Desert Enterprise: The Middle East Oil Industry in Its Local Environment
by David H. Finnie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Harvard University Press, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey paper covered boards with black cloth to spine. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Minor creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. White marks to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Noticeable sunning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges. Marks overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1665399663BPD
- Title
- Desert Enterprise: The Middle East Oil Industry in Its Local Environment
- Author
- David H. Finnie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Date Published
- 1958
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....