214 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). Contents: Preliminary Survey (The True Province of Economics: Is It a Social Science? - Do Economic Processes Constitute an Economic System? - Society and Distribution - The Realistic Approach - Commentary); The Realistic Theory (The Subject Matter of Economics - Economic Persons and Their Purposes - Economic Phenomena in General - The Phenomena of One-Person Economics - The Special Phenomena of Interpersonal Economics - The Business Cycle - Taxation); Applications of the Realistic Theory (Proposed Remedies, Introductory - The Alleviation of the Business Cycle - ... View More...
879 pp, 9" H. Red cloth with gilt lettering/banding on spine. B&w tissue-covered photographic frontispiece (General Sir Arthur William Currie) plus additional b&w photographs throughout text. Advertising section, pages 834-857. Chapter Headings: Last Stages of the World War; The British Empire in the War; The United States and the War; Socialism and the Labour Problem; Canadians at the Front; Canada's War Government and National Policy; Canadian Conditions and Interests of 1918; The Provinces of Canada. Concludes with Canadian Books in 1918; Canadian Obituary of 1918; Index of Names; Index ... View More...
955 pp, 9 1/8" H. Red cloth with gilt lettering/banding on spine. B&w photographs, drawing, map (Official Map of the Western Front When the Hindenburg Line was broken through by the British and Canadian Forces). Advertising section, pages 908-932. Chapter Headings: Canadian Echoes of the World War; Canadian Relations with Foreign Countries; Canadian Relations with the Empire; The Prince of Wales in Canada; Agriculture: The Organized Farmers; The 1919 Record of Farmers' Organizations; Industry: The Organized Manufacturers; Labour: The Organized Workmen; Educational Interests and Institutions;... View More...
202 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). Non-personal inscription by author on title page. Color illustrations. "Based on twenty years of experience influencing efficiency decision-making in more than three billion square feet of properties, this author concludes that many more projects would be approved if energy professionals were actually trained to 'sell' rather than simply 'promote' efficiency. Energy efficiency products, services, and programs all require effective selling. Professional sales skills make you more successful at advancing any energy efficiency initiative, regardless of your role... View More...
163 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w illustrations. Contents: Editorial: The March of Events; Business and Its Own Conscience; Bankers and their Attitudes; "The Three Wise Men"; Money and Inflation (First of Two Parts); Chartered Accountants and Bankers; Profits and Profits; Canada's Historical Sites: A Neglect-ed Source of Tourist Revenue; A London Letter; Decimal Coinage for Britain?; Changing Styles in Consumer Financing; Annual Income Twenty Pounds; Bankers in the Ball-Room; Via Sallustiana to Haukeliseter; Manoeuvre of Trapper Jim; Treasure Trove at the Printing Bureau; Art as an Investment; Legal Dec... View More...
296 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). "With increasing muscle-flexing of shareholders, especially large fund managers, boards of directors are being held accountable for a higher standard of professional behaviour. (This book) focuses on the management of the governance process and outlines specific, practical, how-to steps and actions that can be implemented to make any board more effective. Making extensive use of Canadian case studies drawn from actual experiences, (the authors) illustrate many challenges facing those involved in governance and offer practical solutions. (The book) will help dire... View More...
192 pp, 8 1/2" H. B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "Gilmour & Company was one of the giants on the Canadian lumbering scene during the 19th century. It made a fortune stalking the huge pines in the virgin forests of eastern Canada. By the 1880s the firm's sawmill at Trenton on Lake Ontario was one of the world's largest. But the suppy of pine that fed the mill was running out. The survival of the company now depended on obtaining fresh timber limits in distant Algonquin Park and on a bold plan to float logs 445 kilometres along three different river systems - and over the hills between t... View More...
116 pp, 9 1/4" H. Map endpapers. B&w photographs, maps (1 folds out). "The evolution of the Mesabi Range from a wilderness, trackless and uninhabited, into the nation's greatest iron-producing area is one one of the most exciting episodes in Minnesota history. The author covers his experiences in helping develop the area from the sinking of his first diamond drill hole through to seeing the Mesabi Range emerge into one of the most highly industrialized section of Minnesota." Contents: From Michigan to Minnesota; The Western Mesabi; Thresholds; The Depression of 1893-98; On My Own; The End of ... View More...
304 pp, 8 1/2" H. "Georges Bank, 20,000 square miles of turbulent shoal water off Nantucket, is one of the richest fishing grounds in the world, its depths populated by cod, haddock, flatfish, and scallops. Until recently it was a gathering place for immense fishing trawlers of all nations. Then the Bank also became a bone of contention for explorers in oil, pitting the great multinational companies against one another, to say nothing of federal and state governments, jostling for their share of offshore oil revenues. Georges has long been the subject of dispute between the United States a... View More...
298 pp, 8vo (8" H) - maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To G.W.E. Atkins with every good wish John Lee Mahin". (G.W.E. Atkins was Vice President of Western Union Telegraph Company.) Chapter headings: Advertising Can Only Appeal to Free Dollars; How Markets Benefit Both Consumer and Producer; Salesmanship is Service; How the Salesman Becomes a Producer; Advertising is Selling the Group; What the Manufacturer Owes the Consumer; What the Consumer Owes the Manufacturer; The Tools of Advertising; Advertising Mediums; Advertising Mediums (C... View More...
544 pp + LXVIII pp, 10" H - dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and white call numbers on spine, gilt lettering and decoration on front board. B&w advertisements, some with illustrations. Title page continues: "An Index of Articles Manufactured in Canada, with a Classified List of Eminent Firms who Manufacture such Articles. Alphabetically arranged for use of Buyers and Sellers throughout the World." Part I. Showing approximately the Investments in Manufacturing Industries named; also, Business Announcements of leading Manufacturers. Part II. Index to Articles. Part III. Classified Article H... View More...
60 pp, 9" H, stapled in wraps. Colour illustrations by A.J. Casson, b&w photographs, sepiatone drawings. "Commemorating the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the founding of Massey-Harris Company. An historical review of invention and achievement of progress and development and their contribution to agriculture from 1847 to the present day." Section headings: Foreword; The Formative Years; Mechanized Power; The Century Mark. Interior - very ight browning to the pages, a small bump at the fore-edge of the pages with one page having a tiny tear archivally taped, otherwise clean and tight with no o... View More...
478 pp, 10" H. Pictorial endpapers, b&w photographs, reproductions. "(T)he story of the Royal Bank, told not only in terms of executive personalities and corporate strategies, but also through an exploration of its corporate culture - of the lives of the people of the Royal - and of the part this corporate culture played in the opening of the country and the expansion of international trade. Throughout are vignettes that focus on some diverting details in the life of the Royal Bank. How many, for instance, know that Henry Mullins, the manager of the Mariposa branch of the Exchange Bank in ... View More...
154 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). "If you're a manager, your plate is probably full to overflowing. You've got to set a vision for your organization, then articulate it for your employees. You've got to paint realistic targets, then create an environment where employees will meet those targets. You've got to teach and coach, measure performance, and offer rewards. And sooner or later - you've got to ask 'em to work! This is a simple, pithy management truth, but one that can radically simplify your life and dramatically improve your performance. Now, Frank McNair, an experienced businessman and se... View More...
28 pp (English) / 28 pp (French), 10 7/8" H. "Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders" laid in. Colour and b&w photographs, illustrations, charts. Contents: The Year in Brief; Directors' Report to Shareholders; Financial Statement; Review of Operations; Principal Subsidiary Companies; Financial Charts; 10-year Financial Record; Directors and Officers. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light wear at the top and bottom of the spine. View More...
146 pp, 8vo (8" H) - dark red cloth with gold lettering on front board. Several updates have been glued in or attached with straight pins. Main section headings: General Rules; Staff; Vault and Safe - Cash, etc.; Drafts, Collections, etc.; Deposit Business; Correspondence; Loans and Discounts; Business with Municipalities and School Boards; Advances under Section 88; Expense Account; Clearing House Conventions and Rules respecting Endorsements. An interesting business and social history - for example, Article 49 in the Staff Section states: "It must be clearly understood that the marriage of... View More...
304 pp, 9 1/2" H. "It is one of the world's great fortunes, the empire founded by Sam Bronfman and carried on through his family, a kingdom worth more than $7 billion nurtured on bootleg alcohol and sustained through decades of deals, scandals, legal explosions and interfamily warfare. At its heart is the Seagram Company Ltd., the world's largest distilling operation, responsible for more than one million bottles of liquor per day sold in the U.S. alone, but it also reaches far beyond that - to oil companies, hotels, mines, factories and real estate all over the world." Very light wrinkling ... View More...
137 pp, 8" H, flexible embossed covers with gilt lettering on spine. Contents: An Introduction to the Foreman's Job; The Rise of Foremanship in Modern Industry; Functions and Requirements of a Foreman; The Foreman and Management; The Foreman 's Relation to the Workmen; The Supervisor and Safety; Supervision and Handling of Materials; Supervision of Machinery, Equipment, Methods, Processes; Product Quality and Costs; Foreman's Knowledge of Labor Laws; Building Up a Department Spirit; Bibliography; Index; Charts. Interior - two corner creases to one fold-out chart, browning to the edges of two ... View More...
138 pp, 9" H. "With a unique blend of candour and humour, (this book) chronicles the arduous journey Brigitte Pellerin and her fellow researchers undertook in their attempts to track a tax dollar through one government spending program. Imagine coming home one evening and announcing to your significant other that the only way to truly understand how government worked was to study it from the ground up - to literally look into the sewer lines, leaking water mains, pothole-ridden roads and collapsing bridges of Canadian cities. This was Pellerin's goal when she embarked on an investigation of t... View More...
415 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H). B&w photographs. "Here, for the first time, is the full story of the financial calculation, exploitation, and greed at the core of the Third Reich, and of an amassed legacy that continues to make headlines with the recent emergence of Nazi accounts in Swiss banks. Discover the explosive truth about the men and women who provided Hitler with money and moral support - and what they received in return." View More...
