Ferguson limited (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Map with large foldable sheet, illustrated with numerous flags in colour (circa 64x89cm).

4°, Frontispiz, Titelbl., 4 Bl., 247 S. m. Abb. (oft a. Taf.), 66 Bl. chin. Text, OLwd. m. Präg., Obere Ecke etw. bestossen (Buchblock min. knickspurig), Einbandtitel verblasst, Vs. etw. gebräunt; allg. gutes Ex. EA. Sehr seltene Festschrift mit den Kapiteln: «Historical Introduction», «The Company Today», 38 «Historical and Descriptive Sketches». Im hinteren Teil die chinesische Übersetzung. Die ersten 25 Jahre der vom Dänen Vilhelm Meyer in Shanghai gegründeten Firma, die bald u. a. die amerikanische General Electric in China vertrat (Die Auflistung 1931 umfasste das «Head Ofice» u. a. ein «Textile Machinery Department», «Power Plant Machinery Department», «Electrical Installation Department», «Domestic Refrigerator Section», «Building Construction Department», «Building Supplies Department», «Agricultural Machinery Department», «Drug and Chemical Department» u. a. m., Filialen existierten in Tientsin, Harbin, Mukden, Hankow, Tsingtao, Tsinan, Hongkong). 2400 gr. Schlagworte: Wirtschaft - allgemein, China, Wirtschaft - Festschrift.…

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. Limited Edition. Octavo, [6], 63pp. Black cloth, title printed on red labels affixed to spine. Limitation of 1000 copies stated on copyright page. Red topstain. Complete with frontispiece portrait of Lincoln and 8 full page illustrations. In the publisher's scarce dust jacket, $2.50 on front flap, archival tape repair to verso, closed tear with tape repair on verso, light soiling to spine, a near fine example. (Monaghan, 3181). W. J. Ferguson was a young actor at Ford's Theater on the night of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865. At just 18 years old, Ferguson was working as a call boy and understudy at the theater. He witnessed John Wilkes Booth shoot President Lincoln during a performance of Our American Cousin. Ferguson later provided a detailed account of the assassination, describing the chaos that ensued in the theater and Booth's dramatic escape. Limited edition of I Saw Booth Shoot Lincoln by William Jason Ferguson, published in 1930. (illustrator). …