1919. THINGS THAT INTEREST FIRESTONE SHAREHOLDERS, The circle of Firestone stockholders has been so enlarged recently that it seems to your Directors to be an appropriate time for a review of the present proportions of the Rubber Industry and of the Firestone position in the industry. Akron, OH: The Firestone.....
1957. TOWN 2 - RANGE 10, THE WESTERN RESERVE; TALLMADGE OHIO, 1807-1957. Tallmadge: (Tallmadge Historical Society, no date (1957). 136p + 8p devoted to sesquicentennial, 11"x 8 1/2", pictorial wraps, many illustrations, fold-out reprint of an old broadside, covers lightly soiled, vg. 1st edition. Published for Tallmadge's Sesqui-Centennial.
Akron, OH: Saalfield, 1942. Ethel Hays. No pagination (c14p), 13" x 10", color pictorial softcover, color illustrations by Ethel Hays, cover lightly soiled, good+.
Akron, OH: First Universalist Church, 1904. 64p, 6" x 9" oblong, wraps tied with ribbon, slight wear to wraps, very good. Many small illustrations of public buildings, businesses and factories, some interiors, etc. Includes two views of Akron, 1853 and 1904.
Akron, OH: B. F. Goodrich Co., 1932. No pagination (28p), color pictorial wraps, color illustrations, some browning of paper, very good. Comic book focused on rubber.
Akron, Oh: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1948. No pagination (12p), self wraps, some wear, good. Merry-go-round pony.
Rockport, MA: Twin Lights Publishers, Inc., 2005. 128p, 11" x 8.5", boards, illustrated, very good in dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Roetzel. Beautiful color photographs of the Park throughout the year.
Akron, OH: Superior Printing & Litho. Co., 1936. Allen, Hugh. THE HOUSE OF GOODYEAR. Akron, OH: Superior Printing & Litho. Co., 1936. 413p, cloth, many illustration, very good in slightly soiled dust jacket with a few small edge tears. Second edition, inscribed by author. Allen was editor of the Akron.....
1949. Allen, Hugh. THE HOUSE OF GOODYEAR. Akron, OH, 1949. 691 plus index and chronology, cloth, many illus., some wear, good. . Allen was editor of the Akron Beacon Journal until 1926 when he joined the public relations dept. of Goodyear.
New York: Stratford House, 1949. 265p, cloth, illustrated, map endpapers, some wear to spine ends, spine slightly faded, good. First edition.
Akron: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 1931. 71p, pictorial cloth, illustrated, cover soiled, good. 6th edition. A history of development of the airship. Allen was a journalist, editor of the Akron Beacon Journal (1920-26), a member of the public relations depart of the Goodrich Tire and Rubber Co. and the.....
2000. (SUMMIT CO) Ayers, Chuck & Russ Musarra (eds.). CELEBRATING AKRON'S HISTORY IN PICTURE POSTCARDS. Akron: Summit Co. Historical Soc., 2000. 135p, 11"x 8 1/2", cloth, fine in dj with very light edge wear. 1st edition. Published on occasion of Akron's 175th anniversary. A pictorial history of Akron drawn from.....
1977. Bartlett, Robert M., Millard C. Beyer et al. HISTORY OF MEDICINE IN SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO. PART II. No place, (circa 1977). 94p, cloth, some b & w photos, vg. Summit County medicine from 1946-1976.
1931. Beasley, Norman. MEN WORKING, A Story of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1931. 296p, cloth, frontis, some wear to edges, vg. 1st edition.
Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Association, (1966). 11" x 8 1/2", 268p, boards, illustrated by photos, charts and diagrams, very good in dust jacket taped on verso.. 1st edition, signed by Blower. The most comprehensive coverage of the interurban transit lines in and around Akron.
Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, (2002). 109p, cloth, illustrated with cartoons, fine in dj. 1st edition. Inscribed by the author.
Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co., (1936). 245p, pictorial cloth, frontispiece, dust jacket with some tape and small edge tears, paper browned, good. Two boys travels to the Ohio River Valley. Braden lived in Akron at one time.
Akron, Oh: Western Reserve Company, 1911. 106p, cloth, illustrated, fold-out map, paper slightly browned, light fading of spine, very good. First edition. The portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers is depicted on most of the earliest maps of the Old Northwest. It was a primary Native American thoroughfare and.....
1838. (SUMMIT CO) Commins, J.D., Wheeler, S.A. and Chamberlin, P. THE AKRON POST-OFFICE. No place, no date (1960's?) 16p, wraps, vg. Reprint of a pamphlet originally published in 1838. In the 1830's, the town of Akron, though hardly more than a village, consisted of north and south ends, separated by.....
1994. (SUMMIT CO-LIBRARY) Dietz, Margaret Neumann. AKRON'S LIBRARY, COMMEMORATING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ON MAIN STREET. Akron, Oh: Akron-Summit Cty. Public Library, 1994. 140p, 11"x 8 1/4", pictorial boards, illustrated, fine.
1967. Firestone, Harvey S. Jr. MAN ON THE MOVE, The Story of Transportation. NY: Putnam, (1967). 318p, cloth, illus, vg in dj with 1/2" tear. 1st edition.
1992. (SUMMIT CO) Fry, Linda Lowe and Cheryl Mack Urban. POLITICS AND THE WOMEN OF SUMMIT COUNTY, A Chronicle of Womens' Involvement and Contributions to Summit County Politics. Akron, Oh: Women's History Project of the Akron Area, Inc., 1992. 122p, paperback, illustrated, vg+. Includes biographies of many of the area's.....
2008. Giffels, David. ALL THE WAY HOME, Building a Family in a Falling-Down House. (NY, NY): William Morrow, (2008). 314p, boards, a few photographs, decorated endpapers, vg+ in dj. First Edition, inscribed by the author. Charming and funny book by the BEACON JOURNAL columnist about his family and their travails.....
Grismer, Karl H. AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY. Akron, OH: Summit County Historical Society, no date. 834p, 10" X 7", blue cloth, illustrated, vg in dj with edge tears. 2nd printing. Probably the best modern history of Summit County. Includes a lengthy reference section on businesses, biographies, etc. Grismer (1895-1952) was.....
Charleston: History Press, 2010. 126p, paperback, illustrated, fine. 1st edition, inscribed by author.