‎Collectibles‎

‎Weis, Bernard J.: Editor‎

‎The Arrow: Series 74, Model 2‎

‎Features: Cover photo of Ab Jenkins and his 1933 V-12 Pierce-Arrow; Obituary of Arthur Kumpf inside front cover - Mr. Kumpf had a long association with the Pierce-Arrow, including service as a racer and endurance driver in the U.S. and Europe; list of Ab Jenkins' Driving achievements; Fredericksburg Meet Photos on pages 13 through 20; items on pages 4 through 9 are from the March 31, 1930 issue of 'The Pierce-Arrow News' (which was a large 'newspaper format' factory publication); Some Pierce-Arrows at Harrah's - with text and photos; New Parts Set-Up Gives Rush Service; Downton Window Display Proves Successful for Holden-Nelson; Here's the way your parts orders are handled; Speech of Col. Charles Clifton, 1917; Speech of Mr. Day about factory plans for the maintenance and up-building of Pierce-Arrow quality; Paint Shop Memories, by William L. Fischer; Many great photos from the 1974 PAS meet; Text of talk given at meet by Maurice A. Thorne. Back cover features reproduction of an ad for the Pierce-Arrow Travelodge, an early house/travel-trailer which could be pulled by car. Moderate wear. Umarked. A quality copy. Book‎

‎Weis, Bernard J.: Editor‎

‎The Arrow: Series 76, Model 4 *Part II of Series 33 Special*‎

‎Features: Cover photo of a 1923 Series 33 EDLimousine; Inside of front cover features diagrams of three body styles available on the Series 33 chassis; Document from and about Pierce-Arrow's Chief Surgeon, Dr. Harry B. Pinkerton, including transcript of a speech concerning P-A's Medical Department - several photos; 10 Fantastic pages reprinted from the Dealer Data Book re: the Pierce-Arrow Dual-Valve Six, Series 33 - with emphasis upon mechanical components; Ab Jenkins demonstrates the 1932 V-12; Paul Shager's 1929 Model 133 7-passenger sedan; 1933 '836' Club Sedan - 2 photos; reproductions of four suggestions for show ads; reproduced article entitled 'New Art Plating Department'; reproduced article entitled 'New Pierce-Arrow Home at Cleveland'; inside back cover shows diagrams of three body styles available on the Series 33 chassis; Back cover photo of the Pierce-Arrow Series 33 Dual-Valve Engine. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book‎

‎Weis, Bernard J.: Editor‎

‎The Arrow: Series 78, Model 2‎

‎Features: Great photos (and specifications) of various bodies on the Model Z Pierce-Arrow bus chassis - Triple combination fire engine, Express moving van, Pure Oil Tank Car, Pierce-Arrow Funeral Coach (over 24' long!), Black and Decker Demonstration Coach; Pierce-Arrow ad from the April 30, 1927 Literary Digest reproduced inside front cover; Pierce-Arrow ad from the 11/25 (?) issue of Life Magazine reproduced on back cover; My 1925 Series 33 Derham Convertible Coupe (with photos), by Roland Berger of Spring Valley, NY; Southern California PAS Members Get Together (with photos); John M. Karle's custom roadster; Al Iverson's 1921 Series 12; photo of 1928 Series 81 7-passenger sedan; photo of unusual truck in South Dakota powered by a 1907 model 65-Q Pierce engine (#6057); photo of a 1933 Model 1247 LeBaron Convertible Sedan; two unidentified photos of a mid-'20's Pierce Roadster; Photos of a 1936 Pierce-Arrow V-12 in the midst of restoration; Juliette's Journey - the journey of Fred Tycher's 1928 "81". Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book‎

‎Weiser, Franz X:‎

‎Unsere Fahne. Oktober 1936 bis Mai 1937. U.F. Sodalenblatt.‎

‎Fahne Mariens Wien 1936. Softcover Hefte 1 bis 8. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Außen an manchen Stellen braunfleckig. Fahne Mariens, Wien, paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 253568

‎WEISS HARRY B.‎

‎The bibliographical editorial and other activities of Charles F. Heartman . with an annotated bibliography‎

‎New Orleans: privately printed Christmas 1938. Edition limited to 399 copies this no. 207; 8vo pp. 24; printed tan wrappers; joints starting else very good. <br/><br/> privately printed, Christmas unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 32252

‎Weiss, Susan Archer, (in)‎

‎The People's Home Journal August 1898‎

‎New York: F. M. Lupton 1898. First Edition Thus . Soft cover. Good. 15" x 11 1/4. Engravings. 16 pp. covers printed inside and outside. Contains the mystery "Thorpe Tower" by Susan Archer Weiss and other stories. Also has ads for Anna Katherine Green's "The Hermit of --- Street" due to be published in December. About 350000 copies printed of which this one survives. <br/> <br/> F. M. Lupton paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 047448

‎Weithas, Art (ed)‎

‎Illustrators Twenty-Five The Society of Illustrators Twenty-Fifth Annual of American Illustration‎

‎NY: Madison Square Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0942604024 . Publisher's full black cloth white lettering on spine printed endpapers. Illustrated with over 500 examples of work selected from 7500 entries in the Editorial Book Advertising and Institutional categories. Many full-page all in full-color. Printed on heavy glossy stock. The volume is unmarked tight clean and square. The unclipped dust jacket is lightly rubbed along the top edge and at the head and heel of the spine. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 440 pp . Madison Square Press hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 7734 ISBN : 0942604024 9780942604023

‎WELCH d'ALTE A.‎

‎A bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821‎

‎Worcester: American Antiquarian Society & Barre Publishers 1972. First edition large 8vo pp. lxvi 516; text in double column; generally fine in original green cloth gilt lettering on spine. With a foreword by Marcus McCorison. Standard work. <br/><br/> American Antiquarian Society & Barre Publishers hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 32809

‎Welch, d'Alte A‎

‎Bibliography of American Children's Books Printed Prior to 1821 I - O in Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society‎

‎Worcester Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society 1966. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Clean and unmarked - obviously never read. This is Vol 75 Part 2 of Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society at the Annual Meeting Held in Worcester October 20 1965 pages 201-481 xxvii. It includes the first appearance of BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS PRINTED PRIOR TO 1821 I - O by d'Alte A. Welch pages 270-481. It describes many items that were excluded from the 1972 collected edition; especially the English editions that preceded the American printings. Bound in the original bluish-green wraps stamped in black on the spine and front cover. 6" wide by 9" tall. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. pp. 270-481. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. American Antiquarian Society Paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 022973

‎Welch, Ronald (Pseud ) Felton, Ronald Oliver‎

‎MOHAWK VALLEY‎

‎London: Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in orange buckram edges very lightly rubbed Victoria. BC. Stamp a lovely clean tight copy that shows light shelf wear only. ; 9" x 5.5"; 226 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 18637

‎Weld, H Hastings‎

‎Scenes in the life of the apostles‎

‎Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston n.d. 1846. First edition 8vo pp. 13 14-239 1; steel-engraved frontispiece and title page 8 steel-engraved plates by John Sartain; publisher's full black roan with blind-tooled borders on covers enclosing an elaborate and large architectural gilt stamp elaborate gilt-decorated spine a.e.g.; very good bright and sound copy. Thompson American Literary Annuals and Gift Books p. 154; see also BAL VI p. 84 etc. for Bryant Longfellow Lowell Pierpont and Sigourney contributions. Lindsay and Blakiston, n.d. unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 48980

‎WELLESLEY Francis‎

‎Sale Catalogue of the Collection of Plumbago Pen and Ink and Pencil Drawings and Miniatures. Also a comprehensive Series of Prints and Autograph Letters relating to Richard Cosway. The Property of Francis Wellesley. 28 June 1920. Sale Code: GUN. Illustrated Edition. FIRST AUCTION OF PLUMBAGOES: THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION WITH PRICES IN MS‎

‎Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge 1920. 8vo. First Edition Illustrated Issue with tinted and monochrome plates all lots with prices realised annotated in MS; newly and strongly bound in grey boards original front wrapper mounted on upper board a near fine copy. With the separately printed errata slip mounted following Introduction. The sale comprises 882 lots. 'This catalogue represents the first sale on record of plumbago drawings and Mr. Wellesley's collection includes some of the finest examples it has been possible to obtain. Mr. Wellesley has had but one serious rival in collecting plumbagoes and he has been left far behind. Even the National collections have been outdistanced. David Loggan is represented at his very best and the drawings by Faithorne Nanteuil and Robert White are the finest that have ever come into the market' introduction. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge, hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 26747

‎WELLS GEOFFREY H.‎

‎A bibliography of the books and pamphlets of George Bernard Shaw . with occasional notes by G.B. Shaw‎

‎London: Supplement to "The Bookman's Journal" 1925. 4to pp. 24 1; contemporary half red morocco over red cloth lined in gilt spine lettered in gilt; binding rubbed corners showing 3 inch neat tear to first several leaves else very good and sound. Contains a short biographical preface and appendix. <br/><br/> Supplement to "The Bookman's Journal" hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 20579

‎WELLS, GEOFFREY H‎

‎A bibliography of the books and pamphlets of George Bernard Shaw . with occasional notes by G.B. Shaw‎

‎London: Supplement to "The Bookman's Journal 1925. 4to pp. 24 1; contemporary half red morocco over red cloth lined in gilt spine lettered in gilt; binding rubbed corners showing 3 inch neat tear to first several leaves else very good and sound. Contains a short biographical preface and appendix. Supplement to "The Bookman's Journal unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 20579

‎Wells, H (Herbert) G (George); Cover Design By Arthur Rackham; Bookplate Of Walter Dexter Designed By R A M‎

‎The Wonderful Visit‎

‎London: J. M. Sdent 1895. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . Viii 251 Pp. Red Cloth Gilt Top Edge Gilt. First Printing Uncorrected Missing Letter On P. 198; Currey Reports That Wells & Hammond Is Incorrect Reversing The Order Of The Bindings And That This Is The First Binding And Far Commoner Than The Binding Lacking The Gilt Rackham Figure On The Front Cover; We'll Give Currey A Vote Of Authority On This. Light Wear And Dust No Fraying Gilt Bright Some Fading To Spine Cloth. Large Illustrated Bookplate Of Walter Dexter Showing A Smiling Man With A Hook For A Right Hand. <br/> <br/> J. M. Sdent hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 042909

‎WELLS, H G (1866 - 1946) English writer:‎

‎His signature on an album leaf.‎

‎The leaf overall 4 1/2 x 3 /8 inches. Very good. unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 23404

‎Wells, H G, With Ernest Barker, H H Johnston, E Ray Lankester, Gilbert Murray Ownership Signature Of Fanny Bixby Spencer‎

‎The Outline Of History Being A Plain History Of Life And Mankind Fanny Bixby Spencer Copy‎

‎New York: The Macmillan Company 1920. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Maps Illustrations In Text. Two Volumes. Xix 648 Pp.; X 676 Pp. First American Printings 1920 With 1920 Dates On Title Pages. Volume Ii With Ownership Signature Of Fanny Bixby Spencer Dated 1921. Light Wear Gilt Bright. Fanny Weston Bixby Spencer 1879 - 1930 Was Born Fanny Weston Bixby In Los Angeles California The Youngest Of Nine Surviving Children Of Jotham Bixby; He Had Arrived In California In 1852 From Maine Where He And Several Cousins Had Formed Flint Bixby & Company Which Acquired Major Landholdings Including The 27000-Acre Rancho Los Cerritos In What Is Now Long Beach. Fanny Grew Up Wealthy And Although She Was An Active Philanthropist When She Died In 1930 Her $2.5 Million Estate Was The Largest Ever Probated In Orange County Up To That Point. Fanny Grew Up On Rancho Los Cerritos Of Which Jotham Was The Manager. Later Fanny's Grandfather The Prominent Abolitionist And Unitarian Minister George Whitefield Hathaway Came To Live With The Family. Fanny Bixby Wrote About His Abolitionist Activities Including Turning His House Into A Station On The Underground Railroad In Her Pamphlet Entitled How I Became A Socialist. Fanny Bixby Was Educated At The Marlborough School In Los Angeles And The Pomona Preparatory School.3 She Attended Wellesley College For Three Years But Left Without A Degree. At Wellesley She Studied Sociology With Emily Greene Balch Who Would Go On To Win The 1946 Nobel Peace Prize. While Still At Wellesley College She Worked For A Time At The Denison Settlement House In Boston Founded By Balch And The Nurse's Settlement House In San Francisco. On Leaving College She Moved Back To Long Beach Where She Donated Money To Various Civic Causes Including Long Beach's First Hospital Seaside Hospital And The Walt Whitman School Private And Her Settlement House Both In The Boyle Heights District On The East-Side Of Los Angeles. She And Her Husband Often Invited Ghetto Youth Of Working Mothers To Stay On Their Farm In Orange County To Divert Them From Gangs And Delinquency. In 1907 She Founded What Is Now Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. She Also Helped Found The Town Of Costa Mesa California. When Long Beach Formed Its Police Force In 1908 Captain Tom Williams Brought Fanny Bixby Onto The Force Because Of Her Extensive Philanthropic Work In The City. She Was Sworn In As A Special Police Matron On January 1 1908 Making Her One Of The First Women Police Officers In The Country. Fanny Bixby Worked With The Long Beach Police Force For Four Years. An Admirer Of Leo Tolstoy Fanny Bixby Was A Socialist And A Pacifist. She Published Some Poetry In The California Socialist Party's Newspaper The Oakland World And She Attended At Least One Antiwar Meeting In Pasadena Before The Espionage Act Of 1917 Made It Risky To Speak Out Against The War. Her 1920 Play The Jazz Of Patriotism Was About A Woman Who Is Ostracized For Refusing To Salute The Flag. It Premiered At The Egan Theater Later The Musart Theater In Downtown Los Angeles. Fanny Bixby Met Her Future Husband W. Carl Spencer At A Socialist Party Meeting In 1917. They Moved To Costa Mesa Then Named Harper In 1919 Where They Raised Five Adopted Children And Supported Many Others. The Couple Donated Land To The City For A Park And A Library. A Couple Of Years Before She Died She Wrote To Her Cousin Sarah Bixby Smith: "I Have Three Lines Of Work Bringing Up My Foster Children Helping My Neighbors Mostly Japanese Farmers And Banging My Head Against The Stone Wall Of Militarism And Conservatism That Hems Me In." Her Papers Are Housed At The Rancho Los Cerritos Museum. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 057481

‎Wells, H G (Herbert George)‎

‎The Shape Of Things To Come: The Ultimate Revolution With Card Of Mr. Wells Laid In Loosely‎

‎London: Hutchinson & Co Publishers Ltd. 1933. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good /Very Good. 433 Pp. 10 Pp Catalog At End Dated Autumn 1933. Blue Cloth Gilt. Gilt Brilliant Cloth Clean And Unfaded A Few Tiny Frays Along Bottom Edge And A 7/8" X 1/64" Loss Of Cloth On Inside Of Rear Top Edge This Small Piece Of Detached Cloth Laid In Loosely. Dj With Some Wear Small Edge Tears And Losses Spine Blue Faded To Gray No Loss Of Lettering Or Design. With The Personal Card Of H G Wells With His 47 Chiltern Court London N. W. 1 And Lou Pidou Grasse A. M. Addresses Laid In Loosely. <br/> <br/> Hutchinson & Co (Publishers), Ltd. hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 042913

‎Wells, Herbert George‎

‎The Sea Lady: A Tissue Of Moonshine‎

‎London: Methuen 1902. First Edition First Issue . Red Cloth. Near Fine. 301 Pp. Red Cloth Gilt. First Issue With July 1902 Ads At Rear. A Very Near Fine Example All Gilt Brilliant Very Slight Fading To Spine Cloth No Marks Light Foxing Spots To Preliminary And Final Leaves Small Damp Spot 1/2" X 3/4" At Rear Of Bottom Of Foredge Of Page Block With Trace Of Dampstain In Thin Line Along Bottom Of Rear Endpapers And Bottom Edge Of Page Block Adjacent To Bottom Edge Of Rear Cover. <br/> <br/> Methuen hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 042908

‎Wells, Herbert George (Bookplates Of George Barr Mccutcheon And Anne J Smith)‎

‎The Sea Lady: A Tissue Of Moonshine‎

‎London: Methuen 1910 1902. First Edition . Red Cloth. Fine. 31 Pp. 47 Pp Publisher's Catalog At Rear. First Edition Sheets And First Edition Red Cloth Binding With 1902 Date On Title Page But 1902 Sheets Bound With 1910 Catalog At Rear. A Philosophical Fantasy With A Starring Mermaid. Probably Wells' Least Successful Work Now More Appreciated. A Stunningly Fine Copy Absolutely Bright With A Trace Of Bumping At Edges. This Is The Copy Which Belonged To Wells Fan And Indiana Poet And Novelist George Barr Mccutcheon With His Personalized Engraved Bookplate On The Front Pastedown. There Is Also The Attractive Bookplate Of Anne J. Smith On Ffep With A Naked Eve Holding An Apple In Which Lies A Tiny Book. The Book Is Enclosed In A Custom Half-Leather Case With A Cloth Sleeve A Matching Case With Men Like Gods Is Also Available. Nice Copies Of This Book Are Apparently Rarer Than Even His Sf Classics. <br/> <br/> London: Methuen (1910) hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 000742

‎Wells, Herbert George‎

‎When the Sleeper Wakes / A Story of the Years to Come‎

‎London: Harper & Bros. 1899. First Edition First Issue . Red Cloth. Very Good . 329 Pp. Red Cloth. First Edition First Issue With Gilt Lettering On Spine And Front Panel. Very Good Front Panel Attractive Spine Slightly Faded And With Slight Soiling And A Few Tiny Spots Of Foxing. A Little Foxing To Edges Of Sheets And On A Few Pages. An Attractive Copy Of A Book Which Does Not Wear Well. Rear Hinge With 2" Long Crack. Front Free Endpaper With Partly Erased Ownership Signature Of Henry W. Bowders Dated July 1899. <br/> <br/> Harper & Bros. hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 000745

‎Wellsted, Lieut J R / James Raymond‎

‎Travels In Arabia. Vol I Oman And Nakab El Hajar. Vol Ii Sinai; Survey Of The Gulf Of Akabah; Coasts Of Arabia And Nubia Two Volumes First Printings‎

‎London: John Murray 1838. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Lithographic Plates And Engraved Maps. Xvi 446; 472 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt And Stamped In Blind Yellow Endpapers. First Printings 1838. Complete With All Plates After Designs By Wellsted And Maps Preliminary Folding Map In Volume I Is Torn In Half With Short Tears And Creases But Is Complete All Lithographic Plates Quite Browned Some Browning To Edges Of Maps. Cloth Of Both Volumes Is Quite Worn At Edges; The Spine Of Volume I Is Completely Perished And It Has Been Re-Backed With Green Cloth; Fraying To All Edges Of Volume I And To Corners Of Volume Ii. Illegible Nearly Circular Stamp In Arabic On Volume I Front Endpaper; Bookseller's Ticket Of Hodgson Dublin 19Th Century On Front Pastedown Of Volume Ii Which Has An Ownership Signature Of E---- M--- Cl--- Or Cel--- On The Title Page. James Raymond Wellsted 1805-1842 Was A Lieutenant In The Indian Navy Who Travelled Extensively On The Arabian Peninsula In The 1830'S. As Second Lieutenant On The East India Company's Survey Brig Palinurus Under Captain Robert Moresby Wellsted Took Part In The Detailed Survey Of The Gulf Of 'Aqabah And The Northern Part Of The Red Sea In 1830. He Then Returned To Bombay In 1833 And Was Reassigned Under The Command Of Captain Stafford B. Haines To Survey The Southern Coast Of Arabia. In January 1834 Palinurus Crossed Over To Socotra And Wellsted Spent Two Months On The Island. He Published The Results Of His Journey As Memoir On The Island Of Socotra. During His Travels To The Red Sea And The Siyal Islands Wellsted Documented The Existence Of Peoples Known As The Huteimi. They Are Unflatteringly Described By Wellsted To Be "Found On The Arabian And Nubian Coasts" According To Various Accounts They Are Further Described As A Race Of Fishermen Found In Various Parts Of The Hejaz With "Large Encampments Near Leyt To The Southward Of Jiddah." In November 1835 Wellsted Gained Permission From The Imam To Travel In Oman With Lieutenant F Whitelock. The Two Reached Areas Previously Unseen By Europeans And Wellsted Published His Early Account Of The Journey In The Journal Of The Royal Geographical Society. The Following Winter He Returned But Succumbed To Fever And 'In A Fit Of Delirium He Discharged Both Barrels Of His Gun Into His Mouth But The Balls Passing Upwards Only Inflicted Two Ghastly Wounds In The Upper Jaw'. He Was Taken To Bombay And From There Returned To London On Leave. He Retired From The Service In 1839 Living Part Of The Time On His Navy Pension In Blacklands House A Mental Health Facility Of Gentlemen. Wellsted's Papers Were Read At The Royal Geographical Society And He Was Immediately Recognized By The Scientific World. He Was Elected A Fellow Of The Royal Society On 6 April 1837 And Was Also A Fellow Of The Astronomical Society. In Particular His Unbiased Accounts Of Geography And Culture In Oman Continue As A Unique Description Of The Area At That Early Date. As Taken From Wikipedia. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 047189

‎Welsh, Doris‎

‎The History of Miniature Books‎

‎Albany New York: Fort Orange Press Inc. 1987. Appears unread. Fine condition. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked - apparently never read. 1987. First Edition. Illustrated with a few reproductions. Contains a wealth of useful details. Introduction "About the Author" by Kathryn I. Rickard. Welsh was Head Cataloger at the Newberry Library in Chicago and was named "the greatest authority about miniature books in the second half of the 20th century" by the Miniature Book Society. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth stamped in bright gold on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 160 pages. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Fort Orange Press, Inc. Hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 024629 ISBN : 9999380433 9789999380430

‎Welz, Stephan‎

‎Cape Silver & Silversmiths: The Work of Silversmiths at the Cape of Good Hope from Late 17th to Mid 19th Century‎

‎Cape Town & Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema 1976. 1st. Hardcover. As New. 11.2x8.0x0.8in. imitation alligator binding lacking dust jacket. <br>Illustrated in black and white with a visual list of 180 marks. <br>172pp 1.82lb 11.2x8.0x0.8in A. A. Balkema hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 13750 ISBN : 0869610910 9780869610916

‎Wendel, C.H.‎

‎150 Years of International Harvester‎

‎416 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white archival photos. Based upon extensive access to company records. "Throughout this narrative it has been our goal to show the evolution of the farm equipment industry - specifically International Harvester Company and its predecessors. It is hoped that the reader might see a thread of continuity in our attempt to portray the Company's goal of building labor-saving machines for the farmer." - from Preface. Clean and bright with very light wear. Handsomely decorated read boards. Front endpaper bears prior owner's ink stamps, blind stamp, and handwritten personal details. Atop several pages the page number has been hand-written in. Bit of writing inside back board. This copy was obviously cherished and treated accordingly by its prior owner. A lovely copy of this magnificent compilation. Book‎