Accountancy for Retail Traders

CONDITION: Fine/Near Mint — this book is116 years old, so see the photos, including those showing examples of three-colour printing in parts of the book. DESCRIPTION: Accountancy for Retail Traders by Dennis Wood, Incorporated Accountant, Fellow National Shorthand Association. Green cloth board and spine with gilt titles to front: "ACCOUNTANCY FOR RETAIL TRADERS. BY DENNIS WOOD Incorporated Accountant (Incorporated.) PRICE 2/6 NET." No dust jacket issued. Includes original brown envelope addressed to the General Federation of Trade Unions (A.S.10) Hamilton House, Ridborough Street, London, W.C.1, unposted, with halfpenny green George V stamp affixed to reverse as photographed. Remarkable trade union provenance item laid in rear. Exceptional pale green marbled endpapers and inner boards without a mark as photographed. Binding tight and square. Green cloth with minimal edge wear only, gilt titles bright and sharp. Internals pristine throughout with no foxing whatsoever. Features rare tri-color printing with ruling in red, blue and cyan on ledger examples - see "D.W. Combination Ledger" pages 22-23 as photographed. All examples and ledgers present and unused. Contents covers ledgers, cash books, partnership, limited liability companies, banks, cheques, bills of exchange as photographed. Introduction opens with author's criticism of tradesmen who neglect bookkeeping: "The policy adopted by many tradesmen is one of 'drift' and this very often results in the ship of business being stranded on the rocks of Bankruptcy" as photographed page v.Includes explanation of Dennis Wood's patented "D.W. Combination Ledger" system, Copyright Entered at Stationers' Hall, with tabular ledger designed for retail traders using three-color ruling to prevent errors as photographed. Text notes ledgers bound in four distinct colors: red, green, blue and brown.Features reduced facsimile of an "Order" Cheque from Sheffield Banking Company Limited, Mexbrough Branch, dated Jan 5th 1910, for £20-10-6, with One Penny Revenue stamp as photographed. Text on "Endorsement of Cheques" accompanies facsimile. First edition published 1910 by Mexbro' and Swinton Times Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd., Mexborough, Yorkshire. Printed by Arnold Biggin, Printer, Lithographer and Account Book Maker, Midland Works, Dronfield. With special articles on Partnership, Limited Liability, Banks and Banking, Cheques and Bills of Exchange, Deeds of Assignment, Arbitration, etc. Edwardian business manual for shopkeepers and retail traders introducing Wood's patented accounting system. Original price 2/6 net printed to front board and title page. Regional Yorkshire publishing and printing with local Mexbrough banking example. Exceptional Near Fine/Near Mint example with marbled boards, pristine internals, tri-color printing, patented ledger system, banking facsimile and original trade union postal ephemera. 116 years old with no foxing. We are new to this portal and every sale goes towards keeping these projects going. I create and curate people's stories as they encounter difficulties life throws at us, focusing on resilience through adversity and post-traumatic growth. We're all the stronger for knowing it's not just us suffering—together we're better.A lot of the books are from my personal archive, acquired while researching documentary projects. As such, the library is deep and wide. Every book is graded honestly to ABE standards, photographed clearly so you know what you're getting, and packed carefully before posting from the UK. Questions welcome - I will always reply. Thank you for reading.Rich. x.…