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Teagle of Jersey Standard
by Wall, Bennett H. & George S. Gibb
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New Orleans, LA: Tulane University. Very Good- in Fair dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows heavy shelf wear with tears and chipping, sun-faded on spine area. Previous owner's inscription for a donation on front pastedown. Bottom fore corners bumped, bottom fore corner of text block seems to have sustained some water damage. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Decorative end papers, B&W photos and reproductions of letters from FDR. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 386 pages; Walter Teagle was a powerful businessman in the first half of the 20th century, was the president of Standard Oil from late 1917 to June 1937 and Chairman of Standard Oil from June 1937 to November 1942. His pro Nazi views were controversial and interfered with tire production for the war effort. As well, his sale of fuels to Germany and Japan caused Standard Oil to come into disfavor with the US government and brought about his eventual resignation. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20993
- Title
- Teagle of Jersey Standard
- Author
- Wall, Bennett H. & George S. Gibb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Tulane University
- Place of Publication
- New Orleans, LA
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- standard oil, Nazi Germany, Japan, FDR, Teagle, WWII
- Bookseller catalogs
- Business;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
Satisfaction guaranteed - if I have made an error in the description, I will refund book and shipping both ways. If the customer just changes his/her mind I will only refund one shipping charge. Please contact me before sending a book back. Any dust jackets on books will have a Mylar protector. Books shipped from US or Canada.
About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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