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Car Wars: The Untold Story of the Great Automakers and the Giant Battle for Global Supremacy
by Sobel, Robert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0525242899
- ISBN 13
- 9780525242895
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
E P Dutton, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Stated First Edition; Second Printing per number line. Hard cover in very good condition with white boards & white spine cloth; gold gilt spine lettering. Sky blue end papers. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Age toning and light foxing to text block edges. 371 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good; overall ghost of shelf & edge wear; 1"" closed tear at top of front panel; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""The first major exploration of the car wars around us. A tale of three continents, five car cultures, magnates and supermanagers, and two down-to-the-wire finalists: Detroit and Japan.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001073
- Title
- Car Wars: The Untold Story of the Great Automakers and the Giant Battle for Global Supremacy
- Author
- Sobel, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0525242899
- ISBN 13
- 9780525242895
- Publisher
- E P Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Automobile industry and trade, Automobile industry and trade - United States, Automobile industry and trade - West Germany, Automobile industry and trade - Japan, Automobile industry and trade - History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of the United States;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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