Sam Walton; The Inside Story of America's Richest Man
by Vance H. Trimble
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0525249842
- ISBN 13
- 9780525249849
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Dutton, 1990 Dutton, New York. 1990. Hardcover. Stated First Printing and First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($19.95); light rubbing to panels. Blue paper over boards with blue cloth overlay on spine with bright red lettering on spine. Red endpapers. 319 pp 8vo. A superbly researched book on Sam Walton; the story of a quest that began in the dust bowl of OK in the Depression; to learning the principle of putting customer satisfaction above profits; to putting his ideas to work in a five and dime store in Arkansas; thus the first Wal-Mart was born. A rags to riches tale. A clean very presentable book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013705
- Title
- Sam Walton; The Inside Story of America's Richest Man
- Author
- Vance H. Trimble
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525249842
- ISBN 13
- 9780525249849
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- SAM WALTON, WAL-MART, WALMART, BUSINESS RETAILING, BENTONVILLE Arkansas, large scale selling, corporate greed, worlds largest retailer, selling, warehousing, retail sales, economics, business history,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Spine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.