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Picture of The Town Club: The Centennial Celebration 1901-2001 The Town Club: The Centennial Celebration 1901-2001, by Tuttle, Liza. Inland Press: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 2001. Edition: First edition. Hardcover, 11 by 9.5 inches (oblong), 175 pages. Green cloth with white lettering on spine. Club logo in white on front cover. Pictorial end papers. Well illustrated with photographs throughout. Includes Index. $50.00

Picture of Caring for Milwaukee: The Daughters of Charity at St. Mary's Hospital Caring for Milwaukee: The Daughters of Charity at St. Mary's Hospital, by Quinn, Brenda W. and Ellen D. Langill. Milwaukee Publishing Group: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1998. Edition: First edition stated. ISBN: 0965075915. Hardcover, 8.75 by 11.25 inches, 112 pages. Pictorial paper over boards. Well illustrated with modern and historic photographs. Includes Index $20.00

Picture of Calked Boots and Cant Hooks [SIGNED] Calked Boots and Cant Hooks [SIGNED], by Corrigan, George A.. MacGregor Litho: Park Falls, Wisconsin, 1977. Edition: Second Printing. Hardcover, 6.25 by 9.25 inches, 248 pages. Self-published. Green cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Author's signature on first free end paper. $25.00

Picture of For the Next Generation: The Commitment to Research at Johnson Wax For the Next Generation: The Commitment to Research at Johnson Wax, by S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc., R&D Staff. n.p.: n.p., 1986. Edition: First edition. ISBN: 0961765208. Hardcover, 8.75 by 11.25 inches, 272 pages. White cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Well illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes index. $150.00

Picture of Places of Worship Milwaukee Places of Worship Milwaukee, by Young, Mary Ellen and Wayne Attoe. n.p.: Milwuakee, Wis., 1977. Edition: Second edition. , 11 by 8.5 inches (oblong), 109, [2 indexes] pages. Pictorial wraps. Heavily illustrated with black and white photographs of Milwaukee church buildings. Includes Indexes to churches and architects $18.00

Picture of For Those Who Demand More: We Are Case IH For Those Who Demand More: We Are Case IH, by No author stated. Global Marketing Case IH: USA, 2006. Edition: Probable First. Hardcover, 12.25 by 9.75 inches (oblong), [36] pages. Black cloth with title blind stamped on cover. Pictorial end papers. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. $60.00

Picture of Wisconsin: A Tradition of Innovation Wisconsin: A Tradition of Innovation, by Erpenbach, Mary and Maggie Ginsberg-Schutz. Cherbo Publishing Group, 2008. Edition: Apparent first edition. Hardcover, 12.5 by 9.25 inches (oblong), xxxii, 312 pages. Black cloth-covered boards with title in black on cover and spine. $40.00

Picture of The Legend of Briggs & Stratton The Legend of Briggs & Stratton, by Rodengen, Jeffrey L.. Write Stuff Syndicate: United States of America, 1995. Edition: First edition with full number line. ISBN: 0945903111. Hardcover, 11.5 by 9.25 inches, 208 pages. Gray paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Well illustrated with both black and white and color photographs. Includes Notes to Sources and Index. Includes several related brochures laid in. $25.00

Picture of J.I. Case: The First 150 Years J.I. Case: The First 150 Years, by Holmes, Michael. Case Corp: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1992. Edition: No edition stated.. Softcover, 12 by 9 inches (oblong), 200 pages. Pictorial wraps. Well illustrated with color and black and white illustrations. Includes Index. $40.00

Picture of Johnson Wax Magazine: 1886 to 1986 One Hundred Years of Leadership Johnson Wax Magazine: 1886 to 1986 One Hundred Years of Leadership, by No author stated. S.C. Johnson & Son: U.S.A., 1986. Edition: no edition stated. Hardcover, 649 by 12 inches pages. December, 1986 Volume 59, No. 1. Red cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Pastedown illustration on cover. Well illustrated throughout, including historical pictures of the company's products. $20.00