Vintage Hardcover with DJ, Stated First Edition and Signed by the Author 1943 Bobbs-Merrill 328 pages. Very Good+, in a VG DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to maroon linen cloth boards with bright gilt titles - corners have tiny bumps. Moderate shelf/edge wear and tiny chipping to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. Stated First Edition and Signed by the Author on the FFEP to the W.M. Ritter Lumber Company. Acknowledged as the best book on the Lumber business ever written. Author also wrote The Army Of Tennessee. A very handsome Signed First Edition.LOC View More...
Vintage Hardcover with DJ, Stated First Edition 1948 Bobbs-Merrill 357 pages. Very Good, in a VG DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to red cloth boards with gilt titles - corners sharp with a touch of wear to the tips. Moderate shelf/edge wear and a few small chips to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. John Warne Gates (May 18, 1855 ? August 9, 1911), also known as "Bet-a-Million" Gates, was an American Gilded Age industrialist and gambler. He was a pioneer promoter of barbed wire. He was born and raised in what is now West Chicago, I... View More...
Vintage Hardcover with DJ, Reprint 1935 Doubleday, Doran 338 pages. Very Good, in a VG DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear, edge fading to green cloth boards with black accents - corners sharp. Minor shelf/edge wear and a few small chips to original DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked with deckled edges. Hetty Green (November 21, 1834 ? July 3, 1916), was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age. Those who knew her well referred to her admiringly as the Queen of Wall Street due to her willingnes... View More...
