Adventure in Oil - the Story of British Petroleum
by Henry Longhurst
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/G+
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1959. History of the oil giant from its early days in Persia. Published to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary. Foreword by Winston Churchill. Author was better known as Sunday Times golf correspondent. Numerous b/w photographs. Green covers with gilt lettering to spine partly on dark green panel. Book in very good condition. Illustrated DJ has four small closed (repaired) tears, but is basically sound. Ref:07852. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/G+. 16x24cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000852
- Title
- Adventure in Oil - the Story of British Petroleum
- Author
- Henry Longhurst
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- G+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sidgwick and Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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