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. More
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
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... 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
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... 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
Pp. xii+452, 24 plates, endnotes, index; med. 8vo; boards a trifle scuffed; dust wrapper; Bantam Books, Sydney, 2000. First edition. More
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... 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
Pp. 192, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, the text printed in light brown & black, index; demy 4to; boards slightly canted and a trifle rubbed; a little faint foxing; Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd., Melbourne, 1960. First edition. More
The Story of Australia's Premier Street. Pp. xvi+256(last blank), 20 coloured plates (4 double page), black & white pictorial title page and text illustrations (many full or double page), street plan, coloured pictorial endpapers, notes, bibliography, index; roy. 8vo; dust wrapper; Arcadia, Melbourne, 2005. First edition. 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
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
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... 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
Pp. 296, 15 plates (one double page), title page vignette, pictorial endpapers; boards a trifle sprung and lightly flecked, edges slightly rubbed; dust wrapper slightly soiled, with light damp stains to top edge both panels, edges rubbed and split; a little light foxing and soiling; Rigby, Adelaide, 1965. First edition... 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; tiny spot to lower board; dust wrapper; Loch Haven Books, Main Ridge, Victoria, 1991. First edition. *The author is a daughter of G.... 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 Burnside, which was originally published in 1912; the later text, by... 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. *History of... More