Report Trade Commerce: Signed (2 results)
Published by Printed by the Ledger Steam Printing House Marh 2,1886, Tacoma, W. T. 1886
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Parker's Rare Books, Ontario, WI, U.S.A.Parker's Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerWraps. Stiff paper tan wraps, black lettering on front cover, birds-eye view of Tacoma on rear cover, 8vo, 56 pp. Presentation copy from George Fuller, a member of the executive committee, and signed by him on the front cover, and with a presentation slip inside front cover. Contains a fold-out map of the Tacoma Transportation L…ines, a fold-out view of the Tacoma Coal Bunkers, and drawings within the text of The Tacoma, Mount Tacoma, the Central School Building, the Annie Wright Seminary, a full page drawing of St. Peter's Church, a full page drawing of St Luke's Church, and a full page advertisement for the Northern Pacific Railroad at the rear . A complete list of members is at the rear of this book. No marks in book, backstrip separated about 3 inches at bottom, but binding solid. Scarce early report regarding Tacoma and its growth. Book condition VG. Binding: Wraps. Edition: First Edition.
More imagesPublished by The Bookbinding Trade Section of the London Chamber of Commerce, London 1903
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerthick 8vo. contemporary half green calf with green cloth covered boards, five raised bands, top edge gilt (a signed binding by Zaehnsdorf). (ii), 732, (8) pages. Before C.J. Stewart, Esq;, The Artitrator appointed by the Board of Trade, February-March, 1903. With a prefatory note by Charles W. Forward and Thomas E. Powell explai…ning the history of this labor dispute. In a signed binding by the Zaehnsforf Company. Workers in the binding industry had demanded better conditions and higher wages in 1902. This eventually led to a notice of a lock-out of all workers in the trade by the employers. Both parties agreed to arbitration which took place over a seven day period in 1903. Twenty years of statistics and history were presented at this hearing and these facts are given in this lengthy book. The final eight pages of the book summarize Stewart's findings. Contains a wealth of information about the English binding trade. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative book label loosely inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company. Covers faded in places with rubbing along edges. contemporary half green calf with green cloth covered boards, five raised bands, top edge gilt (a signed binding by Zaehnsdorf).
