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]..... More
Pp. 176, bibliography, index; dust wrapper; John Kerr, Melbourne, 1989. First edition. More
An autobiography. Pp. 222(last blank), 16 plates, text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly canted; dust wrapper; a little foxing John Kerr, Melbourne, 1986. Reprinted, before publication. More
The history of the Australian tyre manufacturers, car breakdown service clubs and spark manufacturers along with early engines, old garages and various old advertising. Pp. 160, illustrated in colour and (mainly) black & white, index; narrow demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Crown Castleton Publishers, Bendigo, Vic., 2000. First edition..... More
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..... More
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..... More
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..... More
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. More
... [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..... More
One hundred years in hardware. Story by John Handfield. Illustrations by Douglas Annand. Pp. [32], printed in light brown & black, title page decoration, full page illustrations, decorative initials; small cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers over card, stapled, lightly foxed and soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; scattered light foxing;..... More
Pp. xii+292(last blank); dust wrapper, slightly soiled and silverfished, edges lightly rubbed and split; endpapers slightly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Business Books, London, 1975. First U.K. edition. *'This book attempts to reassess Machiavelli's work as it applies to the management of people in modern business situations. Selected passages..... More
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..... More
A commentary. Pp. 288(last blank), appendices; printed stiff yellow paper wrappers, a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and rubbed, edges lightly creased and split; a couple of spots of foxing; Current Book Distributors, Sydney, 1963. *The cover title is The 60 Families Who Own Australia. Ernest William Campbell was..... More
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...... More
A study of colonial trade. Pp. xvi+360, frontispiece, plus 8 plates, full page map, appendices, references, selected bibliography, index; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed; text block lightly browned, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; Oxford University Press/Australian National University..... More
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..... More
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..... More
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; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; Loch Haven Books, Main Ridge, Victoria, 1991. First edition. *The author is a daughter of G. J. Coles..... More
The Development of The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 1924-1945. Foreword by the Governor of the Commonwealth bank, H. C. Coombs. Pp. xii+364(last colophon), graphs and tables, appendices, index; edges of boards a trifle foxed; dust wrapper, foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split; name and date in ink on upper free..... More
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 Burneside, which was originally published in 1912; the later text..... More
Being an Account of the Origin and History during One Hundred Years of the House of Dangar, Gedye & Malloch Ltd., of Sydney. Edited and compiled by A. D. Fraser. With a Foreword by Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable M. F. Bruxner. Pp. xviii+214, frontispiece plus 56 plates, folding company chart, pictorial..... More
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..... More
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..... More
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. First edition..... More
Including a large number of original designs manufactured and sold by Down Bros., Ltd. Over 2,000 pages (pagination erratic, with several pages additionally numbered A, B, C, or D, and the appendix numbered 3001-3028), frontispiece, plus 3 full page and numerous text illustrations (a couple coloured), appendix, index; thick roy..... More