BLACK BONANZA : How an Oil Hunt Grew Into the Union Oil Company of California
by Taylor, Frank J.; & Welty, Earl M
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/No Jacket
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill, 1950. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/No Jacket. With Maps & Illustrations. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. 1950 First Edition, First Thus. Gilt embossed black linen boards/Fine with light rubs to corner tips. DJ/None. Maps to covers' verso. Book dealer stub to rear endpaper. History of the development & growth of major petroleum explorer and marketer Union Oil of California (Unocal), headquartered in El Segundo, CA. Formed 1890, and, since 2005 a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. 280 pgs, w/archival photos, in 15 chapters followed by Chronology of Union Oil Field Discoveries. Fine copy less dust jacket.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020804
- Title
- BLACK BONANZA : How an Oil Hunt Grew Into the Union Oil Company of California
- Author
- Taylor, Frank J.; & Welty, Earl M
- Illustrator
- With Maps & Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1950
- Pages
- 280
- Keywords
- History, Petroleum, Union Oil of California, Business Practices
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Industry;
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