HENRY CROWN: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE COLONEL - 2 VOLUMES by Petrakis, Henry Mark & Weber, David B - 1998

Very Rare softcover copy of Cybernetics and Management by Stafford Beer.Condition is acceptable. The cover has a one inch chip and tear at the bottom of spine and there is a small water stain on the top corner of the first pages. Otherwise the pages are completely clean and crisp and in terms of the text it is in good condition without any markings. (see pictures for actual condition)

London: Effingham Wilson, 1847. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8th Ed. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 409+12pp, tables, folding diagram, original dec green cloth/gilt/blindstamped boards, new spine and endpapers..

Stated First Edition at copyright page. Presumed first printing. Date of 12/87 on back dj flap. Book and dj are in virtually new condition; no faults found in either. We will upgrade shipping to priority mail to any continental U. S. address.

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

Grand Rapids, MI: Belding Bros. & Co. / Seymour & Muir, 1906. Oversized pamphlet showing the steps in manufacture of silk thread & cloth, from silkworm eggs, the tending of the worm, extracting & spinning the thread, packaging for export, spinning & weaving cloth. Issued as part of a classroom kit including a cabinet (presumably of natural history and product samples) and chart. Includes photos of the four brothers (and their fine mustachios), Belding's mills & women's dorms, eggs & worms on leaves, cocoons & pupae, Japanese men & women rearing & feeding worms, reeling the cocoons, bales of raw silk; machines for winding, spinning, & twisting, stretching, reeling & dying, spooling, warping & weaving; some with men & women tending them. The Belding Brothers started selling silk thread door-to-door in Michigan in 1860, established their first factory in Connecticut in 1866, then three more by 1910 in their Michigan base, Belding, at one time known as the "Silk City of the World"; as well as in Petaluma,… Read More

New York: Marcel Dekker Inc., 1981. 597 bright, white pages. Bumped and worn lower corners. Heavy volume, extra shipping may apply to any service other than US Media Mail. This volume covers "both material properties and the design of components by an engineering-oriented approach...designer's-eye-view of material properties and selection, including environmental and degradation factors." Contents include: Mechancial Properties of Polymers; Thermal Behavior and Environmental Stability; Flame Retardants; Reinforced Plastics; Designing Acrylic Parts; Designing Polycarbonate Parts; Components; Designing for Elastomeric Ring Seals; Elastomer-covered Industrial Rollers; Sandwich Panels; Vibration Dampers; Hinges and Straps; Snap Fits and Press Fits; PVC Piping; Gear Design. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newburgh: Edmund Carter. Good+. 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Somewhat soiled paper covered boards with green cloth spine. Interior of text Is tight, clean & intact. Illustrated advertisements. Spine ends & corners lightly rubbed. Newburgh Directory, New York State ; Illustrated Advertisements; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages .

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

Union Publishing Company, New York, 1894. Hardcover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. Pre-publication promotional copy with pink frontispiece cover describing endorsements from Samual Gompers, President, American Federation of Labor and Eugene V. Debs, President, American Railway Union (included). The promotional copy contains 32 full page b/w photographs (mostly by A. R. Keller) or b/w sketch drawings that would appear in the published final book. 56 pp. Text is lightly yellowed typical of the pulp paper used in the printing. Leaves are clean and unmarked. There is evidence that a page 57 may have existed, but it has been torn from this copy and is missing. (When the complete book was published, it contained 491 pp.) Inside front pastedown contains a glued down leather example of the spine for the upcoming book. It is a leather strip embossed with gilt title, subtitle and author's name. Table of contents reflects 12 chapters, but only the first four chapters are… Read More

This one is in rough condition but appears to be complete and the only known original Perdue Debris Yearbook on the market before 1949. Please see photos for Fair condition. A very interesting early look at Perdue University from the Class of 1902. There are some ads at the end. No autographs other than the original owner on the ffep.