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
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
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
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 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
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
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
An American Epic. Pp. 496, 32 plates, bibliographic note, notes, index; med. 8vo; qr. navy cloth, spine lettered and decorated in silver, grey papered boards, edges slightly faded, with a couple of small bruises; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; several pages lightly browned; Collins, London, 1988. First U.K. edition. More
Pp. [x]+iv+346(last blank), 16 plates, printed endpapers, index; med. 8vo; boards a trifle sprung, with a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges; dust wrapper, slightly soiled edges lightly rubbed and split; a little light foxing; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1976. First edition. *Allan's music store, Melbourne. More
[Text in German]. Pp. [iv]+74, 47 plates, folding table at end; med. 4to; full green morocco, lettered in gilt, rounded corners, lightly worn and frayed at head of spine; t.e.g., others uncut; bookplate of Australian graphic designer and typographer, Eric Maguire, and a bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, edges of..... More
Pp. xvi+206(last colophon), title page decoration, plus numerous text illustrations (several full page), appendix, references, index; narrow cr. 4to; dust wrapper; University of Illinois Press, Chicago, 2002. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated 2009) on the upper free endpaper. 'For centuries, the history and lore of tinkers..... More
Pp. xvi+234, printed in brown & black, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, notes, chronology, index; demy 4to; dust wrapper, slightly rubbed; Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, 1992. First edition. More
