Chemistry

Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1994. NEAR FINE book condition/VERY GOOD dust jacket. Black cloth hard cove with bright gilt lettering on spine. Very small amountof shelf dent to bottom of spine. Otherwise AS NEW. Glossy, dust jacket has light corner & spine end rub. Small picture of author & short paragraph on back flap. "...chronicles and explains the unusual business history of a fast-moving competitor in a fast-changing industry. ... As a supplier of ordnance during World War I, the company broadened it sskills and expertise in chemistry and chemical engineering, which it used in the interwar years to diversify into cellulose products, naval stores, and paper chemicals. Concerned about limits to growth in its traditional lines after World War II, Hercules expanded into new areas, establishing leading positions in agricultural chemicals, specialty chemicals for synthetic fibers, solid-fuel rocetry, and especially, the petrochemical plastic, polypropylene." 528 pp. Pages are clean, tight, unmarked & uncreased. Spine Uncracked. UNREAD. Internally AS NEW. Also included are 2 programs for the 50th Anniversary of the Sunfloewr Army Ammunition Plant and 4 copies of "The Sunflower Planet", Souvenir Edition, May 15, 1992 -- published by Hercules Incorporated for the Employees of Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant. (One copy has a mailing address.) Extra postage of $2.00 (total $6.00) for US Non Priority mail required because of size & weight. (See Shipping Rates or Terms of Sale for additional information.) Contact seller for additional international shipping costs. Picture is provided by the seller & is of actual book you will receive. . Unstated. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: American Book Co, 1949. FAIR book condition/NO dust jacket. Brown cloth cover with tan design & lettering on front & tan lettering on spine. Considerable edge & corner rubs. Cloth on spine is torn mostly unattached along the front & partly unattached along the back, but is complete. Several dark (ink) spots on leading page edges. Previous owner name & notes on paste downs & ffep & fbep. Ex Libris sticker on 2nd ffep. Occasional margin note & a little bit of underlining. 1943 table of International Atomic Weights on front paste down. Periodic Table on back paste down. Hinges & pages tight & intact. 536 pp with index. Picture is provided by the seller & is of actual book you will receive. . Presumed First. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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