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Spindletop: The Ture Story of the Oil Discovery That Changed the World
by Clark, James A.; Halbouty, Michel T.;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair Jacket
- Seller
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Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1952 306pp. Spine ends are lightly bumped. Tips are lightly rubbed. Spine is a bit shaken. Text is unmarked. Jacket has chipping, light creases, small tears along the edges. Edges of jacket are missing pieces. Spine panel and flap folds are sunned. Jacket has light soiling.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Recycled Records and Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28570
- Title
- Spindletop: The Ture Story of the Oil Discovery That Changed the World
- Author
- Clark, James A.; Halbouty, Michel T.;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: United States;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
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