The Fast Track: Texans and Other Strivers Tapa dura - 1981

New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1981, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust jacket has a few tears****We ship most book within 24 hours****Customer satisfaction 100% guaranteed****Over 22 years of experience in the book selling community

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1981. BV4 - A very good used book that has some moisture damage to the outside bottom 3" of the spine not effecting the text with a very good dust jacket that has soiling on the spine and sides near it, bottom corner of the front inside flap clipped, wrinkling, chipping, crease, and tears on some edges and corners in a removable archival cover. Book was signed by the author on the title page. This book marks the debut of a fine young writer who understands that the American engine runs on asperations, and who shows us in life stories these asperations at work.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1981. AQ3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has bottom corner of the front inside flap clipped, wrinkling, chipping, crease, and tear on some edges and corners, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has some rubbing and wear on the cover edges, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book was signed by the author on the title page. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Norton, 1981. 255 pp., reddish-brown cloth spine w/ dark gray boards & black lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has slight slant to spine w/ black marker line to base of spine; minor shelf wear to bottom edges; minor manufacturing defect where piece of material was caught under front pastedown; Jacket shows some edge wear esp. at base of spine; top & bottom edges are a bit curled; short closed tear to top edge of rear panel / ". . . cool and skillful portraits of (mostly) Texas strivers . . . the debut of a fine young writer who understands that the American engine runs on aspirations . . ." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

W.W. Norton, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Very Good. (1st) Slightly smaller book, red-brown cloth spine, dark blue boards slightly faded at top front and back edges, black lettering and line design very fine on spine, bottom front tip slightly bumped, top right quadrant cut off of first front end paper, ink note visible on second front end paper, 255 lightly browned pages. DJ price-clipped, glossy white with illustration at top showing skyscrapers, medical and dollar symbols and oil derricks. DJ has tiny crease at front tips, two micronicks at spine top edge, light crease at spine bottom edge, micronicks at top back edge near spine, nick with tiny tear and very slight wear at bottom back edge next to spine, micronick at middle of bottom back edge. Near Very Good DJ/Near Fine book.

New York, NY: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1981. 1st Ed 2nd Pr. One page top corner creased, balance of content excellent. Hardbound. 8vo. 120 Pgs.. Nr Fine in Good- DJ/Good. The Fast Track, Texans and Other Strivers by Nicholas Lemann. Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, NY, 1981. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Good- DJ. One page top corner creased, balance of content excellent. 255 Pgs. ISBN 0393014363. LCCN 80-39670. These are cool and skillful portraits of (mostly) Texas strivers, such as Denton Cooley and Mich'l DeBakey and others among the 23,000 who work at the Texas Medical Center. Here is Big Oil, exemplified by Exxon in Houston, and Little Oil, in the form of Jack G Jones, a self-employed petroleum geologist in Amarillo. Here is the drumbeat of confidence, so ingrained in Texas success that it is capitalized, ''Positive Mental Attitude'', and taught in Ed Foreman's ''Successful Life Course.'' Description text copyright… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.