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Titan; The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr
by Chernow, Ron
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- Hardcover
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- first
- Condition
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. The first edition, first printing of Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., signed by the author, Ron Chernow.. Octavo, xxii, 774pp, [3]. Maroon hardcover, black cloth spine, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated first edition, with a full number line. This copy appears unread. In the publisher's dust jacket, $30.00 on front flap, light wear along top edge of spine, a near fine example. Signed on the title page: "Ron Chernow 6/4/98.
Synopsis
Ron Chernow 's first book, The House of Morgan , won the National Book Award and the Ambassador Award for the year's best study of American culture. His second book, The Warburgs , won the Eccles Prize as the Best Business Book of 1993 and was also selected by the American Library Association as one of that year's best nonfiction books. In reviewing his recent collection of essays, The Death of the Banker , The New York Times called the author "as elegant an architect of monumental histories as we've seen in decades and chose the paperback original as one of the year's Notable Books. ABOUT THE READER George Plimpton is the founding editor of The Paris Review and a special contributor to Sports Illustrated and Esquire . He is the author of such books as Truman Capote and The X Factor .
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15000
- Title
- Titan; The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr
- Author
- Chernow, Ron
- Illustrator
- The first edition, first printing of Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., signed by the author, Ron Chernow.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Ron Chernow signed, First edition Hamilton, Rockefeller limited edition, signed book Rockefeller, John D Rockefeller signed book, limited edition John D. Rockefeller, Random reminiscences of men and events Rockefeller, The personal relation in indust
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