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Seller's Description:
First edition. Bookplate signed by Alfred P. Sloan, addressed to former owner, on front free endpaper; one of an unknown number of such copies with similar signed bookplates. xv, 208 pp. with photo illustrations. Original navy cloth with gilt lettering. Offsetting to endpapers, else Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear and a little dulling to spine panel. A signed early memoir by the head of General Motors.
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First edition of the story of Alfred P. Sloan's rise to become General Motors executive. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Alfred P. Sloan. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Alfred Sloan P. Sloan Jr New York July 22, 1964." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. Written in collaboration with Boyden Sparkes. Introduction by Karl T. Compton. Scarce and desirable signed by Sloan. Adventures of a White-Collar Man details the birth of General Motors from a time frame when cars were being invented by a myriad of independent inventors and manufacturers. The storyline recaps Alfred P. Sloan Jr's start in the working world of the late 1800's and tracks the changes in the auto industry through to the consolidated conglomeration of General Motors in the 1940's.
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Good. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any markings. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Library sleeve is attach to the inside of front board. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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VERY GOOD signed by the author. JACKET: WORN DJ. 6 X 8 1/2. Book is signed by the author on the afixed bookplate. Protective Mylar cover on the dust jacket. Dust jacket has small tears, folds, and fading. Gilt title on the the cover and spine. Front and back hinge cracks. Black and white photographs. The pages of the book are discolored, edges are yellowed, otherwise book is still in very good condition. Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. became vice president of operations of General Motors in 1920 at the time GM. held only 12% of the market. When he retired chairman in 1956 General Motors Corporation held 56% of the market. _PAB_
