The Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil Company
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], iii-v, [3], 1-142, [2] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering blocked in a gold border on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. Price of $1.00 net on the jacket's spine panel. With a slip lain in stating compliments from the publisher. Also with a folded single sheet advertising the publisher's titles intended for juvenile readers. This book is difficult to find in the first edition and in dust jacket. Montague's history explores the corporation's origins and its practices in the years after the Supreme Court of the United States dissolved the corporate trust that 40 companies came together to create (John D. Rockefeller was one of the investors that controlled the trust). Montague's book also explores how the company influenced the railroad industry. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #000017326
Jacket with a few tiny chips and rubbing on its rear panel.
Price: $425.00