William Adams - an Australian company from foundation to takeover - 1884 to1984. Pp. x+210(last blank), title page vignette, numerous text illustrations, patterned endpapers, appendices; cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Nelson/William Adams, Melbourne, 1984. First edition.
An intimate biography. Pp. viii+362, frontispiece portrait, plus numerous text illustrations (many full page), appendices, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed, the bottom fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split, with several closed tears and a couple of small chips; occasional faint soiling; Melbourne, n.d.[1959].....
Pp. 176, bibliography, index; dust wrapper; John Kerr, Melbourne, 1989. First edition.
Pp. [x]+236, tables and graphs (some full page), select bibliography, index; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; text block faintly browned, name and date (1963) in ink on upper free endpaper, plus some marginalia and underlining of text throughout; Cheshire, Melbourne, 1960. Second edition, revised and enlarged...
Pp. x+174(last blank), 8 plates, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in silver, cream papered boards; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the back panel faintly soiled; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York, 1989. First edition. *'The leveraged buyout of the world's largest...
Pp. xxviii+404, 16 plates, bibliography index; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, the laminate lifting slightly at a few points; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly soiled; Hutchinson of London, London, 1967. First U.K. edition. *Posthumously published account of 'the magnificoes, the grandees, the...
Father of the automobile industry [cover title]. Pp. [12](including the wrappers), printed in red & black; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; The Mercer Publishing Company, New York, 1955. 'Fathers of Industries' series. *For younger readers; a brief account of the life of the German engine...
Johns & Waygood Limited 1856-1956. Pp. [vi]+72+[2](blank, colophon), tinted frontispiece portrait, numerous text illustrations (many full page, some tinted); demy 4to; boards slightly sprung; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with small chip to back panel near centre of backstrip; a little faint foxing;[Johns & Waygood Limited, Melbourne.....
Store design today. Pp. 224, illustrated throughout in colour, index of architects; demy 4to; pictorial laminated boards; dust wrapper; light vertical crease in first few leaves; Images Publishing, Melbourne, 2007. First edition.
Pp. xii+452, 24 plates, endnotes, index; med. 8vo; boards a trifle scuffed; dust wrapper; Bantam Books, Sydney, 2000. First edition.
A Century in the Meat Trade, 1863-1963. Drawings by Donald Burfield Mills. Maps by Leo Vernon. Pp. 212, printed in red & black, frontispiece portrait, plus 31 photographic plates within pagination (one double page), numerous text illustrations printed in red (some full page), endpaper maps, 4 pp. price list printed...
... [cover title]. Pp. 50, illustrated in colour and black & white; demy 4to; pictorial paper wrappers over spiral bound booklet, edges of wrappers lightly worn; n.d.[1960s]. *'This book not only illustrates the wide scope of Bowater operations. It shows how closely they are integrated in an international strategy, how...
Pp. viii+152, frontispiece, plus 39 plates (including a map printed in blue & black, and several plans of the forge), a couple of text figures, full page genealogical chart, index; roy. 4to; gilt lettered blue cloth, slightly soiled, edges and spine faded, fore-corners of upper board lightly bruised; pp. 125-8...
Pp. xii+348, 12 plates, endpaper map, statistical appendix, index; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges rubbed and split, with a short closed tear from top edge of front panel at backstrip fold; outer leaves faintly offset, edges of leaves a....
The Story of the Gold Fields Group of Companies. Pp. x+326, frontispiece portrait plus 30 plates, full page text illustrations (including a map), glossary, index; boards a trifle sprung and faintly damp stained, bottom edges slightly shelf worn; top edges yellow; dust wrapper, faintly creased, the backstrip slightly faded, edges...
A Portrait of Frederick John Cato. Pp. x+150, frontispiece portrait, plus numerous text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, index; narrow cr. 4to; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, with small chip to backstrip slightly affecting first word of titling; privately printed for Dr. Una B. Porter, Melbourne, 1990. First edition. *Biography of...
With Zeal and Integrity. Pp. 116(last colophon, blank), coloured frontispiece portrait, plus a hand-tipped coloured armorial bookplate (as plate), black & white text illustrations (mostly full page), appendix; qr. dark brown buckram, spine lettered in gilt, lighter brown cloth boards, the upper board lettered in gilt; ribbon marker; top edges...
A personal history of the founder of the G. J. Coles Stores. Pp. x+102, text illustrations and maps, chronological history of the company, index; narrow cr. 4to; tiny spot to lower board; dust wrapper; Loch Haven Books, Main Ridge, Victoria, 1991. First edition. *The author is a daughter of G....
Pp. 72(last colophon), frontispiece plus 32 plates; corners of boards lightly bruised, the lettering on spine faded; occasional faint soiling; Westmorland Gazette Ltd., Stricklandgate, Kendal, 1945. *The first section of the text is a reprint of Thomas Jones' History of Burnside, which was originally published in 1912; the later text...
Pp. 64(last blank), numerous full page facsimile entries from the account book, 2 full page maps, family tree, references, weights & measures; cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, lightly soiled and worn, with edges lightly rubbed and small split to tail of backstrip, upper wrapper a trifle foxed with tiny bump...
Foreword by G. L. Denholm. Pp. 56(last colophon, verso blank), full page illustrations, coloured full page map; red cloth, the upper board lettered in gilt, with a flag device in blue, grey, gilt & red at centre, the boards a trifle warped, corners slightly rubbed; [John Denholm & Company], Bo'ness,1952...
John Dickinson & Co. Ltd., 1804-1954. Pp. xvi+274+[2](blank), frontispiece plus 46 plates, upper endpaper genealogical chart and lower endpaper map, title page printed in red & black, appendices, index; roy. 8vo; bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bumped; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, corners split; Jonathan Cape, London, 1955. *History of...
An Old Australian Catalogue, presented by Stephen R. Dobell-Brown. Pp. viii+viii+110, profusely illustrated, errata slip tipped-in before first page of catalogue, pictorial addendum slip (Special Queensland Pattern Saddles) tipped-in at page 13; oblong 4to; navy cloth with binder's vertical seam across lower board, the upper board lettered in gilt; binder's...
The 20 year history of South Australian Co-Operative Bulk Handling Limited. Pp. 64, illustrated in colour and black & white, endpaper map; cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Adelaide, 1975.
Pp. xx+778, frontispiece plus 48 plates, full page map, appendix notes, bibliography, index; thick, med. 8vo; boards a trifle warped, with a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, damp stained on reverse and slightly scuffed; text block lightly browned, faint damp stain to bottom...
