Beck brothers (4 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. Comic Book. Standard format and size. Second printing. Cover price $1.25. Color cover art with black/white interior illustration. AS NEW. Not read. All corners pointed. Binding tight, without stress creases and square. Without tears, chips, creases or bumps. Not marked in any way and very bright, very glossy and clean. All comics carefully wrapped and sent boxed.…

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Edition Unstated.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. A vintage softcover trade catalog by Beck Brothers, 20 pages. Saddle stapled binding. Yellow illustrated paper wraps with the title and company information at the front cover. Printed on thick, slick paper with many black and white illustrations and tables throughout. No publication date given. Includes a general descriptive section on "Becbro Sliding Contact Tubular Rheostats," with a table of specifications and prices. Includes entries for the "Becbro Vertical Type Tubular Rheostats," "Type D. T. R. Becbro Universal Rheostat (With Two Sliders)," "Becbro Double Tube Tapered Winding Rheostat," "Becbro Resistance Units," "Becbro Calibrating Testing Set," "Becbro Switchboards," "Becbro Crossed Stone Rheostats (Double Unit Type)," and "Becbro Compression Carbon Rheostats" among others. Each of these entries includes a description and an illustration. Many include a table of specifications, with a price as well. "Dr. 37 1/1/30" in black ink at the top left corner of the front cover. Corrective stamp to the address of the company at both the front cover and the title page. Slight rubbing and discoloration to the covers, which have started separating from one another at the foot of the spine. Otherwise, pages are clean and free of writing. The binding is tight and strong, with no loose pages.…

Cloth. Condizione: Near fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [10], 340pp. Blue cloth, title in white print on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Light offsetting to endpapers, dust remnant to top edge of text block. Illustrated with 16 black and white photographic inserts. In the publisher's first state, $3.50 on front flap, wear at edges, closed tear along front panel, a very good example. Ownership inscription on the front free endpaper, noting that this copy was a graduation gift from Miss Mabel Beck. Mabel Beck (1890-1959) was the longtime personal secretary to Orville Wright, serving in his office from shortly after Wilbur's death in 1912 until Orville's own death in 1948 and handling his correspondence, business affairs, and administrative duties for over three decades. She was closely involved in managing Orville's professional paperwork and was regarded as a trusted aide and gatekeeper in his later life. Beck also played a role after Orville's death in dealings such as correspondence about the Wright brothers' legacy, and her personal collection of Wright photographs and papers is noted in archival holdings. First edition of The Wright Brothers by Fred C. Kelly, a gift from Mabel Beck, the long-time secretary for the Wright Brothers. (illustratore).…