9780195043495 - Alfred I.Du Pont: The Man and His Family de Wall, Joseph Frazier (24 resultados)

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Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; price-clipped; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; lightly scuffed and scratched; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Flatsigned by the author on the title page! Tan boards quarterbound by brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 685 historical and informative pages of text and 16 historic pages of black and white photographs and illustrations! "If Alfred I. du Pont was born to "the purple and ermine" of an American industrial dynasty, his life was far from peaceful, pampered, indolent. Beginning at the bottom as little more than a teamster and handyman, within fifteen years young du Pont was widely recognized as "the best black powderman in the nation" and the mechanical genius of the du Pont family. In 1902, upon the death of Eugene du Pont, Alfred was brash and confident enough to claim for himself the company his elders wanted to sell to their major competitor, Laflin and Rand. With two cousins, he formed a triumvirate which ultimately converted the old gunpowder company into the great chemical empire it is today. In this brilliantly written, in-depth biography, Joseph Frazier Wall ranges from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours's spectacular rise in pre-Revolutionary France, to the family's migration to America and the founding of the Du Pont Company in Wilmington, to Alfred's death in 1935, charting the growth of one of America's great industrial dynasties. We meet Henry du Pont, the conservative leader of the third generation (he favored candles over electric lights in the office), who organized the entire gunpowder industry; Lammot du Pont, the crown prince of the third generation, who died tragically in an explosion at the Repauno plant; Eugene du Pont, whom Wall describes as "a director without direction"; and a host of other du Pont men and women. But Alfred du Pont remains the center of the narrative. Wall details his rejuvenation of the family company after Eugene's death, the bitter family feud that followed his marriage to his cousin Alicia, the fifteen-year battle that he waged with some of the family's most powerful members (leading to his ouster from the company in 1916), and his brilliant second career in Florida (where he pioneered the development of sound banking, transportation, and the paper industry). This is the first biography of Alfred du Pont to appear in half a century. In preparing it, Wall had complete access both to Alfred's own papers in Florida as well as the vast collection of the du Pont archives in Wilmington. The result is a compelling story of one of America's most creative businessmen as well as an inside look at one of our most historically significant families." (SIGNED FIRST EDITION). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Near Fine condition hard cover book with Near Fine condition dust jacket. Some slight bumping to spine edges. Some slight smudging to rear board and shelf wear to board edges. Some smudging to text block edges. Dust jacket has some shelf wear and toning to edges and corners. Dust jacket protected by removable clear mylar cover. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never X-library unless specifically described as such. Dust jackets unclipped unless described as such.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Foxing to exterior edge of pages. - Good overall condition. General wear. No major blemishes. No writing. ; - We're committed to your satisfaction. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 698 page hardcover biography with frontis portrait, photo insert, Epilogue, Notes, Bibliography and Index. Book and dust jacket are in very good condition- unmarked, tight and clean. Several du Pont generations are covered. No flaws.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, clean, tight condition. First edition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Oxford University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing with a complete print line. The Du Pont's certainly influenced the United States! (CK).

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First edition. 685pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Cocked spine else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with edgewear.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. Gift quality book which does not appear to have been previously read. Includes endnotes, bibliography and index.

Hardcover. Condición: AS NEW CONDITION. Estado de la sobrecubierta: AS NEW DUST JACKET. First Edition, First Printing. // NO REMAINDER MARK// NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKS OF ANY KIND (no names or inscriptions, no bookplate, no underlining, etc) // NOT PRICE CLIPPED// NEW MYLAR COVER// full number line including the "1".

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1990 used hardcover copy with dust jacket, price tag unclipped, no markings, stickers or stains. fast shipping with tracking number.

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. Inscribed "For Cynthia (?) Simpson My adviser, student and good friend of many years with my very best wishes Joseph F. Wall June 1991". Autographed copies rarely offered. If Alfred I. du Pont was born to the purple and ermine of an American industrial dynasty, his life was far from peaceful, pampered, indolent. Beginning at the bottom as little more than a teamster and handyman, within fifteen years young du Pont was widely recognized as "the best black powderman in the nation" and the mechanical genius of the du Pont family. In 1902, upon the death of Eugene du Pont, Alfred was brash and confident enough to claim for himself the company his elders wanted to sell to their major competitor, Laflin and Rand. With two cousins, he formed a triumvirate which ultimately converted the old gunpowder company into the great chemical empire it is today. In this brilliantly written, in-depth biography, Joseph Frazier Wall ranges from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours's spectacular rise in pre-Revolutionary France, to the family's migration to America and the founding of the Du Pont Company in Wilmington, to Alfred's death in 1935, charting the growth of one of America's great industrial dynasties. We meet Henry du Pont, the conservative leader of the third generation (he favored candles over electric lights in the office), who organized the entire gunpowder industry; Lammot du Pont, the crown prince of the third generation, who died tragically in an explosion at the Repauno plant; Eugene du Pont, whom Wall describes as a director without direction; and a host of other du Pont men and women. But Alfred du Pont remains the center of the narrative. Wall details his rejuvenation of the family company after Eugene's death, the bitter family feud that followed his marriage to his cousin Alicia, the fifteen-year battle that he waged with some of the family's most powerful members (leading to his ouster from the company in 1916), and his brilliant second career in Florida (where he pioneered the development of sound banking, transportation, and the paper industry). Joseph Frazier Wall (1920 - 1995) was an American historian and professor of history at Grinnell College. His biography of Andrew Carnegie won the Bancroft Prize in 1971, and he was later nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his biography on the Du Pont family. Signed by Author.

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Hardcover. First edition. First printing [stated]. xii, [6], 685, [1] p. Charts of family branches. Notes. Bibliography. Index. If Alfred I. du Pont was born to "the purple and ermine" of an American industrial dynasty, his life was far from peaceful, pampered, indolent. Beginning at the bottom as little more than a teamster and handyman, within fifteen years young du Pont was widely recognized as "the best black powderman in the nation" and the mechanical genius of the du Pont family. In 1902, upon the death of Eugene du Pont, Alfred was brash and confident enough to claim for himself the company his elders wanted to sell to their major competitor, Laflin and Rand. With two cousins, he formed a triumvirate which ultimately converted the old gunpowder company into the great chemical empire it is today. In this brilliantly written, in-depth biography, Joseph Frazier Wall ranges from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours's spectacular rise in pre-Revolutionary France, to the family's migration to America and the founding of the Du Pont Company in Wilmington, to Alfred's death in 1935, charting the growth of one of America's great industrial dynasties. We meet Henry du Pont, the conservative leader of the third generation (he favored candles over electric lights in the office), who organized the entire gunpowder industry; Lammot du Pont, the crown prince of the third generation, who died tragically in an explosion at the Repauno plant; Eugene du Pont, whom Wall describes as "a director without direction"; and a host of other du Pont men and women. But Alfred du Pont remains the center of the narrative. Wall details his rejuvenation of the family company after Eugene's death, the bitter family feud that followed his marriage to his cousin Alicia, the fifteen-year battle that he waged with some of the family's most powerful members (leading to his ouster from the company in 1916), and his brilliant second career in Florida (where he pioneered the development of sound banking, transportation, and the paper industry). This is the first biography of Alfred du Pont to appear in half a century. In preparing it, Wall had complete access both to Alfred's own papers in Florida as well as the vast collection of the du Pont archives in Wilmington. The result is a compelling story of one of America's most creative businessmen as well as an inside look at one of our most historically significant families. Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. 1st Edition. Hardback w/ jacket; unmarked; no bent/torn pp.; jacket fine.