beesley thomas quinn (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. black cloth covered boards with light shelfwear to edges, gilt design still bright.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. 1st edition. 1st edition, 1929. A Very Good copy. 8vo., 299 pp., bound in publishers blue cloth with gilt seal on front cover and title in gilt on spine. Tips, edges and spine rubbed. Light overall wear to cloth. Previous owners inscription inside front cover, otherwise appears unmarked. Gordon L. Hostetter (18921962) was a prominent Chicago business leader and an outspoken crusader against labor racketeering during the early-to-mid 20th century. He served as the president and executive director of the Employers Association of Chicago for nearly two decades. In 1933, he was one of the first to publicly state that Murray "The Camel" Humphreys had succeeded Al Capone as the leader of the Chicago Outfit. This book serves as a report on the "criminal army" of racketeers.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a slight lean to the binding, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, sunning to the spine with an area of soiling near the tail, rubbing with small spots to the covers, foxing and a touch of white speckling to the edges of the text block, and paper clip scars to the head of some pages. Overall, this is a solid, Good+ copy.

Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5 x 7.5in. xii. 299pp. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration. NEAR FINE. Shows the extremities marginally shelf rubbed with a few light scuffs, otherwise remains Fine/As New. As pictured.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. 299 pages. Ex-college library marks, some wear to the edges, slight crack to the front hinge. Pages toned; ink marks to the first ten pages; a good book otherwise. The front flyleaf has a "withdrawn" library stamp but it is inscribed to Hon. Frank J. Loesch and signed by the author, dated 1931. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sociology & Politics; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 231775.

8°. XII, 299 pp., 13 plates Original dark blue cloth with dust-jacket First edition with 13 illustrations. - Endpaper with old owner s inscription and small cut-out tipped-in, only very minor browning, else clean. The jacket rubbed and with some marginal tears, laid down on protecting paper and in transparent wrapper.