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Boone

by T. Boone Pickens, Jr.(AUTHOR SIGNED)

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Near Fine/Near Fine
ISBN 10
0395414334
ISBN 13
9780395414330
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987 Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 1987. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelfwear to board bottom edges. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($18.95); light rubbing to front and back panels; light shelfwear to head and tips. Brown paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 304 pp 8vo. This is the story of an American original. Boone Pickens started out in the 1950s with $2500. Over the next 30 years he built Mesa Petroleum, America's largest independent oil company. This book tells how he made $3 billion and he also shares his candid insights into what's wrong with corporate America. A chance to share the sheer exhilaration of playing hard at business and succeeding. A clean near pristine copy.

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Bookseller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
015731
Title
Boone
Author
T. Boone Pickens, Jr.(AUTHOR SIGNED)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
0395414334
ISBN 13
9780395414330
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication
Boston, MA
Date Published
1987
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords
T. BOONE PICKENS, MESA PETROLEUM, GULF OIL, PHILLIPS, UNOCAL, INDEPENDENT OIL COMPANY, STARTING A BUSINESS, BUSINESS CORRUPTION, COMPANY PROFITS, TAKEOVERS IN THE oil industry, oil drilling, oil production, petroleum, energy
Bookseller catalogs
Autobiography;

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About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Inscribed
When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
Price Clipped
When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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....
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Shelfwear
Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.

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