Akron, OH: B. F. Goodrich Company, no date (1940's). No pagination (circa 350p), cloth, illustrated with maps and charts, very good. A series of reports and program descriptions centering on B. F. Goodrich's efforts to develop synthetic rubber for America's war effort.
Akron, OH: The B. F. Goodrich Co., (1944). 45p, 11 1/4" x 7 1/2", boards, illustrated with photographs, inner hinge crack beginning, cover edge wear, good.
1929. INDIA RUBBER WORLD. New York: Federated Business Publications, 1929. Vol. 80, No. 3, June 1, 1929. 164p, 12" X 9", wrappers, illus., covers worn and soiled, good. A monthly magazine covering all aspects of the rubber industry, world wide: technical articles, business reviews, patents, trade marks, statistics, book reviews.....
THE MIRACLE OF RUBBER. (Akron, Ohio: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, no date 1970's?) 23p, pictorial wraps, illustrated, vg.
Akron, Ohio: BFGoodrich Corporate Communications, (1995). 38p, 11" x 7 3/4", wraps, illustrations (some in color), very good plus. History of the company with many great illustrations including old photos and Goodrich memorabilia.
1955. (AAA) PLANTER'S PUNCH. Harbel, Liberia, W. Africa: Firestone Plantation Co., 1955. Vol. 15, No. IIV, November 1955. 34p., 11" x 8 1/2", illus wrappers, illus, cover soiled, name on front cover, rear cover missing (?), good. An "in house" monthly publication by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company's Liberian.....
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.....
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, Ohio, 1936. 413p, cloth, many illustrations, a few marks on cover, o/w very good. First edition, inscribed by author. Allen was editor of the Akron Beacon Journal until 1926 when he joined the public relations dept. of Goodyear.
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.....
Akron, Ohio, 1943. 74p, cloth, many illustrations, end papers discolored, dust jacket has been laminated, o/w vg. 2nd printing. Printed at The Lakeside Press.
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.....
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.
1904. Bersch, Joseph. CELLULOSE, CELLULOSE PRODUCTS, AND ARTIFICIAL RUBBER. Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1904. 345p, cloth, illus., inner hinges cracked, paper slightly browned, g-vg. Translated from the German by William T. Brannt. A comprehensive overview of the development of products from cellulose.
Columbus, Oh: Ohio State University Press, 1996. 507p, cloth, illustrated, dust jacket, fine. History of Goodrich from the beginning in 1870. written by two professors of history at OSU, it covers rubber and plastic production to chemical and aerospace products and services. Appendix, notes, index.
Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2010. 162p, cloth, illustrated (including map), dust jacket, very good. First edition, inscribed by author on title page.Excellent memoir about the author's attempt (with her uncle) to recover memories and history of her earliest years. Goosetown was the German neighborhood in South Akron near.....
Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2003. 223p, 1/4 cloth, illustrated, dust jacket, very good. First edition. An excellent memoir. Dyer grew up in Firestone Park and her family worked for Firestone from the early 1900's. She recounts both the good and bad times of her father's career with the.....
Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2000. 176p, 10 1/2" x 8 1/2", cloth, illustrated with photos, fine in dj. 1st edition. Index.
1967. Firestone, Harvey S. Jr. MAN ON THE MOVE, The Story of Transportation. NY: Putnam, (1967). 318p, cloth, illustrated, a few small tears ti dust jacket edges, very good. First edition.
No place: Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1933. 127p, 1/2 leather, top edge gilt, illustrated, light wear to edges, o/w very good. First edition. #317 of 600 copies. Topics include rubber in WWI, Edison, rubber plantations in Liberia, Malaya, etc., and more.
Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 1999. 359p, 11" x 8 1/2", softcover, many illustrations, very good. Bibliographical references, Index. Forward by Rita Dove, former Poet Laureate from Akron, Ohio. A history of the rubber industry and trade. Originally a year long newspaper series.
Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 1999. 359p, 11" x 8 1/2", softcover, many illustrations, very good. Signed by the authors. Bibliographical references, Index. Forward by Rita Dove, former Poet Laureate from Akron, Ohio. A history of the rubber industry and trade. Originally a year long newspaper series...
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. 249p, boards, illus., vg in dust jacket. 1st edition. O'Neill was founder of General Tire.
Elmsford, NY: Benjamin Company, 1983. 223p, 10" x 7", paperback, many illustrations, vg. 1st edition.
Akron, OH: Pioneer Motor Traffic Club, 1971. 10 1/2"x8", 302p, imitation leather, illustrated, endpapers discolored, good. First edition. A history of early trucking and the trucking industry in Akron, well illustrated by photos of the vehicles and personalities. The efforts of the rubber industry to promote trucking and the use.....