How To Plan And Conduct A Bicentennial Celebration
Here's a foolproof handbook for amateurs on creating dramatic, celebratory extravaganzas from one of the nation's top authorities. Titled How To Plan And Conduct A Bicentennial Celebration, the 159-page hardbound book is illustrated and has a timetable of operations, committees.

For schools, clubs, civic and ocmmunity groups -- it offers step-by-step details on dramatizing in vignettes, parades, happenings, pageants.

The book is in Very Good condition, although ex lib with the usual library markings. The dust jacket is present with a protective cover. No defects are apparent, inside or out!
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811708535  

1955 G-E Electric Motors Catalog Distributed by Crescent Electric Supply Co. for General Electric, Schenectady NY, this March 1, 1955 softcover catalog presents buying information on a large group of G-E motors.

Included in the 28 pages are fractional horsepower motors for general and definite purposes, as well gear-motors. Integral horsepower motors include the polyphase, dripproof part-winding starting; single phase; polyphase TEFC; and gear motors.
Photos and drawings illustrate each motor, with prices given for each kind.

The catalog is in Very Good condition with no apparent defects inside or out! (6537)

 

1939 Gates Belt Guide, Refrigeration We’ve seen these for agricultural and automobile belts, this is the first we’ve seen of the GATES BELT GUIDE FOR REFRIGERATORS, WASHING MACHINES, STOKERS AND OIL BURNERS, WATER PUMPS, WOODWORKING AND OTHER MACHINES. The 144-page softcover book was published in 1939 by the Gates Rubber Co., Denver, Colorado.

Listing consumer net prices, and including numerous ads for these and other Gates products, the book includes some domestic and commercial product names we haven’t heard in ages.

There are Adams-Campbell, Absopure, Apex, Atwater Kent, Carrier-Brunswick, California Electric, Crosley, and Fairbanks-Morse refrigerators, as well as more common names such as Frigidaire, Fedders, General Electric, Halsey, Gibson, Hotpoint and others.

Washing machine manufacturers include the usual Bendix, Speed Queen (then Barlow & Seelig), Kelvinator, Kenmore, Montgomery Ward, Maytag and Westinghouse, as well as those by Airplane, Aladdin, Cloverleaf, Cyclone, Dexter, Dutch Maid, Happy Day, Hiawatha and more!

Even other now-antique names (as well as some modern ones) fill the pages for water pumps, beer pumps, stokers, oil burners, furnace blowers, wood working and other machines.

The belts are listed by manufacturer name, by belt number, by belt length and in an interchange list. It’s an extensive list – and seems to provide valuable reference information for anyone who is restoring or collecting such machines. Thumb guides index the book.

Condition of the book is Good+ with some soil on the outside. A few inside pages have small dogears on the corners, but all are clean, crisp and easily read. It’s a great one! (4649)

Publisher: gates rubber co.
ISBN: None  

Law, Business and the Magazine Industry
LEGAL AND BUSINESS ASPECTS OF THE MAGAZINE INDUSTRY, 1982, is #147 in the Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Literary Property Course Handbook Series of the Practising Law Institute, New York. It was written by Peter C. Gould and Stephen H. Gross and was designed as a reference manual for attorneys and related professionals.

Included are 17 articles on Acquiring Publishing Rights, Editorial Concerns for the Magazine Attorney, Printing Agreements, Direct Mail Promotion of Magazine Subscriptions, Solicitation Agreements, Subscription Fulfillment, Single Copy Distribution, Protection of Titles and the Format of Covers, Copyright Office Regulations, Advertising, Collective Works, Regulation of Commercial Speech, Advertisers and Agencies, Buying and Selling Magazines and more.

The 592-page softcover book is in Very Good condition, with only very slight edge/corner wear to the covers. Inside pages have no apparent defects. (3763)
Publisher: Practising Law Institute
ISBN: None  

1944 House Wiring, Electricity
Described as a practical book of instruction covering in detail every branch of electrical work as applied to the wiring of small buildings, PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY AND HOUSE WIRING was written by Herbert P. Richter and published in 1944 by Frederick J. Drake, Chicago.

Fully illustrated, the 180-page hardbound book is designed for beginners, providing fundamentals and including simple facts of electrical engineering. Among the chapter topics are measuring electricity; common devices; circuits; wires and insulation; splicing and soldering; two- and three-wire systems; polarizing and grounding; fuses; wiring methods; switches; knob-and-tube; wiring new houses; wiring with conduit; armored cable; non-metallic cable; fixtures; wiring houses after they’re built; wire sizes; wiring farm buildings; motor wiring; efficient lighting; AC and DC; single and three-phase; home repair of appliances and more!

The book is in Very Good condition, showing only some light wear to cover edges and corners and some discoloration on the spine. The dust jacket is present with edge/corner wear. Inside pages show no apparent defects! (6019)

Publisher: Frederick J. Drake
ISBN: none  

When You Just Can't Think of THAT Word!

A conventional dictionary lists words alphabetically and gives you their meanings. The REVERSE DICTIONARY lists an alphabetical array of meanings that lead you to words you couldn’t quite remember (or never knew!) That’s where it got its name!

What do you do if you know there’s a word for something but you can’t think of what it is? Your grope, you guess, you reach. What is the word for a sentence that reads the same was backwards as forward? Look here under the b’s for backward (the clue) and there you find the target: palindrome. It’s a great help when you struggle to remember that word which just won’t come to mind!

This 277-page hardbound book, written by Theodore Bernstein with Jane Wagner, was published in 1975 by the New York Times Book Co., New York.

It’s in Very Good condition with no defects inside or out. The dust jacket is present, but shows some edge/corner wear. This is a great help to writers or just those of us who have a bit of trouble remembering! (3616)
Publisher: New York Times Book Co.
ISBN: 0812905660  

Drawing and Blueprint Reading, Drafting
This is the 1961 Second Edition of Shriver L. Coover’s INDUSTRIAL ARTS DRAWING AND BLUEPRINT READING, published by McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York.

The 312-page hardbound book, including index, presents the natural sequence of topics in the general area of drafting. It was intended for the student who is beginning a first year in drawing. Numerous black/white and color illustrations make it interesting and easy to follow.

Condition is Very Good, although the book is ex lib with the usual library markings. There is minor scuffing and some edge/corner/spine end wear to the covers. Inside pages are without apparent defects. (5947)

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Co.
ISBN: none  

16th Annual OHIO Board of Commerce, 1909

Here is the hardbound edition of the Reports, Addresses and Proceedings in Columbus, Ohio of the 16TH ANNUAL MEETING, OHIO STATE BOARD OF COMMERCE. Published in 1909, the 483-page book is a treasure-trove of information about the Buckeye State and its businesses in the early years of the 20th century.

Contents include listings of the Board's officers, committees and members, as well as the constitution and reports presented at the event. Topics discussed included uniform bills of lading law, creation of a state board of accountancy and a state department of banks and banking, a classified property tax, move for a permanent state tax commission, standard real estate assessments, methods of co-operation with business men’s organizations, methods of promoting municipal development, the commission plan of state government, Akron’s interest in Ohio canals, good roads, construction of a barge or ship canal between the Great Lakes and Ohio River, industrial education, primary election law, the state’s Supreme Court and Legislature, the Ohio press and much more!

Most of the speakers' words and most business sessions are printed in transcript form. There's a ton of information! A formal portrait of President Allen R. Foote is on the frontispiece.

This one is in Very Good- condition, although it is ex lib with the usual library markings. The front hinge is broken, but all pages appear to still be tightly bound. Covers show moderate wear on edges, corners and spine ends. The pages are somewhat brittle and starting to yellow, but all appear to be complete and easily readable. If you're interested in business history - or in Ohio - this one's a great find! (3799)
Publisher: Ohio State Board of Commerce
ISBN: None  

Old Farmer's Almanac: 200th Anniversary

This is the 200th Anniversary Issue, Special Commemorative Edtion of THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 1992, still marked as 'by' Robert B. Thomas.

In reality, schoolteacher and amateur astronomer Thomas published his first Farmer's Alamanac when George Washington was president. Ever since, Americans have been drawn to the familiar yellow cover with Thomas' name on it for a yearly dose of wit, wisdom and, of course, the accurate weather forecasts.

This hardbound copy is a genuine piece of Americana -- the 200th Anniversary issue of the oldest continuously published periodical in North America.

In addition to the usual fare -- the weather forecasts, planting tables, zodiac secrets and recipes -- this one contains topics such as: 'What else is 200 years old in 1992?', 'If the World Were a Village of 1,000 People,' 'Weird Competitions You Can Enter,' 'The Alphabetical Folklore of Herbs,' 'The Oldest Family Farm in America,' 'How to Grow a 1,000-Pound Pumpkin,' 'Our Bicentennial Weather Forecasting Quiz,' and 'How to Become Immortal.'

The 312-page hardbound book was published by Yankee Publishing, Inc. It is in FINE condition with no defects, as is the accompanying colorful dust jacket. It's a nice piece of memorabilia! (1304)
Publisher: Yankee Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 00784516  

Gadgets & Wrinkles, Ingenuity at Sea

The complicated business of sailing a boat efficiently and the equally complicated business of living aboard her comfortably have called forth man's ingenuity and inventiveness.

Any mechanical device to which that inventiveness gives rise is called, in the sailor's argot, a GADGET.

On the other hand, any method of procedure which it develops is known as a WRINKLE.



GADGETS AND WRINKLES, A COMPENDIUM OF MAN’S INGENUITY AT SEA is a description of the ingenuity and inventiveness of the sailors of all nations and all ages. But the book is devoted mainly to gadgets and wrinkles used by modern yachtsmen on modern yachts.

The Marconi rig, the penchant for ocean racing, the increased use of wire and winches, the invasion of new materials, the discoveries in aerodynamics, the borrowings from the motor car and the airplane, the employment of power and electricity, and the fad for racing dinghies have brought about a veritable tidal wave of yacht invention. This book lists and explains more than five hundred gadgets and wrinkles that have proved useful in the handling of a yacht.

Written by H. A. Calahan and published in this 1938 FIRST PRINTING by the Macmillan Co., New York, this 311 page hardbound book is illustrated with numerous black/white photos and drawings.

It’s in Very Good condition, with only light edge/corner wear to the covers. Inside pages are clean, complete and very readable. The endpapers show slight foxing and a previous owner’s name is handwritten on front endpaper. The dustjacket is present, but has some edge/corner wear.

It is a book to make poor sailors into good sailors; to make any sailor a better sailor! (3485)
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: None