Bangs John R Editor (2 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: Tor / A Tom Doherty Associates Book [1994]. Good. 1994. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 0812551788 . First edition. Pictorial [Jim Thiesen art] wrappers, 217 pages collecting 12 stories. Good or better copy [cover rubbed with a scratch and short lower corner crease to the rear cover, name inside the front cover]. .…

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. First Edition. First Edition; Third Printing. Very Good. The Ronald Press Company, NY, 1944. Hardcover. Brown leather-look boards, gold gilt lettering, bright. 7.25x5.25. Light scuffing and very light foxing to outer text block edges. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Back inside pastedown printed upside down - binding curiosity. Previous owner name label inside front cover and rubber stamp on title page: very faint foxing outer text block. No jacket as issued. 1,676 pp. Comprehensive single-volume compendium of industrial engineering and production management. Ships from the USA, quickly & w/care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: A First Edition of the Production Handbook, this landmark single-volume compendium of industrial engineering and production management was published by The Ronald Press Company in 1944 and edited by L.P. Alford (Late Professor and Chairman of Administrative Engineering, New York University) and John R. Bangs (Professor and Head of Administrative Engineering, Cornell University), with George E. Hagemann as Staff Editor. Covering factory organization, production control, time and motion study, cost accounting, plant layout, and industrial relations, the volume draws on contributions from a who's-who of mid-century American industrial and academic leadership across 1,676 pages. L.P. Alford was one of the most influential figures in the history of American industrial engineering and a pioneer of scientific management. J.R. Bangs held senior rank at Cornell's Administrative Engineering department. The 1946 third printing, confirmed by the number '3 in. below the copyright date, and features a binding curiosity the back inside pastedown is printed upside down, a press error of minor collector interest.…