The History of Unilever: A Study in Economic Growth and Social Change
by WILSON, Charles
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1954. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23.5cm). Two volumes in black cloth, titled in gilt, red topstains, in cream dust jackets; [xxii],335,[1]pp; [x],480pp; 12 folding plates, 7 color diagrams, additional black and white illustrations. Both volumes inscribed to J. W. Fredericks from Major V. J. A. Lillie-Costello, November 1955, on front free endpapers. With Fredericks' ownership inscription in pencil on front panel of dust jacket to vol. I. A straight set, slight dustsoil to edges of textblock, endleaves foxed, else clean: Very Good. Jackets price-clipped, lightly rubbed, browned at spines, with minor dustsoil: Very Good.
The inscribee is J. Wayne Fredericks (1917-2004), distinguished Africanist, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, later Director of Africa programs for the Ford Foundation and Director of the Foreign Policy Association (1994-2004). Fredericks' work on behalf of Black South Africans was sufficiently well-known and significant that Desmond Tutu spoke at his memorial service in 2004.
The inscribee is J. Wayne Fredericks (1917-2004), distinguished Africanist, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, later Director of Africa programs for the Ford Foundation and Director of the Foreign Policy Association (1994-2004). Fredericks' work on behalf of Black South Africans was sufficiently well-known and significant that Desmond Tutu spoke at his memorial service in 2004.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61122
- Title
- The History of Unilever: A Study in Economic Growth and Social Change
- Author
- WILSON, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economics;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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