A View of the Corporate Role in Society
by HARPER, John D
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0915604116
- ISBN 13
- 9780915604111
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, price-clipped dust jacket. 57pp. 2 illustrations, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn, with age toned spine and some discolored patches. A tight, nice first edition of the 1976 Benjamin F. Fairless Memorial Lecture, boldly inscribed and signed by Harper in black fineline on front flyleaf: "To Bob Malott / with all good wishes / John Harper." Harper (1910-85) was the long-time president and CEO of Alcoa (Aluminum Company of America). Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a noted Chicago businessman, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and philanthropist.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44318
- Title
- A View of the Corporate Role in Society
- Author
- HARPER, John D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0915604116
- ISBN 13
- 9780915604111
- Publisher
- Carnegie-Mellon University Press
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh
- Date Published
- 1977
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