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Hughes After Howard: The Story of Hughes Aircraft Company.
by Richardson, D Kenneth
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- Hardcover
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- BINDING/CONDITION: blue binding with gilt titles; a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacke
- ISBN 10
- 097080508X
- ISBN 13
- 9780970805089
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About This Item
Santa Barbara, California:: Sea Hill Press, 2011.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue binding with gilt titles; a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall) . Appendix, bibliography. Blue endpapers. Description: Includes several black and white illustrations. The publisher's blurb reads: ''In 1953 Howard Hughes virtually disappeared from the company he had begun in 1932. Under new, creative, and inspired management, Hughes Aircraft Company became the leading military electronics organization in the world and rose to 85,000 employees. Some called it a national treasure. In this book, the company's past president Ken Richardson shows how this was done.. Collaborating with over 90 retired employees, Ken has compiled this remarkable piece of American aerospace history.''
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- The Bookworm
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 067722
- Title
- Hughes After Howard: The Story of Hughes Aircraft Company.
- Author
- Richardson, D Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: blue binding with gilt titles; a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacke
- Edition
- 1st Printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 097080508X
- ISBN 13
- 9780970805089
- Publisher
- Sea Hill Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara, California:
- Date Published
- 2011.
- Pages
- 470 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall)
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