Chicago, IL: People's Book Club. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1951. Book Club Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Fair dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition . There is some light bumping and fraying to the bottom corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There are bug poo trails to the bottom edge of the text block. The dust jacket has noticeable bug nibbled patches, especially to the flap joints and the rear spine joint. . The rear dust jacket flap has detatched, but is still present. "Pennsylvania, 1913. The four Wittmann brothers manufacture steel precision tools. Jochen (Joe) is a ruthless businessman who seeks to improve the bottom line at any cost. Friedrich (Fred) dabbles in Socialism but would never sacrifice his dividends. Wilhelm (Willie) prefers to collect art rather than visit the factory floor. Only Karl (Charles) , a widower, has the vision to keep the family business in the black. Now, as the winds of war sweep across Europe, anti-German sentiment turns the family's allies against them, and war profiteers threaten to remake the entire steel industry into a merchant of death. But Charles's greatest worry is that his son will be shipped overseas to die. " (from FantasticFiction). .

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Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB) (US)
Seller's Inventory #: A41918
Title: The Balance Wheel
Author: Caldwell, Taylor
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
Edition: Book Club Edition; 1st Printing
Publisher: People's Book Club
Place of Publication: Chicago, IL
Date Published: 1951
Keywords: Modern Fiction, Taylor Caldwell, World War I, Relationships, Family Dramas, Industries
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Fiction;

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About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.

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Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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....
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