Two Strikes and Out
by MCMAHON, William E., ed
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Country Life Press Corporation, [1939]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); original cloth (a bit dampstained) in black dust jacket printed in red; [2],iv,[4],156pp. Dampstain to upper jacket cover verso very faintly showing through to recto (though some damp spots showing on rear cover); top edge a touch shelf-worn with a few shallow chips not affecting text, else Very Good. "[T]his book answer the Mexican Government's assertion that it had legal justification for the recent seizure of foreign-owned oil properties" (from upper jacket flap). McMahon was, until 1938, head of the legal staff in Mexico of the Standard Oil Company.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24576
- Title
- Two Strikes and Out
- Author
- MCMAHON, William E., ed
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Country Life Press Corporation
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- [1939]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mexico; Oil Industry; Business, Economics, Finance;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Verso
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- Octavo
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