Patents and the Public Interest (gift from author to Roger M. Kyes) de H. A. Toulmin - 1939

The Battery Press, Inc, 2004-01-01. 2nd. Hardcover. Good.

Nashville: The Battery Press, (2004). This edition is limited to 300 copies. Octavo, navy blue cloth (hardcover), red spine and upper cover labels, silver letters and decorations to upper cover, xxxi, 388 pp. Near Fine, with former-owner bookplate.

Harrisburg, PA.: The Military Service Pub. Co., 1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xx + 144 pp., photo frontis of Pershing, b/w illus., map end papers, bib. A history of Pershing's expedition into Mexico in 1916-1917 after Pancho Villa's strike against Columbus, N.M. Hard cover book in good or better cond. The pages have browned slightly & there is a stain to the fore edge. Also the spine is sl. darkened, Cosmetic issues o/w a solid copy.

(Subject: Aviation - Pre World War II ) New from publisher, unread. Originally published in 1927, this history is an inside look at the problems facing America's aviation force in France in WWI. The author was sent to France to investigate aerial bombardment problems on the Western Front, and was promoted to Chief of the Co-ordination Staff under Major General Patrick, Chief of Air Service. From May 1918 to the end of the war he participated in the complete overhaul of the US Air Service. The book has chapters on the Supply and Repair Division, Personnel, Design and Projects, and Training Divisions, plus the activities of the Technical, Transportation, Liaison and Photographic Sections. This edition was limited to 300 copies (Published: 2004) (Publisher: Battery Press) (ISBN: 0898393310) (Pagination: 388pp, 10 b/w photos, maps, charts) (Condition: New in blue boards with red & gilt spine & cover motifs) UL-XXXXXX

Military Service. small stain to top edge; dust jacket with chips . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1935.

New York: D Van Nostrand Co, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 388pp illustrated. A very good copy in red cloth. Though everyone appears to have 1927 as the first edition, this is dated 1926 .

Harrisburg: The Military Service Publishing Co.. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. 142pp., illus., maps, 3 large pieces torn from top of dj, 2 v-shaped from front panel and 1 from back panel, the largest 2 1/2 inches from the top down on front of dj .

Harrisburg: The Military Service Publishing Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. 142 pp., illus., maps, end-paper maps, previous owners small name, address ink stamp to upper right corner of ffep, some very minor edge/corner wear to dust jacket, jacket now in clear mylar protector .

New York: B.C. Forbes Publishing Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition of Millions in Mergers by H.A. Toulmin, Jr.. Octavo, xv, [1], 11-323pp, [1p ad]. Green paper covered boards with title in black on front cover. Black spine with title in gilt. Top edge dyed black. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Slight lean to text block, light toning to edges of boards, a very good example. Ex-library, with faint stamps to covers, edges, endpapers, and title page. Previous bookseller's label to front pastedown. From the University of Cincinnati Robert S. Marx Law Library. Written shortly before the 1929 stock market crash.

[Harrisburg, PA) October, 1935: The Military Service Pub. Co. First Edition. Octavo. Frontispiece, 142pp., (2) pp. bibliography, with a foreword by Major General Benson W. Hough. With Toulmin's superb background, he has been able to present in one compact volume, the entire gist of General Pershing's operations in Mexico during the year 1916. Bound in brown cloth lettered in a dull gilt, spine lettering gilt, endpapers are maps with a legend of the maps on pages v-vi. Previous owner's very tiny name stamped on first free endpaper and his name appears on the book's fore-edges. A very nice copy in a very good pictorial dust jacket with a few chips to spine ends and corners and tiny chip to upper edge of rear panel, again with tiny owner's name stamped on dust jacket.