Business from Dodman Books

Ruston & Hornsby, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Centenary company hstory of Ruston & Hornsby, leading locomotive and engine manufacturer. Well illustrated. Stock toned. A little marking to endpapers. Green cloth well worn to edges and dulled to spine, faded and lifting to rear. Thus best regarded as a… Read more about this item

London: Sherratt & Hughes, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Discursive and entertaining memoirs of life on the road as a commercial traveller. Stock toned, moreso to endpapers, but in general all in good internal order. Some pencil notation to index and occasional pencil underlining. Attractive pictorial boards a little… Read more about this item

London: Elm Tree Books, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed to fep by Eric Lobb, proprietor of the firm at the time this history was written. All in near fine, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Light wear only to smart dark grey boards with bright silver titling… Read more about this item

Reading: Co-Operative Wholesale Society, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Well illustrated regional co-operative movement history. Stock lightly toned but otherwise all in VG internal order. Blue boards lightly marked and a little worn, moreso to spine. 12mo. 134pp

London: D J Freeman & Co, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Comprehensive guide to financial terminology. VG order throughout, with only slight toning to page edges. Clean blue cloth with bright gilt titling to front and spine. 4to. 56pp

London: The Investor's Chronicle, 1938. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Exceptionally scarce guide to the financial performance of companies active in the tea and coffee trades. This is the advance edition for 1939, published in August 1938 and gives a general market overview and detailed trade stats, followed by comments from key… Read more about this item

London: Baird & Tatlock, 1923. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Comprehensive and extensively illustrated catalogue of scientific equipment from leading supplier. All in VG, clean and bright internal order. Blue boards with bright gilt titling rather worn to edges, a little marked and lightly shaken. Scarce. 4to. xvi, 392pp

London: Gararge Equipment Association, 1958. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Catalogue of the Garage Equipment Association, listing a vast array of its members' products for commercial garage use. This copy produced for distribution by the Marsham Tyre Company with its own 6pp section at the front of the book and customised embossed boards.… Read more about this item

Widnes: Swale, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Poet and former banker Wilkes penned this book of 'confessions' on retirement while wishing he could have written another book of poetry instead ("but nobody seems to like, or read, poetry these days, or to try to understand it. Not my… Read more about this item

Norwich: Agas H Goose, 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Gurneys and their bank. Well illustrated. Stock toned with occasional marking. Tissue guards heavily spotted. Binding opening at front hinge, though all holding. Boards well worn to edges and darkened to spine. Best regarded as a reading copy. 8vo.vii,… Read more about this item

London: The National Sunday School Union, 1921. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ND. 1921 - WorldCat. Likely produced as a fundraiser for The National Sunday School Union prior to commercial publication by Hodder & Stoughton. Title page differs, but remainder of content appears similar. Well illustrated biography of the… Read more about this item

London: The Association Of Investment Trust Companies, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Well produced history of investment trusts and their development. Signed and dated by author to fep and in fine, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Light edgewear to green boards, a little more to head and foot… Read more about this item

London: W & A Gilbey, 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very well illustrated history of the leading wine and spirits firm of Gilbey. Bar occasional light foxing, in VG order throughout. Smart green bevelled edge boards with bright gilt tilting to front and spine, lightly worn to corners… Read more about this item

Lavenham: Leslie Larnder, 2002. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Excellent business history, firmly rooted in the Suffolk countryside. In VG+, clean and bright order throughout. Smart pictorial card covers. 8vo. viii, 94pp

Rotterdam: Stichting Havenbelangen, 1969. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Excellent guide to the Port of Rotterdam, published in February 1969. Exceptionally scarce. With text in four languages (Dutch, German, English and French) and well illustrated throughout with atmospheric photographs capturing numerous aspects of port work and life. Extensive… Read more about this item

London: Constable, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stock lightly toned but otherwise all in VG, clean and bright internal order. Light shelfwear only to grey boards with bright gilt titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j, lightly worn to edges. 8vo. viii, 246pp

Jarrold Publishing, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Thorough study of the diverse history of the Booker business empire. In VG, clean and bright order throughout. Some shelfwear to white cloth with bright red titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends… Read more about this item

Maidenhead: Pergamon Infotech, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Collected papers on information management providing a remarkable snapshot of its state and development almost 30 years ago. In VG+ internal order. Smart faux leather brown boards with bright gilt decoration and titling. VG unclipped d/j, rather toned. Scarce. 4to. xii, 362pp

Bishop Auckland: The Pentland Press, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Autobiography of naval commander turned merchant banker and former High Sheriff of Hampshire. Dedicated and signed (Miles R-C) to fep. All in fine, crisp and bright internal order. Very light shelfwear only to smart black boards with bright… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The unparalleled story of America's mightiest financier." Perennial Library paperback edition. Stock toned and inside covers a little marked, but otherwise all in good order. 12mo. 250pp