Search Results: Company and Union History from Godley Books

Oldbury: Albright & Wilson Ltd, 1951. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with slightly dusty very slightly foxed unmarked boards, dusty and slightly foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. 400pp. The history of the manufacture of Phosphorus, published by Albright & Wilson, one of the key firms involved in this process. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 x 6.75 inches.

London: Pitman House Ltd, 1980. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump near upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped with a little marking, repair to lower rear edge and rubbing nicks to edges. 192pp. Very well illustrated study of Josiah Wedgwood's work and products.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (+)/Good (+). 11.25 x 8.75 inches.

Sheffield: The Hallamshire Press, 1998. No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to some corners, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, faint creasing to upper corner of last few pages and no bumping to corners. 174pp. Autobiography of Bert Housley, partner in the family cutlery manufacturing firm of H Housley & Sons of Sheffield. Includes much in general about cutlery manufacturing in Sheffield and the author's views on why Sheffield stopped being at the forefront of this industry. Scarce.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 9.25 x 6.25 inches.

York, England: William Sessions Ltd, 1958. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards with gilt lettering and no bumping to corners. 82pp. Very detailed history of the Ribbon makers of Congleton in twelve chapters and of the workers, old timers, present management etc., with many black & white photos. Included with the book are two souvenir samples of ribbon made by Berisfords for their 100th anniversary in 1958, one being a 'ribbon compliment slip' woven in three colours. These are tipped-in to the contents page and to page 77. There is also a preprinted Compliments slip 'signed' by Managing Director John Sebire. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (+). 9.75 x 6 inches.

Bath: Bath Industrial History Trust, 1978. Previous owner's initials to front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, minor damp effect to lower edge of rear cover, no effect on contents and no bumping to corners. 24pp. Photographs of the Corn Street, Bath premises of JB Bowler, brass founder, ironmonger and engineer.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 7 x 9.75 Inches.

Surry Hills, NSW: Charles Parsons & Co, 1990. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked black leatherette boards and no bumping to corners. 143pp. The story of the Charles Parsons Group of Companies from Sydney, Australia, established in 1915 as a textiles, woollens and trimmings firm and of Charles Parsons and family. A scarce volume. . Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 10 x 8.5.

London: H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd, 1957. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with nicks to lower front and upper rear edges and slight sunning to spine. 189pp. A commemorative history of the insurance company, founded in 1807. Tucked in is a complement slip from the company.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good (+). 10 x 7.5 inches.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2013. Book and jacket in as new unread condition. 325pp. Music impresario Alan Mcgee tells the story of the two labels Creation Records and 359 Music which he created and the bands he has been involved with promoting including Oasis, Libertines and Primal Scream.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

The Boydell Press, 1979. No marks or inscriptions. Clean bright brick cloth boards with no bumping to corners. A very tight clean copy. Dust jacket not price clipped or creased with fading to spine and margin of front cover. 122pp. The story of Pauls and Whites shipping company from their inception in the 1840s to the sale of the last of their barges in the 1970s. Their barges all carried a white cross on the topsail to identify them as they made their way between the low banks of the East Coast rivers. . Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 10 x 7.75 inches.

Manchester: British Vita Plc, 1999. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 155pp. Company history of the plastics business which began in Oldham and soon moved to Middleton, north Manchester. Very well illustrated.. First Edition. Soft Cover with Self-Wraps. Fine. 11.75 x 9.25 inches.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1980. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Appears unread. 148pp. Story of the soap and food manufacturer from Port Sunlight, Ellesmere Port in the Wirral, Cheshire.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 9.75 x 7.25 inches.

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1948. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked blue cloth boards with clear gilt lettering and no bumping to corners. Oversized dust jacket not price clipped with sunning to spine, marking to front and rubbing to edges. Fold-out genealogical table in perfect condition. 320pp. This history of the Bignold family who settled in Norfolk, England records not only the growth of the Norwich Union Insurance Societies from a small local organisation to one of the largest British financial institutions but throws interesting sidelights on English history over more than one-and-a-half centuries. It includes public life in Norwich, local and national politics, wars and crises and eminent national figures. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Very Good. 10 x 6.5 inches.

London: Orion Business, 2000. No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to upper corner of rear cover, none to front or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 621pp. Comprehensive account of the Coca-Cola company from its origin in 1886 including the original secret formula of the drink. illustrated.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 9.25 x 6.25 inches.

Harmonsworth: Penguin Special, 1977. Neat name/date inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 199pp. An account of the trades dispute which took place at the Grunwick film processing laboratories in Willesdon about trades union recognition which led to a two-year strike between w976 and 1978.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 7.25 x 4.5 inches.

Warrington: Greenings, 1949. Very slight foxing to end papers. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with unmarked boards and minor rubbing/bumping to corners. 59pp. The story of Greenings, the Warrington wire manufacturers. Illustrated. A scarce book. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 10 x 8.25 inches.

London: BPB Industries Ltd, 1973. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked maroon cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small repair to lower front edge and small nicks to some edges. 147pp. History of the British Plaster Board company established in 1917. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good (+). 9.5 x 6.25 inches.

Altrincham, Cheshire: Morris Nicholson Cartwright Ltd, 1997. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with evidence of storage. 137pp. The story of the Frederic Robinson family brewery of Stockport, established over five generations and one of Britain's largest regional brewers. Very well illustrated. Scarce.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 12 x 9 inches.

Rocklin, California: Prima Publishing, 1994. Book in mint condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little fading to spine. 365pp. Family biography of the Warner Brothers written with full cooperation of the Warner family. Illustrated in black & white.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.25 x 6.25 inches.

Sutton Veny, Wiltshire: Dove Publishing, 1995. No marks or inscriptions. Clean bright boards with no bumping to corners. A lovely clean crisp tight copy. Dust jacket not price clipped, torn or creased. 112pp.. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 11.25 x 8.5 inches.

Huddersfield: The Huddersfield Industrial Society Limited, 1910. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with immacularly bright unmarked clear gilt embossed maroon boards (at over 110 years old !), dusty page edges, tanned end papers and no bumping to corners. 255pp. Jubilee Celebration Edition which describes the poverty conditions of the local inhabitants which existed at the time of the inauguration of the Society and how over time, the existence of the Society assisted in their improvments. We are told of the Society's staff and finances with numerous illustrations of people and premises. Well illustrated with photograohs including the Society shops around Huddersfield.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (+)/No Jacket. 7.25 x 5 inches.