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Oil Man; The Story of Frank Phillips and the Birth of Phillips Petroleum
by Michael Wallis
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385238053
- ISBN 13
- 9780385238052
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$32.67A$22.87
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company, 1988 Doubleday and Co., New York.1988. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight shelfwear to boards and textblock bottom. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($19.95); light edge bumping; slight rubbing and superficial scratches to panels. Black boards with red cloth overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine.480 pp 8vo. This book recreates the life and times of an American hero; the founder of one of the largest independently owned oil companies-Phillips Petroleum. The barber who saw a new world emerging with the automobile and aviation build and oil empire and a network of gas stations that thrived from the final days of the frontier west to the present day. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012955
- Title
- Oil Man; The Story of Frank Phillips and the Birth of Phillips Petroleum
- Author
- Michael Wallis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385238053
- ISBN 13
- 9780385238052
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- OIL INDUSTRY, WILDCATTERS, FRANK PHILLIPS, PHILLIPS PETROLEUM, 66, DRILLING, oil refining, oil well drilling, Oklahoma oil industry, gas stations, airplanes, aviation gas, world War II, automobile industry,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; Automobiles;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
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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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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