CHEMICALS, METALS AND MEN: A Bird's-Eye View of the Materials That Make the World Go Around
- New York: Vantage Press, 1995
New York: Vantage Press, 1995. First edition (stated). Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of this impassioned paean to the history of the American coke industry (that is to say: coke, the fuel byproduct of coal or petroleum distillation, not the other one, or the other other one). 9'' x 6''. Original silver-lettered black cloth. In original unclipped ($19.95) red and white dust jacket. 280 pages. Jacket spine sunned.