embroidered with entrepreneurial insights, humorous anecdotes and startling coincidences."
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Peasant Capitalist Industry: Piecework and Enterprise in Southern Mexican Brickyards Cook, Scott
Lanham, MD, U.S.A. University Press of America 1984 0819143227 / 9780819143228 Soft Cover Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
240 pages. Book is in Good condition - edge wear and creasing on covers; old (probably original) price lightly stenciled on front fly leaf; green highlighting on page 1; ink underlining on pages 2 & 3; pencil underlining on pages 2 through 26; the rest of the book (i.e., pages 27 through 240) is clean and bright; and the binding is tight.
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Picket Lines and Bargaining Tables: Organized Labor Comes of Age, 1933-1955 Brooks, Thomas R.
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1968 Hard Copy Very Good+ Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1968. 154 pages. Book is in Very Good+ condition - tiny indent on top of boards; board slightly cocked; exterior and interior bright and clean with tight binding. Dust jacket is in Very Good condition - 4 tiny tears along top edge; rubbing on corners; faded spine. Not ex-library and not a remainder book. From the Introduction: "Collective bargaining gives laboring men and women some say about the conditions of the their employment. In 1935 Congress acted to make this desirable condition a matter of national interest. This book tells the story of what happened in the following two decades when working men and women sought to take hold of their own destinies." Chapter titles are: Organize the Unorganized; The Houe of Labor; Yellow Dogs, Finks and Nobles; The Blue Eagle; John L.; Sitdown!; Big Steel...Little Steel; How Much Production..., Mr. Hook?; Strike!; and Merger.
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